Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 168

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Surgeon, U. S. Navy; born, March 6, 1864 in Lancaster, Pa., and son of Rev. Augustus C. von Wedekind, D. D., late pastor of St. James Evangelical Luth- eran Church and St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, both in N. Y. City.

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Was graduated from Columbia College, VOSBURGH, Walter S .:

N. Y. Ex-house surgeon Chambers St.

Hospital, N. Y. Entered U. S. Naval service, Nov. 3, 1888, being appointed from N. Y. Assistant surgeon, Nov. 3, 1888; passed assistant surgeon, Nov. 3, 1892; Pensacola, 1889; Naval Hospital,

Chelsea, 1892; Newark, 1893; Naval

Academy, 1896; Minneapolis, 1898; Ore- gon, 1899; Puget Sound, Naval Station, 1900. Promoted to surgeon. Nov. 19, 1900; Cincinnati, Dec., 1901-03. Member Army and Navy Club, New York and Washington; University Club. Philadel- phia, Pa., and Army and Navy Club, Manila, P. I. Address, care of Navy Department, Washington, D. C.

VOORHEES, Foster M .:

President and director Bankers' Life Insurance Co. of N. Y., Morre Bros. Co .; director Albany & Hudson R. R. Co., Au- tomatic Heating Co., Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Middleser Water Co., N. Y. Parcel Dispatch Co., Union County Trust Co., Union Water Co., Van Maasdyk-Kahn Co. (incorporated). Residence, Elizabeth, N. J .; office, 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

VOORHEES, James D .:

Physician ; born Morristown, N. J., May 21, 1869; was graduated from Morris- town public school and academy, Prince- ton College, A. B., A. M .; Columbia Uni- versity, M. D. Resident physician Pres- byterian, New York Foundling and Sloane Maternity Hospitals. Married, April 2, 1902, Louise Brown. Instructor obstet- rics, College Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1897-1903 ; lecturer obstetrics, 1903 ; secretary Medical Society, Colum- bia University, 1900-1905. Address, 150 Central Park South, N. Y. City.

VOORHIS, Ernest: .

Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born New York, Mar. 8, 1859; son of Commo- dore Jacob Voorhis, Jr .; educated at Princeton University, 1880 ;

General Theological Seminary, 1885; N. Y. Uni- versity (A. M., 1891, and Ph. D., 1893); ordained deacon, 1885; priest, 1886; in charge of mission of St. John the Evan- gelist, St. Johns, N. Y., 1885-88; assis- ant at St. Augustine's Chapel, Trinity Parish, N. Y. City, 1889; instructor in classics at the Cutler School, N. Y. City, 1890; on staff of Cathedral of St. John the Divine, N. Y. City, since 1900; head master Cathedral Choir School since 1901. Address, 110th St. and Amster- dam Ave., N. Y. City.

Journalist; born New York; received academic education; for many years writer on turf topics in daily and weekly newspapers in N. Y. For several years past and at present official handicapper of the Racing Associations of the eastern turf. He has, while filling this position, necessarily made many enemies, but the fair minded men connected with racing, concede that he has filled his position with impartiality and a great degree of success. Address, Windsor Arcade, N. Y. City.

VOTEY, Edwin S .:

President and director Votey Organ Co .; secretary and director Aeolian Co .; secre- tary and assistant treasurer Aeolian Web- er Piano and Pianola Co .; treasurer and director Orchestrelle Company ; secretary and director Choration Co., Orchard Land Co .; vice-president and director Universal Music Co .; director Vocalion Co. and Web- er Piano Co. Residence, Summit, N. J .; office, 362 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

VREELAND, Edward Butterfield:

Republican Congressman of Salaman- ca, representing the Thirty-seventh Dis- trict; born Cuba, Allegheny County, N. Y., 1857; received an academic educa- tion and served as superintendent of the schools of Salamanca from 1877 to 1882; was admitted to the practice of law in 1881; since 1891 has been president of the Salamanca Trust Co., and is en- gaged principally in the banking and oil business; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, Nov. 7, 1899, and reelected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth and Fifty- ninth Congresses. Address, Salamanca, N. Y.

