Edwin and Catherine (Finch) Vorce, the former of whom was born in Ellery, New York, and the latter a native of Rensselær county of that State. Edwin Vorce come to Michigan in 1865 and became prominently identified with banking and real estate interests in Ypsilanti. Mr. and Mrs. Heermans became the parents of one daughter, Martha Mae. Mr. Heermans was a member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Minneapolis Club and the Rotary Club. He attended the Methodist church, and in politics was a Republican.

Donald S. Kiskadden was born in Detroit, Michigan, June 25, 1888, a son of Dr. Harry S. and Sarah Josephine (White) Kiskadden. The father was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, graduated from the Illinois College of Physicians and Surgeons, and soon after this, in 1886, came to Detroit, where he practiced his profession until his death. The mother was born in Richmond, Indiana, and was a graduate of Earlham College. She and her husband were killed in an automobile accident September 2, 1918. The Kiskadden family is descended from Scotch Presbyterian stock, and the first ancestor to come to America was Alex Kiskadden, grandfather of Donald S., who came from Scotland when he was a boy. Donald S. was educated in Central High School of Detroit and the University of Michigan. He graduated from the latter institution in the literary department in 1911 and from the law department in 1913. He then entered the law office of Allen Frazer, a prominent attorney of Detroit, and engaged in the practice of law until 1915, when he became connected with the legal department of the Ford Motor Company. He had advanced to the position of assistant general attorney with this company when, in 1919, he resigned. He then joined C. Harold Wills and John R. Lee and became vice-president and general manager of the Marysville Land Company at Marysville, Michigan. He continued here until 1922, when he became associated with the Buhl Land Company of Detroit, today holding the position of vice-president and general manager of this important concern. Mr. Kiskadden married Miss Janet Morrison Marker, a graduate of Liggett school, who was born in Detroit, a daughter of Dr. John J. and Ann (Morrison) Marker. Mr. and Mrs. Kiskadden have a daughter named Sarah Ann. The parents of Mrs. Kiskadden were both natives of Wayne County. Her father was a graduate of the University of Michigan, and while there, achieved signal honors as an athlete. Later he was a member of the famous Detroit Athletic Club amateur baseball team which held the world championship. For thirty-two years Dr. John J. Marker was medical superintendent of the hospital at Eloise until his death by automobile accident, September 2, 1920, two years to a day from the accident that caused the death of Dr. Kiskadden and his wife. Donald S. Kiskadden is a member of the First Congregational church and in politics is a Republican. While in college he was a member of Delta Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi. He holds membership in Masons, Player's Club, Savoyard Club, Oakland Hills Country Club and St. Clair Country Club.

Victor H. Herbert, of the prominent Detroit investment house of Toepel-Herbert & Company, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 10, 1895, the son of Dr. L. H. and Eugenia Herbert, both of whom removed to Detroit in 1904. Of the two children, J. Joseph Herbert resides at Manistee, Michigan. Victor H. Herbert attended the Detroit public schools, graduating from the high school in 1912, and then entered the University of Michigan, whence he graduated as a member of the class of 1917, receiving his diploma in April of that year in order that he might enter an officers' training camp. He was commissioned and served in infantry and artillery, being discharged with the rank of captain. Upon his return to Detroit after his discharge, he became associated with William A. Neer & Company in the capacity of manager of the unlisted bonds department, continuing in that position until 1921. In that year he allied himself with B. Dansard & Company as manager, and in 1924 he joined Walter G. Toepel in the organization of their present company to engage in the investment and securities business. They have succeeded in making their concern one of the leaders of its kind in Detroit, and Mr. Herbert is accounted to be one of the able and successful men in this field here. On March 3, 1925, he married Kathryn Myers, and they have one son, Victor H., Jr. Mr. Herbert is a member of the Aviation Country Club, University of Michigan Club, Army and Navy Club. In addition to his investment business, Mr. Herbert is secretary and a director of the Atlas Metal Products Company, secretary and a director of the Fort Shelby Garage Company, and is interested in several other important corporations in Detroit.

