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RICHARDS, CHARLES RUSSELL
Educator; b. Boston, Mass., June 30, 1865; s. Charles C. and Josephine (Gleason) Richards; grad. Mass. Inst. Technology, S.B., 1885; unmarried. Dir. Dep't Science and Technology, Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, 1888-1898; dir. Dep't Manual Training, Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., 1898; dir. Cooper Union, 1908. Unitarian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n; dir. Soc. for Promotion of Industrial Ed'n; trustee Children's Aid Soc., N. Y. City; mem. Industrlal and Trades Sch. Council, N. Y. State Ed'n Dep't; mein. Corp'n Mass. Inst. of Technology. Special investigator, Dep't of Labor, State of N. Y., 1908-1909. Clubs: Uni- versity, City, Technology (N. Y. City), University, Technology (Boston). Address: Cooper Union, N. Y. City,
RICHARDS, DICKINSON WOODRUFF
Lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 30, 1858; s. Rev. George (D.D.) and Anna M. (Woodruff) Richards; grad. Yale, A.B., 1880, Columbia, EL.B., 1882; m. N. Y. City, April 24, 1889, Sally Lambert; children: Katharine L., Gertrude W., Dickinson W., Jr., Josephine H., Edward L. Mem. law firm Richards & Richards. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University. Residence: 163 Irving Av., South Orange, N. J. Ad- dress: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
RICHARDS, FREDERICK BARNARD
Manufacturer; b. Sandy Hill, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1865; s. Eber and Mary Eliza (Culver) Richards; grad. Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y., A.B., 1888; in. Granville, N. Y., June 12, 1895, Constance Emily Zorn; children: Doro- thy, b. Aug. 14, 1896, Constance, b. Aug. 12, 1899; Wili- lam Lee, b. Feb. 15, 1901. Junior mem. firm E. Rich .. ards & Son, mf'rs of paper, Sandy Hill, N. Y., 1889- 1893; mem. firm of E. Richards & Son, mf'rs wood pulp, Ticonderoga, N. Y., 1893-1905; sec. Standard Textile Co.,, Glens Falls, N. Y., since 1908; Old English Slate Co., Glens Falls and Fair Haven, Vt., since 1911; mem. firm Hooper & Richards, doing business under name of North River Garnet Co., North River, N. Y., since 1894. Dlr. Glens Falls Savings and Loan Ass'n. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, Glens Falls; dir. Giens Falls Hosp .; Crandall Library, Glens Falls; Y. M. C. A., Glens Falls; v .- p. Hu- mane Soc., Glens Falls. Republican; Episcopalian, vestryman Church of the Messiah. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Soc. War of 1812, N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n (sec. and trustec), Am. Hist. Soc., Vermont Hist. Soc., Ticonderoga Hist Soc., Am. Bot- anists' Soc., National Geog. Soc., Mt. Defiance Lodge
794, F. and A. M., Psi Upsilon fraternity; graduate Council Union College, Lake Champlain Ass'n, Lake George Ass'n (trustee). Contb'r of "The Black Watch at Ticonderoga" (Proceedings of the N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, Vol. X.). Clubs: Masonic, Elks (Glens Falls), Authors (London). Address: Glens Falls, N. Y.
RICHARDS, FREDERICK T.
Artist; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 27, 1864; s. Davis Bancroft and Janet (Thompson) Richards; studied at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Philadelphia, under Thomas Eakins; afterwards in studio of Edmund B. Bensell under his instruction, and later in Art Students' League, N. Y. City; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 21, 1890, Odile A. S. Hudry; one d .: Helen C., b. 1895. On regu- lar staff of N. Y. Life, since 1888, and on Collier's Weekly. Cartooned for N. Y. Herald, N. Y. Times, N. Y. Mail, Philadelphia Press, now cartooning for North American, Philadelphia, etc. Author: The Royal Game of Golf (R. H. Russell); Color Prints from Dickens (Harpers). Exhibited at N. Y. City and Paris. Ad- dress: 44 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.
