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Bragg, Miss Laura M(ary), Charleston Museum, 

 Charleston, S. C. Botany. Northbridge, Mass, 

 Oct. 9, 81. Curator, Charleston Museum, 09-20, 

 director, 20- Ecol. Poc; Torrey Bot. Club. 

 Botany of South Carolina and coast region of 

 southeastern United States exclusive of Florida. 



Braham, Dr. Joseph Marvin, 3402 Macomb St, 

 Washington, D. C. Chemistry. Artesian, S. 

 Dak, Feb. 1, 91. B.S, Idaho, 14; M.S. Illinois, 

 15, Ph.D, 18. Asst. chem. Illinois, 15-16; assoc. 

 chemist, Bur. Standards, 19; research chemist. 

 War Dept, 19- Capt, research div, C. W. S. 

 Physical chemistry; nitrogen fixation. 



Brainerd, Dr. Ezra, Middlebury, Vt. Botany. 

 8t. Albans, Vt, Dec. 17, 44. A.B, Middlebury, 



* 64, A.M, 67; B.D, Andover Theol. Sem, 68; 

 LL.D, Vermont, 86; Ripon, 88; D.D, Howard, 

 01; Sc.D, Middlebury, 14. Tutor, Middlebury, 

 64-66, prof, rhetoric and English lit, 68-80, 

 physics, 80-86, pres, 85-08, emer. prof, OS- 

 Commissioner to draft a sch. law for Vt, 87. 

 Geol. Soc; New Eng. Bot. Club; Vt. Bot. Club 

 (pres). Geology of the Champlain Valley; bot- 

 any of Vermont. 



Brainin, Dr. Clement S, 31 Astor St, Newark, 

 N. J. Physics. New York. N. Y, April 30, 

 87. A.B, Columbia, 08, Barnard fellow, 08-11, 

 Ph.D, 17. Physicist, Bal:er Platinum Worlcs, 

 17- Physical Soc. X-rays ; physical metallurgy. 



Braisted, Rear Admiral William Clarence, U.S.N, 

 3201 36th St, N. W, Washington, D. C. Medicine. 

 Toledo. Ohio, Oct. 9, 64. Ph.B, Michigan, 83. 

 LL.D, 17; M.D, Columbia, 86; Sc.D, North- 

 western, 18; F.R.C.S, Edinburgh, 19. Private 

 practise, 88-90; asst. surgeon, U. S. Navy, 90- 

 93, passed asst. surgeon, 93-13, surgeon, 13, 

 med. inspector, 13-14, surgeon gen. with rank of 

 rear admiral, 14-20. Instr. surg, Naval Med. 

 Sch; representative, med. dept, in Japan during 

 Russo-Japanese war; asst. chief, bur. med. and 

 surg, 06-12, chief, 14-; fleet surgeon, Atlantic 

 fleet, 12-14; pres, board of directors, Columbia 

 Hosp. for Women; board of visitors, Govt. Hosp. 

 for Insane; mem. central committee and war re- 

 lief board, Am. Red Cros,s. Decorated by Em- 

 peror of Japan; Order of Bolivar, Venezuela. 

 Col. Surg. (mem. board of governors) ; Am. 

 Med. Ass. (pres, 19-20) ; Ass. Mil. Surg. 



Braley, Dr. S(ilas) A(lonzo), 710 Nevada St, 

 Urbana, 111. Chemistry. Cherokee, Iowa, Dec. 

 10, 89. A.B, Morningside, 13; M.S, Illinois, 

 15, Ph.D, 17. Instr. chem, Illinois, 17-19, assoc, 

 19-20, asst. prof, 0- A.A; Chem. Soc. Hetero- 

 geneous equilibria between aqueous and metal- 

 lic solutions ; transference in amalgams and 

 mixed sa'lt solutions. 



Braman, Prof. Winfrcd Waite, 200 W. Beaver 

 Ave, State College, Pa. Biochemistry. Worces- 

 ter, Mass, March 29, 74. B.S, Worcester, 97; 

 M.S, Pa. State, 08. Asst. chem. Harvard, 97- 

 00; chem. and physics, N. H. Col, 00-02; chem, 

 Lowell Textile Sch, 02-03; asst, instr. and later 

 asst. prof, animal nutrition, Pa. State, 03- 

 A.A ; Chem. Soc. Animal nutrition ; carbon 

 balance. 



Bramble, Prof. Cha(rle)s C(linton), U. S. Naval 

 Academy, Annapolis, Md. Mathematics. Cen- 

 treville,''Md, Aug. 17, 90. Ph.B, Dickinson, 12, 



A.M, 13; fellow, Hopkins, 16-17, Ph.D, 17. 

