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physicist, Eastman Kodak Co, 13- Physical 

 Soc; Optical Soc. Photography; rontgenology; 

 fluorescence; latent image theory. 



HofEer, Prof. George N(issley), 434 Littleton St, 

 West Lafayette, Ind. Plant pathology. Hum- 

 melstown, Pa, Nov. 20, 87. A.B, Lebanon Val- 

 ley, 09; M.S, Purdue, 11. Asst. gen. biol, Pur- 

 due, 09-11; instr. bot, 11-14, asst. prof, 14-16, 

 assoc. prof, 16-17; agent and pathologist in 

 charge corn disease investigations, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 17- A.A; Phytopath.'Soc; Bot. Soc. 



Hoffman, Dr. Alfred, 200 Abingdon Road, Kew 

 Gardens, L. I, N. Y. Chemistry. New York, 

 N. Y, Nov. 1, 81. A.B, Columbia, 03, A.M, 04; 

 Ph.D, Berlin, 07. Asst. org. chem, Columbia, 

 07-10; treas, Hoffman and Knopflf Chem. Co, 

 10-19; Alco Deo Co, 11-; private research, 19- 

 Cliem. Soc; Chem. Gesell. Ketone condensa- 

 tions. 



Hoffman, Dr. Frederick L(udwig), Prudential In- 

 surance Co, Newark, N. J. Statistics. Varel, 

 Germany, May 2, 65. Common and private 

 schools, Germany; LL.D, Tulane, 11. Statist, 

 asst. Prudential Ins. Co, 94-00, statistician, 

 00-, third v. pres, 18- Lecturer, Harvard, 

 Yale, Columbia, California, Pennsj-lvania and 

 Stanford. Statist. Ass. (councilor) ; Pub. 

 Health Ass. (director) ; Ass. Cancer Control 

 (trustee); Safety Inst, (trustee). Life insur- 

 ance history; theory and practise; public health; 

 mortality; industrial accidents ;, tuberculosis ; 

 cancer; leprosy; malaria; army anthropometry. 



Hoffman, Prof. James D(avid), Purdue Univer- 

 sity, La Fayette, Ind. Mechanical engineering. 

 Auburn, Ind, Jan. 23, 68. B.M.E, Purdue, 90, 

 M.E, 93. Instr. practical mech, Purdue, 90-00, 

 asst. prof, 00-03, machine design, 03-04, assoc. 

 prof. eng. design, 04-08, prof, 08-11; prof, 

 mech. eng. and practical mech, Nebraska, 11- 

 17; head, dept. practical mech, Purdue, 17- 

 Mech. Eng; Heat, and Vent. Eng. (past pres) ; 

 Eng. Educ; Pub. Health Ass. Heating; ven- 

 tilation. 



Hoffman, Samuel V(erplanck), 258 Broadway, 

 New York, N. Y. Astrophysics. Brooklyn, N. 

 Y, May 12, 66. M.E, Stevens, 88; fellow, Hop- 

 kins, 93. Director, E. A. Hoffman Estate, Inc, 

 12- A.A; Astron. Soc; Physical Soc; N. Y. 

 Hist. Soc; fel. Royal Astron. Soc. Astrolabes. 



Hoffmann, Dr. Geo(rge) L, Western Pennsyl- 

 vania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. Bacteriology. 

 Logansport, Ind, Nov. 1, 87. B.S, Purdue, 

 11; Ph.D, Berne, 15. Instr. biol, Purdue, 12; 

 research bacteriologist, Parke, Davis and Co, 

 12-13; asst, Inst. Investigation Infectious Dis- 

 eases, Berne, 14-15; chief bacteriologist. West. 

 Pa. Hosp, 17- A.A; Soc. Bact; Chem. Soc; 

 Ind. Acad. Serology'; chemotherapy of trypano- 

 somiasis; Spirochaeta hyos. 



Hoffmann, Kalph, Carpinteria. Calif. Ornithol- 

 ogy, Botany. Stockbridge, Nov. 30, 70. A.B, 

 Harvard, 90. Teacher, Browne and Nichols 

 Sch, Cambridge, Mass, 91-10; headmaster, 

 Country Day Sch, Kansas City, Mo, 10-17, St. 

 Louis, Mo, 17-19. Mem. Ornith. Union; New 

 Eng. Bot. Club; Nat. Ass. Audubon Societies 

 (director). Birds of California; flora of Berk- 

 shire County, Mass. 



