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Laughlin, Dr, Harry H(amilton), Eugenics Record 

 Office, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Genetics. 

 Oskaloosa, Iowa, March 11, 80. B.S.D, N. E. 

 Mo. State Teachers Col, 00, M.S.D, 02; Iowa 

 State, 07-08; Sc.D, Princeton, 17'. Principal, 

 high sch, Kirksville, Mo, 00-02; Centerville, 

 Iowa, 02-05; teacher agr, N. E. Mo. State 

 Teachers Col, 08-10; supt, eugenics record office, 

 Carnegie Institution, 10- In charge training 

 course for field workers in eugenics, Brooklyn 

 Inst, and eugenics record office, Carnegie Insti- 

 tution, 10- A.A; Soc. Nat; Eugenics Re- 

 search Ass. (sec'y-treas, 17-); Soc. Exp. Biol; 

 Statist. Ass. Eugenics; cytology; statistics; 

 international law; sociology. 



Laughlin, Homer, Jr, 602 Laughlin Building, Jjos 

 Angeles, Calif. Chemistry. Wellsville, Ohio, 

 June 18, 75. A.B, Stanford, 96. V. pres. and 

 manager, Homer Laughlin China Co, 96-99; 

 pres, Homer Laughlin Eng. Corp, 99-; Laughlin 

 Fruit Bef. Co, 99- A.A; Chem. Soc; Seismol. 

 Soc; S. Calif. Acad. 



Laurens, Prof. Henry, Yale University, New 

 Haven, Conn. Biology. Charleston, S. C, Oct. 

 15, 85. A.B, Charleston, 07, A.M, 08; Ph.D, 

 Harvard, 11, Kirkland fellow. Harvard, at Bonn 

 and Freiburg, 11-12. Asst. zool. Harvard, 10- 

 11; instr. biol, Yale, 12-16, asst. prof, 16-, in 

 charge, dept. physiol, 17-19; asst. physiologist, 

 C. W. S, 18. A.A; Soc. Nat; Physiol. Soc; Ass. 

 Anat; Soc. Zool; Soc. Exp. Biol. Reactions of 

 animals to light; physiology and anatomy of the 

 heart; melanophores ; spectral sensitivity and 

 visibility. 



Laves, Dr. Kurt, 5611 Kenwood Ave, Chicago, 111. 

 *Astronomy. Lyck, Germany, Aug. 24, 66. 

 Konigsberg, 86-87; Ph.D, Berlin, 91. Asst, 

 Royal Observatory, Berlin, 92-93 ; decent cLstron, 

 Chicago, 93-97, instr, 97-01, asst. prof, 01-08, 

 assoc. prof, 08- A.A; Math. Soc; Astron. Soe; 

 Astron. Gesell. Lunar equation and the solar 

 parallax; effective potential forces; Jacobi's 

 partial differential equation; Maupertius' prin- 

 ciple; graphic method to determine orbits of 

 spectroscopic binaries; cases of libration in the 

 system of small planets; the system Saturn, 

 Hyperion and Titan; problems of 3 bodies in 

 spectroscopic systems. 



Law, J(ohn) Eugene, University of California, 

 Berkeley, Calif. Ornithology. A.B, Stanford, 

 00, Cashier, First Nat. Bank, Hollywood, Calif, 

 03-11, pres, 11-14; Hollywood Savings Bank, 11- 

 14; curator osteol, museum vert, sool, California, 

 19- Mem. scientific exped. to Chiraeahua Moun- 

 tains, Ariz, 13, 19. A.A; mem. Ornith. Union; 

 Soc. Mammal; Cooper Ornith. Club (pres, south, 

 div, 05, 13-15, V. pres, 16, sec'y, 06-12, business 

 manager, 07-) ; Calif, Acad. Mammalogy ; her- 

 petology. 



LaWall, Prof. Charles H(erbert), 636 Race St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Chemistry. Allentown, Pa, 

 May 7, 71. Ph.G, Phila. Col. Pharmacy, 93, 

 Ph.M, 05; hon. Phar.D, Pittsburgh, 19. Instr. 

 pharmacy, Phila. Col. Pharmacy, 00-05, assoc. 

 prof, 05-18, prof, and dean, 18- Chemist, Pa. 

 Dairy and Food Dept, 04-; State Pharmacy 

 Examining Board, Pa, 04-; Pa. Health Com- 

 mission, 05-18; food inspection chemist and 

 assoc. referee medicinal plants, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

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07-12; lecturer applied org. chem, Wagner Inst; 

 sec'y, committee of revision, U. S. Pharmaeo- 

 pojia, 10-18, chairman, 18-20, sec'y, 20. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Pharmaceut. Ass. (pres, 19); Am. 

