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Bussey, Prof. W(iUiam) H(enry), University of 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Mathematics. 

 Chicago, 111, Oct. 24, 79. A.B, NortliTvestern, 

 00; A.M, Harvard, 02; fellow, Chicago. 02-04, 

 Ph.D, 04. Instr. math, Acad, Northwestern, 04- 

 05; tutor, Barnard, Columbia, 05-07; asst. prof, 

 Minnesota, 07-14, assoc. prof, 15-20, prof, and 

 head of dept, 20-, a^st. dean, junior col. A.A; 

 Math. Soc. (managing ed, 16), Generational 

 relations for the abstract group simply iso- 

 morphic with the group LIT (2, p") ; Galois field 

 tables; finite projective geometries. 



Buswell, Dr. Arthur M(oses), Ilrbana, 111. Chem- 

 istry. Madison, Wis, March 20, 88. A.B, Min- 

 nesota, 10; A.M, Maine, 12; fellow, Columbia, 

 13, Ph.D, 17. Instr. chem, Maine, 10-12; Co- 

 lumbia, 13-20; chief. III. State Water Surv, 20- 

 Asst. sanit. officer, A.E.F, 17-19. A.A; Chem. 

 Soc; Pub. Health Ass; Water Works Aaa; 

 Micros. Soc. Treatment of trade wastes. 



Butler, Amos W(illiam), 52 Downey Ave, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. Anthropology, Zoology, Sociology. 

 Brookville, Ind, Oct. 1, 60. Hanover, 77, LL.D, 

 15; A.B, Indiana, 94, A.M, 00. Sec'y, Ind. 

 Board of State Charities, 98- Pres, Nat. Conf . 

 Charities and Correction, 07; Int. Prison Cong, 

 Washington, 10 (chairman, gen. committee, v. 

 pres); pres, Ind. State Conf. Charities, 15; non- 

 res, lecturer applied sociol, Indiana, 20. A.A; 

 (sec'y, H, 86, F, 89, gen. sec'y, 92, v. pres, 00) ; 

 mem. Ornith. Union; Soc. Mammal, (founder) ; 

 Anthrop. Ass. (founder) ; Am. Prison Ass. 

 (sec'y, 05-08, pres, 10); Ind. Acad, (sec'y, 85- 

 93, V. pres, 94, pres, 95, ornithologist, dept. 

 geol. and nat. resources of Ind, 96) ; Ind. Soc. 

 Mental Hygiene (founder) ; Ind. Audubon Soc. 

 (founder) ; Soc. Cient. Ant. Alz. Birds ; mam- 

 mals; reptiles; antiquities of Ohio Valley; 

 degeneracy, pauperism and crime; dependency, 

 defectiveness and delinquency; public charities; 

 penology. 



Butler, B(ert) S, U. S. Geological Survey, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Geology. Gainesville, N. Y, March 

 30, 79. A.B, Cornell, 05, A.M, 07. Asst. geol, 

 Cornell, 04-05, instr. geol. and physical geog, 

 05-07; junior geologist, TJ. S. Geol. Surv, 07-09, 

 asst. geologist, 09-11, geologist, 11- A.A; Geol. 

 Soc; Min. and Metal. Soc; Wash. Geol. Soc. 

 Geology and petrography; areal geology of the 

 Yakutat Bay region, Alaska; copper mineral re- 

 sources of the United States; petrography of 

 copper district, Shasta County, California; geol- 

 ogy of San Francisco and adjacent districts; ore 

 deposits of Utah. 



Butler, Dean (Gurdon) M(ontague), University 

 of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Geology. Lake 

 Geneva, Wis, March 26, 81. E.M, Colo. Sch. 

 Mines, 02. Instr, asst. prof, and aspoc. prof, 

 geol. and miner, Colo. Sch. Mines, 03-13; assoc. 

 prof, mining eng, Oregon Col, 13-14, prof, geol, 

 14-15; dean, col. mines and eng, Arizona. 15-, 

 prof, miner, and petrol, 17- Geologist, Colo. 

 Geol. Surv, 08-13 ; Oregon Bur. Mines and Geol, 

 14-15; director, Ariz. Bur. Mines, 15-; consult- 

 ing mining engineer and geologist. A.A; Geol. 

 Soc; Am. Geog. Soc; Ass. Eng. (pres. southwest, 

 sect, 19, 20); Min. and Metal. Eng; Seismol. 

