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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML)
DATE: 1942-1943
DOC#: ML008
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Excerpt - Who's Who in America - Royd Ray Sayers of the U.S. Bureau of Mines
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St. Olav, 1920; Gran Oficial Order o f Carlos J. Finlay (Cuba), 1940; awarded Leon Bernard prize, 1939. Contbr. on tuberculosis, typhoid carriers, rabies, epi demic poliomyelitis, venereal diseases, hookworm dis ease, yellow fever, etc. Home: Hastings-on-IIudson, N.Y. Office: 49 W. 49th St., New York, N.Y.
SAWYER, WMIfts Herbert, exec, engr.; b. School craft, Micb., Oct. 30, 1873; s. Herbert Brown and I.iua Frances (Pursel) S .; B.S. In E.E., U. of Neb., 1394, Dr. Engring. (hon.), 1930; m. Georgina F. Case, May 11, 1898; children-- Robert Thomas, Edward Case. In employ various street ry. cos. until 1895; with Gen. Electric Co., Schenectady and N.Y. City, 1895-1905, British Electric Traction Co., England, 1S90; engr. New York office of Ford, Bacon & Davis, 1905-14; v.p. E. W. Clark & Co. Management Corp., Columbus. 0 ., 1914-22; pres. E ast S t. Louis & Sub urban Ry. Co. and affiliated cos., 1919-27; pres. Stevens and Wood, Inc.; v.p. Allied Power & Light Corp.. 1D27-30; co-receiver, A tlantic Pub. Service As sociates, Carolina-Ga. Service Co. and Southern Pub. Service Co., 1930-31; pres. Peoples Transit Co., Dayton, 0 ., since 1032; cons. ,engr. since 1930; elec, power consultant N.Y. World's Fair, 1937-40. Report on E l Tranvia Municipal de Bogota, Bogota, Colom bia, South America, 1939. Fellow American Inst. E .E .; raem. Am. Soc. Mechanical Engrs., Am. Elec tric Ry. Assn. (pres. 1926-27). Clubs: Columbus (0 .) Club; Engineers, Bankers, Railroad (New York). Apptd., 1926, by Govt, of State of Victoria, Australia, to investigate and report on the Yailoum brown coal electricity generation scheme and connected power undertakings of the S tate Electricity Commn. of Vic toria. Horae: 1499 Roxbury Rd., Columbus, 0 . Office: 30 Broad S t., New York, N.Y.
SAWYERS, Mott Randolph, clergyman; b. Unionvllle, la ., July 5, 1870; s. Sylvester Heartley and Mary Flavia (Miller) S .; A.B./ Parsons Coll., Fairfield, la ., 1890, D.D., 1914; student Princeton, 1891; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1895; grad, study Union Tbeol. Sem., 1898-99; Ph.D., Western Union Coll., Lemars, la ., 1913: m. Rebecca M argaret Taylor, July 17,1907; Id a tr, RuthLaRue. Ordained'iministry Presbyn. C.h., 1903; pastor Unionville and Moulton, la., 189596, Centerville, 1897; state see. Ia. Anti-Saloon League, 1899-1902; pastor M t. Id a Presbyn. Ch., Davenport, la ,, 1902-11; gen. sec. Y.M.C.A., Daven port, 1911-13; pastor Avondale Presbyn. Ch., Cincin nati, 0 ., 1914-15; lecturer Rcdpath Lyceum Bur., 1915-17; in Y.M.C.A. service a t various army posts, 1917-19; pastor Centerville, 1920-40, pastor emeritus May 1, 1940; interim pastor, Congl. Ch., Anoka, Minn.,
since Jan. 1941. Mem. la* N.G. 3 yrs.; served with Y.M.C.A., Spanish-Am. War. Awarded engraved te sti monial of good citizenship " for more than 20 years of useful public service," 1940. Mem. Internal. Magna Charta Assn. (v.p. I a .) , Sons of Am. Revolution (sec. Minneapolis c h a p te r); life mem. Centerville Assn, of Commerce. Republican. Club: Commercial (ex-pres.) . W riter Pep Talks, syndicated weekly news paper feature, and contbr. stories and verse to mags. Author: Famous Friends of God, 1933; The Shepherd Who Abided, 1037. Home: 4801 Ewing Av. S:, Min nea polis,-M inn.
