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ROOSEVELT, W. EMLEN
Banker; b. N. Y. City, April 30, 1857; s. James A. and Elizabeth Norris (Emlen) Roosevelt; ed. private schools in America, and tutors in Europe; m. Ursino, N. J., Oct. 4, 1883, Christine Griffin Kcan. Sixteen years' service in N. G. N. Y., rank of major. Partner Roosevelt & Son. Trustee Roosevelt Hosp., N. Y. Dispensary, N. Y. Eye & Ear Infirmary. Clubs: Metropolitan, Century, Riding, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, City, Down Town, (N. Y. City); Metropolitan ( Washington). Resi- dence: 804 Fifth Av. Address: 30 Pine St., N. Y. City.
ROOT, EDWIN B.
Lawyer; b. Waterford, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1863; ed. Ham- ilton Coll. and Colunibia Law Sch. Admitted to bar, practising law in N. Y. City. Formerly firm Ingram, Root & Massey; now of Ingram, Root, Massey, Clarke & Lowe; dir. Nat. Canning and Mf'g Co. Mem, Sigma Phi fraternity, and Phl Beta Kappa Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Club: Republican. Address: 55 Liberty . St., N. Y. City.
ROOT, ELIHU
U. S. Senator; b. Clinton, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1845; s. Oren Root (prof. mathematics at Hamilton Coll.) and Nancy Whitney (Butteriek) Root; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1864; then taught in academy at Rome, N. Y., for a year before entering Univ. Law Sch., N. Y. City, from which grad., I.L.B., 1867; I,L.D., linmilton, 1894, Yaie, 1900, N. Y. Univ., 1904, Columbia, 1904, Williams, 1905, Princeton, 1906, Univ. of Buenos Ayres, 1906, Har- vard, 1907, Wesleyan Univ., 1909; MieGiii Univ. 1913; mem. Faculty Polit, and Administrative Sciences, Univ. of San Marcos of Lima, 1906; Dr. Poiit. Seience Univ. of Leyden, 1913; D.C.L., Oxford Univ. 1913; m. N. Y. City, Jan. S, 1878, Ciara, d. Salem H. Wales. Engaged in practice of law since 1867 in N. Y. City and has been identified with many of most important litiga- tions in N. Y. City; was leading counsei for estate in celebrated contest growing out of will of late A. T. Stewart, through seiremes of alleged Irisir heirs; coun-
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sel in Broadway surface rallroad litigation, Sugar Trust contest, Aqueduet litigation; successively de- fended Robert Ray Hamilton in suit brought about through machinations of notorious Emma Mann, and in many other cases of equal prominence with these; counsel for U. S. in North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitra- tion at The Hague, 1910; U. S. mem. Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Appt'd by Pres. Arthur, 1883, U. S. Dist. Att'y of Southern Dist. of N. Y., and served until 1885, and during term, among other cases, eonvieted James D. Fish of criminal complicity in con- lection with celebrated Grant-Ward frauds; delegate- at-large to Constitutional Conv. of State of N. Y., in which was chm'n Judiciary Com. and leader on floor of Republican majority in that Conv. A year after close of Spanish-Am, War, when an especially strong man was needed in the War Dep't to straighten out conditions resulting from the prematurely begun, but quickly wou, campaign in two hemispheres and to meet unprecedented demand which eame with the sud- den acquisition of our insular possessions, was appt'd Aug. 1899, Sec. of War, and as such placed an army of 70,000 men in Philippines which quelled formidable insurrection under Aguinaldo and minor uprisings which followed, and also took up burden of Chinese Exp'n to rescue our minister and his household during Boxer uprising, his serviee in War Dep't continuing under reapptm't by Pres. Roosevelt, until Feb. 1. 1904, when he resigned to return to practice of law. In- dueed by Pres. Roosevelt to return to Cabinet as sec. of State 1905, and dealt with many important ques- tions bearing upon our relations in Orient, Russo- Japanese War and its termination, situation in Cuba; made a diplomatic tour of South America 1906, which has done much to strengthen our relations with Latin- Am. republies. Was mem. Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, which sat in London, Sept .- Oct., 1907, and settied dis- puted questions of boundary between Alaska and Can- ada. Resigned from Cabinet in 1909, eleeted U. S. Senator 1909 for full term. Trustee Carnegie Inst., Washington; of Hamilton Coll., and of Met. Museum of Art Asso. mem. Instut de Droit International; pres. Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Carnegie Endowment for In- ternat. Peaee; chm'n Rep. Nat. Conv. 1904, 1912, and N. Y. State Rep. Conv., 1908, 1910, 1913. Mem. and ex- pres. Ass'n Bar of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Club: Union League (pres. 1898-1899). Residence: 998 Fifth Av., N. Y., and 1155 16th St., Washington, D. C.
