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PRITCHETT, HENRY SMITH
President Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching; b. Fayette, Howard Co., Mo., April 16, 1857; s. Carr W. and Susan (Smith) Pritchett; ed. Pritchett Coll., Mo., and at Univ. of Munich; Ph.D., Mlunich; Sc.D., Tufts, Stevens; LL.D., Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Toronto, Brown, Miami, Vermont, Williams and Hamilton; m. 1st, 1881, Eda Williams; 2d, 1900, Iva McAllister; children: Harry, b. 1882; Edwin, b. 1885; Leonard, b. 1887; Ida, b. 1892; Edith. b. 1904. Ass't astronomer Naval Ob- servatory, Washington, D. C., 1878; prof. astronomy, Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1883; sup't U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1897; pres. Mass. Inst. Tech- nology, 1900; pres. Carnegie Foundation, since 1906. Mem. Am. Philos. Soc .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences. Club: Century. Residence: 22 E. 91st St Address: 576 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PROBASCO, EDGAR BURTON
Physician and surgeon; b. Geneva, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1869; s. William C. and Mary G. (Probasco) Probasco; grad, Mynderse Acad., Seneca Falls, N. Y., 1887; re- ceived sp'l instr'n in languages at Rochester, 1893; grad. Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1898; m. Rochester, N. Y., June 6, 1899, Grace E. Shedd; one d .: Marjorie Helen, b. Sept. 19, 1901. Engaged in gen. practice of medicine in Glens Falls, N. Y., since 1900; made professional visit to all the principal cities of the East, Northwest, South and Southwest (U. S.), 1906-1907, covering 14,000 mlles. Republican in nat, independent in municipal politics. Presby'n. Attend- ing surgeon Glens Falls Hosp .; mein. Am. Wled. Ass'n Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Med. Soc. County of Warren, Glens' Falls Med. and Surg. Soc. Address: 36 Washing- ton St., Glens Falls, N. Y.
PROBST, JACOB
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, June 4, 1867: s. Francis and Caroline (Bedinjer) Probst; ed. N. Y. City Public Sch. No. 3, St. Stephen's Coll. (IIon. M.A.), Philadelphia Di- vinity Sch .; in. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 23. 1897, Jennie Iler; one d .: Frances, b. 1898. Seven years in business, N. Y. City. Ordered deacon June 9. 1895, by Bishop H. C. Potter and later ordained to the priest- hood. Missionary in Idaho, 1895-1896; rector St. Paul's Church, Patchogue, N. Y., since 1901. Has traveled extensively in United States; also in England and Scotland. Democrat. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity; Masonic bodies, lodge, chapter and com- mandery; past grand chaplain N. Y. State Grand Lodge of Masons. Address: Patchogue, N. Y.
PROCTOR, ALEXANDER PHIMISTER
Sculptor; b. Ontario, Can., Sept. 27. 1862; s. Alex- ander and Tirza (Smith) Proctor; in. Chicago, 111., Sept., 1893, Margaret Gerew. Mcm. Art Comm'n, N. Y. City, 1902-1905; Sculpture Jury, Paris Exp'n. 1900; mem. of Jury of Selection and Jury of Awards. Buffalo Pan-Am. Exp'n; mem. Sculpture Jury. La. Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1904. Academician Nat. Acad. De- sign; mem. 'Nat. Sculpture Soc., Am. Water Color Soc., Architectural League, N. Y. Zool. Soc., Nat. Acad. of Arts and Letters. Awarded medals at World's Co- lumbian Exp'n. Chicago, 1893; Paris Exp'n (gold medal), 1900; St. Louis Exp'n (gold medal). 1904; Medal of Honor for sculpture by Architectural League, 1911. Clubs: Century. Boone and Crocket, Canadian Art. Address: 168 E. 51st St., N. Y. City.
PROCTOR, FREDERICK TOWNE
Manufacturer; b. Cambridge, Mass., Junc 7. 1856; s. Moody S. and Maria (Towne) Proctor: ed. Boston publie schs .: m. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 1. 1904, Rachel Mun- son Williams. V .- p. Glebe Woolen Co .: treas. Hart & Crouse Co .; v .- p. Italian Macaroni Co., Willoughby Co .; dir. Second Nat. Bank of Utica, N. Y. Republican; Episcopalian; vestryman of Grace Ch., Utica, N. Y. Pres. St. Luke's Home and Hosp .: trustee Utica Public Library, Colgate Univ. Clubs: Ft. Schuyler. Yahnun- dasis Golf. Sadaquada Golf. Metropolitan (N. Y. City). Address: 318 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y.
