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MacCHESNEY, CLARA T.
Artist; b. Brownsville, Calif .; d. of J. B. and S. J. MacChesncy; studled under Virgil Willlams, of San Francisco; H. S. Mowbray and J. C. Beckwith, of N. Y. City; Courtois and Girardot; at Colarossi Sch., Paris. Has been represented in many exb'ns In U. S. and Eu-
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rope; awarded medal World's Columbian Exp'n, 1893; Dodge prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1894; 3 medals from Colarossi Sch., Paris; gold medals. Philadelphia Arts Club, 1900; 2d Hallgarten prize, 1901, Nat. Acad. Design; bronze medal, Pan-Am. Exp'n, 1906; silver medal, St. Louis Exp'n, 1904. Exhibited at Paris Salons, 1896, 1898; Paris Exp'n, 1900. Represented in Union League Club of Chicago, Boston Art Club, Erle Art Club, Woman's Art Club, State Capitol, Sacramento. Mcm. N. Y. Water Color Club; life mem. Am. Water Color Soc. Clubs: Barnard, National Arts (N. Y. City), Ly- ceum (London). Address: 222 W. 23rd St., N. Y. City.
MacCHESNEY, NATHAN WILLIAM
Lawyer; b. Chicago, June 2, 1878; s. Lieut .- Col. Alfred Brunson (U.S.A., A.M., M.D.) and Henrietta (Milsom) MacChesney, M.D., of London; g .- s. Nathan MacChesney of Va .; grad. Univ. of Pacific, A.B., 1898, Univ. of Ariz., 1899; sp'l student Leland Stanford Univ .; law student, Northwestern Unlv. Law Sch., 1899-1900 (grad. work, 1902-1903); Univ. of Michigan, LL.B., 1902; m. River- side, Ill., Dec. 1, 1904, Lena, d. W. E. Frost; one son: Alfred Brunson, 3d. Lecturer on Am. Constitutional History at Chautauquas, Ariz., Calif., and Minn., 1899; press correspondent Calif., Ariz., and N. Mex., 1897- 1899; associated with father in business, 1899-1903; partner in firm of Holt, MacChesney & Cheney, real estate and bonds, 1903-1905; admitted to Ill. bar, 1902, also to Mich. and various federal courts and Supreme Court of U. S. Mem. law firm MacChesney & Becker since 1902. Lecturer Coll. of Law, Univ. of Ill., since 1910, and Coll. of Law, Univ of Wis. Dir. Real Estate Title & Trust Co., 1911-1912 (mem. Finance Com.) ; Sc- curitles Realization Co., 1912-1913. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Am. Ass'n Labor Legislation, Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Am. Inst. Criminal Law and Criminology (pres. 1910-1911); Am. Soc. of Military Law (pres. 1913-1914) ; Ill. State Bar Ass'n (v .- p. 1909- 1919); Ill. State Soc. Criminal Law and Criminology (exec. com. 1911-1913) ; Chicago Bar Ass'n (chm'n Coni. on Amendment of Law 1908-1910, chm'n Com. on Legal Ed'n 1912-1913); Chicago Law Inst .; sec. and dir. Bld'g Mg'rs Ass'n 1903-1905; chm'n Public Service Com. 1903- 1906; Kenwood Residents' Ass'n (counsel). Mem. Joint Com. on High Pressure Water System (appt'd to inves- tigate high pressure fire service of N. Y., 1908); pres. and treas. Northwestern Univ. Law Publishing Ass'n; dir. United Charities of Chicago. Trustee Northwest- ern Univ .; dir. Am. Judicative Soc. to promote the effi- cient Administration of Justice, Grover Cleveland Me- morial Com. 1909; mem. Chicago Plan Com., Ill. Comm'n on Uniform State Laws (pres. since 1912); delegato Miss. Valley Legislative Conf. on Uniform Legislation concerning Women and Children; State delegate Nat Civic Federation Conf. o.1 Uniform Legislation, Wash- ington, 1910; Ill. State delegatc Internat. Prison Con- gress, Washington, 1910; Nat. Com. on Prison Labor (Exec. Com. 1913-1914). Mem. Nat. Conf. on Uniform State Laws (Exec. Com.), Nat. Economic League (Nat. Council), Nat. Civic Federation; mem. Sp'l Com. on Child Labor Legislation and Com. on Workmen's Com- pensation Law. Sec. Nat. Conf. on Criminal Law and Criminology, Chicago, 1909. Lieut .