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SISSON, WESLEY ERICSSON
Life ins. official, lawyer; b. Niles, Mich., Feb. 2, 1853; s. Henry and Margaret Arvilla (Hanna) Sisson; at- tended Univ. of Mich., classical course, class 1875, leav- ing to take up study of law; m. Chicago, Nov. 27, 1880, Mary Elizabeth Brown; children: Ciaudine, b. Oct. 1, 1881; Roberta Shields, b. Aug. 30, 1883; Mary Arvilla, b. Nov. 2, 1885; Wesley Ericsson, Jr., b. Oct. 12, 1889; Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1890; Viva Valentina, b. Feb. 14, 1911. Trustee, scc. and advertising dir. Postal Life Ins. Co., N. Y .; pres., treas, and dir. Am. Inde- pendent Telephone Co., N. Y. Democrat; Baptist. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Recreations: Golf, tennis, swimming, yachting. Clubs: Rye Beach (pres.), Man- hattan Golf (pres.), Press. Residence: 5.\ Elm Av., Mit. Vernon. Address: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SIZER, ROBERT RYLAND
Wholesale lumber and timber merchant; b. Va., 1859; s. Augustus and Betsy Herndon (Ryland) Sizer; ed. Va. Poly. Inst., Blacksburg, Va .; m. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 10, 1890, Mary Theodora Thomson; ehildren: Theodore, b. March, 1892; Robert Ryland, Jr., b. Dec., 1894; Em- malena, b. April, 1896; Elizabeth Standish, b. Sept., 1900; Winston, b. Feb., 1909. Pres. and dir. Robert R. Sizer & Co., The Sizer Timber Co. Independent; Pres- by'n. Mcm. Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Southern Soc. Recreations: Motoring, horseback riding, fishing, golfing. Clubs: Whitehall, Sands Point Golf, Man- hasset Bay Yacht. Residence (Summer): Port Wash- ington, L. I .; (Winter) 45 W. 73d St. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
SJOSTROM, P. ROBERT G.
Banker, mfr, merchant; b. in Sweden; s. Ludwig and Maria E. (Norlius) Sjostrom; ed. Sweden, Sher- brooke, Can., Mellill Univ., B.C.L., 1881; m. Elizabeth, N. J., 3 years. Republican; mem. M. E. Ch. (treas. Paul R. G., Carl R. Private sce. in banking house Winsiow, Lanier & Co., N. Y .; later credit and office mg'r in large importing house, after which became v .- p. and gen. mg'r in mfg concern; treas. Lawrence Dye Works Co., 12 years; sec. and treas. Patchogue Mfg Co. and U. S. Worsted Co., of N. Y .; treas. N. Am. Fruit Co., dir. Atlantic Nat. Bank, of Providence, pres. Ilungarian-Am. Bank. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, Westfield, N. J., 3 years. Republican; mem. M. E. Ch. (trcas. and trustee, 1892-1897). Mason (33º), Shriner; mem. Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Larchmont Yacht, New Rochelle Yacht, Wykagyl Country, Merchants Central, Manhattan Chess, N. Y. Republican; Masonic. Residence: 125 W. 119th St. Address: 45 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
SKEEL, FRANK D.
Physician; b. Sterling Valley, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1851; 's. Harlow and Lucy I. (Deuel) Skcel; ed. Falley Sem., Fulton, N. Y .; Fairfield Sem., N. Y .; Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., A.B., 1875; N. Y. Univ. (M.D.), 1881; m. 1883, Mary A. Robertson; onc son, Henry Robertson, b. 1886. Surgeon N. Y. Eye Infirmary; ophthaimle surgeon Deaf and Dumb Inst., N. Y. Re- publican; Methodist. Mem. Med. Soc. Greater N. Y., Harlem Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Bronx Med. Soc., N. Y. Opthalmic Soc., N. Y. Micros. Soc. Club: Aldine. Residence: 361 Mott Av. Address: 147 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
SKILLIN, AUGUSTUS H.
Lawyer; b. Hempstead, N. Y .; s. Edward and Dailas ('Hewlett) Skillln; grad. N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1892; N. Y. Law Sch., LL. B., 1895. Episcopalian. Mem. Bar Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Clubs: University, Psi Upsilon, Underwriters, Essex Co. Country. Address: 34 Pine St., N. Y. City.
