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S. Dept. Agr, 85-96, asst. biologist, 96-02, asst. 

 chief, biol. surv, 02-06, in charge econ. investi- 

 gations, 06- Fel. Ornith. Union (v. pres, pres, 

 14) ; cor. mem, Nuttall Ornith. Club; Soc. Mam- 

 mal; Fisheries Soc; Wash. Biol. Soc; Wash. 

 Biol. Field Club (pros); Cooper Ornith. Club; 

 cor. mem. N. Y. Linnean Soc. Geographic dis- 

 tribution and natural history of vertebrates. 



Fisher, C(assius) A(sa), 702 First National Build- 

 ing, Denver, Colo. Geology. Fremont, Nebr, 

 Feb. 15, 72. A.B, Nebraska, 98, A.M, 00. 

 Asst. geologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 96-09, geolo- 

 gist, 09-10, asst. chief fuel sect; mem. firm, 

 Arnold and Fisher, consulting geologists and 

 engineers, Los Angeles, Calif, and Denver, Colo, 

 09- Asst. instr. geol, Yale, 02-03. A. A; Geol. 

 Soc; Wash. Geol. Soc; Wash. Acad. Water; 

 coal; fuels. 



Fisher, D(urward) F(rederick), Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Washington, D. C. Flant pathology. 

 Clarence, N. Y, Aug. 17, 88. B.S, Mich. Agr. 

 Col, 12; M.Hort, 18. Pathologist, fruit disease 

 investigations, U. S. Dept. Agr, 12- A.A; Soc. 

 Hort. Sci; Phytopath. Soc. Fruit diseases. 



Fisher, Prof. Elizabeth F(lorette), Wellesley, 

 Mass. Geology, Geography. Boston, Mass, Nov. 

 26, 73. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 96. Instr. geol. 

 and geog, Wellesley, 94-06, assoc. prof. geol. and 

 miner, 06-09, prof. geol. and geog, 09- Lecturer 

 geog, Boston Commission Exten. Courses, 12-; 

 oil field expert, summers, 18- Int. Geol. Cong, 

 St. Petersburg, 97. A.A; Am. Geog. Soc; Bos- 

 ton Soe. Nat. Hist. Physiography; commercial 

 and industrial geography; river terraces; oil 

 geology; conservation. 



Fisher, Dr. G(eorge) Clyde, American Museum of 



Natural History, New York, N, Y. Botany. 

 Near Sidney, Ohio, May 22, 78. A.B, Miami, 

 05; Ph.D, Hopkins, 13. Principal acad, Palmer, 

 07-09, acting pres, 09-10; asst. curator, dept. 

 pub. educ, Am. Museum Nat. Hist, 13-17, assoc. 

 curator, 17- A.A; assoc. mem. Ornith. tinion; 

 Wilson Ornith. Club; Soc. Mammal; fel. N. Y. 

 Acad; N. Y. Linnean Soe. Plant morphology. 

 Fisher, Dr. Harry L(iim), B. F. Goodrich Co, 

 Akron, Ohio. Chemistry. Kingston, N. Y, Jan. 

 19, 85. A.B, Williams, 09; A.M, Columbia, 10, 

 Ph.D, 12. Asst. org. chem, Columbia, 10-11; 

 instr, med. col, Cornell, 11-12; Columbia, 12-19; 

 research chemist, B. F. Goodrich Co, 19- Sec'y, 

 org. sect, Eighth Int. Cong. Applied Chem, 12. 

 Chem. Soc. Eubber; resins; organic combus- 

 tions; nitrogen heterocycles. 



Fisher, Henry W(riglit), Perth Amboy, N. J. 

 Electrical engineering. Youghal, Ireland, Jan. 

 31, 61. M.E, Cornell, 88. Asst. engineer, Berg- 

 mann and Co, 88; S. U. Cable Co, 88-89. elec. 

 engineer and supt, Pittsburgh factory, 89-99, 

 chief engineer and manager, rubber and lead 

 cable factories, Perth Amboy, N. J, 15- Elec, 

 Eng. (past chairman, Pittsburgh sect, mem. stand- 

 ards committee, 11-20); Soc. Test. Mat; Elec- 

 trochem. Soc; West. Pa. Eng. Soc. (past pres). 

