Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches
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Grimm, Karl Josef, educator, scientist and librarian of Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg, Pa., was born June 10, 1871, in Germany. He has been fellow and research fellow in Johns Hopkins University, 1897-1901; also assistant in the Oriental Seminary of Johns Hopkins University; professor of modern language in Wis. College, Collegeville, Pa., 1901-06. Since 1906 he has been professor of the German language and literature and librarian in Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa.

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Griscom, Clement Acton, Jr., corporate official; born in Philadelphia, June 20, 1868; son of Clement A. and Frances Canby (Biddle) Griscom. He was educated in the schools of Geneva, Switzerland, Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, and at the University of Pennsylvania, Ph.B., 1887. Mr. Griscom was formerly supervisor, manager and general manager of the International Navigation Co., the International Mercantile Marine Co., and resigned in 1904. He is now president and director of The GriscomRussell Co., president and director of Audiffren Refrigerating Machine Co.; director Empire Trust Co. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, New York Produce Exchange, Maritime Exchange, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania, American Museum of Natural History, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Pennsylvania Society of New York, Society of Colonial Wars, General Alumni Society of the University of Pennsylvania, New York Zoological Society, American National Red Cross Society. Mr. Griscom is also a member of the Union, City Midday and University of Pennsylvania Clubs of New York City; University, Philadelphia, St. James' Club of London, England, and of the Somerset Hills Country Club of Bernardsville, N.Y. Mr. Griscom married in Grace Church, New York City, Sept. 18, 1889, Genevieve Sprigg Ludlow, and they have two sons. Address: 21 Washington Square, North, New York City.

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Griswold, Edward Payson Hammond, physician, of 438 First St., Niagara Falls, N.Y., was born, Rocky Hill, Conn., July 22, 1855; son of Rufus W. and Esther E. (Hammond) Griswold; graduated Med. Dept. Univ. City of N.Y., 1878; married, Lockport, N.Y., April 3, 1883, Marion White. On staff of Hartford Hosp., 1878-79; member U.S. Pension Ed., Hartford, Conn., 18921898. Pres. Niagara County, N.Y., Soc. Prevention of Cruelty to Children; chaplain Niagara Falls Lodge of Elks. Republican; Presbyterian. Member Niagara County, N.Y., Med. Soc., N.Y. Acad. of Med.

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Gronna, Asle J., United States senator from North Dakota, was born Dec. 10, 1858, in Elkader, Iowa. He taught school for two years at Wilmington, Minn. He removed to South Dakota in 1897, where he was engaged in farming and teaching. He is a merchant and banker, and also extensively engaged in farming. He was a member of the territorial legislature of 1889. He was elected to the fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses. He is now United States senator from North Dakota.

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Grosvenor, Charles Henry, lawyer; born at Pomfret, Conn., Sept. 20, 1833; son of Major Peter Grosvenor, who served in the 10th Connecticut Regiment in the War of 1812, and grandson of Colonel Thomas Grosvenor of the 2d Connecticut Regiment in the Revolution. He was taken to Ohio by his father in 1838, attended a few terms in a country log schoolhouse in Athens County, Ohio; taught school and studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. He was chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association from its organization for many years. He served in the Union Army, in the 18th Ohio Volunteers, from July, 1861, to November, 1865; was major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel and brevet brigadier-general of volunteers, commanding a brigade at the battle of Nashville, in December, 1864. He has held divers township and village offices; was a member of the State House of Representatives of Ohio, 1874-1878, serving as speaker of the house two years; was presidential elector for the Fifteenth District of Ohio in 1872, and was chosen to carry the electoral vote of the State to Washington; was presidential elector at large in 1880; was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, at Xenia, 1880-1888, and president of the Board for five years; was a delegate at large to the National Republican Convention at St. Louis in 1896, and again to the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia in 1900; was elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-third,fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses. He is nationally known as a strong supporter of the American protective system of tariffs on imports and also for his knowledge of political statistics and for his ability in political forecasts. Address: Athens, Ohio.

