AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Ackert, Prof. J(ames) E(dward), Kansas State 

 Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kans. Zoology. 

 Woosung, 111, Aug. 31, 79. A.B, Illinois, 09, 

 A.M, 11, fellow, 11-1.3, Ph.D, 1.3. Asst. zool, 

 Illinois, 09-11; asst. prof, Kansas State, 13-16, 

 assoc. prof, 16-18, prof, 18-, parasitologist, Exp. 

 Sta, 13- A.A ; Soc. Zool ; Micros. Soe. Innerva- 

 tion of integumentary sense organs; life histo- 

 ries of ccstodes. 



Acree, Prof. S(olomon) F(arley), Hahnemann 

 Hospital, Eoehester, N. Y. *Cliemistry. Mc- 

 Gregor, Tex, Dec. 18, 7o. B.S, Texas, 96, 

 M.S, 07; fellow, Chicago, 98-01, Ph.D, 02; Ber- 

 lin, 0.3-04. Asst. chem, Texas, 96-97; instr, high 

 sch, San Antonio, Tex, 97-98; asst, Chicago, 

 00-01; assoc. prof, chem, Utah, 01-04; Johns- 

 ton scholar, Hopkins, 05-06, assoc, 06-07, assoc. 

 prof, 07-14; chief chemist, Forest Prod. Lab, 

 14-17; prof, forest chem, Wisconsin, 14-17; 

 Syracuse, 17-19; with Nat. Wood Chem. Ass, 

 Syracuse, 17- A.A; Chem. Soc. (chairman, 

 sect. org. chem, 09) ; Tex. Acad; Chem. Gesell. 

 Reactions induced by enzymes; tautomerism; 

 catalysis; theory of colors in indicators and dye 

 stuffs; theory of mechanism of the reactions of 

 alkyl halides; theory of pinaeone and pinaeoline 

 rearrangements; mechanism of certain organic 

 reactions. 



Adami, Prof. John George, University of Liver- 

 pool, Liverpool, England. Pathology. Man- 

 chester, England, Jan. 12, 62. Owens Col, Man- 

 chester, 77-80, 85-87; B.A, Cambridge, 84, 

 M.B. 86, M.A, 87; M.D, 90; Breslau, 84-85; 

 M.R.C.S, 87, F.R.C.S, 19; F.R.C.P, 14; hon. 

 M.A, M.D, MeGill, 99; LL.D, Toronto, New 

 Brunswick; Rc.D, Dublin, 12. House physician, 

 Manchester Royal Infirm, 86 ; demonstrator path, 

 Cambridge, 87-90, John Lucas Walker student 

 in path, 89, lecturer, 90, fellow and director nat. 

 science, Jesus Col, 90-92; prof, path, McGill, 

 92-19 ; V. chancellor, Liverpool, 19- Pathologist, 

 Can. Dept. Agr, 97-02; Fothergill gold medal, 

 London Med. Soc, 14; Croonian lecturer, Royal 

 Soc, 19; hon. fel. Jesus and Christ's Colleges, 

 Cambridge, 20. Soc. Nat; Ass. Path, and 

 Bact; Soe. Baot; Physiol. Soc; Am. Physicians 

 (v. pres, 10, pres, 11) ; Soc. Exp. Biol; Soe. Biol. 

 Chem; hon. mem. Yet. Med. Ass; Royal Soc. 

 Can; Montreal Medico-Chirurg. Soc. (pres, 98- 

 00); Royal Col. Surg; Royal Col. Physicians; 

 British Med. Ass. (pres, sect, path, 06) London 

 Path. Soc; London Physiol. Soc; fel. Royal Soc; 

 fel. Royal Soc. Edinburgh; cor. mem. Soc. Med. 

 de Lyon. Cardiac, renal and hepatic pathology; 

 heredity of disease ; causation of cancer and 

 goitre; variability of bacteria; colon bacillus; 

 tuberculosis ; degenerative processes. 



Adams, Prof. Cha(rle)s C(hristopher), New York 

 State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y. ""Zool- 

 ogy. Clinton, Til, July 2.3.73. B.S, 111. Wesleyan, 

 95, hon. Sc.D, 20; M.S, Harvard. 99; fellow,'Chi- 

 eago, 00-03, Ph.D, OS. Asst. biol. 111. Wesleyan, 

 95-96; asst. entomologist, state lab. nat. hist, 

 Illinois, 96-98; asst. zool, Chicago, summer, 02; 

 curator, univ. museum, Michigan, 03-06; di- 

 rector, Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist, 06-07; assoc. 

 animal ecol, Illinois, 08-14; asst. prof, forest 

 sool, N. T. State Col. Forestry, Syracuse, 14-16, 

 prof, 16-, director, Boosevelt Wild Life Forest 



Exp. Sta, 19- Curator, museum, Cincinnati, 06-07. 