ROOT, MARSHALL J.
Merchandise broker; b. Detroit, Mich., Mar. 17, 1869; s. Charles and Alice (Hascall) Root; ed. in Detroit, St. Paul's Sch.,, Concord; Yale Univ .; m. Le Roy, N. Y., April 19, 1894, Josephine H. Wells; children: Marshall J., Jr., b. 1898, Wells Crosby, b. 1900. Pres. Root- Knight Co., of N. Y. Republiean; Episcopalian. Club: Calumet. Address: 27 E. 22d St., N. Y. City,
ROOT, OREN :
Railroad official ;. b. Columbia, Mo., June 20, 1873; s. late Rev. Oren and Ida (Gordon) Root; grad. Hamil- ton, A.B., (Phi Beta Kappa), 1894. Engaged in aetive mg'mt of railroads since leaving coll., and at 30 in active charge of surface lines of N. Y. City; pres. Re- public Railway & Light Co., Manhattan Motor Bus Co., Inc., dir. Bridge Operating Co. Club: University. Address: 60 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ROOT, ROBERT K.
Banker; b. Buffalo, N. Y., June 2, 1866; s. Robert Keating (was adopted by grandfather, Franeis H. Root) and Caroline W. Root; m. Buffalo, 1888, Emily K. Davis. Director and ehm'n Exec. Com. Bank of Buffalo; dir., v .- p. Market Bank; trustee Fidelity Trust Co .; mem. Exee. Com. Ellieott Square Co. of Buffalo. Republiean. Clubs: Buffalo. Saturn. Country, Union. Address: 52 West Chippewa St., Buffalo, N. Y.
ROSALSKY, OTTO A.
Jurist; appt'd judge of Court of Gen. Sessions for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Address: Criminal Court Bld'g, N. Y. City.
ROSE, ACHILLES
Physician; b. Ruhla, Germany, Nov. 4, 1839; ed. in German and American Universities. Has written sev- eral books oh med. and medico-hist. subjects and about the modern Greek language of which some have been translated into German and into Greek. Knight of the Greek order of the Savior. Address: 173 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
ROSE, ARTHUR VEEL
Author, pottery expert; b. London, England; s. Henry Cooper and Louisa (Phillips) Rose; ed. at Ilarrow, and Oxford, Eng .; m. N. Y. City, July, 1893, Mary Butler Broome of Lewistown, Pa, Gen. Mg'r Haviland & Co. Editor: American Pottery Gazette, 1905-1908; author:
The Barberini Vase, Notes on Pottery, Classicai Chi- nese Porcelain. Mem. Metropolitan Museum of Art Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Ceramie Soc. Clubs: Manhattan, Aero of America, Authors (London). Residence: 61 Riverside Drive. Address: 11 E. 36th St., N. Y, City.
ROSE, JOHN B.
