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Haas, John Augustus William, president of Muhlenberg College; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 31, 1862; son of John C. and Margaret (Schur) Haas. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., with first honor, 1884, A.M. and B.D., 1887; took courses in theology in the University of Leipzig, and in 1902 he received the degree of D.D. from Thiel College. In 1914 the University of Pennsylvania conferred on him the degree of LL.D. He was ordained in the ministry of the Lutheran Church, and was pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in New York City, 1888-1896, securing a church building during that pastorate; was pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, New York City, 18961904, and was active in erecting the new $80,000 church. In 1904 he was elected president of Muhlenberg College, in which position he continues. Under his first ten years of work the student-body was doubled, and four new buildings were erected. President Haas is author of : A Commentary on St. Mark; Bible Literature; Biblical' Criticism; and articles in church publications. He was also co-editor and an extensive contributor to the Lutheran Cyclopedia. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Society of New York. He married in New York City, Oct. 6, 1891, Charlotte W. R. Boschen. Address, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. Haas,. Kalman, capitalist; born in Germany, Dec., 1840; married, New York City, 1881, Harriet Fatman; children: Robert, George, Edith. Founded in 1867, the house of Haas Brothers, wholesale grocers, San Francisco, Calif., who also control the quicksilver product of the United States. President Somerset Manufacturing Co., Raritan Woolen Mills; director Mutual Alliance Trust Co. of New York, Haas Brothers, Harvard Gold Mining Co., New Idria Quicksilver Mining Co., American Beet Sugar Co. President Mount Sinai Training School for Nurses; director Mount Sinai Hospital; member Chamber of Commerce of New York. Recreation : Traveling. Residence: 7 East 69th St. Office : 27 William St., N.Y. City. Haas, Walter Francis, lawyer; born, Moniteau Co., Mo., Nov. 12, 1867; son, John B. and Lena (Bruere) H. Edu.: grammar schools of Cal. and Mo.; high school, Los Angeles; read law in office of Houghton, Silent & Campbell. Moved to Cal., 1884. Member law firm, Haas & Dunnigan. City Atty. of Los Angeles, 1899 and 1900. Member Charter Revision Comm., 1902; City and County Consolidation Commission, 1904. Successively, City Atty. of Monrovia, Sierra Madre and Alhambra. Dir., German-American Savings Bank; Pres., Tampico Land, Lumber and Dev. Co.; Pres., Fidelia. Inv. Co.; Vice-pres., C. J. Kubach Bldg. Co.; Dir., K. & K. Brick Co. Lecturer for 9 years in Univ. of Sou. Cal. College of Law, on Public Corporations and Public Officers. Mem- ber : Chamber of Commerce, Past Master, Palestine Lodge 351, F. & A. M.; 32° Mason. Chmn. of Membership Committee, L.A. Bar Assn. Club : Union League and Jonathan Club. Republican. Res: 920 Alhambra road, Alhambra. Office : 302 Coulter Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
Hadden, Crowell, banker of Brooklyn, N.Y.; born New York City, Sept. 19, 1840; son of Crowell and Fanny (Ludlow) Madden; educated in Brooklyn College and Polytechnic Institute; married, Brooklyn, N.Y., May 29, 1866, Elizabeth Stevens; one child living. Vice-president and trustee Franklin Safe Deposit Company; president of the Brooklyn Savings Bank; treasurer and director Brooklyn Academy of Music; director Nassau National Bank, Brooklyn City Railroad Company, Realty Associates; eight years trustee Franklin Trust Company. Served three years in 23d Regiment, New York National Guard. Presbyterian. Trustee Children's Aid Society, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital; treasurer and trustee Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, First Presbyterian Church. Club : Hamilton.
Hadley, Howard Dunlop, dir. and 1st v.-p. Plattsburgh Chamber of Commerce, 34 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., was born, Westville, N.Y.; s. Albert Conroy and Sarah Anne (Dunlop) Hadley; ed. Franklin Acad., Malone, N.Y.; m. Plattsburgh, N.Y., June 19, 1901, Helen Edith Haughran; children : Helen Mary,' b. Jan. 8, 1903; John Haughran, b. Dec. 5, 1907. Originated and is successfully carrying on plan as pres. for Internat. Highway from Quebec, Can., to Miami, Fla., via Montreal, Plattsburgh, Troy, Albany, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia, Augusta, Savannah and Jacksonville. Deputy collector or sp'l deputy collector of customs, Dist. of Champlain, Port of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1899-1912. Took active and important part as mem. Exec. Cora. N.Y. State Barge Canal, Terminal Com. in moulding and bringing about adoption of plan for bld'g $19,800,000 worth of barge canal terminals in N.Y. State. Mem. Atlantic Deeper Waterways Ass'n, N.Y. State Waterways Ass'n; mem. Exec. Cora. N.Y. State Barge Canal Terminal Com.; 1st v.-p. Northern N.Y. Development League; mem. Exec. Com. Am. Com. for celebration of 100 years of Peace Among English Speaking People; ass't sec. Comm'n for celebration of 100th anniversary of Battle of Plattsburgh, last naval battle ever fought between English-speaking nations. Progressive; Episcopalian. Dir. Plattsburgh (N.Y.) Y.M.C.A. Recreations : Automobiling, power-boating, hunting, fishing, tennis. Club : Plattsburgh.
