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POLLOCK, HENRY W.
Lawyer, state senator; b. N. Y. City, Oet. 22, 1878; s. Gustave and Antonia (Pachner) Polloek; ed. N. Y. pub- lie schs. and Coll. Clty of N. Y .; grad. Law Seh. Colum- bia Univ .; m. Rochester, Nov. 27, 1913, Alma W. Black. In active praetise of law sinee admission to bar 1901; mem. law firm Sternberg, Jacobson & Polloek. Eleeted state senator from 18th senatorial dist., 1910; re- elected 1912. Democrat. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, West End Ass'n. Clubs: Manhattan, Independ- ent of West Side. Address: 235 Broadway, N. Y. City.
POLLOCK, HORATIO M.
Satlstieian, educator; b. Patria, Schoharie Co., N. Y., 1868; s. Jesse W. and Mary W. (Daggett) Polloek; grad. Cobleskill High Sch., 1890; Union Coll., B.S., 1895 (commencement orator, mem. Sigma Xi) ; Leipzig Univ., Germany, A.M., Ph.D., 1897; m. Sept. 18, 1895, Georgiana Shafer; children: Katherine E., b. 1896; Dorothy A., b. 1902; Carolyn Mary, b. 1904. Teacher of seienee and German, Albany High Seh., 1897-1900; senior examiner N. Y. State Civil Service Comm'n, 1900-1907; prof. Polit. Seienee N. Y. State Normal Coll., 1907-1908; gen. sec. of the Civic League of Albany, and editor Albany Citi- zen, 1907-1911. Asso. editor Ameriean Education sinee 1905. Pres. N. Y. State Teachers' Bureau since 1908; prof. History and Sociology Union Coll., 1908-1910. Statistician, N. Y. State Hosp. Comm'n since 1911. Studied and traveled two years in Europe. Author of Modern Cities. Pres. and dir. N. Y. Eueation Co. Pres. Civie League of Albany. Independent Demoerat; Uni- tarian. Mem. Sigma Xi, Phl Gamma Delta, Albany Chamber of Commerce, Am, Statistieal Ass'n, Nat. Mu- nicipal League; trustee First Unitarian Soe. of Albany. Recreation: Tennis. Address: 447 Manning Boulevard, Albany, N. Y.
POMEROY, RALPH HAYWARD
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 12, 1867; s, Daniel and Mary E. (Hayward) Pomeroy; grad. Wesleyan Univ., B.A., cum laude, 1887, M.A., 1889; L. I. Coll. Hosp., M.D., 1889; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct., 1897, Isabella Maud Lachlan; one d .: Leslie Weltha, b. 1898. Mem. Pst Upsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Univer- sity (Brooklyn). Address: 511 Nostrand Av., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
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POMEROY, ROBERT WATSON
Lawyer; b. Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1868; s. Theodore and Elizabeth Leach Watson; grad. Yale, A.B., 1891; Harvard, LL.B., 1895; m. Cambridge, Mass., June 24, 1895, Lucy Bemis; children; Luey, b. 1900; Robert Watson Pomeroy, Jr., b. 1902. Pres. N. Y. and Buffalo Audit Co .; v .- p. Buffalo Mines, Ltd .; dir. Fidelity Trust Co. of Buffalo, Buffalo Abstract and Title Co., Buffalo Coated Paper Co., Adirondack Fire Ins. Co., People's Bank of Buffalo, Niagara Falls Power Co., Eastern Oil Co., Western N. Y. Waier Co., Lumber Ins. Co., Casualty Co. of America; dir. and niem. Exec.
Com. of Buffalo Gen. Electrie Co. and Shredded Wheat Co. Republican; Presby'n. Trustee Buffalo General Hosp., Buffalo Fine Arts Aead., Charity Org'n of Buffalo, Mt. Herman Boys' Seh., George, Jr., Re- publie. Mem. Psi Upsllon, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs; University, Yale, Railroad (N. Y. City), Buffalo, Uni- versity, Saturn, Eilieott, Country (Buffalo), Elibu (Yale). Residenee: 70 Oakland Plaec, Buffalo, N. Y., and (summer) The Waysidc, Eggertville, N. Y. Ad- dress: Fidelity Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y.
