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Michigan, 17-18; sugar plant investigator, bur. 

 plant indust, U. S. Bept. Agr, 19- Asst, Mich. 

 Exp. Sta. A.A; Phytopath. Soc. Diseases of 

 tropical plants. 



Brann, Dr. Albert, 220 Springdale Ave, East 

 Orange, N. J. Chemistry. Kent, England, 

 March 14, 86. A.B, Wisconsin, 14, A.M, 16, 

 Ph.D, IS. Instr. chem, Wisconsin, 14-18; re- 

 search chemist, Westinghouse Lamp Co, 18- 

 fliem. Soc; Soc. Glass Technol; Ceramic Soc. 

 Inorganic and physical chemistry; chemicals 

 used in incandescent lamps. 



Branner, Dr. J(olin) C(asper), Stanford Uni- 

 vcrsitv, Calif. * Geology. New Market, Tenn, 

 July 4, 50. B.S, Cornell, 82 ; Ph.D, Indiana, 85 ; 

 LL.D, Arkansas, 97 ; Maryville, 09 ; California, 

 15; Sc.D, Chicago, 16. Geologist, Imperial Geol. 

 Surv, Brazil, 75-77; topographer. Pa. Geol. 

 Surv, 83-85; prof, geol, Indiana, 85-91; Stan- 

 ford, 91-15, V. pres, 99-13, pres, 13-15, pres. 

 emer, 15- State geologist, Ark, 87-93 ; assoc. 

 ed, 'Jour, of Geol'; Hayden medal, Phila. Acad, 

 12. Nat. Acad; A.A. (see'y, E, 88-89, v. pres, 

 90, pres. Pacific div, 16); Soc. Nat; Geol. Soc. 

 (pres, 04, chairman, Cordilleran sect, 13) ; 

 Seismol. Soc. (pres, 10-14); Min. Eng; Philos. 

 Soc; Wash. Acad; London Geol. Soc; Soc. geol. 

 de France; Soc. Beige de Geol; Inst. Hist, di S. 

 Paulo; Brazil Acad; Inst. Hist. Geog. do Brazil. 

 Seismology; geology of California, Arkansas 

 and Brazil. 



Brannon, Pres. M(elvin) A(mos), Beloit College, 

 Beloit. Wis. Botany. Lowell, Ind, Sept. 11, 65. 

 A.B, Wabash, 89, A.M, 90; Ph.D, Chicago, 11; 

 LL.D, Whitman, 17. Teacher science, high sch. 

 Fort Wayne, Ind, 90-94; prof. biol. and dean, 

 nied. col, North Dakota, 94-14; pres, Idaho, 14- 

 17, Beloit, 17- A.A; Soc. Nat; Bot. Soc; Bot. 

 Cent. States; N. Dak. Acad, (pres, 10); Ind. 

 Acad; Wis. Acad. 



Bransky, Dr. O(scar) EUis), Whiting, Ind. 

 Chemistry. Baltimore, Md, Jan. 29, 86. A.B. 

 Hopkins, 07. Ph.D, 10. Chemist, Standard Oil 

 Co. of Ind, 10-17, asst supt, 17- Chem. Soc. 

 Diffusion of crude oil through fuller's earth; 

 refining of petroleum distillates. ' 



Branson, Prof. E(dwin) B(ayer), 301 S. Gleu- 

 wood Ave, Columbia, Mo. Geology. Belleville, 

 Kans, May 11, 77. A.B, A.M, Kansas, 03; 

 fellow, Chicago, 03-05, Ph.D, 05. Instr. geol, 

 Oborlin, 05-07, asst. prof, 07-09, prof, 09-10; 

 prof, and chairman of dept, Missouri, 10- A.A; 

 Paleont. Soc; Geol. Soc. Devonian, Mississip- 

 pian and Pennsylvanian stratigraphy; geology 

 of Missouri; Paleozoic fishes; Triassic amphib- 

 ians. 



Brant, Miss Laura, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y. Physics. K. I, 83. A.B, Brown, 08, 

 A.M, 09. Asst. to Dr. Barus, Brown, 08-09; 

 asst. physics, Smith, 09-12; Barnard, 12-17, 

 lecturer, 17-19; instr, Vassar, 19- Asst. phys- 

 ics, Columbia, summers, 18-19. A.A; assoc. 

 Physical Soc. Magnetic susceptibility of para- 

 magnetic salts in solution ; the softening of cold 

 glass-hard str-ol in t\veiity years. 



