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Civil eng'r; b. Cicero, Onondaga Co., Feb. 25, 1861; s. Emery and Mary J. ( Churchlli) Moulton; grad. Cor- nell Univ., B.S., 1881; m. Clay, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Mar. 16, 1887, Sara A. Wright; children: Webster C., b. 1889; Lloyd W., b. 1891; Guy W., b. 1897. Taught school, 18S1-1882; ass't eng'r Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh R.R., from preliminary survey to comple- tion of road, 1882-1883; farmer, 1881-1889; ass't eng'r on Lizard Creek branch of Lehigh Valley R.R. In Pa. (built 12 miles), 1889-1890; ass't eng'r on Ruffalo ex- tension, same road (bullt 12 miles, and completed 12 miles more), 1890-1892; Improved and extended Wat- kins water system, relined reservoir, installed pump- Ing plant, etc., 1893; ass't eng'r N. Y. & N. E. R.R .; also on survey for private road in Tenn., 1894; cng'r and gen. mg'r coal mining co., Pa., 1895-1896. Ass't eng'r Jackson & Mackinaw R R., Mich. (built 12 miles), 1895-1896; eng'r and gen. mg'r for McDonald & Sayre, contractors on N. Y. State canals, under Nine Millions Act, 1896-1897; first ass't eng'r, Middle Div. N. Y. State canals, 1897-1903; resident eng'r on Barge Canal, 1903-1909; div. eng'r Middle Dlv. N. Y. State canals,
1909-1910; 1st resident eng'r Middle Div. N. Y. State canals since 1910. Republican. Universalist. Trustee 1st Universalist Soc., Syracuse. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Technology Club of Syracuse, Royal Arch Mason. Mem. Citizens' Club of Syracuse. Address: 22B W. Kennedy St., Syracuse, N. Y.
MOVIUS, EDWARD HALLAM
Lawyer; b. Ypsilanti, Mich., Oct. 19, 1848; s. Julius and Mary Leonard ( Vibbard) Movius; grad. Heidel- berg Univ. (Germany), 1869, and Hamilton Coll. Law Sch., 1978; m. Sept. 26, 1877, Mary Lovering Rumsey, of Buffalo; children: Evelyn Hallam (Mrs. James Par- ker Hall), Hallam Leonard (m. Boston, 1906, Alice Lee West). One of counsel for State Comm'n to acquire lands for N. Y. State Reservation, Niagara Falls, 1883- 1885; receiver First Nat. Bank of Buffalo, N. Y., 1887; U. S. Mineral Land Comm'r in Helena (Mont.) District, 1895-1897. Att'y for Central R.R. Co. of N. J. since 1903. Clubs: University (N. Y. City), Buffalo (Buffalo) and others.,, Address: 102 W. 80th St., N. Y. City.
MOYER, FAYETTE EHLE
Educator; b. Minden, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1874; s. Seward and Alvira (Ehle) Moyer; ed. Clinton Liberal Inst., Fort Plain, N. Y., 1888-1892; pres. White Scholarship, Cornell, 1892-1894; Corncil Ph.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1896; student at Jena, Germany, 1896-1897; student at Sorbonne, Paris, 1897; in. Potsdam, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1903, Abbie S. Howe; one son, Donald Howe, b. Jan. 11, 1905. Student of modern languages in Germany and France, 1896-1897; prof. modern languages, Clark- som Sch. of Technology, Potsdam, N. Y., 1897-1903; 1903-1909, teacher of French in De Witt Clinton High Sch., N. Y. City; since 1909 teacher of history. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n. Address: De Witt Clinton High Sch., N. Y. City.
MULFORD, VINCENT STRONG
Publisher; b. N. Y. City, 1872; s. Louis J. and Caro- line (Toles) Mitford; m. E. Orange, N. J., 1900, Made- lelne Day; children: Madeleine Day, b 1903; Carol Helene, b. 1909; Vincent S., b. 1911. Mg'r Jewelers' Circular Publishing Co .; pres. Optical Publishing Co .; dir. Thompson-Starrett Co., N. River Fire Ins. Co., U. S. Flre Ins. Co., Fidelity Trust Co., Bloomfield Trust Co. Republican. V .- D. Montclair Horse Show Ass'n; dir. Montclair Art Ass'n; trus. Mountainside Hosp. Clubs: Union League, New York, Lotos, Essex County Country, Blooming Grove Hunting and Fish- ing, Montclair, Montclair Athletic, Camp Fire. Rest- dence: 130 S. Mountain Av., Montclair, N. J. Address: 11 John St., N. Y. City.
