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PINE, JOHN B.
Lawyer; b. Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 2, 1857; s. George W. and Martha A. Pine; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1877. Admitted to bar 1880 and engaged in practise. Trustee Columbia Univ. since 1891; Bureau Municipal Research; Am. Acad. in Rome; N. Y. City Art Comm'r, 1907-1909; Com. on Character, 1908-1909; mg'r St. Luke's Hosp. slice 1895. Democrat; Episcopallan. Meni. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Psi Upsilon fraternity, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y., St. Nicholas Soc. Clubs: Century, University, Down Town, Columbia Univer- sity (v .- p.). Address: 63 Wall St., N. W. City.
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PINN, JAMES LUTHER
Clergyman; b. Washington, D. C., May 12, 1877; s. James and Lucy J. (Lucas) Pinn; grad. Washington High Sch., 1894; post-grad. course, 1894-1895; grad. Washington Normal Sch., 1896; attended Teachers' Coll. and Theological Sem., Howard Univ., grad. 1902; m. Washington, D. C., June 16, 1897, Celia V. Gaskins; children: James R. C., b. 1899; Luther Conrad, b. 1911. Ass't principal Manassas (Va.) Industrial Sch. during
school year 1896-1897; now pastor Bethany Bapt. Ch., Syracuse, N. Y., in which settled Nov., 1902. Taught one year in public schs., Washington, D. C .; ordained to ministry at Washington, Feb. 4, 1901. Active mem. and officer in Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias; Sec. Onondaga Co. Baptist Ass'n; Onondaga Baptist Social and Missionary Union. Address: 608 E. Wash- Ington St., Syracuse, N. Y.
PIRIE, SAMUEL CARSON
Merchant; b. Amboy, Ill., March 11, 1864; s. John Thomas and Sarah (Carson) Pirle; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., class of 1884; m. Jan. 17, 1899, Harriet Masters Lockwood; children: John T., 2d, b. 1900; Isobel, b. 1902; Loekwood M., b. 1903; Samuel C., Jr., b. 1903. Mem. firm Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co .; pres. Wenalden Co., Sea Cliff Water Co., Sea Cliff Ass'n; mem. advisory counsel, Poly. Inst .; inem. Chamber Commerce. Clubs: Merchants, Crescent Athletic, Riding and Driving, Nas- sau Country, Glenwood Country. Residence (summer) : Sea Cliff, L. I .; (winter) : 162 Prospect Place, Brooklyn. Address: 115 Worth St., N. Y. City.
PISEK, GODFREY ROGER
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 20, 1873; s. Anthony and Barbara (Musil) Pisek; grad. N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1894; N. Y. Univ. Med. Coil., M.D., 1897; m. Lake Hopat- cong, N. J., 1900, Rosalie Scranton Paul; children: Bar- bara Vincent, b. 1902; Frederica Paul, b. 1904; Helen Marshall, b. 1911. Republican; Presby'n. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Northwestern Med. and Surg. Soc., Soc. of Alumni N. Y. Post Grad. Med. Sch., Post- Grad. Clinical Soc., Psi Upsilon fraternity and Alpha Kappa Kappa. Prof. diseases of children, Med. Dep't Univ. of Vt., and N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; pres. B'd Dirs. Lenox Hill Settlement; mem. B'd Dirs. Red Cross Hosp. Recreations: Motoring, nature study. Clubs: Psi Upsilon, Camp Fire. Address: 36 E. 62d St., N. Y. City.
PITCHER, JAMES ROBERTSON
Insurance mg'r, horticulturalist; b. Windham, N. Y., March 5, 1845; s. Dorlon Hamilton and Philira (Robert- son) Pitcher; ed. Kinderhook Acad., Whitestown Sem .; m. N. Y. City, 1870, Heien Kingsbury Sweet; children: Bessle Kingsbury, Julia Kingsbury, Georgiana Kings- bury, Philira Robertson, James R., Jr. Incorporated first mutual Accident Co., 1877, afterwards changed to a stock company, now one of most successful in that branch, also engaged in cultivation of plants and flowers, since 1885. Pres. Cachavi Co., of Ecuador; dir. Arizona Central Copper Co., Lawyers' Surety Co., Mercantile Guarantee Co. Progressive Republican. Incorporator and dir. N. Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx Park. Mem. Wash. Ass'n, Morristown. Recreations: Golf, mountain climbing. Club: Players. Residence: 51 E. 58th St. Address: 100 William St., N. Y. City.