RICHARDS, GEORGE
Lawyer, author; b. Boston, Mass., March 23, 1849; s. Rev. George (D.D.) and Anna M. (Woodruff) Richards; grad. Yale, B.A., M.A., Columbia Law Sch., LL.B .; m. N. Y. City, June 7, 1882, Harriet M. MacMartin; children: Harrict M., Marjorie, George McLaren, Archie M., Nancy, Guy H. Partner in law firm of Richards & Richards. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Presby'n. Author: Law of Insurance. Clubs: Century, Yale, Down Town, Essex County Coun- try. Residence: 405 Park Av. Address: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
RICHARDS, LOWELL LINCOLN
Steamship ag't, broker; b. Salem, Mass., May 21, 1871: s. Willianı Whiting and Laura Pierson (Milli- ken) Richards; ed Hackensack public sch .: m. Hack- ensack, N. J., June 12, 1907, Louise Shaw; children: Inogen Repplier, b. March 1, 1908; Lowell Lincoln, Jr., b. Sept. 9, 1910. Started business at age of 15 with Bowring & Co., remaining, until 1909, when be- came dir. of Co. Mem. N. Y. Produce Exchange. Martime Exchange, Chamber of Commerce. Served 5 years enlistment in Co. G. 2d Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Episcopalian. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Recreation: Farming. Club: Whitehall. Residence (summer) : Litchfield. Conn. (winter) Hackensack, N. J. Address: Whitehall Bld'g, 17 Battery Pl., N. Y. City.
RICHARDSON, C. TIFFANY
Stock broker: b. N. Y. City, May 13, 1880; s. Willlam and Sarah Matilda (Anderson) Richardson; grad Harvard Univ., A.B., 1902; m. Saranac Lake, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1911. Alice E. Strong; one son: William Tif- fany, b. Nov. 14, 1912, Became mem. Stock Exchange firm of Borman & Co., Oct., 1903; formed the Stock Exchange firm of Richardson, Norton & Co., Nov .. 1908, of which firm is still the head. Has traveled in Europe and quite extensively in the western part of U. S. Republican. Clubs: Union, Racquet and Ten- nis, Harvard, Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 27 E. 74th St. Address: 74 Broadway, N. Y. City.
RICHARDSON, CHARLES HENRY
Educator; b. Topsham, Vt., Sept. 26, 1862; s. Robert Fletcher and Rosetta (Dexter) Richardson; ed. Mont- pelier (Vt.) Sem. (with honors), 1883-1887, Dartmouth. Coll., A.B., (special honors), 1892, A.M., 1895, l'h. D., 1898, Chicago Univ., 1902, Johns Hopkins Univ., Balti- more, 1906; m. June 16, 1892, Katherine May Davis of Corinth, Vt .; one d .: Evelyn Dee, b. Nov. 22, 1898. Prin. of academics and seminaries, Vt., 6 years; instr. In chemistry and minerology, Dartmouth Coll., after- wards in geology and mineralogy, 10 years; ass't prof. 1906, and asso. prof. 1907-1909; prof. since 1909 in geology and minerology, Syracuse Univ .: ass't geolo- gist for Vt., since 1895; assayer for Torpedo-Eclipse Mining Co., Ouray, Colo .; mining expert for several mining and development companies in Newfoundland, Canada, and the U. S. As economic geologist, studied the anthracite coal fields of Pa., the copper regions of Vt. and Mich., the iron regions of Mich. and Wis;, the marble and granite industries of New England, and the gold and silver deposits of Colorado. Author of scientific papers, stories and poens; text-books, economic geology, consulting geologist and public lecturer. Also senior mem. firm Richardson & Pnl- ver, managers Equitable Life Assurance Soc., New Hampshire. Republican; Congregationalist. Fellow Geol. Soc. of America and A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Gen. Science Com., Paris Exp'n, 1901, N. H. Sth and 12th Internat. Geog. Congress, Ver- mont Botanical Club, Dartmouth Scientifle Ass'n. Syra- «use Scientific Ass'n. Onondaga Aend. of Science, Chi Tau Kappa, Pi Phi Chi, Sigma Xi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
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Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Delta Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. Elected trustee of New England Free Baptist Ass'n, 1893. Recreations: Football and tennis. Address: Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.
