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eng, Mwhigan, SO- Chem. Soc; Chem. Eng; 

 Soc. Chem. Indust. Petroleum; motor fuels; 

 hydrocarbon reactions; gas. 



Leslie, William Eussel, Northern Ontario Plant 

 Breeding Station, Fort William, Ont, Can. 

 Horticulture. Saskatoon, Sask, March 26, 91. 

 B.S.A, Manitoba, 16. "With hort. div, Cent. Exp. 

 Farm, Ottawa, 16; plant specialist in charge, 

 North. Ont. Plant Breeding Sta, 17- Soc. Hort. 

 Sci ; Pomol. Soc. Plant breeding ; development 

 of native fruits; hardy fruits; early maturing 

 vegetables. 



Lester, Dr. H(orace) H(ardy), 192 Prospect St, 

 East Orange, N. J. Physics. Nottingham, 

 England, 84. A.B, Minnesota, 06; A.M, Wash- 

 ington (Seattle), 12; fellow, Princeton, 12-14, 

 Ph.D. Instr. physics, Washington (Seattle), 

 10-12; Princeton,' 14-15; radio laboratorian, 

 Puget Sound Navy Yard, 17-20; physicist,West- 

 inghouse Lamp Co, SO- A. A; Physical Soc. 

 Index of refraction of H.O; thermionics; resist- 

 ance in magnetic field. 



Lester, Prof. O(Uver) C(larence), 1061 11th St, 

 Boulder, Colo. Physics. Morris Co, Kans, Nov. 

 3, 73. A.B, Central (Mo), 97; A.M, Yale, 02, 

 Loomis fellow, 03-04, Ph.D, 04. Prof. Latin 

 and Greek, Hcndrix, 97-98; asst. prof, Central 

 (Mo), 98-01; asst. physics, Yale, 02-04, instr, 

 Sheffield Sci. Sch, 04-07; prof, Colorado, 07-, 

 dean, grad. sch, 19- A.A; Physical Soc; Math. 

 Soc; Soc. de Physique. Spectroscopy; atomic 

 theory; radioactivity. 



Leuba, Dr. James H(enry), Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

 *Psychology, Philosophy. Neuchatel, Switzer- 

 land, April 9, 68. B.S, Neuchatel, 86; Ph.D, 

 Clark, 95. Prof, psychol, Bryn Mawr, 98- 

 A.A; Psychol. Ass, Social psychology; psy- 

 chology of religion; belief in God and immor- 

 tality; religious mysticism. 



Leuschner, Prof. A(rmin) O(tto), 1816 Scenic 

 Ave, Berkeley, Calif. *Astronomy. Detroit, 

 Mich, Jan. 16, 68. Grad, Royal Friederichs and 

 Wilhelms Gym, Cassel, Germany, 86; A.B, Mich- 

 igan, 88 ; California and Lick Observatory, 88- 

 92 ; Ph.D, Berlin, 97 ; hon. Sc.D, Pittsburgh, 00 ; 

 Michigan, 13. Instr. math, California, 90-92, 

 asst. prof, 92-94, astron. and geod, 94-98, assoc. 

 prof, and director, students' observatory, 98-07, 

 prof, astron, 07-, dean, grad. div, 13-18, 20- 

 Major, C. W. S, 18-19 ; acting chairman, div. 

 physical science, Nat. Research Council, 18; 

 chairman, comet committee. Int. Astron. Union ; 

 mem. Geophys. Union. Watson gold medal, Nat. 

 Acad, 16. Nat. Acad; A.A. (v. chairman, A, 

 17); Astron. Soc; Math. Soc; Seismol. Soc; 

 Pacific Astron. Soc. (pres, 07); Wash. Acad; 

 Astron. Gesell. Theoretical astronomy; per- 

 turbations of the Watson asteroids; improve- 

 ment in the methods of determining preliminary 

 orbits of comets and planets. 



Levene, Dr. P(hoebus) A(aron Theodore), 129 E. 

 82d St, New York, N. Y. * Physiological chem- 

 istry. Petrograd, Russia, Feb. 25, 69. M.D, 

 St. I'et-ersburg Imp. Mil. Med. Acad. 91; Berlin; 

 Marburg; Berne; Munich; Columbia. Assoc, 

 chem, State Path. Inst, N. Y, 96-05; chemist, 

 Sarajiac Lab. for Study Tuber, 00-; Ilerter lec- 

 turer path, chem, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. 

