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exped. to Mex, 10. Ecol. Soc. Ecology; Mol- 

 ]usca; Orthoptera. 



Baker, H(ugh) P (otter), Syracuse University, 

 Syracuse. N. Y. Forestry. St. Croix Falls, Wis, 

 Jan. 20, 78. B.S, Mich. Agr. Col, 01 ; M.F, Yale, 

 04; D.Oec, Munich, 10. Forest a-sst, V. S. 

 Forest Service, 01-; assoc. prof, in charge for- 

 estry, Iowa State, and forester, Exp. Sta, 04-07; 

 prof, forestry, Pa. State, and forester, Exp. Sta, 

 07-12; dean,'N. Y. State Col. Forestry and prof, 

 silviculture, Syracuse, 12-20; sec'y, Am. Paper 

 and Pulp Ass, 20- Asst, Forest Surv, Nebr. 

 and Wyo. 01; chief, Iowa Forest Surv, 05; in 

 charge forestry- short course, Colo. Agr. Col, 07. 

 A. A; Soc. Foresters; Forestry Ass. (v. pres, 

 Iowa, 05); Am. Civic Ass; X. Y. Acad; Wash. 

 Acad; Royal Geog. Soc. Sand dunes along Co 

 lumbia River; public lands of central Idaho; 

 silviculture in New Mexico ; forest surveys of 

 Idaho and Iowa ; adaptability of prairie states 

 to growing of trees for commercial purposes; 

 forest nursery practise ; improvement of forest 

 trees by breeding; collection and storage of tree 

 seed. 



Baker, Prof. Ira O(sboni), 1208 W. California 

 Ave, Urbana, 111. Civil engineering. Linton, 

 Ind, Sept. 23, 53. B.S, Illinois, 74, C.E. 77, hon. 

 D.Eng, 03. Prof, civil eng, Illinois, SO- Civil 

 Eng; Soc. Test. Mat; Eng. Educ; West. Soc. 

 Eng. Masonry; roads and pavements; engi- 

 neers' surve3-ing instruments. 



Baker, Dr. J(olm) C(lark), 97 Fifth St, Ridgefield 

 Park, N. J. Chemistry. Ridgeway, Iowa, Aug. 

 11, 84. B.S, Fpper Iowa, 10; A.M, Columbia, 

 15, Ph.D, 16. Asst, Upper Iowa, 10; head, dept. 

 science, N. Mex. Nor. Univ, 10-13 ; asst. chem, 

 Columbia, 14-16; assoc. chemist, N. Y. Exp. 

 Sta, Geneva, 16-19; chemist, Wallace and Tier- 

 man Co, 10- Chem. Soc; Biochem. Ass. Dia- 

 statie enzymes; dairy problems; casein; milk 

 control. 



Baker, John T(ownsend), Phillipsburg, N. J. 

 Chemistry. Orange, N. J, June 30, 60. M.S, 

 Lafayette. Pres, J. T. Baker Chem. Co. Manu- 

 facture of chemical reagents. 



Baker, M(oses) N(elson), 53 Oakwood Ave, 

 Upper Montclair, N. J. Engineering. Enos- 

 burgh, Vt, Jan. 26, 64. Ph.B, A'er'mont, 86, 

 C.E, 99. Assoc, ed, 'Eng. News,' 87-17; 'Eng. 

 News Becord,' 17- Mem. Board of Health, 

 Montclair, 94-04, pres, 04-15; v. pres, N. J. 

 State Dept. of Health, 15. Pub. Health Ass; 

 Water Works Ass; Nat. Munic. League (chair- 

 man, exec, committee, 13-18) ; New Eng. Water 

 Works Ass; N. J. Sanit. Ass. (pres, 03). Civil 

 and sanitary engineering; puV:>lic health; water 

 and sewage treatment; garbage and refuse dis- 

 posal; municipal administration. 



Baker, Oliver E(dwin), 1 Hesketh St. Chevy Chase 

 Md. Agricultural geography. Tiffin, Ohio, 83 

 B.S, Heidelberg (Ohio), 03, M.S, 04; Columbia 

 05; Ph.D, Wisconsin, 20. Agricultural econo 

 mist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 12- Wis. Soil Surv, sum 

 mers, 10, 11. A. A; Ass. Geog; Ecol. Soc 

 Climate of Wisconsin in relation to agriculture 

 atlas of American agriculture. 



