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LOWENSTEIN, HARRIET B.
Lawyer and certified public accountant; b. N. Y. City; d. Sigmund and Frances (Thalinger) Lowen- stein; grad. N. Y. City Normal Coll., 1896; N. Y. Univ. St. Lawrence Univ., LL.B., 1905; Univ. State of N. Y. Certified Publie Accountant, 1907; unmarried. Only woman in this State who is both lawyer and certified public accountant. Was private sec. to first comm'r of corrections after consolidation. Appt'd in 1902 by B'd of Ed'n as supervisor of vacation schs., play- grounds and recreation centres, supervising all va- cation schs., playgrounds and recreation centres in Greater N. Y., 1902-1907, having particular charge of libraries, literary and debating clubs. Chin'n of Com. on Evening Schs. and Recreation Centres in Public Edn'i Ass'n during 1907 and 1908. Was first woman lawyer appt'd in office of Corp'n Counsel of City of N. Y., and served 1907-1912. Actively interested in various phases of sociological and uplift work. Mem. Empire City Chapter and Robert Macoy Court. Order . of Eastern Star. Club: Portla. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
LOWES, CLARENCE M.
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 28. 1872; s. George and Margaret R. (McCord) Lowes; cd. public schs, Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1901, Janet Mackay Lamb; children: Marvin McCord, b. 1903; Lorna Louise, b. 1907. Entered the Dinie Savings Bank of Williamsburgh, 1SS8; treas. since 1906. Aiso pres. Flushing Nat. Bank, Flushing, N. Y .; v .- p. and dir. Flushing Co-operative Savings & Loan Ass'n. Active in civic affairs in Flushing; pres. Flushing Village Ass'n two terms; corr. sec. three terms. In- dependent Republican; Baptist. Mem, Flushing Hist. Soc., Flushing Hosp. Aid Ass'n. Forincrly trustee Flushing Hosp .; pres. since 1910, Flushing Hosp. Aid Ass'n; one of organizers B'd of Flushing Public Play- ground; incm. Visiting B'd N. Y. Parental Sch., Ja- maica, N. Y .; also dir. Foxwood Sch., Flushing; one of organizers of Associated Charities of Flushing. Clubs: Flushing Country, Bayside Yacht, Hanover (Brook- lyn), Niantic, Men's (Flushing). Residence: 257 Broadway, Plushing, N. Y. Address: Havemeyer, cor. S. Flfth Sts., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LOWRIE, CHARLES NASSAU
Landscape architect; b. Warriors Mark, Pa .. April 8, 1869: s. J. Roberts and Matilda Hamill (Nassau) Lowric; ed. Lawrenceville Sch., 1SS8; Sheffield Scien- tific Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1891; m. Nov. S. 1905, Barbara Isabelle Forrest; children: Charles Nassau, Jr .; Barbara Forrest. Author of reports and designer of plans for many public parks. college grounds and private estates, amongst others, for Hudson County Park Comm'n of N. J. Pres. Am. Soc. Landscape Architects, 1910-1912; mem. Comm'n on City Plan, Columbus, O .; mem. Mayor's Parks Advisory Com., City of N. Y., 1912-1913. Republican; Presby'n. Fellow Am. Soc. Landscape Architects, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Yale, Atlantic Yacht. Address: 101 Park Av .. N. Y. City.
LOWRIE, WILL LEONARD
Consui-gen .; b. Adrian, Mich., March S, 1869; s. Adam HI. and Mattie B. (Peasc) Lowric; grad. Adrian (Mich.) Coll., A.B., 1SS9; A.M., 1913; student at Univ.
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of Mich. and Leipzig Univ., 1891-1892; m. London, Eng., Sept. 18, 1906, Amy W. Alden, of Boston, Mass. On staff of Chicago Tribune, 1895-1898; private sec. to minister to Brazil, 1898-1899; vice-consul-gen. to Brazil, 1899-1902; sp'l lltcrary work, 1902-1906; consul to Welmar, Germany, 1906; Carlsbad, Austrla, 1909; consul-gen. to Portugal since 1912. Congregationalist. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Am. Geog. Soc., Portuguese Gcog. Soc. Recreations: Golf, tennis, fencing. Address: Am. Consulate, Lisbon, Portugal.
