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Breitenbeclier, Prof. J(oseph) K(umler), Univer- 

 sity of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Zoology. 

 Jacksonboro, Ohio, Oct. 28, 84. A.B, Miami, 10; 

 Ph.D, Chicago, 13. Eesearch asst, desert lab, 

 Carnegie Institution, 10-13; instr. biol. Western 

 Reserve, 13-16, asst. prof, 16-20; assoc. prof, 

 sool, Olclahoma, 20- A.A; Ecol. Roc. Genetics; 

 animal behavior. 



Breithut, Dr. Frederick E(mest), Calco Chem- 

 ical Co, Bound Brook, N. J. Chemistry. 

 New York, N. Y, Aug. 15, 80. B.S, Col. City of 

 N. Y, 00; Sc.D, N. Y. XJniv, 09. Instr, and 

 asst. prof, cliem, Col. City of N. Y, 03- Lec- 

 turer, Dept. Educ, N. Y. City; chemist, N. Y. 

 State Factory Commission; mem. advisory coun- 

 cil, Board of Health, and scientific staff. Bur. 

 Munic. Research, N. Y. City; chairman, chem. 

 group. W. T. B; director, bur. conservation. 

 Fed. Food Board; major, C.W.S, 18. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Chem. Teachers Club. The partial 

 vapor pressures of binary mixtures. 



Breitwieser, Prof. J(oseph) V(alentine), Univer- 

 sity of California, Berkeley, Calif. Psychology. 

 Jasper, Ind, March 31, 84. A.B, Indiana, 07, 

 A.M, 08; Ph.D, Columbia, 11. Asst. psychol, 

 Indiana, 06-07, psychol. and philos, 07-08; 

 psvchol, Columbia, 08-10; asst. prof, psychol. 

 and educ, Colo. Col, 10-11, prof, 11-19; assoc. 

 prof, educ, California, 19- A.A; Psychol. Ass. 

 Attention and movement; advertising; educa- 

 tion; neuron theory; visual fusion; vocabulary 

 tests. 



Breitzke, Charles r(rederick), Jersey City Water 

 Works, Boonton, N. J. Civil and sanitary engi- 

 neering. Newton Center, Mass, July 8, 84. 

 B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 06. Asst. engineer. Board 

 Water Supply, N. Y. City and to John M. Far- 

 ley, 06; chemist, Hazen and Whipple, 07; bac- 

 teriologist, Jerome Park Exp. Sta, N. Y. City, 

 07; asst. engineer, Bering and Fuller, and N. Y. 

 State Dept. Health, 07-10 ; Board Water Supply, 

 N. Y. City, 10-12; Johnson and Fuller, 12-13; 

 sanit. engineer, bur. water, Jersey City, .13- 

 A.A; Civil. Eng; Water Works Ass; Ass. Eng. 

 Societies; New Eng. Water Works Ass. Sani- 

 tation; water supply; sewage disposal. 



Brem, Dr. Walter (Vernon), 1210 Brockman Build- 

 ing. Los Angeles, Calif. Medicine. Charlotte, 

 N. C, Nov. 5, 75. B.S, North Carolina, 96; M.D, 

 Hopkins, 04. Med. house officer, Hopkins Hosp, 

 04-05 ; chief, med. service, Colon Hosp, C. Z, 07- 

 11; prof, bacter. and path, dept. med, Califor- 

 nia (Los Angeles), 11-14; director, south, div, 

 Calif. State Hygienic Lab, 13-16; major, M.C, 

 17-19. Certificate of honor. Am. Med. Ass, 11. 

 Am. Med. Ass; Soc. Clin. Invest; Soc. Bact; 

 Ass. Tuber; Pub. Health Ass; S. Calif. Med. Soc. 

 (pres, 20). Internal medicine; malarial fever; 

 amebiasis; tuberculosis; influenzal meningitis; 

 vaccine treatment of typhoid bacillus carrier; 

 syphilis of central nervous system; tetanus; 

 paroxysmal hemoglobinuria ; blood transfusion 

 and grouping. 



Bremer, Dr. J(ohn) LCewis), Harvard MedieaJ 

 School, Boston Mass. Embryology. New York, 

 N. Y, Nov. 3, 74. A.B, Harvard, 96, M.D, 01 ; 

 Oxford, 96-97. Asst. histol. and embryol, Har- 

 vard Med. Sch, 02, instr, 02-06, demonstrator 

 histol, 06-11, asst. prof, 12-14, assoc. prof, 15- 



A.A; Ass. Anat; Am. Acad; Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist; Boston Soc. Med. Sci. (sec'y, OS). Pul- 

 monary arteries of vertebrates; lung of opos- 

 sum; aberrant roots of cranial nerves; develop- 

 ment of blood vessels; interrelations of fetal 

 excretory organs and placenta. 

