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lal), Carnegie Institution, 10- In charge, optical 

 glass plant, W. I. B, 17-18. N. Y. Acad, exped. 

 to P. E, 14; geologist, Nat. Geog. Soc. exped. 

 to Mt. Katmai, Alaska, 19. A. A; Geol. Soc; 

 Physical Soc; Am, Geog. Soc; Min. Eng; Seis- 

 mol. Soc; N. Y. Acad; Wash. Acad; Wash. 

 Geol. Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc; Wash. Petrol. 

 Club. Geology of New Jersey Trias; zeolitic 

 and silica minerals; ore deposition; gneisses of 

 New Jersey; igneous and metaraorphic rocks of 

 District of Columbia; volcanoes; optical glass. 

 Fenner, Robert C(oyner), Cutler-Hammer Mfg. 

 Co, Chicago, 111. Electrical engineering. Balti- 

 more, Md, Aug. 28, 80. M.E, Cornell, 03. 

 Instr. physics, Cornell, 03-06; district manager, 

 Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co, Boston, 06-09, Chi- 

 cago, 09-15; treas, George Zucker Co, 15-17; r. 

 pres, A. P. Munning and Co, 17-; sec'y, Both 

 Bros. Co, 19- 



Fenninger, W(illiam) N(orman), Brooklyn Edi- 

 son Co, Inc, 360 Pearl St, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Physics. Gap, Pa, Feb. 28, 89. Ph.B, Franklin 

 and Marshall, 10; fellow, Ohio State, 11-13, 

 A.M, 13. Asst. instr. physics, Pratt, 13-15, 

 instr, 15-19; educ. director, Brooklyn Edison Co, 

 Inc, 19- Assoc. Physical Soc. Hall effect in 

 mercury; variation of stray power losses in a 

 generator and motor with change of load. 



Fenton, Dr. F(rederick) A(zel), Iowa State Col- 

 lege, Ames, Iowa. Entomology. Willimantic, 

 Conn, Nov. 4, 92. A.B, Clark, 14; M.S. Wis- 

 consin, 15; fellow, Ohio State, 16-18, Ph.D, 18. 

 Scientific asst, bur. entom, U. S. Dept. Agr, 15- 

 16; asst. chief, entom. sect, Iowa Exp. Sta, 19- 

 Deputy state nursery inspector. Wis, summer, 

 15; field agent, bur. plant indust, V. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 18. A.A; Entom. Soc; assoc. mem. Ass. 

 Econ. Entom. Scale insects (Coccidae) ; para- 

 sites of leaf -hoppers (Hymenoptera). 



Ferguson, Alexander McGowen, Shermnn, Tex. 

 Botany. Belton, Tex, Jan. 7, 74. B.S.H, Tex. 

 Col, 94, M.S, 96; Mo. Bot. Garden, 97-98; Cor- 

 nell, 01-02. Asst. prof. hort. and mycol. Tex. 

 Col, 99-00; instr. bot, Texas, 00-06;" manager, 

 Tex. Seed Breeding Farms, 06-08; pres, Fergu- 

 son Seed Farms, and Ferguson Pub. Co, OS- 

 Speeial agent, U. S. Dept. Agr. 03-04, 08-09; 

 supply prof, agr, Okla. Col, 09-10. A.A ; Pomol. 

 Soc; Soc. Agron; Soc. Hort. Sci; fel. Tex. Acad. 

 Crotons of the United States; ant fungus gar- 

 dens; embryology of Ephedra; plant physiol- 

 ogy; fungi cultivated by ants of Texas; flora 

 of Austin quadrangle; mushrooms. 



Ferguson, Dr. A(lfred) L(ynn), Packard Road, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Chemistry. Grass Lake, 

 Mich, 84. A.B, Michigan, 08, A.M, 09, Ph.D. 15. 

 Principal, high sch, 04-07; supt, 09-10; private 

 research asst, 10-11; asst. chem, Michigan, 11- 

 15, instr, 15- Chem. Soc; Electrochem. Soc. 

 Physical chemistry; electrochemistry. 



Ferguson, Prof. George O(scar), Jr, University, 

 Va. Psychology. Lcosburg, Va, Nov. 16, 85. 

 A.B, William and Mary, 07; A.M, Columbia, 

 11, Ph.D, 17. Adj. prof, philos. and educ, Wil- 

 liam and Mary, 07-11, prof, philos. and psychol. 

 and assoc. prof, educ, 11-16; assoc. prof, psy- 

 chol. and educ, Colgate, 16-19; prof. educ. 

 psychol, Virginia, 10- Principal,' William and 

 Mary Nor. Acad, 13-16. Lieut, Sanit. C, 17. 



