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oma of ovary; solid tumors of ovary; bacteria 

 and channels of urinary infections. 

 La Rue, Carl D(owney), Kisaran, Asahan, Su- 

 matra, Dutch East Indies. Botany. Williams- 

 ville, 111, April 22, 88. A.B, Michigan, 14, A.M, 

 16. Instr. bot, Syracuse, 16-17; botanist, Hol- 

 landsch-Americaan^che Plantage Maatschoppij, 

 Sumatra, 17- A. A; Bot. Soc. Mutations in 

 Oenothera; selections within pure lines; the 

 Para rubber tree. 



La Rue, Dr. George R(oger), 1078 Ferdon Road, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Zoology. Paullina, Iowa, 

 Jan. 1, 82. B.S, Doane, 07; A.M, Nebraska, 

 09; Ph.D, Illinois, 11. Asst, med. col, Nebraska, 

 07-09; zool, Illinois, 09-11, summer, 10; instr. 

 zool, Michigan, 11-13, asst. prof, 13- Tempo- 

 rary sci. asst, Bur. Fisheries, Alaska, summer, 

 09 ; hon. curator parasitol, museum, Michigan, 

 and director, Biol. Sta, 17- A.A; Soc. Zool; 

 Micros. Soc; 111. Acad; Mich. Acad. Parasites 

 of fish, reptiles and amphibians. 



Lasby, Miss Jennie B(elle), 309 E. 17th St, Santa 

 Ana, Calif. Astronomy. Northfield, Minn, Aug. 

 23, 83. A.B, Carleton, 04; A.M, Mt. Holyoke, 

 06. With Mt. Wilson Observatory, 06-14; 

 Goodsell Observatory, 16-18. Astron. Soc. 

 Solar rotation; radial velocity; asteroid posi- 

 tions. 



Lasche, Prof. Alfred J. M, 2800 Vine St, Milwau- 

 kee, Wis. Chemistry, Bacteriology. Milwaukee, 

 Oct. 4, 67. Ph.G, Wisconsin, 89. Director, 

 Lasch4 Inst, 94- A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. 

 Indust; Wis. Acad. Death point of microor- 

 ganisms; methods of sterilization; yeast forms; 

 mycoderma forms ; bacteriological analysis of 

 water; diastatic power determination; spiritu- 

 ous liquors; enzymes; diastases of moulds. 



Lashley, Dr. K(arl) S(pencer), University of 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Psychology, 

 Zoology. Davis. W. Va, 90. A.B, West Vir- 

 ginia, 10; M.S, Pittsburgh, 11; Ph.D, Hopkins, 

 14, fellow, 13-14, 19, Johnston scholar, 15-16. 

 Teaching fellow, Pittsburgh, 11; instr. psychol. 

 Minnesota, 17-18; investigator, U. S. Inter- 

 departmental Hygiene Board, 19 ; asst. prof, 

 psychol, Minnesota, 20- Psychol. Ass; Soc. 

 Zool. Heredity; color vision; in.stincts of birds 

 and primates; learning; cerebral localization; 

 reeducation; sex instruction. 



Lasley, Prof. J(olin) W(ayne), Jr, Chapel Hill, 

 N.C. Mathematics. Burlington, N.C, Sept. 22, 91. 

 A.B, North Carolina, 10, fellow, 10-11, A.M, 

 11; fellow by courtesy, Hopkins, 15-16; fellow, 

 Chicago, 19-20, Ph.D. 20. Instr. math. North 

 Carolina, 11-15, 16-18, asst. prof, 18-20, assoc. 

 prof, 20- Math. Soc; Math. Ass; Elisha 

 Mitchell Sci. Soc. Projective differential geom- 

 etry; transformations of the Flecnode con- 

 gruence. 



Lassalle, Dr. Leo Joseph, 214 Golden Rod Ave, 

 Baton Rouge, La. Physics. Opelousa, La. Sept. 

 8, 86. B.S, Louisiana! 08; M.S, Pa. State, 11; 

 Ph.D, Chicago, 17. Asst. physics, Louisiana, 08- 

 09; instr. Pa. State, 09-12; asst. prof, Univ. 

 Philippines, 12-13; assoc. prof. Pa. State. 13- 

 18, prof, 18-20; mech. eng, and head of dept. 

 Louutian-a, 20- Chief physicist and head, op- 

 tical dept, Recording and Computing Machines 

 Co, 18-20; mem. faculty, Chicago, summer, 15. 



