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Columbia, 02-03. Instr. biol. and embryol, Star- 

 ling Med. Col, 98-99; prof, liol, Fargo, 99-02; 

 teacher, N. Y. High Sch. of Commerce, 03- 

 Instr. zool, Seaside Sta, Minnesota, 02. M.A.A; 

 Ohio Acad. Distribution and habits of fresh- 

 water fishes and of dragon-flies ; distribution 

 with lists of British Columbia Odonata and 

 Syrphidae; aquatic adaptations in mammals 

 and reptiles. Comparative development of 

 paired and unpaired limbs of the lowest sharks. 



Osburn, Prof. William, Morris, Ills. Zoology. 

 Wilmington, Ills, Oct. 3, 54. A.B, Kansas, 77, 

 A.M, 91. Prof. nat. science, Walden, 91- 

 01; instr. biol, Cincinnati, 01-02; Dept. Biol, 

 Hughes High Sch, Cincinnati, 02-04; pro- 

 prietor, Goose Lake Seed and Stock Farm, 

 Morris, Ills, OJf- Curator entom, Cincinnati 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. Assoc. Ornith. Union. Or- 

 nithology; Lepidoptera. Parasitism in Lepi- 

 doptera. 



Osgood, Wilfred H(udson), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Zoology. 

 Rochester, N. H, Dec. 8, 75. A.B, Stanford, 99. 

 Asst. biologist, U. S. Biol. Surv, 97- F.A.A; 

 mem. Ornith. Union; Nat. Geog. Soc; Wash. 

 Acad; Wash. Biol. Soc. (sec'y, 00-) ; Cooper 

 (Cal.) Ornith. Club (first pres.). Mam- 

 malogy; ornithology; biological surveys of 

 Alaska. Biological surveys of Alaska; certain 

 American genera of mammals. 



Osgood, Prof. W(illiam) F(ogg), Harvard Uni- 

 versity, Cambridge, Mass. *Mathematics. Bos- 

 ton, Mass, March 10, 64. A.B, Harvard, 86, 

 A.M, 87; Gottingen, 87-89; Ph.D, Erlangen, 90. 

 Instr. math, Harvard, 90-93, asst. prof, 93-03, 

 prof, 03- Ed, * Annals of Math,' 99-02. Nat. 

 Acad; Math. Soc. (mem. Council, 00-03, v. 

 pres, 03, pres, 05) ; Math. Verein; Circolo Mat. 

 di Palermo. Theory of functions of real and 

 of complex variables. 



Osier, Dr. William, Oxford, England. *Medicine. 

 Bond Head, Ont, July 12, 49. Trinity (Can.), 

 68; Toronto Sch. Med, 69-70; M.D, McGill, 

 72; Univ. Col, London, 72-73; Berlin and 

 Vienna, 73-74. Prof, institutes of med, McGill, 

 74-84; clin. med, Pennsylvania, 84-89; med, 

 Hopkins, 89-05; Regius prof, Oxford Univ, 

 England, 05- Hon. prof, med, Hopkins, 05- 

 LL.D, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Yale, Toronto, 

 Harvard, McGill and Hopkins; hon. Sc.D, Ox- 

 ford, M.D, 05. F.A.A; Am. Physicians; Ass. 

 Path, and Bact; Physiol. Soc; Neur. Soc; 

 Pediat. Soc; Am. Acad; Philos. Soc; fel. Royal 

 Soc. Internal medicine. 



Osmond, Prof. I(saac) Thornton, State College, 

 Pa. Physics. Near Philadelphia, Pa, May 24, 

 44. A.B, Mount Union, 71, A.M, 74; M.S, 

 Cornell, 87. Adj. prof, sciences, Polytech. 

 Col. of Pa, 73-75; principal, Clinton Liberal 

 Inst, 75-77; prof, physies, Pa. State, 79- Mem. 

 Jury of Awards, Franklin Inst. Elec. Exhib; 

 meteorologist, Pa. State Board of Agr, several 

 years; asst. animal nutrition experiments, U. 

 S. Bur. Animal Indust. F.A.A. Direct utili- 

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zation of (solar) radiant energy without con- 

 version into heat. 



