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Almy, Prof, Frank F(ayette), 436 East St, Grin- 

 nell, Iowa. Physics. Little Compton, R. I, Jan, 

 12, 66. B.S. Nebraska, 90; Hopkins, 90-93; 

 Chicago, 99, 01-02. Prof, physics, Grinnell, 93- 

 Lecturer phrsics, Columbia, 09-10; asst, educ, 

 director, district eight, S,A.T.C, 18. A.A; 

 Physical Soc; Iowa Acad, (pres, 09). Some 

 properties of coherers; pressure shift of lines in 

 the spectrum of iron; electrodeless discharge in 

 gases. 



Almy, Dr, John E(dwin), 2300 A St, Lincoln, 

 Nebr, Physics. Centralia, 111, Oct, 13, 75, B.S, 

 Nebraska, 96, A.M, 97 ; Ph.D, Berlin, 00. Instr. 

 physics, Nebraska, 00-02, adj. ;grof, 02-05, asst, 

 prof, 05-07, assoc. prof, 07-09, prof, 09-, chair- 

 man of dept, 19-20. A.A; Physical Soc; Nebr. 

 Acad. Accidental double refraction; spark po- 

 tentials; discharge through gases; dielectric 

 strength of various glasses and double refracting 

 media; cathode potential. 



Alperin, Dr. David, 750 Green Ave, Brooklyn, N. 

 y. Biological chemistry, Bucharest, Roumania, 

 M.S, Freiburg, 02; M.D, N. Y. Univ, 07; Ph.D, 

 Columbia, 12, Lecturer physiol. chem. and di- 

 rector chem. and path, laboratories, Eclectic 

 Med, Col. 03-12; assoc. prof, ophthal, N. . 

 Post-Grad. Med. Sch. Nucleoprotein metabo- 

 lism ; uricolysis and uricase. 



Alsberg, Dr. C(arl) L(ucas), U. S, Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. *Biochem- 

 istry. New York, N. Y, April 2, 77. A.B, 

 Columbia, 96, A.M, M.D, 00. Asst. physiol. 

 chem, Harvard Med. Sch, 02-05, instr. biol. 

 chem, 05-06, faculty instr, 06-08; chem. biol- 

 ogist, bur, plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 08- 

 12, chief, bur. chem, 12- Investigator, Bur. 

 Fisheries, 07-08, A.A; Agr. Chem. (sec'y- 

 treas, 20, ed, 'Jour'); Am. Med. Ass. (mem. 

 council pharmacy and chem) ; Physiol. Soc; Soc. 

 Erp. Biol; Chem. Soc. (councilor at large); 

 Soc, Biol. Chem. (past pres) ; Soc. Pharmacol; 

 Boston Soc. Med. Sci. (past sec'y). Chemistry 

 of nucleic acids and of proteins ; cystinuria ; en- 

 zymes; phosphoric acid metabolism; poisonous 

 plants; oxidizing enzymes; biology and toxicol- 

 ogy of molds of the genus Penicillium ; cyano- 

 genesis in plants; pharmacologj' ; food and agri- 

 cultural chemistry. 



Altenburg, Prof, Edgar, Rice Institute, Houston, 

 Tex. Zoology. Jersey Citv, N. J, June 11, 88. 

 A.B, Columbia, 11, A'.M, 12, Ph.D, 16. Instr. 

 biol, Rice Inst, 17-20, asst. prof, 20- A.A. 

 Genetics. 



Alter, Prof. Dinsmore, University of Kansas, 

 Lawrence, Kans. Astronomy, Physics. Colfax, 

 Wash. March 28. 88, B.S, Westminster (Pa), 

 09; M.S, Pittsburgh, 10; Ph.D, California, 16. 

 Instr. physics and astron, Alabama, 11-12, asst. 

 prof, 12-13, adj. prof, 13-14; instr. astron, 

 California. 14-17; asst. prof, Kansas, 17-19, 

 assoc. prof, 19- Major, C.A.R.C, A.A; Phys- 

 ical Soc; Astron. Soc. Orbits; meteorology; 

 perturbations; gravitational theory. 



Alter, Dr. Nicholas M, New Haven Hospital, New 

 Haven, Conn. Pathology. Hungary. 86. M.D, 

 Univ. of Hungary, 11. Instr. anat, Univ. of 

 Hungary, 10-11, path, 11-13 ; pathologist, Monte- 

 liore Home and Hosp, N. Y. City, 14-15; How- 



ard A. Kelly Hosp, 15-19; Yale, 19- Physical 

 chemistry applied to cancer research. 