'Manufacturer; b. Haverstraw, N. Y., April 14, 1875; s. John Clark and Martha (Bailey) Rose; grad. Yale, (Ph.B., 1897; attended N. Y. Law Seh., 1898; m. New- burgh, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1898, Maude Moir Barclay; one son: John Barclay, b. Sept. 21, 1899. 'Worked in father's brick mfg plant in summer vacations, learning the business; on father's death, succeeded to principal ownership of Rose Brick Co., Roseton, N. Y., later be- came pres., treas, and gen. mg'r of that co., which po- sition still holds; also pres. John B. Itose Co., Building and Road Construction Supplies, gen, lighterage cur- rent; v .- p. Atlas Building Material Co. plants at Hud- son & Roseton, N. Y .; v .- p. Toledo Computing Scale Co. Treas. Ass'n of Briek Mf'rs; dir. Ass'n of Dealers in Masons' Building Material. Republican; presiden- tial elector, 1904 Elected State senator from 25th Senate Distriet 1908; re-elceted 1910. Mem. Hudson River Lodge and Highland Chapter, Masons, Hudson River Commandery, K. T., N. Y. Consistory, Mecca Temple (Mystic Shrine), Eiks, Odd Fellows, Maccabees, Turn Verein, Newburgh Boating Ass'n, Brookside Grange, Lawson Hose, Newburgh, N. Y., Pavonia Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; eapt. N. G. N. Y. Mem. B'd of Mg'rs St. Luke's Hosp., trustee Masonic Hall Ass'n, Newburgh, N. Y. Recreations: Motoring. motor boating. Clubs: Union League, Yale, Repub- lican, Transportation, Columbia Yacht (N. Y. City), Crescent Athletle (Brooklyn), Newburgh City, Powei- ton (Newburgh); Albany, Haverstraw (Haverstraw, N. Y.); Roseton (Roseton, N. Y.). Address: 103 Park Av., N. Y. City.
ROSE, MALCOLM CAMERON
Physician and surgeon; b. Ottawa, Can., 1869; & George Maclean and Margaret (Manson) Rose; grad. Toronto Collegiate Inst .; Toronto Univ., Ph.G., 1891; Coll, Phys. and Surgs., Columbia Univ., M.D., 1896. Physician Eye Dep't, Manhattan and Bronx Eye, Ear and Throat Hosps. Independent Democrat; Unitarian. Mem. County Med. Soc., Bronx Med. Soc .; master Ma- sonic Lodge No. 703. Reereations: Lacrosse (mem. European team, 1896, C. A. C.), rowing (junior singles champion, C. A. C., 1905). Club: Creseent Athletic (Brooklyn). Address: 1153 Boston Road, N. Y. City,
ROSEN, WALTER T.
Banker; mem. firm Ladenburg, Thalmann Co .; pres. and dir. Broad-Exchange Co .; v .- p. and dir. Alliance Realty Co .; 2d v .- p. and dir. U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Works; niein. exee. com. and dir. Kansas City South- ern R'y Co., Inwood Land & Improvement Co., N. Y, Mortgage & Security Co., Title Ins. Co. of N. Y. Mem, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: City, Lotos, Harvard, Lambs, Midday, Strollers. Residence: 64 W. 52d St. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
ROSENDALE, SIMON W.
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., June 23, 1842; s. Sampson and Fannie (Sachs) Rosendale; ed. Albany public schs., Barre (Vt.) Aead., Union Univ., LL.D., 1908; m. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1870, Helen Cone. In practice of law at Albany, N. Y., since admission to bar, 1863; formerly mem. firm Peekham, Rosendale & Hessberg, 110W of Rosendale, Hessberg, Delaney & Haines. Served as ass't dist. att'y, recorder (judge of Mayor's court) and corp'n counsel, city of Albany, and att'y gen. of Stato, 1891-1893. Dir. Am. Surety Co., N. Y .; Commerce Ins. Co., Union Trust Co., Albany; Aibany Inst. & Hist. Soc. Comm'r and v .- p. State B'd of Charlties; mem. comm'n on sites of State Charitable Inst'n. Pres. b'd of govs. Union Univ., pres. b'd of trustees Albany Med. Coll., pres, (1898-1899) N. Y. State Bar Ass'n; pres. Ninth N. Y. State Conf. Charity & Corrections, 1908; trustee Cong. Beth Emeth, v .- p. Am. Jewish IIist. Soc., lion. v .- p. Am. Jewish Pub, Soe. Mem. Am. Ifist. Soc. Inst. and Am, Acad. Polit. and Social Seience, Nat. Munlelpal League. Recrea- tions: Walking, fishing. Clubs: Fort Orange, Adeiphi, Albany Country, N. Y. Reform, Megantic Fish and Game. Residence: 325 State St. Address: 57 State St., Albany, N. Y.
