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March 11, 89. B.S, Dartmouth, 10; A.M, Co- 

 lumbia, 11, Ph.D, 15. Chemist, Harrimau Re- 

 search Laboratories, 15-16; research dept, Bar- 

 rett Co, 16-18; research and mfg. chemist, Nat. 

 Aniline and Chem. Co, 18- Chem. Soc; N. Y. 

 Chemists Club. Inosite; pinite; invertase; 

 anthraquinone and its derivatives and colors. 



Grifan, Prof. F(rank) L(oxley), Eeed College, 

 Portland, Oregon. Mathematics, Astronomy. 

 Topeka, Kans, Aug. 19, 81. B.S, Chicago, 03, 

 M.S, 04, fellow, 04-06, Ph.D, 06. Asst, John 

 Crerar Library, Chicago, 02-06; instr. math, 

 Williams, 06-09, asst. prof, 09-11; prof, Seed, 

 11- A.A; Math. Soc; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. 

 Problem of n bodies; central orbits; differential 

 equations; statistics. 



Grifan, H(arry) K(emp), Barrett Co, 17 Battery 

 Place, New York, N. Y. Physics. Ill, Nov. 18, 82. 

 Bradley Polytech, 08; Chicago, summer, 08; 

 A.B, George Washington, 10. Lab. apprentice. 

 Bur. Standards, 08-09, aid, 09-10, asst, 10-13, 

 asst. physicist, 13-17, assoc. physicist, 17-21; 

 physicist, Barrett Co, 21- Physical Soc. Heat; 

 temperature measurement. 



Griflan, H(oward) C(onsens), Carnegie Institute 

 of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. Chemistry. 

 Bangor, Maine, Oct. 2, 81. A.B, Bowdoin, 04; 

 Columbia. Instr. chem, Hobart, 04-07 ; Col. 

 City of N. Y, 07-11; Carnegie Inst. Tech. 11- 

 17; chief chemist, Atlantic Chem. Co, 17-18; 

 assoc. prof, chem, Carnegie Inst. Tech, 18- 

 A.A; Chem. Soc. 



Grifan, Prof. Jno. (John) J(oseph), Catholic Uni- 

 versity of America, Washington, D. C. Chem- 

 istry. Corning, N. Y, June 24, 59. A.B, 

 Ottawa, 81, A.M, 83; Ph.D, Hopkins, 95. Instr. 

 physics, Ottawa, 83-86; chem, St. Thomas 

 Aquinas Col, Cambridgeport, Mass, 86-87; 

 prof, Ottawa, 87-90; Catholic Univ, 95-, dean, 

 faculty of philos, 03-06, faculty of science, 08- 

 A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Chem. 

 Gesell; Eectrochem. Gesell. Decomposition 

 of diazo compounds; metatoluene sulphonic 

 acid; synthesis of organic compounds, starting 

 with acetylene. 



Griffin, Prof, Lawrence E(dnionds), Eeed Col- 

 lege, Portland, Oregon. Zoology. Dalton, N. 

 Y. Sept. 10, 74. A.B, Ph.B, Hamline, 95; 

 Minnesota, 95-98; Ph.D, Hopkins, 00. Instr. 

 biol, col. for women. Western Reserve, 00-02; 

 prof, Missouri Valley, 02-08; asst. prof, Philip- 

 pine Med. Sch, 08-10, assoc. prof, 10-13, dean, 

 col. liberal arts, 11-13; prof, zool, Pittsburgh, 

 14-20; hiol, Reed, 20- Research asst, Carnegie 

 Institution, 04-05. Soc. Zool; Micros. Soc. 

 (pres, 18, 19) ; Ecol. Soc. Anatomy of Nautilus 

 pompilius; dissection of the dog-fish; the Eu- 

 plotidae. 



Griffin, Martin L(uther), North Dighton, Mass. 

 Chemistry. Northampton, Mass, May 21, 59. 

 A.B, Amherst, 83, A.M, 86. Professional chem- 

 ist, Holyoke, Mass, 83-92; chem. expert, W. Va. 

 Pulp and Paper Co, 92-08; with Emerson Lab, 

 08-10; Oxford Paper Co, 10-20; chem. engineer, 

 Mt. Hope Finishing Co, 20- Chem. Soc; Elec- 

 trochem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Min. Eng; 

 Min. and Metal. Inst; Franklin Inst. Produc- 

 tion of pulp and paper; processing of textiles 

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and finishing bleacheries; water and sewage 

 treatment; trades waste. 



