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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



surv, Wash. State Geol. Surv. and bur. soils, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 09-; commercial agent, U. S. 

 Dept. Commerce, 14; consulting chemist. Am. 

 Nitrogen Products Co, 17-; capt, ordnance dept, 

 18-19. Chem. Soc. (pres, Puget Sound sect, 

 09). Industrial chemistry; molten hydrates as 

 solvents; soils of western Washington; wood 

 tar from western conifers. 

 Benson, Dr. Robert L(ouis), P. O. Box 356, Port- 

 land. Oregon. Pathology. Flint, Mich, May 

 30, 80. A.B, Michigan, 02, A.M, 04; M.D, Rush 

 Med. Col, 10. Bacteriologist, Fla. State Board 

 of Health, 10-12; prof, path, Oregon, 13- City 

 bacteriologist, Portland, Oregon. Ass. Path, 

 and Bact; Am. Med. Ass; Int. Ass. Med. Mus. 

 Bacteriology. 



Bent, Arthur Cleveland, Taunton, Mass. Ornith- 

 ology. Taunton, Nov. 25^ 66. A.B, Harvard, 

 89, Sec'y, Bristol Co. Acad Sci, 09-12, pres, 

 IS- Ornith. Union; Nat. Ass. Audubon Soc; 

 Nuttall Ornith. Club; Wilson Ornith. Qub; 

 Cooper Ornith. Club. Distribution and life his- 

 tories of American birds. 



Bentley, Prof. Gordon M(ansir), Knoxville, Tenn. 

 Zoology, Entomology. Great Barrington, Mass, 

 Sept. 23, 76. B.S.A, Cornell, 00, A.M, 01. Prof, 

 bot. and zool, Union Acad, Belleville, N. Y, 01- 

 05; instr. entom, N. C. Col, and asst. state 

 entomologist, 05-06; instr. zool. and entom, 

 Tennessee, 06-08, assoc. prof, and entomologist, 

 Exp. Sta, 08-; asst. state entomologist, 08-09, 

 state entomologist and plant pathologist, 09- 

 A.A. (v. pres, 18); Ass. Econ. Entom; Entom. 

 Soc; Phytopath. Soc; Fed. Hort. Inspectors 

 (pres); Tenn. Hort. Soc; Nursery Ass; Florists 

 Ass; Beekeepers Ass. (sec'y-treas) ; E. Tenn. 

 Beekeepers Ass. (pres). 



Bentley, Prof. John, Jr, Cornell University, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. Forest engineering. Brooklyn, N. Y, 

 June 8, 80. With U. S. Forest Service, 07-ll_; 

 asst. prof, forest engineering, Cornell, 12-17, 

 prof, 17- Lecturer lumbering, Yale, 17-19. 

 Soc. Foresters. Forest management. 



Bentley, Prof. Madison, University Hall, Urbann, 

 111. *Psychology. Clinton, Iowa, June 18, 70. 

 B.S, Nebraska, 95; Ph.D, Cornell, 98. Asst. 

 psychol, Cornell, 97-98, instr, 98-02, asst. prof, 

 02-12; prof, and director, psychol. lab, Illinois, 

 12- Ed, 'Psychol. Index.' A. A; Psychol. Ass; 

 Philos. Ass. The memory image; mental syn- 

 thesis; comparative and social psychology; men- 

 tal inheritance; eugenics. 



Bentley, Dr. William B(urdelle), Morris Ave, 

 Athens, Ohio. Chemistry. Maple Valley, N. Y, 

 Aug. 8, 66. A.B, Harvard, 89, A.M, 90, Ph.D, 

 98. ABst. chem, Harvard, 90-91; adj. prof, 

 chem. and physics, Arkansas, 91-94; assoc. prof. 

 94-00; prof, chem, Ohio (Athens), 00- Asst. 

 chem, U. S. Torpedo Sta, Newport, R. I, 90; 

 capt, ordnance dept, U.S.A, 18-19. A.A; Chem. 

 Soc; hon. fel. London Soc. Biol. Chem. De- 

 rivatives of symmetrical tribrom benzol. 



Benton, Prof. J(ohn) E(obert), Gainesville, Fla. 

