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Beckett, Prof. Samuel Hume, University Farm, 

 Davis, Calif. Civil engineering. Calif, Sept. 

 19, 83. B.S, California, 09. Scientific asst, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr, 09-12, irrig. engineer, 12-15; 

 instr. and asst. prof, irrig. practise, Califorma, 

 15-18, assoc. prof, 18- Development and eco- 

 nomic use of irrigation water. 



Becknell, Dr. G(uy) G(aillaird), University of 

 Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Physics. Milford, 

 Ind, April 16, 78. B.S, Northwestern, 04, fel- 

 low, 05, M.S, 05; hon. fellow, Clark, 08-09, 

 senior fellow, 09-11, Ph.D, 11. Instr. physics, 

 Purdue, 05-08; research asst, Clark, 08-09; 

 prof, Mt. Allison, 11-12; instr, Syracuse, 12- 

 14; Northwestern, 14-15; Pittsburgh, 16-17, 

 asst. prof, 17-20, prof, SO- A. A; assoc. mem. 

 Physical Soc. Residual E.M.F. in carbon arc; 

 demagnetization of iron and steel. 



Beckstrand, Prof. E(lias) H(yrum), University 

 of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Engineering. 

 Meadow, Utah. B.S, (E.E), Michigan, 00; 

 M.M.E, Cornell, 01. Prof. mech. eng, Utah, 03- 

 Engineer, Yampa tramway, Bingham, Utah. 

 Mech. Eng; Elee. Eng; Soe. Test. Mat. Test- 

 ing of brick and macadam rock; testing and 

 value of lubricating oils ; effect of alkalies on 

 concrete. 



Beckwith, Angle M(aria), Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, Washington, D. C. Plant pathology. 

 Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 27, 81. A.B, Michi- 

 gan, 04; Chicago, 04-05. Asst, biol. lab, Vas- 

 sar, 06-08; expert xylotomist, U. S. Forest 

 Service, 08-10; scientific asst, bur. plant indus- 

 try, U. S, Dept. Agr, 10- A.A; Phytopath. Soc. 



Beckwith, Prof. Cora J(ipson), Vassar College, 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Zoology. Grand Rapids, 

 Mich, March 24, 75. B.S, Michigan, 00; A.M, 

 Columbia, 08, Ph.D, 14. Asst. biol, Vassar, 00- 

 02, instr. zool, 02-13, asst. prof, 14-15, assoc. 

 prof, 15- A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool. Lateral 

 line organ in Amia calva; cytology of hydroid 

 germ cells. 



Beckwith, Prof. T(heodore) D(ay), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Calif. Bacteriology. Utica, 

 N. Y, Dec. 8, 79. B.S. Hamilton, 04, Root fel- 

 low, 04, M.S, 07; Ph.D, California, 20. Scien- 

 tific asst, U. S. Dept. Agr, 04-07; asst. prof, 

 bacter. and plant path, N. Dak. Col, and asst. 

 botanist, Exp. Sta, 07-11; head, dept. bacter, 

 Oregon Col, and bacteriologist, Exp. Sta, 11- 

 20 ; asst. exp. path, California, 20- Capt, Sanit. 

 C, 18. A.A; Soc. Bact; Pub. Health Ass. Water 

 supplies; soils; cold storage; experimental pa- 

 thology. 



Bedell, Prof. Frederick, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. *Physics, Electrical Engineering. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y, April 12, 68. A.B, Yale 90; 

 M.S, Cornell, 91, fellow, 91-92, Ph.D, 92. Instr. 

 physics, Cornell, 92-93, asst. prof, 93-04, prof, 

 04- Assoc, ed, 'Physical Rev,' 93-12, managing 

 ed, 13. A.A, (sec'y, B, 97, gen. sec'y, 99); 

 Physical Soc; Elec. Eng; Aeronaut. Soe. Alter- 

 nating currents of electricity; direct and alter- 

 nating current testing; aerodynamics. 



Beebe, Prof. Murray C(harles), Wadsworth Watch 

 Case Co, Dayton, Ky. Electrical engineer- 

 ing. Racine, Wis, Feb. 25, 76, B.S, Wisconsin, 

 97. Instr. elec. eng, Wisconsin, 97-00 ; research 

 dept, Nernst Lamp Co, 00-04; assoc. prof, elec. 

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eng, Wisconsin, 05-07, prof, 07-18; with West. 