LUBECK, HENRY
Clergyman; b. Sydney, Australla, Feb. 2, 1856; s. Peter H. and Louisa (Collins) Lubeck; ed. St. James' Sch., Sydney; All Saints' Coll., Trinity Coll., Mel- bourne Unlv., all In Australia; Albany Law Sch .; Trinity Univ., Toronto; recelved A.M., LL.B., B.C.L., D.C.L., LL.D. degrees; m. Albany, N. Y., June 25, 1884, Emma, d. C'ol. Rose. Ordered deacon, 1881, ordained priest, 1882, by Bishops Grafton and Armidale, Australia. Removed to U. S., 1883; missionary at Fonda, N. Y., 1883-1885; rector St. Timothy's Ch., N. Y. City, 1888-1890; rector Ch. of Zion and St. Tlm- othy, N. Y. Clty, since 1890. Mem. Phl Beta Kappa Soc. Address: 201 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
LUBY, JAMES
Editor; 'b. Dublin, Ireland; s. Thomas Clarke and Letitia (Fraser) Luby; ed. St. Lawrence's Sch., Dub- iin; N. Y. public schs., and Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1877 (junlor exhibitioner); m. N. Y. City, 1882, Emily Louise Huber. Came to N. Y., 1871; began work as reporter on Herald, before graduation from coli .; ass't city editor Philadelphia Times, 1881; Albany cor- respondent N. Y. Herald, 1886; ass't city editor Heraid, 1886-1887; clty editor, 1887-1889; edltor Jersey City News, 1889-1903; cable editor N. Y. Sun, 1905-1912; London correspondent Sun, April-Oct., 1912; editor the Evening Sun, Oct., 1912-Feb. 23, 1913, when succeeded Chester S. Lord, as mn'g editor, the Sun Trustee Free Public Library, Jersey City, 1897-1904; lecturer, author: The Black Cross Clove, 1910. Cleveland Democrat; Catholic. Recreations: Walking and taik- ing. Address: . The Sun, N. Y. City.
LUCAS, ARTHUR
Editor; b. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1859; s. Edo and Minna Lucas; ed. in Albany schools and 2 years at Dartmouth Coll .; m. Rensselaer, N. Y., 1885, Jennie Haber. Reporter, 1885; city editor, 1886-1887, (Schenec- tady Union; city cditor, 1887-1895, mn'g editor, 1895- 1899, Albany Morning Express; now mn'g editor Al- bany Evening Journal. licsidence: Rensselaer, N. Y. Address: 61 State St., Albany, N. Y.
LUCAS, EUGENE WILLETT VAN COURT
Consulting eng'r; b. Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1864; s. Philip and Mary (Van Court) Lucas; grad. U. S. Mil. Acad. (with honors), 1887; m. Wilmington, N. C., 1893, Agnes Daniel; children: Eugene Willett Van Court, Jr., b. 1894; John Daniel, b. 1906. Consulting eng'r on hydraulic work since 1906; consulting eng'r to N. Y. Canal B'd. Second lieut. 1st U. S. Art'y, 1887- 1888; 2d lieut., 1st lieut., capt. and major, Corps of Eng'rs, U. S. A., 1888-1906. Major and div. eng'r U. S. V., 1898-1899. Lieut .- col. and chief eng'r of div. on staff of Maj .- Gen., commanding N. G. N. Y., since May, 1912. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mcm. Am. Soc. of Clvil Eng'rs. Clubs: University, N. Y. Yacht, Army and Navy (Washington, D. C.). Residence (summer) : Sound Beach, Conn. (winter): 35 Claremont Av. Ad- dress: 280 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LUCAS, FREDERIC AUGUSTUS
Curator, osteologist; b. Plymouth, Mass., Mar. 25, 1852; s. A. H. and Eliza O. Lucas; ed. Plymouth High Sch .; m. Feb. 13, 1884, Annic J. Edgar. Ass't Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N. Y., 1871- 1882; osteologist, 1882-1887, ass't curator, 1887-1898, and curator, 1897-1904, In Division of Comparative Anatomy, U. S. Nat. Museum, Washington; curator- in-chlef of the museum of Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, 1904-1911; since June, 1911, dir. Am. MMuscum of Natural History. Mem. comm'n to Investigate con- dition of fur seal herd of Pribilof Islands; fellow Am. Ornithologists, Union, N. Y. Acad. Sciences, Museum Ass'n of Great Britain, Am. Ass'n of Museums, Blol. Soc. Washington, and corresponding mem. Zool. Soc. of London. Has written various papers on osteology of birds; museum methods and fossil vertebrates and particularly on the structure . and species of
stegosaurs. Author: Animals of the Past, 1901; Ani- mals Before Man in North America, 1902. Address: 31 W. 91st St., N. Y. City.
