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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Lamson, Prof. G(eorge) H(erbert), Jr, Storrs, 



Conn, Zoology, Maiden, Mass, April 8, 82. 

 Conn. Col, 02; B.S, Mass. Col, 03; M.S, Yale, 

 05. Prof, biol, Tarkio, 05-06; prof, sool, Conn. 

 Col, 06- Zoologist, Storrs Exp. Sta. A. A; Ass. 

 Econ. Entom. Economic zoolog}'; bacterial in- 

 fection of the hen's egg; preservation of eggs; 

 the effect of carbon dioxid on the development 

 of the chick embryo; life history and control of 

 animal lice; stomach worm in sheep. 



Lamson, Dr. P(aul) D(udley), Johns Hopkins 

 Medical School, Baltimore, Md. Pharmacology. 

 Charlestown, Mass, 84. A.B, Harvard, 05, M.D, 

 09. House officer, Mass. Gen. Hosp, 09-10 ; asst, 

 Pharmacol, Wiirzburg, ] 2-13 ; asst. resident phy- 

 sician, Peter Bent Brigham Hosp, 13-14; asst. 

 exp. therapeut, Hopkins, 14-15, assoe. Pharma- 

 col, 16-20, assoc. prof, 20- A.A; Soc. Pharma- 

 col. Acute polycythemia. 



Lamson-Scribner, Prof. F(rank), U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. * Agricul- 

 ture, Botany. Cambridgeport, Mass, April 19, 51. 

 B.S. Maine, 73, LL.D, 20. Teacher, Maine pub. 

 schools; officer, Girard, Phila, 76-84; asst. bot- 

 anist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 84-85, chief, sect. veg. 

 path, 85-87; prof. bot. and hort, Tennessee, 87- 

 94; chief, div. of agrost, U. S. Dept. Agr, 94- 

 01; chief. Insular Bur. Agr, P. I, 01-04; special 

 agent and agrostologist, TJ. S. Dept. Agr, 04-, 

 expert on exhibits, 13- Director, Exp. Sta, Ten- 

 nessee, 89-94; in charge exhibits, bur. plant in- 

 dust, U. S. Dept. Agr, La. Purchase Expos, 04, 

 Lewis and Clark Expos, 05, Jamestown Expos, 

 07, Alaska-Yukon Expos, 09, Buenos Aires, 10, 

 Turin, U; mem. U. S. Govt. Exhibit Board, 

 Panama-Pacific Expos, 15. Chevalier Merita 

 agricole. Phila. Acad ; Buffalo Acad ; New Eng. 

 Bot. Club. Fungous diseases of plants; Grami- 

 neae; Philippine agriculture; weeds and plants 

 of Maine; grasses of Tennessee. 



Lancaster, Dr. Walter B(rackett), 520 Common- 

 wealth Ave, Boston, Mass. Ophthalmology. 

 Newton, Mass, May 11, 63. A.B, Harvard, 84, 

 M.D, 89. Assoc, ophthal, Harvard Med. Sch, 

 12- Major, M.C, in charge ophthal, Med. Re- 

 search Lab, A. S, 18-19; mem. and pres. Am. 

 Board Ophthal. Examiners, 15- Am. Med. Ass. 

 (delegate, 19) ; Acad. Ophthal. and Otolaryngol, 

 (councilor, 15. 16) ; Ophthal. Soc. (councilor, 

 18) ; Optical Soc. (councilor, 17, assoc. ed, 

 'Jour,' 17-); New Eng. Ophthal. Soc. (pres); 

 Ilium. Eng. Soc. (mem. committee on research, 

 13, on progress, 15-). Physiological optics. 



Land, Dr. W(illiam) J (esse) G(oad), University 

 of Chicago, Chicago, 111. Botany. Alton, Ind, 

 Dec. 2, 65. B.S, Chicago, 02, fellow, 02-04, 

 Ph.D, 04. Principal, Rome Acad, Ind, 91-94; 

 supt. schools, Ashley, 111, 95-01 ; asst. morph, 

 Chicago, 04-06, instr. hot, 06-11, asst. prof, and 

 later assoc. prof, 11- Bot. exploration in Am. 

 tropics, 06, 08. A.A; Bot. Soc. Angiosperms; 

 gymnosperms ; morphology of Hepaticae, espe- 

 cially tropical species. 



Landacre, Prof. F(rancis) L(eroy), Ohio State 

 University, Columbus, Ohio. Anatomy. Hil- 

 liard, Ohio, Feb. 13, 67. A.B, Ohio State, 95; 

 Ph.D, Chicago. 14. Asst. zool. and entom, Ohio 

 State, 95-00, asst. prof, 00-02, assoc. prof, 02- 

 08, prof, 08-14, anat, 14- A.A; Ass. Anat ; Soc. 