MULHOLLAND, JOSEPH A.
Physician; b. Mechanicsville, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1878; 9. John and Catherine (Goode) Mulholland; grad. Ford- ham Unlv., A.B., Cornell Med. Coll., M.D .; m. N. Y. City, June 16, 1908, Josephine Dodin. Physician, with specialty in diseases of nose, throat and ear. Demo- crat. Catholic. Mem. B. P. O. Elks, Woodmen, Phi Alpha Sigma fraternity, Knights of Columbus, N. Y. County Med. Soc., Home Med. Soc. Clubs: Fordham, Graduates. Address: 218 W. 71st St., N. Y. City.
MULLALY, JOHN
Journalist, author, lecturer, Inventor; b. Belfast, Ire- land; hon. L.L.D., St. John's Univ., Fordham, N. Y., Litt.D. Coli. Christian Brothers, St. Louis, Mo. Learned profession as journalist on N. Y. Tribune, then under mg'mt of Horace Grecley; later city reporter Evening Post, Editor William Cullen Bryant; six years on New York Herald and its sp'l corr. on expd'n to lay sub- marine cablo across Gulf of St. Lawrence from Cape Ray, Newfoundland, to Cape North, Cape Breton, and during first three Atlantic telegraph expd'us, 1857- 1858; while on these several expd'ns, extending over a year, enjoyed tho exceptional privilege of being guest of officers of U. S. steam frigate Niagara; dur- ing these expd'ns, of which was official historian, acted temporarily as sec., to Prof. Morse, and Cyrus W. Field (mg'r of Atlantic Telegraph Co.); soon after return from last cxpd'n, began publication of The Motropolitan Record, at desire of and with the ap- proval of Archbishop Hughes. Was comin'r of health one term; incm. B'd of Assessors two terms; mem. N. Y. Press Club over twenty years; mcm. U. S. Catholie Hist. Soc .; originator and founder of new system of parks and parkways north of the Harlem River, and active participator in seven years' movement by which nearly 4,000 acres were acquired by city, and which Includes Van Cortlandt, Pelham Bay, Bronx. Cro- tona, Claremont and St. Mary's parks, Bronx and Pel- ham Parkway and Crotona Parkway. Inventor of alumninography; pres. U. S. Aluminum Printing Plate Company. Author: The Laying of the Cable, or The Ocean Telegraph; A Trip to Newfoundland to Lay the
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Guif of St. Lawrence Cable; The Milk Trade of New York City, exposing its adulterations (this finaliy led to the marked reform of the trade); More Public Parks, Lungs for the Metropolis; report to the legis- lature of 1884 of the commission to select the sites for the six new parks and three new parkways in the Borough of the Bronx; History of the Seven Ycars' Contest to Acquire and Secure Said Parks and Park- ways; editor of the Journal of the Fair, daily illus- trated publication of sixteen pages, issued from new St. Patrick's Cathedral, and comprising over 250 large foiio pages; aggregate proceeds of the fair held from Oct. 23 to Nov. 29, 1878, amounted to $175,000; The Seminary, monthly illustrated periodical, which was designed to aid construction of new St. Joseph's Seminary at Dunwoodle, Sept., 1892, to Sept., 1896, and containing over 850 folio pages. Address: 223 E. 49th St., N. Y. City.
MULLANY, JOHN F.
Clergyman; b. Deerfield, N. Y, July 10, 1853; s. Thomas and Margaret C. (Ryan) Mullany; ed. Chris- tian Brothers' Acad., Utiea, N. Y., Manhattan Coll., N. Y. City; Provincial Sem., Troy, N. Y., A.B., A.M., LL.D., D.D. Rector St. John the Baptist Ch., Syracuse, N. Y .; educator; principal Acad, of the Sacred Heart; founder of Catholic summer and winter sehools; promoter of university extension work; study club and reading circle; lecturer, writer, transiator. Editor and man- ager of St. John's Monthly (family magazine). Has traveled extensively through Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Independent in politics. Mem. Teachers' Ass'lı, Publishers' Club, Soc. Indian Antiquities, Knight of St. Gregory; trustee Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts; St. Mary's Cemetery, St. John's Church, City Hosp., R. C. Orphan Asylums, etc. Mem. Catholic Hist. Soc., Geog. Soc .; sec. Roman Antiquities, Holy Land Ex- pioration Soc. Clubs: Catholic, University. Address: Syracuse, N. Y.
