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Pond, Prof. F(rancis) J (ones), Stevens Institute, 

 Hoboken, N. J. Chemistry. Holliston, Mass, 

 April 8, 71. B.S, Pa. State, 92; Ph.D, Gottin- 

 gen, 96. Instr. assaying, Pa. State, 96-01, 

 metal, 99-01, asst. prof, assaying and chem, 

 01-03; eng. chem, Stevens, 03- M.A.A; Chem. 

 Soc. Organic chemistry; chemistry of the ter- 

 penes. Eugenol, safrol, anethol and apiol. 



Pond, Prof. G(eorge) G(ilbert), State College, Pa. 

 "Chemistry. Holliston, Mass, March 29, 61. 

 A.B, Amherst, 81, A.M, 84, Ph.D, 89; Gottin- 

 gen, 81-82, 85; Berlin, 93-94. Instr. chem, 

 Amherst, 83-88 ; prof, Pa. State, 88-, dean, Sch. 

 Nat. Sci, 96- Mem. Jury of Awards, Pan-Am. 

 Expos, 01. F.A.A; Chem. Soc; Electrochem. 

 Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Chem. Verein. 



Pond, Dr. R(aymond) H(aines), 87 Lake St, Chi- 

 cago, Ills. Plant physiology. Topeka, Kas, 

 March 3, 75. B.S, Kas. State Agr. Col, 98, M.S, 

 99; Ph.D, Michigan, 02. Asst. bot, Kas. State 

 Agr. Col, 95-97, bot. and chem, 97-98; asst, 

 Herbarium, Michigan, 98-99, asst. plant physiol, 

 99-00; bot. and path, Md. Agr. Col. and Exp. 

 Sta, 00-01 ; prof. bot. and pharmacog. and direc- 

 tor, Micros. Lab, Northwestern, 03- Special 

 asst, U. S. Fish Commission, 99-00, 01. F.A.A; 

 The biologic relation of aquatic plants to the 

 substratum; the endosperm enzyme of Phoenix 

 dactylifera. 



Pool, Dr. Eugene H(illhouse), 57 W. 45th St, New 

 York, N. Y. Surgery. New York, June 3, 74. 

 A.B, Harvard, 95; M.D, Columbia, 99. Interne, 

 N. Y. Hosp, 99-01; asst. demonstrator anat, 

 Columbia, 01-04, instr. surg, 0^- Surgeon, 

 French Hosp, N. Y. City. Greater N. Y. Med. 

 Soc; N. Y. Co. Med. Soc; N. Y. Acad. Med; 

 N. Y. Path. Soc. 



Poor, Dr. Charles Lane, Columbia University, New 

 York, N. Y. * Astronomy, Astrophysics. Hack- 

 ensack, N. J, Jan. 18, 66. B.S, Col. City of N. 

 Y, 86, M.S, 90; Ph.D, Hopkins, 92. Instr. 

 math, Col. City of N. Y, 86-88; instr. and 

 later assoc. and assoc. prof, astron, Hopkins, 

 91-00; lecturer, Columbia, 03-04, prof, 0^- 

 Astron. and Astrophys. Soc; Math. Soc; assoc. 

 fel. Am. Acad; fel. N. Y. Acad, (ed, 'Annals,' 

 01-) ; fel. Royal Astron. Soc; Leipzig Astron. 

 Gesell. Astronomy and astrophysics. 



Poor, Dr. John M(errill), Shattuck Observatory, 

 Hanover, N. H. Astronomy. West Newbury, 

 Mass, Jan. 28, 71. A.B, Dartmouth, 97; fellow, 

 Princeton, 00-02, Ph.D, 04. Principal, High 

 Sch, Hanover, 97-98; instr. math, and astron, 

 Dartmouth, 98-00, astron, 03- M.A.A; Astron. 

 and Astrophys. Soc; Math. Soc; Soc. Beige 

 d'Astron. Definitive orbit of comet 1900 b. 



Porter, Prof. Albert B(rown), 1024 Lake Shore 

 Drive, Evanston, Ills. Physics. Indianapolis, 

 Ind, March 16, 64. B.S, Purdue, 84; Hopkins, 

 91-93. Instr, High Sch, Richmond, Ind, 84-91; 

 prof, physics^ Armour Inst, 94-03; consultant 

 and importer, 03- M.A.A; Physical Soc; 

 Chem. Soc. 