PITNEY, MAHLON
Asso. justice of U. S. Supreme Court; b. Morristown, N. J., Feb. 5, 1858; s. Henry C. and Sarah L. (Halsted) Pitney; grad. Coll. of N. J. (now Princeton), A.B., 1879; A.M., 1882; LL.D. from Princeton and Rutgers; m. Mor- rlstown, N. J., Nov. 14, 1891, Florence T. Sheiton. Ad- mitted to practise in N. J., 1882; elected mem. of Con- gress, 4th Cong. Dist. of N. J., on Republican tieket 1894, re-elected 1896; elected mem. N. J. State Senate, 1898 for term of 3 years (served as pres. 1901). Appt'd by Gov. Voorhees, 1901, asso. justice of Supreme Court of N. J., for term of 7 years; chancellor of N. J., since 1908; asso. justice of U. S. Supreme Court, since 1912. Address: 1763 R St., Washington, D. C.
PITOU, AUGUSTUS
Theatrical mg'r. Entered the theatrical profession as mem. Edwin Booth's company, playing the Priest in Hamlet at the Winter Garden Theatre in N. Y. Clty; afterward beeame leading man in several companies. Experience in management began as manager of Mc- Kee Rankin's The Danltes; afterward ing'r Fifth Av. Theatre, N. Y. City, for John Stetson; later mg'r W. J. Scanlan, Rose Coghlan, Chauneey Olcott, Joseph Mur- phy and others; then became mg'r Grand Opera House, N. Y. City, and several traveling companles. Author and adapter of several plays. Address: $65 Seventh Av., N. Y. City.
PLACE, IRA ADELBERT
Lawyer, b. N. Y. City, May S, 1854; ed. Alfred Acad., Cornell Univ., A.B., 1881; m. Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1893, Katharine B. Gauntlett; children: Katharine, b. Oct. 3, 1893; Hermann Gauntlett. b. Nov. 16, 1894: Wil- lard Fiske, b. June 5, 1896. Upon graduation from Cornell, Univ., studied law in office of Vann, McLen- han & Diflaye, Syracuse, N. Y. Admitted to bar at Buffalo, and in Oct., 1883, came to N. Y. City with the
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late Judge McLennan, who had become gen. counsel of N. Y., West Shore & Buffalo R.R. Co .; subsequent to reorg'n of West Shore R.R., March, 1886, entered law dep't of N. Y. Central & Hudson River R.R. Co., and in 1905 appt'd gen. counsel for all lines of N. Y. Central east of Buffalo; appt'd v .- p. of N. Y. Central lines east of Buffalo Dec. 5, 1906. Dir. Geneva, Corning & South- ern R.R. Co., Troy Union R.R. Co., Detroit, Monroe & Toledo R.R. Co., N. Y. & Ottawa Bridge Co., Cornwall Bridge Co., Fair Land Realty Co., Gallitzin Coal & Coke Co. Democrat; Unitarian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Psi Upsilon fraternity; trustee Cor- nell Univ., Alfred Univ. l'res. Cornellian Council. Clubs: University, Transportation, Cornell, St. An- drew's Golf, Adirondack League, Unitarlan, Fort Or- ange. Address: Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City.