 Med. Ass; Franklin Inst. Pharmaceutical and 

 food chemistry. 



Lawrence, Prof. Henry E(dmund), University of 

 Rochester, Rochester, N, Y, Physics. Sodus, 

 N. Y, Aug. 2, 64. A.B, Rochester, 89; CorneU, 

 92-94. Instr. physics, Cornell, 92-94; Eoches- 

 ter, 94-95, assoc. prof, 95-01, prof, 01- A.A; , 

 Physical Soc; Elec. Eng; Rochester Eng, Soc. 



Lawrence, Dr. James N(elson), National Aniline 

 and Chemical Co, Buffalo, N. Y. Chemistry. 

 Attica, N. Y, May 25, 87. B.S, Syracuse, 09, 

 M.S, 10; Ph.D, Wisconsin, 12. Chemist, Gen. 

 Elec. Co, 12-13; asst. physical chemist. Bur. 

 Miues, 13-15; chemist, U. S. Naval Eng. Exp. 

 Sta, Annapolis, Md, 15-16; research chemist, 

 Nat. Ajiiline and Chem. Co, 17- Lieut, and 

 capt, C.W.S, 17-18. Chem. Soc; Electrochem. 

 Soc. Dyes and intermediates; fuels; gas calori- 

 metry; non-ferrous alloys; explodibility of coal 

 dust; war gases. 



Lawrence, Prof, W(illiam) H(ereford), 1454 

 Williams St, Denver, Colo. Horticulture. Lake 

 City, Iowa, Feb. 3, 77. B.S, S. Dak. Col. 

 99; A.B, M.S, Wash. State, 02. Asst. agr. and 

 bot, S. Dak. Col, 98-99; asst. bot. West. Wash. 

 Exp, Sta, Puyallup, Wash, 01-02; instr. bot. 

 and entom. Wash. State, 02-03, bot, 03-04, asst. 

 prof, and asst. botanist, Exp, Sta, 04-07, plant 

 pathologist, Exp. Sta, and supt. West. Wash. 

 Exp. Sta, 07-11 ; horticulturist and plant pa- 

 thologist. Hood River Apple Growers, 11-13 ; 

 horticulturist, Arizona, and Ariz. Exp. Sta, 13 ; 

 prof, hort, Missouri, 15-18 ; capt, Sanit. C. and 

 chief educ. officer, reconstruction sch. Gen. Hosp. 

 No. 21, 18- Soe. Hort. Sci. Parasitic fungi; 

 pollination of date palm. 



Laws, Prof, r(rank) A(rthur), Massachusetts In- 

 stitute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Elec- 

 triced engineering. North Bridgewater, Mass, 

 May 28, 67. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 89. Asst. 

 physics, Mass. Inst. Tech, 89-91, instr, 91-94, 

 elec. measurements, 94-97, asst. prof, 97-02, 

 elec. testing, 02-06, assoc. prof, 06-13, prof, 

 elec. eng, 13- Elec. Eng; Nat. Elec. Light Ass; 

 Am. Acad. Applied electricity; electrical meas- 

 urements ; commercial measuring instruments for 

 electrical work. 



Lawson, Prof, Andrew C(owper), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Calif. *GeoJogy. An 

 struther, Scotland, Julv 25, 61, B.A, Toronto 

 83, M.A, 85; Ph.D, Hopkins, 88. Geologist 

 Can. Geo!. Surv, 82-90; prof, miner, and geol 

 California, 90- Mem. U. S. Assay Commission 

 16. A.A. (mem. exec, committee. Pacific div 

 16) ; Geol. Soc. (v. pres, 08) ; Seismol. Soc 

 (pres, 09); Min. Eng; Am. Acad. Archean 

 geology ; petrography ; geology of California 

 economic geology; geomorphology; seismology. 



Lawton, Dr. EUis E(arle), Willard Storage Bat 

 tery Co, Svracuse, N. Y. Physics. Jacks Reefs 

 N. Y, May 4, 80. Cornell, 98-99; B.S, Roches 

 ter, 02; A.M, Yale, 05, Ph.D, 06. Instr. sci- 

 ences, mil. sch, Highland Park, 111, 02-03 ; asst. 

 physics, Yale, 04-07; assoc. prof, physics and 

 astron, Colby, 07-09; prof, physics, Denison, 



