Board of Health, 1900-05; as presi-
dent of the board in 1904 inaugu-
rated the plan for establishing a
Federal Experiment Hospital in
Hawaii for furthering the research
work for a cure of leprosy; ap-
peared before the Public Health
Service Convention, Washington, D.
C., with the plan which resulted in
an appropriation by Congress of
$100,000 for equipment and $50,000
annually for maintenance. Com-
missioner of Public Health, 1904;
ex-member Board of Medical Exam-
iners; commissioner Insanity Com-
mission; chief surgeon, Oahu Rail-
way and Land Co. Regimental
surgeon Hawaiian troops under
Provisional Government, 1893; for
Republic of Hawaii, 1895-98; com-
missioned Surgeon General with
rank of Lieut. Colonel, National
Guard of Hawaii; completed course
in the first class of the Field Serv-
ice School for Medical Officers, Ft.
Leavenworth, Kan., 1912; commis-
sioned major, M. R. C., U. S. Army,
Dec. 15, 1917; Lt.-Col., Oct. 10, 1918;
Colonel M. R. C., Dec. 1919; dis-
charged from active service, U. S.
Army, July 30, 1919. Member of
Pacific, University (ex-president),
Oahu Country, Oahu Polo and Rac-
ing, Rotary and Ad Clubs of Hono-
lulu; Fellow American Medical
Assn.; member and ex-president
Hawaiian Medical Society; mem-
ber of Assn. of Pacific Coast R. R.
Surgeons; Past Potentate Aloha
Temple; Knights Templar; 1st Ex-
alted Ruler, B. P. O. E., No. 616,
1900.
COOPER, CHARLES JOSHUA,
treas. and office manager Pan-
Pacific Traders, Ltd., Honolulu;
born Toledo, Iowa, Sept. 1, 1866;
son of Charles E. and Martha E.
(Quintard) Cooper; married Kath-
erine E. Arb, at Denver, Colo.,
June 4, 1900; one child, Zenaide K.
Educated at Leander Clark College,
Toledo, Iowa; graduate Tama
County Iowa Normal Inst., 1887;
holds life diploma, teacher, for Iowa.
Prin. high school, Toledo, Iowa,
1891-99; supt. schools, Rising City,
Neb., 1899-1900; with U. S. Quar-
termaster Dept., Honolulu, 1900-02;
U. S. Customs service, Honolulu,
1902-20; treas. and office manager,
Pan-Pacific Traders, Ltd., Hono-
lulu, since 1920. Served in Cuban
campaign with 49th Reg. Iowa Natl.
Guard, 1898, as commisisoned offi-
cer. Member Masonic and Elks
Lodges; Outrigger Canoe Club,
American and Hawaiian Philatelic
Societies, Sons of Veterans.
COOPER, HENRY E., lawyer, re-
tired, Honolulu; born at New Al-
bany. Ind., Aug. 28, 1857; son of
William Giles Cooper; educated
common schools of Boston; LL. B.,
Boston University, 1878; married
Mary E. Porter, of San Diego,
Calif., Oct. 2, 1883. Admitted to
bar, Suffolk Co., Mass., 1878;
came to Honolulu, 1890; chairman
committee of safety, Hawaiian
Revolution. Jan. 14-17, 1893; on
Jan. 17, 1893, read proclamation
abrogating monarchial government
in Hawaiian Islands and estab-
lishing provisional government;
member Advisory Council, Provi-
sional Government, Jan-Mar., 1893;
circuit court judge, 1st Circuit,
Hawaiian Islands, 1893-95; minister
of foreign affairs, 1895-99; acting
president Republic of Hawaii, Jan.
9-Mar., 1898; minister of Public
Instruction, June 1896 -Mar. 1899;
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attorney general Hawaii from Mar.
1899 to June, 1900; minister of the
interior ad interim, 4 terms; min-
ister of finance ad interim, three
terms; president Board of Health,
March 1899 to Jan. 5, 1900; ap-
pointed first secretary, Hawaiian
Territory, June 14, 1900; Repub-
lican.