PLACE, PERLEY OAKLAND
Prof Latin, Syracuse Univ .; b. Oakland, Calif., Nov. 25, 1872; s. James Albert and Mary Jane (Converse) Place; ed. Berwick Acad., S. Berwick, Me .; grad. Dart- mouth Coll., A.B., 1893; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1894; Dart- mouth Coll., A.M., 1896; Litt.D., Colgate Univ., 1912; m. Jamaica Plain, Mass., July 12, 1899, Harriette E. Stanton. Teacher Latin and Greek, Little Rock (Ark.) Acad., 1894-1897; graduate student, Harvard Univ., 1897-1898; classical master, Brookline (Mass.) High Sch., 1898-1900; with American Book Co., N. Y. City, 1900-1901; instr. Latin, '1901-1903, ass't prof. 1904, asso. prof. 1905, prof. 1908, Syracuse Univ. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. (Dartmouth), Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Am. Phiiol. Ass'n, Archaeol. Inst. of America (sec. Syracuse Soc. since 1911), Mass. Soc. Song of Revolu- tion, Mason. Pres. N. Y. Kappa Chapter Phi Beta Kappa, 1911-1912; pres. N. Y. State Classical Teachers' Ass'n, 1912-1913. Author: Latin Prose Composition (Proceeding's N. Y. State Teachers' Ass'n 1905). Notes on the Pompeian Election Notices (Proceedings of Am. Philol. Ass'n, vol. 40, 1909), Review of Cicero's De Senectute (Classical Weekly, vol. 3, Jan. 1910), Review of Readings from Latin Verse (The Syracusan, vol. 2, Feb. 1910), etc. Republican; Baptist. Recrea- tion: Tennis. Clubs: Syracuse Harvard, Fortnightly, Current Events, Social-Literary. Address: 1204 E. Adams St., Syracusc, N. Y.
PLANTEN, WILLIAM RUTGER JOHN
Retired; b. Brooklyn, 1877; s. John Rutger and Anna (Rolff) Planten; ed. Brooklyn Latin Sch., Columbia Univ., Law Sch., LL.B. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, Dir. Laredo Bridge Co., Laredo, Tex. Recreations: Golf, tennis, motoring. Clubs: University, Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn), Mahopac Golf, Stock Exchange Luncheon, Netherlands. Residence: The Hemlocks, Lake Mahopac, N. Y. Address: 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PLATT, CHARLES A.
Architect; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 1, 1861; ed. in schools of N. Y. City and studicd art also in Paris. Engaged in practice as architect in N. Y. City. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Nat. Acad, of Design, Am. Water Color Soc. Clubs: Century, Players (N. Y. City), St. Botolph ( Bos- ton). Residence: 135 E. 66th St. Address: 11 E. 24th St., N. Y. City.
PLATT, CHESTER C.
Editor; b. Somers, Westchester Co., N. Y., Oct. 30, 1857; s. Rev. William K. and Mary Caroline (Childs) Platt; m. Ludlowville, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1880, Minnie Fidelia Brown; children: Chester C. Jr., b. 1886; H. Malcolm, b. 1889. Carried on drug business in Ithaca, N. Y., 1884-1900; editor Ithaca Democrat, 1900-1903; editor Batavia Times since 1903; Pres Batavia Times Publishing Co .; city clerk, Ithaca, N. Y., 1899-1900; sec. and treas. Sewer Comm'n, 1899-1900; sec. Demo- cratic County Com., Tompkins Co., 1901-1903. Appt'd sec. to Gov. Sulzer, 1913. Interested in social and po- lit. reforms, advocating gov't or municipal ownership of monopolies, trade union movement, eight-hour day, direct nominations and referendum. Democrat; Unl- tarian. Mem. Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Dir. Ba- tavia B'd of Trade; scc. De Witt Hist. Soc. Recrea- tions: Reading, walking. bicycle riding, camping. Ad- dress: Batavia, N. Y.