LUCAS, GEORGE LATIMORE
Clvil eng'r; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 5, 1877; s. Edward and Julia E. (Bennett) Lucas; grad. Columbia Univ., C.E., 1898; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., April 22, 1901, Llilian
Anthy Griffith. Ass't eng'r B'd of Rapid Transit R. R. Comm'rs City of N. Y .; resident eng'r estate of Howard Gould. Gen. Insp. of Material, Public Service Comm'n, 1st Dist. Episcopalian. Asso. mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Address: 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
LUCAS, HERBERT
Architect; b. Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1869; s. Philip and Mary Emma (Van Court) Lucas; ed. In public schools, McKim, Mead & White's office and at the Ateller de Moncios, Paris; traveled in Italy and France; m. Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1897, Anna M. Burdett; children: Burdett, b. 1901; Van Court, b. 1906. Has practised in N. Y. City since 1893. Designed and built the Hotel Weston, Madison Av. and 49th St .; Co- operative Apartment Bld'g, 24 Gramercy Park, 1 Lex- Ington Av., 535 Park Av., 11 E. 68th St .; interior of residence of C. T. Yerkes, 5th Av. and 68th St .; resi- dence at n. w. cor. Park Av. and 67th St .; residence 60 W. 50th St .; banking house of Flower & Co., 49 Broadway; rebuilding Cheshire Sch., Cheshire, Conn .; country work throughout N. J., Ohio, Connecticut, Westchester County, etc. Dir. No. 24 Gramercy Park, Inc .; pres. and dir. No. 11 E. 68th St. Mem. Archi- tecturai League. Club: Players. Address: 24 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
LUCAS, JAMES JONATHAN
Planter; b. Tiller's Ferry, S. C., Nov. 21, 1831; s. Dr. Benjamin Simons and Mellta Eleanor (Tiller) Lucas; ed. the Citadel, Mil. Coli, of S. C., Charleston, B.S .; m. Soclety Hill, S. C., Nov. 21, 1861, Carrie Mc- Iver; children: Thomas Smith, b. 1863; Fanny McIver, b. 1864; James Jonathan, b. 1866; Benjamin Simons, b. 1868; Elizabeth Wilds, b. 1871; Mary McIver, b. 1873; Melita Elcanor, b. 1877. Engaged as hardware mer- chant Charleston, S. C., before Civil War; since then as planter. Traveled extensively in U. S. Dir. At- lantic Coast Line R. R. Co. Mem. S. C. Legislature, 1856-1862; maj. heavy art'y, Lucas's Battalion of Regulars; commanded forts and batteries on Stone River, Charleston, 4 years; engaged in battle of Averysboro, Bentonville, N. C., Mar., 1865; in defense of Charleston, during entire war. Democrat; Episco- palian. Mason, Odd Fellow; mem. St. Cecilia Soc. Trustee the Citadel, Mil. Coil. of S. C .; Porter Mil. Acad., Charleston. Recreation: Traveling. Address: Society Illi, S. C.
LUCE, ROBERT LEE
Lawyer; b. Hartwick, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1862; ancestors fought in Colonial War, Revolutionary War and War of 1812; prepared for coll, at Williston, Sem .; grad. Yale 1889 (two-year honors in polit, science, history and law). Studied law in office of Walter H. Bunn. Cooperstown, N. Y., and admitted to bar, 1892; sec. Otsego County Dem. Com., several years, and managed Dem. campaign In county, 1892; moved to N. Y. City. 1892, and entered office of Platt & Bowers, later Bowers & Sands; became mem. firm Bunn & Luce, 1897, and of Luce & Davis, 1913. Actively engaged in politics and was on stump in campaigns of 1897, 1898. 1899. Appt'd on Tammany Ilail Law Com., 1900, and became sec., 1902; appt'd chim'n B'd of Claims, State of N. Y., Sept. 29, 1911, by Gov. Dix; appt'd Jan. 1, 1913, Justice of City Court of City of N. Y .; nominated for Justice of City Court. 1913, but defeated. Was on Dewcy Reception Com., 1898; delivered oration at cele- bration of Hartwick Centennial; influenced gift of Shaw collection of flora of Otsego County to Yale Forestry Sch. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. (for some timc scc. of Com. on Grievanecs), N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Sons of Revolution, Tammany Soc., Tammany Gen. Com. Clubs: Psi Upsilon (v .- p.), Yale, Manhattan. Address: 137. W. 14th St., N. Y. City.
