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mington, Del, Oct. 7, 68. Certificate in chem, 

 Pennsylvania, 95, Ph.D, 98. Asst. demonstrator 

 chem, Woman's Med. Col. of Pa, 99-02; treas, 

 Phila. Clin. Lab, 01- Chem. Soc. Metal sepa- 

 ration by means of hydrobromic acid gas; in- 

 dium in timgsten minerals. 



Atkinson, Prof. Geo(rge) F(rancis), Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, N. Y. * Botany. Monroe, Mich, 

 Jan. 26, 54. Olivet, 80-84; Ph.B, Cornell, 85. 

 Asst. prof, entom. and gen. zool, North Carolina, 

 85-86, assoc. prof, 86-88; prof. bot. and zool, 

 South Carolina, and botanist, Exp. Sta, 88-89; 

 prof, biol, Ala. Polytech, and biologist, Exp. 

 Sta, 89-92; asst. prof, crypt, bot, Cornell, 92- 

 93, assoc. prof, 93-96, prof, bot, head, Bot. 

 Dept, and botanist, Exp. Sta, 96- Ed, ' Bot. 

 Gazette,' 96-98. F.A.A. (sec'y, G, 96, v. 

 pres, 97) ; Soc. Nat; Bot. Soc. (sec'y, 89- 

 01); Soc. Plant Morph. and Physiol; Mycol. 

 Soc; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; cor. mem. Torrey 

 Bot. Club; Wash. Acad. Lemnaceae of the 

 United States; Cercosporae and Erysipheae of 

 Alabama; Heterodera; trap-door spiders; Hypo- 

 creaceae; fungi of cotton; edema of tomato; 

 prunicolous Exoasceae ; diseases of plants ; 

 mushrooms; etc. Morphology and taxonomy of 

 fungi; cultures and development of fungi. 



Atwater, Prof. W(ilbur) O(lin), 226 Washington 

 St, Middletown, Conn. * Physiological chemistry. 

 Johnsburg, N. Y, May 3, 44. A.B, Wesleyan, 

 65; Ph.D, Yale, 69; Leipzig and Berlin, 69-71. 

 Prof, chem, Tennessee, 71-73; Maine State, 73; 

 Wesleyan, 73- First director, Conn. Agr. Exp. 

 Sta, 75-77, mem. Board of Control, 75-05; direc- 

 tor, Storrs Agr. Exp. Sta, 88-02; founder and 

 director, Office of Exp. Stations, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 88-91, special agent, 92-, in charge nutrition 

 investigations, 94-, chief, 03- Elliott Cresson 

 gold medal, Franklin Inst; gold medal, Paris 

 Expos, 00, and others; LL.D, Vermont, 04. 

 F.A.A. (sec'y, C, 95) ; Chem. Soc; Physiol. Soc; 

 Wash. Acad; Chem. Gesell; Soc. chim. de Paris; 

 cor. mem. Soc. royale des Sci. med. et nat; 

 assoc. mem. Soc. d'Hygifene; for. mem. Swedish 

 Royal Acad, of Agr ; cor. mem. Russian Imperial 

 Mil. Acad, of Med. Agricultural and physiolog- 

 ical chemistry; dietary studies; metabolism. 

 Investigations with the respiration calorimeter. 



Atwell, Prof. C(harles) B(each), 1938 Sherman 

 Ave, Evanston, Ills. Botany. Theresa, N. Y, 

 April 11, 55. Ph.B, Syracuse, 79, Ph.M, 82; 

 Harvard, 87; Freiburg, 91. Asst. principal, 

 Acad, Lowville, N. Y, 79-80; instr, Acad. Dept, 

 Northwestern, 80-82; principal pub. schools, 

 South Evanston, Ills, 82-84; instr, Acad. Dept, 

 Northwestern, 84-87, Northwestern, 87-91, prof, 

 biol, 91-94, bot, 9-J- Registrar, Col. Dept, 

 Northwestern, 90-92. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Bot. 

 Cent. States ; . Chicago Acad ; Evanston Hist. 

 Soc. Algae; chlorophyll. Algae of Cook 

 County, Illinois; development of Lathyrus 

 maritimus. 



