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engineer, Bay D. Lillibridge, liic, IS- Elec. 

 Eng; Automotive Eng. Are welding; produc- 

 tion processes. 



Kephart, Dr. A(dain) P(erry), North Carolina 

 College, Greensboro, N. C. Psychology. Avalon, 

 Mo, Feb. 18, S3. A.B, Leander Clark, 04, A.M, 

 12; Ph.D, Pennsylvania, 18. Instr, Drexel Inst, 

 14-15; asst. psychol, Pennsylvania, 16-18; prof, 

 secondary educ, N. C. Col. for Women, 18- 

 Education; Witmer form board. 



Kepner, Prof. W(illiam) A(llison), University of 

 Virginia, University, Va. Biology. Mt. Alto, 

 Pa, July 9, 75. A.B, Franklin and Marshall, 98, 

 A.M, 00; Gottingen, 03; fellow, Princeton, 03- 

 04; Ph.D, Virginia, 08. Prof, invert, zool, 

 Millersville Nor. Sch, Pa, 01 ; teacher, Leyte 

 Island, P. I, 01-03; instr. hiol, Virginia, 04-08, 

 adj. prof, 08-17, prof, 17- A.A; Soc. Zool. 

 Histology; behavior of Protozoa and Ehab- 

 docoeles. 



Kern, Dr. Edward F(rank), Columbia University, 

 New York, N. Y. Chemistry, Metallurgy. 

 Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 13, 72. B.S, Tennessee, 

 97; Pennsylvania, 99-00; Ph.D, Columbia, 01. 

 Electrometallurgist, Can. Smelting Works, Trail, 

 B.C, 01-02; research metallurgist and electro- 

 metallurgist. Belt's Lab, Troy, N, Y, 02-05; 

 instr. metal, and electrometal, Columbia, 05-11, 

 prof, 11- A.A; Min. and Metal. Eng; Chem. 

 Soc; Electrochem. Soc. The quantitative sepa- 

 ration and determination of uranium; the lead 

 coulombmeter; the effect of addition agents in 

 electrolytes; the electrodeposition of nickel and 

 iron; the electrolytic refining of iron, tin and 

 zinc; the treatment of complex lead-zinc ores; 

 electrolysis of vanadium solutions, cyanid solu- 

 tions and fused materials containing zinc ; cop- 

 per precipitation ; volatilization of gold and sil- 

 ver from copper alloys; arsenic and antimony; 

 anode residues; flotation tests in copper ores; 

 manganiferous slags in electric furnaces; basic 

 refractory materials for high temperature use; 

 tin ores; metals from speiss. 



Kern, Dr. Frank D(unn), Pennsylvania State Col- 

 lege, State College, Pa. *Botany. Eeinbeck, 

 Iowa, June 29, 83. B.S, Iowa, 04 ; M.S, Purdue, 

 07; fellow, Columbia, 10-11, Ph.D, 11. Asst. 

 animal morphol. and physiol, Iowa, 02-04; 

 special agent, bur. plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 04-05 ; asst. and later assoc. botanist, Exp. Sta, 

 Purdue, 05-13, instr. crj^pt. bot, 10-11; prof, 

 hot. and head of dcpt. Pa. State, 13- Research 

 scholar, N. Y. Bot. Garden, 06, 07, 08, 10; 

 collaborator, bur. plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 07- A.A; Phytopath. Soc. (v. pres, 14, coun- 

 cilor, 16); Bot. Soc; Ind. Acad; Torrey Bot. 

 Club. Fungous diseases of crop plants; the 

 genus Gymnosporangium; plant rusts. 



Kerr, Dr. Abram T(ucker), Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Anatomy. Buffalo. N. Y, Jan. 

 7,73. B.S, Cornell, 95; M.D, Buffalo, 97. Asst. 

 hist, and path. Buffalo, 94-97, acting prof, anat, 

 97-98, adj. prof, and demonstrator, 98-00; asst. 

 prof, Cornell, 00-04, prof, 04- Sec'y, med. col, 

 Cornell, 04-; trustee and v. pres, Ithaca City 

 Hosp. A.A; Ass. Anat; Am. Med. Ass. Spo- 

 cifie gravity of blood and hemoglobin ; preser- 

 vation of anatomical material by cold storage; 



ureter in man; brachial plexus in man; varia- 

 tions in stomach, spleen and liver. 