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Grundy, George Geoffrey, secretary and general manager Temiscouata Ry. Office: Riviere du Loup, Que. Born June 12, 1877, at Brecon, England. Educated at Christ College at Brecon, England. Entered railway service 1893, since which he has been consecutively to 1897, clerk in chief engineer's office and clerk in superintendent's office Quebec Central Ry. at Sherbrooke, Que.; 1897 to 1898, in engineering department Canadian Pacific Ry.; 1898 to 1900, assistant engineer for Mackenzie, Mann & Co.; 1901 to 1909, superintendent Temiscouata Ry.; 1909 to date, secretary and general manager and director same road.

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Gudger, James M., congressman, was born in North Carolina. He served as a member of the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth and sixty-second congresses, and was re-elected to the sixty-third congress as a Democrat, and resides in Asheville, N.C.

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Guerin, Edmund, jurist; born Dec. 25, 1858, at Montreal, Canada; educated in Montreal College (Sulpician) and McGill University (degrees of B.A., 1878; B.C.L., 1881; D.C.L., 1911). Has been twice married, first to Marie Evans, and then to Mary Catherine Sexton; commissioner of pilots' court, 1901-07; crown prosecutor, District of Montreal, 1905-07; has been judge of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec since Jan. 7, 1907; president of the Graduates' Society of McGill University. Member of St. . Patrick's Society and the Knights of Columbus. Clubs: St. James, University. Address: Court House, Montreal, P.Q., Canada.

Guerin, James John Edmund, M.D. C.M., LL.D., T.C.D., K.C.S.G.; born at Montreal, 1856; son of the late Thomas Guerin; C.E.; chief hydraulic engineer Department of Public Works of Canada; educated at Montreal College and McGill University (M.D., C.M.); member of the Quebec Legislature 1895 to 1905; member of the Marchand and of the Parent cabinets, 1897 to 1905; M.D. (Honoris causa), Laval University, Quebec, 1902; professor of clinical medicine, Laval University, Montreal; president of the Medical Board of the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Montreal; member of the Council of Public Instruction of the Province of Quebec; mayor of Montreal, 1910-1911; represented the city of Montreal at the funeral of his late majesty King Edward VH, and at the coronation of His Majesty King George V; LL.D., Trinity College, Dublin, 1912; created Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by His Holiness Pope Pius X, 1911; married (1883) Mary, daughter of the late Hon. James O'Brien, Canadian senator. Address: "Aherlow," 4 Edgehill Avenue, Montreal.

Guerin, Jules, artist, illustrator and mural painter, of 24 Gramercy Park, New York City, was born, St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 18, 1866; son of Richmond Lee and Louise (Davis) Guerin; educated at Paris, France, under Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant; finishing acad. work, 1894; married, N.Y. City, 1902, Mary Mulford. Traveled in France, England, Ireland, Holland, Morocco, Dalmatia, Greece and Turkey; five years in France, four years in Holland, sketching. Made French Chateaux, Pictures of Egypt, Pictures of Holy Land, for Century Magazine; made drawings for civic improvement of Washington, D.C. Has received numerous medals in France and U.S., including medals from Paris Expo., 1900, and La. Purchase Expo., 1904. Mem. Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters, Nat. Soc. Mural Painters; Dir. Color and Decoration, Panama-Pacific Expo.; mein. Am. Water Color Soc., N.Y. Water Color Club. Club: Players.
  

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Guernsey, Frank Edward, congressman, was born Oct. 15, 1866, in Dover, Me. In 1897-99 he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, and in 1.903 was a member of the Maine State Senate. He is president of the Piscataquis Savings Bank at Dover, Me. In 1908-09 he was a representative from Maine to the sixtieth congress to fill a vacancy, and was reelected to the sixty-first, sixty-second, sixty-third and sixty-fourth congresses as a Republican, and was reelected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-17, and resides in Dover, Me.