PROCTOR, THOMAS R.
Bank president: b. Proetorville, Vt .. May 25, 1844; s. Moody S. and Betsey Nancy ( Redfield) Proctor; ed.
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English High School, Boston; at outbreak of Civil War entered United States Navy and served until the close of the war; recelved the thanks of the Sec. of the Navy for hls services; m. 1891, Maria W. Williams. Engaged in business at Utica, where is now pres. Second Nat. Bank, Am. Hard Wall Plaster Co .; trustee Utica Savings Bank, Utica Trust Co. and Utica Steam Cetton Mills; v .- p. Utica Daily Press Co. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion, G. A. R., Sons of Revolution. New England Soc., Mayflower Soc., Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. Founders and Patriots, Naval Order of the U. S., Naval League, M.A., Hamilton Coll., and other societies. Clubs: Fort Schuyler, Yahnundasis Golf, Sadaquada Golf (Utica), Metropolitan, Army and Navy, Players, Republican (N. Y. City). Address: 312 Genesce St., Utica, N. Y.
PROSKAUER, JOSEPH M.
Lawyer; b. Mobile, Ala., Aug. 6, 1877; s. Alfred and Rebecca L. Proskauer; ed. Barton Acad., Columbla Coll., A.B .. 1896, Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1899 (honors in English and mathematics); m. N. Y. City, Oct. 14, 1903, Alice Naumburg; children: Frances, b. 1905; Ruth, b. 1907; Richard, b. 1912. Began practise of law in 1899, and since 1904 partner in firm of Elkus, Gleason & Proskauer. Democrat; Jewish religion. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Sigma Rho; trustee Hudson Guild, N. Y. Southern Soc. Clubs: City, Lawyers, Reform. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PROUT, HENRY GOSLEE
Eng'r, manufacturer; b. in Fairfax Co., Va .; s. Will- iam and Amanda (Goslee) Prout; grad. Univ. of Mich., C.E., 1871; Yale, M.A. (honorary) 1902; LL.D., Univ. of Mich., 1911; m. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1877, Gabriella Perln; children: Glover Perin, Elizabeth Page, Henry Byrd, Curtis, Phoebe Lee, Gabriella. En- gaged in varied civil eng'ring works in America, mili- tary and administrative work in Egypt, and on Upper Nile; 16 years editor Railroad Gazette; since 1903 v .- p., dir. and gen. mg'r Union Switch and Signal Co. Also dir. Westinghouse Air Brake Co., and Am. Road Ma- chinery Co. Served as enlisted man in Union Army last two years of Civil War: colonel in Egyptian Army, comd'g expd'n in the Soudan and Governor Provinces of the Equator; entire service in Egypt and Africa, 412 years. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; corr. mem. Geog. Soc .; mem. Sigma Phl. Clubs: Century, Engineers, Railroad (N. Y. City), Duquesne, Univer- sity, Country (Pittsburgh), Chicago (Chicago). Resi- dence: Nutley, N. J. Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
PROUT, JONATHAN SLATER
Physician; b. Washington, D. C., Dec., 1833; s. Jona- than and Anna Lowndes (Gantt) Prout; grad. in medi- cine, 1856. Served as med. officer in Civil War under Pope, Grant and Sherman, and since the war resided and practIsed medicine in Brooklyn, N. Y., until rc- tirement from active practice. For many years clin- ical prof. in L. I. Coll. Hosp. Mem. Am. Ophthal. Soc., N. Y. Ophthal. Soc. Address: Garden City, L. I., N. Y.
PROVOST, ANDREW J., JR.