 Kerr, C(harles) H(enry), Moorestown, N. J. 

 Chemistry. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 23, 84. E.M, 

 Ohio State, 09. Chemist, Riverton Lime Co, 05 ; 

 Abrasive Materials Co, 06; Carborundum Co, 

 07-08; Am. Optical Co, 09-11; director, re- 

 search lab, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, 11-17; 

 research manager. Am. Optical Co, 17-20; v. 

 pres, Be Zeug Standard Co, Camden, N. J. SO- 

 A.A; Chem. Soc; Optical Soc; Soc. Test. Mat; 

 Ceramic Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust. Glass; re- 

 fractories; optics. 



Kerr, Prof. E(ugene) W(ycliffe), 182 C St, 

 Vedada, Havana, Cuba. Mechanical engineer- 

 ing. McKinney, Tex, Feb. 16, 74. M.E, Tex. 

 Col; Stevens; Wisconsin; Purdue. Asst. prof, 

 mech. eng, Texas Col, 96-03; instr. machine de- 

 sign, Purdue, 03-05; prof. mech. eng, Louisiana, 

 05; engineer in charge exp. eng. dept, Cuban 

 Cane Sugar Corp. In charge special investiga- 

 tion in sugar eng, La. Exp. Sta. Mech. Eng; 

 Eng. Educ; New Orleans' Acad. Bagasse fur- 

 naces; heating and evaporation in sugar fac- 

 tories. 



Kershner, Prof. Jefferson E, 445 W. Chestnut St, 

 Lancaster, Pa. Mathematics, Physics. Berks, 

 Co, Pa, Aug. 16, 54. A.B, Franklin and Mar- 

 shall, 77, A.M, 81; Ph.D, "i'ale, 85. Prof. math, 

 and physics, Franklin and Marshall, 80- Con- 

 sulting engineer, Edison Elec. Ilium. Co, 91-02 ; 

 Conestoga Traction Co, 02. A.A. (sec'y, A. 

 94); assoc. Physical Soc; Elec. Eng. Elec- 

 tricity. 



Kester, Prof. F(rederick) E(dward), University 

 of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. *Physics. Eaton, 

 Ohio, Feb. 22, 73. M.E, Ohio State, 95, fellow, 

 95-96; A.M, Cornell, 99, Ph.D, 05; Gottingen, 

 03-04. Asst. physics, Ohio State, 96-98, instr, 

 99-01, asst. prof, 01-07, assoc. prof, 07-09; prof, 

 and head of dept, Kansas, 09- A.A; Physical 

 Soc. Phosphorescence; grouping of asteroids; 

 Joule-Thomson effect in gases. 



Ketchum, Prof. Milo S(mlth), University of 

 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Civil engineer- 

 ing. Kewanee, 111, Jan. 26, 72. B.S, Illinois, 

 95, C.E, 00. Instr. civil eng, Illinois, 95-97; 

 practising engineer, 97-99 ; asst. prof, civil eng, 

 Illinois, 99-03; practising engineer, 03-04; prof, 

 civil eng, Colorado, 04-19, dean, col. eng. 05- 

 19; prof, civil eng. and in charge dcpt, Penn- 

 sylvania, 19- 0<n leave of absence in eng. prac- 

 tise, 09-10; asst. director, U. S. Govt, explosive 

 plants. 18-19. A.A; Ci\-il Eng. (director, 18- 

 21); Eng. Edue. (sec'y, 04-06, pres, 18); Soc. 

 Test. Mat; R. R. Eng. Properties of engineer- 

 ing materials; walls, bins and grain elevators; 

 steel mill buildings; highway bridges; pressure 

 of grain in bins; tests of reinforced concrete and 

 of timber. 



Kettering, Charles Franklin, Ridgeleigh Terrace, 

 Dayton, Ohio. Electrical engineering. Ashland 

 Co," Ohio, Aug. 29, 76. A.B, Ohio State, 04. 

 Pres, Bayton Eng. Laboratories Co; v. pres, 

 Belco Light Co; Bayton-Wright Airplane Co; 

 V. pres. and director, Gen. Motors Corp, pres, 

 Gen. Motors Research Corp. Trustee Ohio State. 

 Automotive Eng. (pres, 17); Mech. Eng; Elec. 



