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Gore, John K(insey), 59 High St, Orange, N. J. 

 Mathematics, Actuarial science. Newark, N. J, 

 Feb. 3, 64. A.B, Columbia, 83, A.M, 86, Instr. 

 math, and physics, Woodbridge Sch, N. Y, 84- 

 91; mathematician. Prudential Ins. Co, 94, asst. 

 actuary, 95-97, actuary, 97-, director, 07-, v. 

 pres, 12- Math. Soe; Actuarial Soc. (past 

 pres). 



Gotham, Prof. F(rederic) P(oole), 151 Meeting 

 St, Providence, E. I. Biology. Providence, 

 April 29, 71. A.B, Brown, 93, A.M, 94. Instr. 

 biol, Brown, 93-00, asst. prof, 00-01, assoc. 

 prof, 01-13, prof, bacter, IS- Bacteriologist, 

 Providence Health Dept; bacteriologist and biol- 

 ogist, R. I. Shellfish Commission; sec'y, trustees, 

 P. I. State Sanatorium. A.A; Soe. Nat; Soc. 

 Bact. (sec'y and treas, 04, v. pres, 06, pres, 07) ; 

 Ass. Path, and Bact; Entom. Soc; Pub. Health 

 Ass. (chairman, lab. sect); Wash. Acad; Boston 

 Soc. Med. Sci. Crustacean embryology; phos- 

 phorescent bacteria; diphtheria bacillus; dis- 

 eases of fishes; oysters and sewage. 



Gortner, Prof. Koss Aiken, University Farm, St. 

 Paul, Minn. Chemistry. Near O'Neill, Nebr, 

 March 20, 85. B.S, Nebr. Wesleyan, 07; M.A, 

 Toronto, OS; fellow, Columbia, 08-09, Ph.D, 09. 

 Research asst. agr. chem, Nebraska, 06-07; asst. 

 chem, Toronto, 07-08; res. investigator biol. 

 chem, sta. for exp. evolution, Carnegie Institu- 

 tion, 09-14; assoc. prof, soil chem, Minnesota, 

 14-16, agr. tiochem, 16-17, prof, and chief of 

 div, Exp. Sta, 17- Asst. ed, 'Bioehem. Bui.' 

 A.A; Soc. Nat; Chem. Soc. (ed, 'Abstracts,' 

 chairman, div. biol, 19); Soc. Exp. Biol; N. Y. 

 Chemists Club; Columbia Biochem. Ass. (hon. 

 V. pres, 11); fel. London Chem. Soc; Soc. chim. 

 de France. Nitroso compounds; formation and 

 chemistry of animal pigments (melanin) ; chem- 

 istry of embryonic growth; physico-chemical 

 properties of vegetable saps; soil analysis; or- 

 ganic constituents of the soil; colloids; proteins. 



Gorton, Prof. F(rederick) E(ussell), State Nor- 

 mal College, Ypsilanti, Mich. Phr/sics. Water- 

 loo, Mich, Sept. 16, 71. Ph.B, Mich. State Nor. 

 Sch, 99; B.S, Michigan, 00, A.M, 01; Ph.D, 

 Berlin, 05. Instr. physics, Mich. State Nor. Col, 

 92-03, asst. prof, 05-08, assoc. prof, 08-11, prof, 

 11-16, head of dept, 16- A.A. Minimum po- 

 tential of electrical discharge from points; point 

 discharge. 



Gorton, Dr. W(imam) S(tuart), Western Electric 

 Co. 463 West St, New York, N. Y. Physics. 

 Baltimore, Md, March 28, 89. A.B, Hopkins, 

 OS, A.M, 10, fellow, 10-11, 13-14, Ph.D, 14. 

 Instr. elec. eng, Mass. Inst. Tech, 11-13; physi- 

 cist, Brady Inst, Hopkins Hosp, 14-17; assoc. 

 physicist. Bur. Standards, 17-20; research 

 physicist, West. Elec. Co, 20- Physical Soc. 

 High voltage corona in air; X-rays; voltage 

 transformers. 



GosUne, Dr. H(arold) I(nman), State Hospital 

 for Mental Diseases, Howard, R. I. Pathology. 

 West Newton, Mass, July 2, 88. A.B, Harvard, 

 09, M.D, 14. Intern. Psychopathic Hosp, Bos- 

 ton, 14; asst. physician. Danvers State Hosp, 

 14-15; asst. neuropath. Harvard Med. Sch, 14-; 

 pathologist, Worcester State Hosp, 15- A.A; 

 Psychopath. Ass; Medico-Psychol. Ass; Am. 