 Instr. Montclair Acad, 12-13 ; lecturer math, 

 Bryn Mawr, 15-16; instr, U. S. Naval Acad, 17- 

 19, asst. prof, post-grad, sch, 19- Math. Soc; 

 Math. Ass. Geometry; finite groups. 



Branch, Prof. Gerald E(3rre) K(irkwood), Uni- 

 versity of California, Berkeley, Calif. Chemis- 

 try. St. Kitts, W. I, April 16, 86. B.Sc, Liver- 

 pool, 11; M.Sc, Liverpool, 12; Ph.D, California, 

 15. Teaching fellow, org. chem, California, 12- 

 13, asst, 13-15, imstr, 15-18, asst. prof, 18- 

 Organic chemistry; theory of polarity; free en- 

 ergy of formic acid. 



Brand, Charles J(ohn), 281 Union Arcade, Pitts- 

 l>urgh. Pa. Botany. Lac-qui-Parle Co, Minn, 

 Oct. 24, 79. A.B, Minnesota, 02. Asst. curator, 

 dept. bot, Field Museum Nat. Hist, 02-04; asst. 

 physiologist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 04-06, physiolo- 

 gist, 07-13, chief, bur. markets, 13-19; v. pres. 

 and gen. manager, Am. Fru,it Growers, Inc, 19 , 

 director various affiliated companies. Mem. 

 Committee Southwest. Cotton Culture, 12-18; 

 delegate, Pan-Am. Financial Conf, 15, 19; Pan- 

 Am. Scientific Cong, 1.5-16; chairman committee 

 cotton distribution, W. I. B. Wash. Acad ; 

 Refrig. Eng. Agricultural economics; horticul- 

 ture; business economics. 



Brand, Prof. Louis, 266 Dorchester Ave, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. Mathematics. Cincinnati, Sept. 27, 

 85. Ch.E, Cincinnati, 07, E.E, 08, A.M, 09; 

 Ph.D, Harvard, 19. Instr. math, Cincinnati, 07- 

 09, asst. prof, and later assoc. prof, 11-19, prof, 

 19- Math. Soc. Linear equations -with an in- 

 finite number of variables; integral equations; 

 dynamics. 



Brandegee, Townshend Stith, 2112 Addison St, 

 Berkeley, Calif. Botany. Conn, 43. Ph.B, 

 Yale, 70. Eoji. curator herbarium, California. 

 A.A; Bot. Soc; Calif. Acad. Flora of Mexico. 



Brandel, Prof. I(rvin) W (alter), 435 Foukls Ave, 

 Alton, 111. Chemistry. Sauk City, Wis, Sept. 

 25, 77. Ph.G, Wisconsin, 99, fellow, 99-02, B.S, 

 01, M.S, 02, Ph.D, 06. Instr. pharm, Wisconsin, 

 02-05; asst. prof, Washington (Seattle), 05-09; 

 chemical engineer, 09-14; Midland Chem. Co, 

 14-17 ;<7en. manager, Cons. Chem. Products Co, 

 17- Expert for sub-committee on volatile oils, 

 U. S. Pharm. Revision Committee; assoc. ed, 

 ' Midland Drug, and Pharm. Rev.' Chem. Soc; 

 Ass. Agr. Chem. (collaborator) ; Wis. Acad. 

 Organic and plant chemistry; volatile oils; plant 

 pigments; balance; percolation; coniferous oils; 

 industrial application of various products of the 

 northwest. 



Brandenburg, Prof. G(eorge) C (Linton), Purdue 

 University, Lafavette, Ind. Psychology. Volga, 

 Iowa, Dee. 2, 78. Ph.B, Drake. 10; A.M, Colo- 

 rado, 14; fellow, Wisconsin, 14-15, Ph.D, 15. 

 Inst. cduc. psycho!, Purdue, 16-17, asst. prof. 

 17-18, assoc. prof, 18-20, prof, SO- Director, 

 summer nor. sch, Winona Lake, Ind, 20- Ap- 

 plied psychology; child development; trade 

 tests; correlation of mental traits. 



Brandes, Dr. Elmer Walker, 3937 Legation St, 

 N. W, Washington, D. C. Plant pathology. 

 Washington, D. C, July 15, 91. B.S, Mich. Agr. 

 Col, 13, M.S, 15; Ph.D, Michigan, 19. Plant 

 pathologist, P. R. Exp. Sta, 15-16; instr. bot, 