- Col. and Judge Ad- vocate Ill. N. G. 1905-1912, aide-de-camp, Gov. Denecn's staff 1908-1912, now col. Ill. N. G. and judge advocate gen. Ill. Mem. Chicago Real Estate B'd, Nat. Ass'n of Real Estate Exchanges (gen. counsel), Chicago Ass'n of Commerce, A.A.A.S. Am. Hist. Ass'n, Ill. State Hist. Soc., hon. life mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., Calif. Soc., Order of the Colf. (hon. law fraternity-nat. pres. 1910-1913) ; S. A. R., Soc. War of 1812 (pres. 1910-1913), Sons of Veterans (past comd'r), Nat. Guard and Naval Reserve Ass'n, MII. Service Inst'n, Kenwood Improvement Ass'n, Irish Fellowship Club; hon. v .- p. Ill. Comm'n on Half Century Anniversary of Negro Freedom. Mason (32°), Shriner, Knight of Pythias, Royal Arcanum. Author and editor: Abraham Lincoln-The Tribute of a Century (McClurg), 1910; The Lincoln Centenary, 1809-1909 (43 volumes) ; The Prototype of American Citizenship (address before Supreme Court of Ill., pub- lished in. 238 Ill. Reports); and numerous articles on labor, property, corp'n and legal matters; asso. editor Illinois Law Review, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Clubs: University, Union League, Hamil- ton, City, Chicago Law, South Shore Country, Ken- wood, Chicago Literary, Twentieth Century, Men's of Hyde Park (pres. 1908-1910), Stanford of Chicago (pres. 1908-1912), Mich. Union (Ann Arbor), Army and Navy (N. Y.), Army and Navy (Washington), Authors (Lon- don). Residence: 568 Hawthorne Pl., Chicago. Ad- dress: 1322 Stock Exchange Bld'g, Chicago, and care E. A. Wright, 149 Broadway, N. Y. Clty, or Army and Navy Club, N. Y. City.
McCLEARY, JAMES THOMPSON
Sec. Am. Iron and Steel Inst .; b. Ingersoll, Can., Feb. 5. 1853; s. Thompson and Sarah ( Mccutcheon) McCleary; ed. McGill Univ., Montreal, Can .; in. Maiden
Rock, Wis., June 4, 1874, Mary Edith Taylor; one son: Leslie Taylor, b. July 4, 1875; Mem. Congress from Minnesota 1893-1907; second ass't postmaster gen. 1907-1908. Republlean; Presby'n. Residence: Hotel Seville. Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
MCCLELLAN, GEORGE
Mem. Congress; b. Schodack, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1856; ed. public schools and academies of Spencertown and Chatham, N. Y., grad. Albany Law Sch., LL. B.,. 1880; in. 1882, Elizabeth Shuffelt (died 1891); 3 chll- dren. Pollce justice of Chatham two terms; surro- gate Columbia County six years; elected to 63rd Con- gress from 27th N. Y. DIst. Democrat. Mem. Co- lumbia Co. Agriculture Soc. (pres. 10 years). Ad- dress: Chathanı, Columbia Co., N. Y.
MCCLELLAN, GEORGE BRINTON
Ex-Mayor of N. Y .; b. Dresden, Saxony, Nov. 23, 1865; s. Gen. George B. (comd'r-in-chief of Union Army during first year of Civil War) and Ellen M. (Marcy) Mcclellan; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1SS6,, A.M., 1889, LL.D., 1905; LL.D., Union Coll., 1906; hon. chan- cellor, 1906; in. Georgina L., d. John Gerard and Cor- nelia Lawrence ( Whitney) Heckscher. After gradua- tion connected with various N. Y. papers; treas. N. Y. and Brooklyn Bridge, 1889-1892; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1892; pres. B'd of Aldermen N. Y. City, 1893- 1894; clected to Congress, 1891, serving until 1903, when elected mayor of N. Y. Clty on Dem. ticket; re-elected 1905 for four year term. Elected 190S- 1910 (in succession to late Grover Cleveland) Staf- ford Little lecturer on public affairs in Princeton Univ .; Univ lecturer on public affairs Princeton Univ., since 1911; prof. in economic history, Princeton Univ. since 1912. Meni. Sons of Revolution, Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union, Authors', Church, Automobile of America (N. Y. City), Metropolitan, Army and Navy (Washington, D. C.). Residence: 37 Madison AV. (Country) The Water Tower, Princeton, N. J. Ad- dress: 15 William St., N. Y. Clty.