Grifang, W(ard) R(eneau), Louisiana State Uni- 

 versity, Eaton Rouge, La. Botany. Near Baskin, 

 La, Dec. 3, 91. B.S, Louisiana, 14; M.S, Chi- 

 cago, 16. Instr. hot, Louisiana, 14-15, 19-, asst. 

 plant pathologist, Exp. Sta, 16-17. A.A; Bot. 

 Soc. 



Griffith, John H(owell), Iowa State College, Am.es, 

 Iowa. Physics, Civil engineering. Detroit, Mich, 

 June 16, 68. B.S, Wisconsin, 93, fellow, 97, 

 M.S, 98; Michigan, 08-11. Consulting engineer, 

 92-98; prof. math, and civil eng. Clarkson Sch. 

 Tech, 98-01; asst. engineer, Cambria Steel Co, 

 01-03; designing engineer, dept. bridges. Pa. 

 Lines, 04; chief engineer, Metal. Co. of Am, 06; 

 asst. prof, civil eng, Michigan, 07-11 ; assoc. 

 engineer-physicist. Bur. Standards, 11-19; prof, 

 exp. eng, Iowa State, 19- Civil Eng. Analyt- 

 ical mechanics; testa of engineering materials; 

 bridge and concrete columns; physics of earth 

 pressure. 



Griffiths, Dr. David, Takoma Park, D. C. *Botany. 

 Abaristwyth, Wales, Aug. 16, 67. B.S, S. Dak. 

 Col, 92, M.S, 93; Ph.D, Columbia, 00. Teacher 

 sciences, high sch, Aberdeen, S. Dak, 93-98; 

 prof, bot, Arizona, and botanist, Exp. Sta, 00- 

 01; agriculturist, tf. S. Dept. Agr, 01-19, horti- 

 culturist, 20- A.A; Soc. Hort. Sci; Bot. Soc; 

 Wash. Bot. Soc; Wash. Acad; Torrey Bot. Club. 

 North American Sordariaceae ; certain groups of 

 grasses; fungi; the genus Opuntia; flowering 

 bulbous genera. 



Griffitts, Dr. C(harles) H(urlbut), University of 

 Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Psychology. 

 Ozawkie, Kans, Jan. 5, 89. A.M, Kansas, 14; 

 Ph.D, Michigan, 19. Instr. psychol. Park Col, 

 14-16: asst, Mieliigan, 1&-17, instr. 17- Psy- 

 chol. Ass. Individual and race differences; at- 

 tention. 



Griffitts, Dr. T(homas) H(ou3ton) D(ow), U. S. 

 Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. Medi- 

 cine. Unitia;, Tenn, Oct. 26, 78. M.D, Grant, 03. 

 Intern and acting asst. surgeon, U. S. Pub. 

 Health Service, 03-07; asst. to sec'y and regis- 

 trar vital statist. 111. State Health Dept, 07-14; 

 epidemiologist, TJ. S. Pub. Health Service, 15- 

 Nat. Drainage Cong. Malaria; impounded 

 waters; Anopheles mosquitoes. 



Griggs, Dr. Leland, Hanover, N. H. Em'bryology, 

 Ornithology. Rutland, Yt, Aug. 22, 79. A.B, 

 Dartmouth, 02, Ph.D, 08. Prof, biol, Doane, 05- 

 08; instr. zool, Dartmouth, 08-16, asst. prof, 16- 

 20, prof, biol, 20- A.A; Soc. Nat. Embryol- 

 ogy of tlie salamander. 



Griggs, Prof. Robert r(iske), Ohio State Univer- 

 sitv, Columbus, Ohio. Botany. Brooklyn, Conn, 

 Aug. 22, 81. B.S, Ohio State, 03; A.M, Min- 

 nesota, 06; Ph.D, Harvard, 11. Asst. tropical 

 agr, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01-02; prof, biol, Fargo, 

 03-05; asst. prof, bot, Ohio State, 06- Mem. 

 Govt, expeditions to Porto Rico, Guatemala, 

 Tex, Alaska; director, Nat. Geog. Soc. exped. 

 to Katmai, Alaska. A.A; Bot. Soc; Ecol. Soc. 

 Geography; plant morphology and ecology; re- 

 vegetation of volcanic areas; volcanoes of the 

 Katmai district. 