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Gullord, Adolph, banker, born in Wisconsin, Jan. 21, 1866; son of Even 0. and Helen (Heprud) Gullord; educated. by parents in school at Black River Falls, Wis., and commercial course at Valparaiso, Ind.; married, Slayton, Minn., Feb. 6, 1889, Bessie Dawson of Illinois; children: William Earl, Laura Pearl, Everett Russell. Bookkeeper and teller State Bank of Slayton, Minn., Aug. 31, 1902, to Oct. 7, 1907; cashier and director of First National Bank of Iona., Minn., since Oct. 7, 1907. Previous to banking career, clerked in stores for several years and was deputy register of deeds for Murray County, Minn., three years. Has always been a Republican, is a member of the M.E. Church at Slayton, Minn.; also a member of the I.O.O.F. and various other fraternal and benevolent societies. Address: Iona., Minn.

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Gunnison, Almon, president of St. Lawrence University; born in Hallowell, Me., March 2, 1844; son of Nathaniel and Ann L. (Foster) Gunnison. He was prepared at Green Mountain Institute, Woodstock, Vt., Dalhousie College, Halifax, N.S., and was graduated from Tufts College, and in divinity from St. Lawrence University. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by the St. Lawrence University, and the degree of LL.D. by Union College and Tufts College. After completing his studies, he entered the Universalist ministry, settling first at Bath, Me. Three years afterward he was called to All Souls' Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., where he remained twenty years, then to the First Universalist Church of Worcester, Mass., for ten years. From there he was called to the presidency of St. Lawrence University, Canton; which position he now occupies. He is one of the editors of The Geographical Magazine, and editorial writer for the Christian Leader, and was for ten years a trustee of the General Convention of Universalists. Dr. Gunnison has made eight tours abroad, visiting Europe, Asia and Africa; has written two books: Rambles Overland, and Wayside and Fireside Rambles; has been a frequent contributor to magazines, and has lectured extensively. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. He married, at Canton, N.Y., July 7, 1868, Ella E. Everest, and they have one son: Frederick E., lawyer and president of the Home Trust Co., Brooklyn—and a daughter, Mrs. Guy L. Harrington of Brooklyn, N.Y. Address: Canton, N.Y.

Gunnison, Frederick Everett, lawyer, banker; born, Canton, Ohio, May 28, 1869; son of Almon and Ella (Everest) Gunnison; graduated from Columbia Univ. A.B., 1890; New York Univ., A.M., LL.B.; married, Montclair, Nov. 22, 1899, Rose Iantha Fancher; children: Almon Gage (deceased), Elsa. Member firm of Harris, Corwin, Gunnison Meyers; president Home Trust Co. of New York; director Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad, East Brooklyn Savings Bank; chairman Gas and Electric Light Commission of New York State. Republican; Universalist. Clubs: Union League (former president), Brooklyn, Hamilton, Crescent, Municipal. Residence: 79 Argyle Road, Brooklyn. Offices: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, and 150 Nassau St., N.Y. City.

Gunnison, Herbert Foster, journalist, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; born, Halifax, N.S., June 28, 1858; son of Rev. Nathaniel and Ann L. (Foster) Gunnison; graduated from St. Lawrence University, A.M., 1880 (Phi Beta Kappa); married, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1886, Alice May; children: Raymond M., Florence, Foster. Began with Brooklyn Times and since 1882 has been connected with Brooklyn Eagle, being stockholder and business manager, and for three years was Albany correspondent. Treasurer, secretary and director Eagle Warehouse & Storage Co.; trustee Nassau Trust Co. and Williamsburg Savings Bank. Author: "Two Americans in a Motorcar," "Flatbush of Today," "Out on Long Island," and other books. Has traveled extensively in United States and Europe. Republican; Universalist. Member many civic and charitable organizations. Was trustee Brooklyn Public Library; executive member City Planning Committee; now trustee Flat-bush Boys' Club, Brooklyn Bureau of Charities, All Souls' Universalist Church. Clubs: Brooklyn, Hamilton, Hanover, Municipal.