Haffen, Louis F., civil and mining eng'r, of 308 E. 162nd St., New York City, was born, in old Village of Melrose (then in Westchester County, now part of Borough of The Bronx), Nov. 6, 1854; of German-Irish parentage, his father, Matthias Haffen, being a native of Bavaria and his mother of Limerick, Ireland; ed. public schools, Fordham Coll., Univ. of Niagara, then returned to Fordham, graduating A.B:, 1875, A.M., 1877, Sch. of Mines Columbia Coll., C.E., E.M., 1879; m. 1886, and has nine children. Practiced civil engineering in Colo., Ariz. and Calif.,. 1882-1883; returned to N.Y. City and appt'd eng'r in Dep't of Parks, 1883, assigned to 23d and 24th Wards, now Borough of Bronx, in connection with surveying, laying out and opening of new streets and thoroughfares, the Dep't of Parks then having complete jurisdiction of all public improvements and care of streets in what was then known as the Annexed Dis.; received several promotions and became eng'r in charge and sup't of new parks now within the Borough of Bronx until May 1, 1893, when he was appt'd comm'r street improvements of 23d and 24th Wards, and in following Nov. elected to same office, which he held until the office was abolished Dec. 31, 1897; elected Nov., 1897 (the first election under the charter creating Greater N.Y.) to office of pres. of Borough of The Bonx, re-elected 1901, 1903, 1905; term expired Dec. 31, 1909. During his incumbency the population of The Bronx increased from 85,000 to 400,000 and the assessed valuation from $58,612,268 to $450,803,429. Democrat. Member Sch. of Science Alumni Ass'n of Columbia Univ., Alumni Ass'n of Fordham Univ., North Side B'd of Trade, Taxpayers' Alliance, Franz Schubert Mannerchor, Anion Liedertafel, and many other fraternal, civic, social and polit. org'ns.
Haga, Oliver 0., educator and lawyer of Boise, Idaho, was born Nov. 19, 1872, in Luverne, Minn. In 1898-1901 he was principal of the Boise High School; and has been president of the Board of Trustees of the Idaho State Industrial School. He is a member of the law firm of Richards and Haga; and takes a leading part in educational matters and in the industrial development of his state. He is vice-president of the Boise Title and Trust Company. He is president of the School Board and a member of the State Irrigation Securities Commission.
Hagadorn, Jesse Lee, physician; born Vassar, Mich., Mar. 1, 1872. Edu. : Parker's Latin School; M.D., College of Med., Univ. of Sou. Cal., 1893; interne, L.A. Co. Hosp., 1893-94. In practice Fullerton, Cal., 1894-95; Los Angeles, since 1895. Instr. and asso. prof. in Med. College of Med., Univ. of Sou. Cal., 1898-1906. Member : L.A. Co. Med. Assn., Sou. Cal. Med Soc., Cal. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn. Phi Rho Sigma Frat., Theta Nu Epsilon Frat. Res. : 1326 Douglas St. Office : Bumiller bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
Hagerty, Charles Henry, assistant general passenger agent Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburgh. Office : Louisville, Ky. Born July 4, 1862, at Columbus, 0. Entered railway service July 1, 1879, since which he has been consecutively to Nov. 1, 1879, with Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. at Columbus, 0.; Nov. 1, 1879, to 1882, clerk to general passenger agent Jefferson, Madison & Indianapolis Ry. at Louisville, Ky.; 1882 to 1884, assistant city ticket agent Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburgh at Louisville; 1884 to 1890, station ticket agent same lines same place; 1890 to 1894, city ticket agent same place; 1894 to 1911, district passenger agent same place; 1911 to date, assistant general passenger agent same lines same place.