 A.A; Soc. Nat; Ecol. Soc; Soc. Mammal; Soc. 

 Foresters; Fisheries Soc; Ass. Geog. Habitats, 

 faunas and associations dynamically and genet- 

 ically considered; general animal ecology; ecol- 

 ogy of inland environments, prairies, lakes and 

 forests; migration and evolution; geographical 

 distribution; forestry and the food supply; re- 

 lation of animal ecology to forestry, economics 

 and sociology'. 



Adams, Prof. C(omfort) A(very), 33 W. 39th St, 



New York, N. Y. Electrical engineering. Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, Nov. 1, 68. B.S, Case, 90, E.E, 05. 

 Elec. engineer, Brush Elec. Co, 90-91 ; instr. elec. 

 eng. Harvard,' 91-96, asst. prof, 96-06, prof, 06-, 

 dean, eng. sch, 19-; chairman, div. eng, Nat. 

 Research Council, 19- Consulting engineer, 

 Stone and Webster, 01-04; Am. Tool and Ma- 

 chine Co, 04-; Warner Sugar Ref. Co, 10-; 

 Okonite Co, 16-; Nat. Cond. and Cable Co. 20- 

 Mem. jury awards, St. Louis, 04; board of 

 award, Edison medal; Fritz medal. Chairman, 

 gen. eng. committee, Council Nat. Defence; weld- 

 ing committee, Emergency Fleet Corp. A.A; 

 Elec. Eng. (pres, 18); Mech. Eng; Automotive 

 Eng; Welding Soc. (pres, 19); Nat. Elec. Light 

 Ass; Am. Acad; British Inst. Elec. Eng. In- 

 duction motors; alternator regulation; syn- 

 chronous motors; dynamo design schedules; com- 

 mutation. 



Adams, Cyrus C(omelius), Jewett, N. Y. Geog- 

 raphy. Naperville, 111, Jan. 7, 49. A.B, Chi- 

 cago, 76. On ed. staff, 'N. Y. Sun,' 82-08. 

 Pres, dept. geog, Brooklyn Inst, 89-93 ; chair- 

 man, Committee on Collection of Geog. Material 

 for Schools, 8<)-93. Delegate from Nat. Geog. 

 Soe. to Sixth Int. Geog. Cong, 95. A.A; Ass. 

 Geog. (pres, 06) ; Am. Geog. Soc. (assoc. ed, 

 'Bui,' 02-08, ed, 08-15). Exploration; develop- 

 ment of newly explored lands; the interaction of 

 man with his geographic environment ; carto- 

 graphic presentation of the facts of commercial 

 and economic geography, 



Adams, Prof. Edwin P(limpton), Princeton Uni- 

 versity, Princeton, N. J. *Physics. Prague, 

 Bohemia, Jan. 23, 78. B.S, Beloit. 99; M.S, 

 Harvard, 01, Ph.D, 04, Instr. physics, Prince- 

 ton, 0.3-06, asst. prof, 06-09, prof, 09- A.A; 

 Physical Soe; Philos. Soc; Math. Soc; Chem. 

 Soc. Metallic conduction; Corbino effect in 

 iron ; theory of magnetism. 



Adams, Prof. Frank, Berkeley, Calif. Irrigation. 

 Chicago, 111, Sept. 19, 75. A.B, Stanford, 01; 

 A.M, Nebraska, 06. Irrig. investigator, V. S. 

 Dept. Agr, 00-06, 10-; prof, irrig. investiga- 

 tions, California, 16- Irrigation with special 

 reference to economics and agriculture. 



Adams, Prof. Frank D(awson), McGill Univer- 

 sity, Montreal, Cun. Geoloqy. Montreal, Sept. 

 17, .59, B.S, McGill, 78, M.S, 84, hon. Sc.D 02; 

 Sc.D, Tufts, 14; Ph.D, Heidelberg, 92; LL.D. 

 Toronto, 16; Queen's (Can), 19. Asst. chemist 

 and petrographer, Can. Geol. Surv, 80-89. lec- 

 turer geol, McGill. 89-94, Logan prof, 94-, dean, 

 faculty of applied science. 08-, acting principal, 

 19-20. Ed, 'Can. Record of Science.' 93-98; 

 mem. Advisory Council for Scientific and Indus- 

 trial Research; Can. Conservation Commission. 

 Lyell medal, London Geol. Soe, 06. Pres, Int. 



