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later dept. manager, A.D. Little, Inc, 16-19; 

 chairman, div. research extension, Nat. Be- 

 search Council, 18- Major, R. O. C, 19-; con- 

 sulting chemist, ordnance dept, U. S. A. Chem. 

 Soc. (councilor-at-large) ; Cliem. Eng; Min. and 

 Metal. Eng. Industrial chemistry; spectra op- 

 tical glass. 



Howe, Prof. H(enry) M(arion), Bedford Hills, 

 N. y. "^Metallurgy. Boston, Mass, March 2, 

 48. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 71; A.M. Harvard, 

 72, LL.D, 05; Lafayette, 05; Sc.D, Pittsburgh, 

 15. Lecturer, Mass. Inst. Tech, 85-97; prof, 

 metal, Columbia, 97- Pres, jury of awards, 

 Columbian Expos, 93 ; juror, Paris Expos, 89, 00. 

 Elliott Cresson gold medal, Franklin Inst, 95; 

 Bessemer gold medal, Gt. Britain Iron and 

 Steel Inst, 95; gold medal, Verein BefiJrderung 

 des Gewerbfleisses, 95 ; award, Soc. d 'Encourage- 

 ment pour 1 'Industrie nationale, 95, 16; John 

 Fritz medal, 17. Chevalier Legion d'honneur, 

 01; Knight, St. Stanislas, star first order, 06. 

 Nat. Acad; A.A; Min. Eng. (pres, 93); Mech. 

 Eng; Soc. Test. Mat. (pres) ; hon. mem. Am. 

 Iron and Steel Inst; Steel Treat. Soc; Am. 

 Acad; Wash. Acad; fel. N. Y. Acad; Philos. 

 Soc; hon. mem. Dallas Hist. Soc; hon. mem. 

 Cleveland Inst. Eng, England; Gt. Britain Inst. 

 Min. and Metal; British Iron and Steel Inst. 

 (hon. V. pres) ; cor. mem. Soc. d 'Encourag. 

 pour I'Indust. nat; Russian Metal. Soc; hon. 

 mem. Russian Imp. Tech. Soc; Royal Swedish 

 Acad; Int. Ass. Test. Mat. (life mem. council). 

 Iron, steel and other alloys; metallurgy of steel; 

 copper smelting; metallography of steel and 

 cast iron. 



Howe, Dean Herbert A(lonzo), University of Den- 

 ver, Denver, Colo. *Astronomy. Brockport, N. 

 Y, Nov. 22, 58. A.B, Chicago, 75; A.M, Cin- 

 cinnati, 77; Sc.D, Boston, 84; LL.D, Denver, 

 10; Colo. Col, 13. Student and asst. Observa- 

 tory, Cincinnati, 75-80; prof. math, and astron, 

 Denver, 81-, dean, col. lib. arts, and director, 

 Chamberlin Observatory, 9S- A.A; Astron. 

 Soc; Math. Soc; Astron. Gesell. Double stars; 

 nebulae; orbits of comets and asteroids; Kep- 

 ler's problem; determination of positions of 

 2,000 neglected nebulae. 



Howe, Dr. Ja(me)s Lewis, Washington and Lee 

 University, Lexington, Va. *Chemistry. New- 

 buryport, Mass, Aug. 4, 59. A.B, Amherst, 80; 

 Ph.b, Gottingen, 82; Berlin, 82; Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 94; hon. M.D, Louisville Hosp. Med. Col, 

 86, Instr. chem, Brooks Mil. Acad, Cleveland, 

 82-83; prof. chem. and geol, Cent. Univ. of Ky, 

 83-87; scientist and lecturer, Polytcch. Soc. of 

 Ky, 86-94; prof. chem. and dean, Louisville 

 Hosp. Med. Col, and Col. of Dentistry, 87-94; 

 prof, chem, Washington and Lee, 94- Chair- 

 man, Am. Commission Inorg. Chem. Nomencla- 

 ture, 12; mem. U. S. Assay Commission, 16; 

 mem. special committee on platinum, Nat. Re- 

 search Council, 17-18. A.A. (sec'y, C, 92. gen. 

 sec'y, 95, v. pres, 00); Clicm. Soc; Soc. Chem. 

 Indust; Wash. Acad; London Chem. Soc; Chem. 

 Gesell. Ruthenium; other platinum metals; 

 chlorids, etc, of ruthenium. 