PONTIUS, ALBERT WILLIAM
Consul; b. St. Paul, Minn .; s. Jacob and Katherine (Christophel) Pontius; ed. Cretin High Sch., St. Paul, Minn .; m. Dairen, Manehurla, Nov., 1912, Irene G. Mal- zard; one son: Gordon Stuart Malzard, b. Aug. 17, 1913. Joined consular service as student interpreter, March, 1903. Recreations: Tennis, golf. Address: Am. Consulate, Dairen, Manchuria.
POOL, EUGENE HILLHOUSE
Physician; b. N. Y. City; s. John Hillhouse and Sophie Stuart (Boggs) Pool; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1895; Columbia, M.D., 1899; m. N. Y. City, 1904, Esther Phillips Hoppin; children: James Lawrence, b. Aug. 24, 1906; Beekman, b. Nov. 24, 1909. Engaged in praetise of medicine In N. Y. City. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: University, Harvard, Apawamis. Ad- dress: 107 E. 60th St., N. Y. City.
POOLE, FRANKLIN OSBORNE
Librarian; b. Charlestown, Mass., Sept. 3, 1872; s. George S. and Sarah P. (Osborne) Poolc; grad. Har- vard Coll., A.B., 1895; m. Sept., 1901, Helen B. Ken- dall; children: Franklin O., Jr., b. 1903; Thornton B., b. 1904; Mary R., b. 1907; Charles B. K., b. 1910. Ass't librarian Boston Athenæum, 1896-1902; ass't librarian Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., 1902-1905, librarian since 1905. Trustee B'd of Ed'n, City of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 1907-1915. Pres. Am. Ass'n of Law Libraries, 1912- 1914. Mem. Harvard Chapter, Delta Upsilon fratern- ity. Clubs: Harvard (N. Y. Clty), Mass. Library (sec. 1900-1902). Residence: 203 Claremont Av., Mt. Ver- non, N. Y. Address: 42 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
POOLEY, CHARLES A.
Jurist; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1854; s. William and Mary A. (Menary) Poolcy; ed. High Seh. of Buf- faio; m. Buffalo, N. Y., June 4, 1884, Carrie Adams, Engaged in practise, after admission to bar, 1879, inaking specialty of r'y and eorp'n law, and was itty for many years of N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. Appt'd justice Supreme Court, N. Y., 1910, for term expiring Dec., 1924. Republican; Methodist. Trustee 8th Judicial Dist. Law Library. Mem. But- falo Soc. Natural Sciences, Buffalo Hist. Soe .; 32° Ma- son. Club: Buffalo. Address: 24 Ashland Av., Buf- falo, N. Y.
POOR, CHARLES LANE
Professor of celestial meehanies, Columbia Univer- slty; treas. Lowe Mf'g Co .; b. Hackensack, N. J., Jan. 18, 1866; s. Edward Eri and Mary W. (Lane) Poor; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1886; M.S., 1890; Johns Hopkins Univ., Ph.D., 1892; m. N. Y., April 19, 1892, Anna Louise Easton; children: Charles Lane, Jr., b, 1897; Alfred Easton, b. 1899; Edmund Ward, b. 1904. Asso. prof. Johns Hopkins University, 1892-1899. Ed- itor N. Y. Acad. Seiences, 1901-1907; lecturer in as- tronomy, 1901-1903; prof. astronomy, 1904-1910; proť, celestial mechanics since 1910, Columbia University; mem. firm J. Harper Poor & Co., 1901-1903; dir. Lowe Mfg Co. since 1900; pres. 1905-1909; treas. since 1909; asso. fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Boston: fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences; mem. Astronomische Ge- sellschaft (Leipzig): fellow Royal Astron. Soc. (Lon- don). Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Century. N. Y. Yacht, Alpha Delta Phi. Residence: 35 ES. 69th St. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.
POOR, HENRY WILLIAM
Banker, publisher; b. Bangor, Me., June 16, 1844; ed. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1865, A.M., 1872: in. Constance Brandon. Engaged in banking in N. Y. City. Pres. and dir. Poor's Manual of Railroads. publishers; Postai Telegraph-Cable Co. of Tex. s; dir. Missouri, Kansas & Texas R'y Co., U. S. Casualty Co. Mem. S. A. R. Clubs: University, Manhaitan, The Brook, Racquet and Tennis, Down Town. Tuxedo, Groiler, Lambs, City Midday, N. Y. Yacht. Address: 9 W. 9th St., N. Y. City.
POOR, RUEL W.