LUCKE, CHARLES EDWARD
Mech. eng'r, educator; b. N. Y. City, June 20, 1876; s. John Franklin and Sarah Frances (MeGrury) Lucke; cd. N. Y. City public schs., Coil. City of N. Y., B.S., 1895; Corneli Univ. (special student), N. Y. Univ., M.S., 1898; Columbia Univ., Ph.D., 1902; in. N. Y. City, May 12, 1904, Ida Marguerite Becker; children: Charles Edward, Jr., b. 1905; John Becker, b. 1907. Practising eng'r, scientifie experimenter; prof. mech. eng'ring in Columbia Univ. Author of numerous scientifle papers, pamphiets and two books on gas cugine, eng'ring thermodynamics, and power generation. Consulting mveh. eng'r and expert . on power generation. Mem. Ain. Soc. Mech Eng'rs, Soe. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n, Am. Inst. Diec. Eng'rs, Verein, Deutsche In- genieure, Am. Soc. Refrigerating Eng'rs, Engineers Ciub, N. Y. R. R. Club. Address: 544 W. 142d St., N. Y. Clty.
LUCUS, THOMAS D'ARCY
Physician and surgeon; b. Stratford, Ont., Canada, Sopt. 14, 1874; s. Thomas D'Arcy Lucus, M.D., and Martha Anna (Salkeld) Lucus; ed. Preparatory Sch.
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Stratford Collegiate Inst. (Stratford, Ont.); grad. Col- gate Univ., A.B., 1898; Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, M.D., 1904; m. Hamilton, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1906, Mary Bogardus Underhill. Interne Bellevue Hosp., 4th Division, July 1, 1904, to Jan. 1, 1906; since then in general practice of medicine in N. Y. City. Ass't Physician Bellevue Hosp., O. P. D. since 1908; ass't Pathologist Red Cross Hosp. Lance Corporal Co. K, 7th Reg't N. G. N. Y. Republican; Episco- palian. Mem. Bellevue Hosp. Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Delta Kappa Ep- silon Ass'n of N. Y., Canadian Soc., N. Y. Unlv. Alumni Ass'n, Phi Alpha Sigma fraternity, West End Ass'n. Mem. N. Y. Rifle Ass'n, Ass't Treas, Associates of En- gineer Corps and Co. K, 7th Reg't. Recreation: Rifle shooting. Clubs: Graduates, Republican Organization, 7th Reg't Rifle, Patria. Address: 253 W. 71st St., N Y. City.
LUDINGTON, CHARLES H.
Magazine publisher; b N. Y. City, Aug. 9, 1866; s .. Charles H. and Josephine Lord (Noyes) Ludington; grad. St. Paul's Sch., .Concord, N. Y., 1878-1883, Yale Coll., 1883-1887, B.A., 1887, Yale Univ., Grad. Dep't, 1888, Yale Law Sch., 1889, Yale Univ., M.A., 1889; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr. 24, 1895, Ethel M. Saltus; chll- dren: Charles Townsend, b. Jan. 16, 1896, Wright Saltus, b. June 10, 1900, Nicholas Saltus, b. Nov. 13, 1904. Admitted to Bar of N. Y., 1891. In employ of Anderson & Howland and later Cary & Whitridge, N. Y. Sec. U. S. Debenture Corp'n, Lt'd. I'rcs. Conti- nental. Filter Co. Moved to Philadelphia, 1901. Sec. and treas. Curtis Publishing Co. Dir. Home Pattern Co. of N. Y., Public Ledger Co. of Philadelphia, Am. Utilities Co .; v .- p. Octavla Hill Ass'n of Philadelphia; treas. Bryn Mawr Presby'n Ch. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Acad. of Polit. Science, Psi Upsilon frater- nlty. Clubs: University (N. Y.), Racquet, Down Town, and City (Philadelphia), Merion Cricket (Haverford, Pa.), Bryn Mawr Polo, Yale Alumni Ass'n, Phila. Ad- dress: Ardmore, Pa.