 Physics. Concord, N. H, .Tune 6, 76. B.S, 

 Trinity (Conn), 97, A.B, 98; Ph.D, Gottingen, 

 00. Instr. math, Princeton, 00-01 ; asst. physics, 

 Cornell, 01-02 ; various positions in govt, scien- 

 tific work, 02-04; research asst, geophys. lab, 

 Carnegie Institution, 04^05; prof, physics and 



elec. eng, Florida, 05-, dean, col. eng, 10- A.A ; 

 Physical Soc; assoc. Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ. 

 Mechanical properties of matter, especially elas- 

 ticity. 



Benton, Ralph, University of California, Berk- 

 eley, Calif. Entomology. MunicJi, Germany, 

 Aug. 2, 84. B.S, Mont. Col, 06; B.L. California, 

 07, M.S, 09. Asst. mil. science and tactics, 

 Mont. Col, 01-03, asst. apiculture, 04-05; asst. 

 entom, California, 06-08, instr, 08-10; head, 

 dept. agr, Los Angeles Norm. Sch, 10-12; 

 assoc. prof. Southern California, 12-14; in- 

 spector, U. S. Biol. Surv, 14-18; lieut, Inf, 

 18-19; instr. agr. educ, California, 19- Asst, 

 U. S. examiner surveys, Mont, summer, 01; 

 asst. to entomologist, Mont. Exp. Sta, sum- 

 mers, 02-04; special field agent entom, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr, in Europe, summer, 05. A.A; 

 Entom. Soc; Nat. Bee Keepers' Ass; Calif. 

 State Bee Keepers' Ass. Wintering of bees: 

 varieties of bees of economic importance ; the 

 production of honey on a commercial basis; 

 queen rearing on a commercial basis; control 

 of mating of queen bees; artificial impregna- 

 tion; the floral relationships of bees; wax secre- 

 tion and production; bee diseases and resistant 

 varieties of bees. 



Bentz, Dr. Charles A, 126 W. Humbolt Parkway, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. Bacteriology. Buffalo, Feb. 20, 

 79. M.D, Buffalo, 02. Lecturer histol. and 

 bacter, Buffalo, 02-04, bacter, 04-07, embryol, 

 10, assoc. prof. prev. med; city bacteriologist. 

 Clin, pathologist, Erie Co. Hosp; Sisters of 

 Charity Hosp; St. Mary's Maternity Hosp; 

 Mem. Hosp; Providence Retreat. Ass. Path, 

 and Bact; Buffalo Acad. Med. Trichinosis; 

 rhinophyma ; tetanus ; arthritis deformans ; avian 

 tuberculosis. 



Benzenzerg, George Henry, 1018 Wells Build- 

 ing, Milwaukee, Wis. Engineering. New York, 

 N. Y, Mav 31, 47. G.E, Michigan, 67, D.Eng, 

 12; Sc.D," Wisconsin, 11. Asst, U. S. Lake 

 Surv, 66-69; C. M. and St. P. R. R. and M. 

 and N. R. R, 60-73; asst. city engineer, Mil- 

 waukee, 73-82, city engineer, 82-99; consulting 

 engineer, 95; chief engineer, Cincinnati Water 

 Works, 04-09. Consulting engineer for cities 

 throughout the U. S. A.A; Civil Eng. (pres, 

 07) ; Munic. Eng. (pres, 96) ; Am. Water Works 

 Ass. (pres, 93); New Eng. Water Works Ass. 

 Water purification. 



Berg, Prof. Ernst Julius, Union University, Sche- 

 nectady, N. Y. Electrical Engineering. Oster- 

 sund, Sweden, Jan. 9, 71. M.E, Royal Polytech. 

 Stockholm, 92; hon. Sc.D, Union, 09. Elec. en- 

 gineer. Gen. Elec. Co, 92-04, consulting engineer. 

 04-09 ; prof, in charge, dept. elec. eng, Illinois, 

 09-13; Union, IS- A.A; Elec. Eng; Math. Soc 

 Rotary converters; transmission line disturb- 

 ances; electromagnetic radiation. 

 Berg, Dr. William N(athan), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Pathological 

 chemistry. Klein-Verdein, Hungarv, Sept. 22, 

 81. B.S, Columbia, 04, Ph.D, 07; D.V.M, George 

 Washington, 16. Asst. physiol. chem, Col. Physi- 

 cians and Surgeons, Columbia, 04-07, tutor biol. 

 chem, 07-08; chemist, dairy div, bxir. animal 

 indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 08-12, path, div, 12- 

 Capt, Sanit. C. 18-19. A.A; Soc. Exp. Biol; 

 Soc. Biol. Chem; Wash. Acad. Determination 