 Soc. Mining and petroleum geology; miner- 

 alogy; clays. 



Butler, Dr. O(rmond) R(ourke), New Hampshire 

 State College, Durham, N. H. Botany. Mel- 

 bourne, Australia, Aug. 14, 77. Ph.D, Cornell, 

 10. Instr. hort, Wisconsin, 10-12; prof, bot, 

 N. E. Col, and lotanist Exp. Sta, 12- A.A; 

 Phytopath. Soc; Soc. Agron. Plant physiology; 

 physiological diseases of plants; fungicides and 

 insecticides. 



Butman, Chester A(rthur) , Eockport, Mass. Thys- 

 ics. Eockport, Feb. 19, 82. Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 02-04; Clark, 08-10, A.M, 09; Yale, 10-11. 

 Asst. physics. Tufts, 07-08; Clark, 09-10; insti, 

 Mass. Agr. Col, 11-13; research physicist, West' 

 inghov.se Elec, and Mfg. Co, 14- With Gen. 

 Elee. Co, Lynn, Mass, 06-07 ; Elec. Testing Lab- 

 oratories, N. Y. City, 09; Edison Co, 13; Davy- 

 Faraday Eesearch Lab, Eoyal Inst, London, 

 summer, 13. A.A; Physical Soc. The photo- 

 electric effect of phosphorescent material and of 

 sulphur; the electron theory of phosphorescence 

 and fluorescence; Zeeman effect; actino-dielec- 

 tric effect; energy losses in dielectrics at high 

 voltages and low frequencies; A. C. bridge 

 measurements; effect of temperature on toe 

 dielectric strength and constant of solida and 

 liquids. 



Butterfield, Prof. Arthur D(exter), Norton Co, 

 Worcester, Mass. Mathematics. Dunstable, 

 Mass, Oct. 13, 70. B.S, Worcester, 93, M.S, 98; 

 A.M, Columbia, 04. Asst. civil eng, Worcester, 

 a4-98; instr. math, eng. dept, Vermont, 98-00, 

 asst. prof, 00-04, prof. mech. and math, 04-08; 

 asst. prof, math, Worcester, 08-10, prof, 10-14, 

 math, and geod, 14-17; capt, Air Service, 17- 

 18, major, 18-19, lieut. col, 19; prof. math, and 

 geod, Worcester, 19-20; educ. director, Norton 

 Co, 20- With U. S. Lighthouse Service, 93-94; 

 asst, Mass. State Surveys, summers, 95-98, 00- 

 03; chief of field party, U. S. Geol. Surv, 04, 

 09. Chevalier Legion d'honneur; K. C. M. G. 

 A.A; Eng. Educ. Geodesy; history and develop- 

 ment of triangulation in Massachusetts; base 

 line measurements with steel tapes; history of 

 the determination of the figure of the earth from 

 arc measurements. 



Butterfield, Pres. Kenyon L(eech), Amherst, Mass. 

 Bural sociology. Lapeer, Mich, June 11, 68. 

 B.S, Mich. Agr. Col, 91 ; Michigan, 00-03, A.M, 

 02; LL.D, Amherst, 10. Ed, 'Mich. Grange 

 Visitor, ' 92-95 ; supt, Mich. Farmers ' Institutes, 

 95-99; pres, E. I. Col, 03-06; Mass. Col, 06- 

 Lecturer rural sociol, Michigan, 02; collaborator 

 in charge agr, dept. econ. and sociol, Carnegie 

 Institution; Carew lecturer, Hartford Theol. 

 Sem, 09; mem. Eoosevelt Country Life Com- 

 mission, 08 ; Am. Commission Study Eural 

 Credit in Europe, 13. A.A; Soc. Prom. Agr. 

 Sci; Econ. Ass; Sociol. Soc. Eural social life. 



Butters, Prof. Frederic K(ing), University of Min- 

 nesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Botany. Minne- 

 apolis, Feb. 8, 78. B.S, Minnesota, 99; A.B, 

 Harvard, 00, Ph.D, 17. Instr. bot. and pharma- 

 cog, Minnesota, 01-10, asst. prof, tot, 10-19, 

 assoc. prof, 19- A.A; Bot. Soc; Ecol. Soc; 

 Minn. Acad. Plant geography; taxonomy of 

 ferns. 



Butts, Charles, U. S. Geological Survey, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Geology. Portville, N. Y, Sept. 

 18, 63. B.S, Alfred, 99, M.S, 00. Field asst. 



