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Ph.D, Columbia, 01. Instr. nat. hist, Col. City 

 of N. Y, 99- With Minn. Nat. Hist. Surv, 

 92-93; director, Biol. Lab, U. S. Bur. Fisheries, 

 Woods Hole, 03- M.A.A; Fisheries Soc; fel. 

 N. Y. Acad. Vertebrate embryology, particu- 

 larly of bony fishes; physiology of bony fishes. 

 Adaptation and selective elimination in fishes; 

 biological survey of the waters in the neighbor- 

 hood of Woods Hole, Mass. 



Sumner, Prof. W(illiam) G(raham), 240 Edwards 

 St, New Haven, Conn. Political and social sci- 

 ence. Paterson, N. J, Oct. 30, 40. A.B, Yale, 

 63; Geneva, 63-64; Gottingen, 64-66; Oxford, 

 66. Tutor, Yale, 66-69, prof, polit. and social 

 science, 72- LL.D, E. Tennessee, 88. Syste- 

 matic science of society. 



Surface, Prof. H(arvey) A (dam), Harrisburg, 

 Pa. Zoology. Waynesville, O, July 25, 67. 

 B.S, Ohio State, 91, M.S, 92; Illinois, 93; fel- 

 low, Cornell, 97-98. Teacher, pub. schools, 85- 

 87; asst, Ohio Geol. Surv, 91-92; geol, Ohio 

 State, 92-93; prof. nat. hist, Pacific, 95-96; 

 teacher zool, Cornell, 98; scientific asst, U. S. 

 Fish Commission, 99; supervisor of nature 

 study, Ithaca, N. Y, 99-00; prof, zool, Pa. 

 State, 00-; state zoologist, Pa, OS- Zoologist, 

 Pacific Chautauquan, 96; instr. ornith, N. Y. 

 Teachers' Institutes, 98 ; field naturalist, Ills. 

 State Biol. Sta, 99 ; special scientific asst, Pa. 

 State Fish Commission, 00-; lecturer, Farmers' 

 Inst, Pa, 01-; ornithologist, Pa. State Board 

 of Agr, 01- M.A.A; Soc. Nat; assoc. Ornith. 

 Union ; Ass. Econ. Entom ; Audubon Soc ; 

 Pa. Bee Keepers' Ass. (pres, 03-) ; Ohio Acad; 

 N. Y. State Sci. Teachers Ass; hon. mem. Mon- 

 treal Entom. Soc. Economic entomology; ich- 

 thyology; ornithology. Economic zoology in 

 Pennsylvania; the Hessian fly; fresh-water 

 fishes; lampreys; reptiles. 



Sutton, William J(ohn), 89 Discovery St, Victoria, 

 B. C, Can. Geology. Kincardine, Ont, Jan. 19, 59. 

 Cornell; Columbia; B.S, M.E, Michigan. Pro- 

 vincial assayer, Govt, of B. C, 87, 88; instr. 

 geol, Michigan, 95-99; geologist, Esquimau and 

 Xanaimo R. R. Co, 99- M.A.A; Geol. Soc; 

 Min. Eng; Can. Min. Inst; B. C. Nat. Hist. Soc; 

 Soc. miner, de France. Geology of British Co- 

 lumbia. Geology of Vancouver Island. 



Swain, Prof. George F(illmore), Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. Civil 

 engineering. San Francisco, Cal, March 2, 57. 

 B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 77 ; Berlin, 77-80. Instr. 

 civil eng, Mass. Inst. Tech, 81-83, asst. prof, 

 83-86, assoc. prof, 86-87, prof, 87- Engineer, 

 Mass. R. R. Commission, 87-; mem. Boston 

 Transit Commission, 93- Civil Eng. (director, 

 01-04) ; Mech. Eng; Eng. Educ. (pres, 94-95) ; 

 Boston Soc. Civil Eng. (pres, 96-97); British 

 Inst. Civil Eng; Hanover Arch, und Ing. Verein; 

 etc. Structural, railroad and hydraulic engi- 

 neering. 