SAX, Karl, coll, prof.; b. Spokane, Wash., Nov. 2, 1S92; s. William L. and Minnie (Morgan) S.; B.S.,, Wash. S tate ColL, 1916; M.S., Harvard, 1917, D.Sc., 1922; m. Hally Jollvette, Sept. 22, 1915; children-- Karl Jolivette, William Peter, Edward Alan. Instr. in genetics, U. of Calif., 1919; plant breeder Riverbank Lab., 1919-20; biologist Me. Agrl. Expt. Sta., 1920-2S; asso. prof, cytology, Arnold Arboretum, Har vard, 1928-35, prof, of botany since 1935. Served as
It., C.A.C., U.S. Army, 1918-19. Mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences. U nitarian. Home: 380 South S t., Forest
Hills, Mass.
SAXE, Albert Moore (sSks), architect; b. Chicago, 111., Nov. 10, 1883; s. Alfred Jasper and Effie Adella (Moore) S .; student U. of 111., 1907-08; m. Irla Zim merman, May 15, 1909; children-- Emily Irla (dec.), Carbys Albert. Began practice a t Chicago, 1910; mem. Zimmerman, Saxe & MacBride of Chicago with branch office a t Sarasota, Fla. Prin. works: 111. State Peni tentiary, Stateville; Eastern Penitentiary, Graterford, P a.; Lincoln Hall, Administration Bldg, and Armory, U. of III.; Advertising Bldg., Arcade Bldg., Pulaski Park Field House, Humboldt Park Bldg., Garfield Park Bldg., Douglas Park Bldg., all of Chicago; Elks Temple, Aurora; Cusack Office Bldg., New York City; Miami Walgreen Bldg.. Miami, Fla. Commissioner of public works and chmn. Village Plan Coinmn. and cbmn. architectural advisory board, Flos-moor, 111.;
former mem. 111. State. Archtl. Commn. Sec. Nat. Com. on Prison Reform, 1919; mem. Nat. Com. on Prison Administration, 1020. del. Nat. Prison Con gress, 1919-21); chmn. City Plan Commn.: chmn. City Beautiful Commn., chmn. Rehabilitation Com. Am. Red Cross, Sarasota, Fla. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects (ex-pres. 111. Chapter), 111. Soc. Architects (ex-dir.), Florida Soc. of Architects, Art Institute, Chicago. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Tower Club, Olympia Fields Country (ex.-v.p.); Chicago Athletic Assn., Flossmoor Country, Central 111. Hunt ing (d ir.), Halifax River Yacht, Sarasota Bay Country (pres., d ir.), Sarasota, Florida, Kappa Sigma. Home: Flossmoor, III. j and Sarasota, Fla. Office: 43 E. Ohio
S t., Chicago, H I.; and 12 Commercial Court, Sarasota, SAYERS, Royd Ray, dir. U.S. Bureau of Mines,
Fla.
med. dir.; b. Crothersvilie, Ind,, Oct. 25, 1885; 8.
SAXE, John Godfrey, lawyer; b. Saratoga, N.Y.,
June 25, 1877; s. John Theodore and Mary (Bosworth)
S.; B.A., McGill U., 1897, M.A., 1914; LL.B., Co
lumbia, I960; LL.D., Middlebury, 1916, Vermont,
1940; m. Mary Sands, June 10, 1909. Admitted to
N.Y. -bar, 1900; mem. Saxe, Bacon & O'Shea; mem.