Civil eng'r; b. Whitestone, L. I., Nov. 7, 1867; s. Andrew J. and Harrict (Titus) Provost; ed. Flushing (L. I.) Acad., Columbia Sch. of Mines, C.E., 1889; traveled and studied eng'ring in Europe, 1889; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1891, Ada B. Balston. Em- ployed in Eng'ring Dep't, City of Brooklyn, 1889-1898; eng'r to comptroller of City of N. Y., 1899-1904; pres. Bacterial Sewage Purification Co., 1900-1903; consul.' eng'r to pres. of Brooklyn Borough, 1904-1906; menl. Advisory B'd of Eng'rs to Heffley Sch., Brooklyn, since 1904; mem. and sec. Met. Sewerage Comm'n, N. Y. City; mem. firm of Lederle & Provost, sanitary and hydraulic eng'rs, since 1906. Mem. Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Internat. Soc. Testing Materials, Psi Up- silon fraternity, Am. Soc. Municipal Improvements, Municipal Eng'rs of N. Y., Brooklyn Eng'rs Club (sec. 1896-1903, pres. 1903), Holland Soc. Cluhs: Crescent Athletic, Richmond Hill, Point o' Woods Yacht. Resi- dence: Richmond Hill, L. T. Address: 39 W. 38th St., N. Y. City.
PROVOT, GEORGE
Architect; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 10, 1868; s. Paul and Maria (Kieffer) Provot; student, 1877-1886, in Angers, France; degree of B.S., 1886-1889, Columbia Univ., Ph.B., In architecture; unmarried. Mem. of Welch, Smith & Provot, architects, for 8 years; firm dissolved May 1, 1907. Mcm. Am. Inst. of Architects, Archi- tectural League of N. Y., Cercle Français de l'Har- monie. Clubs: Columbia University, Fencers Resi- dence: Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 104 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
PRUDDEN, THEOPHIL MITCHELL
Physician; b. Middlebury, Conn., July 7, 1849; s. Rev. George P. and Eliza A. Prudden; grad. Yale (Sheffield Scientific Sch.), Ph.B., 1872, M.D., 1875, LL.D., 1896. En- gaged in teaching and research work in N. Y. City, 1878-1909; prof. pathology, Coli. Phys. and Surg. (Co- lumbia Univ.). Mem. Ass'n Am. Physicians, Ass'n Am. Pathologists and Bacteriologists, N. Y. Pathological Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Nat. Acad. Science. Ex- tensive contb'r to the literature of pathology, bac- teriology, etc. Author: Manual of Normal Histology; Text-Book of Pathology; Story of the Bacteria; Dust and Its Dangers: Water and Ice Supplies: On the Great American Plateau. Address: 160 Central Park S., N. Y. City,
PRUYN, ROBERT CLARENCE
Banker; b. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1847; s. Robert Hewson and Jane Anne (Lansing) Pruyn; grad. Rut- gers Coll., A.M., class of 1869; m. Oct. 22, 1873, Anna Williams; children: Edward L., Mrs. Ruth Pruyn Good- rich, Robert Dunbar, Frederic. Chm'n B'd of Dirs. Nat. Commercial Bank; v .- p. Municipal Gas Co .; dir. Union Trust Co., Delaware & Hudson Co., Mechanics and Metals Nat. Bank, Troy Gas Co., Helderberg Ce- ment Co., Bnifalo Gas Co. Trustee Albany Hosp., Albany Med. Coll., Hist. and Art Soc. Mem. Delta Phi fraternity, Holland Soc, Sons of Revolution, Rutgers Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, Century (N. Y. City), Albany, Fort Orange, University (Albany). Residence: 7 Englewood Pl. Address: 60 State St., Albany, N. Y.