COOPER, THEODORE A., book-
keeper and cashier, Waianae Co.,
Waianae, Oahu; born San Diego,
Calif., Oct. 28, 1889; son of Henry
E. and Mary E. (Porter) Cooper.
Graduated Oahu College, Honolulu,
1908, and spent one year at Col-
lege of Hawaii, 1908-09. Engineer-
ing, construction work. Fort Ruger,
Honolulu. 1909; clerk and teller.
Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., 1911-17;
with Pioneer Mill Co., Lahaina,
Maui, 1920; appointed present po-
sition 1920; war service, enlisted
319th Engrs., San Francisco, Jan.
1918; trained Camp Fremont, Calif.,
one year's service in France; dis-
charged, Sept. 21, 1919. Member
Commercial Club, Hawn. Lodge
No. 21, F. & A. M.
COREY, EDGAR ALLEN POE,
Y. M. C. A. secretary, Hilo, Ha-
waii; born at Spokane, Wash..
Apr. 3. 1886; son of William Allen and
Eliza G. (Coffin) Corey; married
Pearl E. Waters, July 4, 1915. at
Santa Clara, Cal. ; two children:
Madeline Belle and Douglas Qua id.
Attended University of Calif.. 1913
and 1914; membership secy., Berke-
ley Y. M. C. A., 1913-'l5; boys'
work. Santa Clara Co., Cal., 1916;
asst. gen. secy. Oakland Y . M . C .
A, 1917-18; dist. social director
Army & Navy Y. M. C. A., Hono-
lulu, 1919; organizer and first secy.
Hilo Y. M. C. A., 1920. Before
entering Santa Barbara high school
in 1908 had six years' varied busi-
ness experience, including electrical
work in mines of Brit. Columbia.
Manager 1920 Financial Campaign
for $50,000, Hawaii Island Welfare
Bureau. Member Hilo Ad Club,
Yacht Club, Board of Trade.
CORREA, ANTONIO G., lawyer,
Hilo, Hawaii; born at Funchal, Ma-
deira, May 13, 1871; son of Antonio
B. and Maria A. Perreira; adopted
by M. G. and Albertina S. Correa;
educated in public and private
schools of Hawaii and San Fran-
cisco ; studied law in office of the
late Paul Neumann; married Julia
Sylva in Honolulu, Sept. 18, 1909;
three children: Antone C., Priscilla
M. and Matilda S. Came to Ha-
waii, 1879; naturalized, 1890; ad-
mitted to practise law district
courts of Hawaii. April 19, 1892;
all courts of Hawaii. Feb. 4, 1896;
U. S. district courts in Hawaii,
Feb. 21. 1921; all courts state of
California, Jan. 21. 1907; deputy
county attorney. County of Ha-
waii since Jan. 1, 1919. Member
Ancient Order of Foresters and Or-
der of Owls.
CORREA, FRANK M., merchant,
Honolulu; born at Kula, Maui, T.
H-, November 16, 1890; son of
Frank G. and Marion (Mederios)
Correa; married Nathalie Rodri-
gues in Honolulu, June 10, 1914;
four children: Melvin, George,
Francis, Nathalie. Educated in
public schools and St. Louis Col-
lege, Honolulu. Began career as
bookkeeper and cashier Oahu Ice
and Electric Company at age of
18; was forced to retire a year
later on account of poor health;
occupied similar positions with
Maui Auto Co., Maui, and Pioneer
Store, Wailuku, Maui, two years;
manager of Pioneer Store four
years; started dry goods business
in Honolulu in partnership with J.
V. Fernandes, October 2, 1916; pur-
chased interest in Whitney and
Marsh, Ltd., dry goods business,
May 1, 1918; purchased his part-
ner's interest Sept., 1918; incorpo-
rated Home of Linens, Ltd., Dec.,
1918, becoming controlling stock-
holder, vice-president and man-
ager. Member Chamber of Com-
merce of Honolulu, Board of Retail
Trades, Ad Club, Foresters, San
Antonio Society, St. Louis College
Alumni, Columbus Welfare Club.