RICHARDSON, CLIFFORD
Chemical eng'r; b. Worcester, Mass., March 6, 1856; s. George Washington and Lucy Dana (White) Rich - ardson; grad. Harvard Univ., 1877; studied at Bonn, Germany, 1878; m. Washington, D. C., Dec. 26, 1894, Teresa Stoughton. Appt'd 1878 ass't in U. S. Geol. Survey, and later under Dep't of Agr., as principal ass't chemist until resigned 1887; chemist of Eng'r Dep't Dist. of Columbia, 1887-1894. This work in- volved extensive examinations into the characteristics of asphalt pavement; became expert on this subject. Resigned from service of District of Columbia, 1894, and after two years of private practice in Washing- ton and London, app't sup't of tests of Barber Asphalt Paving Co. Retired 1900; was prop'r of N. Y. Testing Laboratory, carrying out tests and investigations in asphalt, Portland cement and bitumen from that time until 1910; now consulting eng'r. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Am. Chem. Soc., Chem. Soe. of London, German Chem. Soc., Soc. of Chem. Industry, London. Asso. Mem. Am. Soc. of Mech. Eng'rs and many other technical socs. Author: On American Cereals, 1883- 1884-1886; Adulterations of Spices and Condiments, 1887; On the Nature and Origin of Asphalt, 1898; The Constitution of Portland Cement from a Physico- Chem. Standpoint, 1904; The Modern Asphalt Pave- ment, 1905; Asphalt Construction for Pavements and Highways, 1913. Clubs: Univeristy, Chemists'. Resi- dence: 122 E. 34th St. Address: Woolworth Bld'g., N. Y. City.
RICHARDSON, FREDERICK
Artist; b. Chicago, Ill., 1862; s. William E. and Belinda G. (Hurd) Richardson; ed. St. Louis Sch. of Fine Arts; also studied in Parls under Le Febvre and Loucian Doucet. Instr. Art Inst., Chicago; connected with Chicago Daily News. Illustrator on various magazines and books. Mem. Chicago Soc. Artists, Soc. of Illustrators, N. Y. City. Club: Century. Address: Century Club, N. Y. City.
RICHARDSON, GARDNER
Banker; b. Hanover, N. H., Feb. 8, 1884; s: Rufus S. and Alicc L. (Bowen) Richardson; ed. Phillips And- over Acad., Yale, A.B., 1905. Entered editorial rooms of The Independent on graduating from eoll .; later app't circulation mg'r, and 1908, ass't publisher. Con- nected with White, Weld & Co., bankers of N. Y., since Feb. 1913. Visited Panama twice and Venezuela as a correspondent. Served on Yale Civle Com. to interest Yale undergraduates to enter polit. work in N. Y .; lived at the University Settlement, 184 Eldridge St., for two years. Republican; Congregationalist. Contb'r to The Independent, Travel, and Illustrated Sporting News; has visited all continents but Australia. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; squadron A Cavalry; Mason. Club: Yale. Address: Yale Club, N. Y. City.
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM SYMMES
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Architect; b. Kingston, Mass., Feb. 1, 1873; s. Edwin Harmon and Caroline (Symmes) Richardson; attended Univ. of Calif. elass of 1894, Mass. Inst. of Technology, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France. Mem. firm Mc- Kim, Mead & White, among whose recent buildings are the Bank of Montreal, Montreal; Bank of Mon- treal, Winnipeg; National City Bank, N. Y .; Girard Trust Co., Philadelphia; residence of John Innes Kane, N. Y., and Pa. Station, N. Y. Mem. Am. Inst. of Archi- tects. Club: Century. Residence: Stonehenge, Ches- ter, N. J. Address: 101 Park Av., N. Y. Clty.