SKINNER, AVERY W.
State Insp. of Schools; b. Mexico, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1870; s. Timothy W. and Sarah (Rose) Skinner; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1892; m. Titusville, Pa., Aug. 24, 1893, Nancy Brown Bates; children: Margaret R., b. 1894, Chariotte II., b. 1897. Principal of Andes Col- legiate Inst., 1892-1894, Mexico Acad., 1895-1899, sup't of schools, Onelda, N. Y., 1899-1910, insp, of schools,
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State Ed'n Dep't, since 1910; instr. in history State Summer Sch., Thousand Islands Park. Author: Ex- plorers and Founders of America, Captains of Indus- try, Makers and Defenders of America, Selections for Memorizing. Contb'r of articles on ed'n to Education, Ameriean Education and School Journal. Pres. Asso- eiated Academic Principals, State of N. Y .; mem. Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Oneida Golf (Oneida, N. Y.), Univ. (Syracuse), University (Albany). Address: Mexico, N. Y.
SKINNER, CHARLES RUFUS
Born Union Square, Oswego Co., N. Y., Aug. 4, 1844; s. Avery and Charlotte Prior (Stebbins) Skinner; cd. Mexico (N. Y.) Acad., Clinton (N. Y.) Liberal Inst .; Hamilton Coll., A.M., Colgate Univ., LL.D., Tuft's Univ., Litt.D .; m. Oet. 16, 1873 Elizabeth Baldwin; chil- dren: Harold Baldwin, b. 1876; Albert Merriman, b. 1883; Charles Rufus, b. 1886; Elizabeth, b. 1890. In mercantile business in N. Y. City, 1867-1870; in jour- nalism, 1870-1874; on Watertown (N. Y.) Daily Times, as city editor and mg'r; mem. Assembly for 1st Dist., Jefferson Co., N. Y., 1877-1881. Representative in Con- gress from Jefferson, Herkimer and Lewis counties, 1881-1885; deputy State sup't public instr'n of N. Y., 1886-1892; supervisor Teachers' (Institutes and Teachers' Training Classes, 1892-1895; State sup't public instr'n of N. Y., 1895-1904; ass't U. S. appraiser, 1906-1911. Author of bill in Congress to provide sp'l delivery stamp. Author: Arbor Day Manual, Manual of Patri- otism, Bright Side. Republican. Address: Water- town, N. Y.
SKINNER, FRANK WOODWARD
Civil eng'r; b. Brownville, N. Y., 1858; grad. Cornell as B.C.E., 1879, and later as C.E. Has specialized in bridge eng'ring and substructures; was ass't eng'r Pittsburgh Bridge Co., on reconstruction of railroad suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls, afterward with Delaware Bridge Co .; bridge eng'r N. J. Steel and Iron Co .; resident eng'r Dominion Bridge Co., Mon- treal, and after that. eng'r of bridges St. Paul & Northern Pacific R.R. Co., building large bridges aeross St. John's and Mississippi Rivers; since 1886 practising in N. Y. City as consulting and expert con- structional eng'r. Asso. editor of The Engineering Record. Author: Types and Details of Bridge Con- struction; Arches, Plate Girders and Standard Short Spans. Non-resident leeturer in charge of course in field eng'ring, Cornell Univ .; lecturer in field eng'ring, McGill Univ. (Montreal), Harvard, Yale, Mass. Inst. of Technology, Prinecton and Brown Univs. and State Univs. of Maine and Wisconsin. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, hon. mem. Soc. Civil Eng'rs of Connecticut, mem. Cornell Soc. of Civil Eng'rs of N. Y. Club: Brooklyn Engineers. Residenee: Tompkinsville, S. I., N. Y. Address: 239 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
SKINNER, GEORGE I.
