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maica, N. Y, 08- Maturation and fertilization 

 in pulmonate gasteropods; natural history of 

 annelids; circulation in Nereis; adapting the 

 researches of biology to educational uses. 



Llpka, Prof. Joseph, Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Matlicmatics. 

 Briessen, Poland, Sept. 7, 83. B.S, Columbia, 

 05, A.M, 06, Ph.D, 12. Instr. math, California, 

 07-08; Mass. Inst. Tech, 08-17, asst. prof, 17- 

 Asst. math, summer sch, Columbia, 05-06. A.A; 

 Math. Soc; Math. Ass; Am. Acad; Circolo Mat. 

 di Palermo. Differential geometry; dynamical 

 trajectories. 



Lipman, Prof. C(harles) B(eniard), University 

 of California, Berkeley, Calif. Plant physiology. 

 Eussia, Aug. 17, 83. B.Sc, Rutgers, 04, M.Sc, 

 09; M.S, Wisconsin, 09; Ph.D, California, 10. 

 Instr. soil bacter, California, 09-10, asst. prof, 

 soils, 10-12, assoc. prof, 12-13, prof, soil chem. 

 and lacter, IS- A.A; Bot. Soc; Soc. Bacter; 

 Ecol. Soc; Chem. Soc; Soc. Agron; Soc. Prom. 

 Agr. Sci; Agr. Chem. (referee on soils, 15-17). 

 Alkali salts in soils and plant growth; bacteria 

 of arid soils; soil colloids and soil fertility. 



Lipman, Dr. Jacob G(oodale), State University of 

 New Jersey, New Brunswick, N. J. Soil chem- 

 istry and bacteriology. Friedrichstadt, Russia, 

 Nov. 18, 74. B.S, Rutgers, 98; A.M, Cornell, 00, 

 Sage fellow, 01, Ph.D, 03. Asst. chemist. N. J. 

 State Exp. Sta, 98-99, soil chemist and iacteriol- 

 agist, 01-, director, 11-; instr. agr. chem, But- 

 gers, 02-06, asst. prof, agr, 06-07, assoc. prof, 

 07-10, prof, soil chem. and bacter, 10-13, agr, 

 IS-, dean agr, 15- Lecturer soil bacter, Dli- 

 nois and Cornell, 06; Tennessee, 09, 10; Iowa 

 State, 10; Nebraska, 11; Columbia, 20. Ed-in- 

 chief, 'Soil Science,' 16-; asst. ed, 'Jour. Soc. 

 Agron'; assoc. ed, 'Jour. Agr. Research'; in- 

 vestigator, nitrate div, ordnance dept, U.S.A, 

 19 ; chairman, fertilizer committee, Nat. Re- 

 search Council. A.A. (sec'y, O, 20) ; Chem. Soc; 

 Soc. Agron. (past v. pres, pres, 19) ; Soc. Prom. 

 Agr. Sci. (sec'y-treas, 20); Agr. Chem; Soc. 

 Bact; Pub. Health Ass; Wash. Acad. Nitrifica- 

 tion ; denitrification ; chemistry of decay ; physi- 

 ology of nitrogen fixation; availability of or- 

 ganic soil nitrogen; ammonification; chemical 

 and bacteriological effect of liming; utilization 

 of nitrogen in fertilizer materials; bacteria in 

 relation to country life. 



Lippincott, J(oseph) B(arlow), Central Build- 

 ing, Los Angeles, Calif. Hydraulic engineerinq. 

 Scranton, Pa, Oct. 10, 64. B.S, Kansas. 86, 

 C.E, 14. Hydrographer, U. S. Geol. Surv, 95-02, 

 supervising engineer, reclamation service, 02-06 ; 

 asst. chief engineer, Los Angeles aqueduct, OS- 

 IS; consulting engineer, IS- Lecturer, Califor- 

 nia; consulting engineer for various cities; civil 

 service commissioner, Los Angeles, 04. Civil 

 Eng. Storage of water on Gila River, Arizona, 

 and King's River, California; development and 

 application of water in southern California; 

 California hydrography; water supply of Santa 

 Barbara County, California. 



Lippincott, Prof. W(illia)m A (dams), Kansas 

 State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kans. 

 Poultry hv^^handry. Jacksonville, 111, July 3, 82. 

 A.B, 111. Col, 03; B.S, Iowa State, 11; M.S, 

 Wisconsin, 17, Ph.D, 20. Asst. prof, animal 



husbandry, Iowa State, 11-12; prof, poultry 

 husbandry, Kansas State, 12- A.A; Int. Ass. 