LUDLAM, CHARLES STEWART
Certified public accountant; b. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 11, 1866; s. James D. and Isabel (Stewart) Ludlam; ed. Chicago public schools; m. N. Y. City, Aug. 30, 1904, Anna Gately. Began business life as office boy with the Pullman Co. at 14, remaining two years; ad- vanced to bookkeeper of its capital stock accounts and records; resigned on account of health and went to Albuquerque, N. Mex., worked there several years In accounting dep't of Atlantic & Pacific R. R. Co., afterward In Colorado as gen. bookkeeper in treas- urer's office, Colo. Midland R'y; was for several years with J. J. Hagerman, Colorado capitalist, as gen. ac- countant and auditor of numerous railroad construc- tion, mining, irrigation and land companies; after- ward at Eddy (now Carlsbad) N. Mex., as auditor of Pecos Valley R'y, now part of the Santa Fe system, which left to become associated with Haskins & Sells; now mem. of that firm, who are certified public ac- countants, with offices in N. Y. City, Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, San Fran- cisco, and London, Eng. Republican. Mem. Am. Ass'n Public Accountants, N. Y. State Soc. Certified Public Accountants, Illinois Soc. Certified Public Account- ants, Ohio Soc. Certified Public Accountants, Missouri Soc. Public Accountants, Am. 'Econ. Ass'n, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Clubs: Lawyers, Manhattan (N. Y.), Chicago Athletic Ass'n. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
LUDLOW, ISRAEL
Lawyer; b. Austin, Texas; s. Gen. Benjamin Cham- bers Ludlow (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Frances Aliibone (Jones) Ludlow; grad. Univ. of Michigan, LI.B., 1895. Has practised law in N. Y. City since 1895. Mem. State Militia in 1898. Dir. of aeronautics at the James- town Ter-centennial Exposition, Va. Conducted nu- merous experiments with man-carrying aeroplanes towed by automobiles and tuz-boats, Writer upon aeronautical subjects for periodicals and newspapers. One of the joint authors of the Aero Club book, "Nav- igating the Alr." Residence: 143 E. 30tl St. Ad- dress: 50 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LUDLOW, JAMES BETTNER
Lawyer; b. Yonkers, N. Y., May 30, 1859; ed. Har- rington's Sch. and St. John's Sch., Sing Sing; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1881, LL.B., 1883; m. E. Louise Geary Wood. Mem. firm of Ludlow & Townsend. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., Musical Art Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Archaeological Ass'n, Amn. Museum of Natural History. Clubs: University, Union, Cen- tury. Residence: 18 Fairfield Pl., Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 45 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
LUDLOW, NICOLL
Rear-Admiral, U. S. N., retired; b. "Riverside," Isiip, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1842; s. William Handy and Frances Louisa (Nicoll) Ludlow; ed. U. S. Naval Acad., 1539- 1863; m. ist, Chicago, Ill., May, 1870, Frances Mary Thomas (died Feb. 15, 1873); 2d, Washington, D. C., Feb., 1897, Mary MeLean Bugher; children: Nicoll, Jr., b. March 6, 1871 (deceased), Mary Ludlow (Mrs. Samuel F. Streit), b. Feb. 1873. Comm'd ensign, Oct. 1, 1863; master, May 10, 1866; lieut., l'eb. 21, 1807; lieut .- comd'r, March 12, 1868; comd'r, Oct. 1, 1881; capt. May 21, 1897; rear-admiral, Nov. 1, 1899. At- tached, 1863-1864, to steam sioop Wachusett, which captured Confederate cruiser Florida, Oct. 7, 1864, In harbor of Bahia, Brazil; attached to iron-clad moni- tor Dictator, 1864-1865. To Iron-clad monitor Monad- nock, 1865-1866, on her passage from Philadelphia to Mare Island, Calif .; returned home, overland, In 1866, and was ordered to Iroquois, Nov. 1886; made cruise on China station and returned home in April, 1870; instr. gunnery, U. S. Naval Acad., 1870-1873; on steam sioop Monongahela, Oct. 1873, S. Atlantic station, re- turning home as cxec. of flagship Brooklyn, 1876; at torpedo school, Newport, R. I., 1876-1877; flagship Trenton, European station, 1877-1880, returning home, 1880, in Constellation; ordnance insp., West Point Foundry, South Boston Iron Works and Mldvaie Steel Works, 1880-1883; in command steel sloop Quin- nibaug, Europcan station, 1883-1886; lighthouse insp., 12th Dist., 1887-1890; insp. of ordnance, Mare Island Navy Yard, 1890-1891; lighthouse insp., 9th Dist., 1891- 1892; comd'g steam sloop Mohlcan, 1893, as flagship, Pacific squadron; Jan. to May and May to Nov., 1893, senior officer in command Behring Sca squadron; on leave, 1894; at War Coil., 1895; in command Monterey, 1896; mem. Examining and Retiring Boards until July 8, 1897, when ordered to command of Terror, N. Atiantic squadron. Took part In war of 1898, block- adc of Cardenas, Cuba; engagement of May 12th, San Juan, Porto Rico; blockade of Havana and expd'n to Porto Rico, resulting in capture of that island: com'd battleship Massachusetts, 1898-1899; relinquished command, June 1, 1899; retired as rear-admiral, Nov. 1, 1899; ordered, Oct. 4, 1904, as governor of Naval Home, Philadelphla; detached, Dec. 31, 1907. Episco- pallan. Mem. Am. Muscum Natural History, N. Y. Zool. Soc., Mil. Order Loyal Legion, N. Y. Command- ery. Clubs: University, N. Y. Yacht, Century Ass'n (N. Y. Clty). Address: University Club, N. Y. City.