PRUYN, ROBERT DUNBAR
Banker; b. Alhany, N. Y., Oct., 1880; s. Robert and Anna ( Williams) Pruyn; grad. St. Paul's Sch., Con- cord, N. H., 1898, Harvard Univ., 1902; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 15, 1904, Betty Metcalf; children: Lansing, b. Nov. 5, 1905; Ruth, b. May 5, 1907; Republican; Episcopalian. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Brook. Residence: Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Address: 56 Wall St., N. Y. City,
PRYER, CHARLES
Banker; b. The Cedars. Larchmont, N. Y., June 2, 1851; s. John and Eliza Mathilda (Chardavoyne) Pryer; m. 1st, New Rochelle, N. Y., June 17, 1880, Julia C. Miller; 2d, New Rochelle, 1888, Mai E. Harmer; children: Harold Chardavoyne, b. July 27, 1882; Alice de Crevecœur (Mrs. Adrian D. Waring), b. June 16, 1889. V .- p. Peoples Bank for Savings, New Ro- chelle; treas. and dir. Knickerbocker Press: dir. Nat. City Bank, New Rochelle, and City Realty Co. of New Rochelle. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., Huguenot Soc. of America, Huguenot Ass'n of New Rochelle, Colonial Order, N. Y. Hist. Soc., N. Y. Geog. Soc., Bot. Soc. of N. Y., N. Y. Zool. Soc., Met Museum of Art, Royal Soc. of Arts, England, Royal Soc. Club of London, and numerous others. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Cen- tury, City, N. Y. Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, New Rochelle Yacht, Wool, Strollers. Address: The Cedars. Lanch- mont, N. Y.
PRYOR, JOHN HENRY
Physician; b. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1859; s. John I. and Mary E. (Van Dolan) Pryor; grad. Med. Dep't University of Buffalo, M.D., 1883; m. Buffalo, N. Y., Oet. 9, 1902, Elizabeth G. (Graves) Mayer. Engaged . in practise of medicine in Buffalo from graduation. { Mom. Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Climatological Soc., Nat. Ass'n for Study and Pre- vention of Tuberculosis. Pres. B'd of Trustees J. N. 2 Adam Hosp .; former sup't N. Y. State ITosp. for In -. cipient Tuberculosis; former mem. State Tenement , Hlousc Comm'n; mem. State Ilealth Advisory B'd; exec. ... ¿ kom. of Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis, and mem. of other State and local bodies of a philanthropie character. Progressive. Club: Saturn. Address: 26 Linwood Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRYOR, ROGER ATKINSON
Lawyer. ex-jurist; b. Dinwiddie Co., Va., July 10, 1828; s. Rev. Thcodorick Bland and Lucy (Atkinson) Pryor; grad. Hampden-Sidney Coll., 1845; Univ. of Va., 1848; visitor of Univ of Va .; visitor of Va. Mil. Inst., LL.D., Hampden-Shiney Coll .; in. Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 8, 1848, Sara . Agnes Rice: children: Marie Gordon (m. Henry Rice, of Va.), Theodorlek Bland (honor man of Princeton, scholar of Cambridge Univ., England, 1870; dled 1871), Mary Blair (m. Francis Thomas Walker, of Va.), Roger Atkinson (lawyer. .N. Y. City), Wilham Rice (M. D., died Aug. 25, 1904), Lucy Atkinson (m. Arthur Page Brown, architect), Fanny Bland (m. Wm. de Leftwich Dodge). Editor consecutively of Richmond Engineer, The South. Richmond, Va., Washington Union, Washington States. Sp'l minister to Greece, under Pres. Pierce: inem. of Congress, 1858-1861; mem. of provisional and
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regular Confederate Congresses; entered Confederate service, 1861, as colonel; promoted to brig-gen., 1862; prisoner of war, 1864-1865; after the war settled in N. Y. City, in practise of law. Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 1890; justice of Supreme Court of N. Y., 1894-1899; resumed practice of law, 1899. In 1858, against the opposition of Wm. L. Yancey, procured from the Southern Conv. at Montgomery a resolution reprobating the reopening of the African slave trade; on April 10, 1861, delivered a speech in Charleston, S. C., of which the immediate effect was to compel Jefferson Davis, contrary to his inclination, to order an attack on Fort Sumter, and the ultimate result to precipitate the War of Secession. In 1889 initi- ated the first litigation in which the validity of trust combination was challenged, a litigation which cul- minated in a decision by the N. Y. Court of Appeals that such combinations were repugnant to the prin- ciples of the common law and sufficient cause of the forfeiture of corporate charters. Residence: 3 W. 69th St. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PUGSLEY, CORNELIUS AMORY
Banker; b. Peekskill, N. Y., July 17, 1850; s. Gilbert Taylor and Julia Butler (Meeker) Pugsley; ed. in pub- lic and private schools; m. N. Y. City, April 7, 1886, Emma C. Gregory; one son: Chester De Witt Pugsley, b. 1887. Has been in Westchester County Nat. Bank from 1870, beginning as clerk, later cashier and v .- p., pres. since 1897. Mem. of Congress, 1901-1903; elected on Dem. ticket and was mem. of Banking and Cur- rency Com .; three times elected to exec. council of Am. Bankers' Ass'n; now mem. of council, ex-pres. N. Y. State Bankers' Ass'n. Traveled extensively in Russia, the Orient and many other countries. Ex-pres .- gen. S. A. R. of U. S .; pres. Empire State Soc., S. A. R .; mem. N. E. Soc. of N. Y., Chamber of Commerce of N. Y .; pres., trustee Field Library, Peekskill; trustee and treas. Peekskill Mil. Acad. Address: Peekskill, N. Y., and 12 W. 122d St., N. Y. City.