Porter, Prof. Dwight, 149 Hawthorne St, Maiden, 

 Mass. Hydraulic engineering. Hartford, Conn, 

 Aug. 28, 55. Ph.B, Yale, 80. Special agent 

 on water power reports, Tenth Census, 80-83; 

 instr. math, Mass. Inst. Tech, 83-85, civil eng, 

 85-87, asst. prof, 87-90, assoc. prof, 90-96, 

 prof, hydraul. eng, 96- Civil Eng; Eng. Educ; 

 New Eng. Water Works Ass; Boston Soc. Civil 

 Eng. Flow of water. 



Porter, Dr. Horace C(hamberlain), The Solvay 

 Process Co, Syracuse, N. Y. Chemistry. 

 Urbana, Ills, July 13, 76. A.B, Illinois, 97, B.S, 

 99, M.S, 00; A.M, Harvard, 01, Ph.D, 03. 

 Chemist, Solvay Process Co, Syracuse, 03- 

 Chem. Soc; Chem. Gesell. Chemistry of foods 

 and digestion; pure organic chemistry; ortho- 

 benzoquinone. 



Porter, Dr. J(ames) P(ertice), Clark College, Wor- 

 cester, Mass. Psychology. Hillsboro, Ind, 

 Sept. 23, 73. A.B, Indiana, 98, A.M, 01; hon. 

 fellow, Clark, 03-04, Ph.D, 05. Teacher, High 

 Sch, Veedersburg, Ind, 93-94; principal, Kent- 

 land, 95-97; teacher science, Streator, Ills, 98- 

 00; instr. psychol, Indiana, 00-03; Clark Col, 

 03- Instr. neur, Biol. Sta, Indiana, summers, 

 01-03. Psychology of the English sparrow. 

 Changes of the abductor indices in endurance, 

 educability and ability to recover with age; 

 instinct in spiders; psychology of the English 

 sparrow and other birds. 



Porter, Prof. J(ermain) G(ildersleeve), Station 

 O, Cincinnati, O. * Astronomy. Buffalo, N. Y, 

 Jan. 8, 52. A.B, Hamilton, 73; Berlin, 73-74; 

 A.M, Hamilton, 76. Asst. prof, astron, Hamil- 

 ton, 75-78; with U. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 

 78-84; director, Cincinnati Observatory, 84- 

 Hon. Ph.D, Hamilton, 88. Proper motion of 

 stars; motion of the solar system in space; 

 variation of latitude. 



Porter, Prof. J(ohn) B(onsall), 392 Pine Ave, Mon- 

 treal, Can. Mining engineering. E.M, Colum- 

 bia, 82, Ph.D, 84. Instr. mining and mech. eng, 

 Cincinnati, 84-87; mining and railroad engi- 

 neer, 88-95; prof, mining eng, McGrill, 96- 

 Hon. Sc.D, Cape Town, 05. Geol. Soc; Min. 

 Eng; Can. Civil Eng. (pres, Sect, and coun- 

 cilor) ; Can. Min. Inst. (mem. Council) ; British 

 Inst. Civil Eng; British Inst. Min. Eng. Ore 

 dressing and concentration; local problems in 

 economic geology. Theoretical considerations 

 underlying the mechanical separation of min- 

 erals; engineering education. 



Porter, Prof. M(ilton) B(rockett), University of 

 Texas, Austin, Tex. "Mathematics. Sher- 

 man, Tex, Nov. 22, 69. B.S, Texas, 92; A.M, 

 Harvard, 95, Ph.D, 97. Instr. math, Texas, 

 97-99; Yale, 99-02, asst. prof, 02-04; prof, 

 Texas, 0k~ Math. Soc. (asst. ed, 'Trans.'); 

 Math. Verein. Differential equations; function 

 theory. 



Porter, Prof. R(oyal) A(rthur), 808 Ostrom Ave, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. Experimental physics. Adair, 

 Ills, Feb. 8, 77. B.S, Northwestern, 01, M.S, 

 02. Instr. physics, Syracuse, 02-05, asst. prof, 

 05- Physical Soc. Influence of atmosphere 