Lawyer: b. Sherburne, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1858; s. Dan Barnes and Jennet (Horton) Skinner; grad. Colgate Aead., 1876 (first Dodge prize for scholarship), Madi- son (now Colgate) Univ., A.B. (third honor), 1880; m. Smithville, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1890, Mary Elizabeth Mc- Crea; children: George McCrea, Elizabeth M. Laura Ione, Margaret Irene. Ass't sup't schools, Norwich, N. Y., 1880-1882, principal Smithville Union Seh., 1882- 1885; admitted to bar, Syraeuse, Jan., 1887; praetised law at Bainbridge, N. Y., 1887; postmaster, Bain- bridge, N. Y., 1890-1894; bank examiner, Jan., 1897; chief of Foreign Mortgage and Bld'g and Loan Ass'n Bureau, State Banking Dep't, 1897-1903; sceond deputy sup't of banks, 1902-1903; first depty sup't of banks, Jan., 1903; acting sup't of banks, July 1, 1907, to Oct. 15, 1907. Has held various local offlees. Delivered addresses before State League of Local Bld'g and Loan Ass'ns, 1897, 1902, 1910 and 1913; before U. S. League of Local Bld'g and Loan Ass'ns, Boston, 1903; commendatory resolutions adopted for work done in supervision of bld'g and loan ass'ns by both leagues. Delegate to Rep. State Conv., 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906. Republican; Episcopalian. For many years trustee Bainbridge High Sch. and vestryman St. Peter's Ch., Bainbridge. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Chenango Co. Bar Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Pres. Nat Ass'n of Supervisors of Bld'g & Loan Ass'ns, 1913; Royal Areh Mason, Red Man. Clubs: Albany, Fort Orange. Address: Bainbridge, N. Y.
SKIRROW, JOHN FOSTER
Electrical eng'r; b. Blackburn, England, Feb. 19, 1869; s. John and Aliee (Foster) Skirrow; ed. Englisii private schools; m. Jacksonville, Fla., April 29, 1890, Florenee Crozier Thomas; children: Sinclair, b. 1891, Paul, b. 1893, John, b 1901. Commeneed as seil. teacher; later entered dry goods business, and tool- making trade, afterward going to sea; became book- keeper and operator in employ of Western Union
Telegraph Co., and later chief operator; left their service to take position as chief operator with Postal Telegraph Co. in 1901, Savannah, Ga .; resigned and started as extra operator on "waiting list," New York; promoted to present position of asso. electric eng'r, Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., through successive positions of repeater ehlef, wire chief, quadruplex chicf, eleetrieian and ass't mg'r N. Y. Main Opera :- ing Dep't, eleetrieian Eastern Div. and ass't eiec. eng'r. Well-known inventor of electric telegraph and pneumatie dispatch tube apparatus; systems and apparatus of his invention and design having been adopted generally throughout U. S. and abroad in telegraph and pneumatic field. Mem Ilope Lodge, F. and A. M. (E. Orange, N. J.). Recreations: Boat- ing and outdoor life. Club: N. Y. Magnetic. Address: 253 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SLADE, CHARLES BLOUNT
Physician; b. Columbus, Ga., May 15, 1874; s. James J. and Leila (Bonner) Slade; grad. Univ. of Georgia (Literary), Bellevue Med. Coll., Md .; had 212 years' service in Bellevue Hosp., and attending physician to various elinics; visiting physician to Otisville Sanitarium for Tuberculosis; m. N. Y City, Sept. 12, 1901, Constance A. Thill; children: Charles Biount, Jr., b. June 26, 1902; Constance Susanne, b. Feb. 13, 1904; Willianı Bonner, b. Dee. 31, 1906. Teacher and lecturer in the Univ and Bellevue llosp. Med. Coli., Ald .; had 212 years' servier in Bellevue in Mexico organizing med. serviee of Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y .; traveled through Western U. S. and Mexico hunting, also traveled through Europe. Med. Insp. for Dep't of Health, N. Y. City, three years. Author: Textbook on Physical Diagnosis and Med. Articles Mem. Soe. of Alumni of Bellevue Hosp., N. Y. State and County Med. Soe., Am. Med. Ass'n, Ass'n of Tu- berculosis Clinles, Internat. Congress on Tubereu- losis; delegate from N. Y. Dep't of Health, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Aipha Sigma (medieal), Univ. of Ga Soc., N. Y. Southern Soe., Georgia Soe. Address: 245 W. 74th St., N. Y. City.