Pres. Garfield Nat. Bank; b. Sept. 29, 1860, New London, N .. H .; ed. Wilton (Me.) Acad .; marrled. Pres. and dir. Garfield Nat. Bank, Garfield Safe Deposit Co. Mem. N. E. Soc., Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Lotos, N. Y. Athletic, Craftsmen's. Residence: 320 W. 101st St. Address: 190 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
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POPE, RALPH WAINWRIGHT
Electrical eng'r; b. Great Barrington, Mass., Aug. 16, 1844; s. Ebenezer and Electa Leonard (Wain- wright) Pepe; ed. in schools of native town and at Amherst, Mass. Began business career in service of Housatonic R. R. Co., 1859; became operator with An. Telegraph Co., 1862-1865; quartermaster of Collins' Overland Telegraph Exp'n, British Columbia, 1866; asso. editor The Telegrapher, 1868; Insp. 1873-1881, deputy sup't, 1881-1883, Gold and Stock Telegraph Co., N. Y. City; asso. editor Electrical Engineer, 1884-1886; founder and editor Electric Power, 1890; sec. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, May 17, 1885-Aug. 1, 1911, now hon. sec .; chm'n on Telegraphs and Signaling Com. of judge of elcc. exhibits in World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1893; asso. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs; N. Y. Elec. Soc., hon. mem. Ass'n R'y Telegraph Sup'ts, Franklin Inst. Residence: Elizabeth, N. J. Address: 25 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
POPE, RICHARD DUFFIELD
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 17, 1870; s. Thos. Stott and Mary Emma (Duffield) Pope; descendant of old Willoughby Duffield and Debevoise families of Brooklyn: ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., Columbla Sch. of Mines, Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City; m. at St. Paul's Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y., Fcb. 2, 1901, Alice Paulding Stoutenburgh; children: Mary Dayton, Lawrence Duf- field, Isabel Paulding, Thomas Willoughby. Traveled in Europe, 1892; connected with Troy Steel & Iron Co., 1890-1892. In Episcopal ministry from 1896; rector St. Gabriel's Ch., Hollis, L. I., 1896-1900; St. Paul's Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1900-1903; St. Paul's Ch., Tivoli-on- Hudson, N. Y., 1903-1911; Ch. "of Advent, Westbury, L. I., since 1911. Meni. Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Address: The Rectory, Westbury, L. I., N. Y.
PORGES, GUSTAVE
Imperter, comm'n merchant; b. Prague, March 7, 1863; s. Marcus W. and Louise Porges; ed. in Europe; m. Alice Emma Pretzfeld; one son: Waldo William, b. Sept. 20, 1899. Sec. and acting treas. Strohmeyer & Arpe Co., N. Y .; v .- p. United Pure Food Co., N. Y. Decorated Knight of first class of Royal Order of St. Olaf, bestowed by King of Norway. Dir. Austrian Soc., Italian Chamber of Commerce; mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, Zetiand Chapter, Scandinavian- Am. Soc .; Mason. Recreation: Music: Clubs: Har- menie (dir.). German Liederkranz, Bohemian, Italian Nat. Residence: Hotel Leonori, 63d St. and Madison Av. Address: 139-141 Franklin St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, EUGENE HOFFMAN
Physician, former comm'r of Health, State N. Y .; b. Ghent, Columbia Co., N. Y., Aug. 7, 1856; s. Curtis H. Perter; of old Dutch ancestry, connected with the DePeyster, Van Buren and Douw families: . ed. Cort- land Normal Sch., Claverack Coll., Cornell Unlv., N. Y. Homce. Med. Coll., M.D., 1885; Rutgers Coll., A.M .. 