Haggen, Edward Alexander, mining engineer and editor; born Dunedin, New Zealand, March 3, 1860; son of James and Christina (Aitken) Haggen. Educated at Dunedin High School; Dunedin Academy; Otago Univ. Married Annie Williams, March 16, 1886, at Napier, New Zealand. Did exploration work of projected route of Otago Cent. Ry., N.Z.; exploration Stewart Island Tin, N.Z.; exploration for coal, Bay of Plenty, Hauraki, goldfields,Otago gold and coal fields; mineral exploration, development and mine examinations in B.C., U.S. and Alaska. Editor Mining and Engineering Record; "Mining Handbook of B.C." Notary public and commissioner of Supreme Court. Managing director Technical Press, Ltd. Former mayor town of Woodville, N.Z.; member Bay ay Land Board, N.Z., Education Board for Hawke's Bay Province, N.Z.; High School' Commissioners for Prov. of Hawke's Bay. Member Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Canadian Mint Bing Inst., Vancouver Chamber of Mines, Vancouver, B.C. Liberal assn. contributor to technical publications. Medallist, Literature Ballarat Exhibition, Australia. Residence : Point Grey. Office: 1105 Dominion Bldg., Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Haidusek, A., lawyer, editor and banker, of La Grange, Tex.; born Moravia, Europe, Sept. 19, 1845; son of Valentine and Veronica (Kladiva) Haidusek ; educated in Texas; married, Fayette County, Tex., May 21, 1872, Anna Becka ; three children. Reared on a farm; left home at father's death, Dec. 23, 1867; engaged as common laborer, but kept up studies; taught school ; secured license to practice law, December, 1871; located in LaGrange, Tex., 1869; became interested in First National Bank, LaGrange, Tex., 1892, since which time has held position of president of same; editor of the "Svoboda," a weekly in LaGrange, Tex. Was elected mayor of LaGrange, Tex., 1876, and served two terms ; elected to State Legislature, 1880, and served one term ; 1884, elected county judge of Fayette County, Tex., served three terms ; was twice chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Fayette County, Tex.; twice delegate to Democratic National Convention. Served in the Confederate army during Civil War. Democrat; Roman Catholic. Director of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. United Workman, Knight, of Honor, member Alpha Tau fraternity.
Haile, John Chesnut, general passenger agent Central of Georgia Ry. Office Savannah, Ga. Born at Camden, S.C. Entered railway service 1875, since which he has been consecutively to Nov. 1, 1879, clerk general freight office Richmond & Danville Rd.; Nov. 1, 1879, to Oct. 1, 1886, chief clerk to assistant general freight and passenger agent same road at Columbia, S.C.; Oct. 1, 1886, to Dec. 1, 1889, agent same road at Columbus, Ga. ; Dec., 1889, to July 1, 1892, local and soliciting agent Central Rd. of Georgia at Columbus; July 1, 1892, to date, general passenger agent same road, now the Central of Georgia Ry. Haines, J. M., governor of the State of Idaho. He is governor of Idaho for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Boise City, Idaho. Haines, Robert Terrel, actor, Lambs Club, New York City, was born, Muncie, Ind., Feb. 3, 1870; s. Adelbert S. and Emma J. Haines; ed. in public schools of Kansas City, Mo.; grad. Univ. of Mo., LL.B.; m. Chicago, Dec. 22, 1910, Mrs. William Mac-Dowell. Has been on stage since 1891; was leading man with Viola Allen and afterward with Mrs. Fiske, Henry Miller and other stars and companies; starred in Darling of the Gods and Once Upon a Time ; more recently leading man with Grace George in Clothes, and, season 1907-1908, in the Rose of the Rancho ; The Spendthrift, season 1910-1911; in vaudeville (in the Coward), since 1911. Mem. Missouri Soc. in N.Y., Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Actors' Order of Friendship. Republican. Recreations : Golf, horseback riding. Clubs : Players, Lambs, Green Room. Haines, William T., governor of the State of Maine. He is governor of Maine for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Augusta.
Hairgrove, William N., lawyer and public official of Jacksonville, Ill., was born April 22, 1866, near Woodson, Morgan County, Ill. In 1908-10 he was a member of the Democratic state central committee, and in 1911-12 was city attorney of Jacksonville. He is the appointee of the attorney-general in the inheritance tax matter for Morgan, Pike, Brown, Scott and Adams counties.
Haldeman, William Birch, journalist and publisher, of 517 W. Ormsby St., Louisville, Ky., was born July 27, 1846, in Louisville, Ky. He has filled positions from police court reporter to general manager of the Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times. He is now one of the owners of those two publications, and is also editor of the Louisville Times.
Hale, Philip Henry, editor and publisher, of 3550 Vesta Ave., St. Louis, Mo., was born in 1850 in London, England. He has been editor of the Texas Live Stock Journal, 1880-90 ; editor and publisher of the Daily National Live Stock Reporter, National Stock Yards, Ill.; The Market, of St. Louis, 1890-1900 ; publisher "Live Stock Breeders' Directory of United States and Canada," 1887 (first of its kind), St. Louis, 1887; "Agricultural Blue Book" (20,000), "Live Stock Breeders," 1910, and "Book of Live Stock Champions," 1912. He has been editor of the National Farmer and Stock Grower, of St. Louis, since 1900.