PULITZER, RALPH
Journalist; b. St. Louis, Mo., June 11, 1879; s. Joseph and Kate (Davis) Pulitzer; ed. by private tutors, St. Mark's Sch .; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1900; m. N. Y. City. Oct. 14, 1905, Frederica V. Webb. Started newspaper career, 1900, with N. Y. World; v .- p. Press Publishing Co., 1906-1908, pres, since 1911. Has done much work on news supervision and editorial writing. Author: N. Y. Soc. on Parade, 1909. Dir. Newsboys' Home Club. Clubs: Authors', City, Harvard. Residence: 17 E. 73d St. Address: World Office, 63 Park Row, N. Y. City.
PULITZER, WALTER
Author, editor, publisher; b. N. Y. City, April, 1878; s. Albert and Fanny (Barnard) Pulitzer, and nephew of Joseph Pulitzer; ed. by private tutors, Harvard course interrupted by nervous breakdown; m. 1909, Lil- lian W. Hearne. One of the best known American chess problematists; one of promoters of American Chess Magazine; editor American Tit-Bits, 1902 founded Satire (a weekly humorous paper), 1911 established Pulitzer's Magazine (formerly Uncle Remus Maga- zine). Pres. and dir. Pulitzer Publishing Co., Inc., N. Y., and Pulitzer Magazine Co., Inc., N. Y. Author: Chess Harmonies (problems), 1894 (copies now rare and valued by collectors); That Duel at the Chateau Marsanac (novel), 1899 (Funk & Wagnalls) ; A. Cynic's Meditations (epigrams), 1904 (Dodge Pub. Co.), went through 17 editions; Cozy Corner Confidences (epi- grams), 1906 (same); Cupid's Pack of Cards, 1908 (Luce); My Auto Book (Outing Publishing Co.); Meditations of a Mean Man (Dodge Publishing Co.); Memoirs of Albert Pulitzer; contb'r of humor, verse and short fiction to leading periodicals. Recreations: horseback riding, tennis and musical compositions (several comic operas, excerpts given by National Arts Club, songs published by Witmark, Boston Music Co., Stern, Presser, etc.). Address: 1036 Sixth Av., N. Y. City.