MULLINER, GABRIELLE STEWAR" (Mrs. W. G.)
Lawyer; b. Cleveland, O., Oct. 24, 1872; d. N. Coe and Gabrielle (Townsend) Stewart; cd. public schools; stu- dent at Univ. of Ohio and Ohio State Univ. Law Sch., 1900; m. Sept. 26, 1904, Waiter Girdwood Mulliner, of Leamington, Warwickshire, England. Practised law three years in Ohio; admitted to N. Y. Bar 1903; now practising law in N. Y. City. Mem. N. Y. County Law- yers' Ass'n, Daughters of Ohio in N. Y., Nat. Clvic Ass'n, Chm'n Legislative Com. of N. Y. Federation of Women's Clubs; member and director Nat. Society of Forum; mem. Legislative Com. of Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs; member and director Nat. Society of Patriotie Women, Manhattan Chapter, D. A. R .; Equal Franchise Soc .; State Parliamentarian of D. A. R .; mem. N. Y. Browning Soc .; leeturer on Civil Gov. Au- thor: New York Laws of Interest to Women. Club: Woman's Republican. Address: 111 E. 56th St., N. Y. City.
MULQUEEN, JOSEPH F.
Jurist; appointed judge Court of Gen. Sessions for term expiring Dec. 31, 1921: Residence: 888 Park Av. Address: Criminal Court Bld'g, N. Y. City.
MUNDORFF, GEORGE THEODORE
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 4, 1871; s. George and Mary (Wolters) Mundorf; ed. N. Y. public schools; grad. N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll., 1895; Univs. of Berlin, Leipzig, Prague and Vienna, 1896-1898; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 30, 1901, Minnie Grau; children: Althea Grau, b. Nov. 4, 1902; George Theodore, b. Feb. 24, 1905; Ruth Dorothea, b. Feb. 18, 1907; Arthur Bertram, b. June 12, 1909. Traveled extensively through England, Hol- land, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Italy and Switzer- land, 1896-1898. Attending physician to St. Francis Home for Chronic Diseases and Incurables, N. Y. City. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., German Med. Soc., Medico-Legal Soc., East Side Physicians' Ass'ns, Nat. Geog. Soc., Clinical Soc. of N. Y., Post-Graduate Sch. and Hosp., also a mem. Amity Lodge, 323, F. and A. M .; Manhattan Chapter, R. A. M .; Adelphi Council, R. and S. M .; Palestine Com- mandcry, Knights Templar; Consistory of N. Y. City, 32°; Nobles of Mystic Shrine; Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets; N. Y. Lodge, No. 1, B. P. O. Elks; Knights of Pythias; Knights of Honor; Knights and Ladies of Honor; Junior Order United Am. Workmen and For- esters of Am .; Union of Old German Students of Am .; A.A.A.S. Author of a number of med. monographs. Recreations: Bowiing, chess. Address: 225 E. 18th St., N. Y. City.
MUNFORD, IRVING HILL
Born in Tenn., of oid and distinguished Va. ancestry; s. William Bail and Amanda (Green) Munford; at-
tended S. Western Presby'n Univ., Clarksville, Tenn .; unmarried. Formerly interested in rallroad supply tbusiness; now owner of High Acre Stock Farm, Va. Travelled extensively in U. S. and abroad, Democrat; Presby'n. Mein. Southern Soc. Recreations: Master of High Acre Beagles; breeder ot thoroughbred horses and hounds. Clubs: N. Y. Engineers, Plains Poio, N. Y. Rallroad, N. E. Railroad. Residence: "High Acre," The Plains, Va.
