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Sweetser, Prof. Albert R(addin), Eugene, Ore. 

 Biology. Mendon, Mass, July 15, 61. ,A.B, 

 Wesleyan, 84; Mass. Inst. Tech, 84-85; A.M, 

 Wesleyan, 87; Harvard, 93-97. Teacher sci- 

 ence, Bucksport Acad, and Tilton Sem, 85-93; 

 asst, Crypt. Lab, Harvard, and asst. instr. bot, 

 Radcliffe, 95-97; prof, biol, Pacific, 97-02; Ore- 

 gon, 02- Pub. Health Ass; Ore. Acad. (v. 

 pres. ) . Water and water supplies for drinking 

 purposes. Bacterial flora of local waters. 



Swenson, Prof. B(ernard) V(ictor), Madison, Wis. 

 Electrical engineering. Chicago, Ills, May 3, 

 72. B.S, Illinois, 93, M.E, 01 ; E.E, Wisconsin, 

 01. Instr. physics and elec. eng, Illinois, 93-95, 

 asst. prof. elec. eng, 95-98; Wisconsin, 98- In 

 charge, Dept. Elec, Summer Sch, Wisconsin, 01- 

 03; asst. supt. elec. ry. tests, Elec. Ry. Test 

 Commission, mem. Jury of Awards and expert 

 in charge, Elec. Eng. Sect, La. Purchase Expos, 

 04. Elec. Eng; Mech. Eng. Dynamo electric 

 machinery; photometry; illumination; electric 

 railways. 



Swezey, Prof. G(oodwin) D(eloss), University of 

 Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. Astronomy, Meteor- 

 ology. Rockford, Ills, Jan. 10, 51. A.B, Beloit, 

 73; Divinity Sch, Yale. 73-75; A.M, Beloit, 76; 

 B.D, Andover Theol. Sem, 80; Wisconsin, 96. 

 Prof. nat. sciences, Doane, 80-94; meteorolo- 

 gist, U. S. Exp. Sta, Lincoln, 9^-; prof, astron. 

 and meteorol, Nebraska, 96- Director, Nebr. 

 Weather Service, 84-96; meteorologist, Nebr. 

 State Board of Agr, 91- M.A.A; Astron. and 

 Astrophys. Soc; Nebr. Acad, (pres, 99). The 

 climate of Nebraska. 



Swift, Prof. Edgar James, Washington Univer- 

 sity, St. Louis, Mo. Psychology, Pedagogy. 

 Ravenna, O. A.B, Amherst, 86; Ph.D, Clark, 

 03. Teacher science, Lake Forest Acad, 88- 

 89 ; prof, psychol, State Nor. Sch, Stevens Point, 

 Wis, 96-01 ; psychol. and pedag, Washington 

 (St. Louis), 03- Psychol. Ass; West. Philos. 

 Ass; S. Soc. Philos. and Psychol. Heredity 

 and environment; psychology and physiology 

 of learning; eye defects in school children; 

 psychology of learning. Comparative psychol- 

 ogy; the learning process in language; neuroses 

 of childhood. 



Swift, Dr. Lewis, Marathon, N. Y. Astronomy. 

 Clarkson, N. Y, Feb. 29, 20. Clarkson Acad. 

 Director, Warner Observatory, Rochester, N. 

 Y, 86-94; Lowe Observatory, Echo Mt, Cal, 

 94-00. Three gold medals from Emperor of 

 Austria; Laland prize, Paris Acad; Mrs. 

 Hannah Jackson Guilt bronze medal, 97 ; four 

 bronze medals from Pacific Astron. Soc, and 

 other prizes; hon. Ph.D, Rochester. Pacific 

 Astron. Soc; fel. Royal Astron. Soc; British 

 Astron. Ass. Comets (discovered 20) ; nebulae 

 (discovered 1240) ; shooting stars; solar 

 eclipses. 



Swingle, Walter T(ennyson), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. *Botany. 

 Canaan, Pa, Jan. 8, 71. B.S, Kas. State Agr. 