LUDLUM, CHARLES H.
Physician; b. Jamaica, L. I., Feb. 21, 1843; s. Daniel and Judith (Smith) Ludium; ed. Union Hail Acad., Ja- malca; Univ. of City of N. Y., A.B., A.M., Medical Dep't, N. Y. Univ, M.D., 1865; m. Jamaica, N. Y., May 20, 1868, Mary Jane White; children: Clinton W., b. 1870, Herbert A., b. 1872, Dr. Walter D)., b. 1875, Marion C., b. 1876, Alice C., b. 1881. Served as Interne in Bellevue Hosp., 1865-1867. Practised in N. Y. City, 1867-1874, Boonton, N. J., 1874-1878, Hempstead, N. Y., since 1878. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, Hempstead, N. Y., 1889 (pres. since 1890). Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Quecns-Nassau Med. Soc., Associated Physicians of L. I., Am. Med. Ass'n; v .- p. llempstead Bld'g and Loan Ass'n. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Address: 115 Main St., Hempstead, L. I., N. Y.
LUDLUM, CLARENCE A.
Insurance official; b. Scpt. 4, 1865; s. John H. and Phebe L. (Alien) Ludium; ed. public schis .; m. New- ark, N. J., May 7, 1802, Kate Mead Ayres; children: Mary M., b. Aug. 14, 1894; Clarence A., wr., b. May 15, 1896; Kate A., b. Sept. 18, 1901. Employed In local printing office June-Oct. 1880; with L. I. R. R., Oct. 1880-July, 1885; In railroad and Pullman service in West, July 1885-Dec. 1890; with. Ilome Ins. Co., as clerk until Aug. 1898; chief in Eastern agency dep't until Dec. 1903, when app't ass't scc .; elected v .- p. Nov. 1912, which office still holds. Sec. and dir. The Marion Press, Newton Falls and Northern R. R. Re- publican; Presby'n. Mem. Nat. Gcog. Soc., Am. Mu- scum Natural History, Acad. of Polit. Science; trustee Queens Boro Public Library; dir. Queens Boro Cham- ber of Commerce. Clubs: Lotos, Great Peconic Bay Yacht, Jamaica. Residence, Jamaica, T. I. Address: 56 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
LUKE, ARTHUR FULLER
Banker; b. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 28, 1853, of old Mass. family; ed. public schools of Cambridge, Mass .; m. 1st, Dec. 17, 1878, Eliza W. Brown (dled 1909) ; 2d, April 13, 1912, Anna Fleck. At age of 17 went to work In a wholesale clothing house in Boston, but 6 months later became messenger' and gen, clerk In First Nat. Bank, Cambridge, Mass., remaining one year; then in Nat. Bank of the Commonwealth, Bos- ton, until 1878; nat. bank examiner for Boston Dist.,
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1878-1880; cashier Nat. Bank of N. America, Boston, 1880-1890; ass't treas., 1890-1892; treas., 1892-1899, Nat. Tube Works Co., Mckeesport, Pa .; treas. Nat. Tube Co. of N. Y. 1899-1901; treas. U. S. Steel Corp'n, April 1901-Jan. 1902; mem. banking house of Darr, Luke & Moore, Pittsburgh and N. Y. City, 1902-1908, and Luke, Banks & Weeks, since 1908. Dir. Liberty Nat. Bank, N. Y. City, Boylston Nat. Bank, Boston, Mass., and Nat. Supply Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Clubs: Metropolitan, Lawyers, N. Y. Riding, N. Y. Athletic. Address: 1 W. 92d St., N. Y. City.