MUNN, CHARLES ALLEN
Publisher, editor; b. N. Y. City; s. Orson Desaix and Julia Augusta (Allen) Munn; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1881. Admitted to the bar, 1893. Editor The Scientific American and pres. and dir. Munn & Co., its publishers, who also conduct an extensive business as solicitors of U. S. and foreign patents. Mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc., N. E. Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Century, Univer- sity, Groiier, Union, Knickerbocker, Racquet and Ten- nis, Merchants', Whippany River, Essex County Coun- try (N. J.). Address: 361 Broadway, N. Y. City.
MUNN, JOHN P.
Pres. U. S. Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., physician; b. Gates, Monroc Co., N. Y., 1847; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., (Phi Beta Kappa), 1870; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1875; m. Martha B. Plum. Engaged in practice of med- icine in N. Y. City from 1875; in 1877 began connection with the U. S. Life Ins. Co. as examining physician; for many years was its med. dir. and mem. B'd of Dirs; in 1902 was elected pres. of the company in suc- cession to George H. Burford, resigned. Dem. Deita Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Racquet, N. Y. Athletic. Ad- dress: 18 W 58th St., N. Y. City.
MUNRO, ROBERT FRATER
Pres. Am. Cotton Oil Co .; b. Aug. 28, 1852; s. William and Margaret (Frater) Munro; ed. schs. of Scotland; m. N. Y. City, June 2, 1891, A. Nada Swasey. Employed with Price, Waterhouse & Co., public accountants, London; came to U. S. as representative for group of English railroad men, and accepted position with Queen & Crescent System, with headquarters in Cin- einnati; resigned 1885; assisted in org'n of Am. Cotton Oil Trust, later formed under Am. Cotton Oil Co., of which is pres. and dir. Aiso pres. N. K. Fairbank Co., W. J. Wilcox Lard & Refining Co., Kanawha Ins. Co. of America, New Orleans Aeid & Fertilizer Co., Robert B. Brown Oil Co. Mem. B'd of Trade; life mem. St. Andrews Soc. Club: Lawyers. Residence: 260 W. 72d St. Address: 27 Beaver St., N. Y. City.
MUNRO, WILLIS
Forester, lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., Dec. 3, 1873; s. Josiah Greene and Sarah Keene Healey (Dall) Munro; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1896; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1899; Yale Forest Seh., M.F., 1912; Harvard Forest Sch. (sp'l counse estimating and lumbering white pine), 1912; m. N. Y., Oet. 31, 1907, Marion Beach Bogardus. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, Jan., 1900; law eierk. Moot-Sprague, Brownell-Marcy, Buffalo, N. Y., 1899-1901; att'y for Citizens Union, N. Y. Clty, 1901; deputy ass't dist. atty, N. Y. County, 1902-1903; in private practice since 1903. Field ass't to Conn. State Forester, 1912; Scout, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dep't of Ag'r, 1913; fleld ass't, later ass't in forest ing'mt, Sllireultural Experiments in N. E. made with view to controlling the gypsy moth, 1913. Served as Seaman to Ensign, Naval Brigade, M.V.M., 1892-1897. Private, Squadron A, N.G.N. Y., 1902-1904. Mem. Asss'n Bar City of N. Y. Address: 43 Tremont St., Boston, Mass., and N. Y. City.
MUNROE, FREDERICK MITCHELL
Editor, pubilsher; b. Cambridge, Mass., 1859; s. Charles Willlam and Susan Maria (HIall) Munroe; ed. Williams Coll .; m. Springfield, Mass., Dec. 24, 1891, Elizabeth Lee Bowles; children: Donald Mitchell, b. 1892; Elizabeth Bowles, b. 1894; Ruth Schermerhorn, b. 1897. Newspaper man, reporter N. Y. Sun, Brook- lyn Eagle and at varlous periods Sunday editor, ex- change editor and ass't mu'g editor N. Y. Press. Founder Brooklyn Life, 1890, and shuicc June, 1909, edited and conducted it; for 3 years editor Town and Country, and treas. Schermerhorn Co, publishing it. Independent with Republican leanings. Congregation- alist. Mem. S. A. R., Mayflower's Descendants. Rec- reations: Inventing, writing verse and farming. Clubs: Brooklyn (Brooklyn). Address: Rogers Av., Hunt- Ington, I. I., N. Y.
MUNROE, HENRY S.
