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F.A.A; British Astron. Ass. Making astron- 

 omy popular by writings and lectures. 



Prosser, Prof. Charles S(mith), Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, Columbus, O. *Geology, Paleontology. 

 Columbus, N. Y, March 24, 60. B.S, Cornell, 83, 

 fellow, 84-85, M.S, 86. Instr. paleont, Cornell, 85- 

 88; asst. paleontologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 88-92; 

 prof. nat. hist, Washburn, 92-94; geol, Union, 

 94-99; Ohio State, 99- Asst. geologist, U. S. 

 Geol. Surv, 92-95, 00-; N. Y. Geol. tourv, 95- 

 99; Kas. Univ. Surv, 96; chief, Appalachian 

 Div, Md. Geol. Surv, 98-01; asst. geologist, 

 Ohio Geol. Surv, 00-; assoc. ed, 'Am. Geolo- 

 gist,' 04- Mem. Int. Cong. Geol, 88; Int. Geog. 

 Cong, 04. F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Geol. Soc. Strat- 

 igraphical geology and paleontology of New 

 York, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Nebraska, Mary- 

 land and Ohio; the Devonian of New York, 

 Pennsylvania and Maryland. Stratigraphical 

 geology and paleontology of Ohio. 



Prudden, Dr. T(heophil) Mitchell, 160 W. 59th St, 

 New York, N. Y. *Pathology. Middlebury, 

 Conn, July 7, 49. A.B, Yale, 72, M.D, 75. 

 Asst. and director, Lab. of Alumni Ass, 78; 

 prof, path, Col. Physicians and Surgeons, Co- 

 lumbia, 91- LL.D, Yale, 97. Nat. Acad; Ass. 

 Path, and Bact; Am. Physicians; assoc. fel. 

 Am. Acad; N. Y. Acad. Med; N. Y. Path. Soc; 

 fel. N. Y. Acad. Pathology and bacteriology. 



Puckner, Prof. W(illiam) A(ugust), 75 Wells St, 

 Chicago, Ills. Pharmaceutical chemistry. New 

 Holstein, Wis, Feb. 24, 64. Ph.G, Illinois, 85; 

 Heidelberg, 93. Asst. bot, Sch. of Pharmacy, 

 Illinois, 88-90, prof, chem, 94~ Chemist, Searle 

 and Hereth Co ; asst. ed, ' Pharmaceut. Rev.' 

 Chem. Soc; Pharmaceut. Ass; Chem. Gesell. 

 Alkaloidal estimations; general pharmaceutical 

 chemistry. Decomposition of mydriatic alka- 

 loids. 



Puffer, Dr. Ethel D(ench),45 Irving St, Cambridge, 

 Mass. Psychology, Philosophy. Framingham, 

 Mass, Oct. 10, 72. A.B, Smith, 91 ; Berlin and 

 Freiburg, 95-97; Ph.D, Radcliffe, 02. Teacher, 

 High Sch, Keene, N. H, 91-92; instr. math, 

 Smith, 92-95; asst. psychol, Radcliffe, 98-; 

 instr. philos, Wellesley, 01-; psychol, Simmons, 

 Oil- Psychol. Ass; Philos. Ass. Psychological 

 esthetics. 



Puffer, Prof. W(illia)m L(ewis), 198 Mt. Vernon 



St, West Newton, Mass. Electrical engineering. 

 Sudbury, Mass, July 15, 60. B.S, Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 84. Asst. elec. eng, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 84-86, instr, 86-93, asst. prof, 93-01, assoc. 

 prof, 01- Mem. Jury of Awards, Pan-Am. 

 Expos, 01. M.A.A; Elec. Eng. Dynamo test- 

 ing; general electrical engineering laboratory 

 instruction and methods; safety of electric 

 wires. 



Pumpelly, Prof. Raphael, Newport, R. I. * Geol- 

 ogy. Owego, N. Y, Sept. 8, 37. Private schools ; 

 Royal Sch. Mines, Freiberg, 56-60. Geologist, 

 Japanese Govt, 60-63 ; special commissioner, Chi- 

 nese Govt, 64; prof, mining geol, Harvard, 66- 

 75; chief div, U. S. Geol. Surv, 79-81; director, 



North. Transcontinental Surv, 81-84; chief div, 

 U. S. Geol. Surv, 84-90; conductor, Archeol. 

 and Physiographic Explor. to Central Asia, 

 Carnegie Inst, 03-04. State geologist, Mich, 70- 

 71; director, Geol. Surv, Mo, 71-73. Int. Geol. 