SLADE, EMMA MALEEN HARDY
Founder of patriotie societies, philanthropist; born Lowell, Mass., Jan. 11, 1847; d. Walter and Ruth M. (Clark) Hardy; paternal grandfather, Samuel Hardy (eapt. militia company), and maternal grandfather, Samuel Clark (town officer and representative to Gen. Court of Mass.), were both residents of Loweii, Mass., when it first became a city; their ancestors were William Clark and Thomas Hardy, who came from Eugiand with Gov. Winthrop to Salem in 1630, And were two of original thirteen sent by him with Winthrop, Jr., to settie Ipswich, Mass., in 1633; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 22, 1871, William Gerry Slade; one d., Harriet (wife of Willlam Murray Crombie). Founder, organizer and 1st and 4th pres. Nat. Soc. of N. E. Women, and chin'n In its work for families of enlisted men in Spanish-Am. War; founder and pres. Order of Americans of Armorial Aneestry; was reorganizer and pres, of both the Nat. Soe. U. S. Daughters of 1812, and the N. Y. State Division of same, and instrumental in securing nat. eorp'n for that soe .; v .- p. Nat. Geneal. Soe. Was mein. b'd of Bluc Anehor Soc., J. llood Wright Hosp. and Ladies' Auxiliary of the Flower Hosp. Mem. Exee. B'd Am. Flag Ass'n; gen. councilor on Exec. B'd Nat. Soc. Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America;
trustee Post-Parliament. Was niem. Woman's Nat. Relief Ass'n, Woman's Relief Ass'n, Squadron A Relief Ass'n, during Spanish-Am. War; incm. Ciio, Vassar Students' Ald Ass'n, Santa Clara League, Stony Wold Ass'n, Rutgers League, George Junior Republic Auxiliary, Woman's Auxiliary, Am. Scenic and Historical Preservation Soc., Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, Daughters of Revolution, and two Sunshine societies; now mem. Prison Ship Martyrs' Ass'n, Mary Washington Memorial Ass'n, Floral Emblem Soc., Mary Washington Colonial Chapter I). A. R., Old Planters' Society of Massachusetts, N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soe., Women's Auxiliary to Internat. Com. Y. M. C. A., Ipswich Hist. Soc., Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; N. Y. Hist. Soc., Colonial Dames of America (State of Mass ), N. E. Geneai Soc .; charter mem. George Washington Memorial Ass'n, Colonial Daughters of Seventeenth Century: v .- p. Auxiliary No. 75, Navy League of U. S .: charter mem. Pocahontas Memorial Ass'n: mem. Georg. Soc., Navy Rellef Ass'n. Nat Soc. of Patriotle Women of America, Emery Famlly Ass'n, Bailey Family Ass'n, Nat. Red. Cross. Jackson llermitage Ass'n. Editor of the monthly publication of Nat: Soe. of United States Daughters of 1812. Mem. Manouol Soc. of England. Has in preparation a History of the National Soc. of New England Women, a collection of documents and data with history of the War of 1812. and a Genea- logical History of the Slade and Hardy Families of America with allled marriage connections. Address: 332 W. 87th St., N. Y. City.
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SLADE, FRANCIS LOUIS
Manufacturer; b. N. Y. Clty, April 11, 1870; s. Fran- cis H. and Ellzabeth (Stokes) Slade; ed. private schs., N. Y. City, Yale Univ., A.B, 1891. Treas. and dir. Good Land Cypress Co., Vacherie Cypress Co., Hoyt & Woodin Mig. Co .; dir. N. Y. Real Estate Ass'n; 2d v .- p. and dir. Standard Plunger Elevator Co .; pres. and dir. St. Nicholas Skating & Ice Co .; dir. Manhattan Real Estate Ass'n. Interested in reform movements in N. Y. City. Progressive; Presbyterian. Trustee Madison Square Presbyterian Ch. and Mad- ison Square Ch. House dir. N. Y. Juvenile Asylum: v .- p. West Side Y. M. C. A., N. Y. City; treas, and mem. Com. of Fourteen; mem Chamber of Commerce; Squadron A, N. G. N. Y., for 612 years; Psi Upsllon fraternity. Metropolitan Museum, Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. Zool. Soc., New England Soc. Clubs: University, City, Yale, Down Town Ass'n, Automobile. Residence: 18 W. 52d St. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SLATER, FRED C.
