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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



May 31, 64. A.B, Davidson, 83, A.M, 85; 

 fellow, Cornell, 89-90. Asst. chem, N. C. Agr. 

 Exp. Sta, 84-SS; prof, N. C. Col. Agr. and 

 Mech. Arts, 89-; chemist, N. C. Agr. Exp. Sta, 

 97- Teacher chem. and physics, Peace Inst, 

 Raleigh, N. C, 90-93; statistical agent, U. S. 

 Dept. Agr, 95-02, 05-; acting director, N. C. 

 Agr. Exp. Sta, 97-99 ; mem. Executive Commit- 

 tee, Pure Food and Drug Cong, 98- F.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc. (pres, N. C. Sect, 01-02) ; Soc. Chem. 

 Indust; Ass. Off. Agr. Chemists (acting pres, 

 04) ; Ass. Agr. Col. (chairman, Committee on 

 Pure Food Legislation, 99-). Food adultera- 

 tion. Nitrification; availability of plant foods. 



Withington, Dr. Charles F(rancis), 35 Bay State 

 Road, Boston, Mass. Medicine. Brookline, 

 Mass, Aug. 21, 52. A.B, Harvard, 74, M.D, 81. 

 Instr. elin. med, Harvard Med. Sch, 90-05. 

 Visiting physician, Boston City Hosp, 92-; con- 

 sulting physician, New Eng. Hosp. for Women 

 and Children; Boston Insane Hosp; asst. ed, 

 'Boston Med. and Surg. Jour', 82-90. Am. 

 Physicians; Mass. Med. Soc. Clinical medi- 

 cine. 



Witmer, Prof. Lightner, 1510 Walnut St, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. *Psychology. Philadelphia, June 

 28, 67. A.B, Pennsylvania, 88, grad. student, 

 88-91; Ph.D, Leipzig, 92. Asst. exp. psychol, 

 Pennsylvania, 90-92, lecturer, 92-94, asst. prof, 

 92-04, prof, psychol, 0J/~ Lecturer psychol, 

 Bryn Mawr, 96-98; psychologist, Pa. Training 

 Sch. for Feeble Minded Children, Elwyn, Pa, 

 96-; Haddonfield Training Sch, 02-; prof, psy- 

 chol, Lehigh, 04-06. F.A.A; Psychol. Ass; 

 Nat. Educ. Ass. (mem. Council, 98-02) ; Soc. 

 Sci. Educ; Philos. Soc; Phila. Acad. Psycho- 

 logical esthetics; comparative tests and meas- 

 urements; examination and pedagogical treat- 

 ment of backward children. The knee-jerk; 

 vocabulary and ideas of school children; psy- 

 chophysical tests and measurements; compara- 

 tive psychology; the abnormal child. 



Witthaus, Dr. R(udolph) A(ugust), University 

 Club, New York, N. Y. *Chemistry, Toxicology. 

 New York, Aug. 30, 46. A.B, Columbia, 67; 

 M.D, N. Y. Univ, 75; Paris, 73, 74. Prof. chem. 

 and toxicol, Vermont, 78-00; Buffalo, 82-84; 

 N. Y. Univ, 85-98; ohem, physics and tox-icol, 

 Med. Col, Cornell, 98- F.A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. 

 Chem. Indust; N. Y. State Med. Soc; N. Y. 

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



Wolbach, Dr. S(imeon) Burt, Harvard Medical 

 School, Boston, Mass. Bacteriology, Pathology. 

 Grand Island, Nebr. Lawrence Sci. Sch, Har- 

 vard, 97-99, M.D, Harvard, 03. Second asst. 

 path, Boston City Hosp, 03-04, first asst, 04-05 ; 

 asst, Harvard Med. Sch, 05- Pathologist, Long 

 Isl. Hosp, Boston. Ass. Path, and Bact; Ass. 

 for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis; Bos- 

 ton Soc. Med. Sci. 