 Electric cables; glucenum by electrometallurgy; 

 insulation and electrostatic temperature coeffi- 

 cients of different cables; power factors of 

 cables; losses, induced volts and amperes in 

 armor and lead of cables; carrying capacity of 

 cables, 

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Fisher, Prof, Irving, 460 Prospect St, New- 

 Haven, Conn. Political economy. Saugerties 

 N. Y, Feb, 27, 67, A.B, Yale, 88, Ph.D, 91; 

 Berlin and Paris, 93-94. Tutor math, Yale, 91- 

 93; asst. prof, 93-95, polit. econ, 95-98, prof, 

 98- Pres, Pro-League Independents, 20; mem. 

 Commission for the Conservation of Nat. Re- 

 sources; Hitchcock lecturer, California, 17, 

 A.A; Am. Acad; Math. Soc; Econ. Ass; An- 

 throp. Ass; Eugenics Research Ass. (pres, 20); 

 Am. Acad. Med; Acad. Polit. and Social Sci; fel. 

 Statist. Ass; Conn. Acad; fel. Royal Statist. 

 Soc; Royal Econ. Ass. Mathematical econom- 

 ics; statistics; public health; capital and in- 

 come; rate of interest; purchasing power of 

 money; high cost of living. 



Fisher, Prof. James, Houghton, Mich. Mathe- 

 matics, Physics. Hancock, Mich, March 29, 73. 

 E.M, Mich. Col. Mines, 93; Cornell, 99. Drafts- 

 man, Mich. Col. Mines, 93-94; Hodge Iron 

 Works, 94-95; instr. math, and physics, Mich. 

 Col. Mines, 95-99, prof, 99- A.A; Eng. Educ; 

 Lake Superior Min. Inst. 



Fisher, Prof. M(artin) L(uther), 325 Vine St, 

 La Fayette, Ind. Agriculture. Near Murray, 

 Ind, Oct. 24, 71. B.S, Purdue, 03; M.S, Wis- 

 consin, 11, Prof, agron. and head of dept, Pur- 

 due, asst. chief soils and crops, Exp. Sta. Soc. 

 Agron; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; Farm Econ. Ass; 

 Ind. Acad; Ind. Audubon Soc. (pres, 19). 

 Agronomy; forage crops; corn pollination. 



Fisher, Prof, B(ichard) T(homton), Petersham, 

 Mass, Forestry. Brooklvn, N. Y, Nov. 9, 76, 

 A.B, Harvard. 98 ; M.F, Yale, 03. Special agent, 

 U, S. Biol. Surv, 98; asst. English, Harvard. 

 99; forest asst, bur. forestry, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 01-; asst. prof, forestry, Harvard, 05-, director, 

 Barvard Forest. Soc. Foresters; Ecol, Soc, The 

 redwood; the woodlot. 



Fisher, Dr. S(ara) C(arolyn), 326 E. Ave. 60, Los 

 Angeles, Calif. Psychology. Bridgeport, Conn, 

 Sept. 17, 89. A.B, Lombard, 09 ; A.M, Illinois, 

 10; Ph.D, Clark, 13. Instr. psychol, Wellesley, 

 13-14; research asst, Clark, 14-15; with State 

 Nor. Sch, Los Angeles, Calif, 15-19 ; asst. prof, 

 psychol, south, branch, California, 19- Mental 

 examiner, Los Angeles Juvenile Court. Psychol. 

 Ass. Higher mental processes; general con- 

 cepts; classifying; growth of meaning. 



Fisher, Prof, W (alter) K(enrick), Pacific Grove, 

 Calif, "Zoology. Ossining, N. Y, Feb. 1, 78. 

 A.B, Stanford, 01, A.M, 03, Ph.D, 06. Special 

 field naturalist, U. S. Biol. Surv, 97-01; asst. 

 sool, Stanford, 02-05, acting instr, 05-07, instr, 

 07-09, asst. prof, 09-20, assoc. prof, 20-, di- 

 rector, HopTcins Marine Sta, 17- Asst. 'Alba- 

 tross' exped, U. S. Fish Commission, 02, 04; 

 ed, 'The Condor,' 02-06; curator invert, zool, 

 Calif. Acad, 16- A.A; mem. Ornith. Union: 

 Calif. Acad; Cooper (Calif) Ornith. Club 

 (pres). Anatomy of gastropods; ornithology-; 

 Echinodermata of the Hawaiian Islands; As- 

 teroidea of the north Pacific and East Indies; 

 West Indian Asteroidea. 



Fisher, Prof. Willard J(ames), Woods Hole, IMass. 

 Physics. Waterford, N. Y, Sept. 29, 67. A.B, 

 Amherst, 92; Ph.D, Cornell, 08; Gottingen. 08- 

 09. Principal, high sch, Medway, Mass. 92-94, 

 96-99, 01-03; asst. biol, Amherst, 95; asst, Cor- 