LUKEMAN, HENRY AUGUSTUS
Sculptor; b. Richmond, Va., Jan. 28, 1871; ed. Nat. Acad. Design, N. Y. City; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Parls. His works include, besides numerous busts and bas- reliefs, "Manu" for Appellate Court House, N. Y. City; statue of Robert Livingston for St. Louis, Mo .; statue of Mckinley, for Adams, Mass .; statue of Columbus, for Custom House, N. Y .; group of "Music," St. Louis Exp'n. Bronze sculpture doors and four colossal statues in marble for Royal Bank of Canada, at Mon- treal. Awarded medal at St. Louis Exp'n. Mem. Nat. Acad. Design, Soc. Am. Artists, Nat. Sculpture Soc., Architectural League. Club: National Arts. Address: 145 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
LUNN, GEORGE RICHARD
Clergyman, ex-Mayor of Schenectady; b. Lenox, Iowa, June 23, 1873; s. Martin A. and Martha (Brat- ton) Lunn; ed. Univ. of Omaha, A.B., 1897, A.M., 1901; N. Y. Univ B.D., 1901; D.D., Union Coll., Schenectady, 1905; m. Brooklyn, N Y, May 7, 1901, Mabel Healy; children: George Richard, Jr, b. 1902; Mabel C., b. 1903; Ellzabeth Healy, b. 1905; Raymond, b. 1908; Eleanor Peabody, b. 1910. Asso. pastor Lafayette Av. Presby'n Ch., N. Y. City, 1901-1904; pastor First Re- formed Ch., Schenectady, N. Y., since 1904. Served in Spanish-Am. War in 3d Nebraska Reg't under Colo- nel William Jennings Bryan. Elected mayor of Sche- nectady on Socialist ticket, Nov. 4, 1910; candidate for re-election 1913, but defeated by combination of Dem., Rep. and Progressive parties. Address: Sche- nectady, N. Y.
LUNT, EDWARD C.
Lawyer; b. Malden, Mass., March 1, 1863; grad. Har- vard, A.B., 1886, A.M., 1887. Was sec. to Senator George F. Hoar, of Mass .; sales mg'r Carter's Ink Co., Boston, 1892-1895; was mn'g editor in Buffalo; has been con- nected with Fidelity & Casualty Co., since 1901, as a dep't sup't and an attorney. Clubs: Harvard (N. Y. City); Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn). Address: 92 Lib- erty St., N. Y. City.
LUQUEER, FREDERIC LUDLOW
Principal Public Sch., 152, Brooklyn; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 25, 1870; s. Francis T. and Charlotte A. (Suy- dam) Luqueer: grad. Columbia, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa). 1894, Ph.D., 1896, fellow in ed'n, 1894-1896; m. N. Y. City, 1889, Eleanor Earl Pretat. Author: Hegel as Educator (Macmillan); also articles oll ed'n in Ed'nal Review, School Journal and Proccedings of Nat. Municipal League. Mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Address: 86 Marlborough Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.
LUQUER, LEA MCILVAINE
Educator; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1864; s. Rev. Lea Luquer, S.T.D., and Eloise Elizabeth (Payne) Luquer; grad. Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ., C.E., 1887; Columbia Univ., Ph.D., 1894; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1896, Anne Low Pierrepont, d. Henry Evelyn Pierrepont; children: Lea Shippen, b. 1897; Evelyn Pierrepont, b. 1900; Thatcher Payne, b. 1905; Elien Pierrepont, .b. 1909. Prof. at Columbia Univ. Author: Minerals in Rock Sections, 4th edition (D. Van Nos- trand). Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Aipha Delta Phi fra- ternity, Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. of War 1812, Hugue- not Soc. of America. Vestryman Christ Ch., N. Y .; 2nd v .- p. N. Y. Kindergarten Ass'n; dir. Bar Harbor Kin- dergarten Ass'n. Clubs: Century, City. Residence: Pine Lodge, Mt. Kisco, N. Y., and 321 West 80th St. Address: Columbla Univ., N. Y. Clty.
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