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July 27, 47. Pub. and acad. schools. Ed, 

 'Wash. Correspondent,' 74-98; chief, Bur. Sta- 

 tist, U. S. Treas. Dept, 98-02; U. S. Dept. Com- 

 merce and Labor, 02- Assoc, ed, ' Nat. 

 Geog. Magazine.' F.A.A; Econ. Ass; Acad. 

 Polit. and Social Sci; Geog. Ass; Nat. Geog. 

 Soc; Int. Verein. vergleichende Rechtswissen- 

 schaft. Production; commerce; transportation; 

 colonial development and government. 



Avery, Dr. Elroy M(cKendree), 657 Woodland Hills 

 Ave, Cleveland, 0. Physics, Chemistry. Erie, 

 Mich, July 14, 44. Ph.B, Michigan, 71, Ph.M, 

 74; Ph.D, Hillsdale, 82. Principal, East High 

 Sch. and City Nor. Sch, Cleveland, O, 71-79; 

 mem. Ohio Senate, 92-96. LL.D, Hillsdale, 94. 

 F.A.A. (sec'y, B, 90); Econ. Ass; Am. Hist. 

 Ass; Ohio Archeol. and Hist. Soc. 



Avery, Prof. S(amuel), 2745 Q St, Lincoln, Nebr. 

 Chemistry. Bureau Co, Ills, April 19, 65. A.B, 

 Doane, 87; B.S, Nebraska, 92, A.M, 94; Ph.D, 

 Heidelberg, 96. Instr. chem, Nebraska, 95-97, 

 adj. prof, 97-99; prof, Idaho, 99-01; agr. chem, 

 Nebraska, 02-05, chem. and director, Chem. 

 Lab, 05- Chem. Soc; Chem. Gesell. Aromatic 

 glutaric acids; determination of arsenic and 

 iron; prussic acid in sorghum; destroying 

 prairie dogs. 



Ayers, Dr. Howard, 299 Southern Ave, Cincinnati, 

 O. *Biology. Olympia, Wash, May 21, 61. B.S, 

 Harvard, 83; Heidelberg; Strasburg; Ph.D, 

 Freiburg, 86. Instr. zool, Michigan, 86-87; 

 Harvard and Radcliffe, 87-88; Woods Hole, 89- 

 98; director, Lake Lab, Milwaukee, 89-94; prof, 

 biol, Missouri, 94-99; pres, Cincinnati, 99-04. 

 LL.D, Missouri, 99. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. 

 Zool; Nat. Educ. Ass; cor. mem. Phila. Acad. 

 Vertebrate morphology; anthropology; mor- 

 phology and physiology of the vertebrate ear; 

 vertebrate cephalogenesis. 



Ayres, Pres. Brown, University of Tennessee, 

 Knoxville, Tenn. *Physics, Astronomy. Mem- 

 phis, Tenn, May 25, 56. Washington and Lee, 

 71-74; B.S, Stevens, 78; fellow, Hopkins, 79-80; 

 Ph.D, Stevens, 88. Prof, physics, Louisiana, 

 80-84; Tulane, 84-04, dean, Col. Tech, 94-00, 

 v. chairman, Faculty, and dean, Academic Col- 

 leges, 00-04; pres, Tennessee, 04- Mem. Jury 

 of Awards, Columbian Expos, 93; Cotton 

 Expos, Atlanta, 95; Tenn. Centennial Expos, 

 Nashville, 97. LL.D, Washington and Lee, 04; 

 South Carolina and Tulane, 05. F.A.A. (sec'y, 

 B, 92); Physical Soc; Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ; 

 New Orleans Acad. 



Ayres, Dr. C(harles) H(amilton), Jr, 135 Grand St, 

 Rahway, N. J. Physics. Spotswood, N. J, Oct. 

 10, 74. A.B, Harvard, 98, A.M, 99, Ph.D, 01, 

 LL.B, 05. Asst. physics, Harvard, 98-01, instr, 

 01-05. Physical Soc. Internal resistance of 

 galvanic cells; heat conduction in metals. 

 Polarization of cells; measurement of liquid 

 capacity. 