MCCLELLAND, JAMES D.
Lawyer, State senator; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 7, 1848; s. John and Margaret McClelland; cd. private schs .; grad. Mt. Washington Collegiate Sch. (high honors), 1863; N. Y. Univ. Law Seh., LL.B., 1867 (with Elihu Root and John H. Shanahan); m. N. Y. 1869, Annie Melso. In practise since admission to bar, mak- ing specialty of crimial law. Has written articles on l'eform in administration of Criminal Courts and Courts of Procedure. Elected mem. of Assembly, 1881, during which time introduced and sccured among others, the passage of amendment to Crim- inal Code, relating to bail at night and appeal in capital cases, at making stay of execution mandatory until appeal is acceded. Secured passage of vivisec- tion bill. Ass't dist. att'y, 1897-1901; elected State senator, 1910, re-elected 1912; chm'n Com. on Taxa- tion and Retrenchment; mem. Finance Com., Judi- ciary Com., Com. on Ag'r. Corr. sec. Nat. Christlan League for Promotion of Purity. Address: 302 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
MCCLELLAND, LEFFERTS AUGUSTINE
Physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 10. 1863; s. Rev. Adam MeClelland, D.D., Ph.D., and Mary Jane (Armstrong) McClelland; ed. by private tutors, and by his father, with the exception of fundamental ed'n In publle schi. and German acad., all of which pre- pared him to take degree of M.D. at Long Island Hosp. Med. Coll. in 1885; in. Dora Schinand, of Rich- mond Hill, L. I .; onc son: Lefferts Campbell, b. July 11, 1906. Lectured In N. Y. Post-Graduate Med. Sch .. 1888-1889; one of founders of Brooklyn Throat Hosp., which has now become the Williamsburgh Hosp .; a founder of the Brooklyn Post-Graduate Med. Sch. Has taken many post-graduate courses of study here and abroad. During ten years followed a very busy general practise In medicine; since 1903 engaged ex- clusively In otologieal and rhino-laryngol. work. Scc. Faculty and Corporation of the Brooklyn Post- Graduate Med. Sch .; mem. Exec. Con. Willlamis- burgh Hosp .; pres. hosp. staff Williamsburgh Hosp. Republican. Laryngologist and otologist Williams- burgh Hosp., and German Evangelical Hosp .; prof. diseases of car, nose and throat in Brooklyn Post- Graduate Med. Sch. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., King's Co. Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, L. I. Med. Soc., Am. Laryngol., Rhinol. and Otol. Soc., Public Health Defence League, etc. Trustee Williamsburgh Hosp., Brooklyn Post-Graduate Med. Sch. Frequent con- tributor to scientitic societies and journals. Mason. Address: 78 MeDonongh St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MCCLELLAND, (THOMAS) CALVIN
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, June 10, 1869; s William and Elizabeth (Farrell) MleClelland; cd. public schs.
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N. Y. Univ., A.B., 1889, A.M., 1891, Ph.D., 1892, D.D., 1906; grad. Union Theol. Sem, 1892; m. N. Y. City, July 12, 1892, Mary Louise Allason. Pastor Bushwick Reformed Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1892-1893; North Rc- formed Ch., Brooklyn, 1893-1896; United Cong'l Ch., Newport, R. I., 1896-1905; Memorial Presby'n Ch., Brooklyn, 1905-1911. Minister in charge, Union Cli., Newburgh, since 1912. Author: Verba Crucis, 1902; The Cross Builders, 1903; The Mind of Christ, 1909. Presby'n. Mem. Phl Beta Kappa Soc., Zeta Psi Fra- ternity. Recreations: Fishing, golf. Clubs: Mon- tauk (Brooklyn), Poweiton (Newburgh). Address: 97 Johnson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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McCLEMENT, JOHN HALL .