Consul gen .; b. Lippcdetmold, Prussia; s. Fred- erick and Louise (Steinmeyer) Slater; ed. cominon and high schs. of Junction City, Kan., and by private tutor; m. Topeka, Kans., June 19, 1896. Gertrude E. Frazeur; children: Lloyd, b. May 11, 1898; Harold M, b. Aug. 13, 1900; Eugenc, b. Feb. 3, 1902. Practised law 17 years at Topeka, Kans. At present Am. Consul at Sarnia, Ont., Can. Address: Sarnia, Ont., Can.
SLATER, SAMUEL SCOTT
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 24, 1870; s. Samuel Mc- Lean and Jane (Scott) Slater; ed. Public schools, N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., 1888 (1 year); grad. Cornell Univ., belles lettres, B.L. and law, LL.B. (editor, junior speaker; Commencement Day orator; Law Sch. de- bater; Law Thesis prize). Has practised law in N. Y. City since 1905. Joint author of Alger & Slater's Em- ployers' Liability Law. Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1899- 1900, N. Y. Senate, 1901-1902; in Assembly, was au- thor Franchise Tax Law. While at univ., newspaper correspondent for Chicago Tribune, Boston Journal, Philadelphia Press, N. Y. World, N. Y. Press. Dir. Cold Process Co., N. Y .; Millington Co .; dir. and treas. United Cotton Gin Co. Republican; Methodist. Mcm. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; life mem. Soc. Prevention Cruelty to Animals; Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Zeta fraternities. Clubs: Republican, Harlem Republican, Cornell, Phi Gamina Delta. Address: 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
SLATTERY, CHARLES LEWIS
Clergyman; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 9, 1867; s. Rev. George and Emma M. (Hall) Slattery; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1891; D.B., Episcopal Theol. Sch., Cam- bridge, D.B., 1894; D.D., 1907. Ordered deacon 1894; ordained prlest 1895; master Groton Sch., Groton. Mass., 1894-1896; dean Cathedral, Farlbault, Minn., 1896-1907; rector Christ Ch., Springfield, Mass., 1907- 1910; rector Grace Ch., N. Y. City, since 1910. Author Fclix Reville Brunot, 1820-1898; Edward Lincoln At- kinson, 1865-1902; The Master of the World, a Study of Christ; Life Beyond Life, a Study of Immortality; The Historic Ministry and the Present Christ: Pres- ent-day Preaching; Alexander Viets Griswold Allen 1841-1908; and The Authority of Religious Experience. Trustec of Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Club: Century. Address: Grace Ch. Rectory, 804 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SLAUSON, EDWARD V.
Lawyer, mf'r; b. Waterloo. N. Y., Dec. 20, 1863; s. Darwin E. and Elizabeth Slauson; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1886 (Phi Beta Kappa), Columbia Law Sch., 1888; m. Nov. 12, 1890, Kate M. Webster; one d .: Margaret M., b. 1892. Pres. and treas. Federal Brew- Ing Co .; v .- p. Eastern Parkway Co. Mem. Mf'rs of N. Y. Club: University (Brooklyn). Address: 55 Lib- erty St., N. Y. City.