 Instructors and Investigators Poultry Hus- 

 bandry (hon. sec'y, 19-). Poultry genetics. 

 Littell, Captain Frani B(owers), U. S. Naval 

 Observatory, Washington, D. C. * Astronomy. 

 Scranton, Pa, Feb. 21, 69. Ph.B, Wesleyan, 91, 

 hon. Sc.D, 19; A.M, George Washington, 94. 

 Computer, U. S. Naval Observatory, 91-96; 

 teacher math, high sch, Scranton, Pa, 96-97; 

 computer, U. S. Naval Observatory, 97-98, asst. 

 astron, 98-01; prof, math, U.S.N, 01- Mem. 

 U. S. eclipse exped, Ga, 00; Sumatra, 01; Spain, 

 05; Washington-Paris longitude by radio, 13- 



14. A.A; Astron. Soc; Wash. Acad; Wash. 

 Philos. Soc; Soc. Astron. de Mex. Transit circle 

 observations of sun, moon, planets and stars; 

 vertical circle observations of declinations of 

 standard stars; photographic zenith tube obser- 

 vations for variation of latitude; Trans- Atlan- 

 tic longitude by radio signals. 



Little, Dr. Arthur D(ehon), 30 Charles River 

 Road, Cambridge, Mass. *Chemistry. Boston,Dec. 



15. 63. Mass. Inst. Tech, 81-84; hon. Chem.D, 

 Pittsburgh, 18. Engineering chemist, Boston, 

 86-; pres, A. B. Little, Inc, 09- State assayer, 

 Mass, 86-94; lecturer wood pulp and paper 

 making, Mass. Inst. Tech; assoc. ed, 'Jour. In- 

 dust. and Eng. Chem,' OS-; research director. 

 United Fruit Co; director, Research Corp; mem. 

 corp, Mass. Inst. Tech; mem. research informa- 

 tion service, Nat. Research Council (mem. ad- 

 visory board, super-power surv) ; war work 

 with Sig. C. and C.W.S. A.A; Chem. Soc. 

 (pres, 12-14, director, 14-) ; Chem. Eng. (pres, 

 19. councilor); Electrochem. Soc; Mech. Eng; 

 Soc. Test. Mat; Am. Acad; London Soc. Chem. 

 Indust ; Can. Inst. Eng. Engineering chemistry ; 

 utilization of industrial wastes; chemistry of 

 cellulose, paper making and fibre treatment; 

 airplane dopes; acetone production; inventor of 

 processes in chrome tanning; electrolytic manu- 

 facture of chlorates; artificial silk; smoke filters. 



Little, Prof. C(harles) N(ewton), Moscow, Idaho, 

 Civil engineering. Madura, India, May 19, 58. 

 A.B, Nebraska, 79, A.M, 84; Ph.D, Yale, 85. 

 Instr. math, and civil eng, Nebraska, 80-84, 

 assoc. prof, civil eng, 8490, prof, 90-93; math, 

 Stanford, 93-01; civil eng, Idaho, 01-, dean, col. 

 eng, 11- A.A; Civil Eng; Eng. Educ. High- 

 way engineering; theory of knots; topology. 



Little, Dr. C(larence) C(ook), Cold Spring Har- 

 bor, Long Island, N. Y. Genetics. Brookline, 

 Mass, Oct. 6, 88. A.B, Harvard, 10, M.S, 12, 

 Sc.D, 14. Research asst. genetics. Harvard, 10- 

 13, research fellow biol. Cancer Commission, 13- 

 19; research assoc, Carnegie Institution, 19- 

 Sec'y, Corp. Harvard Col, 10-12, asst. dean, 16- 

 17; trustee. Noble and Greenough Sch, Boston, 

 15- A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Soc. Cancer Re- 

 search; Soc. Exp. Biol. Heredity of color in 

 mice; inheritance of susceptibility or non- 

 susceptibility to cancer. 



Little, Dr. George, 325 Queen City Ave, Tuska- 

 loosa, Ala. Geoloqy. Tuskaloosa, Feb. 11, 38. 

 A.B, Alabama, 55, A.M, 56, LL.D, 06; Ph.D, 

 Gfittingen, 57. Prof, chem, Oakland Col, 60-61, 

 66-67; geol, Mississippi, 66-74, 81-89; mem. 

 Ala. Geol. Surv, 92. State geologist, Miss, 68- 