Zool; Ohio Acad. (v. pres, 16). Embryology; 

 neurology; origin of cerebral ganglia and of 

 cartilage in head. 



Landes, Prof. Henry, University Station, Seattle, 

 Wash. Geology. Carroll, Ind, Dec. 22, 67. 

 A.B, Indiana, 92; A.B, A.M, Harvard, 93; fel- 

 low, Chicago, 03-04. Frof. geol. Washington 

 (Seattle), 95-, dean, col. science, 13-, acting 

 pres, 14-15 ; state geologist, Wash, 01- Asst, 

 U. S. Geol. Surv, 92, 93; asst. to state geologist, 

 N. J, 93-94. A.A; Geol. Soc; Min. and Metal. 

 Eng. The coal fields and clay deposits of Wash- 

 ington. 



Landis, Dr. H(enry) R(obert) M(urray), Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Medi- 

 cine. Niles, Ohio, Feb. 3, 72. A.B, Amherst, 

 94; M.D, Jefferson Med. Col, 97. Director, med. 

 and sociol. departments, Phipps Inst, 10-; asst. 

 prof, med, Pennsylvania, 12- Chief of clinic, 

 Pa. State Dept. Health, 19- Am. Physicians; 

 Ass. Tuber; Climat. Ass; Phila. Col. Physicians. 

 Diseases of the chest. 



Landis, Prof. Walter S(avage), American Cyana- 

 mid Co, 511 Fifth Ave, New York, N. Y. Metal- 

 lurgy. Pottstown, Pa, July 5, 81. Met.E, Le- 

 high, 02, M.S, 06; Heidelberg, 05-06; Aachen, 

 09. Asst. metal, Lehigh, 02-04, instr, 04-07, 

 asst. prof, 07-10, assoc. prof, 10-12; chief tech- 

 nologist, Am. Cyanamid Co, 12- Chem. Soc; 

 Eleetrochem. Soc. (chairman, N. Y. sect, 19, 

 pres, 20). Physical metallurgy; aluminum; 

 nickel; water electrolysis; history of coal min- 

 ing and of manganese and chromium mining; 

 furnace efficiencies; coal economics. 



Landis, Prof. W(illiam) W(eidman), Dickinson 

 College. Carlisle, Pa. Mathematics. CoatesviUe, 

 Pa. Feb. 15, 69. Ph.B, Dickinson, 91, A.M, 94; 

 Hopkins, 91-94, Sc.D, 06. Student asst. math, 

 Hopkins, 92-94; prof. Thiol, 95; math, and 

 astron, DicTcinson, 95- Hon. major, Italian 

 Army; Cavalier of the Crown of Italy; with T. 

 M. C. A. in Italy, 18-19. A.A; Math. Soc; 

 Circolo Mat. di Palermo; Soc. Beige d 'Astron. 

 Method of defining the conies. 



Landreth, Prof. Olin H(enry), 156 Fifth Ave, 

 New York, N. Y. Civil engineering. Addison, 

 N. Y, July 21, 52. C.E. Union, 76, A.B, 77, 

 A.M, 80, hon. Sc.D, 05. Asst. astronomer, 

 Dudley Observatory, Albany, N. Y, 77-79; 

 prof, eng, Vanderbilt, 79-94, dean, eng. dept, 

 86-94;, prof. eng. Union, 94-19, emer. prof, 19-; 

 chief and later consulting engineer, Eastern 

 Potash Corp, 19- Consulting engineer, N. Y. 

 State Board of Health, 96-06; mem. advisory 

 council. Eng. Cong, Columbian Expos, 93 ; N. Y. 

 State Water Storage Commission, 02-; N. Y. 

 Bay Pollution Commission, 03; Metropolitan 

 Sewerage of N. Y. City, 06-08 ; consulting engi- 

 neer to various municipalities and corporations; 

 mech. engineer, XT. S. Ordnance Dept, 18-19. 

 A.A. (secy, D, 02, v. pres, 07); Civil Eng. (di- 

 rector, 93-95); Mech. Eng. (v. pres, 93); Eng. 

 Educ. (v. pres, 08) ; Pub. Health Ass; Eng. Ass. 

 of the South (see'y, 89-92) ; Eastern N. Y. Soc. 

 Eng. (v. pres, 04, pres, 05) ; Atlantic Deeper 

 Waterways Ass; N. Y. State Waterways Asa. 

 (director) ; Schenectady Tech. Ass. (v. pres, 95, 

 pres, 96-98). Technical training; hydraulic and 

 sanitary engineering; administration for engi- 