Wolcott, Prof. E(dson) R(ay), Colorado School 

 of Mines, Golden, Colo. Physics. Sharon, Wis, 

 April 22, 77. B.S, Wisconsin, 00, fellow, 01-02 

 Berlin, 02-03. Asst. physics, Wisconsin, 00-01 

 prof, Colo. Sch. of Mines, 03- Physical Soc 



Nat. Elec. Light Ass; Wis. Acad. Coherers; 

 alternating currents; measurement of resist- 

 ance of electrolytes. Radio-activity; radio- 

 active minerals of Colorado. 



Wolcott, Dr. Rob(er)t H(enry), University of 

 Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. Zoology, Anatomy. 

 Alton, Ills, Oct. 11, 68. B.L, Michigan, 90, 

 B.S, 92, M.D, 93; A.M, Nebraska, 95. Asst. 

 zool, Nebraska, 94-95, instr, 95-98, adj. prof, 

 98-02, asst. prof. zool. and demonstrator anat, 

 02-03, assoc. prof. zool. in charge, Anat. Lab, 

 03-05, prof, anat, 05- With Biol. Surv, Mich. 

 Fish Commission, summers, 93, 94; in charge 

 biol, Missouri, summers, 01, 04, 05. Soc. Nat; 

 Soc. Zool ; Ass. Anat ; mem. Ornith. Union ; 

 Micros. Soc. (sec'y) ; Nebr. Acad, (pres.) ; 

 Mich. Acad; Nebr. Ornith. Union (pres.) ; 

 Mich. Ornith. Club. Vertebrate anatomy; 

 Hydrachnidae ; geographical distribution of life, 

 especially fauna of Nebraska; Michigan and 

 Nebraska Lepidoptera; Nebraska ornithology. 

 North American Hydrachnidae; faunal dis- 

 tribution in Nebraska; anatomy; birds of the 

 Sand-hill region of Nebraska; color variation 

 in the tiger-beetles of Nebraska. 



Wolcott, Townsend, 39 Whitehall St, New York, 

 N. Y. Electrical engineering. New York, N. Y, 

 July 18,57. Common sch; private study. Prac- 

 tising elec. engineer, 90-, elec. engineer, Signal 

 Corps, V. S. A, 99- Elec. Eng; Electrochem. 

 Soc. Theory of potential functions ; conserva- 

 tion of energy. 



Wolf, Dr. C(harles) G(eorge) L(ewis), Cornell 

 University Medical College, New York, N. Y. 

 Physiological chemistry. London, England, 

 Nov. 6, 72. A.B, Manitoba, 90; M.D, CM, 

 McGill, 94. Instr. physiol. chem, Med. Col, 

 Cornell, 00- Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med. /3- 

 ketonic esters; tantomerism; tetraphosphorus- 

 trisulfid; azoimid; metabolism of sulfur; phar- 

 macology of the rare earths. 



Wolfe, Dr. H(arry) K(irke), Lincoln, Nebr. 

 *Psychology. Bloomington, Ills, Nov. 10, 58. 

 A.B, Nebraska, 80; Ph.D, Leipzig, 86. Prof, 

 philos, Nebraska, 89-97 ; supt. pub. schools, 

 South Omaha, Nebr, 98-01; principal, High 

 Sch, Lincoln, Nebr, 02-05 ; prof, philos. and 

 educ, Montana, 05-06; educ. psychol, Nebraska, 

 06- West. Philos. Ass. Psychology; pedagogy. 



Wolff, Prof. Frank A(lfred), 1429 R St, N. W, 

 Washington, D. C *Physics, Electrical engi- 

 neering. Baltimore, Md, April 8, 71. A.B, 

 Hopkins, 90, fellow, 92-93, Ph.D, 93; Leipzig, 

 94. Prof, physics and elec. eng, George Wash- 

 ington, 95-04, elec. eng, 0^-; assoc. physicist, 

 Bur. Standards, 01- Physicist, Div. of Soils, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr; examiner, Civil Service 

 Commission ; verifier, Office Standard Weights 

 and Measures. F.A.A; Physical Soc; assoc. 

 Elec. Eng; Electrochem. Soc; Wash. Philos. 

 Soc. Effect of magnetism on chemical action; 

 the verification of electrical standards and elec- 

 trical measuring apparatus; the accuracy of 

 Ohm's law; the standard cell; the international 

 electrical units. 