COSTA, ANTONE FRANCIS,
postmaster, Wailuku, Maui; born
Kohala, Hawaii. April 2, 1886; son
of Manuel and Emilia (Nevis)
Costa; married Laura Lewis, at
Wailuku, May 6, 1912. Attended
St. Ann School, Kohala and fin-
ished commercial course, Honolulu
Y. M. C. A. Began as clerk, Ko-
hala Sugar Co. store, Hawaii;
timekeeper, Kohala Plantation;
clerk, Henry May & Co., Honolulu;
office assistant, Metropolitan Meat
Market, Honolulu; bookkeeper, Pu-
unene Store, Kahului, Maui, 1909-
1911; asst. postmaster, Kahului,
1911-13; postmaster Wailuku, since
1913- Was sgt. in 3d Inf., N. G. H.,
honorably discharged, 1917; master
of exchequer, Aloha Lodge, No. 3,
K. of P., 1920-21; terrtl. secy, for
Natl. League of Postmasters of
America; member Maui Chamber
of Commerce, Maui Co. Fair &
Racing Assn., Maui Gun Club, St.
Antonio Society.
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A. F. COSTA
ALBERT M. CRISTY
WENDELL F. CROCKETT
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COSTA, AUGUSTO SOUZA, busi-
nessman, Wailea, Hawaii; born in
Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azo-
res, Aug. 20, 1887; son of Antonio
Souza and Marie Neves (Ribeiro)
Costa; educated public schools of
Honomu and Puhakupuka. Hawaii;
was clerk, Honohina store, Hawaii,
1901-03; in newspaper work, Hawaii
Herald, Hilo; A Setta. Hilo; O Re-
porter. Oakland, Calif., 1903-08; in
office of LeBlond & Smith, attor-
neys, and Portuguese- Spanish inter-
preter, 4th Circuit Court, Hilo,
1910-12; U. S. storekeeper-gauger,
Hilo, 1913-17, and deputy internal
revenue collector, in charge, Hilo,
1917-19; president and mgr. Wailea
Milling Co., Ltd., Hakalau, Hawaii,
since Aug. 1, 1919. Member Francis
Council No. 573, Y. M. I, Hilo, and
has held every office in same; mem-
ber Sociedade Lusitana, B. de Ha-
waii, Honolulu.
COYNE, ARTHUR, merchant,
Honolulu; born London, Ont-, Can-
ada March 21, 1867; son of Thos.
G. and Elizabeth (Peel) Coyne;
grandfather founded American
branch of family, coming from
London Cury. Ireland, 1812; mothers
people originally from Belfast. Ire-
land; married Sarah Amelia Bruns
(deceased) at Honolulu; married
Grace Yale Dickey, at Honolulu,
March 23, 1918. Educated in pub-
lic schools, London, Ont.: began
business career with furniture man-
ufacturer, London, Ont.; entered
Canadian Army, 1884, serving
through Riel Rebellion, 1885, as
member 32d Huron Vols.; arrived
Honolulu, 1889, and re-entered fur-
niture business with J. Hopp & Co.;
resumed military service at out-
break Hawaiian Revolution, 1693,
as 1st Lieut, under Provisional
Govt.; promoted Capt-, 1896, and
retired in that grade, 1898. Re-
entered military service in Nation-
al Guard of Hawaii, 1903; Lieut. -
Col., 1907, and Colonel, 1913, and re-
tired at own request. May 9, 1914;
holds certificate of eligibility as
Colonel, U. S. Vols., dated April 25,
1916; was four times shooting mem-
ber of Hawaii Shooting Team at
national shoots, and two other times
coach and captain respectively; en-
tered business for himself, Coyne
Furniture Co. (pres.), 1899. Ap-
pointed capt. Orel. Section. Officers'
Res. Corps, U. S. A., Sept. 4, 1917,
and called active service Jan. 17,
1918. Served during war at Camps
Shelby, Meigs and Kendrick. Dis-
charged Jan. 16, 1919. Appointed
capt. Ord. Section, O. R. C., April
11, 1919.
CRAIG, JOHN HENRY, archi-
tect and builder, Honolulu: born
April 28, 1864 at Toronto, Canada;
son of John and Annie (Cristie)
Craig; married Annie Cox, June
2, 1884, at Hamilton. Canada; two
children; Edna May (Knudsen)
and Nina Grace (McCorriston).