Brasefi.eld, Prof. Stanley Eugene, 224 Lawrence 

 Ave, New Brunswick, N. J. Mathematics. Easton, 

 Pa, Oct. 2, 73. C.E, Lafayette, 95, M.S, 98; fel- 



low, Cornell, 11-13, Ph.D, 12. Draftsman, Md. 

 Steel Co, 95-97; teacher math, E. Stroudsburg 

 Nor. Sch, 97-01; instr, Mich. Agr. Col, 01-02; 

 instr. and asst. prof, Lafayette. 02-12; asst. 

 prof, and later prof, applied math, Eutgers, 13- 

 Eng. Educ. Laplacian force fields; vital statis- 

 tics of college and university professors. 



Bratton, Prof. W(alter) A(ndrew), 570 Boyer 



Ave, Walla Walla, Wash. Matlicmatics. Stam- 

 ford, Vt, June 22, 74. A.B, Williams, 95; Ber- 

 lin, 03-05. Instr. and later prof, math. Whit- 

 man, 95- A.A; Math. Soc; Math. Ass; Eng. 

 Educ. Number theory; pedagogj' of mathe- 

 matics. 



Brauer, Dr. O(scar) L(eo), Orosi, Calif. Chem- 

 istry. Burney, Calif, June 9, 84. B.S, Califor- 

 nia, 10, M.S, 11, Ph.D, 15. Asst. chem, Califor- 

 nia, 10-14; teacher science. Union High Sch, 

 Selma, Calif, 14-18; principal, Union High Sch. 

 Orosi, Calif, 18- A.A; Chem. Soc. Cinchona, 

 alkaloids; soils. 



Braun, Dr. Annette F (ranees), 2702 May St, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. Entomology. Cincinnati, Aug. 

 28, 84. A.B, Cincinnati, 06, A.M, 08, Ph.D, 11. 

 Asst. zool, Cincinnati, 11-16. A.A; Entom. Soc; 

 Ohio Acad. Zoology; evolution of structural 

 colors; Microlepidoptera ; venation. 



Braun, Dr. E(mma) Lucy, 2702 May St, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. Botany. Cincinnati, April 19, 89. 

 A.B, Cincinnati, 10, A.M, 12, Ph.D, 14. Asst. 

 geol, Cincinnati, 10-13, hot, 14-17, instr, 17- 

 Ecol. Soc. Plant ecology. 



Brautlecht, Prof. C(liarleB) ACndrew), Orono, 



Maine. Chemistry. New Haven, Conn, Sept. 21, 

 81. Ph.B, Yale, 06, Ph.D, 12. Chemist, Conn. 

 Exp. Sta, 06-09; asst. chem, Sheffield Sci. Sch, 

 Yale, 10-12; instr, Calif. Inst. Tech, 12-13; 

 prof, Florida State, 13-19; Maine, 19- A.A; 

 Chem. Soc. Proteins; organic iodin compounds; 

 amino acids; hydantoins; thiotyrosin; pulp and 

 paper chemistry. 



Bray, Prof. A(rchie) W(ilniotte) L(eslie), 1650 

 S. 39th St, St. Louis, Mo. Anatomy. Sheffield, 

 England, Aug. 7, 83. B.A, Cambridge, 09; 

 A.M, Harvard, 18. Sheldon traveling fellow, 19. 

 V. principal and science master, St. John's 

 (Newfoundland), 09-11; tutor biol, Columbia 

 Col. (D" C), 11-13; instr, Montana, 13-15, 

 asst. prof, 14-17; Austin teaching fellow, Har- 

 vard, 17-19; assoc. anat, Washington {St. 

 Louis), 19- A.A. Protozoology; histology; cy- 

 tology. 



Bray. Dr. W(illiani) C(rowell), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Calif. *Chemistry. Wing- 

 ham. Ont, Sept. 2, 79. A.B, Toronto, 2, 1851 

 Exhibition scholar, 02-04; Ph.D, Leipzig, 05. 

 Research assoc. physical chem, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 0.5-10, asst. prof, physico-chem. research, 10-12; 

 chem, California, 12-16. assoc. prof. 16-18, 

 prof, 18- With C. W. S. 18; assoc. director, 

 fixed nitrogen research lab, 19. A.A; Chem. 

 Soc; Electrochem. Soc; Am. Acad. Chemical 

 kinetics; the halogens; qualitative analysis; 

 ioniztaion. 



Bray, Prof. William (L), Syracuse University, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. * Botany. Burnside, 111, Sept. 

 19, 65. Cornell, 89-91; A.B, Indiana. 93; A.M, 

 Lake Forest, 94; Berlin, 96-07; Ph.D, Chicago, 