PULSIFER, NATHAN TROWBRIDGE
Manufacturer; b. Newton, Mass., Oct. 27. 1851; s. Charles S. and Eliza W. (Trowbridge) Pulsifer; ed. Newton public schools; m. Mountainville, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1880, Almira Houghton Valentine, d. Lawson Valentine; children: Lawson Valentine, Harold Trow- bridge. Pres. and dir. Valentine & Co .; v .- p. and dir. The Outlook Co .; dir. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Am. Writing Paper Co. Progressive. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Dyker Meadow Golf, Storm King Golf, Lotos, Atlantic Yacht, Powelton Golf. Address: 456 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
PUMPELLY, JOSIAH COLLINS
Lawyer, retired; b. Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., Aug. 16, 1839; s. George James and Susan Isabella Pumpelly (1st cousins) ; grad. Rutgers Coll., A.B., 1860; A.M.,
1863; LL.B., at Columbia Law Sch., 1863; m. 1st, Frank- fort, Germany, 1876, Margaret Lanier Winslow, widow cf James Winslow (died 1890); 2d, N. Y. City, May 20, 1896, Mary Amelia Harmer, d. Charles G. Harmer, merchant. During Civil War recruited and drilled men for Union Army. Settled at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and later at Morristown, N. J., and in 1890 removed to N. Y. City, where has since been active in social bet- terment and philanthropic work. Aided founding Huguenot Soc. of America; the Patriotic League; Nat. Soc. S. A. R., and its N. J. branch; N. J. State Charities and Prison Reform Ass'n, N. Y. Peace Soc., Soc. for the Advancement of India. At the celebration of the tercentenary of the signing of the edict of Nanies. 1898, read a paper entitled The Huguenot Settlers In N. J. Among his many other published addresses are: Washington, 1838; Fort Stanwix and Battle of Oris- kany, 1888; Our French Allies, 1889; Joseph Warren, 1890; Mahlon Dickerson, 1891; Paul Jones, 1892; Inci- dents in the Early History of Berkshire County, Mass., and the Pumpelly, Pixley, Paterson and Avery Fami- lies, 1896; The Jumel Mansion, Its History and Traditions, 1903; has also given much time and literary effort to the discussion in public press of philanthropic and social economic questions. editor Americana Asso. Magazine. Republican; Presby'n. Prcs. Immigration Restriction League of N. Y. State. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of Columbia Coll. Law Sch., and of the Rutgers Coll. Alumni Ass'n; mem. Exec. B'ds of Church Ass'n for Advancement of the Interests of Labor; mem. West End Ass'n, Citizens Com. on Con- gestion of Population; historian Empire State Soc., S. A. R .; mem. of Publication Com., N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc. Club: Union League. Address: 255 W. 108th St., N. Y. City.
PURDY, LAWSON
Lawyer, pres. Dep't Taxes and Assessments; b. Hyde Park, N. Y., 1862; s. Rev. James S. (D.D.), and Frances H. (Carter) Purdy; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Con- cord, N. H., 1876-1880; Trinity Coli., Hartford, Conn., B.A., 1884; M.A., 1887; LL.D., 1908; m. 1885, Mary J. Mc- Crackan; onc d .: Marion Sanford. Trcas. N. Y. Bank Note Co., 1891-1896; was sec. N. Y. Tax Reform Ass'n, 1896-1906; appt'd Nov. 10, 1906, pres. Dep't Taxes and Assessments of City of N. Y., reappt'd by Mayor Mitchel, Jan. 1, 1914. Scc. Advisory Comm'n cn Taxation and Finance, appt'd by Mayor, City of N. Y., 1905; mem. comm'n to inquire into the subject of assessment and taxation for State and local purposes, appt'd by Gov. of State of N. Y., delegate to Nat. Tax Conf., 1907-1912, by apptmn't of Gov. of N. Y. State. Author of various articles and addresses on taxation. Mem. Nat. Municipal League, Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, N. Y. Alumni Trinity Coll. Clubs: City, Reform. Residence: 640 WV. 158th St. Address: Hall of Records, N. Y. City.
PURDY, RANDOLPH FOSTER
Banker, broker; b. N. Y. City; s. Alfred S., M.D., and Anne S. (Martindale) Purdy; ed. Coll. City of N. Y. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange firm Stout & Co. Re- publican; mem. M. E. Ch. Mem. Chi Psi fraternity. Clubs: Stock Exchange Luncheon, Union League, Rumson Country, Somerset Hills Country. Residence: 449 Park Av. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
PURRINGTON, WILLIAM ARCHER