SLEICHER, JOHN ALBERT
Editor; b. Troy, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1848; s. William and Christina (Miller) Sleicher; ed. public schs. of Troy and Troy High Sch., English and Latin classical course diploma; m. Troy. N. Y., 1873, Ella S. Peckham; chil- dren: Mary, George, Reuben, Paul. Successively city editor of Troy Whig, Troy Press and Troy Times; agent at N. Y. of N. Y. State Associated Press; prop'r Schenectady Union; editor-in-chief and part owner Albany Evening Journal; editor-in-chlef N. Y. Mail and Express. Editor Leslie's Weekly since 1898. Dele- gate to a number of Rep. State Convs .; chm'n Plat- form Com .. 1901; delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv. at Chi- cago and Minneapolls. Civil Service Conun'r of N. Y. State, 1889; mem. State Water Supply Comm'n, N. Y. Pres. and dir. Leslie-Judge Co., N. Y., Universal Audit Co., Union Bag & Paper Co., New Dominion Copper C'o.,
Postal Life Ins. Co. Republican. Organized Nat. Rep. Editorial Ass'n of the U. S. in 1900, and was pres. two terms; organized In 1893, and was Ist pres. Rep. State Editorial Ass'n of N. Y. State. Protestant. Mem. Civil Service Reform Ass'n of N. Y. City, Fifth Ave. Ass'n, N. Y. City; dir. N. Y. B'd of Trade and Transporta- tion; mem. Rensselaer County Soc., Nat. Civic Fedcra- tion, N. Y. City; Albany Soc., Pan-Am. Soc. of the U. S., Japan Soc., China Soc., Chamber of Commerce, The Pilgrims Soc. Clubs: Union League, Republican, Quill, Sphinx (N. Y. City); Fort Orange (Albany, N. Y.). Address: 225 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
SLICER, THOMAS ROBERTS
Clergyman; b. Washington, D. C., April 16, 1847; s. Henry and Elizabeth Coleman (Roberts) Slicer; ed. schools of Baltimore, Md., Baltimore City Coll. (hon. A.M., Dickinson College); in. April 5, 1871, Adeline E. Herbert. In M. E. ministry 10 years in Maryland, Col- orado and N. Y .; entered Unitarian ministry, 1881, and has filled pastorate, Providence, Buffalo and N. Y. City; since 1897 minister All Souls' Ch., N. Y. City. Author: Great Affirmations of Religion, 1900; One World at a Time, 1902; Shelley: an Appreciation, 1904; Way to Happiness, 1907. Lectures on civic and literary topics. Has held various editorial positions, civle, literary and religious. Has done work for civic reform in Buffalo and with City Club in N. Y. Clty; chm'n Nat. Com. on Prison Labor; mem. Council, Lib- eral Immigration League; trustee People's Inst. Life Mem. N. Y. Shakespearean Soc., Providence Light Inf. (chaplain). Dir. Soe. for Study of Comparative Liter- atures. Clubs: Authors, City, Barnard. Address: 156 E. 38th St., N. Y. City.
SLICHTER, WALTER IRVINE
Electrical eng'r and univ. prof .; b. St. Paul Minn., 1873; ed. public schs. of N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y. 2 years, Europe 2 years, E.E., Columbia Univ., 1896. In Employ of Gen. Electric Co., Schenectady, 1896- 1910, was an apprentice 1 year; ass't to Dr. C. P. Steinmetz in A. C. design 7 years; r'y dep't 5 years, ass't to v .- p. and mem. consulting eng'rs dep't, 1909- 1910. Prof. of elec. eng'ring and head of dep't Co- lumbia Univ. since 1910. Fellow Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Mem. Soc. Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n, Am. Soc. Mcch. Eng'rs, Slyma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Theta Delta Chi. Author of technical papers on elec. eng'ring. Clubs: Columbia Univ., Essex, Mohawk Golf. Ad- dress: 431 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
SLOAN, AUGUSTUS KELLOGG
Manufacturer; b. Cleveland. O., Sept. 3. 1838; 8. Kellogg G. and Mary Ann (Tomlinson) Sloan; received public sch. ed'n; m. 1st, Brooklyn, 1865, Julia Voris (deceased) ; 2d, Skaneatles, N. Y., Mary Cromwell; children: Mary Florence, Lillian Augusta, Frank T., Jennie V., Augustus K., Jr. Employed in various ca- pacities until admitted as partner in Carter, Plerson & Ilale, 1854, later changed to Carter, Sloan & Co .; re- signed 1896, and became pres. and dir. Sloan & Co., N. Y. Realty Owners Co .; trustee Met. Savings Bank; dir. and cx-pres. Jewelers' B'd of Trade; pres. Maiden Lane Hist. Soc., The Jewelers' Security Alliance. 33º Mason. Clubs: Drug and Chemical. Oxford, Masonic (Brooklyn), Long Island Country. Residence: 275 Washington Av., Brooklyn. Address: 15 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City ..