 Breneman, Prof. A(bram) A(dam), 97 Water St, 

 New York, N. Y. Chemistry. Lancaster, Pa, 

 April 28, 47. B.S, Pa. State, 66, M.S, 71. Act- 

 ing prof, chem. Pa. State. 68-69, prof, 69-72; 

 asst. prof, Cornell, 75-79, prof, indust. chem, 

 79-82; chem. expert, 82- Chairman, jury on 

 mineral waters, Columbian Expos, 93 ; La. 

 Purchase Expos, 04; expert mem. Munic. Ex- 

 plosives Commission, N. Y. Citv, 06-10. Chem. 

 Soc. (v, pres, 89-92, ed, 'Jour,' 84-93, chair- 

 man, N. Y. sect, 06) ; N. Y. Chemists Club; cor. 

 mem. Phila. Acad. Water analysis and water 

 supply; fixation of atmospheric nitrogen; indus- 

 trial chemistry. 

 Brenke, Prof. W(illiam) C(harles), University of 

 Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. Mathematics, Astron- 

 omy. Berlin, Germany, April 12, 74. B.S, Illi- 

 nois, 96, 97, M.S, 99 ; Ph.D, Harvard, 07. Instr. 

 math, Illinois, 96-00, instr. math, and astron. 

 and in charge of observatory, 00-03; assoc. 

 prof, math, Nehrasha, 07-13, prof, 13- A.A; 

 Math. Soc; Math. Ass; Statist. Ass; Math. 

 Verein; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. Some variable 

 stars; infinite series. 

 Brennan, Dr. Martin S(tanislaus), 6304 Minne- 

 sota Ave, St. Louis, Mo. A.^tronomy, Geology. 

 St. Louis, Julv 23, 45. A.B, CTiristian Brothers, 

 65, A.M, 69, Sc.D, 00. Pastor, St. Thomas of 

 Aquin Church, 84-92; St. Lawrence's Church, 

 and prof, astron. and geol, Kenriclc Theol. Sem, 

 St. Louis, 92- A.A; Astron. Soc; Pacific 

 Astron. Soc ; St. Louis Acad ; British Ass. Elec- 

 tricity. 

 Brenneman, Prof. J(esse) L(aMar), Kansas State 

 Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kans. Elec- 

 trical engineering. Goshen, Ind, Aug. 26, 86. 

 B.S, Chicago, 08; E.E, Wisconsin, 13. Teacher 

 physics and physical geog, high sch, Decatur. Ill, 

 08-09; prof, physics and applied math, West- 

 minster (Mo), 09-11; in testing dept. Gen. 

 Elec. Co, Schenectady, N. Y, 13-14; prof, phys- 

 ics and elec. eng, New Mexico, 14-17; physics 

 and automobile elec, Okla. Sch. Mines, 19-20; 

 asst. prof. elec. eng, Kansas State, 20- A.A; 

 Elec. Eng; Ass. Eng. Societies. Distribution of 

 potential on high tension insulators. 

 Brentzel, W(illiam) E(dward), Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Fargo, N. Dak. Plant pathology. Kelso, 

 Mo, March 27, 89. B.S, Missouri, 15, A.M. 17. 

 Asst. bot, Mis.souri, 15-17; prof, biol, Western 

 Md. Col, 17-18; asst. pathologiM, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 18- A.A; Bot. Soc; Phytopath. Soc. 

 Crown rust of oats; flax diseases. 

 Bretnall, Prof. G(eorge) H(erbert), State Normal 

 School for Women, Farmville, Va. Botany. 

 London, England, Feb. 12, 71. A.B, Cornell 

 (Iowa), 96, A.M, 97; Chicago. 01-02, summers, 

 05, 06, 07, 10. Instr. science, Epworth Sem, 99- 

 01 ; principal, Port Byron Acad, 02-03 ; head, 

 dept. hiol, Monmouth, 03-11; State Nor. Sch, 

 Lacrosse, Wis, 11-18; State Nor. Sch. for 

 Women, Farmville, Va, IS- A.A; Bot. Soc; 

 Ecol. Soc. 