Educated, Central Grammar School
(Toronto), Collegiate Institute of
Hamilton; entered business in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1886; removed to
Honolulu. 1889; has designed and
constructed many of Honolulu's
large business blocks, schools and
residences; holds interests in sev-
eral plantations; former member
Board of Immigration and Board
of License Commissioners; Mason.
CRAWFORD, DAVID L., ento-
mologist, Honolulu; born March 7,
1889, at Sonora, Mexico; son of
Matthew and Harriet Crawford;
married Leona Mudgett, June 25,
1914, at Claremont, Calif.; two chil-
dren: James and Joan. Educated
Pomona College, 1911; Stanford
University, 1912; Cornell. 1913.
Made two special trips of investi-
gation into Mexico, 1909 and 1910;
manager Cooperative Fruit Market-
ing Co., Eastern Mexico, 1913-14;
teacher, Pomona College, California,
1914-17; professor at University of
Hawaii since 1917; is engaged in
welfare and juvenile employment
activities with Hawaiian Pineapple
Company, Honolulu. Was athletic
coach at College of Hawaii, 1917-
1919, turning out champion foot-
ball team of Territory in 1919;
member advisory board Hawaiian
Amateur Athletic L T nion and has
officiated in many local games and
sports. Member University Club,
American Assn. for Advancement
of Science; Sigma Xi (science fra-
ternity.)
CRAWFORD, FRANK, banker,
Lihue. Kauai; born Sullivan Co.,
Ind., Jan. 2, 1871. Educated gram-
mar and high schools, Danville,
Ind.: Wabash College, Crawfords-
ville, Ind. With banking firm of
Parker, Crabb & Co.. Danville,
1892-1901; mgr. Lihue Branch of
The Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., since
its organization, 1903. Postmaster,
Lihue, 1902-18.
CREEDON, FRANCIS DENNIS,
insurance, Honolulu: born in Wa-
terville, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1875; son of
Jeremiah and Margaret (Herlehy)
Creedon; educated public schools
of New York and California, also
business colleges in Sacramento
and Stockton, Calif. Married Mil-
lie Medeiros in Honolulu. Oct. 30,
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1905; children: Catherine Elizabeth,
John Patrick, Margaret Mary, Mary
Cecilia, Helen Francis, Agnes Ger-
trude. Employed in law office of
Johnson, Linforth & Whittaker,
San Francisco, 1895-1900; with Ha-
waiian Trust .Co., 1900-05; private
secretary to Governor George R.
Carter, 1905-08; mgr. insurance
dept., Hawaiian Trust Co., 1908-18;
same, B. F. Dillingham Co., 1918 to
date. Is president Honolulu branch
of Holy Name Society, past presi-
dent and council deputy, Damien
Council 563 Y. M. I., past president
Divis. 1 Honolulu A. O. H.; mem-
ber B. P. O. E., president Co-
lumbus Welfare Club.
CREEVEY, EDWARD ALLEN,
warehouse supt., Makaweli, Kauai;
born Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 3,
1890; son of Edward A. and M.
Louise (Nicholls) Creevey; mar-
ried Julia Haley at Honolulu, April
23, 1915; two children: Ruth Louise
and Carol Robbins. Educated in
grammar schools of Bridgeport and
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; spent five
years at Real Gymnasium, Glau-
chau, Saxony, Germany; graduated
Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, 1909. Was chief clerk
at American Consulate, St. Mi-
chaels, Azores, 1910-11; surveyor
in Canadian Northwest and Cali-
fornia, 1911-14; shop instructor,
Terr. Normal School, Honolulu,
1914-15; Industrial Supervisor,
Kauai schools, 1915-20; with Ha-
waiian Sug- Co., as warehouse supt.
since June, 1920. Member Kauai
Chamber of Commerce, National
Geographical Society, American
Meteor Society; secy. Kauai Soccer
League, member Kauai Council,
Boy Scouts of America (secy.-treas.
1920.)