 Med. Ass. Dementia praecox; tuberculosis. 



Goss, Dr. B(yron) C(assius), Nela Park, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. Physical chemistry. Rochester, Ind, 

 March 27, 90. A.B, Wabash, 12; Ph.D, Prince- 

 ton, 16; Columbia, 16. Instr. chem, Princeton, 

 13-17; tech. asst, exp. eng. dept, nat. elec. lamp 

 worJcs, Gen. Elec. Co, 19- Chemist, bur. chem, 

 TJ. S. Dept. Agr, summer, 14, consulting chem- 

 ist, 16-17; lieut. col, C.W.S. 17-19. Chem. Soc; 

 Electrochem. Soc. Colloid chemistry; light pro- 

 duction at low temperatures; solution of tin by 

 canned foods. 



Goss, Prof. W(illiam) F(reeman) M(yrick), 61 

 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Steam engineering. 

 Barnstable, Mass, Oct. 7, 59. Certificate, Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 79; hon. M.S, Wabash, 88; D.Eng, 

 Illinois, 04. Instr. mech. arts, Purdue, 79-83, 

 prof, practical mech, 83-89, exp. eng, 89-07, di- 

 rector, eng. lab, 99-07, dean, sch. of eng, 00-07; 

 dean, col. eng. and director, sch. railway eng. 

 and administration, Illinois, 07-17, director, 

 eng. exp. sta, 09-17; pres, Ey. Car Manufac- 

 turers Ass, 17- Chief engineer, Chicago Ass. 

 of Commerce Committee, 13-16. Mem. jury 

 awards, Columbian Expos, 93 ; exec, committee, 

 Nat. Advisory Board of Fuels and Struct. Ma- 

 terials, 06-; mem. Eng, Foundation. A.A; 

 Mech. Eng. (past pres) ; Elec. Eng; Eng. 

 Edue; West. Soc. Eng; Western Railway Club; 

 Master Car Builders; 111. Acad; 111. Soc. Eng. 

 and Surv; Int. Ass. Test. Mat. Economic per- 

 formance of locomotives; high pressures in 

 locomotive service; superheated steam in loco- 

 motive service ; car-axles ; friction brakes ; front- 

 end arrangement of locomotives; fuel briquets 

 in locomotive service; power transmission by 

 friction wheels; graphite as a lubricant. 



Gossard, Prof. H(any) A(rthur), Ohio Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio. Ento- 

 mology. Ames, Iowa, Feb. 7, 68. B.S, Iowa 

 State, 89, M.S, 92. Asst. entom, Iowa Exp. Sta, 

 90-93 ; instr. science, high schools and acade- 

 mies, 93-99; entomologist, Fla. Exp. Sta, and 

 prof, zool, entom. and geol, Florida, 99-04; 

 entomologist, Ohio Exp. Sta, 04-; non-res. prof, 

 entom, Ohio State, 17- A.A; Ass. Eeon. Entom; 

 Entom. Soc; Nut-Growers Ass; Iowa Acad. 

 Economic entomology. 



Gossard, Prof. H(arry) C(ltiiton), Candler Build- 

 ing, Atlanta, Ga. Mathematics. Helena. Ohio, 

 March 13, 84. B.S, Ohio Northern, 07; fellow, 

 Hopkins. 12-13, Ph.D, 13. Instr. math, Okla- 

 homa, 13-14, asst. prof, 14-16; instr, TJ. S. 

 Naval Acad, 17-18; asst. prof, Oklahoma, 18; 

 southern student field sec'y, int. committee, Y. 

 M. C. A. A.A; Math. Soc. Geometry; teaching 

 of secondary mnthematics. 



Gotthelf, Dr. August H(enry), Hastings-on-Hud 

 son, N. Y. Chemistry. New York, N. Y, Sept 

 7, 76. B.S, Columbia, 97, A.M, 9S. Ph.D, 00, 

 Chemist. IT. S. Pharmacopoeia Revision Com 

 mittee on Inorganics, 02-05; research chemist 

 Schieffelen and Co, 05-07; with Dr. Leo H 

 Baclieland, 08-; Gen. Bal'elite Co, 10- Chem 

 Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Chem. Gesell. Action 

 of nitrils on organic acids; condensation prod- 

 ucts of phenols and formaldehyde; bakelite. 



Gottschalk, Prof, V(ictor) H(ugo), 6039 Wood- 

 lavm Ave, Chicago, 111. Chemistry, Physics. 

 St. Louis, Mo, May 19, 78. B.S, Missouri, 98, 