N.Y. Senate, 1911, 12; counsel to Gov. Glynn, 1914;
mem. Constl. Conv., N.Y., 1915; served as chmn. law
com. Dem. S tate Com. and chmn. or mem. many state
commits, and bar assn, corns.; chmn. exec. com. Bar
Assn. City of New York, 1928-29 and 1934-35; first
chmn. Joint Com. of all N.Y. City bar assns., 1930-
33. Trustee M etropolitan Museum of Art. Pres. N.Y.
S tate Bar Assn., 1935-37; mem. I'si Upsilon. Episco
palian. Clubs: M anhattan (pres. 1023-27 and 1929-
31), The Links. Downtown, Columbia University, Oak
land Golf, Links Golf, Deepdale Golf, National Golf
Links of America; Travellers (P aris). Author: Saxe's
Mamtad of Elections. 1918; Genealogy of Saxe Fam
ily in America; Charitable Exemptions in New York
S tate; Inter-S tate Divorce, New York System of Char
ities. Home: 525 Park Av. Office: 102 Maiden Lane,
New York, N.Y.
SAXE, M artin, lawyer; 6. New York, N X , Aug.
I Smith and Ida May (Lewis) S.; B.A., M.A., Indiana Univ., 1907; M.D., U. of Buffalo, 1914; m. Edna Linneo,' Feb. 26, 1923; 1 dau., Joan. Professor electro chemistry,. U. of Buffalo, 1011-13; med. dir., U.S.
Public Health Service since 1913; served as public health officer on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ``Comanche,'* 1917; detailed U.S. Bureau of Mines as chief surgeon and chief of Health and Safety Branch, 1917-33; chief, Div. of Industrial Hygiene, Nat. Inst, of Health, 1933-40; dir. U.S. Bureau of Mines since 1940. Mem. Nat. Conf. of Governmental Industrial Hygienists; professorial lecturer on inrisl. hygiene, George Wash ington Univ.; mem. Advisory Com. on Industrial Hy giene, Internat. Labor Office, Geneva, Switzerland (mem. corr. com. indsl. hygiene); raem. Air Hygiene Foundation of America; mem. Com. on Commercial Poiicy, Department of State; mem. Interdepartm ental Com. on Safety, and numerous other committees. In 1923, mem.,delegation of U.S. to Pan-Pacific Science Congress in Australia, serving as cbmn. sect, on hy giene among workers, particularly miners; visited mines of New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and European countries; chmn. same sect, when Pan-Pacific Science Congress met in San Francisco, 1939; chmn. Am. delegation to represent U.S.- at 8th Internat.
28, 1S74; s. Fabian and Theresa (Helburn) S .; spl. student Princeton U., 1890-93; LL.B., New York Law Sch., 1S97; m. Georgia Short Paxton, Apr. 22, 1912;
Congress for Prevention of Industrial and Occupational Diseases (Frankfort-on-Main,- Germany). Mem. Am. Public Health Assn. (chmn. pneumoconiosis com .),
1 dau., Prairie (Mrs. B. K. Day, d ec.). Law A.M.A., Am. Inst. Mining and Metal!. Engrs., Am. clerk Hastings & Gleason, 1897-1900; adm itted to Soc. Heating and Ventilating Engrs., Am. Gas Assn,
N.Y. bar, 1897; partner Saxe, Powell & Silver, 190515, Morris, D an te & Saxe, 1918-37, Saxe, Cole & An derson since 1937. Asst. corp. counsel, N X . City, 1902-04; state senator, 17th D ist., 1905-07, 18th D ist.,
(mem. various corns.), Assn, of Mil. Surgeons of the U .S., A.A.A.S., Mining Assn, of Montana, Jos. A. Holmes Safety Assn, (p res.); Washington Biophysical In s t.; Am. Assn, o f . Indsl_P hysicians^ad Surgeons
1907-09. Pres. N.Y. S tate Tax Commn., 1915-18; del. (past p res.). Author: numerous pubis, dealing with
and chmn. com. on taxation N.Y. S tate Constl. Corns., carbon monoxide, silicosis, high temperatures and
1915 and 193S. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., N.Y. S tate Bar humidities, health and safety in mines, toxic dusts
Assn., N.Y. County Lawyers Assn., Assn. Bar City of and gases, etc. Home: 607 Oronoco S t., Alexandria,
New York, Acad. Polit. Science, Nat. Tax Assn. Re publican. Clubs: Lotos, City, Lawyers (gov.), Nat. Republican, Princeton (New York). Co-author: The Taxation of Corporations, 1914; also various articles. Home: 101 Central Park West. Office: 76 Williams S t., New York, N X .