Prof. mining; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1850; grad. Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ., E.M., 1869, Ph.D., 1878, Sc.D., 1904. Ass't geologist, Ofilo State Geological Survey, 1870-1871; ass't chemist, Dep't of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., 1870-1872; ass't geol, and mining
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eng'r Geol. Survey of Yesso, Japan, 1872-1875; prof. geology and mining, Univ. of Tokio, Japan, 1875-1876; adjunct prof. surveying and practical mining, 1877- 1891; prof. mining, Sch. of Mines, since 1891; mg'r, 1884-1885, and v .- p., 1890-1892, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs. Mem. Columbia Univ. Council since 1895. Dean of Faculty of Applied Science, Columbia Univ., 1897-1899; pres. Mining and Metall. Soc. of America, 1908-1909; sec., 1910; pres. Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n, 1909-1910. Address: School of Mines, Columbia University, N. Y. City.
MUNROE, VERNON
Manufacturer, mayor of Englewood, N. J .; b. Nov. 24, 1874; s. Chester Clark and Adelaide ((Hoadley) Munroe; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B .; m. N. Y. Clty, Dec. 18, 1901, Sally Sprague Cook; children: David Hoad- ley, b. Nov. 27, 1902; Vernon, Jr., b. Dec. 15, 1908; Louisa Sprague, b. Oct. 14, 1911. Sec. International Motor Co. Mem. Troop A, N. Y. Vol. Cav., during Spanish War; mayor Englewood, N. J., since Jan. 1, 1912. Ciubs: Harvard, University. Residence: Engle- wood, N. J. Address: 1770 Broadway, N. Y. City.
MUNSEY, FRANK A.
Publisher; b. Mcrcer, Me., Aug. 21, 1854; came to N. Y. City, 1882, and started the Golden Argosy, juve- nile weekly; is now prop'r of widely circulated maga- zines: Munsey's, The Argosy, The All-Story, The Rail- road and Current Mechanics, and of four daily news- papers: Baltimore News, Philadelphia Evening Times, Washington Times and N. Y. Press. Founder of Mun- sey Trust Co., Washington, D. C., and of the Munsey Trust Co., Baltimore, Md. Author: Derringforth and other novels, and of widely quoted addresscs on pub- llshing and advertising. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Yacht, Manhattan, Lambs, Riding, Ardsley. Address: Flatiron Bld'g, Fifth Av. and 23d St., N. Y. City.
MUNSON, C. LA RUE
Lawyer; b. Bradford, N. Y., July 2, 1854; s. Edgar and Lucy Maria (Curtis) Munson; ed. Cheshire Acad., 1868-1871; Yale Univ., Law Dep't, 1873-1875, LL.B., and received honorary degree of M.A., 1892; in. Rome, N. Y., Minnie Wright Tuller, and they have two sons. Has been engaged in the practice of law since grad- uation. Mem. of the firm of Candor & Munson since 1875; pres. Savings Inst. of Williamsport; E. Kecier Co., Willlamsport Iron & Nail Co., Williamsport Pas- senger R'y Co .; dir. Lycoming Nat. Bank, Am. Wood- working Machinery Co., Nat. Silk Dyeing Co., Scranton Life Ins. Co., Williamsport Water Co., Lycoming Foun- dry & Machine Co., Royal Braid Co., Williamsport Wire Rope Co. Author: Manual Elementary Practice, 1897. Pres. Pa. State Bar Ass'n, 1902-1903; dir. James V. Brown Public Library. Mason.
Club: Ross. Ad- dresses: Williamsport, Pa., and 27 William St., N. Y. City.
MUNSON, CHARLES SHERWOOD
Manufacturer; b. Woodbury, Conn., Sept. 14, 1888; s. John Newton and Florence Avervill (Seeley) Munson; ed. The Taft Sch., Watertown, Conn., Yale Univ., A.B., 1912; m. Southbury, Conn., June 22, 1912, Marjorie Jean Oatinan; one son: Charles Sherwood, Jr., b. April 28, 1913. Associated with N. Y. office of Amoskeag Mig Co., mf'rs of cotton goods. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Zeta Phi fraternity. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Yale, Arkwright. Residence: 71 Remsen St., Brook- lyn, N. Y., and Nyack, N. Y. Address: 34 Thomas St., N. Y. City.
