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irrig, Java, Burma, India and Egypt, 08-09; 

 chief engineer, P. R. Irrig. Service,^ 10-16; 

 consulting engineer, ordnance dcpt, U.S. A, 18; 

 asst. chief, eng. surveys, Grand Canal, China, 

 18-19; engineer wem. highway commission, 

 Panama, 20- Civil Eng; West. Soc. Eng. Irri- 

 gation and highways. 



Beates, Dr. H(enry), 260 S. 16th St, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 'Medicine. Philadelphia, Dee. 20, 57. M.D. 

 Pennsylvania, 79; hon. M.S, Washington and 

 Jefferson, 09, Se.D, 10. Practising physician. 

 Pres, Pa. State Board Med. Examiners, 01-11; 

 Nat. Confed. State Med. Examining and Licens- 

 ing Boards, 07-08. A.A; Am. Med. Ass; Thera- 

 peut. Soc; Archeol. Inst; Phila. Col. Physicians; 

 Phila. Acad. Therapeutics; circulatory and 

 cardiac diseases; anaesthesia; medical legisla- 

 tion. 



Beattie, Dr. James Alexander, Massachusetts In- 

 stitute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Chem- 

 istni. Louisville, Ky, July 24, 95. B.S, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 17, M.S, 18, fellow, 19-20, Ph.D, 20. 

 Research chemist, Am. Writing Paper Co, 16; 

 asst. chem, Mass. Inst. Tech, 17-18, research 

 assoc, 20- Physical chemistry; ionic theory; 

 thermodynamics; equations of state. 



Beattie, Prof. R(olla) Kent, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Botany. 

 Ashland, Ohio, Jan. 14, 75. A.B, Cotner, 95; 

 B.S, Nebraska, 96, A.M^ 98. Instr. science, high 

 sch, Leadville, Colo, 96-97; Cheyenne, Wyo, 98- 

 99; bot. Wash. State, 99-03, prof, and head of 

 dept, and botanist, Exp. Sta, 03-12; forest pa- 

 thologist, TJ. S. Dept. Agr, 12-14, path, inspec- 

 tor, fed. hort. board, 14-19, pathologist in charge 

 foreign plant quarantines, 19- Instr. physics 

 and chem, Cotner, summer, 93 ; chem, Nebr. 

 State Nor. Sch, summer, 98. A.A; Bot. Soc;, 

 Phytopath. Soc; Wash. Bot. Soc. Plant pa- 

 thology; flora of Palouse region, Washington 

 and Oregon; food plants of sheep. 



Beattie, W(illiain) R(enwlck), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Wasliington, D. C. Agriculture. 

 Zane.sville, Ohio, Dec. 17, 70. B.S, M.S, 

 Ohio State. Asst. bot. Ohio State, 96-98; asst. 

 horticulturist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 99-12; agr. and 

 indust. commissioner, St. Louis and Southwest. 

 R. R, 12-18; horticulturist, U. S. Dcpt. Agr, 18- 

 Soc. Hort. Sci; Am. Peat Soc; Wash. Biol. Soc; 

 Wash. Biol. Field Club. Plant growth under 

 glass; peanuts. 



Beatty, Dr. Hugh Gibson, Ohio State University, 

 Columbus, Ohio. Speech defects. Washington 

 C. H, Ohio, Sept. 12, 80. Ph.C, jM.D, Ohio 

 State; Vienna. Asst. prof, dept. oto-rhino- 

 laryngol, Ohio State. A.A; Am. Med. Ass; 

 Col. Surg; Columbus Acad. Med. Otology; 

 rhinology; laryngology. 



Beauchamp, Rev. W(illiam) M(artin), 121 Mark 

 Ave, Syracuse, N. Y. History, Archeology. 

 Coldenham, N. Y, March 25, 30. Delaney Divin- 

 ity Sch; S.T.D, Hobart, 86; LL.D, Syracuse, 20. 

 Rector, Grace Church, Baldwinsville, N. Y, 65- 

 00; examining chaplain of diocese of Central N. 

 Y, 84- Arclicologist, N. Y. State Museum, 96- 

 06. Adoption by Onondagas, 04; Cornplanter 

 medal for Iroquois research, 05. A.A. (sec'y, 

 H, 89-92); Onondaga Acad, (pres, 01); Onon- 

 daga Hist. Ass. (hon. pres, 20). American his- 



tory; archeology; natural sciences; folk-lore, 

 language and history of the Iroquois; New 

 York Indian life; local colonial history. 



