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charge practical astron. and geod. surveying, 

 Columbia, summers, 12-17; delegate, Int. Geod. 

 Ass. Conf, Hamburg, 12, U. S. delegate, penna- 

 nent commission, 16; Int. Research Council, 

 Brussels, 19; Pan-Pacific Sci. Conf, Honolulu. 

 20; pres, geodet. sect, Int. Geophys. Union, 19-; 

 chairman, Geophys. Union, 19, geodet. sect, 19-; 

 mem. div. of physical science, foreign and govt, 

 relations, Nat. Research Council. Major, corps 

 engineers, 18-19. A.A; Geol. Soc; Ass. Geog; 

 Astron. Soc; Am. Geog. Soc; Civil Eng; Wash. 

 Philos. Soc. (v. pres, 16); Wash. Soc. Eng; 

 Wash. Acad. Astronomy applied to coast and 

 geodetic surveys; base line measurements; tri- 

 angulation; precise leveling; gravity; isostacy; 

 figure of earth. 

 Bowles, F(rancis) T(iffany), 148 Marlborough St, 

 Boston, Mass. Naval architecture. Springfield, 

 Mass, Oct. 7, 58. Grad, U. S. Naval Acad, 79; 

 Royal Naval Col, England, 79-82. Asst. naval 

 constructor, U.S.N, 81-88, naval constructor, 

 88-01, chief constructor, 01-03 ; pres. Fore River 

 Ship Building Co, 03-15 ; asst. gen. manager, U. 

 S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corps, 17- 

 19. Naval Archit. and Marine Eng. (past 

 pres) ; Am. Acad; London Inst. Naval Archit. 

 Bowles, Oliver, R. F. D. 2, Alexandria, Va. Min- 

 eralogy, Geology. Ontario, Oan, Jan. 10, 77. 

 B.A, Toronto, 07, felloAv, 07-08, M.A, 08. Instr. 

 petrog, Michigan, 08-09; geol. and miner, Min- 

 nesota, 09-14; quarry technologist, Bur. Mines, 

 14-17, mineral technologist, 17- A.A; Min. and 

 Metal. Eng. Structural and ornamental stones 

 of Minnesota; quarrying of marble, sandstone, 

 cement materials and slate. 

 Bowman, Prof. Albert E(lijah), University of 

 Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. Agriculttire. West 

 Weber, Utah. B.S, Utah Col. Asst. agronomist, 

 Utah Col, 11-13; asst. state leader farm man- 

 agement, Wyoming, 13-14, director, exten. serv- 

 ice, agr. col, 14- Soc. Agron; Farm Manage- 

 ment Ass; Ass. West. Agr. Colleges. Farm 

 sur\-eys. 

 Bowman, Prof, H(oward) H(iestand) M(innicli), 

 Toledo University, Toledo, Ohio. Biology. Lan- 

 caster, Pa, Nov. 3, 86. Ph.B, Franklin and 

 Marshall, 13, M.S, 14; Ph.D, Pennsylvania, 17. 

 Instr. bot, Franklin and Marshall, 14-15; asst. 

 prof, Pennsylvania, 15-17; prof, hiol, Heidel- 

 berg (Ohio), 17-18; frof. and head of dept, 

 Toledo, 19- Research assoc, sta. for exp. evo- 

 lution and dept. marine biol, Carnegie Institu- 

 tion; with M. C, 18-19. A.A; Bot. Soc; Ecol. 

 Soc. Physiological botany; mangroves; sea- 

 grasses; botanical ecology of the Tortugas, 



Bowman, Dr. Isaiah, American Geographical So- 

 ciety, Broadway at 156th St, New York, N. Y. 

 ^Geography. Waterloo, Can, Dec. 26, 78. B.S, 

 Harvard, 05; Ph.D, Yale, 09. Instr. geog, State 

 Nor. Col, Ypsilanti, Mich, 02-03; asst. physiog. 

 Harvard, 04-05; instr. geog, Yale, 05-09, asst. 

 prof, 09-15; director and ed, 'Am. Geog. Soc,' 

 15- Leader, Yale exped. to S. Am, 07; geog- 

 rapher and geologist. Yale exped. to Peru, 11; 

 loader, Am. Geog. Soc. exped. to Cent. Andes, 13 ; 

 chief territorial adviser, Am. Commission to Ne- 

 gotiate Peace, 19. Gold medal, Paris Geog. Soc, 

 17. Ass. Geog; Am. Acad; Explorers Club 

 (sec'y, 17); cor. mem. Am. Hispan. Soc; Geog. 



Societies of Stockholm, Vienna and London. 