PLATT, EDMUND
Publisher, mem. Congress; b. Poughkeepsie. N. Y., Feb. 2, 1865; s. Hon. John I. and Susan Sherwood Platt; ed. Eastman Business Coll., grad. Harvard Unlv. class of 1888; taught school and studicd law two years; m. June 28, 1892, Adèle Innis: one d .: Catherine. Editorial writer for Superior ( Wis.) Evening Telegram, one year; since 1891 engaged in publication of Poughkeep- sie Eagle, which has been in possession of family since 1828; on death of father 1907 succeeded to editorship. Elected to 63rd Congress from 26th N. Y. Dist. Au-
thor of history of Poughkeepsie and of short hist. pa- pers and lectures. Republican. Address: Care of Poughkeepsie Eagle, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
PLATT, EDWARD TRUEX
Expressman; b. Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. Aug. 7, 1853; s. Thomas C. (U. S. Senator) and Ellen L. (Barstow) Platt; ed. Owego Acad .; m. 1891, Harriet J. Coit. Pur- ser on Pacific Mail Steamship Co., 1875-1885, visiting in official capacity Rio de Janeiro, Colon, Straits of Magellan, Panama, Mexican and Central American ports, Ilonoluiu, Auckland, New Zealand, Sydney, New South Wales, Yokohama and Hong Kong; formerly v .- p and gen. mg'r, treas. and sup't N. Y. div. U. S. Express Co .; treas. United States Express Realty Co., Borough Express; now dir. United States Express Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc. Clubs: Union League, Barnard, Lotos. Residence: 205 W. 57th St., N. Y. Ad- dress: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
PLATT, FRANK HINCHMAN
Lawyer; b. Owego, N. Y., 1856; s. Thomas C. (U. S. Senator) and Ellen (Barstow) Platt; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1877; Columbia Law Sch., 1879; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 1, 1881, Caroline E. Livingston; onc son, Livingston. Mcm. firm of O'Brien, Boardman & Platt; sec. and dir. Rahtjen's Am. Composition Co .; dir. Central Hudson Steamboat Co., U. S. Express Co. Formerly ass't U. S dist. att'y. Clubs: University, Union League, Yale, Lotos, Sleepy Hollow Country. Residence: 242 W. 74th St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
PLATT, HENRY BARSTOW
Transportation, insurance; b. Owego, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1860; s. Thomas C. (U. S. Senator) and Ellen (Barstow) Platt; grad. Yale Coil., 1882; m. Grace Lee, d. John Phelps, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (dled July 14, 1907); chil- dren: Sherman Phelps, Charlotte, Collier. After grad. uation was in mfg business 3 years; sup't coal prop- erties in Pa .; later madc sup't U. S. Express Co .; v .- p. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland. Republi- can. Clubs: Railroad, University, Yale, Sleepy Hoi- low, Barnard. Residence: 535 Park Av. Address: ? Rector St., N. Y. City.
PLATT, LIVINGSTON
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 7, 1885; s. Frank H. and Caroline 2. (Livingston) Platt; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1907; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1909; m. N. Y. City, June 28, 1909, Agnes Booth; one son; Frank Hinch- man, 2nd, b. June 6, 1913. Mem. firm O'Brien, Board- man & Platt. Republican; Presby'n. Mem, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Ardsley, Apawamis, Yaie. Resi- dence: 244 W. 74th St. Address: 2 Rector St., N .. Y. City.
PLATTEN, JOHN W.
Pres. U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co. Early business training was with Erie & Lehigh Valley R. R. Cos .; entered the service of the Erie It. 12., iss9 as clerk, becoming successively chief clerk of ins. and of the operating dept's, 1891-1896; ass't passenger agent, 1898; treas. Drie lines, 1901. In 1903 became ass't to pres. Lehigh Valley R. R .; elected v .- p. 1904, resign- ing 1904 to become associated with U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co .; clected pres. Jan. 28, 1910. Residence: 587 West End Av. Address: 55 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
PLATZEK, M. WARLEY
Jurist; b. in North Carolina, Aug. 27, 1854; was . graduated from Univ of N. Y., LL. B., 1876; honorary LL, D. from Rutherford Coll., N. C., 1899. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City, 1876-1906. Took active part in poiit. matters as Democrat. Mem. Constitu- tional Conv .. of N. Y. 1894. Elected Nov., 1906, justice of Supreme Court of N. Y. for the 1st Dist. for term ex- piring Dec. 31, 1920, Author: Trial by Jury, American Grit, Israel and Islam. Formerly trustee Coll. City of N. Y. for soveral ycars. Address: 15 E. 48th St., N. Y. City.