1889; Syracuse Univ., Ph.D., 1912; m. 1889, Alice A. Day, of Upper Lisle, N. Y .; one son. Was prof. physiol. materia medica in N. Y. Homo. Med. Coll. and Hosp .: was also prof. med. chemistry and sanitary science for several years; now consulting physician Laura Frank- lin Free Hosp. for Children and Hahnemann Hosp .; med. examiner Manhattan Life Ins. Co. and Pepn Mutual Life Ins. Co .; was one of Advisory Com. on Internat. Health Exp'n, held in N. Y., 1898; appt'd comm'r of health for State of N. Y., by Gov. Higgins, May 8, 1905; reappt'd by Gov. Hughes, 1909. Mg'r State Insane Hosp .. since 1897; Univ. lecturer, Cornell Univ., 1908-1909. Hon. mem. Société Medicale Homo- pathique de France, British Home. Soc .; mem. Am. Inst. Homœopathy; gen. sec. 1894-1901, N. Y. State Homœ. Med. Soc. (ex-pres.); mem. B'd Trustees Hud- son-Fulton Celebration Comm'n; mem. N. Y. Acad. Sciences, Am. Acad. Polit, and Social Science, Nat. Gecg. Soc., N. Y. Museum of Natural History, Am." Public Health Ass'n. Mem. N. Y. State Press Ass'n, Nat. Editorial Ass'n, 32° Mason, Mystic Shrine, Elks; pres. Columbia County Ass'n in City of N. Y., Soc. Mca. Jurisprudence; asso. mem. G. A. R. Clubs: Unanimous, Meissen, Communipaw (all med.),-Republican (mem. B'd of Govs.), Cornell University (N. Y. City), Fort Orange (Albany). Address: 135 W. 87th St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, H. HOBART
Engineer; b. N. Y. City, March 12, 1865; s. Henry Hobart and Annie Metcalf (Dwight) Porter; grad. Sch. of Mines, Columbia Coll., E.M., 1886; m. Boston, Mass., June 18, 1891, Katharine (Delano) Porter; children: Dorothy Dwight, b. 1892; Margaret Seton, b. 1895; Katharine Delano, b. 1900. After graduation fellow in geology, Sch. of Mines, one year; lived some years In Mexico as mining eng'r and later in Arizona; with Westinghouse Electric & Mtg Co., in N. Y .; mem. firm Sanderson & Porter; formed
present partnership 1897. Pres. Village of Lawrence, Nassau County, L. I., N. Y .; elected Oct., 1905, re- clected 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913. V .- 1. and dir. Queens Borough Gas and Elec. Co., N. Y. City; sec. and dir. Federal Light & Traction Co., N. Y. Dlr. New England Investment & Security Co., Plattsburgh Traction Co. (Plattsburgh, N. Y.). Men. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs. Clubs: Unl- versity (mem. Com. Admissions), Rockaway Hunting (mem. B'd of Govs.), Century, Alpha Delta Phi, City Midday (N. Y. City), Adirondack League, Boston (New Orleans). Residence (country) : Lawrence, Nassau Co., N. Y., and 405 Park Av. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, HOLBROOK FITZ JOHN
Mechanical and industrial engineer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 28, 1858; s. Gen. Fitz John and Harriet Pierson (Cook) Porter; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H .; grad. Lehigh Univ., M.D. (salutatorian); m. Trinity Chapel by Rev. Morgan Dix, Aug. 27, 1888, Rose Smith: one son: Fitz John, b. Sept. 23, 1889. Apprentice and draftsman Delamater Iron Works, N. Y. City, 1878- 1882; ass't eng'r N. J. Steel & Iron Co. (Cooper Hewitt & Co.), Trenton, N. J., 1882-1884; eng'r and sup't of 'bld'gs and grounds, Columbia Univ., 1884-1890; sup't and eng'r Steel and Wire Works (Cary & Moen Co.), N. Y. City, 1890-1891; with World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, first as ass't mech. eng'r during the con- struction period, and then ass't chief of the machinery dep't, having charge of the MMachinery Ilall during the exp'n period, 1891-1894; with Bethlehem Steel Co., S. Bethlehem, Pa., first as Western representative at Chicago, 111., 1894-1897, later ass't sales mg'r at works, and until 1903 ing'r Eastern office, N. Y. City; on Jan. 1, 1903, engaged by Mr. George Westinghouse to do reorg'n werk, as mg'r of the Westinghouse Com- panies' Publishing Dep't; v .- p. Nernst Lamp Co. In fall of 1905 opened office in N. Y. City to do consult- ing mech. and industrial eng'ring work, especially in direction of introdueing modern and efficient systems of org'n and ing'mt, and fire prevention work; or- ganized, 1912, and became sec. of Efficiency Soclety Inc. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Mcm. Ain. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Am. Ass'n for Labor Legis- lation, Nat. Fire Protection Ass'n (Boston), Am. Acad. Polit, and Social Science (Philadelphia). Clubs: En- gincers (N. Y. City), Aztec ( Washington, D. C.). Ad- dress: Masonic Hall, 23d St. and Sixth Av, N. Y. City.