ROSENFELD, SYDNEY
Dramatist; b. Richmond, Va., Oct. 26, 1855; ed. in public schools of Richmond, Va .; m. Genie H. Johnson. Engaged in journalism and was for some time editor of Puck, until he abandoned newspaper work to de- vote his entire attention to the writing of plays, among which he has produced A Possible Case, Imag- ination, The Club Friend, A House of Cards, The Politician, Lady or Tiger, The Passing Show, The
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Aero Club, The Vanderbilt Cup; joint author of The Senator, and adapter of The Black Hussar, Prince Methusalem, Nanon and other plays. Address: 1482 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ROSENSTEIN, HENRY
Physician; b. N. Y. City, June 16, 1882; s. Bernhard and Rebecca (Horr) Rosenstein; ed. Coll. City of N. Y., Columbia Univ., Coll. Phys and Surgs., N. Y., M.D .; m. 1909, Sylvia Mahler. Consulting physician Youngborn Sanitarium, Butler, N. J .; attending physician Naturo- pathic Private Sanitarium, N. Y. City; chief physician Naturopathic Inst., N. Y. City; consulting physician Fifth Avenue Hygienic Inst. Prof. natural therapeu- tics in Am. School of Naturopathy, N. Y. Mem. In- dependent Order Brith Abraham, Address: 112 E. 10th St., N. Y. City.
ROSENTHAL, HERMAN
Author, editor, librarian; b. Friedrichstadt, Russia, Oct. 6, 1843; ed. at Bauske and Jacobstadt (graduated from Pro-Gymnasium 1859); translated from the Rus- sian Nekrasos's poems; published collection of poems, Gedichte, 1870; served in Red Cross Soc. in Russo- Turkish War, receiving society's medal for distin- guished service, 1877-1878; master printer in Smela, Gov't of Kiev, and in city of Kiev until 1881; pro- duced humorous story, Die Wunderliche Kur (1872) ; assisted in founding Zarya (Dawn), a daily paper ap- pearing at Kiev, 1878; corr. mem. St. Petersburg Soc. for Promotion of Culture Among the Russian Jews; sailed for U. S., 1881. Established agr'l colonies for Russian Jewish immigrants in La. and S. D., 1881- 1882; took part in Woodbine (N ... J.) colony, 1891; en- gaged in book trade, 1887-1888; chief statistician Ed- ison Gen. Elec. Co., 1888-1891; sent by Gt. Northern R. R. Co. to investigate the economic conditions and trade of China, Korea and Japan, 1892 (on which pub- lished report, 1893) ; elected sec. German-Am. Reform
Union, N. Y. City, and mem. of Press Bureau, Com. of Seventy; chief of Discharging Dep't, Immigration Bureau, Ellis Island, N. Y., 1894-1896; chicf Slavonic Dep't, N. Y. Public Library (Astor Branch), since 1898. Joined editorial b'd of Jewish Encyclopædia as chief of Russian dep't, Dec., 1900; prominently connected with development of the Haskalah in Russia; con- tributed, 1859-1867, to the Hamclitz and other Hebrew periodicals; corresponded with Reifmann, Lcon Gor- don, Zweifel, Zederbaum, Fuenn. In U. S. edited and published (with A. Rosenberg) the Hebrew Monthly, Ha-Modia la-Hadasim, 1901; founded the Society of the Ohole Shem; translated into German verse Ecclesiastes (Worte des Sammlers), 1895, and the Song of Songs (Lied der Lieder), 1893; translated from the German Hugo Ganz's Land of Riddles, 1904. Author: Spatherbstnebel (German poems), 1906 (Stuttgart), also Das Neue Russland, a series of articles on Russia, in N. Y. Staats-Zeitung, 1905-1906; translated from the Russian Prince S. Urussov's Memoirs of a Governor (Harper's, 1908). Address: N. Y. Public Library, 476 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