 Elec. Co, 19; chief engineer, Wadsioorth Watch 

 Case Co, SO- Elec. Eng; Nat. Elec. Light Ass. 

 Electric lighting; chemistry of rare earths. 



Beebe, Prof. S(ilas) P(almer), 417 Park Ave, 

 New York, N. Y, Physiological chemistry. St. 

 Johns, Mich, April 22, 76. B.S, Valparaiso 

 96; B.S, Harvard, 00; M.S, Yale, 02, Ph.D, 04; 

 M.D, Cornell, 09. Instr. chem, high seh. New 

 Haven, 00-03; physiol. chemist, Huntington 

 Fund for Cancer Research, Loomis Lab, 03-09; 

 prof. exp. therapeut, med. col, Cornell, 09-15. 

 Lecturer, summer sch. Harvard. 02-04. A.A; 

 Physiol. Soc; Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. Exp. 

 Biol; Soc, Cancer Research; Soc. Biol. Chem. 

 Effect of alcohol and alcoholic fluids on excre- 

 tion of uric acid in man; tumor tissue; fat 

 from proteid; immunity; serum therapy; physi- 

 ology of thyroid and parathyroid. 



Beebe, William, New York Zoological Park, New 

 York, N. Y. * Ornithology. Brooklyn, N. Y, 

 July 29, 77. Columbia, 96-99. Curator ornith, 

 N. . Zool. Park, 99- ; hon. curator, and director, 

 tropical sta, N. Y. Zool. Soc, 19- Elliot medal. 

 A.A; fel. Ornith. Union; Soc. Mammal; Ecol. 

 Soc; N. Y. Linnean Soc; fel. N. Y. Zool. Soc; 

 fel. N. Y. Acad; N. Y. Audubon Soc; cor. mem. 

 London Zool. Sof. Evolution of color in birds; 

 ecology of the birds and other vertebrates of 

 neotropical regions. 



Beede, Dr. J(oshua) W(iUiam), 711 San Antonio 

 St, Austin, Tex. Geology, Paleontology. Ray- 

 mond, N. H, Sept. 14, 71. B.S, Washburn, 96, 

 A.M, 97; Ph.D, Kansas, 99. Instr. paleont, 

 Kansas, 97-99 ; teacher science, Atchison Co. 

 High Sch, Kans, 99-01; instr. geol, Indiana. 01- 

 06, asst. prof, 06-09, assoc. prof, 09-17 ; geolo- 

 gist, bur. econ. geol, Texas, 17- Asst, Kans. 

 Geol. Surv, 96, 98, 03-09; U. S. Geol. Surv, 01, 

 02. A.A. (mem. exec, committee, 16) ; Geol. 

 Soc; Paleont. Soc; Am. Geog. Soe; Ass. Petrol. 

 Geol; Ind. Acad; Kans. Acad. Stratigraphic 

 geology and paleontology of Kansas coal meas- 

 ures; invertebrate paleontology of the Permian 

 Red Beds of Oklahoma and Texas; faunal divi- 

 sions of Kansas coal measures; cycle of subter- 

 ranean drainage; Permian of Kansas, Oklahoma 

 and Texas. 



Beegle, Dr. Frank Moore, Glidden Co, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Chemistrij. Williamsburg, Pa, June 19, 

 89. B.S, Pa. State, 12; fellow, Columbia, 16- 

 18, A.M, 17, Ph.D, 18. Research chemist, Ohio 

 Exp. Sta, 11-16; Bur. Aircraft Production, 18- 

 19; chief chemist. Am. Chem. and Mfg. Co, 

 19-20; research chemist, Glidden Co, 20- Chem. 

 Soc. Organic and biological chemistry; aero- 

 plane dopes, varnishes and enamels; vegetable 

 oils; synthetic gums. 



Beer, Dr. Edwin, 88 Central Park West, New 

 York, N. Y. Medicine. New York, March 28, 

 76. A.B, Columbia, 96, M.D, 99. Visiting 

 surgeon, Bellevue Hosp. and Mt. Sinai Hosp. 

 A.A; Col. Surg; Am. Med. Ass; N. Y. Path. 

 Soc; N. Y. Acad. Physiology and pathology of 

 the kidneys, urinary bladder, intestines and 

 liver. 



Beers, F(rank) T(roxell), Washburn, Wis. Chem- 

 istry. Emporium, Pa, Feb. 19, 75. B.S, Pa. 

 State, 98. Asst. chem, Pa. State, 98-99; chem- 