RICHMOND, CHARLES ALEXANDER
Pres. Union Univ .; b. N. Y., 1862; s. Archibald Mur- ray and Margaret (Law) Richmond; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1883, A.M., 1886; Hamilton Coll., D.D., 1905, LL.D., Rutgers, 1910, LL.D., N. Y. Univ .; m. Buffalo, N. Y., 1891, Sarah Cooper Locke; they have three children. Author: The Four Winds (musical). Mem. Buffalo Hist. Soc., Albany Hist. Soc .; Albany Girls' Acad .; pres. Hudson River Classical Ass'n. Clubs: Burns, Fort Orange, Country (Albany), Century, Princeton (N. Y.) Address: Union College, Schenec- tady, N. Y.
RICKARD, RICHARD D.
Railroad official; b. Eagle River, Mich., June 1856; s. Richard H. and Dorothy (Darke) Rickard; ed. Rens- selaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1878; m. Canaan, Conn., 1886, Bessie J. Sims (deeeased) ; 6 children. In service of N. Y., Ont. & Western R'y Co. since 1878, beginning as draftsman, and advancing in position until clected sec., treas. and dir. 1890, which office still holds. Also
sec. and treas. Ontario, Carbondale & Scranton R'y Co Ellenville & Kingston R. R. Co., Port Jervis, Most. cello & Summitville R. R. Co .; Wharton Valley R. R Co., Pecksport Connecting Ily Co., Scranton Coal Co. and Elkhill Coal & Iron Co. Democrat; Episcopallas Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Ami. Inst. Mis- ing Eng'rs. Clubs: Transportation (N. Y.), Highland (Suminit, N. J.). Residence: Summit, N. J. Address: Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City.
RICKARD, WILBUR L.
Physician; b. Palatine Bridge, N. Y., March 4, 1867; s. Charles H. and Margaret Elizabeth (Snell) Rickard; cd. Canajoharie Union Free School, 1882-1885; Care- novia Sem., 1885-1886; L. I. Coll. Hosp., 1886-181% M.D., 1889; in. N. Y. City, April 16, 1893, Emily B Johnson; children: Harold J., b. Oct. 14, 1897; Estelia E., b. March 8, 1904. Practising medicine in Brooklya since graduation. Mem. (Kings County Med. Soc. Long Island Med. Soc., Med. Soc. of State of N. Y. Democrat; Methodist. Mcm. Royal Arcanum. Ad- dress: 262 Stuyvesant Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
RICKETTS, PALMER CHAMBERLAINE
Pres. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst .; b. Elkton, Md. Jan. 17, 1856; s. Palmer C. and Eliza (Getty) Ricketts: ed. Edge Hill Sch., Princeton, N. J., later private tutor, and Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., with degree of C.E., 1875; I.D., Stevens Inst. of Technology, 1905: UL.D., N. Y. Univ., 1911; m. Nov. 12, 1902, V. C. Ren- shaw, of Baltimore, Md. Instr. in mathematics Rens- selaer Poly. Inst., 1875-1882; ass't prof., 1882-1884; prof. rational and technical mechanics, 1884; dir. since 1892, pres. and dir. since Feb., 1901. Has been eng's for railway and other corp'ns for design and con- struction of bridges and hydraulic works. Consulting bridge eng'r for Troy & Boston 12. R., and Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R .; eng'r for Public Im- provements Comm'n of Troy, N. Y., etc. Mem. B'd Mg'rs United Nat. Bank; mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'ra, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Inst'n of Civil Eng'rs of Great Britain. Pres. Lakewood Sanatorium; mem. B'd Mg'rs Samaritan Hosp., Troy Public Library. Author: His- tory of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1895; contb'r to many technical journals and transactions of socie- ties. Clubs: Troy (mem. b'd mg'rs), Union (N. Y. City). Address: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.
RIDDER, HENRY
Born N. Y. City, Nov. 18, 1863; ed. De La Salle Coll, N. Y. City; in. N. Y. City. Always in publishing busi- ness. Pres. and treas. The Catholic News. Democrat: Catholic. Clubs: Cathollc, N. Y. Press, German Press. Address: 27 Spruce St., N. Y. City.
