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Ball, Max W(aite), Box 930, Cheyenne, Wyo. 

 Geology. Munson, 111, Sept. 9, 85. E.M, Colo. 

 Sch. Mines, 06. Field asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 06-07, geol. aid, 07-08, junior geologist, 08-09, 

 asst. geologist, 09-14, geologist, 15-16; mining 

 engineer, U. S. Bur. Mines, 16-17; cMef geolo- 

 gist, Eocky Mt. div, Koxana Petrol. Corp. 17-18, 

 manager, 18-20; gen. manager, Matador Petrol. 

 Co, 20- A. A; Min. Eng; Ass. Petrol. Geol; 

 Petrol. Inst; "Wash. Geol. Soc. Economic geol- 

 ogy; conservation; economics of petroleum in- 

 dustry; Little Snake River coalfield, Wyoming; 

 placers of northern Routt County, Colorado; oil 

 fields of the United States. 



Ball, Prof. Oscar M(elville), College Station, Tex. 

 Botany. Miami, Mo, Aug. 25, 68. Oklahoma, 

 92-93; fellow, Virginia, 96-97, A.B, 97; Bonn, 

 OO; Ph.D, Leipzig, 03. Instr. bot, Virginia, 

 95-96; prof. chem. and biol. Miller Sch, Va, 

 97-00; bot. and mvcol, Tex. Col, 03-10, biol, 

 10- A.A ; Tex. Acad ; Bot. GeseU. Plant physi- 

 ology and pathology; paleobotany; soil bacteri- 

 ology; nitrogen-fixing bacteria of legumes; eco- 

 nomic botany. 



Ball, Dr. S(tanley) C (rittenden) , 151 Sumner 

 Ave, Springfield, Mass. Zoology. Shelbume 

 Falls, Mass, Nov. 19, 85. Ph.B, Yale, 11, Ph.D, 

 15. Draftsman, marine biol. lab, Carnegie In- 

 stitution, Tortugas, Fla, 13-14; asst. curator 

 zool, Peabody Museum, Yale, 15-16; instr, Mass. 

 Col, 16-18; prof, biol, Int. Y. M. C. A. Col, 18- 

 Anatomy; histology; physiology; migration of 

 insects. 



Ball, Dr. Sydney H(obart), 42 Broadway, New 

 York, N. Y. Geology. Chicago, 111, Dec' 11, 79. 

 A.B, Wisconsin, 01, Ph.D, 10. Asst. geologist. 

 Mo. Bur. of Mines and Geol, 01-02; asst. geol, 

 Wisconsin, 03-04; geol. aid, U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 04-05, asst. geologist, 0.5-07; chief geologist, 

 Soc. Int. Forestiere et Miniere du Congo, 07-09; 

 consulting mining geologist, 09- Cbevalier Bel- 

 gian Royal Order of the Lion, 19. A.A; Min. 

 Eng; Min. and Metal. Soc; Geol. Soc; Wash. 

 Geol. Soc; British Inst. Min. and Metal; Soc. 

 Beige de Geol. Geology of Miller County, Mis- 

 souri; reconnaissance in southwestern Nevada; 

 areal geology of the Georgetown (Colo) quad- 

 rangle; geology of Belgian Congo; precious 

 stones. 



Ball, Prof. T(heodore) R(olly), 6043 Kingsbury 

 Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. Chemistry. Marshall- 

 town, Iowa, July 29, 83. B.S, Drake, 08; Har- 

 vard, 08-09; M.S, Illinois, 14, fellow, 15-16, 

 Ph.D, 16. Instr. chem. Drake, 10-13; Illinois, 

 16-17; asst. prof. Washington (St. Louis), 17- 

 Chem. Soc. (sec'y, St. Louis sect, 19). Inor- 

 ganic chemistry; physical chemistry; ionization 

 in mixed electrol.vtes. 



Ballard, Prof. Charles W, 115 W. 68th St, 

 New York, N. Y. Pharmacognosy. New York, 

 July 6, 87. Ph.Ch, Columbia, 07, Phar.D, 08, 

 A.M, 11. Instr. pharmacog, Columbia, 07-18, 

 prof, 18- Pharmacognosist, S. B. Penick Co, 

 14-17; mieroanalyst, Health Dept. N. Y. City, 

 17- Pharmaceut. Ass. Food and drug botany; 

 microscopy of food and drug products. 