VREELAND, Herbert Harold:

Railway president born Glen, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1856; son of Rev. A. H. and Jane Van Riper Vreeland; married Carrie L. Reed. In 1874 entered the service of the Long Island R. R. Co., and passed through almost every grade of the trans- portation department to freight and pas- senger conductor. In 1881 became a conductor on the newly constructed N. Y. City & Northern R. R., afterward the N. Y. & Northern R. R. Co., of which company he became successively train master, superintendent, general superin- tendent and general manager; resigned in 1893, to accept the presidency of the Houston, West Street & Pavonia Ferry R. R. Co., of which company and its suc- cessors, the Metropolitan Street Ry. Co.,

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the Interurban Street Ry. Co. (now N. Y. [ 91; member Aaron Helmer Post, Grand City Ry. Co.), and the Metropolitan Se- Army of the Republic, and Monitor Asso- ciation of Naval Veterans; aide on the staff of the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic of the U. S .; president N. Y. Life Underwriters Asso- ciation; director in Provident Savings & Life, Herkimer National Bank, Metho- dist Episcopal Hospital of Brooklyn, and other institutions; trustee and former president of the Holland Society of N. Y .; member Empire State Society, Sons of American Revolution; member Union League and Republican Clubs of N. Y., and Montauk Club of Brooklyn, N. Y. Yacht Club and other organizations. Ad- dress, Herkimer, N. Y. curities Co., he has been the chief exec- utive officer ever since. Under his presi- dency nearly thirty independent and com- peting companies owning horse-car fran- chises have been united in one great sys- tem, which now comprises every surface line in the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx and aggregates almost 500 miles of track; a large part of this mile- age has been equipped with the most ad- vanced and costly system of electric traction and the remainder is rapidly being converted. In addition to the com- panies above named he is president and director of the following: Bleecker St. & Fulton Ferry R. R. Co., Central Park, North & East River R. R., Dry Dock, W East Broadway & Battery R. R., Forty- WADHAMS, Frederick Eugene: second St. & Grand St. Ferry R. R., Ful- ton St. R. R., Third Ave. R. R., Thirty- fourth St. Crosstown R. R., Twenty- eighth & Twenty-ninth Sts. Crosstown R. R., Twenty-third St. R. R .; vice-presi- dent and director Union Exchange Bank; is also director of Broadway & Seventh Ave. R. R., National Bank of Commerce in N. Y., Bridge Operating Co., and Electric Vehicle Company. He is president of the N. Y. Railroad Club; an honorary member of the Tramways and Light Railways Association of Great Britain, a member of the Electric Rail- way Test Commission of the Universal Exposition at St. Louis, 1904, and a member of the Holland Society, Pil- WADSWORTH, James Wolcott: grims of the U. S., Lawyers, Transpor- tation, Engineers, Democratic, N. Y. Ath- letic and N. Y. Riding Clubs, also of the Kishawana Country Club of Brewster, N. Y. Office address, 621 Broadway, N. Y. City.

VROOMAN, John W .:

Superintendent of the Provident Sav- ings Life Assurance Society of N. Y; born Herkimer Co., N. Y., Mar. 28, 1844; Holland Dutch ancestry; a descendant of the family of General Nicholas Herki- mer; served in the U. S. Navy during the Civil War; admitted to the Bar short- ly after the close of the war; Chief Clerk Surrogate's Court, Herkimer Co. N. Y., 1868-78; deputy clerk, N. Y. State Assem- bly, 1876-77; secretary of State Senate, 1878-SS: secretary of Republican State Committee, 1880-SS ; candidate on Repub- lican ticket for lieutenant-governor, 1891; Presidential elector, 1892; Grand Master of Masons, of the State of N. Y., 1889-

Lawyer; born Wadham's Mills, Essex Co., N. Y., Sept. 27, 1852; son of Wil- liam Luman and Emeline Lorette Coler Wadhams; educated at common schools, Cornell University; graduate of Albany Law School, 1876, and admitted to N. Y. Bar same year; married, 1878, Emma Louise Jones of Albany, N. Y. Treasurer of the American Bar Association and sec- retary of N. Y. State Bar Association ; sec- retary of the State Board of Statuary Con- solidation. Member of Albany, Country, University and Fort Orange Clubs. Res- idence, 217 Lark St .; office, 34 Tweedle Bldg., Albany, N. Y.