ROSENTHAL, STEPHEN BROOKS
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 9, 1878; son of Solomon and Bessle (Brooks) Rosenthal; educated New York University for one year In academic dep't, 1893; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1898; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., and A.M., 1901; married, 1908. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1901; engaged in practice In N. Y. Clty since then. Dir. Atna Mortgage Co. Represented Harvard Univ. in Joint Debate with Princeton in years 1898 and 1899; Harvard won each time, Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity. Dir. Emmanuel Brother- hood; mem. Mt. Sinal Hosp., United Hebrew Charltles, Edn'l Alliance, Young Women's Hebrew Ass'n, Young Men's Hebrew Ass'n. Recreations: Tennis, rowing, yachtIng, automobiling. Clubs: Harmonie, Grove. Resi- dence; 545 W. 111th St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
ROSS, ALBERT RANDOLPH
Architect; b. Westfield, Mass., Oct. 26, 1869; s. John Wesley and Clara Loulse (Scarlett) Ross; studied architecture In offices of McKim, Mead & White, and in Greece, Italy and France; m. Brookline, Mass., Oct. 30, 1901, Susan Chadwick Husted. Architect Carnegie Library, Washington, D. C .; Union County Court House, Elizabeth, N. J .; public libraries, Columbus, Ohlo, Denver, Colo., and many others. Address: 16 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
ROSSITER, CLINTON L.
Capitalist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1860; s. Luclus T. and Mary (Wickes) Rossiter; ed. Adelphi Coll., Poly. Inst., Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, 1884, Jessie L. Good- rich. V .- p. and trustce Brooklyn Trust Co .; treas. and dir. Sultepec Electrle Light and Power Co .; dir. Pacific Fire Ins. Co., and Bank of Suffolk Co. Ad- dress: 97 Columbla Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y.
ROSSITER, EDWARD LAWRENCE
Railway official; b. Great Neck, L. I., Aug. 14, 1870; s. Edward Van Wyck and Estelle (Hewlett) Rossiter; cd. Flushing Inst., Flushing, L. I .; Holbrook MIL. Acad., Ossining; Brooklyn Poly. Inst., Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Juny 5, 1894, Ella Fowler; children: Lawrence Fowler, b. 1896; Dorothy, b. 1900. Treas. N. Y. Central & Hudson River R.R. Co., and about 20 subsidiary cos., N. Y. State Ry's, Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp'n, Rochester R'y & Light Co .; treas. and dir. Mohawk Valley Co .; dir. Lincoln Nat. Bank. Served 7 years In Co. I, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Mem. Chamber of Commerce: Trustee Tribune Fresh Air Fund Aid Soc., Y. M. C. A., Railroad Branch. Clubs: Union League, Transportation, Greenwich Country. Residence: Greenwich, Conn. Address: Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City.
ROSSITER, EHRICK KENSETT
Architect; b. Paris, France; s. Thomas and Anna E. (Parmly) Rossiter; grad. Cornell Univ .; m. Mary E. Heath, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 14, 1877; children: Frank 11., b. 1879; Kensett, b. 1882; Edith, b. 1887; Winthrop, b. 1895. Mem. Am. Fine Arts Soc. Clubs: Century, Cornell Univ., National Arts, MacDowell Musical. Resi- (lence: 15 W. 67th St. Address: 15 W. 38th St., N. Y. City.