SLOAN, BENSON BENNETT
Banker, stock broker; b. N. Y. City, March 29, 1867; s. Samuel and Margaret (Elmendorf) Sloan; grad. Co- lumbia Coll., A.B., 1888; m. Munich, Germany, June 4, 1913, Margaret M. Sloane. Mem, firm of Post & Flagg, N. Y. Stock Exchange; dir. Fort Wayne & Jackson R. R., Vallcy R. R. Co. Republican. Mem. 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1884-1889; South Reformed Ch. Mem. Com. of Mg'mt Y. M. C. A., 23d St. Branch; life mem. N. Y. Zool. Soc., Y. M. C. A .; mem. A.A.A.S., N. Y. Acad. Sciences, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History, Delta Psi fraternity. Clubs: Uni- versity, Racquet and Tennis, St. Anthony, Automo- bile of America, Knollwood Country. Baltusrol Golf, Metropolitan, Riding and Driving (N. Y.), Address: 41 E. 65th St., N. Y. City.
SLOAN, ROBERT SAGE
Ex-naval officer; b. Oswego, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1859; s. George Beale and Alvira C. Sloan; grad. U. S. Naval Acad., 1879; m. Baltimore, 1883, Ethel Donaldson. Appt'd to Asiatic Station, U. S. S. Alert and U. S. flagship Richmond, 1879-18$1; U. S. S. Jamestown, 1882, in crulse from San Francisco to Newport; U. S. coast survey steamer Gedney, 1882; resigned Sept. 11, 1882. Comm'd lieut cond'r and chief of staff of com- manding officer, Naval Militia, State of N. Y., April 29, 1898; comm'd lleut. U. S. N., June 17, 1898, and ordered as executive officer of U. S. S. Stranger, West
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Indian Blockading Squadron, off Havana, Cuba; hon- orably discharged Oct. 4, 1898. Trustee Am. Surety Co .; pres. Fitzgibbons Boiler Co. Address: Wood- mere, L. I., N. Y.
SLOAN, SAMUEL
Banking; s. Samuel Sloan; grad. Columbia Univ., 1887; m. Katharine S. Colt. V .- p. and dir. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co .; v .- p. 'and dir. Detroit, Hilisdale & Southwestern R. R., Fort Wayne & Jackson R. R. Co .; dir. Morris & Essex R. R., Hygeia Distilled Water Co., Nat. City Bank, Manhattan Co., Consolidated Gas Co., Cayuga & Susquehanna R. R. Co., N. Y., Lackawanna & Western N'y, Oswego & Syracuse R. R. Co., Syra- cuse, Binghamton & N. Y. R. R. Co., Valley R. R. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, St. Anthony, Racquet, Down Town, Riding, Automobile of America. Resi- dence: 45 E. 53d St. Address: 22 William St., N. Y. City.
SLOANE, A. BALDWIN
Composer of music; b. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 28, 1878; s. Francis James and Emma (Baldwin) Sloane; ed. by private tutors and in public schools; in. N. Y. City, Feb. 15, 1900, Mae Auwerda; one d., June Augusta, b. 1901. Composer: Jack and the Beanstalk, Excelsior, Jr., Broadway to Tokio, King's Carnival, Sergeant Kitty, The Mocking Bird, Lady Teazle (starred in by Lillian Russell), Coming Thro' the Rye, The Ginger- bread Man, etc. Episcopalian. Mem. Playwrights' Leaguc. Clubs: Lambs, Baton. Address: 174 W. 79th St., N. Y. City.
SLOANE, WILLIAM
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 18, 1873; s. John and Adela (Berry) Sloane; grad. Yaie Univ., 1895; m. N. Y. City, 1904, Frances C. Crocker. Pres. and dir. W. & J. Sloane; v .- p. and dir. Nairn Linoleum Co. (Kearny, N. J.); trustee Bank for Savings in City of N. Y., Provident Loan Soc., Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co .; dir. Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co. (Yonkers), Bige- low Carpet Co., Bank of Manhattan Co., Northern Pa- cific R'y Co .; trustee Robert Coll. (Constantinople). Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Delta Kappa Epsilon fra- ternity. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, Union League, Yale. Residence: Mount Kisco, N. Y. Address: 575 5th Av., N. Y. City.
SLOANE, WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Merchant; in. Emily T. Vanderbilt. Trustee Guar- anty Trust Co., U. S. Trust Co .; dir. W. & J. Sloane, Central & South Am. Telegraph Co., Eastern Stcel Co., Mahoning Coal R. R. Co., Nat. City Bank of N. Y. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Metropolitan, Union League, Union, Riding, N. Y. Yaclit. Residence: 2 W. 52d St. Address: 575 5th Av., N. Y. City.
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