RIDDER, HERMAN
Journalist; b. N. Y. City, N. Y. (of German parent- age), March 5, 1851, and has lived here all his life; cd. public schools, N. Y. City; m. New York, 1880, Mary C. Amend; children: Bernard H., Victor F., Joseph E. When 11 years old went to work as errand boy in a hat store; later was messenger in a Wall St. brokers office; in 13th year entered employ of a fire insurance company, and at 20 was an insurance agent. Entered newspaper work at 27; in 1878 established the Katho- lisches Volksblatt, a German Cathollc weekly, and eight years later started the Catholle News, which in a very short time was recognized as the leading Cath- olic paper in the country. Since 1890 stockholder, trustee, treas., mg'r and now pres. New Yorker Staats- Zeitung. Has taken an active part in politics as an Independent Democrat; was prominent participant in the Cleveland campaigns and in the reform movements, and especially active in the German-American Reform Union; treas. Nat, Dem. Com. in campaign of 1908. Trustee Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank; dir. of Associated Press; mem. Chamber of Commerce. Has devoted much time to charitable work; comm'r N. Y. State. B'd of Charities; mem. Charity Organization Soc., Isabella Heimath, German Soc., St. Vincent de Paul Soc., Legal Aid Soc. and many other similar bodles. Clubs: Manhattan, Liederkranz. Arion, Cath- olic, Reform, National Democratic, City. Press, German Press, Hardware. Residence: 22 W. 71th St. Address: 182 Willlam St., N. Y. City.
RIDGWAY, ERMAN J.
Publisher; b. on farm ncar Otsego, Muskingum Co., Ohio; s. Nathan B. and Catherine (Erman) Ridgway; ed. country schools, Ohio, until 16; grad. from academy 1887, and 2 years' coll. course Northwestern Univ .; Yale, A.B. (with honors), 1892; m. West Union, Ia., June 28. 1899, Anna Eleanora Robinson. V .- p. and gen. mg'r The Frank A. Munsey Co., 1894-1903; pres. The Ridgway Co., publishers of Everybody's Maga- zine, since 1903; dir. The Butterick Co. Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. Periodical Publishers' Ass'n
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of America, Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Yale, Lotos, Sphinx, Aldine, Delta Upsilon (N. Y. City), Country (Lakewood, N. J.), Outlook, Commonwealth, Country (Montclair, N. J.). Residence: Montclair, N. J. Ad- dress: Spring and Macdougal Sts., N. Y. City.
RIEBE, EDGAR C.
Importer and exporter of technical ores; b. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 17, 1880; s. Gustave and Laura (Bush) Riebe; ed. University Sch., Chicago Northwestern Acad., Evanston, Ill .; Princeton Univ., class of 1901; Univ. of Leipzig, 1901-1902; m. Washington, D. C., Dec. 1, 1904, Helen Starr Worthington. Pres. and treas. firm of Edgar C. Riebe Co .; v .- p. Import Chemical Co .; dir. Vanadium Alloys Co., Ariston Marble Co. Enlisted in Col. Logan's cav. reg't at beginning of Spanish-Am. War, but was not called to front. Democrat; Episco-
palian. Recreations: Riding, swimming, horseback, tennis. Clubs: Princeton, N. Y .; N. Y. Athletic, Resi- dence: 222 Riverside Drive; country, Port Jefferson, L. I. Address: 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.