PORTER, HORACE
Diplomat, brig .- gen. U. S. A .; b. Harrisburg, Pa., April 15, 1837: s. David R. (governor of Pa.) and Josephine (McDermet) Porter; ed. Harvard Univ., U. S. Mil. Acad .; received LL.D. from Union Univ., 1894: Princeton Univ .. 1906; Williams Coll., 1908; Harvard Univ., 1910; m. Albany, N. Y., Dee. 23, 1863, Sophie K. Mellarg; children: Clarence, Mrs. Elsie Porter Mende. Has been pres. several railway companles and dir. in fourteen railway and financial inst'ns. Brig .- gen. U. S. A .; served in field during Civil War, last year on Gen. Grant's staff; was twice wounded; received six brevets for gallantry in battle; received Cong. medal of honor for sp'l act of gallantry at battle of Chicka- mauga; served as ass't sec. war: collected the money and built the Grant Tomb in N. Y .; served as am- bassador to France, March, 1897-May, 1905. Delegate to Ilague Peace Conference: received from France the Grand Cross, Legion d'honneur, first Amn. who had ever received it. On May 9, 1906. received, by. unanimous vote of both Houses of Congress. thanks and privilege of floor for life for recovery of the body of John Paul Jones. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. G. A. R., Soc. Foreign Wars, S. A. R., Soe. of Cincin- nati, Mil. Order Loyal Legion and Alliance Française. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, University, Cen- tury. Nat. Arts, Down Town, Lawyers, Players, All- thors, Grolier, Army and Navy, Lotos. Republican, Automobile (N. Y. Člty), Cerele de l'Union (Paris). Address: 277 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
PORTER, LOUIS H.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 6, 1874; s. Timothy II. and Maria louise (Hoyt) Porter: grad. Yale, B. \, 1896, N. Y. Law Seh., LI .. B., 1898; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 28, 1901, Ellen Marian Hatch. Active lawyer in N. Y. City since 1898. Dir. Ilans Rees Sons, Inc., Yale and Towne MI& Co .; pres. and dir. North Am. Mercantile Agency Co. Asso. mom. Am. Ornithologists' Union, Linnean Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Uni- versity, Yale, Hardware. Residence: Stamford, Conn. Address: 140 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, NATHAN TODD, JR.
Dry goods comm'n merchant; b. Brooklyn. N. Y., Dec. 5, 1867; s. Nathan T. and Mary C. (Comstock)
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Porter; ed. Montclair High Seh. Yale Univ., A.B., 1890; m. Troy, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1892, Caroline Chester Knickerbocker; children: Helen L. K., Caroline C. Mem. firm Porter Brothers & Co .; pres. Montclair Trust Co., Vuleanite Mi'g Co. Republican. Pres. Montelair Free Public Library. Club: University. Residenee: 165 Gates Av., Montclair, N. J. Address: 106 Worth St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, ROYAL A.
Professor of physics, Syracuse Univ .; b. Adair, Ill., 1877; s. Geo. E. and Mary (Ritter) Porter; grad. Northwestern Univ., B.S., 1901, M.S., 1902, and Ph.D., Univ. of Göttingen, 1912. Republican. Fellow A.A .- A.S., Am. Physicadus Soc., Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Ad- dress: 830 Ostrom Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
PORTER, WILLIAM EVELYN
Physician; b. Hartford, Conn .; s. William (M.D.) and Julia I. (Williams) Porter; studied abroad prior to entering Harvard Univ., subsequently received med. ed'n Coll. of Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City; m. Hartford, Conn., 1885, Mary Rossite Redfield; children: William Redfield, Edward Evelyn. Served on resident staff of Bellevue Hosp. for two years; leetured on gynceol- ogy at N. Y. Polytechnic for 14 years; served as at- tending gynecologist to Northern Dispensary, Church Hosp. and Dispensary, St. Vincent Hosp. and Gen. Memorial Hosp .; attending surgeon to Demilt Dis- pensary; consulting surgeon Manhattan State Hosp .; med. dlr. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. Resident fellow Acad. of Medieine and N. Y. Obstet. Soc .; mem. County' Med. Soe., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, Soc. Alumni of Bellevue Hosp. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Address: 149 W. 73d St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, WILLIAM H.