MUNSON, EDWIN STERLING
Oculist and aurist; b. Earville, Ill., May 8, 1870; s. Bertrand Alphonso and Mary Jane (Smith) Munson; ed. in public schools of Chicago and N. Y. City, N. Y. Homc. Med. Coll. and Flower Hosp., M.D., 1894, N. Y. Ophthalnic Hosp., O. et A. Chir., 1898; m. Yonkers, N. Y., May 1, 1901, Edna May Peene; children: Edwin Bert- rand, b. Nov. 19. 1906; Jean, b. Dec. 2, 1908. Interne at Five Points Hosp. for Children, two years; N. Y. Ophthalmic Hosp., one year. Prof. Opthalmology and Otology, N. Y. Med. Coll. and Hosp. for Women; prof. Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Hosp. Coll .; oculist and aurist, Yonkers Ilomæ. Hosp. Sergeant, Company C, 7th Reg't. Mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, Homce. Med. Soc., State of N. Y., Homo. Med. Soc. County of N. Y. Clubs: Dunham, N. Y. Medical, Yonkers Clinical. Ad- dress: 8 W. 49th St., N. Y City.
MUNSON, F. GRANVILLE
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 21, 1882; s. Her- bert W. and Harrict B. (Jobes) Munson; grad. Univ. of Pa., B.S., in Economics; Harvard Univ., LL.B .; m. Binghamton, N. Y., Fcb. 16, 1911, Agnes K. McNamara, LL.B. Partner with wife in firm of Munson & Munson.
Contb'r to Yale, Columbia, Pa. and other law maga- zines; joint author Index Analysis of the Federal Statutes. Captain, Coast Art'y Corps, N. G. N. Y, Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Recreation: Tennis. Residence: 484 Convent Av. Ad- dress: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
MUNSON, HARLAN L.
Lawyer; b. Portland, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1870; s. Alson N. and Julia A. (Healy) Munson; grad. Westfield Union Sch., 1888, Cornell Unlv. (Sch. of Law), LL.B., 1891, LL.M., 1892; m. 1st, Ripley, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1900, Ber- tha E. Bennett (died Jan. 15, 1908); 2nd, Westfield, N. Y., Mar. 27, 1912, Mary Knox Peirce; children: Donald Bennett, b. Nov. 30, 1902; Harlan Peirce, b. Feb. 21, 1913. Practising law and doing gen. Insurance business with Arthur B. Ottaway (later county judge), Westfield, N. Y., since 1894. Trustee and pres. Village of Westfield, 1908. Democrat; Presbyterian. Trustee First Presbyterian Ch .; trustee and dir. Y. M. C. A., Westfield, N. Y. Mem. Pili Delta Phi. Address: West- ficld, N. Y.
MUNSON, JAMES EUGENE
Stenographer, inventor; b. Paris, Oneida County, New York, May 12, 1835; studied at Amherst; studied shorthand and became expert stenographer; settled in New York City, 1857; married. Was court stenogra- pher over thirty years; reported Beecher-Tilton case for N. Y. Sun. Expended much labor in simplifying existing systems of shorthand, the result being the Munson System. Invented process of setting and jus- tifying type automatically, and machines for doing same; also assisted in inventing a machine for operat- ing typewriting machines by telegraph. Author: The Complete Phonographer; Dictionary of Practical Pho- nography; Phrase Book of Practical Phonography; The Art of Phonography; A Shorter Course in Munson Phonography; Munson's Pocket Phonographic Dic- tionary. Address: 1186 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
MUNSON, JAMES FREDERICK
Physician; b. Pontiac, Mich., 1881; s. James D. and Mary S .; grad. Univ. Mich., A.B., M.D. Ass't Univ. Mich. 2 years. Resident pathologist, Craig Colony for Epileptics, Sonyea, N. Y., since 1906. Sec. and treas. Nat. Ass'n Study of Epilepsy. Mem. Med. Ass'n, Am. Medico-Psychol. Ass'n, Nat. Conference Charities and Corrections, Nu Sigma Nu, Sigma Xi. Address: Sonyea, N. Y.