Atwood, Dr. Wallace W (alter), 5453 Monroe Ave, 

 Chicago, Ills. Geology. Chicago, Oct. 1,72. B.S, 

 Chicago, 97, Ph.D, 03. Instr. physiog, Lewis 



Inst, Chicago, 97-99; geol, Chicago Inst, 99-00, 

 director, 00; asst. physiog, Chicago, 01-02, assoc, 

 02-03, instr. physiog. and gen. geol, OS- Asst. 

 geologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 01-; Ills. Geol. 

 Surv, 05- Geog. Ass; Chicago Geog. Soc. 

 Glaciation; ancient glaciers among the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



Aubert, Prof. A (If red) B(ellamy), Orono, Me. 

 Chemistry. New York, N. Y, April 29, 53. B.S, 

 Cornell, 73; M.S, Maine. Prof, chem, Maine, 

 7-J- Chem. Soc. Double salts of pyridin pico- 

 lin; diatoms of Maine. Picolin compounds. 



Auchincloss, William S(tuart), Atlantic High- 

 lands, N. J. Mechanical and, civil engineering. 

 New York, N. Y, March 19, 42. C.E, Rensselaer, 

 62. Civil engineer, A. and G. W. R. R, 64 ; U. S. 

 commissioner, Paris Expos, 67 ; ship builder and 

 car manufacturer, 69-79; commission merchant, 

 79-95. F.A.A; Civil Eng; Mech. Eng; Phila. 

 Eng. Club; Inst. Braziliera; British Ass. In- 

 ventor of improvements in war-vessel case- 

 mates ; indicators for passenger elevators ; axle- 

 boxes and trucks for railroad cars; thread 

 spoolers; averaging instruments for calculating 

 accounts. 



Auchy, George, 6948 Hegerman St, Tacony, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. Chemistry. Pottstown, Pa, 

 April 23, 62. Lafayette, 78-82. Chemist, 

 Durham Iron Works, 82-86; Nashua Iron and 

 Steel Co, 94-97; Keystone Saw Works, 97- 

 Chem. Soc; Franklin Inst. Methods of chem- 

 ical analysis of iron and steel. 



Auer, Dr. John, 107 W. 122d St, New York, N. Y. 

 Physiology, Pharmacology. Rochester, N. Y, 

 March 30, 75. B.S, Michigan, 98; M.D, Hop- 

 kins, 02. Fellow, Rockefeller Inst, for Med. 

 Research, 03- House officer, Hopkins Hosp, 

 02-03. Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med. Intramuscu- 

 lar absorption; effect of suprarenal extract on 

 absorption and transudation. Physiology and 

 pharmacology of magnesium salts. 



Austen, Dr. Peter T(ownsend), 89 Pine St, New 

 York, N. Y. *Chemistry. Clifton, Staten Isl, 

 N. Y, Sept. 10, 52. Ph.B, Columbia, 72; Berlin, 

 73-76; Ph.D, Zurich, 76. Instr. chem, Dart- 

 mouth, 76-77; prof, Rutgers and N. J. State 

 Science Sch, 78-91; Brooklyn Polytech, 92-96; 

 chemical expert, 96- F.A.A; Chem. Soc; for- 

 eign chem. societies. Experimental investiga- 

 tion and manufacturing processes. 



Austin, Prof. Louis W(inslow), Bureau of Stan- 

 dards, Washington, D. C. *Physics. Orwell, 

 Vt, Oct. 30, 67. A.B, Middlebury, 89; Stras- 

 burg, 89-90; fellow, Clark, 90-91; Ph.D, Stras- 

 burg, 93. Instr. and later asst. prof, physics, 

 Wisconsin, 93-01; on staff, Physik.-Tech. Reich- 

 anstalt, Charlottenburg, 02-04; Bur. Standards, 

 04- Physical Soc; Astron. and Astrophys. 

 Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc; Physik. Gesell. Phys- 

 ical measurements; elasticity in metals; mag- 

 netostriction discharge of electricity through 

 gases; specific heat of gases at high tempera- 

 tures. 



Austin, O(scar) P(helps), 1620 Massachusetts Ave, 

 Washington, D. C. Economics. Newark, Ills, 