RIEDEL, ALFRED HELMHOLTZ
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 13, 1872: s. Dr. Hein- rich and Clara ( Wendler) Riedel; ed. in public and private schs. N. Y. City, in gymnasium at Stargard and Berlin, Germany, receiving certificate of grad- uation and admission to univ., 1894, in Prenzlau, Bran- denburg; after returning from Germany studied at L. I. Coll. Hosp. and grad. M.D., with hon. mention in surgery, 1897; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 7, 1907, Ella, d. Rev. John H. Shoultz, of Toronto, Can .; one d., Iris Mar- garet (died Aug. 24, 1909). On graduation served as interne in Eastern Dist. Hosp., Brooklyn; later appt'd clinical ass't to chair of dermatology in N. Y. Poly- clinic Med. Sch., and Jan., 1899, visiting physician to Northwestern Dispensary, of which had been head as house physician, 1903-1912; in gen. practice, Ophthelmic Clinic of German Hosp. and the Eye Hosp. Mem. German Med. Soc. of N. Y., Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence, Med. Soc. County of N. Y., Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Am. Med. Ass'n, L. I. Coll. Hosp. Alumni, Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity. Mem. Com. on Immigration, Nat. German-Am. Alliance, 1911-1913; one of v .- ps. of Vereinigte Deutche Gesellschaften, 1911-1912. Author of the Leisler tablet in City llall Park. Examining physician I. O. O. F. and other beneficial societies. The distinguished examples of his grandfather, Dr. Karl Riedel, who was mein, famous Parliament of Frankfurt, and father, Dr. Heinrich Riedel, who fought Tweed ring, inspired him to enter politics as Viem. City Com., Citizens' Union; was a reformer. one of the first prominent mems. Municipal Ownership League, and one of its candidates for coroner of N. Y. County, 1905; chm'n German Campaign Com. in Man- hattan of Independence League, 1906-1907; since then its treas .; elected, 1908, by State Conv. of Independence Party a Presidential elector. Protestant. Address: Hotel Markwell, 220 W. 49th St., N. Y. City.
RIEDEL, JOHN CHARLES
Civil eng'r and instr. of mechanics; b. N. Y. City, July 26, 1872; s. Christopher Valentine and Anna (Dambacher) Rledel; grad. Cooper Union Scientific School, B.S. 1898, C.E. 1904; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 27, 1900, Rebecca Allen; children: Charles Allen, b. March 17, 1902; John Stuart, b. April 23, 1909; Robert Lodge, b. April 3, 1911. Instr. physics, Cooper Union, 1899-1908; instr. mechanles, Cooper Union, since 1908; first ass't in charge of construction of trunk sewers in Flatbush and Flatlands, 1901-1906, and sewers neces- sitated by Atlantic Av. Improvement Subway, 1903 . 1905; ass't eng'r on design of relief sewers for Bor- ough of Brooklyn, 1906; ass't eng'r in charge sub- division of design and preparation of designs, contract plans, specifications and estimates of cost of scwers, sewer improvements and attendant structures since 1907, Bureau of Sewers, Brooklyn. Sec. and dir. Trem- per Construction Co. Methodist Episcopalian. Mem Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Municipal Eng'rs of N. Y., Nat. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Nautical Sch. Alumni Ass'n, Cooper Union Alumni Ass'n, A.A.A.S. Club: Engineers (Brooklyn). Address: 505 Macon St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
RIEGER, WILLIAM H.
Tenor singer and vocal teacher; b. N. Y. City, March 22, 1862; s. Louis and Anna (Beck) Rleger; ed Ini schools of N. Y. Clty. Has sung at all principal festl- vals in this country, Worcester, Mass., Cincinnati and others; also with Nordica Co., Boston Orchestra, N. Y. Orchestra, Pittsburgh Orchestra and all first-class orchestras. Tenor soloist in oratorios and concerts; . vocal instructor. Address: 44 West 65th St., N. Y. City.