Ayres, H (or ace) B(eemer), Allamuchy, N. J. For- 

 estry. Allamuchy, Sept. 20, 56. B.S, Lafayette, 

 78. Timber inspector and geologist, Eng. Dept, 

 N. P. R. R. Co; Minn, and Pacific R. R; 



Northern Transcont. Surv; Adirondack Forest 

 Surv; Land Departments, St. P. and D. R. R. 

 Co. and N. P. R. R. Co; field asst, U. S. Geol. 

 Surv; forest expert, Bur. of Forestry, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr; supt, Kimberley Explor. Co. M.A.A; 

 Forestry Ass. Southern Appalachian forestry. 

 Conditions favoring growth of valuable 

 timber. 



Babb, Cyrus C(ates), U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C. Hydraulic engineering. 

 Portland, Me, June 18, 67. B.S, Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 90. Engineer, U. 8. Geol. Surv, 90- Civil 

 Eng; Forestry Ass; Nat. Geog. Soc. (sec'y, 94- 

 95). Hydraulic engineering. 



Babcock, Prof. E(arle) J (ay), University of North 

 Dakota, Grand Forks, N. Dak. Chemistry, 

 Metallurgy. St. Charles, Minn, June 11, 65. 

 Carleton; B.S, Minnesota, 89. Instr. chem, 

 North Dakota, 89-91, prof. chem. and geol, 91- 

 02, chem. and metal, and dean, Col. Mining Eng, 

 98-; state geologist, N. Dak, 97-02. Metallur- 

 gical chemistry; fire clays; lignite coal; ce- 

 ment; building stone. 



Babcock, Dr. S(tephen) M(oulton), 432 Lake St, 

 Madison, Wis. * Agricultural chemistry. Bab- 

 cock Hill, N. Y, Oct. 22, 43. A.B, Tufts, 66; 

 Ph.D, Gottingen, 79. Instr. chem, Cornell, 75- 

 77, 81-82; chemist, Agr. Exp. Sta, Geneva, N. Y, 

 82-88; prof. agr. chem, Wisconsin, and chem- 

 ist, Agr. Exp. Sta, 88- Mem. Jury of Awards, 

 Pan-Am. Expos, 01. Bronze medal, Wis. Legis- 

 lature, 99; grand prize, Paris Expos, 00; LL.D, 

 Tufts, 01. F.A.A. (sec'y, C, 94). Agricultural 

 chemistry, chiefly along dairy lines. Influence 

 of low temperatures upon the curing of cheese; 

 the conservation of gravity during molecular 

 changes. 



Baber, Miss Zonia, 5623 Madison Ave, Chicago, 

 Ills. Geography. Kansas, Ills, Aug. 24, 62. 

 B.S, Chicago. Principal, Ward Sch, Youngs- 

 town, O, 86-88; critic teacher, Cook Co. Nor. 

 Sch, 88-90, head, Dept. Geog, 90-99; Sch. of 

 Educ, Chicago, 01- Principal, Element. Sch, 

 Sch. of Educ, Chicago, 02-03. Nat. Geog. Soc; 

 Soc. Sci. Educ; Chicago Geog. Soc. (pres.). 

 Geography in education. 



Bacon, Prof. Arthur A(very), 496 Main St, Geneva, 

 N. Y. Physics. Laconia, N. H, Oct. 26, 75. 

 A.B, Dartmouth, 97, A.M, 01. Tutor physics, 

 Oberlin, 97-98; asst, Dartmouth, 98-00, instr. 

 math, and astron, 00-01 ; prof, physics, Hobart, 

 03- M.A.A; Physical Soc. Equilibrium of 

 vapors at curved surfaces of liquids. 



Baekeland, Dr. Leo Hendrik, Yonkers-on-Hud- 

 son, N. Y. Chemistry. Ghent, Belgium, Nov. 

 14, 63. Sc.D, Ghent, 84. Asst. prof, chem, 

 Ghent, 85-88, assoc. prof, 88-89; prof. chem. 

 and physics, Higher Nor. Sch, Bruges, 86-88 ; 

 mfg. and consulting chemist, 89- Laureate of 

 chem. science of the four Belgian universities, 

 87. Chem. Soc; Soc Chem. Indust. (v. pres, 

 05) ; Electrochem. Soc; N. Y. Chemists' Club 