Republican member of Congress, of Geneseo; born Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 12, 1846; was preparing at New Haven, Conn., to enter Yale College, but left in the fall of 1864 and entered the army, serving on the staff of General G. K. Warren to the close of the war; was su- pervisor of the town of Geneseo during 1875, 1876 and 1877; was member of the Assembly in 1878 and 1879, and comp- troller of the State of New York in 1880 and 1881; was elected to the Forty- seventh, Forty-eighth, Fifty-second, Fif- ty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty- sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty- ninth Congress. Address, Genesseo, N. Y.

WAGNALLS, Adam Willis:

Publisher; born Lithopolis, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1843; was graduated from the Wit- tenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, in 1866. Married Anna Willis in 1868. He moved to Kansas and, was city clerk of

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Atchison from 1871 to 1873. Removing to New York, he entered the publishing business in 1876 and was one of the founders of the large publishing house of Funk & Wagnalls Co., whose most important work is the Standard Diction- ary. Address, 44-60 E. 23d St., N. Y. City. WAGNALLS, Mabel:

Pianist ; author ; born Kansas City, Mo., April 20, 1871; daughter of Adam W. Wagnalls (of the publishing firm of Funk & Wagnalls) and Anna Willis Wagnalls. Studied music with Franz Kullak, of Berlin, Germany, and there made her debut (1889) at the Sing-Acad- emie; played later (1891) in New York with Theodore Thomas' orchestra and Anton Seidl ; was also soloist at New York State Music Teachers' Convention, Bing- hamton, and at other concerts and recit- als. Author: Stars of the Opera; Mis- erere; Selma, the Soprano, and various short stories and serials. Address, 44 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.

WAGNER, Charles Gray:

Superintendent of State Hospital for Insane, Binghamton; born, 1860, Whites- borough, N. Y .; was graduated from Cor- nell University, B. S., 1880, and Columbia University, M. D., 1882. Resident physi- cian to Presbyterian Hospital. 1882-83; resident-surgeon to same, 1883-84 ; as- sistant physician to Y. N. State Lunatic Asylum, Utica, 1884-88. Super- intendent of State Hospital at Bingham- ton since 1SSS; trustee of Cornell Uni- versity. Associate editor of the Amer- ican Journal of Insanity since 1884. Ad- dress, Binghamton, N. Y.

WAGNER, Joseph:

Ex-State Senator; born Alsace, Ger- many, in 1853. Early came to America with parents and settled in Newark, N. J .; at age of fifteen went to Brooklyn, there learning the carpenter's trade. In 1875, entered into business for him- self as a carpenter and builder; in 1881 he accepted the position of messenger to the Board of Aldermen, but continued in the building business until 1883, when he was appointed superintendent of the Truant Home. In 1884, when the build- ing trade, after a period of depression, be- gan to revive, he resigned his position and resumed business as a builder and general contractor on a larger scale; has executed some of the largest contracts in the city of Brooklyn, and is still in the same business ; elected to Senate in 1898, 1900 and 1902; in 1903 was appointed a member of the

following Senate committees : Railroads, Banks, and Engrossed Bills. Address, 82 Debevoise St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

WAID, D. Everett:

Architect ; member firm E. L. Masqueray & D. E. Waid; has office as consulting architect at No. 1 Madison avenue; for- merly practiced in Chicago; early training was obtained in Columbia University, N. Y., and in the office of W. L. B. Jenney, Chicago; is a member of the American In- stitute of Architects, the N. Y. Chapter A. I. A., the Architectural League of N. Y., the National Arts Club, and Players Club. Address, 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

WAINWRIGHT, Jonathan Mayhew:

Republican Assemblyman for the Sec- ond Assembly district of Westchester County; born New York, Dec. 10, 1864; is the grandson and namesake of the late Bishop Wainwright, at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the State, who was the grandson of Jonathan Mayhew, the Boston divine and patriot. His mother was Margaret Stuyvesant, a direct de- scendant of Petrus Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Governor. Educated at schools in this country, France and Germany; was graduated from Columbia College, New York, in 1884, and from the Columbia Law School in 1886, being admitted to the Bar in the same year; has practiced his profession in New York and West- chester Counties; was a member of the New York National Guard for eleven years, during nine of which he was ad- jutant of the Twelfth Regiment, N, G. N .. Y. When war was declared with Spain he volunteered, serving throughout the war as a captain in the Twelfth New York Infantry, U. S. Volunteers; is a director of the Rye National Bank, and of the Mutual Trust Co. of Westchester County and Port Chester; is president of the Westchester and Bronx Title and Mortgage Guaranty Co .; elected to As- sembly in 1901, 1902 and 1903; in 1903 appointed a member of the following Assembly committees: Judiciary, Banks, and Military Affairs. In 1903 Mr. Wain- wright was chosen and duly commission- ed and is now serving as lieutenant-colo- nel of the Twelfth Regiment, N. G. N. Y .; he was re-elected to the Assembly in the fall of 1903, and in the session of 1904 served on the following committees: Public Education, chairman of ; Affairs of Cities, and Military Affairs. Address, Rye, Westchester County, N. Y.

WAIT, John Cassan:

Lawyer and engineer; born Norwich,

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N. Y., June 4, 1860; son of Andrew Mar- cellus Wait and Ambrosia J. (Sergent) Wait; attended public schools; worked in a planing mill and learned the car- penter's trade; in 1878 he won a com- petitive State scholarship to Cornell University and entered the civil engi- neering department, graduating in 1882; in 1880, made surveys, estimates, etc., for water works at Norwich, N. Y., and in 1881 made surveys, maps and pro- posals for Mutual Union Telegraph lines in N. Y. State, and from Cumber- land, Md., to St. Louis, Mo .; in 1882, be- came engineer of the United Pipe Lines of the Standard Oil Co .; 1882-83, was en- gaged in relocating and constructing the Dakota Central division of the Chicago & North Western Ry .; during 1883-84, de- signed and superintended the construc- tion of car shops, Chicago; superintend- ed the manufacture of electric dynamos under Hirsch's patents and installed the same with a one-hundred-horse-power boiler and engine; 1884-85, in engineering work, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry., Hannibal, Mo., to Dallas, Tex .; 1885-86, was professor of mathematics, chemis- try and physics in the Ironton, O., pub- lic schools; in 1886-87, professor of en- gineering and architecture, commandant and superintendent of Norwich Univer- sity, Vermont's Military Institute; cap- tain of artillery of the Vermont National Guards; 1887-94, was instructor and as- sistant professor of engineering at Har- vard and engineer to the University; at- tended the Harvard Law School, and in 1891 graduated LL. B .; in the same year received the degree of master of civil engineering "with the highest distinc- tion" at Cornell University; elected a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and admitted to the Boston Bar; in 1892, superintended the prepar- ation of the educational exhibit sent by Harvard to the Columbian Exposition; 1893-95, editor of the Railroad Gazette, and author of The Car-Builders' Diction- ary, 1895-edition; 1896, he attended the State Civil Service examinations for civil engineers, and passed with the highest general average, rank No. 1 on the eligible list; employed by the State on the $9,000,000 Erie Canal improve- ment, in charge of surveys of the Oswe- go canal, Syracuse to Phoenix, N. Y .; in charge of improvement of the Erie Canal through the City of Syracuse, and in charge of storage reservoirs in the Adi- rondack region, and rebuilt the State

dam on the north branch of the Black river; admitted to the N. Y. State Bar in Jan., 1898; 1895, awarded the Fuertes gold medal of Cornell University for meritorious contribution to engineering progress; 1900-04, assistant corporation counsel to the City of N. Y. in charge of contracts, etc., for public improve- ments. Mr. Wait is the pioneer in a specialty in the practice of law, that of engineering and architectural jurispru- dence, in which branch he has now many followers, and on which subject he is an acknowledged authority. His first book, of several on the subject, appeared in 1897, has had a large sale and is the ac- cepted standard work on the Law of Con-

struction. Besides contributions to the

industrial periodicals he has published the Car Builders' Dictionary (1895); Engineering and Architectural Jurispru- dence (1897); Law of Operations Prelim- inary to Construction in Engineering and Architecture (1900); Law of Con- tracts (1901); Calendar of Invention and Discovery (1903); Genealogical Records of the Wait Family of Rhode Island, and has in press Poems of Industry and Labor, and a General Genealogical His- tory of the Wait Family. Is a member of the Harvard Law Association, Cornell Association of Civil Engineers, Cornell Club, the American Society of Civil En- gineers, and Municipal Engineers of New York. Married, 1886, to Ginevra Caroline Westlake. Address, 220 Broad- way, N. Y. Clty.