Banker, railroad authority; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 27, 1862; s. John Wesley and Mary Ann (Hall) McClement; grad. Central High Sch., Philadelphia, A.B., 1879, A. M., 1884; m. Portland, Ore., June 1, 1892, Lena Morgan; children: Morgan Hall, b. 1893, Lena, b. 1897, Arthur, b. 1902. Clerk at Port Rich- mond, Philadelphia & Reading R. R. Co., 1879; clerk Pa. R. R .; auditor of disbursements, 1879-1881; chief clerk to Comptroller Denver & Rio Grande, Mexican Nat. R'ys, and Colo. Coal & Iron Co., N. Y. City, 1881- 1883; comptroller Northern Pacific Terminal Co., Portland, Ore., 1883-1885; ass't sec. and treas. Buf- falo, N. Y. & Philadelphia R. R., 1886-1887; comp- troller Edison Elec. Light Co., and Edison Gen. Elec. Co., 1887-1890; pres. of numerous elec. companincs, 1890-1899; ass't to chm'n in reorg'n of Northern Pa- cific R. R., 1894-1897; comptroller Chicago Terminal Transfer R. R., 1897-1899; v .- p. and comptroller St. Louis, Peoria & Northern R. R., 1897-1899; v .- p. and chm'n Colo. Fuel & Iron Co., 1904; mem. firin George P. Butler & Bro., 1899-1998, when retired from that firm; dir. and chm'n B'd Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co., II. S. Kerbaugh, Inc., Kerbaugh-Empire Co., Empire En- g'ring Corp'n; dir. Gen-Motors Co., Manhattan R'y Co., Colo. Fuel & Iron Co., dir. and mem. Exec. Coni. Wabash & Pittsburgh Terminal R. R. Co., Brooklyn Advisory B'd Title Guarantee & Trust Co. Certified publle accountant; has made reports for important fi- nancial interests in N. Y. City dealing with finances, mg'mt and operation of railroads and other enter- prises. One of appraisers to value assets of constitu- ent companies sold to Internat. Harvester Co., 1903; Repubi can. Mem. Acantiius Lodge, F. and A M. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Lawyers, rlamilton. Brooklyn Riding and Driving, Dyker Meadow Golf, Marine and Field, Lincoln, Midwood. Residence: 325 E. 17th St., Flatbush, Brooklyn. Address: 135 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
McCLUNG, LEE
Financler; b. Knoxville, Tenn., March 26, 1870; s. Franklin H. and Ellza Ann (Mills) McClung; ed. Phii. lips Exeter Acad., 1884-1888; Yale Univ., A.B., 1892, A.M., 1905; unmarrled. Travelled 1892-1894; with St. Paul & Duluth R. R. Co., St. Paul, Minn., 1894-1898; Southern R'y Co., Nashville, Washington, Louisville, 1898-1904; treas. Yale Unlv., New Haven, Conn., 1904- 1909; treas. of U. S., Washington, D. C., 1909-1912; made trip around world, 1912-1913. Dir. Phoenix Mu- tual Life Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn. Republican; Epis- copalian. Treas. and dir. Am. Highway Ass'n, Wash- ington; dir. Marion Inst., Marlon, Ala., Arts and Crafts Soc., Washington, D. C .; councilman Nat. Boy Scouts of America. Recreations: Travelling, tennis. Clubs: University (N. Y.), Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Riding and Hunt (Washington), Graduates (New Haven). Residence: The Connecticut, Washington, D. C. Ad- dress: 1 W. 54th St., N. Y. Clty.
MCCLURE, HENRY HERBERT
Editor; b. Tecumseh, Mich., April 20, 1874; s. Samuel and Annie (Sloan) McClure; grad. Wabash Coll., A.B., 1898, A.M., 1908; m. Lincoln, Ill., May 1, 1901, Emma Eilzabeth Hoblit. With Mcclure's Magazine and Mc- Clure, Phillips & Co., 1898-1906-1910; now gen. mg'r The Associated Newspapers. Republican. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Kappa Sigma fraternity. Mason. Recrea- tion: Golf. Clubs: Dunwoodle, Nat. Golf Links of America. Address: Singer Bld'g, N. Y. Clty.
MCCLURE, SAMUEL SIDNEY
Editor and publisher; b. in County Antrim, Ireland, Feb. 17, 1857; s. Thomas and Elizabeth (Gaston) Me- Clure; grad. Knox Coll. (A.M.) Galesburg, Iil., A.B., 1882, A.M., 1887; m, Harrlet Hurd; chlidren: Robert, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Mary. Established newspaper syndicate, Nov., 1884, now S. S. McClure Co., of which is pres .; founded McClure's Magazine, 1893, and the publishing firm of McClure, Phillips & Co., 1900. Trustee Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Union League Club. Recreation: Travel. Ad- dress: 251 4th Av., N. Y. City.
