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phasis that is placed upon home features
and environment. Dr. Sherwood has had
the Alderbrook Sanitarium put into practice
a number of original ideas and meth-
ods in psychiatry, and his success has
won favorable professional notice, as well
as constituting a prosperous business en-
terprise. Dr. Sherwood is a member of
the Norwalk Medical Society and of the
American Medical Association. He has
for many years been vestryman and treas-
urer of Christ Episcopal Church, offices
that his honored father held before him.
Dr. Sherwood married Lilian Batson,
daughter of Benjamin Batson, of Ottawa,
Canada, and they are the parents of two
children: Benjamin Edgar, and Eliza-
beth Batson.
RORECH, John J.,
Contractor, Builder.
Business responsibilities came to Mr.
Rorech at an early age, and the promise
of youthful years for a useful, successful
career has been amply fulfilled in his ma-
ture years.
John J. Rorech was born in Stamford,
the son of John and Matilda (MuUer)
Rorech, and was educated in the public
schools and King's Preparatory School,
and graduated from Merrill's Business
College. He grew up in the contracting
business with his father, and when a very
young man was given charge of his fa-
ther's men. At an unusually early age
Mr. Rorech began taking contracts on
his own account, and has won recognition
among the leading business men of his
native city. He has built a large variety
of structures in Stamford and vicinity,
including residences of high grade, office
buildings, and business establishments.
Mr. Rorech is vice-president of the Stam-
ford Master Builders' Association, and is
widely known to the public and through-
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out the trade. He rebuilt a great portion
of the village of Darien after that place
had been destroyed by fire. He is an in-
terested participant in matters of public
interest, and lends his hearty support to
movements promoting the civil welfare.
In addition to his contracting and building
operations, Mr. Rorech is prominent
in Stamford's business circles as the
founder and president of the National
Chemical Corporation, of Stamford, an
organization that has purchased a factory
in Stamford and is actively engaged in
chemical and medical manufacture. For
some years Mr. Rorech was a member of
the Seventh Regiment, Connecticut Na-
tional Guard. He is a member of the
New York Athletic Club.
Mr. Rorech married, September 17,
1913, Lorion Stark Leon, daughter of
Albert Ernest and Lorion Hinckley
(Nice) Leon. Mrs. Rorech is a descend-
ant of General John Stark, of Revolution-
ary fame, and was educated at the Bos-
ton Latin School and Emerson College of
Oratory, in her native city of Boston, and
was on the stage for about four years,
advancing rapidly until her marriage. At
first she was with the famous Castle
Square Stock Company, later playing im-
portant roles with such well known stars
as Walter Hampden, Nance O'Neil, and
Katherine Grey. She was prominent in
many New York productions, also play-
ing one of the principal roles in the orig-
inal company of the "Yellow Jacket," in
which she appeared two years. She has
been frequently urged by motion picture
producers to do work for the screen. She
is a member of the Women's Qub of
Stamford, and is active in its work. The
father of Mrs. Rorech, Albert E. Leon,
was born in Boston. He became political
editor of the Boston "Globe," and later
was the founder and owner of the publication,
"Practical Politics." While he