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Louis Eng. Club (past pres). Alternating cur- 

 rents; alternating current machinery; fatigue 

 of insulation; magnetic hysteresis; electrolysis 

 of reinforced concrete; principles of direct cur- 

 rent machines. 



Langworthy, Dr. C(harles) F(ord), U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Chem- 

 istry. Middleburv, Yt, Aug. 9, 64. A.B, Mid- 

 dlebury, 87, A.M, 90, Sc.D, 12 ; Ph.D, Strasbourg, 

 93. Asst. chem, Wesleyan, 93-94, instr, 94-95; 

 assoc. ed, 'Exp. Sta. Record,' U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 05-, in charge nutrition investigations, 06-15, 

 chief, office home econ, 15~ Lecturer, summers, 

 Wesleyan, 02; Illinois, 06; Cornell, 08. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Biol. Chem; Home Econ. Ass. 

 (v. pres, 09-); Wash. Acad; Soc. d 'Hygiene 

 alimentaire. Food; human nutrition; nutritive 

 and economic value of foods. 



Lanier, Prof. A(lexander) C(artwriglit), 300 Col- 

 lege Ave, Columbia, Mo. Electrical engineering. 

 Nashville, Tenn, June 3, 78. B.S, Tennessee, 

 00, M.E, 05; M.E.E, Harvard, 09. Instr.mech. 

 eng, Tennessee, 02-05; asst. prof. elec. eng, Cin- 

 cinnati, 05-08; designing engineer, Westing- 

 house Elec. and Mfg. Co, 09-15; prof. elec. eng. 

 and chairman of dept, Missouri, 15- Elec. Eng ; 

 Eng. Edue. Design of electrical machinery. 



Lantz, Prof. C(yrus) W(illiam), University ot 

 Nevada, Eeno, Nev. Botany. Brooklyn, 111, 

 June 27, 89. A.B, Illinois, 13, A.M, 14, fellow, 

 19; Chicago, 16-17. Asst. bot, Illinois, 14-15; 

 Asst. prof. tot. and hort, Nevada, 17- A.A; 

 Bot. Soc; Phytopath. Soc; West. Soc. Nat. 

 Plant physiology and pathology; fungi. 



Lanza, Prof. Gaetano, The Montevista, 63d and 

 Oxford Sts, Philadelphia, Pa. *Mechanics, Me- 

 chanical and civil engineering. Boston, Sept. 

 26, 48. C.E, Virginia, 69, B.S, C.E. and M.E, 

 70. Asst. instr. math, Virginia, 69-71; instr, 

 Mass. Inst. Tech, 71-72, asst. prof, 72-75, prof. 

 theoret. and applied mech, 75-11, emer. prof, 

 11-, in charge, dept. mech. eng, 83-11; special 

 calculator and consultant, Baldwin Locomotive 

 Works, 11- Cavaliere dell' Ordine dei Santi 

 Maurizio e Lazzaro, 07. Mech. Eng; hon. mem. 

 Soc. Test. Mat; assoc. mem. Ey. Master Mechan- 

 ics Ass; Math, and Physical Club (pres, 06- 

 11); Am. Acad; Franilin Inst, (assoc. ed, 

 'Jour') ; Appalachian Mt. Club; Int. Ass. Test. 

 Mat; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. Applied me- 

 chanics; strength of materials; dynamic ma- 

 chinery. 



Larew, Prof. Gillie A(ldali), Eandolph-Macon 

 Woman 's College, Lynchburg, Va. Mathematics. 

 Pulaski Co, Va. July 28, 82. A.B. Randolph- 

 Macon Woman's Col, 03; A.M, Chicago, 11, 

 fellow, 1.5-16, Ph.D, 16. Instr. math, Eandolph- 

 Macon Woman's Col, 03-09, adj. prof, 09-18, 

 assoc. prof, IS- Math. Soc; Math. Ass. Cal- 

 culus of variations. 



Larkin, Edgar L(ucien), Mt. Lowe, Calif. As- 

 tronomy, Astrophysics. Freedom, 111, April 5, 

 47. High sch. Director, observatory. New 

 Windsor, 111, 79-88; prof, astron. and "director, 

 observatory, Knox, 88-95; director, Lowe Ob- 

 servatory, Echo Mt, 00- Astron. ed, 'Kansas 

 City Review,' 81-87; science ed, 'Hearst News- 

 papers.' A.A; Astron. Soc; Pacific Astron. 