MCCLUSKEY, THOMAS J.
College pres .; b. N. Y., July 31, 1857; s. Arthur J. and Mary C. (Joncs) Mccluskey; grad. De La Salle Inst., N. Y., 1871; Manhattan Coll., A.B., 1874; A.M., 1881; studied at St. Joseph's Sem., Troy, N. Y., and Collegium Maximum, Woodstock, Md. Ordained to priesthood, 1880; entered Soclety of Jesus, 1889; pastor St. Francis Xavier Ch., New York, 1897-1901; pres. St. Francis Xavier Coll., 1907-1911. Pres. Fordham Univ. since 1911. Address: Fordham Univ., Fordham, N. Y.
McCOMBS, WILLIAM F.
Lawyer; b. Hamburg, Ark., Dec. 26, 1875; s. Willlam Faulkner and Mary Frances (Pugh) McCombs; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., class of 1898; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B.,, 1901; m. London, Nov. 7, 1913, Dorothy, d. Coi. John R. Willlams, U.S.A. In practice of law since 1901. Became ing'r Nat. Campaign for nomination of Woodrow Wilson by Dem. Party for Pres. of U. S., 1911; continued until nomination was secured at Bai- timore; elected chm'n Dem. Nat. Com. July, 1912, and was head of campaign which resulted in Mr. Wilson's election; tendered ambassadorship to France, 1913, but declined. Trustee Coll. Clty of N. Y. Mem. Exec. Com. for Celebration of 100th Anniversary of Peace among English-Speaking Peoples. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Southern Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Nat. Democratic, Prince- ton, Manhattan, Ilarvard, Oakland Golf, Slecpy Hoi- low Country, Metropolitan, University ( Washington), Nassau (Princeton). Recreations: Golf, motoring. Residence: Vanderbilt Hotel. Address: 96 Broadway, N. Y. City.
McCONACHIE, LAUROS GRANT
Publicist; b. Sparta, Ill., Jan. 18, 1866; s. David and Eliza (Foster) McConachie; grad. Knox Coll., Gales- burg, Ill., A.B., 1890, A.M., 1893; grad. student Johns Ilopkins Univ., 1892-1893; in Univ. of Pa., 1893-1894; in Cornell Unlv., 1894-1896; Ph.D., 1896 (Polit, science and history); m. Madison, Wis., Oct. 30, 1909, Martha Marion Fay; onc d., Janet A., b. Dec. 1, 1911. Author: Congressional Committees (Crowell's Library of Eco- nomics and Politics); centb'r to periodicals. Mem. staff of Nelson's Loosc-Leaf Encyclopedia. In Philip- plnc edn'l service, 1901-1905; made trip around the world. Instr. in politics and jurisprudence, Univ. of Wis., 1905-1909; In service of Ed'n Dep't State of N. Y., 1909-1913. On Staff of N. Y. State Library, Legislative Reference Section. Mem. County com. of Progressive Party, Albany, N. Y. Recreation: Horseback riding. Residence: 119 N. Allen St. Address: Room 201, Ed'n Bldg., Albany, N. Y.
McCONNELL, SAMUEL D.
Clergyman; b. Westmoreland Co., Pa., Aug. 1, 1846; s. David and Agnes (Guthrie) McConnell; grad. Wash- ington and Jefferson Coll., A.B., 1868, LL.D., 1902; Unlv. of Pa., D.D., 1889; Hobart Coll., D.C.L., 1896; Victoria Inst. of Great Britain, 1894; m. Erie, P:I., Sept. 3, 1873, Anna Bliss; children: Ellicott, b. 1875. Guthrie, b. 1876, Chrystie, b. 1892. Rector Holy Trinity Ch., Middletown, Conn., 1876-1882; St. Stephen's Ch., Phlla- delphia, 1882-1896; Holy Trinity Cit., Brooklyn, 1896- 1902; Ail Souls' Ch., N. Y. City, 1902-1905; rector emeritus All Souls, from 1905. Editorial writer for Philadelphla and N. Y. papers. Author: History of American Episcopal Church: Sermon Stuff; Sons of God; The Open Secret; The Evolution of Immorality; Christ; Christianity, etc. Clubs: Century, City (N. Y. City ), University (Philadelphia), Chesapeake Bay Yacht. Residence: Sunset Farm, Easton, Md. Ad- dress: City Club, N. Y. City.