Va.
SAYLER, Oliver M artin, dramatic critic: b. H unt ington, Ind., Oct. 23, 1887; s. Samuel M artin and Luella C. (Daily) S.; A.B., Oberlin, 1909; m. Lucie V. Reichenbach, Sept. 18, 1920; 1 dau., Ida Lou. On staff Indianapolis News, 1909-20; corr. Boston Eve
SAXON, Oil Glenn (saks'Qn), business adm instrn.; ning Transcript, 1915-20. On leave of absence studied
b. Greenwood, S.C., Dec. 24, 1892; s. Tbaddeus Glenn European theatres, May-Sept. 1914, Russian theatres,
and Alla Eugenia (Pollard) S .; student Conway Hall, Sept. 1917-Aug. 1918; lecturer on be theatre and on
Carlisle, Pa., 1908-09, S t. Paul's Sch., Garden City, Russia; conductor " Footlight and Lamplight," weekly
N.Y., 1909-10; A.B., Harvard, 1914, LL.B., 1917; hon.
A.M., Yale, 1931; m. Catherine Marie Dunham, Sept.
25, 1919; children-- Olin Glenn, Jr., Philip Dunham,
Janet. Served as atty. and spl. agt. Dept, of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1917-19; law elk. Cravatb & Hen derson, New York, N.Y., 1919-20; asst, import mgr. G. Amsenck & Co., 1920-21; mgr. rubber dept. Ar nold, Dorr & Co., 1921-23; v.p., dir. and gen. mgr. Washington-Dean Co., New York, N.Y., 1923-31; prof, business adminstrn., Yale U., since 1931, head of div. of applied economics, fellow Saybrook Coll., 1934-39,. mem. gov. bd. Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale; dir. of research Republican Nat. Com., 1936-40; adviser to
Gov. Alfred Landon in 1936; commr. of finance and control, S tate of Conn, (on leave from Y ale), 1939-
40. Sec. Resolutions Com., Rep. N at. Conv.. 1940. At Field Arty., O.T.S., Camp Taylor, Ky., 1918. Mem. Rubber Exchange and Commodity Exchange, New York,
dram atic and literary review, broadcast over radio,
1924-29; founded Oliver M. Sayler, Inc., 1928; partner Marjorie Barkentin. Revisited Russian theatres, 1924,
33; Am. rep. Moscow Art Theatre and other theatres of Russia. Contbr. to magazines. Mem. P h i Beta
Kappa Fraternity. Author: Russia, W hite or Red, 1919; The Russian Theatre Under the Revolution, 1920 (revised and enlarged as The Russian Theatre,
1922); The Russian Players in America, 1923; Our American Theatre, 1923; Inside the Moscow Art Theatre, 1925; Revolt in the Arts, 1930. Editor: The Moscow Art Theatre Series o! Russian Plays, Series I, 1922, Series II, 1923; The Eleonora Duse Series of Plays, 1923; Max Reinhart and His Theatre, 1924; Plays of the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio. 1925. Mem. Am. Russian Inst. Clubs: Players, P.E.N. (New York), Address: 21 E. 37th St., New York, N.Y.
N.Y., 1927-32. Mem. Economists Nat. Com. on Mone SAYLES, John Manvllle (salz), educator; b. Mex
tary Policy, Phi B eta Kappa, D elta Upsilon Club, Phi ico, N X .. June 17, 1877; s. Manvllle F . and Ollie
Gamma Delta. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Newton (Antisdel) S .; A.B., Colgate U., 1900; Td.B.,
Harvard (New York C ity ); University (Washington, N.Y. S tate Coll, for Teachers, 1902; (hon.) Ed.D.,
D .C .); Graduate (New Haven), Hartford (Hartford, from Colgate Univ., 1937; m. Grace Inglehart, June
Conn.). Home: 53 Edgehill Bd, Address: 203 Shef 25. 1902: 1 son, Charles Inglehart. Prin. Richmond-
field H all, New Haven, Conn.