Lawyer; b. Washington, D. C., 1852; s. Tobias (M.D.) and Amelia Josephine ( Archer) Purrington; grad. Har- vard, A.B., Column'bian Univ., Washington, D. C., LL B., LL.M., Univ. of City of N. Y., LL.B .; m. Dec. 31, 1895, Anna C. Wheatly (née Russell). Formerly sec. of U. S. Legation, Rio de Janeiro, and consular clerk at Rome. Lecturer in University an.i Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll .; author of various papers. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n; trustee Coll. Dental and Oral Surgery of N. Y .; mem. Southern Soc. Clubs: University, Century, Harvard, Lawyers, Richmond County Country. Residence: 43 W. 11th St. Address: 78 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PUTNAM, GEORGE HAVEN
Publisher; b. London, England, 1844; S. George Palmer (of Maine) and Victorine (Maven) Putnam (of Mass.); ed. Columbia (N. Y. City), Paris, Göttingen; returned from Germany, Aug., 1862, to cnlist, thus losing prospect of Göttingen degree; M.A. from Bow- doin and Litt.D. from Univ. of Pa .; m. 1st, 1869, Re- becca K. Shepard, of Boston; 2d, 1'899, Emily James Smith, of Canandaigua, N. Y .; children: Bertha, Ethel, Corinna and Dorothy (by first marriage); l'aimer (by second). llead of publishing house of G. P. Putnam's Sons, N. Y. City nnd London. Pres. G. P. Putnam's Sons; dir. The Knickerbocker Press; pres. and treas. Putnam's Monthly Co. Author: Books and Their Makers in Middle Ages; Authors and Their Public in
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Ancient Times; Authors and Publishers; Question of Copyright; History of Censorship and the Index; Lincoln and the Issues of the Civil War; A Prisoner in Virginia; etc. Enlisted, Aug., 1862, in 176th Reg't, N. Y. S. Vols .; served as private, sergeant, q .- m., adj. and major; discharged Aug., 1865. In 1886 organized Pub- lishers' Copyright League, and has since served as sec. and exec. of same. 1n 1891 received from Gov't of France Cross of the Legion of Honor "for services to France and to literature." Independent Democrat (free trade, sound money); Unitarian. Recreations: Chess, tennis, reform polltics. Vice-comd'r N. Y. Com- mandery Loyal Legion. Clubs: Century, Authors, City (N. Y. City), Savile (London). Residences: 335 W. 86th St., N. Y. City, and Westhampton Beach, L. I. Address: 2 W. 45th St., N. Y. City.
PUTNAM, HARRINGTON
Lawyer; b. Shrewsbury, Mass., June 29, 1851; s. Charles A. and Ellen T. (Harrington) Putnam; grad. Colby Coll., Waterville, Me., A.B., 1875; LL.D., 1906, Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1876; Middlebury Coll., LL.D., 1911; m. Providence, R. 1., Junc 8, 1904, Mildred Smythe; one son: Harrington, Jr., b. Oct. 31, 1906. Mem. law firm Wing, Shoudy & Putnam, later Wing, Putnam & Burlingham. Appt'd by Gov. Hughes, justice Supreme Court, Nov. 9, 1909, to fill vacancy caused by resignation of William J. Gaynor; elected, Nov., 1910, justice Supreme Court of State of N. Y., designated asso. justice of Appellate Div. of Second Dep't, April 20, 1913. Democrat; Warden St. Luke's P. E. Ch., Brooklyn. Asso. Mem. Soc. of Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs. Recreations: pedestrianism, mountain- eering. Clubs: Hamilton. University, Am. Alpine (pres. ). Residence: 404 Washington Av. Address: County Court House, Brooklyn, N. Y.
PUTNAM, HERBERT
Librarian of Congress since 1899; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 20, 1861; s. George Palmer and Victorine (Haven) Putnam; ed. public and private schools of N. Y., Harvard Univ., A.B., 1883, and Columbia Univ. Law Sch .; Litt.D., Bowdoin Coll., 1898: LL.D., Columbian Univ., 1903, Univ. of Ill., 1903, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1904, Yale Univ., 1907, and Williams Coll., 1911. Was librarian of the Boston Public Library, 1895-1899; Minneapolis Public Library, 1887-1891; admitted to Minnesota bar, 1886; bar of Suffolk County, Mass.,
1892, and practised law In Boston, 1892-1895. Was librarian of the Boston Public Library, 1895-1899; pres. Massachusetts Library Club, 1896-1897; pres. Am. Library Ass'n In 1898 and 1903-1904: mcm. B'd of Overseers of Harvard Univ., 1902-1906. Represented the U. S. as a delegate to the Internet. Library Conf., London, in 1897; mem. Administrative B'd of Con- gress of Arts and Science, La. Purchase Exp'n. Au- thor: Various articles In magazines and periodicals and in professional journals. Clubs: Tavern (Bos- ton), City (N. Y.), Cosmos and Chevy Chase (Wash- ington). Address: Library of Congress, Washing- ton, D. C.
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