CRIDER, WILLIS CLYDE, min-
ister, Wailuku, Maui ; born Oak-
ville, Pa., June 11, 1881; son of
Jacob Walter and Anna M.
(Weaver) Crider; married Margaret
Clara Anderson, at Fortuna, Cal.,
Jan. 4, 1911; four children: Paul,
Lloyd, Virginia and Vernon. Univ.
of Cal., B.L., 1914; Pacific School
of Religion, B-D., 1915. Minister
Community Church, Scotia, Cal.,
1915-18; Presbyterian Church,
Placerville, Cal., 1919; Wailuku
Union Church, 1919 to date.
CRISTY, ALBERT MOSES, law-
yer, Honolulu; born at Hudson,
Ohio, Feb. 13, 1889; son of Rev.
Albert Barnes and Mary Wilhel-
mina (Linsley) Cristy; educated at
Brown University, A.B., 1909;
Brown Glee Club, 1906-09; diver
Brown swiming team, 1908-09; in-
structor in mathematics and me-
chanical drawing at Williston Sem-
inary, Easthampton, Mass., 1909-11.
Harvard Law School, LL. B., cum
laude, 1914; assoc. editor Harvard
Law Review, 1913-14. Married Jes-
samine J. Bowman of Chicago, in
Honolulu, 1914; appointed first
Carol Linsley and Jessamine Pren-
tice. Began practise of law with
Frear, Prosser, Anderson & Marx,
Honolulu, 1914; appointed first
deputy city and county attorney
for Honolulu, 1815; re-appointed
1917- June 30, 1919; member of law
partnership Brown, Cristy & Davis
since October, 1919; secretary of
Bar Association of Hawaii, 1915-
21; elected representative 4th Dis-
trict, Honolulu, 1920, Territorial
Legislature. Member of Phi Beta
Kappa and Phi Gamma Delta fra-
ternities.
CROCKETT, WENDELL F., law-
yer. Wailuku, Maui; born at Mont-
gomery, Alabama, Oct. 15, 1891; son
of William F. and Annie Crockett;
graduated from University of Mich-
igan, A. B. 1916, J. D. 1917; was
one of asst. editors of Michigan
Law Review, 1916-17; engaged in
law practise at Wailuku, Maui,
since. Appointed deputy county
attorney. County of Maui, July 1,
1919, serving to date; active service
U. S. Army with Co. F, 2nd Ha-
waiian Inf., June 1, 1918; commis-
sioned 2nd lieut. Sept. 10, 1918,
serving with 25th Inf. at Nogales,
Ariz. Member Court Valley Isle
9239, Foresters.
CROCKETT, WILLIAM F., law-
yer, Wailuku, Maui, T. H.; born at
Wytheville, Va., July 12, 1860; son
of Samuel and Lydia (Brown)
Crockett; educated in public
schools, Wytheville, Va. ; Centen-
ary Biblical Institute, Baltimore,
Md-; University of Michigan, Law
School, LL. B., 1888; married Annie
V. Ryder, Dec. 24, 1890, at Wash-
ington, D. C.; children: Wendell
Francis, Grace Crockett. In prac-
tise of law, Montgomery, Ala.,
1888-1900; lecturer on commercial
law for B. T. Washington, 1889;
state agent for Southern Cotton
States Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.,
1895; assistant passenger dept-, So.
Pac. Company, Alabama, 1900; came
to Hawaii with large party of la-
borers, Jan., 1901; employed by Ha-
waiian Commercial and Sugar Co.,
1901-03; located on Maui in prac-
tise of law, 1903; has served on
Board of Registration, as district
magistrate of Wailuku, as deputy
county attorney, member of House
of Representatives, T. H., 1915 ses-
sion.
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\VM. A. CRYDERMAN
O. N. CRONK
CLEMENT C. CROAYELL
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CRONK, OTHO NEILSON, sales
mgr.. Honolulu; born Washington,
D. C., May 9, 1887; son of S. B.
and J. May (Gardner) Cronk; edu-
cated himself through home study;
married Leslie E. Studebaker at
Honolulu, Jan. 14, 1918; two chil-
dren: Otho Neilson, Jr., and Peggie
Virginia. Has been in automobile
business continuously since 1907,
and sales mgr. Royal Hawaiian
Sales Co. since Nov. 1920; served
during war as captain, U. S. Army;
member Masonic Lodge, Shrine
and Elks.