 Col, 05-06; asst. chem, 06-07; mem. EocJcefeller 



Inst, 08- Nat. Acad; A.A; Soc. Nat; Physiol. 

 Soc; Soc. Biol. Chem; Cliem. Soc; Soc. Exp. Biol; 

 N. Y. Chemists Club; Chem. Gesell; Upsala 

 Royal Soc. Sci; Soc. Royale des Sci. Med. et 

 Nat. Bruxelles. Chemistry of proteins, nucleins, 

 carbohydrates and enzymes. 



Leverett, Frank, 1724 S, University Ave, Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. *Geology. Denmark, Iowa, 

 March 10, 59. B.S, Iowa State, 85. Instr. nat. 

 science, Denmark Acad, Iowa, 80-83 ; field asst, 

 U. S. Geol. Surv, 86-90, asst. geologist, 90-01, 

 geologist, 01-; lecturer glacial geol, Michigan, 

 09- A.A; Geol. Soc; Forestry Ass; Am. Geog. 

 Soc; Wis. Iowa, Mich, and Wash. Academies; 

 Wash. Geol. Soc. Glacial geology; physiogra- 

 phy; water resources; glacial deposits of Eu- 

 rope; glacial investigations in the upper Missis- 

 sippi and Great Lakes regions. 



Levi, Dr. Louis E(manuel), Care Pfister and 

 Vogel Leather Co, Milwaukee, Wis. Chemistry. 

 Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 12, 62. Cornell, 84; Ph.D, 

 Gottingen, 87. Asst. to Prof. Victor Meyer, 

 Gottingen, 86-87; instr. chem, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 88-90; chief chemist, Schoelkopf and Co, 97- 

 03 ; Pfister and Vogel Leather Co, 03- Chem. 

 Soc. (past chairman, leather sect) ; Soc. Chem. 

 Indust; Leather Chem. Ass. (past pres). De- 

 rivatives of thiophene and anthranol; biophene; 

 leather analysis and manufacture. 



Levin, Dr. Isaac, 119 W. 71st St, New York, 

 N. Y. Physiology, Pathology. Sagor, Russia, 

 Nov. 1, 66. M.D, St. Petersburg Imp. Mil. Med. 

 Acad, 90. Assoc, path, Columbia, 09-15; clin. 

 prof, cancer research, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. 

 Med. Col, 15- A.A; Physiol. Soc; Ass. Path, 

 and Bact; Soc. Exp. Biol; Ass. Cancer Re- 

 search ; Radium Soc ; Am. Med. Ass ; Harvey 

 Soc; N. Y. Acad. Med. Fat absorption; pro- 

 tein absorption; physiology of tlie thyroid and 

 adrenals ; etiology of tumors ; function of th 

 spleen; hemolysis; function of the kidney cap- 

 sule; fat necrosis and acute pancreatitis; trans- 

 plantation of blood-vessels; experimental cancer; 

 arteriosclerosis; assimilation of food in differ- 

 ent segments of the gastro-intestinal tract; bio- 

 logical action of X-rays and radium; crown 

 gall and other parasitic diseases of plants. 



Levine, Dr. B(enjamin) S(amuel), U. S. Depart- 

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

 istry. Yekaterinoslav, Russia, 87. B.S, Trinity, 

 12; M.S, Brown, 13, Ph.D, 15. With bur. chem, 

 U. S. Bept. Agr, 15- Teacher indust. chem, R. 

 I. Sch. Design. Chem. Soc; Soc. Bact; Leather 

 Chem. Ass. Cotton fiber; mildew resistance of 

 textiles; toxicity of insoluble soaps to micro- 

 organisms; manufacture of leather. 



Levine, Dr. Michael, 1646 University Ave. Bronx, 

 New York, N. Y. Botany, Physiology. Mohilev, 

 Russia, April 16, 86. B.S, Col. City of N. Y, 

 06; A.M, Columbia, 10, Ph.D, 13. 'instr. pub. 

 sch, 64, N. Y. City, 06-12; Commercial High 

 Sch, Brooklyn, 12-18; High Sch. of Commerce, 

 N. Y. City, 18-; Montefiore Hosp, 16- Ketchum 

 prize, Col. City of N, Y. A.A; Bot. Soc; Phyto- 

 path. Soc; Ass. Cancer Research; Torrey Bot. 

 Club; N. Y. Acad; N. Y. Soc. Exp. Educ. Cytol- 

 ogy of the Boleti ; chromosome number in 

 Drosera ; morphologj' of the Coprini ; effect of 

 ethyl alcohol on fatigue in frog muscle; speech 