Beaumont, Prof. A(rthur) B(ishop), 103 Butter- 

 field Terrace, Amherst, Mass. Agronomy. Waco, 

 Tex, Jan. 21, 87. B.S, Kentucky, 08; Ph.D, 

 Cornell, 18. Teacher science, high sch. North 

 Bend, Oregon, 09-11; science and agr. and head 

 of dept, Oregon Nor. Sch, 11-13; asst. soil 

 technol, Cornell, 13-17; assoc. prof, agron. and 

 acting head of dept, Mass. Col, 17-19, prof, and 

 head of dept, 19- Soc. Agron. The reversi- 

 bility of the colloid condition of soils. 



Becht, Prof. Frank Christian, 2421 S. Dearborn 

 St, Chicago, 111. Physiology, Pharmacology. 

 Lexington, 111, Nov. 28, 79. B.S, Chicago, Ois, 

 fellow, 06, Ph.D, 09; M.D, Northwestern, 15. 

 Asst. physiol, Chicago, 07-09, assoc, 09-10; asst. 

 prof, Illinois, 10-12 ; pharmacol. Northwestern, 

 12-14; Chicago, 14-17; prof, Northwestern, 17- 

 Lecturer physiol, McGill, 15. Soc. Pharmacol; 

 Physiol. Soc. Heat paralysis; antibodies in the 

 serum and lymphs; influence of the hypophysis 

 on sugar metabolism; catalases of the blood; 

 cerebrospinal fluid. 



Bechtel, A(lbert) R(eiff), Wabash College, Craw- 

 fordsviUe, Ind. Botany. Royersf ord, Pa, March 

 21,82. B.S, A.M, Pennsylvania, 12; Ph.D, Cor- 

 nell, 20. Teacher, pub. schools, Arontgomory 

 Co, Pa, 03-04; principal, high sch, Cochranville, 

 06; science teacher, high sch, Downingtown, 07- 

 08; asst. instr. bot, Pa. State, 13, instr, 14; 

 N. Y. State Col. Agr, Cornell, 14-20; prof, 

 Wabash, 20- A.A; Bot. Soc. Weeds; taxonomy 

 of seed plants. 



Beck, Dr. Joseph C(lar), University of Illinois 

 College of Medicine, Chicago, III. Medicine. 

 Czecho-Slovakia, Sept. 26, 70. M.D, Illinois, 95. 

 Assoc, prof, oto-laryngol, med. dept, Illinois, 04- 

 Attending surgeon. Cook Co. Hosp, 05-; head of 

 ear, nose and throat dept, North Chicago Hosp, 

 04- Lieut-col, U.S.M.R.C, 19; Czecho-Slovak 

 Army, 18-19. Col. Surg; Am. Med. Ass. (pres, 

 sect, oto-laryngol, 19) ; Acad. Ophthal. and Oto- 

 Laryngol. (pres, 14) ; Laryngol. Rhinol. and 

 Otol. Soc; Chicago Oto-Laryngol Soc. (pres, 

 09). Surgery; surgery of the head and neck. 



Beck, RoUo Howard, R. A. 288, San Jose, Calif. 

 Ornithology. Calif, 70. Field collector, Calif. 

 Acad, 03-09; Am. Museum Nat. Hist, 10-17. 

 Mem. Ornith. Union; Cooper Ornith. Club. 

 Water birds; Tubinares. 



Becker, Prof. A(lbert) J(ohn), Ohio Valley Roof- 

 ing Co, Evansville, Ind. Applied mechanics. 

 Evansville, Ind, Oct. 6, 77. B.S, Michigan, 03, 

 M.E, 07; Ph.D, Illinois, 15. Instr. mcch. eng. 

 North Dakota, 04-06, asst. prof, 06-07, prof, 

 applied math, 07-19; seo'y-treas. Ohio Valley 

 Hoofing Co, 20- Mcch. Eng; Eng. Educ. 

 Strength of materials; bi-axial loading of mild 

 steel; effect of temperature on the strength of 

 concrete. 



Beckett, C(liarles) H(arrison), State Life Insur- 

 ance Co, Indianapolis, Ind. Mathematics. Au- 

 rora, Ind, May 24, 76. A.B, Cornell, 00, 00-02. 

 Assoc, prof, math, Purdue, 05-12; actuary, 

 State Life Ins. Co, 12- Consulting actuary. 

 Math. Soc; Am. Inst. Actuaries (pres, 17-19); 

 Statist. Ass. Actuarial science. 