WAIT, Lucien Augustus:

Professor of mathematics at Cornell College; born Highgate, Vt., Feb. 8th, 1846 ; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, going thence to Harvard, where he was graduated in 1870; same year he accepted a position as assistant professor in the mathematics department of Cornell, holding this until made U. S. Consul at Athens and Piræus, Greece. After a year he returned to Cornell, resuming his former connections ; 1877, he was made as- sociate professor, in 1890 full professor of the same department; since 1895 he has been head of the mathematical de- partment. Member of Phi Beta Kappa. Address, Cornell College, Ithaca, N. Y.

WAIT, William Bell:

Principal New York Institute for the Blind from October, 1863 to March 1, 1905. Emeritus Principal since March 1, 1905. Author ; inventor ; born Amsterdam, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1839 ; son of Christopher B. and Betsey Grinnell Bell Wait; was graduated

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from Albany Normal College, 1859; ad- mitted to New York Bar, 1862 ; married, 1863, Phebe J. Babcock; inventor and pat- entee of the Kleidograph and the Stere- ograph; author: The New York Tangible Point System of Literature; The New York Tangible Point System of Music for Blind ; Harmonic Notation ; Normal Course Piano Technic. Member of Franklin In- stitute of Philadelphia, N. Y. Free Cir- culating Library for the Blind, Associa- tion Instruction of the Blind, Metropoli- tan Museum of Art. Address, 412 9th Ave., N. Y. City.

WAITE, Henry Randall:

President American Institute of Civ- ics, editor of its publications; congre- gational clergyman; born Copenhagen, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1846; son of Rev. Hiram H. and S. Maria Randall Waite; grad- uate of Hamilton College, 1868; Union Theological Seminary, University of Syracuse, Ph. D., also studied abroad; married, 1876, Caroline A. Huntoon, of Boston; founder of

American Union Church at Rome, Italy, of which he was pastor, 1871-74, and also organized there Y. M. C. A. and Sunday School Union. Editor of various papers until 1885, when he founded the American Institute for Civics and became its president; expert statistician, 10th U. S. census; author: The Mormon Problem; Dangerous Ele- ments in the Suffrage. Member of Ham- ilton College Alumni, Order of Founders and Patriots of America, and Patria Club, of which he was founder. Resi- dence, East Orange, N. J .; office, 102 Fulton St., N. Y. City.

WAKEFIELD, Wilson F .:

Clergyman; graduated from University of Rochester in 1874; from Rochester Theological Seminary in 1878; pastor Baptist church, Truxton, N. Y., 1878-79; De Ruyter, N. Y., 1879-81; Mahopac Falls, N. Y., 1881-83; Port Chester, N. Y., 1883-93; was private Company E, Second New York Artillery, 1861-65. Ad- dress, Port Chester, N. Y.

WALBRIDGE, H. D .:

Banker; president and director Grand Rapids Gas Light Co., Kalamazoo Gas Co., Peoples' Hot Water Heating & Elec- tric Co., Pontiac Light Co., Saginay City Gas Co., Saginaw Valley Traction Co., Springfield Consolidated Ry. Co., Spring- field Electric Light & Power Co., Spring- field Gas Light Co .; vice-president and director Bay City Gas Co .; Director Bartlett Illuminating Co., Saginaw-Bay City Ry. & Light Co., Springfield Ry.

& Light Co. Residence, The Ansonia; office, 7 Wall St., N. Y. City.