RIES, ELIAS ELKAN
Inventor, clec. and mech. eng'r; b. Randegg, Baden, Germany, Jan. 16. 1862; s. Elkan Elias and Bertha
( Weil) Ries; ed. public schools, N. Y. City, Maryland Inst., Baltimore; Johns Hopkins Univ. (physical sciences, etc.); m. Baltimore, Md., April 21, 1895, Ilclen, d. Lewis H. and Rebecca Hirshberg; one d .: Estelle, b. March 5, 1896. Removed with parents to U. S. in 1865; began in 1876 as telegraph operator of the Gold and Stock and the Western Union Telegraph Cos .; removed to N. Y. City, 1880, and became identl- fied with development of electric light industry in em- ploy of the Edison Co., the U. S. Elec. Illuminating Co., Fuller Mi'g Co., etc .; returned to Baltimore, 1884, to devote attention to developing his inventions in electric signalling, railroading, controlling apparatus and illumination, organizing companies to push these inventions; among these being his well-known
regulating socket, which was the first practic-
able device for "turning down" or controlling the light or candle power of incandescent electric lamps without the use of wasteful resistance, thereby placing the incandescent lamp on a par with gas. Also in- ventor and patentee of the modern alternating cur- rent or "converter" electric railway system, by which the limitations and restrictions of the 500-volt trolley systems were for the first time successfully overcome. The underlying principle of electric generation, trans- mission, conversion and distribution disclosed in these patents made possible the various rapid transit sub- ways and tunnels now operating in N. Y. City, and the electrification of suburban and long distance steam railways now going on in the U. S. and other coun- tries. His basic patents on this invention were finally adjudged in his favor after nearly 14 years litigation, and were purchased by the Westinghouse Elec and Mfg Co. in 1903, on behalf of itself and the General Electric Co., then operating under the so-called Patent Pool arrangement.
Has taken out over 200 patents on various pioneer inventions, many of which are in extensive use, some of the more notable being his method of electrically welding track rails, new processes of rivetting by electricity, underground electric railway conduit or sub-trolley system now used in New York and other large cities; methods and appliances for electric heating and cooking, telephone and telephonograph systems and apparatus, etc. Among others in general use are his basic patents on electric elevator controllers, etc., covering the method and apparatus adopted by the Otis Elevator Co. and others on their electric elevators, and for general motor starting and braking purposes. Invented and perfected an entirely new and very effective telephone system and apparatus, the patents on which were taken over by the United States Automatic Telephone Co. of N. Y. In 1912, following the sinking of the "Titanic" by collision with an iceberg, he applied for patents on a novel sound-detecting and registering system designed to prevent such disasters in future, and which also provides other important safeguards against the dangers of navigation. Independent in politics. Hebrew religion. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, A.A.A.S., Am, Electrochem. Soc., N. Y. Elec. Soc., Am. Ass'n Inventors and Mi'rs, Nat. Geog. Soc. Internat. Elec. Congress, 1904; registered patent at- torney of U. S. Patent Office, etc. 'Recreations: Meta- physics, political and social science, photography. Address: 116 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
RIESENBERGER, ADAM
Educator and banker; b. Whiteport, N. Y .; s. Nicholas and Katherine ( Platz) Riesenberger; ed. public seh., Hoboken Acad., Stevens lust. of Technology, M. E., 1876; m. 1st, June, 1878, Antoinette Schlemm (died 1880); 2d, Union, N. J., Dec. IS, 1SSI, Sophie Werner; children: Antoinette, b. 1879; Kate, b. 1882: Florence, b. 1884; Edwin A., b. 1885; Otto J., b. 1891; Elsie May, b. 1893; Frank, b. 1897. Instr. ass't prof., and prof. mech. drawing and descriptive geometry, Stevens Inst. of Technology, 25 years; register and treas. since 1883. V .- p. Hoboken Trust Co .; dir. Hoboken Bld'g & Loan Ass'n; pres. Sigma House Ass'n. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, Union, N. J., 14 years, now serving 3d year as pres. of b'd; meni, and trustee Citizens' Federation of Hudson County, N. J .; mem. Hoboken B'd of Trade until 1912; mem. Ellsor Grand Jury, 1911; now mem. B'd of Trade N. Hudson County. Progressive. Men. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, and Soc. for Iromotion of Eng'ring Ed'n, Alunni Ass'n of Stevens Inst. of Tech- nology; mem, Beta Theta Pi. Theta Nu Epsilon and Tau Beta Pi fraternities. Trustee Old People's Home Ass'n. Residence: 546 Union Pl., Union, N. J. Ad- dress: Stevens Inst. of Technology, Iloboken, N. J.
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