Soc; 111. Soc. Nat. Hist. Spectroscopy; elec- 

 tricity; radiant energy. 



Larsell, Prof. Olof, Northwestern University, 

 Evanston, 111. Anatomy, Zoology. Rattvik, 

 Sweden, March 13, 86. B.S, McMinnville, 10; 

 fellow, Northwestern, 13-14, A.M, 14, Ph.D, 18. 

 Prof, biol, McMinnville, 10-15; instr. zool, 

 Northwestern, 15-18; asst. prof, anat, Wiscon- 

 sin, 18-20; assoc. prof, sool, Northtvestern, 20- 

 A.A; Ass. Anat; Wis. Acad. Embryology and 

 anatomy of the avian lung; the nervus terminalis 

 in vertebrates; cerebellum of Amblystoma; 

 Gustaf Retzius. 



Larsen, Prof. C(hristian), South Dakota Agricul- 

 tural College, Brookings, S. Dak. Dairy hus- 

 tandry. Bellinge, Denmark, Aug. 4, 74. B.S, 

 Iowa State, 02, M.S, 04. Instr. dairy hus- 

 bandry, Mass. Col, 01-02; asst. and later assoc. 

 prof, Iowa State, 02-06; prof, Utah Col, 06- 

 07; prof, and director exten, S. Bale. Col, 07- 

 A.A; Dairy Instr. Ass. (chairman, committee 

 on feeding standards) ; Northwest Dairy Off. 

 Ass. (pres, 12-15). Economic and sanitary milk 

 production. 



Larsen, Dr. Esper S(ignius), U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey, Washington, D. C. Geology. Astoria, 

 Oregon, March 14, 79. B.S, California, 06, 

 Ph.D, 18. Instr. geol. and miner, California, 

 06-07; asst. petrographer, geophys. lab, Carne- 

 gie Institution, 07-09; asst. geologist, V. 8. 

 Geol. Surv, 09-14, geologist, 14-20, in charge, 

 petrol, sect, 19- Acting assoc. prof, geol, Cali- 

 fornia, 1415. A.A; Geol. Soc; Miner. Soc; 

 Wash. Geol. Soc; Wash. Acad. Petrology; geol- 

 ogy of southwestern Colorado; optical mineral- 

 ogy; tungsten deposits. 



Larsen, J(ulius) A(nsgar), Priest River, Idaho. 

 Forestry. Drammen, Norwav, 77. A.B, Yale, 

 08, M.F, 10. With U. S. Forest Service, 10- 

 Soc. Foresters; Ecol. Soc. Silviculture. 



Larson, Dr. Alfred T(heodore), 3461 Lowell St, 

 Washington, D. C. Chemistry. Montevideo, 

 Minn, July 4, 84. B.S, Carleton, 08, M.S, 12; 

 Ph.D, Harvard, 17. Instr. chem. Harvard, 14- 

 17; asst. prof, Carleton, 17-19; catalytical 

 chemist, ordnance dept, U. S. A, 19- Asst. gas 

 chemist. Bur. Mines, 18; lieut, N. A, IS; capt, 

 C. W. S, 18-19. A.A; Chem. Soc. Inorganic 

 complexes; electrodes; carbon monoxid. 



Larson, Dr. Winford Porter, University of Min- 

 nesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Bacteriology. Poy 

 Sippi. Wis, 80. M.D, Illinois, 04; Berlin; Paris; 

 Copenhagen. Asst. prof, bacter, Minnesota, 12- 

 15, assoc. prof, 15-18; prof, iacter. and im- 

 munol,18- Ass. Path, and Bact; Ass. Immunol; 

 Int. Ass. Med. Museums. Immunity. 



Lartigau, Dr. A(ugust) J(erome), 391 Sutter 

 St, San Francisco, Calif. *Pathology, Gyne- 

 cology. San Francisco, Feb. 19, 75. M.D, Cali- 

 fornia, 96. Asst, Bender Hygienic Lab, 96-99; 

 instr. path, Columbia, 99-03; asst. prof, gynee, 

 Calif ornLa, 03-06; attending surgeon. Children's 

 Eosp, OS- Am. Med. Ass; Col. Surg; Calif. 

 Acad. Med; San Francisco Co. Med. Soc. (pres). 

 Bacteriology of B. pyocyaneus; bacterial etiol- 

 ogy of gall-stones; tuberculosis of adenoids; 

 hyperplastic tuberculosis of caecum; endotheli- 