Hall, Harry Alvan, jurist and author, was born in Karthaus, Pa., Oct. 7, 1861; educated at Dickinson Seminary, University at Lewisburg, St. Gregory College and Yale University ; holds the degrees of A.B. and LL.B.; was admitted to the bar in June, 1881. Elected a member of the Pennsylvania senate in 1890; appointed United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania in 1893; reappointed in 1897 and resigned the same year. Mustered into the United States service for the Spanish-American War, May 10, 1898, as captain of Company H, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, United States Volunteers ; served as judge advocate-general of the first corps on the staff of General Wilson ; was promoted major of his regiment for distinguished gallantry on the field at the battle of Coamo, Porto Rico, Aug. 9, 1903, and by general orders of Lieutenant-General Miles was sent to Washington to present the Spanish flags captured in that action to President McKinley. He was vice-commander-in-chief of the National Association of Spanish-American War Veterans, and commander-in-chief of the National Commandery, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War; was delegate to the Democratic conventions of 1884 and 1888, and delegate-atlarge in 1892 ; he was for thirteen years general counsel for the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy in the United States; was knighted in 1905 by Emperor Francis Joseph with the officers' cross of the Order of Francis Joseph. Has been general counsel for several railroads, and made a specialty of railroad, corporation and international law ; during his term as United States attorney was chosen by the Interstate Commerce Commission to try the test cases under that act. He was elected president judge of the twenty-fifth judicial district of Pennsylvania in 1906. Is a Fellow of the American Geographical Society and a member of the Authors' Club of London, England. He is an author, linguist and traveler. He married, June 10, 1886, Currin, daughter of the late Colonel R. C. McNairy, of Nashville, Tenn. Hall, L. E., governor of the State of Louisiana. He is governor of Louisiana for the term of 1910-14, and resides at Baton Rouge, La. Hall, William Edwin, lawyer, of 127 William St., New York City, was born, St. Marys, Pa., March 25, 1878; son of James Knox Polk (ex-congressman from Pa.) and Kate M. (Hyde) Hall ; grad. Haverford Sch., Lawrenceville Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1900, Harvard Univ., LL.B., 1903; married, Bridgeport, Conn., April 5, 1904, Marguerite Wood ; children : Marguerite Wood, born May 22, 1905 ; Susan Beardslee, born June 5, 1910. With Shearman & Sterling, lawyers, 1903-1905; associated with Hon. Martin L. Stover, ex-judge of Supreme Court of N.Y., since 1906, under firm name of Stover, Hall & Freeman, now Stover & Hall. Pres. and dir. Trojan Powder Co., Pa. Trojan Powder Co., Cal. Trojan Powder Co., Independent Non-Freezing Powder Co.; dir. St. Marys Nat. Bank, Portland & Northern R.R., St. Marys & Western R.R. Co., Kaul & Hall Lumber Co., Russell Car & Snow Plow Co., Milton Brick Co., St. Marys Oil & Gas Co. Episcopalian. Member Berzelius Soc., Yale Univ., Assn. Bar City of N.Y. Clubs : Yale, Berzelius, Lawyers. Hall, Winfield Scott, physician, author, teacher and lecturer ; born at Batavia, Ill., Jan. 5, 1861; son of Albert Nelson Hall and Adelia (Foote) Hall. Graduated from Northwestern University as B.S. in 1887, M.D. in 1888; Leipzig University as M.D. in 1894; A.M., Ph.D., 1895;
intern of Mercy Hospital, Chicago, in 1888 and 1889 ; instructor in biology and head of department of biology, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, from 1889 to 1893; student in Leipzig University, Germany, from 1893 to 1895; professor of physiology at the Northwestern University Medical School since 1895, and junior dean of faculty from 1901 to 1913; lecturer on dietetics, digestion and metabolism in Mercy Hospital, Chicago, and in Wesley Hospital; also lecturer on physiology of muscular exercise at the Young Men's Christian Association Institute and Training School. He is author of : "Text-Book of Physiology,"
"Manual of Experimental Physiology," "Reproduction and Sexual Hygiene," in 1906; also several smaller works on physiology and many articles in journals of Germany, England and America. Is an Independent in politics and a Presbyterian in his religious faith. Is a fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago Academy of Sciences ; member of the American Medical Association, American Physiological Society ; member of Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Nu Sigma Nu and Alpha Omega Alpha fraternities. He married at Juniata, Neb., Oct. 11, 1888, Jeannette Winter, and they have four children: Ethel Hall, born in 1893; Albert Winter Hall, born in Switzerland, in 1895 ; Reymond Ludwig Hall, born in 1897, and Muriel Hall, born in 1903. Residence : 3136 Ivison Ave., Berwyn,
Ill. Office address : Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill.
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Men of 1914, Chicago, Ill, 1915
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