ROTH, FREDERICK G. R.
Sculptor; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 28, 1872; S. Johannis and Janc Grey (Beau) Roth; studied art at Acad. of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, 1893-1895; Acad. of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany, 1895-1897; m. N. Y. City, April, 1905, Madeline E. G. Foster. Academiclan Nat. Acad, Design; mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Archi- tectural League of New York. Club: Salmagundl. Address: Sherwood Pl., Englewood, N. J.
ROTHSCHILD, LOUIS FRANK
Banker, broker; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 4, 1869; s. Frank and Amanda (Blum) Rothschild; ed. public schs .; Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1889; Columbla Univ., Ph.B., 1890; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1891; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 3, 1899, Cora Guggenheim; children: Muriel B., Gwen- dolyn F. Admitted to practice of law, 1891; In mig business, 1893-1902, and banking since 1902. Mcm. 1. F. Rothschild & Co. Republican; Hebrew. Trcas. and dir. Hosp. for Deformities and Joint Dlseases. Clubs: City Athletic, Republican, Century, Criterion, Country. Residence: 15 E. 72d St. Address: 66 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
ROTHSCHILD, SIMON F.
Merchant; b. Eufaula, Ala., June 14, 1861; s. Frank and Amanda (Blum) Rothschild; ed, Coll. City of N. Y .; m. Dec. 2, 1890, Lillian Abraham; children: Walter Nathan, b. 1892; Howard Frank. b. 1899. Mem. of firm Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn, N. Y. Republican. V .- p. Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charlties; v .- p. Brook- lyn Council Boy Scouts of America; dir. Hebrew Edn'! Soc., Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Bureau Of Charltles, Soc. Preventlon Cruelty to Children of Brooklyn; dir. Hebrew Orphan Asylum of Brooklyn. Clubs: Brooklyn, Riding and Driving, Unlon League, Montauk (Brooklyn), Harmonle (New York), Century Country, South Shore Field, Isllp Polo (L. I.). Ad- dress: Care Abraham & Straus, Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ROUNDS, ARTHUR CHARLES
Lawyer; b. Cleveland, O., 1862; s. Dr. Charles C. and Kate (Stowell) Rounds; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1887; Harvard Law Sch., LI.B., A.M., 1890; N. Y. Unlv., LL.M. (hon.), 1900. Mcm. firm of Rounds, Schurman & Dwight, lawyers; trustee Amherst Coll .; dir. Unlon Buffalo Mills Co. Republican; Congre- gationalist. Mem. Soc. of Cincinnati, Am. and N. Y. State Bar Ass'ns, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Amherst Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: University, Harvard, Barnard, lawyers, Parmachence, Nassau Country. Address: 96 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ROUNDS, RALPH STOWELL
Lawyer; b, Cleveland, O .. Sept. 3, 1864; s. Charles Collins and Kate Nixon (Stowell) Rounds; ed. Hallo- Well ( Me.) Classical Acad, and State Normal Sch., Farmington, Me .; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1587; 1.I.B., Columbia Univ. Law Sch., 1892: J.D., N. Y. State Univ., 1901; m. Massillon, O., May 29, 1905, Mary Helena Ricks. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1892; prize lecturer Columbia Law Sch., 1892-1895; formerly prof. law, N. Y. Univ. law Sch. Mem. of firm Rounds. Match. DIllingham & Debevoise, lawyers. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Chi Psi fraternity. Clubs: Univer- sity, Nassau Golf. Residence: 302 W. 90th St. Ad- dress: 62 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
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ROWE, BASIL W.