 Alvarez, Prof, Arthur Carl, 1909 Dwight Way, 

 Berkeley, Calif. Civil engineering. San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif, Nov. 2, 86. B.S, California, OS. 

 Instr. civil eng, California, 08-13, asst. prof. 13- 

 19, assoc. prof, 19- Assoc. Civil Eng; Soc. Test. 

 Mat. Building construction; structural engi- 

 neering. 



Alvarez, Dr. Walter Clement, 177 Post St, San 

 Francisco, Calif. Medicine. San Francisco, 

 July 22, 84. M.D, Cooper Med. Col, 05; Har- 

 vard, 13. Asst. path, Cooper Med. Col, 05-06; 

 asst. med, Stanford, 12-13; instr. research med, 

 Hooper Foundation for Med. Eesearch, Califor- 

 nia, 14-20, asst. prof, SO- Caldwell lecturer, 

 Rontgen Ray Soc, 20. Physiol. Soc; Soc. Exp. 

 Biol; Am. Med. Ass; Calif. Acad. Physiology 

 and pathology- of digestion; intestinal peristalsis. 



Alvord, John Watson, 5203 Kenwood Ave, Chi- 

 cago, 111. Hydraulic and sanitary engineer- 

 ing, Newton Center, Mass, Jan. 25, 61. Prep, 

 sch; Europe, 88, 94; hon. C.E, Wisconsin, 13. 

 City engineer, Lake View, Chicago, 84-88; 

 Cicero, 111, 89 ; Columbian Expos, 90-93 ; consult- 

 ing engineer, 94- Mem. numerous appraisal 

 boards; consulting engineer to many munici- 

 palities in the Central West; govt, war work, 

 two years. Chanute medal. West. Soc. Eng. 02; 

 medal as one of the designers of the Columbian 

 Expos, 93. A.A; Civil Eng. (director, 18-); 

 Water Works Ass. (pres, 10) ; West. Soc. Eng. 

 (pres. 10); 111. Soc. Eng. (pres, 02. 04);_Pub. 

 Health Ass. Sewage purification; economics of 

 valuation and appraisement: flood prevention. 



Alway, Prof. Frederick J(ames), 1386 Grantham 

 Ave, St. Paul, Minn. *Chemistry. Waterford, 

 Ont, May 28, 74. B.A, Toronto, 94; Ph.D, Hei- 

 delberg, 97. Prof, chem, Nebr. Wesleyan, 98- 

 06; agr. chem, Nebraska, 06-09, head prof, 09- 

 13; prof, soil chem, Minnesota, and chief, div. 

 soils Exp. Sta, IS- A,A; Chem. Soc; Soc. 

 Agron; Peat Soc. Reduction of nitrocom- 

 pounds; hydroxylamino- and nitroso-compounds; 

 bleaching of flour; soils of northern steppes; 

 prairie soils; humus; soil moisture; glacial and 

 peat soils. 



Amberg, Dr. Emil, David Whitney Building, De- 

 troit, Mich. Aural surgery. Santa Fe, N. Mex, 

 May 1, 6S. M.D, Heidelberg, ^4; Berlin, 97. 98; 

 Yienna, 95, 97, 07. House surgeon, aural dept, 

 Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston. 96-97. Otol. 

 Soc; Am. Med. Ass; Acad. Ophthal. and Oto- 

 laryngol. The ear; the lateral sinus; instru- 

 ments; influence of the work-pause on mental 

 efficiency; interstate reciprocity for the license 

 to practice medicine. 



Amberg, Dr. Samuel, Children's Memorial Hos- 

 pital, T.'^o Fullerton Ave, Chicago, 111. Medicine. 

 f'annstatt, Germanv, Aug. 15. 74. Gymnasium, 

 annstatt; Berlin, "rS-9 6; M.D, Heidelberg, 98. 

 Asst. and instr. pediat, Hopkins, 99-03, assoc, 

 03-10, assoc. prof, 10-12; mem, Sprague Mem. 

 Inst, and a.fsoc. prof. exp. med. Rush Med. Cnl, 

 IS- Pharmacologist, C.W.S, 18. Physiol. Soc; 

 Soc. Biol. Chem: Soc. Pharmacol: Am. Med. 

 Ass; cor. mem. Vienna Gesell. fiir Innere Med. 

 und Kinderheilkunde. Pediatrics; pharmacol- 

 ogy; physiological chemistry. 