Swain, Prof. Rob(er)t E(ckles), Stanford Univer- 

 sity, Cal. Physiological chemistry. Hollister, 

 Cal, Jan. 5. 75. A.B, Stanford, 99; M.S, Yale, 

 01; Strasburg and Heidelberg, 01-02; Ph.D, 



Yale, 04. Asst. chem, Stanford, 98-00, instr, 

 00-02, asst. prof, 02- Acting chemist, Ohlandt 

 Fertilizer Co, 99. Chem. Soc. Relation of 

 molecular weight to lowering of freezing-point; 

 products of uric acid feeding in dogs; products 

 of tryptic digestion ; urine of the coyote ; forma- 

 tion of kynurenic acid in the animal body. 

 Physiological action of thallium salts. 



Swan, Prof. J(ohn) N(esbit), 427 N. Third St, 

 Monmouth, Ills. Chemistry. New Jefferson, 

 O, Oct. 14, 62. A.B, Westminster (Pa.), 86; 

 Ph.D, Hopkins, 93. Teacher, pub. schools, Bur- 

 lington, la, 86-87 ; prof, science, Tarkio, 87-88 ; 

 chem. and math, Westminster (Pa.), 89-91; 

 physical science, Monmouth, 9S-. acting pres, 

 02-03. Chem. Soc. Double halides. Rate re- 

 actions with a aluminum and acids. 



Swanton, Dr. John R(eed), Bureau of American 

 Ethnology, Washington, D. C. Anthropology. 

 Gardiner, Me, Feb. 19, 73. A.B, Harvard, 96, 

 A.M, 97, Ph.D, 00. Ethnologist, Bur. Am. 

 Ethnol, 00- Anthrop. Ass; Wash. Anthrop. 

 Soc. Chinook, Dakota and Haida Indian lan- 

 guages; general ethnology of the Haida. The 

 Haida language and mythology; dictionary of 

 Indian languages (section on northwest coast). 



Swartz, Dr. Charles K(ephart), Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md. Geology. Balti- 

 more, Jan. 3, 61. A.B, Hopkins, 88; fellow, 

 Clark, 89-90; B.D, Oberlin, 92; fellow, Hopkins, 

 03-04, Ph.D, 04. Instr. geol, Hopkins, 04-05, 

 assoc, 05- Paleontology; Paleozoic geology. 

 Devonian limestones of Ohio. 



Swartzel, Prof. K(arl) D(ale), Ohio State Univer- 

 sity, Columbus, O. Mathematics. Lewisburg, 

 O. July 1, 69. B.S, Ohio State, 93, M.S, 94, 

 fellow, 94-95; Harvard, 02-03. Instr. math, 

 Ohio State, 95-99, asst. prof, 99- Special instr. 

 math, Kenyon, 98-00; instr, summer schools, 

 Ohio State. M.A.A; Math. Soc. 



Swasey, Dr. Ambrose, 1728 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 

 O. Mechanical engineering. Exeter, N. H, Dec. 

 19, 46. Pub. schools. Mem. firm, Warner and 

 Swasey, Cleveland, 80-00, v. pres. and treas, 

 Warner and Swasey Co, 00- Mem. Jury of 

 Awards, Nashville, Pan-Am. and La. Purchase 

 Expositions; pres, Cleveland Chamber of Com- 

 merce. Chevalier Legion d'honneur, 00; hon. 

 D.Eng, Case, 05. Mech. Eng. (v. pres, 01-02, 

 pres, 04) ; Cleveland Civil Eng. Club (pres, 94- 

 95) ; British Inst. Mech. Eng; fel. Royal Astron. 

 Soc; British Astron. Ass. Design of the Lick 

 and Yerkes telescopes; the circular dividing en- 

 gine; the Swasey Depression Range Finder and 

 other scientific instruments. 



Sweet, Prof. John E(dson), 114 Merriman Ave, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. Architecture, Mechanics. 

 Pompey, N. Y, Oct. 21, 32. Pub. schools. Prof, 

 practical mech, Cornell, 73-79; pres, Straight 

 Line Engine Co, 80- Director in various mfg. 

 industries; mem. Jury of Awards, Columbian 

 Expos, 93; expert, Navy Dept. Mech. Eng. 

 (pres, 83-84) ; Min. Eng; Eng. Builders Ass. 

 (pres.). Machine construction. 