Express official; v .- p., treas., trustee and mem. B'd of Mg'rs Adams Express Co .; v .- p. and dir. Adams Land and Building Co .; v .- p., treas. and dir. Adams Vehicle Co .; pres, and dir. Hollywood Hotel and Cot- tage Co .; dir. Dunlap's Express Co .; Morris European and Am. Express Co. (Ltd.), Am. Exchange Nat. Bank of N. Y., Mem. Ohio Soc. of N. Y., Met. Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History. Clubs: New York, Automobile of America, Railroad Club of N. Y. Residenee: 57 West 58th St. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ROWE, FREDERICK W.
Lawyer; b. Wappingers Falls, Dutchess Co., N. Y .; s. Daniel C. and Susan A. (Townsend) Rowe; grad. Colgate Univ., A.B., 1887, and later A.M .; m. Marshall- town, Ia., 1895, Loraine Mecker; one son: Julian F., b. 1898. Practising lawyer in N. Y. City, 1889-1905; dealer in real estate in Brooklyn; pres. and dir. Frederiek W. Rowe & Co., Ine., N. Y. City, and treas. Brooklyn Builders' Supply Co .; pres. Manhattan Bridge 3-Cent Line. . Republiean; Congregationalist. Mem. Dutchess Co. Soc., Employers' League of Brooklyn. Clubs: Brooklyn, Union League, Muni- eipal (Brooklyn). Residenee: 1370 Union St. Ad-
dress: 728 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y.
ROWE, STUART HENRY
Teacher, author; b. New Haven, Conn., May 24, 1869; s. Henry B. and Celia (Stuart) Rowe; grad. Yale, B. A., 1890, with two-year honor Latin and Greek; fellow in pedagogy, Columbia Univ., 1892- 1894; Ph.D., Jena, Germany, 1895; m. Syracuse, N. Y., June 4, 1897, Agnes Helen Ford; 1 d., Constance, b. Nov. 27, 1907. Inst'r Pennington Sem., N. J., 1890- 1892; prof. pedagogy and dir. of practise, State Nor- mal Sch., Mankato, Minn., 1895-1898; supervising principal New Haven, Conn., 1898-1904; lecturer in pedagogy Yale Univ., 1901-1904; head of dep't of psychology and principles of education Brooklyn Training Seh. for Teachers since 1904. Lecturer in Edn'l Psychology Brooklyn Inst. of Arts & Sciences, 1908-1909, and in Adelphi Coll., '1909-1910; principal of Wadleigh High Sch., Borough of Manhattan sinee 1910. Author: The Physical Nature of the Child, 1899 (Macmillan Co.), 2d edition, 1905; The Lighting of School Rooms, 1904 (Longmans); Habit-Formation and the Science of Teaching, 1908; eontb'r to jour- nals and magazines. Independent Republican. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Am. Soc. for Scientific Study of Ed'n. Re- ligious Ed'n Ass'n. Reereations: Tennis, golf, skating, bowling. Clubs: Seholia, Park Hill Country. Address: 104 Hillcrest Av., Park Hill, Yonkers, N. Y.
ROWE, WILLIAM VINCENT
Lawyer; b. Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 28, 1861; s. Levi Smith and Mary (Fowle) Rowe; ed. Boston publie schools and Boston Univ .; m. Boston, Mass., 1885, Anna A. Forrest. Admitted to bar, 1883; associated with firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman until liquida- tion, Dec., 1901; mem. firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, until Oct., 1911. Mem. New England Soe., Museum of Natural History, Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar State of N. Y., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Civil Service Re- form Ass'n, Met. Museum of Art, Acad. of Polit. Science, Navy League, N. Y. Peace Soc. Clubs: Cen- tury, Down Town. Union League. Residenee: 133 L. 38th St., N. Y. City.