Hoflfstadt, Dr. Rachel E (milie) , Milwaukee-Downer 

 College, Milwaukee, Wis. Botany. Madison, 

 Ind, June 14, 86. B.S, Hanover, 08; M.S, Chi- 

 cago, 12, Ph.D, 15. Teacher science, high 

 schools, Ind, 08-11; head, dept. biol, Marshall, 

 12-14; dept. hot, MilwauTcee-Downer, 15- A.A; 

 Bot. Soc. Plant morphology. 



Hofman, Dr. H(einrich) O(scar), SS Robinwood 

 Ave, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Metallurgy. Hei- 

 delberg, Germany, Aug. 13, 52. Heidelberg, 

 71-73; E.M, Met. E, Royal Sch. of Mines, 

 Clausthal, 77; Ph.D, Ohio (Athens), 89. Prac- 

 tising metallurgist, 77-87; lecturer, Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 87-88; prof, metal, and assaying, Dak. 

 Sch. of Mines, 87-89; asst. prof, mining and 

 metal, Mass. Inst. Tech, 89-91, assoc. prof, 91- 

 98, prof, metal, 98- Min. Eng; Eng. Educ; 

 Chem. Soc; Inst. Metals; Ass. Prof; British 

 Inst. Metal. Metallurgical chemistry; ferro- 

 calcic silicates. 



Hofmann, Dr. J(ulius) V(alentine), Stabler, Wash. 



Forestry. Janesville, Minn, Feb. 20, 82. B.S.F, 

 Minnesota, 11, M.F, 12, Ph.D, 14. Instr. for- 

 estry and bot, Minnesota, 11-12; pathologist, 

 bur. plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 12; scien- 

 tific asst. Priest River Forest Exp. Sta, JJ. S. 

 Forest Service, 12-13, director. Wind Biver 

 Forest Exp. Sta, 13- Lecturer silviculture, 

 Minnesota, 15. A.A; Soc. Foresters; Ecol. Soc; 

 Phytopath. Soc. Silviculture; forest ecology 

 and pathology; forest influences. 



Hogan, Prof. Albert G(arland), University of 

 Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Aiiimal nutrition. 

 Maryville, Mo, Dec. 31, 84. A.B, Missouri, 

 07. B.S. A. 09, A.M, 12; Ph.D, Yale, 14. 

 Instr. chem. State Nor. Sch, Marjs'ille, Mo, 09- 

 11 ; asst. physiol. chem, Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 

 13-14; asst. prof, animal nutrition, Kansas 

 State, 14-17, assoc prof, 19; prof, biochem, 

 Alabama, 19-20; animal husbandry, Missouri, 

 20- A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. Biol. Chem. Carbo- 

 hydrate metabolism; vitamins; comparative nu- 

 tritional value of proteins. 



Hogan, John Vincent L(awless), International 

 Radio Telegraph Co, 326 Broadway, New York, 

 N. Y. Electrical engineering. Philadelphia, Pa, 

 Feb. 14, 90. Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 08-10. 

 Telegraph supt. and consulting engineer, Nat. 

 Elec. Signaling Co, 10-14, chief research engi- 

 neer, 1418; manager. International Eadio Tele- 

 graph Co, 18- Pan- Am. Scientific Cong. A.A; 

 Elec. Eng; fel. Radio Eng. (v. pres, 16-19, 

 chairman, standards committee, 16-19, pres, 20) ; 

 hon. mem. Radio Qub. Applied physics; radio 

 telegraph}- and telephony; electromagnetic 

 waves; signal-receiving methods. 



Hoge, WendeU P(hmips), Mt. Wilson Obsena- 

 tory, Pasadena, Calif. Astronomy. Belmont 

 Co, Ohio, July 9, 67. Pub. sch. Emplovee, 

 Sflnta Fe Ry. Co, 87-12; asst. observer, 'Mt. 

 Wilson Observatory, 12- In charge astron. mu- 

 seum, Mt. Wilson Observatory. Astron. Soc; 

 Sei.'?mol. Soc ; Metcorol. Soc. Stellar spectro- 

 scopy and photometry; stellar parallaxes; me- 

 teorology; nebulae; star clusters; variable stars. 



Hogrefe, Louis (T. W), 5403 Illinois Ave, N. W, 

 Washington, D. C. Chemistry. Copenhagen, 

 Denmark, Aug. 3, 66. Ph.C, Michigan, 97, B.S, 