Member firm J. P. Morgan & Co .; b. Middlebury, Vt., Jan. 3, 1861; ed. Middlebury High Sch. and Saratoga Acad .; m. Esther Jackson. Dir. U. S. Life Ins. Co., Fidelity & Casualty Co. and various mf'g eorp'ns; trustee Franklin Savings Bank, Mutual Life Ins. Co., Hahnemann Hosp. Mem. N. E. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs; treas. Chamber of Com- merce. Comm'r Palisades Interstate Park. Clubs: Metropolitan, Republican, Union League, N. Y. Ath- letic, N. Y. Yacht, Atlantie Yacht, Transportation, Riding, Clty Midday, Hardware, City Lunch, Rail- road, Nassau Country, Sleepy Hollow Country. Resi- denee: 56 E. 67th St. Address: 23 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, WILLIAM HENRY
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 4, 1853; s. Frederick Edward and Elizabeth Bradley (Aikens) Porter; ed. Norfolk (Conn.) Public Sch., Monson and E. Wlilis- ton Academies, Mass., Yale (Sheffield Scientific Dep't), Columbia University, College Physicians and Sur- geons, M.D., 1877; m. New York City, May 21, 1880, Margaret Josephine Carroll; children: Frederick Phelps, b. 1885; William Carroll, b. 1888. Prof. emeritus of pathology and gen. medieine at N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. and Hosp .; prof. surgery and surg. pathology Columbian Veterinary Coll., 1879-
1881.
Curator of Presby'n Hosp., 1878-1888; Bellevue
Hosp., 1885-1887. Pathologist to Northeastern Dis- pensary, attending physician to N. Y. Post. Graduate Hosp. Ex-editor of Merek's Medico-Surg. Bulletin. Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. N. Y. Urolo -. gieal Soc., Pathoi. Soc., Neurological Soc., Medico- Surg. Soc., Northeastern Medico-Surg. Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Medieine, Med. Soc. Greater City of N. Y., Mississippi Valley Med. Soe., Litchfield Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Soc. of Internat. Law, Am. Therapeutical Soc., Am. Uro- logieai Soc., A.A.A.S., Am. Geog. Soe., Internat. Con- gress of Tuberculosis, 15th Internat. Congress of Hygiene and Demography, Am. Med. Ass'n, Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence, Navy League of U. S., Am. Peace and Arbitration League. Author: Renal Diseases and Urinary Analysis, 1887; also papers on various topics in leading medieal journals. Mem. Union League of Broadway Tabernaele, S. A. R. Clubs: Republican, Litehfield County Univ. (Conn.); Nor- folk, Country (Norfolk). Residence: Elm Court, Norfolk, Litchfield, Co., Conn. Address: 46 West 83d St., N. Y. City.
POST, AUGUSTUS
Author, writer, ieeturer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1873; s. Augustus T. and Mary E. (Austin) Post; ed. Brooklyn Poiy Inst., Amherst Coll., A.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1895-1896. Aide to A. Holland Forbes in balloon "Conqueror" in Berlin, representing America in the Gordon Bennett Balloon Races, 1908; aide to Alan R. Hawley, winner Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, 1910; aide to Clifford B. Harmon in bailoon
"New York." Circumnavigated globe, and was 13th to fly in aeroplane in U. S. Vice-ehm'n Citizens
Union, 25th Assembly Dist. Republican. Mem. Am Auto. Ass'n (chm'n Touring Com.), N. Y. Eiec. Soc. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Trustee Am. Seaman's
Friendly Soc. Reereations: Aeronautics, music
Clubs: Aero of America (sec. 4 years), Musicians, Alpha Delta Phl. Address: 136 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
POST, CHARLES HENDERSON
Fire insurance; b. Derby, Conn., May 16, 1856; & Samuel A. Law Post and Laura (Judd) Post; ed. public sch., Ellenville, N. Y .; received State Regent certificate; m. Ellenville, N. Y., June 13, 1878, Kate R. Milliken; children: Laura Milliken (wife of C. F. Shalleross), Katherine Milliken. United States mg'r Caledonian Ins. Co. of Edinburgh, Scotland; also pres. Caledonian-Am. Ins. Co. of N. Y. Visited every place of importance in U. S. and erossed the ocean 26 tinies. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: Lotos, Down Town, Baltusrol, Golf, Sundown Fishing, Beaver Dam Fishing. Residence: Summit, N. J. Address: 6 Pine St., N. Y. City.