Ballard, H(arlan) H(oge), 247 South St, Pitts- 

 field, Mass. Natural history. Athens, Ohio, 

 May 26, 53. Olivet, 69-70; A.B, A.M, WU- 



liams, 75. Principal, high sch, Lenox, Mass, 

 74-80; Lenox Acad, 80-86; librarian and cura- 

 tor, Berkshire Athenaeum and Museum, Pittsfield. 

 Mass, 88- Dept. ed, 'St. Nicholas,' 80-86; ed, 

 'Swiss Cross,' 86-88; 'Popular Science News,' 

 88-92. Medal, Columbian Expos, 93. A.A; 

 Agassiz Ass. (founder. 75, pres, 75-05). Meth- 

 ods of interesting youth in natural science. 

 Ballard, Prof. W(alter) R(ayinond), College Park, 

 Md. Horticulture. Towanda, 111, May 8, 78. 

 B.S, Kansas State, 05. Asst. horticulturist, Md. 

 Exp. Sta, 06-11, pomologist, 12-18; garden spe- 

 cialist, States Relations Service, 18-19; asst. 

 prof, pomol, Maryland, and in charge, small 

 fruit investigations, Exp. Sta, 19-20, specialist, 

 veg. and landscape gardening, exten. service, 

 20- Soc. Hort. Sci. Plant breeding; orchards; 

 small fruits. 



Ballard, W(illiam) S(alisbury), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Plant pathol- 

 ogy. Platteville, Wis, May 29, 81. A.B, Illi- 

 nois, 04. Asst. bot, Illinois, 0406; scientific 

 asst, asst. pathologist and later pathologist, fruit 

 disease investigations, bur. plant indust, 77. St 

 Dept. Agr, 06- A.A; Phytopath. Soc; Chem. 

 Soc. Parasitic and physiological diseases of 

 fruits. 



Ballou, H(enry) A(rtliur), Imperial Department 

 of Agriculture, Barbados, B. W. I. Zoology, 

 Entomology. West Swanzey, N. H, July 23. 72. 

 B.S, Mass. Col, 95, M.S, 06. Employed by Gipsy 

 Moth Committee, Mass, 95 ; instr. bot, forestry * 

 and entom, Conn. Col, 97-01; asst. bot. lab, 

 Mass. Col, 01-02; entom/)logist. Imp. Dept. Apr, 

 B. W. I, 03- A.A; for. mem. Ass. Eeon. En- 

 tom. Agricultural zoology. 



Bancroft, Dr. Frank W(atts) R. D. Box 81, Con- 

 cord, Calif. Physiology, Zoology. San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif, Oct. 18, 71. B.S, California, 94, 

 M.S, 96; A.M, Harvard, 96, Ph.D, 98; Berlin, 

 98-99; Naples Zool. Sta, 99. Instr. and later 

 asst. prof, physiol, California, 00-11; assoc. 

 exp. biol, Rockefeller Inst, 11-12, physiol, 12. 

 A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool. Anatomy, embryol- 

 ogy and physiology of the tunicates; general 

 physiology; morphogenesis; action of saline 

 cathartics. 



Bancroft, Geo(rge) J(arvis), Bancroft Block, 

 Denver, Colo. Milling engineering. Denver, 

 Sept. 10, 73. B.S, Stanford, 95;' Colo. Sch. 

 Mines, 96. Ed, 'Min. Science.' 08- Min. Eng; 

 Colo. Sci. Soc. Origin of ore deposits. 



Bancroft, Prof. Geo(rge) K(ussell), Morgan- 

 town, W. Va. Chemistry. Wevmouth, N. S, 

 .luly 7, 78. B.A, Acadia, 06; A.B, Yale. 

 14. 'Silliman fellow, 1.5-17, Ph.D, 17. Principal, 

 pub. schools, Freeport, N. S, 98-99, 00-03, 06- 

 07 ; science master, Halifax Acad, 07-13 ; asst. 

 instr. chem, Yale, 14-17; prof. chem. and 

 physics, Transylvania, 17-18; asst. prof. org. 

 chem, Kentucky, 18-20; assoc. prof. West Vir- 

 ginia, 20- Chem. Soc. (seeV, Lexington sect, 

 18) ; Ky. Acad; N. S. Inst. Organic chemistry; 

 esters derived from substituted aliphatic alcohols. 



Bancroft, Dr, J(oseph) Austen, McGill Univer- 

 sity, 461 Grosvenor Ave, Montreal, Can. Geol- 

 ogy. North Sydney, N. S, April 8, 82. B.A, 

 Acadia, 03; Yale, 04, A.M, 06; Ph.D, McGiU, 

 10. Demonstrator geol, McGill, 05-08, lecturer, 