McCOOEY, JOHN H.
Ex-deputy comptroller, City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, June 18, 1864; s. Patrick H. and Ann D. ( Hanlon) Mc- Cooey; ed. public schools, Brooklyn. N. Y., 1871-1572; public and high schools, Chester, Pa., 1872-1877; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1899, Catherine I. Sesnon; children: John, b. 1899, Herbert. b. 1901, Adcle. b. 1903, Everett, b. 1906. Sup't of P. O. Statlon S. Brooklyn, 1888; ass't postmaster of Brooklyn, 1893-1898; deputy county treas. Kings Co., N. Y., 1898-1899; sec. Civil Servlec Commission, N. Y. Clty, 1899-1903; pres. same; collector of assessments and arrears, Borough of Brooklyn, 1905; deputy comptroller City of N. Y .. from Jan. 1, 1906-1909. Trustec Nassau Trust Co., Brook- ivn, N. Y. Democrat (regular) ; Roman Catholic. Mem. Emerald Soc., Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Broek- lyn, Brooklyn League. Clubs: Brooklyn, Hanover, Madison, Seymour, Kings County Democratic, Municl- pal (Brooklyn). Address: 1426 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
McCORD, DAVID WALTER
Manufacturer, retired; b. Paris, Ill., Sept. 13, 1865; s. Willlam Berry and Mary J. (Campbell) McCord;
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grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., class of 1889; m. Danvlile, [11., Aug. 23, 1893, Fannie E. Davis; children: Dorothy Davis, b. July 23, 1894; Janet, b. June 7, 1903. Many years engaged in active exec. control of several large mfg interests in car bld'g, steel, iron and railroad supplies, retiring, 1907. V .- p. and dir. McCord Co .; dir. McCord Mfg Co., Mason, Davis Co. Mem. Grad- uate Council Princeton Unlv. Clubs: Railroad, Uni- versity, Princeton (N. Y.), University, Riverside Golf (Chicago), Maidstone (E. Hampton, N. Y.), Nassau, University Cottage (Princeton, N. J.), Suffolk Hunt. Residence, E. Hampton, L. I. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
McCORMACK, CHARLES J.
Borough pres .; b. N. Y. Clty; s. Thomas and Ellen McCormack; ed. public schools and St. Gabriel's High Sch., N. Y. City; m. Sarah A. Donnelly; two children. Elected mem. of Assembly 1903; sheriff of Richmond Co., 1904-1906; deputy comm'r water, gas and electric- Ity, 1907-1908; tax comm'r, 1908-1813. Elected pres. Borough of Richmond Nov. 4, 1913. Address: New Brighton, S. I., N. Y.
MCCORMICK, JOSEPH MEDILL
Publisher; b. Chicago, May 16, 1879; s. Robert San- derson and Katharine Van Etta (Medill) McCormick; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1900; m. Cleveland, June 10, 1903, Ruth, d. late Senator M. A. Hanna; one d., Kath- arine Augusta, b. 1913. Entered service Chicago Daily Tribune as reporter, subsequently real estate and ins. editor corr. in Philippines, and editorial writer in Washington, D. C .. vice chm'n Pogressive Nat. Com. Progressive. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, City, Chi- cago Golf, New Ill. Athletic, Saddle and Cycle, On- wentsia, Atlas (Chicago), Union (Cleveland), Racquet and Tennis, University (N. Y.), Metropolitan (Wash- Ington). Residence: 909 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Address: 1505 City Hall Sq. Bld'g, Chicago, Il.
MacCOUN, TOWNSEND
Author; b. Troy, N. Y., 1845; s. John Townsend and Angelica Rachel Douw (Lane) MacCoun; grad. Wil- liams, A.B., 1866, A.M., 1869; m. Quebec, Can., 1899, Annie Dean. Was bookseller and publisher, 1869- 1893; afterward in literary work, development of pat- ent machinery and handling real estate; now again in publishing business. Devised the system of using in maps identical colors for each nationality in successive maps, thereby teaching history by color, first introducing the color system in Labbertson's Historical Atlas and General History, 1887. Author: MacCoun's Historical Geography of the United States. 1889; Historical Geography Charts of the United States, 1890; Historical Geography Charts of Europe, 1895; Holy Land in Geography and History (2 vols.), 1897; Maps of Berkshire Co., Mass., 1903; Historical Geography Charts of English History, 1903. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Chi Psi fraternity. Address: 117 E. 39th St., N. Y. City.