Howe, Prof. Malverd A(bijah), The Hermitage, 

 Northfield, A't. Civil engineering. Nortlifield, 

 Vt, Dec. 9, 63. B.S, Norwich, 82; C.E, Dart- 



mouth, 86. Instr. civil eng, Lawrence Sci. Sch, 

 Harvard, 86-87; prof, Eose, 87-16, emer. prof, 

 16- Pratising engineer, 82- Civil Eng; For- 

 estry Ass. Strength of vitrified sewer pipe; ef- 

 fect of different beds upon strength of stone; 

 draw-bridge reactions; deflection of bridges 

 under various loads and speeds; reinforced con- 

 crete beams; arches. 



Howe, Dr. Marshall A (very), New York Botan- 

 ical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N. Y. 

 *Botany. Newfane, Vt, June 6, 67. Ph.B, Ver- 

 mont, 90; fellow, Columbia, 97-98, Ph.D, 98; 

 hon. Sc.D, Vermont, 19. Instr. crypt, bot, Cali- 

 fornia, 91-96; curator, herbarium, Columbia, 

 99-01; asst. curator, N. Y. Bot. Garden,. 01-06, 

 curator of the museums, 06- Ed, 'Torreya,' 01- 



. 07 ; mem. bot. expeditions to Newfoundland, 

 Fla. and the West Indies, 01- A.A; Soc. Nat; 

 Bot. Soc. (v. pres, 13); fel. N. Y. Acad; Tor- 

 rey Bot. Club (assoc. ed, 'Bui,' 98-08, 11-, ed, 

 08-10). Taxonomy of Hepaticae and marine 

 algae of North America. 



Howe, Prof. Paul E(dward), Rockefeller Insti- 

 tute, Princeton, N. J. Biological chemistry. 

 Chicago, 111. July 29, 85. B.S, Illinois, 06, A.M, 

 07, Ph.D, 10. Asst. physiol. chem, Illinois, 07- 

 10; instr, 10-12; asst. prof. biol. chem, Colum- 

 bia, 12-17; assoc, dept. animal path, EocTcefeller 

 Inst, 17, 19- Capt, sect, food and nutrition, 

 Sanit. C, 17-19 ; chief nutrition lab. Army Med. 

 Sch, 19. A.A; Soc. Biol. Chem; Chem. Soc; 

 Physiol. Soc; Soc. Exp. Biol; Soc. Animal Pro- 

 duction; Columbia Biochem. Ass; Harvey Soc. 

 Metabolism; nutrition; fasting and recupera- 

 tion; acidity of urine. 



Howe, R(a3Tnond) M(iller), 507 S. Lang Ave, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. Chemistry. Elmira. N. Y, 

 March 15, 94. B.S, Alfred, 15; fellow, Pitts- 

 burgh, 15-16, A.M, 16. Instr. chem, Pittsburgh, 

 16-17; fellotv, Mellon Inst, 17- Advisory com- 

 mittee, W. I. B, 18. Chem. Soc. (sec'y, Pitts- 

 burgh branch, 17); Ceramic Soc. (sec'y, refrac- 

 tories div, 19) ; Soc. Test. Mat. Silvering of 

 mirrors; firebrick; refractories; underglaze col- 

 ors. 



Howe, Dr. Reginald Heber, Jr, Thorcau Museum 

 of Natural History, Middlesex Schools. Concord, 

 Mass. Biology. Quincy, Mass, April 10, 75. 

 Nobles Sch, JBoston, 88-95; Lawrence Sci. Sch, 

 Harvard, 01; Univ. Dr, Paris, 12. Lecturer 

 ornith, various New England schools, 99-02; 

 master nat. science, Middlesex Sch, Concord, 

 Mass, 01- Assoc. Ornith. Union; Entom. Soc; 

 Cambridge Entom. Club ; Boston Soc. Nat. Hist ; 

 Sullivant Moss Chapter. Birds of Rhode Island, 

 Massachusetts and Vermont; lichens of New 

 England; genus Usnea; filamentous lichens; 

 Odonata of New England. 



Howell, A(lfred) B(razier), 770 S. Pasadena 

 Ave, Pasadena. Calif. Zoology. Catonsville, 

 Md, July 28, 86. Yale, 08. Independent re- 

 search. With biol. .surv, U. S. Dept. Agr. Ariz, 

 18; private expeditions. Mem. Ornith. Union; 

 Soc. Mammal; Cooper Ornith. Club; Calif. 

 Acad; Wash. Biol. Soc. Vertebrate zoology; 

 geographical variation, distribution and ocol- 

 ogj- of l)irds and mammals of the Pacific Coast. 

 Howell, Arthur H(olme3), U. S. Biological Sur- 

 vey, Washington, D. C. Zoology. Lake Grove, 