MUNSON, SAMUEL LYMAN
Manufacturer; b. Huntington, Mass., June 14, 1844; s. Garry and Harriet (Lyman) Munson; cd. Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass .; m. Albany, N. Y., May 21, 1868, Susan Babcock Hopkins; children: Harriet Ly- man, Anne Ilopkins, Edward Garry, Paul Babcock, Samuel Lyman, Jr., Amy Treadwell, Robert. For 45 years a shirt and collar mf'r, 40 years under a single mg'mt. V .- p. Ilome Savings Bank, Albany; mem. Ai- bany Advisory B'd, United States Fidelity Guaranty Co .; now pres. S. L. Munson Co., Albany; pres. Massasoit Wadding Co., Cohoes; trustee Albany Home. Hosp .; former dir. Nat. Exchange Bank. Extensive traveler; frequent lecturer. Presidential elector, 1900. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. (v .- p. of trustees Madison Av. Ch., Albany). Pres. Weekapaug Chapel Soc., Weeka- paug, R. I .; pres. Masonic Veterans' Ass'n of Albany; life mem. N. E. Soc. of N. Y., Founders and Patriots; Masters' Lodge, Temple Chapter, Tempie Command- ery F. and A. M .; regent Phillip Livingston Chapter, Sons of Revolution; mg'r State Soc. Sons of Revolu- tion. Recreations: Travel, library, golf. Clubs: Fort Orange, Country (Albany), Watervliet Golf, Repub- lican, Arkwright (N. Y.). Address: 84 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y.
MURALT, CARL LEONARD DE
Consulting eng'r; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1873; s. Carl and Lily ( Wegmann) de Muralt; cd. public schools of Zurich, Switzerland; Univs. of Munich and Zurich, M.E., E.E., 1895; m. Schenectady, N. Y., 1898, Jeanette Lathrop; children: Aline Elizabeth, b. 1900; Carl Leonard, Jr., b. 1904; Frank Leonard, b. 1907; Maximilian Theodore, b. 1908. In 1895 entercd employ of Gen. Electric Co .; first in shops in Schenectady, then in cng'ring dep't. In 1897 detailed to German branch of Gen. Elec. Co. as eng'r of lighting and power dep't. Built some of most important electric plants in Europe, among others, city lighting plant of Madrid, Spain. In 1899 entered employ of Brown, Bo- very & Co., famous Swiss eng'rs; did original work in building well-known Swiss high-tension alternating- current railroads (Jungfrau R. R. and others) and high-tension power transmissions. In 1902 returned and established firm of Muralt & Co., consulting eng'rs, N. Y. City. Mem. Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Mem.
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Am. Inst. of Electrical Eng'rs, Am, Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Contb'd papers on Polyphase Alternating Currents for Raliroads, 1902, and Heavy Electric Traction, 1905. Club: Players. Residence: Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Ad- dress: 114 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
MURCHISON, KENNETH MACKENZIE
Architect; b. N. Y. City, 1872; s. Kenneth M. and Katherine ( Williams) Murchison; grad. Columbia Univ. School of Science, Ph.B .; m. N. Y. City, 1902, Au- reile de Mauriac; children: Katherine, b. 1905; Aurelie de M. Murchison, b. 1908. Architect of Lackawanna R. R. Terminal at Hoboken, Union Ferry house, foot of 23d St., N. Y. City, Gedney Farm Hotel, White Plains, Baltimore Union Sta., Havana Union Sta., Buf- falo Terminal. Ancien eleye de l'Ecole des Beaux- Arts. Mem. Beaux-Arts Soc., Am. Inst. of Architects, Architectural League; received decoration of Officier d'Académie, conferred by French Gov't. Clubs: Uni- versity, Sleepy Hollow Country, Columbia Univ., Ama- teur Comedy, Mendelssohn Glee. Address: 49 E. 63d St., N. Y. City.
MURDOCK, HARRIS H.
Architect; b. Cambridge, Mass., 1879; s. Walter H. and Eleanor (Grigg) Murdock; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1901; m. June 16, 1903, Marion Davidson; chil- dren: Robert, Richard (twins), b. Feb. 8, 1905. Mem. firm Jardine, Hill & Murdock. Club: Harvard. Resi- dence: 417 W. 114th St., Address: 3 W. 29th St., N. Y. City.
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