CROWELL, CLEMENT C., coun-
ty sheriff, Wailuku. Maui; born in
Wailuku, Aug. 4, 1881; son of John
Matthews and Mary Crowell; edu-
cation. Wailuku schools, Royal
school, Kamehameha primary
school, St. Louis College, graduat-
ing 1898; married Esther Wainee,
at Wailuku, June 1, 1908; children:
Clement, Jr., and John M. After
leaving school employed by O . R .
& L. Co. in car and wharf building,
and later as car inspector; with
Kahului R. R. Co. for period as
car inspector and scow builder; en-
tered Maui county police dept. as
special officer, 1906. later as lieut.
of police and clerk to sheriff; elect-
ed deputy sheriff, Wailuku, 1908,
and appointed sheriff, Maui County
for unexpired term, 1910; elected
sheriff 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919.
1921; was formerly member Natl.
Guard of Hawaii; member Maui
County Fair & Racing Assn.; com-
missioner Lahainaluna school,
Maui; served as chairman. Maui
Draft Board during war. Member
Court Valley Island No. 9329 A. O. F.
CRUICKSHANK, GEORGE, asst.
manager Waialua Agri. Co., Waia-
lua, Oahu; born Feb. 24, 1873, at
Banffshire, Scotland; son of James
and Jessie (Edward) Cruickshank;
educated public school; married Ag-
nes B. Bannerman in Aberdeen.
Scotland, April 17, 1903; three chil-
dren: George Bruce, James and
Keith. Was born and raised on a
farm and engaged in agricultural
work with his father until 1899;
came to the Hawaiian islands and
engaged in plantation work under
the late C. C. Kennedy at Waiakea,
Hawaii; removed to Waialua, Oahu,
June, 1903, as section overseer, Wai-
alua Agr. Co., Ltd.; head overseer.
1909; appointed asst. manager 1919.
CRYDERMAN, WILLIAM A.,
businessman, Honolulu; born Wil-
son County, Kansas, May 30, 1887;
son of A. M. and Cornelia (Rag-
lane) Cryderman; educated gram-
mar and high schools, Neodesha,
Kans., and Baker Univ., Baldwin,
Kans., 1908; married Oletha C.
Hunt, of Kansas City, Mo., at Fort
Riley, Kans., June, 1917. Began
business career in 1908, as owner
and mgr. of furniture business, also
a music company and an amuse-
ment company, Excelsior Springs,
Mo.; owner and mgr. of Cryder-
man Realty & Investment Co.,
main office, Kansas City, Mo., 1910-
14; mgr. and principal owner San-
itary Manufacturing Co.. also offi-
cer of Morrison Investment Co., of
Kansas City, Mo., up to beginning
of war with Germany, 1917; served
in U. S. Army from May, 1917, to
Jan. 1920; organized, vice.-pres.
and mgr. Royal Hawaiian Fruit
Co.. Ltd., Honolulu. Feb. 1920, suc-
ceeding firm of Kelly & Munro.
Came to Hawaii as Capt., Q. M. C.
following service at Camps Funs-
ton, Kearney, Johnson, Newport
News, Washington, D. C., and Phil-
adelphia. Is Major U. S. R. C. and
York Rite Mason; member Univer-
sity Club, Honolulu.
CURRY, GEORGE S., lawyer.
Honolulu; born Jan. 17, 1878, in
Washington, D. C.; son of Samuel
T. and Amanda (Kemble) Curry;
married Gertrude E. M. Thomsen
in Philadelphia. Pa., Aug. 4. 1904;
two children: Dorothy and Ruth.
Educated in public schools and
business colleges of Philadelphia.
Inspector, U. S. Immigration Serv-
ice, Honolulu, 1905-10; referee in
bankruptcy, 1912-14; U. S. Com-
missioner, Dist. of Hawaii, since
1914. Member Le Progres de
1'Oceanie, F. & A. M. (past master),
Oahu Country and Outrigger
Canoe Clubs.