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Gunther, Charles Frederick, naval officer, merchant, manufacturer and public official of Chicago, Ill., was born March 6, 1837, in Wildberg, Wurtemberg, Germany. In 1842 he came to the United States, and received his education in the public schools. For several years he was a bank cashier, and during the Civil War he served in the Confederate navy. Since 1868 he has been a manufacturing confectioner; is president Gunther Confectionery and Chocolate Co., and has built up an extensive business in Chicago, Ill. He served two terms as a member of the Chicago Common Council, and in 1900-04 he served two terms as city treasurer. He owns one of the finest collections of Washington and Lincoln relics, and also a collection of historical manuscripts. He is president of the Coliseum; a thirty-third degree Mason; a trustee of the Chicago Academy of Science; a trustee of the Chicago Historical Association, and a member of the Chicago Art Institute, and a member of the Union League and Iroquois Clubs, Southern Club and Athletic Club.

Gunther, Franklin Mott, first secretary United States legation at Lisbon, Portugal, was born Feb. 28, 1885, in New York City. He graduated from Harvard University and from the Ecole des Science Libres at Paris, France. In 1908-09 he was private secretary to the American ambassador to Japan, and in 1909-10 was third secretary American embassy at Paris. In 1911 he became secretary of the legation at Managua, Nicaragua, and from June 25, 1911, to Jan. 17, 1912, was United States charge d'affaires at Managua, Nicaragua. Since Feb. 1, 1912, he has been first secretary of the American legation at Lisbon, Portugal.

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Gussow, Hans Theodor, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Can., was born, Breslau, Germany, Aug. 24, 1879. Royal Bot. Gardens, Breslau, 1894-96; Leipzig, 1898-99; Berlin, 1889-1900. Assistant to consulting botanist, Royal Agr. Soc., England, 1903- 1909; chief, div. bot., Cent. Exp. Farm, Ottawa, 1909- Dominion Botanist, 1910-F.A.A., Assn. Econ. Biol.; Royal Micros. Soc.; hon. mem. Royal Hort. Soc. (mem. sci. committee); Verein. fur angewandte Bot.; Soc. Mycol. de France. Mycology; bacteriology; diseases of plants.

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Gutelius, Frederick Passmore, born Dec. 21, 1864, at Mifflinburg, Pa. Graduated from Lafayette College as civil engineer, 1887. Entered railway service 1888, since which he has been consecutively to 1892, assistant engineer and assistant supervisor Pennsylvania Co. at Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1885 to 1898, general superintendent Columbia & Western Ry.; 1898 to 1900, division superintendent Canadian Pacific Ry.; 1900 to 1902, various positions in engineering department same road; 1902 to March, 1906, engineer maintenance of way same road at Montreal, Canada; March, 1906, to Sept., 1908, assistant chief engineer; Sept., 1908, to Jan., 1911, general superintendent Lake Superior division; Jan., 1911, to Feb., 1912, general superintendent eastern division same road at Montreal; resigned to become member of Canadian government commission to investigate transactions involved in construction of National Transcontinental Ry.

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Guth, William Westley, university president of San Jose, Cal., was born Oct. 15, 1871, in Nashville, Tenn. He has been pastor at West Chelmsford, and Cambridge, Mass., for a number of years. He is author of the "Assurance of Faith" and other works.

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Gutru, George H., banker; born Newman Grove, Neb., Nov. 7, 1881; son of Levi and Ingeborg (Olson) Gutru; graduated Newman Grove High School, Omaha College; married, Newman Grove, Neb., Sept. 14, 1905, Phoebe Tessin. President Newman Grove State Bank of Newman Grove, Neb.; director The Citizens' State Bank of Albion, Neb. Republican; Lutheran. Elk. Address: Newman Grove.
 

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