WALCOTT, W. Stuart:

President the New York Mills, New York Mills, Oneida County; born New York Mills, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1843; en- listed Sept., 1861, in the Seventy-sixth Regiment of N. Y. State Volunteer In- fantry, serving as second lieutenant: entered business in 1865 with his father in the manufacture of cotton at New York Mills. In 1890 he was appointed visitor to Annapolis Naval Academy by President Harrison. Made president of the New York Mills, treasurer of Wal- cott & Campbell Spinning Co .. , vice-pres- ident of the Oneida National Bank, Uti- ca; vice-president of the Savings Bank of Utica. Address, New York Mills, Oneida County, N. Y.

WALDO, Leonard:

Consulting electrical engineer, astron- omer; born Cincinnati, May 4, 1853; son of Frederic Augustus and Frances Leon- ard Waldo; graduate of Woodward High School, Marietta College, 1872, Columbia School of Mines, Harvard University, S. D., 1879; Yale niversity, A. M., 1889. Married, 1875, Dora Fullerton (died) ; 1887, Ada Louise Purdy, of New York. Successively on staff of U. S. Naval Ob- servatory, Harvard College Observatory, and Yale College Observatory; in 1874, accompanied to U. S. Transit of Venus Expedition to Tasmania as assistant as- tronomer; member of American Institute Mining Engineers, American Institute Electrical Engineers, American Society Mechanical Engineering, Engineers' Club and the Society of Arts of London. Res- idence, Plainfield, N. J .; office, Atlantic Building, 49 Wall St., . Y. City. WALDRON, Francis A. J .:

Educator; was graduated from Univer- sity of Rochester in 1889; from Roches- ter Theological Seminary in 1893; assis- tant principal Jackson College, 1889-90; professor of Latin, Alfred University, 1893-96; has been conducting private scholl, Rochester, 1896 to 1903, 1903 to date, clerk in Rochester P. O. Address, 2 Lee Place, Rochester, N. Y.

WALDRON, Margaret Floy:

Assistant professor of philosophy in Vassar College; born July 25, 1871, N. Y. City; educated at Vassar College, A. B., 1891; A. M., 1893; Cornell University, Ph. D., 1894. Professor of philosophy, Wells College, 1894-1900; warden of Sage College, Cornell University, 1900-02; as- sistant professor of psychology, Uni-

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versity of Cincinnati, 1902-03; associate professor of philosophy, Vassar College, 1903 to date. Author of articles in The Philosophical Review; The Psychologi- cal Review; The American Journal of Psychology; Mind; Philosophische Stu- dien, etc. Translator of vols. II and III of Wundt's Ethik. Member of American Philosophical Association and American Psychological Association, also Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. Address, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

WALDSTEIN, Martin E .:

Chemist; born New York, Oct. 18, 1854; son of Henry Waldstein; graduate of Columbia College School of Mines, Hei- delberg, Ph.D., 1875; president Atlantic Chemical Works; contributor to chem- ical journals; member of Society of Chemical Industry, Scientific Alliance, and Aldine, Baltimore Golf, Democratic, Drug Trades and Chemical Clubs. Res- idence, Orange, N. J .; office, 107 Murray St., N. Y. City.

WALKER, Albert Henry :

Lawyer; born Fairfax, Vt., Nov. 25, 1844; was graduated from Law Depart- ment, Northwestern University, 1877. Member Connecticut legislature, 1891-92; non-resident lecturer on patent law, Cor- nell University, ever since 1889, and also University of Michigan ever since 1896; has argued many cases in twenty-two States, and conducted hundreds of lit- igations in thirty-six States. Author: Walker on Patents (first edition pub- lished in 1883, second in 1889, third in 1895, and fourth in 1904). Offices, Floor, 25, Park Row Building, Manhattan, New York; residence, Hotel Majestic, Central Park, West, N. Y. City.

WALKER, Alexander:

Banker and real estate; born parish of Rafford Morayshire, Scotland, June 25, 1852; son of James and Helen S. Walker. He received his education in the parish school of Rafford, and on the completion of his studies served an apprenticeship as stonecutter in Forres, Scotland. Com- ing to New York he pursued his trade here at the same time taking a course in the New York Evening High School. He engaged in stone cutting business under the firm name of Gille & Walker and subsequently in the real estate business under the firm of Walker & Lawson. He is still engaged in real estate transactions and large building operations. He has been connected with the Colonial Bank of New York since its incorporation and its president for the past ten years; also

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 168

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100