Henry Schlee was one of the well known men in manufacturing circles in Detroit for many years, and the name of Schlee has been a prominent one in this city for more than half a century. His parents were landed gentry of Bavaria, Germany, the estate on which he was born still being in the possession of the family. Henry Schlee was born in Bernstein, Bavaria, Germany, July 15, 1859, and was brought to the United States and direct to Detroit in 1870. He obtained his education in the district schools of Wayne County and then apprenticed himself to the trade of moulder in the employ of the Standard Engineering Company, a concern with which he remained for nineteen years. For a time thereafter he was in the employ of the Ford Motor Company, leaving that company upon his retirement from active life. His long experience and thorough training in his trade made Mr. Schlee one of the able shopmen of the city, and he was widely known among manufacturing men for his excellence in this direction. He was a member of St. Alban's Episcopal church of Highland Park, and of the American Insurance Union. His death occurred September 28, 1921. In 1880, Mr. Schlee married Eva Katherine Zinnbauer, the daughter of John and Mary (Denk) Zinnbauer, the former of whom was born in Regensburg, Germany, and the latter in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. The parents of Mrs. Schlee met aboard ship on their way to the United States in

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1865, and were married in Detroit, where John Zinnbauer engaged in the tanning business. To Mr. and Mrs. Schlee were born eight children, of whom seven are still living: Sylvia Marie, a teacher in the Monier school, Detroit; Rena Barbara; Andrew George; Edward Frederick; Harry George; Dewey Sampson, and Earl Hazen. Wesley Jacob, the sixth in the order of birth, died in infancy. Andrew G. Schlee, a graduate of Ann Arbor in 1908 in mechanical engineering, served in the World War as a member of Troup 110, 85th Division Supply Train, having gone to the officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and overseas in 1917. He was adjutant to Major Stowell at Camp Custer, and was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant when he went overseas. Illness and the consequent inability to carry on his duties prevented further promotion, and when he returned to Detroit after an honorable discharge from the army in 1919, he married his nurse, Isabelle Wilson. Edward F. Schlee attended Wesleyan College at Middletown, Connecticut, and served in the transport service in the World War. In an attempt to better the record for the fastest trip around the world, being in the Waco Air Service in Detroit, the first air taxi service in the city, he and his pilot hopped off by airplane from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, on August 27, 1927, which runway he had built himself, and which is still used for take-off on all Atlantic flights. Their first landing was made at Croyden, England, the following day, the first leg of their flight being 2,350 miles long. Thence by way of Munich, Belgrade, Constantinople, Bunder Abbas, Karachi, Allahabad, Calcutta, Rangoon, and Hongkong, the fliers arrived in Japan, where the trip had to be called off because of public opinion. Dewey S. was preparing to enter the army when the armistice was signed. Harry G. was connected with the aircraft work of Ford Motor Company during the World War. Earl Hazen Schlee was at Purdue University during the World War and joined the officers' reserve corps. These sons are all owners of the Waco Oil Company, which was established and developed by them into one of the important concerns of its kind.

Charles H. Campbell, attorney, was born in Detroit, June 18, 1858, a son of James V. and Cornelius (Hotchkiss) Campbell. The father, who was an eminent jurist of Michigan, was born at Buffalo, New York, February 25, 1823. He was of Scotch descent and could trace his ancestry back to the historic Campbell clan of Scotland. Duncan Campbell, his great-grandfather, was an officer in a Highland regiment and was the founder of the branch of the family in America. He settled along the Hudson river, in the eastern part of New York, and there continued to reside until his death. His son, Thomas Campbell, was for many years an influential citizen of Ulster County, New York. Henry M. Campbell, the father of Judge Campbell, was born in Ulster County, New York, September 10, 1873. In early manhood he removed to Buffalo, then but a village, and his patriotic spirit was manifest by his service to his country in the War of 1812 as captain of a company