 Cong. (v. pres, 91). Nat. Acad; Geol. Soc. 

 (pres, 05) ; Geog. Ass; Am. Acad; Philos. Soc; 

 etc. Geology ; physical geography ; ' archeology. 

 Archeology and physiography of Central Asia. 



Pupin, Prof. M(ichael) I(dvorsky), Columbia Uni- 

 versity, New York, N. Y. *Physics. Idvor, 

 Hungary, Oct. 4, 58. A.B, Columbia, 83; Ph.D, 

 Berlin, 89. Instr. math, physics, Columbia, 

 90-91, adj. prof, mech, 91-01, prof, electro- 

 mech, 01- Hon. Sc.D, Columbia, 04. Nat. 

 Acad; F.A.A; Physical Soc. (assoc. ed, 'Bui.') ; 

 Math. Soc; assoc. mem. Elec. Eng. (v. pres, 

 97-00) ; Philos. Soc; fel. N. Y. Acad. Elec- 

 trical discharges through rarefied gases ; elec- 

 trical resonance; wave propagation over non- 

 uniform conductors. Energy loss in weak and 

 variable magnetic fields. 



Purdue, Prof. A(lbert) H(omer), Fayetteville, 

 Ark. Geology. Warrack Co, Ind, March 29, 

 61. A.B, Stanford, 93; fellow, Chicago, 95-96. 

 Principal, High Sch, Sullivan, Ind, 86-87; supt. 

 schools, West Plains, Mo, 87-88; principal, 

 High Sch, Rensselaer, Ind, 94-95; prof, geol, 

 Arkansas, 96-03, geol. and mining, 03- Asst, 

 Ark. Geol. Surv, 92 ; field asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 01, 02, 03, special field asst, 04- M.A.A; Geol. 

 Soc; Min. Eng; Nat. Geog. Soc; Ind. Acad. 

 The stratigraphy and structure of northern 

 Arkansas; hydrology of Arkansas; geology of 

 zinc, coal and natural gas. 



Puryear, Prof. Charles, College Station, Tex. 

 Mathematics. Boydton, Va, Oct. 21, 60. A.M, 

 Richmond, 81 ; B.S, C.E, Virginia, 85. Teacher, 

 High Sch, Bellevue, Va, 82-83; McGuire's Sch, 

 Richmond, Va, 85-86; High Sch, Markham, 

 Va, 86-88; instr. math, Michigan, 88-89; assoc. 

 prof, civil eng. and physics, Tex. Agr. and Mech. 

 Col, 89-90, prof, math, 90- M.A.A; Math. Soc; 

 Eng. Educ; Tex. Acad; Tex. Hist. Ass. 



Putnam, Prof. F(rederic) W(ard), 1582 Massa- 

 chusetts Ave, Cambridge, Mass. * Anthropology. 

 Salem, Mass, April 16, 39. B.S, Harvard, 62. 

 Curator ornith, Essex Inst, Salem, Mass, 56; 

 asst. in charge fishes, Mus. Comp. Zool, Harvard, 

 57 ; director, Peabody Acad. Science, Salem, 67 ; 

 curator, Peabody Mus, Harvard, 75-, prof. 

 Am. archeol. and ethnol, 86-; curator anthrop, 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, N. Y, 94-03; prof, anthrop. 

 and director, Dept. Anthrop, California, 03- 

 Mass. state commissioner of inland fisheries, 

 82-89; chief, Dept. Ethnol, Columbian Expos, 

 91-94; v. pres, Int. Cong. Americanists, 03; 

 chairman, Dept. Anthrop, Int. Cong. Arts and 

 Science, St. Louis, 04. Cross, Legion d'hon- 

 neur; Drexel medal, 03; hon. A.M, Williams, 

 68; Sc.D, Pennsylvania, 94. Nat. Acad; F.A.A; 

 (gen. sec'y, 70, 71, permanent sec'y, 73-98, 

 sec'y, Subsect. Anthrop, 75, pres, 98) ; Soc. 

 Nat; Anthrop. Ass. (pres, 05-) ; fel. Ethnol. 

 Soc; Folk-lore Soc. (pres, 91) ; Antiq. Soc; Am. 