PLIMPTON, GEORGE ARTHUR
Publisher; b. Walpole, Mass., July 13, 1855; g. Calvin Gay and Priscilla (Guild) Plimpton ; ed. Phillips Ex- eter Acad .; grad. Amherst Coll., 1876; attended Har- vard Law Sch., 1876-1877; LL.D. Univ. of Rochester, 1912, and Richmond Coll., Va., 1913; m. Holyoke, Mass., 1892, Frances Taylor Pearsons. Mem, firm of Ginn & Co., book publishers. Donated to Wellesley Coll., 1904, in memory of wife, a library of cariy manu- scripts and first editions of nearly all Italian writers, making it the best library of Italian literature in this country; gave Plimpton Playing Fields to Phillips Ex- eter Acad. Possessor of best collection of early school books in the world. . Republican; Presby'n. Mem. College B'd of Presb'n Ch. Pres. B'd of Trus- tees, Amherst Coil .; trustec Barnard Coll, and Phii-
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lips Exeter Acad .; treas. Barnard Coll. and Acad. of Polit. Science; mem. B'd of Mg'rs N. Y. State Coloniza- tion Soc .; dir. Union Exchange Bank. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, N. E. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., A. A. A. S. Recreations: Golf and horseback exercise. Clubs: Ardsley, Century, Grolier, University, Barnard (N. Y. City), Union (Boston). Residence: 61 Park Av. Ad- dress: 70 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PLOWMAN, ARTHUR SYDNEY
Merchant; b. Taunton, England, July 23, 1855; s. Thomas and Sarar (Barrett) Plowman; ed. Chelten- ham Grammar Sch. , and Epsome Coll., England; m. Ist, A. M. Grant, of Hillesden Collompton, England (deceased) ; 2d, A. L. E. Robertson, of Arbroath, Scot- land; gen. mg'r P. P. Valve Co. Address: Riverdale, N. Y.
PLUMMER, HARRY E.
Physician and surgeon; b. London, Ont .; s. Ephraim and Augusta (Andrew) Plummer; grad. Iowa Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Drake Unlv.), M.D., 1901. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City. Ass't surgeon Out- Patient Dep't St. Luke's Hosp. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, Physicians' Mutual Ald Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, West Side Clinical Soc., Iowa Soc., Bunting Lodge, 65, F. and A. M. Ad- dress: 111 W. 77th St., N. Y. City.
PLUMMER, JOHN FRANKLIN
Automobiles; Ib. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1871; 6. John Franklin and Emily (Atkins) Plummer; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1891; m. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1902, Katharine E. Stockly; children: John Franklin, Jr., b. 1903; Robert Stockly, b. 1905. Ass't sec. Co- lumbia Univ., 1894-1899; now N. Y. mg'r The Locomo- bile Co. of America. Served 5 years as mem. First Naval Battalion, State of N. Y. Clubs: University, Ardsley, Automobile of America, Sleepy Hollow Coun- try, Manursing Island. Address: 2156 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PLUMMER, MARY WRIGHT
Librarian; b. Richmond, Ind .; d. Jonathan W. and Hannah A. Plummer; grad. Friends' Acad. at Rich- mond., Ind .; spent a year as sp'l student Wellesley Coll., Mass., took course in library science at Colum- bia Coll., 1887-1888. Engaged in Ilbrary work for years and as a teacher of library science and library economy; librarian of Pratt Inst., 1890-1904; dir. of Library and Library Sch., 1896-1906; dir. Library School, 1896-1911; N. Y. Publie Library's Sch., since 1911. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n (mem. Council and twice 2d v .- p.); pres. 1906, N. Y. Library AAss'n; ex- pres. of L. I. Library Club and twice pres. of the N. Y. Library Club. Formerly editor Pratt Inst. Monthly. Contb'r of prose and verse to periodicals; has published a volume called Verses. Author of Hints to Small Libraries, Roy and Ray in Mexico, Roy and Ray in Canada; Stories from the Chronicle of the Cid; com- plier of Contemporary Spain, as well as various bibli- ographies and articles on library topics. Address: 476 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PLYMPTON, GILBERT MOTLER
Banker; h. Fort Wood. Bedloe's Island, N. Y. Har- bor, Jan. 15, 1835; s. Joseph and Eliza Matilda (Llv- ingston) Plympton (father served in War of 1812 as lieut., in Seminole War, Fla., as major, and in Mexi- can War, as lieut .- col., receiving brevet of col. for gallant service. at battle of Cerro Gordo); ed'n begun at Fort Snelling, Minn., under chaplain of post, and continued in private sch., at Sackett's Harbor; during father's absence in Mexico was sent to house of his uncle, Gerard W. Livingston, in N. J., and studied there; entered Shurtleff Coll., Ill., upon his father's return and appt'd to Jefferson Barracks, Mo .; subse- quently studied at John Sedgwick's Sch., N. Y. City, and after reading law, admitted to practice, Nov., 1860; entered law dep't Univ. of N. Y., and grad., 1863; m. 1863, Mary A., d. Linus W. Stevens (well known N. Y. merchant and first col. of 7th Reg't); one d. (m. Robert M. Tarleton). Engaged in gen. practice of law, 1863, and became Identified with important liti- gations, especially in Federal Courts, 1889, having earned a fortune, and finding his health impaired by overwork, went abroad for some time, and upon re- turn retired from active practice. In 1892 founded banking house of Redmond, Kerr & Co., and later present banking house of Plympton, Gardiner & Co .: dir. in several corp'ns. Has been a frequent contb'r to periodicals, and author of several pamphlets, among them a monograph upon the life of father and a sketch of Plympton family. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Sons Colonial Wars, Met. Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, Chamber of Commerce, St. Nicholas Soc., Am. Hist. Ass'n, St. Andrew's Soc. Clubs: St.
