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sic acid in sorghum and kaffir corn; extermina- 

 tion of prairie dogs; arsenical insecticides; 

 sulphur and lime in cattle dips; constitution of 

 Paris green and its homologues; action of so- 

 dium benzyl cyanid ,with cinnamic ester; syn- 

 thesis of certain aromatic succinic acids; nitra- 

 tion of b-p-tolylglutaric acid. 



Ayer, Dr. James B(oume), 518 Beacon St, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. Medicine. Boston, Dec. 28, 82. A.B, 

 Harvard, 03, M.D, 07. Asst. neuropath, and 

 instr. neur. Harvard Med. Sch; neurologist, 

 Mass. Gen. Eosp. A.A; Ass. Path, and Bact; 

 Neur. Ass; Am. Med. Ass; Boston Soc. Psychiat. 

 and Neur. Cerebro-spinal fluid. 



Ayers, Dr. Howard, Winding Way and Valley 

 Eoad. Cincinnati, Ohio. *Biology. Olympia, 

 Wash, May 21, 61. B.S, Harvard, S3; Heidel- 

 berg; Strasbourg; Ph.D, Freiburg, 86; LL.D, 

 Missouri, 99. Instr. zool, Michigan, 86-87; 

 Harvard and Radeliffe, 87-88 ; Woods Hole, 89- 

 98 ; director, Allis Lake Lab, Milwaukee, 89-94 ; 

 prof, biol, Missouri, 9-4-99; pres, Cincinnati, 99- 

 04. Walker prize. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, 83. 

 A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; cor. mem. Phila. 

 Acad. Vertebrate morphology'; anthropology; 

 morphology- and physiology of the vertebrate 

 ear; vertebrate cephalogenesis. 



Ayres, H(iram) D(outhitt), B. F. Goodrich Rub- 

 ber Co, Akron, Ohio. Physics. College Hill, 

 Ky, May 30, 78. A.B, DePauw, 02; A.M, Cor- 

 nell, 04, Ph.D, 13. Asst. physics, DePauw, 02- 

 03; instr, Ohio State, 04-05; physicist, Carnegie 

 Institution, 05-10; chief physicist. Tie B. F. 

 Goodrich Eubher Co, 13- A.A; Physical Soc. 

 Elasticity of metals. 



Ayres, H(orace) B(eemer), Kimberly, Minn. For- 



. estry. Allamuchy, N. J, Sept. 20, 56. B.S, 

 Lafayette, 78. Timber inspeator and geologist, 

 eng. dept, N. P. R. R. Co; Minn, and Pacific R. 

 R; Northern Transcont. Surv; Adirondack 

 Forest Surv; land departments, St. P. and D. 

 R. R. Co. and N. P. R. R. Co; field asst, U. S. 

 Geol. Surv; forest expert, bur. of forestry, U. S. 

 Dept. Agr; manager, Kimherly Explor. Co. 

 A.A ; Forestry Ass. Southern Appalachian 

 forests; Cascade Mountain forests; northern 

 Rocky Mountain forests; conditions favoring 

 growth of valuable timber; jack pine in the 

 ' Great American Desert. ' 



Ayres, Dr. Leonard P(orter), Cleveland Trust 

 Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Education. Niantic, 

 Conn, Sept. 15, 79. Ph.B, Boston, 02, A.M, 09, 

 Ph.D, 10; Columbia, 07-09. Supt. schools, 

 Caguas. P. R, 03-04; San Juan, 04-06; gen. 

 supt, P. R, and chief, div. statist, 06-08; 

 director, div. statist, and div. educ, Russell Sage 

 Foundation, 08-21 ; v. pres, Cleveland Trust Co, 

 21- Lecturer educ, Boston, 09; N. Y. TJniv, 12; 

 Illinois, 13; Colorado. 13; director, educ. sur- 

 veys, various cities, 12-15; col, Gen. Staff, 17- 

 19: chief statist, officer. War Dept; statistician. 

 Am. Peace Commission. A.A. Cv. pres, 16) ; 

 Statist. Ass. Statistics; hygiene; psychology. 



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Babasinian, Dr. V(ahan) S, South Bethlehem, 

 Pa. Chemistry. Mar,sovan, Asia Minor, Nov. 