ville (N.Y.) High Sch., 1902-05, Glens Falls High
SAYE, James Newton (sa), lawyer; b. White County, Ark., Aug. 12, 1888: s. William Burrell and Lulu (Ilodges) S .; m. Leah Wells, Dec. 17, 1928; children -- Sarah Jane, Leah Wells. Stenographer and R.R. clerk, 1908-14; asst, to receiver of The S tate Nat. Bank, L ittle Rock, Ark., 1914-19; adm itted to Ark. bar, 1918, Tex. bar, 1931, bar of U.S. Supreme Court, 1932; practiced at L ittle Rock, and El Dorado, Ark*, until Mar. 1931; since practiced a t Longview,-Ter.; mem. Saye & Saye. Served in U.S. Army, Camp Pike, Ark., Aug.-Dee. 1918. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Tex. S tate Bar, Modem Woodmen of America. Address: Longview, Tex.
Sch., 1905, Model High Sch. a t N X . S tate Coll, for Teachers. Albany. 1905-06, Milne (Practice) High Sch.,. Albany, 1906-20; dir. teacher training, N.Y.
S tate Coll, for Teachers, 1920-39, acting pres, since Sept. 1939. Mem.. N.E.A., Nat. Soc. Teachers of
Edn., Academic Principals Assn, of N.Y. S tate (pres. ; 1937), Phi B eta Kappa, D elta Upsilon. Pres. S tar
Lake Hotel Co. Inc., S tar Lake, N.Y., 1037. Re publican. Presbyterian, Mason. Clubs: Rotary (pres, 1937-38), University (ex-prea.), Albany Country. Contbr, to ednl. mags. Frequent speaker a t ednl. meetings. Formulated program for ednl. theory through 2 yr. integrated course of extracurricular activities, required of freshmen and sophomores, and
SAYERS, Dorothy Leigh ( s ir s ) , B rit, author; b. illustrated in the sch. of practice. Holda monthly
Oxford. Eng., 1893; d. Rev. Henry and Helen Mary confs. and annual round table for teachers. Horae: (Leigh) Sayers; M.A., Oxford U., 1915; m. Atherton 681 Hudson Av., Albany, N.Y.
Fleming. 1926. Mem. Ch. of Eng. Club: Detection
(London). Author: Clouds of Witnesses, 1927; Daw son Pedigree, 1928: Lord Peter Views the Body. 1929; Strong Poison, 1930: Unpleasantness a t the Bellona Club. 1930; Suspicious Characters. 1031; Unnatural Death, 1931; Have His Carcass, 1932; Whose Body?, 1932; Hangman's Holiday, 1933; Murder Must Adver tise, 1933; Nine Tailors, 1934; Gaudy Night, 1936; Zeal of Thy House, 1937; Busman's Honeymoon, 1937; G reatest Drama Ever Staged, 1938; Devil to Pav. 1939; Strong Meat, 1939: In the Teeth of the Evidence, 1940; Begin Here: A Wartime Essay, 1940; The Mind of the Maker. !94t. Home: 24 Great James St.. Lon don, Eug.r W.C. 1; 24 Newland S t., Witbam, Essex,
SAYLES, Robert Wilcox, geologist; b. Pawtucket,
R .I., Jan. 29. 1878; s. Frederick Clark and Deborah Cook (Wilcox) 3 .; A.B., Harvard. 1901; m. Adelaide K, Burton, June 1, 1904; children-- Deborah W., Robert W. Began geol. work in Montana, 1899; curator Harvard Geol. Museum, 1907-28: research asso. Division of Geology, Harvard, since 1923. President of Baltic Mills Company. Fellow Geol. Soc. America, A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences. Am. Geog. Soc.; mem. Seismol. Soc. America. Am. Meteorol. Soc., Boston Soc. Natural History, Geol. Soc. Boston
(pres. 1928-29), Washington Acad. Sciences, Conf. Gcophys. Union. Trustee of the Boston, Mass., Chil dren's Museum. Author of monographs and papers
Eng.
on glacial geology and seismology. Research work on