POST, ERNEST NICHOLAS
Physician; b. in Tloga Center, Tioga Co., N. Y. March 24, 1878; s. Albert W. Post, M.D., and Louise M. (Schoonever) Post; grad Owego Free Aead., 1901; Syracuse Univ., Coll of Medicine, M.D., 1905. Ass't physician and surgeon at Robert Packer Hosp., Jan., 1906, to Jan., 1907, at Sayre, Pa .; now engaged in gen. practice at Halsey Valley, N. Y. Republican; Methodist. Mem. N. Y. and Chemung Co. Med. Soc., Elmira Aead. Medieine. Address: Halsey Valley, Tioga Co., N. Y.
POST, GEORGE B., JR.
Banker, broker; b. N. Y. City, July 30, 1864; s. George B. and Alice (Stone) Post; ed. St. Mark's Seh., South- boro, Mass., and Columbia Univ .; m. Julia Cotton Smith; children: George B., 3d. Mem. firm of Post & Flagg; gov. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Mem. Delta Phi fraternity, Columbia Univ. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Union, Knickerbocker, St. Anthony, N. Y. Yacht. N. Y. Ath- ietic, Morristown, Somerset Hilis Country, Morristown Golf, Midday, Garden City Golf, Raequet and Tennis, Morris County Golf. Residence: 3 E. 51st St. Ad- dress: 38 Wall St., N. Y. City.
POST, GEORGE BROWNE
Architect; b. N. Y. City. Dee. 15, 1837; s. Joel B. and Abby M. Post; ed. Churchill's Mil. Seh., Sing Sing, N. Y .; grad. N. Y. Univ., C.E., 1858; hon. LL.D., Coium- bia Univ., 1908; m. 1863, Alice MI., d. William W. Stone; children: George B., Jr .; William S., A. Wright, James Otis, Alice W. Took up study of architecture after graduation; formed partnership with Charles D. Gam- brill, 1861. Served as capt. 22d N. Y. Reg't. 1861; took part in battle of Fredericksburg, and during that action was aide on staff of Gen. Burnside, command- ing Army of Potomac; after war was promoted maj., iieut-col., later col. Resumed practice of architecture after war. Was mem. Tenement House Comm'n, known as Gilder Comm'n, appt'd by Legislature of N. Y .; mem. Expert Com, to appoint a seulptor and select a design for Lafayette Monument erected in Court Yard of Louvre in Paris. Appt'd by Sce. of State delegate to World's Congress of Architects in London to represent Am. architects at large; appt'd by Sec. of Agriculture, 1906, collaborator of Forest Service of U. S. Dep't Agriculture; appt'd hon. corr. mem. Royal Inst. of British Architcets, 1907. Mem. Nat. Advisory I'd on Fuels and Structural materials, appt'd by Pres. Roosevelt, 1906; reappt'd 1907, 1908, 1909. Mem. Com. of Patronage of Sth Internat. Congress of Archl- tects, 1907; appt'd mem. Permanent Com, of Internat. Congress of Architects, 190S; appt'd mem. Bureau of Fine Arts, by Pres. Roosevelt, 1909; appt'd by Gov. of State of N. Y., 1902. mem. B'd of Comm'n of St. Louis Exp'n. Mem. Architectural League of N. Y. (pres. 1893-1897, hon. mem. 1912); fellow Am. Inst. of Archi- teets (pres. 1896-1899); pres. Fine Arts Federation of N. Y., 1898. Mem. Acad. of Arts and Letters, 1911, N. Y. Chapter, Am. Inst. of Acrhitects (pres. 1904); formerly mem. B'd of Dir's Municipal Art Society. Decorated Chevalier de la Legion d'Ilonneur, 1901; awarded Gold Medal of Am. Inst. of Architects. 1910. Mem. of Council of Nat. Sculptor Soe; mem. N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Am. Geog. Soc., Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Chamber of Commerce, N. Y .; Municipal Art Soe., Nat. Soc. of Craftsmen, Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters, Pub- lic Art League, Archæol. Inst. of America, Nat. Geog. Soe., Metropolitan Museum of Art. Clubs: Century Ass'n Union, Lawyers' (charter mem.), Cosinos ( Wash- ington, D. C.), Nat. Arts (charter mem., pres. 1898- 1905). Residence: Bernardsville, N. J., and 129 E. 69th St., N. Y. City. Address: 101 Park Av., N. Y. City,
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