 28, 76. A.B, Anatolia, 95; A.M, Brown, 03, 

 Ph.D, 06. Instr. chem, Brown, 03-06; org. 



chem, Lehigh, 06-09, asst. prof, 09-11, assoc. 

 prof, 11- Instr. chem, summer sch, California, 

 09; research chemist, C.W.S, 18-19. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc. Sulphonation of aliphatic com- 

 pounds; dyes, 



Babb, Cyrus C(ates), Granite Falls, N, C. Hy- 

 draulic engineering. Portland, Maine, June 18. 

 67. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 90. Engineer, T. s! 

 Geol. Surv, 90-02; U. S. Reclamation Service, 

 02-09; Maine State Water Storage Commission 

 and U. S. Geol. Surv, 10-16; consulting engi- 

 neer, 16- Civil Eng. 



Babb, Prof. M(aurice) J(efferis), 157 Cricket 

 Ave, Ardmore, Pa. Matlientatics. Marshalton, 

 Pa, Oct. 20, 70. B.S, Haverford, 05; Ph.D, 

 Pennsylvania, 10. Prof, math, Dickinson Sem, 

 96-00; Bellefonte Acad, 00-01; instr. Pa. State, 

 01-05; Pennsylvania, 05-10, asst. prof, 10- 

 Trustee, Phila. Collegiate Inst, 11-; assoc. ed, 

 'Math. Teacher'. A.A; Math. Soc; Ass. Teach- 

 ers Math. Middle States and Md. Pedagogy and 

 history of mathematics; theory of numbers. 



Babbitt, Dr. James A(ddison), 1901 Chestnut St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Hygiene, Otology. Wakes- 

 field, Vt, Oct. 22, 69." A.B. Yale, 93; A.M, 

 Haverford, 96; M.D, Pennsylvania, 98. Prof, 

 hygiene and physical educ, Haverford; instr. 

 otol, Pennsylvania. Asst. laryngologist and 

 aurist, German Hosp; larj'ngologist, Garrett 

 Home for Deaf Children; rhinologist. Children's 

 Hosp. Laryngol. Rhinol. and Otol. Soc; Phila. 

 Col. Physicians; Phila. Laryngol. Soc. Rhinol- 

 ogy; laryngology; physical education; tests of 

 equilibrium. 



Babcock, Dean E(arle) J(ay), University of 

 North Dakota, Grand Forks, N. Dak. Chemistry, 

 Engineering. St. Charles, Minn, June 11, 65. 

 C'arleton; B.S, Minnesota, 89; Sc.D, North Da- 

 kota, 14. Instr. chem. North Dakota, 89-91, 

 prof. chem. and geol, 91-02, chem, metal, and 

 mining and dean, col. mining eng, 98-, col. eng, 

 16-, acting pres, 17-18. State geologist, N. Dak, 

 97-02. Director, N. Dak. Min. Exp. Sta. A.A; 

 Min. Eng; Chem. Soc; Eng. Educ. Mining en- 

 gineering; industrial chemistry; fire clays; lig- 

 nite coal; gas; briquetting; cement; building 

 stone. 



Babcock, Prof. Ernest B(rown), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Calif. Plarit qenetics. 

 Edgertown, Wis, July 10, 77. B.S, California, 

 05, M.S, 11. Teacher biol. and nature study, 

 Los Angeles Nor. Sch, 06-07; instr. plant path, 

 California, 07-08, asst. prof, 08-09, agr. educ, 

 09-12, prof, genetics, IS- A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. 

 Hort. Sci. Nature and origin of certain forms 

 of Juglans californica Wats; nature and mech- 

 anism of the germinal substance. 



Babcock, Harold D(elos), Mt. Wilson Solar Ob- 

 servatory, Pasadena, Cfllif. Physics. Edgerton, 

 Wis, Jan. 24, 82. B.S, California. 07. Asst. 

 physics, California, 05-06; lab. asst, Bur. Stand- 

 ards, 06-08; physicist, Mt. Wilson Solar Ob- 

 servatory, 09- A.A. Standard resistances; 

 Zeoman effect; iron arc spectrum; electrostatic 

 field of sun. 



Babcock, Dr. H(arold) L (ester), Woodleigh Road, 

 Dedham, Mass. Herpetology. Holliston, Mass, 

 May 30, 86. Worcester, 05-06; M.D, Boston, 