Optics; atmospheric radioactivity; Stokes law; 

 viscosity coefficient. 



Lathrop, Dr. Elbert C(lyde), E. I. du Pont de 

 Nemours and Co, Wilmington. Del. Industrial 

 chemistry. Greensburg, Ind, Oct. 6, 85. A.B, De- 

 Pauw, 07; Ph.D, American, 16. Asst. chem, 

 DePauw, 06-07; Purdue, 07-08; instr, Pratt 

 Inst, 08-09; consulting and anal, chemist, N. Y. 

 City, 08-09; chemist, bur. soils, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 09-15, biochemist, bur. plant industry, 15- 

 18; head, gen. div, Jackson lab, E, I. du Pont 

 de Nemours and Co, 18-19, manager, standards 

 div, chem. dept, 19- Longstreth medal, Franklin 

 Inst, 11. A.A; Chem. Soc; Soc. Test. Mat; 

 Chem. Eng. Organic compounds of soils; fer- 

 tilizers; coal tar dyestuffs; by-products. 



Lathrop, Frank H(eidtman), Oregon Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Corvallis, Oregon. Ento- 

 mology. Orangeburg, S. C, July 31, 91. B.S, 

 Clemson, 13 ; M.S, Ohio State, 15. Asst. entom, 

 S. C. Exp. Sta, 13 ; zool. and entom, Ohio State, 

 13-15; asst. entomologist, N. Y. Exp. Sta, 

 Geneva, 15-16; assoc. entomologist, Oregon Exp. 

 Sta, 17- A.A; Entom. Soc; Ass. Econ. Entom. 

 Cicadellidae ; Aphididae; agricultural and horti- 

 cultural insect pests. 



Latimer, Prof. Homer B(arker), 1226 S. 26th St, 

 Lincoln, Nebr. Anatomy. Rock Creek, Ohio, 

 March 2, 82. A.B, Minnesota, 07, A.M, 08. 

 Prof, biol, Charles City Col, 08-09; scientific 

 asst. Bur. Fisheries, 10-11; prof, zool, Nebr. 

 Wesleyan, 11-16; vert, anat, Neiraslca, 16- 

 A.A ; Ass. Anat ; Micros. Soc. Comparative 

 neurology. 



Latimer, Dr. Wendell M(ltcheU), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Calif. Chemistry. Gar- 

 nett, Kans, April "22, 93. A.B, Kansas, 15; 

 fellow, California, 17-18, Ph.D, 18. Instr. chem, 

 Kansas, 15-17; lecturer and demonstrator, Cali- 

 fornia, 18- Dielectric constants; specific heats; 

 heats of fusion. 



Lauer, Dr. A (mold) W(ilUam), Carter Oil Co, 

 Tulsa, Okla. Geology. Middletown, Iowa, July 

 18, 81. Ph.B, Iowa, 04; fellow, Yale, 12-13, 

 Ph.D, 17. Geologist, Co. de Petroleo la Corona, 

 13-16; asst. econ. geol, Yale, 16-17; field geol- 

 ogist, Carter Oil Co, 17-19, geologist in charge, 

 sub-,<iurface dept, 19- Asst, Colo. Geol. Surv, 

 summer, 10, topographer, summer, 11. Petro- 

 leum-bearing rocks; sedimentary history of oil- 

 bearing regions. 



Laufer, Dr. Berthold, Field Museum of Natural 

 Hi.storj', Chicago, 111. * Anthropology, Orient il 

 languages. Cologne, Germany, Oct. 11, 74. 

 Berlin, 93-95; Ph.D, Leipzig, '97. With Jesup 

 exped. to Siberia, 98-99; East Asiatic Commit- 

 tee exped. to China, 01-04 ; asst. ethnol. Am. 

 Museum Nat. Hist, 04-08; lecturer anthrop, Co- 

 lumbia, 05-08; curator anthrop. Blackstone 

 exped. to Tibet and China. 08-10; Field Micseiim 

 Nat. Hist, 11- Fel. Ethnol. Soc; Anthrop. 

 Ass ; Oriental Soc ; Royal Asiatic Soc. of Shang- 

 hai; Royal Asiatic Soc. Lnnrion; Hakluyt Soc; 

 Soc. asiat. de Paris; Soc. linguist, de Paris. 

 East Asiatic cultures; Buddhism and Tibetan 

 literature; Chinese archeology and ethnology; 

 Chinese pottery, bronze, ^adie and precious 

 stones; history of cultivated plants and domestic 

 animals; Sino-Tibetan languages. 