CYKLER, EMIL FRANK, civil
engineer, Honolulu; born at San
Jose, Cal., April 30, 1890; son of
Emanuel and Theresa (Pircher)
Cykler; educated primary and high
schools of San Jose, Cal., Univer-
sity of California, C. E.. 1910; mar-
ried Beatrice Elizabeth Freuler of
Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 30, 1913; one
child, John Freuler. Began pro-
fessional career with H. J. Brun-
nier, prominent consulting engineer
of San Francisco, and was asso-
ciated with him in a number of
large projects, notable amony
which were the U. S. Farm Lands
Co., at Chowchilla, Cal., a 200,000
acre project, the Sharon Farms
Co., Sharon, Cal., a 30.000 acre pro-
ject. Shredded Wheat factory, Oak
land, Cal., Santa Cruz wharf, a
2800 -foot structure, San Francisco
Civic Center Library, a $1,000.000
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structure and some $4,000.000
worth of buildings, bridges, etc.;
chief engineer, Lord-Young En-
gineering Co.. Ltd., Honolulu, Sept.
1915 -June, 1918; chief engineer,
Hawaiian Contracting Co.. Ltd. and
Hawaiian Dredging Co., Ltd , since
1918. Member and founder Theta
Xi Fraternity. U. of C. ; honorary
fraternities for scholarship, Tau
Beta Pi and Sigma Xi; Union
League, University and Rotary
Clubs of San Francisco; Commer-
cial Club and University Club, Ho-
nolulu; American Society of Civil
Engineers; has contributed a num-
ber of articles to engineering
magazines.
D
DAINGERFIELD, L. H., meteor-
ologist, born in St. Charles
County, Mo., February 24, 1873;
son of Lawrence B. and Lucy V.
(Hite) Daingerfield; married Fran-
cis V. McNamara, at North Platte,
Neb., June 19, 1901. Graduated
from N. W. Mo. College, 1895, Ph.
B., with highest scholarship
honors; teacher from 1895 to 1^98;
has been an official of the Ij. S.
Weather Bureau from March, 1898,
to date; has been stationed at
Weather Bureau offices in Wash-
ington. D. C. ; North Platte, Neb.;
Denver and Grand Junction and
Pueblo. Colo.; Taylor, Tex.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Cheyenne, Wyo., and
Honolulu, Hawaii. In charge of
climatological work in Territory of
Hawaii last three years. Has
written many scientific papers and
numerous nature articles, including
results of detailed study of eth-
nology of Maya Indians, Yucatan.
Member A. F. & A. M., W. O. W.,
Royal Highlanders, Sons of Amer.
Revolution (historian), Ad Club,
Trail and Mountain Club (director
and ex-president). Delegate, First
Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress,
member National Geographic and
American Meteorological societies.
DALY, JOHN F., postmaster,
Hilo, Hawaii; born Bradford, Eng.,
Sept. 29, 1887; son of John and
Agnes (Goldsbury) Daly; education,
public schools and St. Beade's Col-
lege, Eng.; married Clara Mac-
Gregor in Honolulu, July 5, 1919;
one child, Mary. Worked in Eng-
land with father, hotel business,
six years, coming to U. S. in 1906;
before entering postal service in
1912 was asst. cashier Southern
Hotel, St. Louis, Mo.; asst. post-
master, Schofleld Barracks, two and
one-half years and transferred to
Honolulu as chief clerk, 1915; supt.
of mails, Honolulu, 1917-19; post-
master, Hilo, since 1919. Member
B. P. O. E. ; pres. Hilo basketball
league, vice-pres. Hilo football
league; deputy commissioner, Boy
Scouts of America, Kilauea Coun-
cil, Hilo.
DAMKROGER, ERNEST L., di-
rector welfare work, Makaweli,
Kauai; born at Forest Lake, Minn.,
Aug. 16. 1894; son of Henry Ernest
and Hadwig M. Damkroger; mar-
ried Harriet Mary Firestein, at Ta-
coma, Wash., Dec. 22, 1917; one
child: Ernest Lester. Grammar