Nicholas (founder and v .- p.), Union, Metropolitan, liding Westchester County, N. Y. Yacht. Residence: 30 W. 52 St. (Country), Wyndtryst, Great Neck, L. I. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
POILLON, WILLIAM CLARK
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 19, 1872; s. William and Clara (Wilson) Poillon; ed. Coll. City of N. Y., 1887- 1889; m. N. Y. City, June 5, 1905, Cora A. Clark; chil- dren: Aline, b. 1907; Yvonne, b. 1908. V .- p. Bankers Trust Co. since 1911; ex-pres. The Mercantile Trust Co .; mem. 7th Reg't, 1891-1897. Clubs: Metropolitan, Recess, Slecpy Ifollow Country. Address: 353 River- side Drive, N. Y. City.
POLAK, JOHN OSBORN
Surgeon; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1870; s. Karl and Mary Elizabeth (Osborn) Polak; grad. Rutgers Coll., B.S. 1889, M.S. 1901: Univ. of Vt., M.D., 1891; L. I. Coll. Hosp., M.D, 1891; Dudley medal for surgery, 1891; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1895, Bertha L. Pitkin; one d., Zorka, b. 1896. Prof. obstetrics and gyecology Long Island Coll. Hosp. and Dartmouth Med. Coll., gynecol. and obstetrician Long Island Coll. Hosp., surgeon to Williamsburg, Jewish and Deaconess Hosps .; obstetri- cian to Meth. Episcopal Hosp., consulting gynecolo- gist to Bushwick, Coney Island and People's Hosps. Democrat; Episcopalian. Fellow Am. College of Sur- gery. Mem. Am. Gynecol. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Kings Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Med- icine, N. Y. Obstet. Soc., Brooklyn Gynecol. Soc. Fellow Am. Coll. of Surgeons. Trustee Williamsburg Hosp. Recreations: Automobiling, fishing. sailing. Clubs: Hamilton, Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn University. Dartmouth of N. Y. Address: 287 Clinton Av., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
POLK, FRANK LYON
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 13, 1871; s. Dr. W. M. Polk; ed. Groton Sch., Yale, A.B .; Columbia, LL.B. Engaged in practise of law as mem. firm of Alexander, Watriss & Polk; dir. Harriman Nat. Bank; trustee and sec. of Hosp. Saturday & Sunday Ass'n; trustee and treas. of Bureau of Municipal Rescarch; formerly pres. Municipal Civil Service Comm'n; inem. B'd of Id'n. Served in Spanish-Am. War as capt. and ass't q.m., U. S. V. Appt'd Corp'n Counsel by Mayor Mitchel, 1914. Episcopalian. Trustce Manhattan Maternity. Orthopedic Hosp. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis, University, Yale, Brook, Down Town, Meadow Brook, Turf and Field. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
POLK, WILLIAM MECKLENBURG
Physician; b. Ashwood, Maury County, Tenn., Aug. 15, 1844; s. Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk (Episcopalian Bishop of La. and later lieut .- gen., C. S. A.); grad. Va. Mil. Inst., 1861; entered army of Confederate States as cadet from Mil. Inst., 1861, and became captain in adj. inspector general's dep't; after war studied medicine In Coll. Phys. and Surgs. (Columbla), M.D., 1869; LL.D., 1904; LL.D. Univ. of the South (Sewanee), 1894; Univ. of Ga., 1913; m. Ida A. Lyon. Since 1869 engaged in practice of medicine In N. Y. City. For- merly prof. therapeutics Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coli., and afterward prof. obstetrics and gynecology in Med. Dep't of Univ. of N. Y .; dean and prof. of gynecology Cornell Unlv. Med. Sch .; gynecologist to Bellevue Hosp .; consulting gynecologist to St. Luke's, St. Vincent's and N. Y. Lying-in Hosps, and N. Y. Infirmary for Women and Children. Author: Leonidas Polk, Blshop and General (biography), also many contributions to med. journals and proceedings. 