Psychol. Ass. Psychology of the negro; mental 

 tests. 



Ferguson, Henry G(ardiner), Geological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C. Geology. San Rafael, Calif, 

 June 21, 82. A.B, Harvard, 04, B.S, 05, A.M, 

 06. Asst. geologist, Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co, 

 06-07; econ. geologist, Bur. Science, P. I, 07- 

 10; U. S. Geol. Surv, 11 Philippine geology 

 and physiography; economic geology of the 

 United States. 



Ferguson, Dr. J(eremiah) S(weetser), 330 W. 

 28th St, New York, N. Y. Histology. Sears- 

 port, Maine, Mav 31, 71. B.S, Maine, 89. 

 M.S, 92; M.D, N. Y. Univ, 92. Asst. histol, 

 N. Y. Univ, 92-96, instr, 96-98; med. col, Cor- 

 nell, 98-08, asst. prof, 08-13, pediat, 19-, sec'y, 

 09- Tutor physiol, N. Y. Univ, 97-98. A.A; 

 Ass. Anat; N. Y. Acad. Med. 



Ferguson, Prof. J(olm) A(rden), State College, 

 Pa. Forestry. Canandaigua, N. Y, Dec. 23, 73. 

 A.B, Hamilton, 96, A.M, 03; M.F, Yale, 08. 

 Teacher, Brooklyn Polytech, 96-97; prep, sch, 

 Rutgers, 98-06; asst. prof, forestry. Pa. State, 

 and asst. forester. Pa. Exp, Sta, 08-11; prof, 

 forestry, Missouri, 11-12, Pa. State, 13- A.A; 

 Forestry Ass; Soc. Foresters. Reforestation of 

 denuded lands; preservative treatment of timber 

 with creosote. 



Ferguson, J(olm) B (right), University of Toronto, 

 Toronto, Can. Physical chemistry. Londesbor- 

 ough, Ont, Nov. 2, 89. B.A, Toronto, 12. Phys- 

 ical chemist, geophys. lab, Carnegie Institution, 

 12-19; West. Elec. Co, 19-20; assoc. prof, re- 

 search chem, Toronto, 20- Manufacturer op- 

 tical glass, W. I. B, 17-18. Chem. Soc; Wash. 

 Acad; Wash. Philos. Soc. Inorganic analytical 

 chemistry; silicate systems; gas equilibria; high 

 temperature technic; Bucher cyanid process; 

 ternary systems of silica, alumina, magnesia and 

 lime. 



Ferguson, Louis (Aloysius), 72 W. Adams St, Chi- 

 cago, 111. Electrical engineering. Dorchester, 

 Mass, Aug. 67. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 88. 

 Elec. engineer, Chicago Edison Co, 90-97, gen. , 

 supt, 97-02, second v. pres, 02-07; Common- 

 wealth Elec. Co, 02-07; v. pres. Commonwealth 

 Edison Co, 07- Lecturer, Wisconsin. Elec. Eng. 

 (pres, 08, 09) ; Nat. Elec. Light Ass. (pres, 

 02); Franklin Inst. Electric lighting; acety- 

 lene gas as an illuminant; economy in distribu- 

 tion of electric energ}'; underground electric 

 construction; relation of candle-power, energy, 

 current and voltage of incandescent lamps; 

 rates for electrical energy; centralization of 

 power supply. 



Ferguson, Dr. Margaret C(lay), Welleslev, Mass. 

 *Bntanv. Phelps, N. Y, Aug. 20, 63. Welleslev, 

 89-91 ; B.S, Cornell, 99, fellow, 99-00, Ph.D, 01. 

 Teacher and principal, pub. schools, 86-88; 

 dept. science, Harcourt Place Sem, Gambler, 

 Ohio, 92-93; instr. hot, Wcllcsley, 94-96, 01- 

 04, assoc. ])rof. 04, prof, and head of dept, 05- 

 Asst. bot, summer sch, Cornell, 01, 02, instr, 03, 

 04. A.A; Bot. Soc; Micros. Soc. (v. pres, 14); 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Fertilization and re- 

 lated phenomena; germination of the spores of 

 basidiomycetous fungi; spongy tissue of Stras- 

 burgcr; life history of Pinus. 