Baker, Prof. R(ichard) P(hilip), University of 

 Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Mathematics. Condover, 



England, Feb. 3, 66. Oxford, S4-S7 ; B.Sc, Lon- 

 don, 87; Ph.D, Chicago, 10. Instr. math, loica, 

 05-10, asst. prof, 10-15, assoc. prof, 15- A. A; 

 Math. Soc; Math. Ass. Algebraic equations; 

 groups; geometry; thermodynamics. 



Baker, Dr. Robert H(orace), University of Mis- 

 souri, Columbia, Mo. Astronomy. Northampton, 

 Mass, March 29, 83. A.B, Amherst, 04, A.M, 

 05; Ph.D, Pittsburgh, 10. Asst, Amherst Col. 

 Observatory, 04-06; Allegheny Observatory, 06- 

 10; asst. prof, astron, Brown, 10-11; Michigan, 

 11; prof, and director Laws Observatory, Mis- 

 souri, 11- A. A ; Astron. Soc. Spectroscopy 

 and photometry. 



Baker, Prof. Ross Allen, 114 Trinity Place, Syra- 

 cuse, N, Y. Chemistry. Greencastle, Ind, Nov. 

 13, 86. A.B, DePauw, 06, A.M, 07; Ph.D, Wis- 

 consin, 14. Instr. chem, high sch, Danville, 111. 

 07-08; prof. Baker, 08-10; instr, Wisconsin, 10- 

 14; Minnesota, 14-16; asst. prof, 17-18; prof, 

 gen. and inorg. chem, Syracuse, 19- Major, 

 C.W.S, and commandant, U. S. Gas Sch. 1 8. A.A ; 

 Chem. Soc; Cent. Ass. Sci. and Math. Teachers. 

 Inorganic chemistry; rare heavy metals. 



Baker, Dr. S(ara) Josephine, 33 W. 96th St, New 

 I'ork, X. Y. Child hygiene. Pouglikeepsie, N. 

 Y, Nov. 15. 73. M.D, Woman 's Med. Col, N. Y, 

 98; D.P.H, Bellevue Med. Col, 17. Med. in- 

 spector, dept. health, N. Y. City, 01-07, asst. 

 commissioner, 07-08, director, hur. child hygiene, 

 08- Lecturer child hygiene, Teachers (];ollege, 

 Columbia; Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Col; 

 surgeon, U. S. Pub. Health Service; special 

 agent, children's bur, U. S. Bur. Labor. Child 

 Hygiene Ass. (pres, 18); Pub. Health Ass; Sch. 

 Hygiene Ass; Am. Med. Ass; fel. N. Y. Acad. 

 Med. Control and supervision of midwives; in- 

 fant mortality; health supervision of children; 

 health aspects of child labor. 



Baker, Dr. Smith, Camden, N. Y. Neurology, 

 Psychology. Marcy, N. Y, Sept. 25, 50. :M.D, 

 Michigan, 71; hon. A.M, Colgate. 84. Practising 

 physician. Lecturer preservation of health, Col- 

 gate, 84, 92-93. A.A; fel. Neur. Ass. Normal 

 and abnormal psychology; hysterics; the morbid 

 imperative. 



Baker, Prof. Tho(ma)s R(akestraw), Winter 

 Park, Fla. Physics. Chemistry. Chester Co, Pa, 

 Feb. 27, 37. B.S, First Pa. State Nor. Sch, 60, 

 M.S, 61; Pa. State, 62-65; Ph.D, Gottingen. 71. 

 Prof, math. Pa. State, 61-67; nat. science, 

 First Pa. State Nor. Sch. 71-86; Pollins, 92-12, 

 director, museum, 12- Conducted private lab, 

 Orlando, Fla, 87-90. Electricity; acoustics; dy- 

 iinniies. 



Baker, Prof. Will(iam) C(oombs), 135 Centre 

 St, Kingston, Ont, Can. Physi-cs. Kingston, 

 Dec. 16, 71. A.M, Queen's (Ont), 95; 1851 

 Exhibition scholar, Cambridge, 99-00. Demon- 

 strator physics, sell, mining. Queen's (Can). 95- 

 02, lecturer. 02-08, asst. prof. 08-12, assoc. prof, 

 12-20. prof, 20- Physical Soc. Hall effect in 

 gold for small fields; ultra-violet light effect in 

 starting discharge; absorption of hydrogen by 

 metals. 



Baker, Dr. Wilmer, Station 20, New Orleans, La, 

 Anatomy. Kayne. La, July 3. 91. M.D, Tulane, 

 Id. Instr. anat, Virginia, 16-18, adj. prof, 18- 