1st lieut., U. S. A., Med. Reserve Corps; formerly 1st lieut. art'y and ass't chief of art'y, Polk's Corps, Army of Tennessee, C. S. A. . Vestryman Trinity Corp'n, N. Y. City. Pres. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine (1910-1914), Am. Gynecol. Soc. (1896), N. Y. Obstet. Soc. (1884); v .- p. Continental Anglo-Amn. Med. Soc. of Paris: mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Southern Surg. & Gynecol. Ass'n, Harvey Soc., Practitioners' Soc., Med. and Surg. Soc., Med. Soc. County of N. Y., Am. Coll. of Surgeons, Internat. Soc. of Surgery. Société Obstetricale et Gynecologie of Paris, Royal Soc. of Medicine, England; Société Belge de Gynecologie et Obstetrique, Bruxxelles: Congres Periodique Int. de Gynecologie et Obstetrique et de Pediatrie (one of the founders), Société Inter- nationale Chirurgigne, A.A.A.S., Acad. of Polit. Sei- ence, Am. cad. of Polit. and Social Science, N. Y. Acad. of Sciences. Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. Zool. Soc., Civil Service Reform Ass'n. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolution. "Tennessee Soe, Southern Soc., Am. Ass'n Highway Improvement, Nat. Highway Protective Soc. Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington, D. C.), Aztec (pres.), Century Ass'n, Metropolitan, Church. Address: 7 22. 36th St., N. Y, City,
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POLLAK, FRANCIS DEAK
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 5, 1876; s. Gustav and Cella (Heilprin) Poliak; ed. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1892- 1893; Harvard Univ., A.B., summa cum laude, 1896, Co- lumbia Univ., LL.B., 1899; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 4, 1901, Inez Cohen; three children. Admitted to Bar of N. Y. State, 1899; sinee then has practised law In association with Sullivan & Cromwell, mem. firm since Jan. 1, 1906. Independent Democrat. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Harvard, City, Reform. Residenee: 55 W. 73d St. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
POLLITZER, SIGMUND
Physician; b. Staten Island,. N. Y., June 12, 1859; s. Morris and Anna (Kuh) Pollitzer; grad. Coil. City of N. Y., B.A., 1879, M.A., 1882, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Co- lumbia), M.D., 1884; m. N. Y. Clty, 1893, Aliee Kohn (B.A. Barnard, 1893); children: Margaret, b. 1894; Aline, b. 1896. Resided till 1872 in Beaufort, S. C .; after grad- uation in 1884, spent two years in med. work in Heidel- berg, Berlin and Vienna. In the winter of 1885-1886 took part in Servian-Bulgarian War as surgeon, with rank of major, In Servian Army; returning to N. Y. City, 1886, engaged in practise of medieine for 3 years; In 1889 went abroad again for special study, Hamburg, London, Paris; sinee 1890 has been engaged in special practise of dermatology. Author of about sixty papers on subjeets in the field of physiology and dermatology; prof. dermatology, N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Coll .; derma- tologist to German Hosp. Dispensary; 1st lieut. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Independent Democrat. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. Mcdieine, Am. Dermatol. Ass'n, Am. Ass'n of Pathologists and Bacteriologists. Fellow A.A.A.S., Nat. Geog. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa Soe. Clubs: National Democratic. Address: 51 E. 60th St., N. Y. Clty.
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