MacCRACKEN, HENRY MITCHELL
Chancellor emeritus of New York University; b. Ox- ford, Ohlo, Sept. 28, 1840; s. Rev. John Stcele and Eliza Hawkins MacCracken; ed. Miami Univ., A.B. 1857, LL.D. 1888; Wittenberg Coll., D.D., 1878; N. Y. Univ., LL.D., 1910; studied at United Presby'n Theol.
Princeton Theol. Sem., Xenia, Ohio, 1860-1862;
Seminary, 1862-1863; Tübingen and Berlin Univs.,
1867-1868; m. Columbus, . Ohio, 1872, Catherine Hubbard; children: Mrs. Frederick Stockwell, John Henry, George Gere, Henry Noble. Teacher of clas- sics and sch. sup't, 1857-1861; pastor Westminster Ch., Columbus, Ohlo, 1863-1867; 1st Presby'n Ch., To- ledo, Ohlo, 1868-1881; chancellor Western Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pa, 1881-1884: vice-chancellor and prof. philosophy, N. Y. Univ., 1884-1891; deputy to Gen. As- sembly, Free Ch. of Scotland, 1867, and to Irish Presby'n Gen. Assembly, 1884; chancellor N. Y. Univ., 1891-1910;"committeeman of Hall of Fame, which was organized by him, 1900. Author Tercentenary of Presbyterlanism, A Metropolitan University, Leaders of the Church Universal (3 vols.). Address: University Heights, N. Y. City.
MacCRACKEN, JOHN HENRY
University professor; b. Rochester, Vt., Sept. 20, 1875; s. Henry Mitchell and Catherine (Hubbard) MacCracken; ed. Lyons 'Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City, N. Y., Univ., A.B., 1894, A.M., 1897; Univ of Halle- Wittenberg, Germany, Ph.D., 1899; Westminster Coll., LL.D., 1903; m. 1910, Edith Constable. Butler philos. fellow, N. Y. Univ., 1894-1895; Instr. philosophy, same, 1896-1899; ass't prof. philosophy, same, 1899; pres. and prof. philosophy, Westminster Coll., Fulton, Mo., 1899-1903; syndic N. Y. Univ. and prof. politics since 1903. Acting chancellor, 1910: trustee N. Y. Univ .: pres. College B'd Presby'n Church. Progressive in national politics. Presby'n. Mom. A. A. A. S., Nat.
Edn'l Ass'n, Nat. Civie Federation, Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, N. Y. Peacc Soc., Soc. for Promotion of Indus- trial Ed'n, Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n, Coun- cil of Econom., IAm. Acad. Polit. and Soc. Science, P'hi Beta Kappa Alumni, Psi Upsilon. Club: City. Ad- dress: 15 E. 83d St., N. Y. City.
McCREA, JAMES ALEXANDER
Railroad official; b. Philadelphia, May 26, 1875; s. James and Ada (Montgomery) McCrea; grad. Shef- field Scientle Sch., Yale, Ph.B., 1895; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 15, 1897, Mabel Clarke; children: James A., b. 1899, Charles Clarke, b. 1901. Civil eng'r by profes- sion; has been with Penna. R. R. and Pa. lines since . 1895, first eng'ring and later in operating depts .; now gen. supt. L. I. R. R., Ocean Elec. R'y, Huntington R. R., Nassau County R. R., Northport Traction Co., Glencove R. R .; v .- p. Montauk Water Co. Republican .. Episcopalian. Asso. mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; mem Delta Psi fraternity. Clubs: Rittenhouse (Philadel- phia) ; Rockaway Hunting, St. Anthony (N. Y. City). Address: Woodmere, L. I., N. Y.
McCREADY, CHARLES
Catholic clergyman; b. in Ireland, 1837; eame to this country, 1864; grad. Mt. St. Mary's Sem. Emmitsburg, Md., 1866. Rector Ch. of the Holy Cross since 1877. Created, by l'ius X domestic prelate, 1904. Address: 329 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
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