ROWLEE, WILLARD WINFIELD
Educator, botanist; b. Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y., Dee. 15, 1861; s. George Washington and Sarah Cor- nelia (Distin) Kowlee; grad. Fulton High Sch., 1884; Corneli Univ., B.L., 1888, D.Se., 1893; in. Fulton, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1887, Libbie May Howard; children: Eliza- beth, b. 1894; Howard, b. 1898; Silenee, b. 1899. Instr. in botany, Cornell, 1888-1893; ass't prof. in botany, 1893-1906; professor of botany, 1906; sup't University grounds, Cornell, 1905. Alderman City of Ithaca, 1898-1902 Traveled in Cuba in 1901. Republican. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Soc. of Naturalists, Bot. Soc. of America, also other professional societies. Mem. Kappa Sigma fraternity, Sigma Xi (honor soc.). Club: Town and Gown. Address: 11 East Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
ROWNTREE, BERNARD
Engineer; b. Bradford, Eng., May 10, 1875; s. Henry and Chariotte (Fisher) Rowntree; m. Philadelphia. Oct. 6, 1908, Gertrude Ellen Lester; one son: Cedric, b. July 13, 1911. Connected with Chieago Telephone Co., 1893-1903 and 1904-1905. Engaged in business, 1905-1907, with Burdett-Rowntree Mt'g Co. in Lon- don, Eng., in connection with London Underground Elec. R'ys: 1907-1913, Burdette-Rowntree MI'g Co., N. Y. City. Traveled in England, 1903-1904. Mem. Soc. of Friends (Quaker). Mason. Mem. Anı. Inst. Elec.
Eng'rs, Ain. Soe. Civll Eng'rs, Am. Soe. Meeh. Eng'ra N. Y. Elec. Soc., Am. Museum of Safety, Am. Elec. ll'y Ass'n. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Haworth Country, Engineers, N. Y. Railroad, N. Y. Press (N. Y. City). Residence: "The Rowans," Oradell, N. J. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
RUCKSTUHL, FREDERICK WELLINGTON
Sculptor; b. Breitenbach, Alsace, France, May 22, 1853; s. John and Jeannette Ruckstuhl; ed. public schools, St. Louis, Mo .; studied art 8 years in Paris; m. Adelaide Pohlman; one son: Myron, b. 1902. Re- ceived hon. mention in Paris Salon for his work in 1888; grand medal World's Columbian Exp'n, 1893; mem. Fine Arts Jury, Internat. Exp'n, Atlanta, 1896. Advisory B'd Charleston Exp'n, 1902; sec. of Com. of Nat. Seulpture Soe. having in charge seulpture decor- ations of Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, 1901; chief Dep't Sculpture, La. Purchase Exp'n (resigned); first sec. Nat. Sculpture Soe .; second v .- p. N. Y. Architectural League; sec. of com, which ereeted Dewey Naval Arch, 1898; sec. of com. having in charge the seulpture decorations of New Appellate Court Bld'g, N. Y. City; second v .- p. Municipal Art Soe .; mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Among his chief works are the eques- trian statues of Brig .- Gen. John F. Hartranft (Har- risburg, Pa.) and Lieut .- Gen, Wade Hampton (Charles- ton, S. C.); marble statue of John C. Calhoun (Capitol, Washington); life size female marble statue, Evening; group, Mercury Amusing Himself (St. Louis); herolc bronze, Vietory on Soldiers' and (Sailors' Monument (Ja- maica, L. 1.); Gloria Victis, on Confederate Monument (Baltimore) ; Defense of the Flag, on Confederate Monu- ment (Little Roek, Ark.); Solon (Library of Con- gress) ; colossal granite heads of Franklin, Goethe, and Macaulay, on the facade of the Library of Congress; colossal marble statues Wisdom and Force (Ap- pellate Court House, N. Y. City); Phonieia, marble (.Custom House, N. Y. City); bronze statue, Color Guard, battlefield monument (Petersburg. Va.); herole marble statue John C. Calhoun (Capitol, Washington): Woman's monument for Columbia, S. C .: Three Par- tisan Generals Monument, Columbia, S. C. Club: Na- tional Arts. Address: The Arts Club, Gramercy Park. N. Y. City.
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