Osterhout, Prof. W(inthrop) J(ohn) V(anleuven), 

 Berkeley, Cal. *Botany. Brooklyn, N. Y, Aug. 



2, 71. A.B, Brown, 93, A.M, 94; Bonn, 95-96 j 

 Ph.D, California, 99. Instr. hot, Brown, 93- 

 95; California, 96-99, asst. prof, 99- Instr. 

 bot, Woods Hole, 94-95. Cal. Acad; San 

 Francisco Micros. Soc; San Francisco Biol. 

 Club. Spindle formation and fertilization in 

 plants. Cytology; polarity in plants; effect of 

 salt on plants. 



Ostrander, Prof. J(ohn) E(dwin), Amherst, Mass. 

 Civil engineering, Mathematics. Slingerlands, 

 N. Y, March 20, 65. A.B, C.E, Union, 86, A.M, 

 89. Practising civil engineer, 86-91; instr. 

 civil eng, Lehigh, 91-92; prof, civil eng. and 

 mech. arts, Idaho, 92-97; math, and civil eng, 

 Mass. Agr. Col, and meteorologist, Hatch Exp. 

 Sta, 97- Acting prof, astron, Amherst, 00-01. 

 Civil Eng; Min. Eng; Eng. Educ. Civil engi- 

 neering; variation of the magnetic needle; 

 meteorology. 



Ott, Dr. Isaac, Easton, Pa. *Physiology. North- 

 ampton Co, Pa, Nov. 30, 47. M.D, Pennsyl- 

 vania, 69; A.M, Lafayette, 77; fellow, Hopkins, 

 78. Prof, physiol, Medico-Chirurg. Col, Phila, 

 95- Consulting neurologist, Norristown Asy- 

 lum, Pa. Soc. Nat; Physiol. Soc; Neur. Soc. 

 (past pres.) ; Phila. Neur. Soc. Physiology 

 and pathology of the nervous system. Thermo- 

 genic centers; intestinal peristalsis; physiolog- 

 ical action of drugs. 



Overton, Dr. Ja(me)s B(ertram), 512 Wisconsin 

 Ave, Madison, Wis. Biology, Botany. Rich- 

 mond, Mich, Dec. 23, 69. Ph.B, Michigan, 94; 

 fellow, Chicago, 00-01, Ph.D, 01; Bonn, 03-04. 

 Senior master math, St. John's Mil. Acad, Dela- 

 field, Wis, 95-98; asst. bot, Chicago, summer, 

 00-01; prof, biol, Illinois Col, 01-04; instr. lot, 

 Wisconsin, 0J f - Soc. Nat; Bot. Cent. States. 

 Parthenogenesis in Thalictrum purpurascens. 

 Reduction division of chromosomes in Thalic- 

 trum; reduction division in flowering plants. 



Owen, Cha(rle)s L(orin), Field Columbian Museum, 

 Chicago, Ills. Archeology. Granville, O, Sept. 



3, 61. A.B, Denison, 85; Peabody Mus, Har- 

 vard, 93. Asst. curator, Div. Archeol, Field 

 Mus. Nat. Hist, 01- Civil engineer, 85-98. 

 F.A.A; Anthrop. Ass; Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc; 

 Wis. Archeol. Soc. 



Owen, Prof. D(avid) A (lien), 200 S. State St, 

 Franklin, Ind. Biology. Worthington, Ind, 

 Dec. 11, 52. A.B, Franklin, 78, A.M, 81. 

 Instr. nat. science, Franklin, 79-85, prof, biol, 

 85- M.A.A; Bot. Cent. States; Ind. Acad. 



Owens, Prof. Robert Bowie, McGill University, 

 Montreal, Can. Electrical engineering. Grad, 

 Charlotte Hall Mil. Acad, Md; Hopkins; E.E, 

 A.M, Columbia, John Tyndall fellow; B.S, M.S, 

 Sc.D, McGill. Prof. elee. and steam eng, Ne- 

 braska, 91-98; elec. eng, McGill, 98- Con- 

 struction and consulting work in electric light- 

 ing, electric railway and power transmission 