 Physiography; regional geography; regional 

 geography of South America. 

 Bown, Dr. Ralph, 195 Broadway, New York, N. 

 Y. Physics. Fairport, N. Y, Feb. 22, 91. M.E, 

 Cornell, 13, M.M.E, 15, Ph.D, 17. Instr. physics, 

 Cornell, 13-17; engineer, Am. Telephone and 

 Telegraph Co, 19- Capt, Sig. C, 17-19. Phys- 

 ical Soc. Development and use of vacuum tubes 

 or audions. 



Bownocker, Prof, J(olm) A (dams), 185 15th Ave, 

 Columbus, Ohio. Geology. St. Paul, Ohio, 

 March 11, 65. B.S, Ohio State, 89, Sc.D, 97; 

 fellow, Chicago, 92-94; Yale, 94-95. Principal, 

 high sch, Martins Ferry, Ohio, 89-92 ; asst. geol, 

 Ohio State, 95-98, asst. prof, 98-99, assoc. prof, 

 inorg. geol, 99-01, prof, 01-18, geol, 18- Cu- 

 rator, museum, Ohio State, 00-17; asst. geolo- 

 gist, Ohio Geol. Surv, 92; N. J. Geol. Surv, 93; 

 asst. geologist, Ohio, 00-06, state geologist, 06- 

 A.A; Geol. Soc; Nat. Gas Ass; Ohio Acad. 

 Drainage modifications in Ohio; the oil and gas, 

 salt and coal of Ohio ; building stones of Ohio ; 

 economic geology of non-metals; moulding 

 sands. 

 Boyce, Dr. J(olm) S(haw), New Post Office Build- 

 ing, Portland, Oregon. Forestry. Belfast, Ire- 

 land, Nov. 9, 89. B.S, Nebraska. 11, M.F. 12; 

 Ph.D. Stanford, 17. Forest asst, U. S. Forest 

 Service, 11-12; scientific asst. and asst. patholo- 

 gist, bur. plant indust, V. S. Dept. Agr, 13-20, 

 pathologist, office forest path, 20- A.A ; Phyto- 

 path. Soc; Soc. Am. Foresters. Pathology of 

 forest trees. 

 Boyd, Prof. James E(llsworth), Ohio State Uni- 

 versitv, Columbus, Ohio. Mechanics, Physics. 

 Near "Stovertown, Ohio, Nov. 6, 63. B.S, Ohio 

 State, 91; M.S, Cornell, 96. Asst. physics, Ohio 

 State, 91-95, asst. prof, 96-01, assoc. prof, 

 math, 01-06. 2^'>'of. mech. 06- Asst. to judges in 

 elec, Columbian Expos, 93 ; asst, Bur. Standards, 

 summer, 17. A.A; Eng. Educ; Mech. Eng. 

 Alternating currents; resistance of the humnn 

 body; timing shutters; water jets; acceleration 

 apparatus; flow in pipes; reinforced concrete; 

 secondary stresses in bridges; elasticity of por- 

 celain; struts. 

 Boyd, Prof. Mark F(rederick), University of 

 Texas, Galveston, Tex. Medicine. St. Paul, 

 Minn, May 21, 89. M.D, Iowa, 11, M.S, 13; 

 Folsom fellow. Harvard, 13-14; C.P.H, Harvard 

 and Mass. Inst. Tech, 14. Assoc, prof, bacter, 

 Nevada, 14-15; prev. med, Iowa, 15-17; prof, 

 hacter. and prev. med, Texas, 17- Mem. State 

 Board of Health, Nev, 14-15; epidemiologist, 

 Iowa, 15-17; visiting bacteriologist, Sealy Hosp, 

 17- A.A; Am. Med. Ass; Pub. Health Ass; 

 Soc. Bnct; Soc. Trop. Med. Epidemiology of 

 typhoid fever and leprosy: trichomonas infec- 

 tion; pathology of rabies; Fasciola hepatica; 

 practical preventive medicine. 

 Boyd, Dean Paul P(rentice), University of Ken- 

 t'uGkv. Ijoxington, Kv. Mathematics. Cameron, 

 W. Va, Feb. 26, 77. A.B. Oberlin, 98; A.M, 

 Cornell, 05, fellow, 05-06, Ph.D, 11. Prof. 

 math, and astron. Park, 0.3-04; math, Hanover, 

 06-12; Kentucky, 12-, head of dept, 13-, dean, 

 col. arts and sciences, 17- Acting pres, Ken- 

 tTicky, 17. A.A; Math. Ass; Math. Soc; Ky. 