 Col, 90, M.S, 96. Asst. botanist, Kas. State 



Agr. Exp. Sta, 88; special agent, Div. Veg. 

 Physiol, and Path, V. S. Dept. Agr, 91, agr. 

 explorer, 98-02, in charge plant life hist, inves- 

 tigations, 02- F.A.A; Soc. Plant Morph. and 

 Physiol; Nat. Geog. Soc. 



Sy, Prof. Albert P(hilip), Buffalo, N. Y. Chem- 

 istry. Altamont, Ills, Aug. 7, 72. B.S, 

 Illinois, 94, M.S, 99. Asst. to city chemist, 

 Buffalo, N. Y, 95-98; instr. chem, Buffalo, 

 95-98; Illinois, 98-99; asst. prof, Buffalo, 99- 

 00; asst. chemist, Frankford Arsenal, Ordnance 

 Dept, U. S. A, 00-03, chemist, Sandy Hook, N. 

 J, 03-04; asst. prof, chem, Buffalo, OJf- Chem. 

 Soc; Franklin Inst. Nitrocellulose and ord- 

 nance materials. Stability of nitrocellulose and 

 powders. 



Symons, Prof. Thomas B(addeley), College Park, 

 Md. Entomology, Zoology. Easton, Md, Sept. 

 2, 80. Cornell, summer, 01; B.S, Md. Agr. 

 Col, 02, M.S, 04. Asst. state entomologist, Md, 

 02, assoc. state entomologist, 03; prof, entom. 

 and zool, Md. Agr. Col, and state entomologist, 

 Md, 0-i- M.A.A; Ass. Econ. Entom; Wash. 

 Biol. Soc. Economic entomology; position of 

 mouth parts of San Jose scale in plant tissue. 



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Taber, Dr. Henry, 65 West St, Worcester, Mass. 

 * Mathematics. Staten Island, N. Y, June 10, 

 60. Ph.B, Yale, 82; Ph.D, Hopkins, 88. Asst. 

 math, Hopkins, 88-89; docent, Clark, 89-92, 

 asst. prof, 92-03, prof, 03- Math. Soc; fel. 

 Am. Acad; London Math. Soc. Bilinear form; 

 continuous groups; hypercomplex numbers. 



Taff, Joseph A(lexander), U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C. Geology. Ten Mile, Tenn, 

 Nov. 20, 62. Arkansas, 86-88; fellow, Texas, 

 93-94, B.S, 94. Asst. geologist, Ark. Geol. Surv, 

 88-89; Tex. Geol. Surv, 89-94; U. 8. Geol. Surv, 

 94-00, geologist, 00- Geol. Soc; Nat. Geog. 

 Soc; Wash. Geol. Soc. Stratigraphic, struc- 

 tural and economic geology. Geology of Oua- 

 chita, Arbuckle and Wichita Mountains in 

 Arkansas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma; In- 

 dian Territory coal field. 



Tainter, Charles S(umner), Care American Se- 

 curity and Trust Co, 1405 G St, Washington, 

 D. C. *Mechanics, Physics. Watertown, Mass, 

 April 25, 54. Pub. sch. Mem. U. S. Transit of 

 Venus Exped, 74. Gold medal, Paris Elec. 

 Expos. 81; Officier de l'lnstruction Pub, 89; 

 John Scott medal, Franklin Inst, 00. F.A.A. 

 Transmission of sounds to a distance by agency 

 of light; recording and reproduction of sound; 

 telephony. The recording and reproduction of 

 sound. 



Talbot, Prof. A(rthur) N(ewell), 1011 California 

 Ave, Urbana, ills. Municipal and sanitary en- 

 gineering. Cortland, Ills, Oct. 21, 57. B.S, 

 Illinois," 81, C.E, 85. Asst. engineer, A.T. and 

 S.F.R.R, 81-85; asst. prof. eng. and math, 

 Illinois, 85-90, prof, munic. and sanit. eng, 90- 

 Res. engineer, N.P.R.R, 86, engineer in charge, 



