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99-01; prof, vied, Alabama. A. A; Am. Med. 

 Ass. (sec'y, sect, practise of med, chairman, 20) ; 

 Am. Physicians; Soc. Clin. Invest. Diseases of 

 metabolism. 

 McMahon, Prof. James, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. * Mathematics, Mathematical 

 physics. Armagh, Ireland, April 22, 56. B.A, 

 Dublin, 81, M.A, 90, Sc.D, 18. Examiner math, 

 Cornell, 83-84, instr, 84-90, asst. prof, 90-04, 

 prof, 04- Assoc, ed, 'Annals of Math,' 91-98. 

 A.A, (sec'y. A, 97, gen. sec'y, 98, v. pres, 01); 

 Math. Soc; London Math. Soc; Circolo Mat. di 

 Palermo. Mathematical functions needed in the 

 solution of various physical, statistical and geo- 

 metrical problems; flow of heat, electricity and 

 fluids; applications of invariant theory to geom- 

 etry and the vector field. 



McMaster, Dr. LeKoy, Washington University, 

 St. Louis, Mo. Chemistry. Mt. Pleasant, Md, 

 March 26, 79. Ph.B, Dickinson, 01, A.M, 02; 

 fellow, Hopkins, 05-06, Ph.D, 06. Instr. chem, 

 Dickinson, 01-04; Washington {St. Louis), 06- 

 10, asst. prof, 10-12, assoc. prof, 12-14, inof, 

 14- Asst. author, 'Carnegie Memoirs.' Chem. 

 Soc; London Soc. Chem. Indust. Organic and 

 physical chemistry; synthesis of fumaric and 

 maleic acids from the two acetylene diiodids; 

 hydrogenation ; neutral ammonium salts of or- 

 ganic acids and their substituted derivatives; 

 the formation of certain alcoholates by certain 

 salts in solution in methyl and ethyl alcohols; 

 conductivity and viscosity of certain salts in so- 

 lution; detection of ozone, nitrogen peroxid and 

 hydrogen peroxid in gas mixtures; acid car- 

 bonates of calcium and barium; transformation 

 of nitriles into amids by hydrogen peroxid; ac- 

 tion of hydroxylamin on fumaric nitrile; acetic 

 acid in white lead; preparation of isophenolph- 

 thalein. 



McMeen, Samuel G(roenendyke), 683 S. Los 

 Eobles Ave, Pasadena, Calif. Electrical engineer- 

 ing. Eugene, Indiana, Nov. 28, 64. Chief 

 engineer. Cent. Union Telephone Co, 96-02; tele- 

 phone engineer. West. Elec. Co, 02-04; consult- 

 ing engineer, 04-12; pres, various elec. com- 

 panies, 12- Elec. Eng; Mech. Eng. Electrical 

 communication; telephony; radio telephony. 



MacMillan, Dr. Daniel P(eter), Board of Educa- 

 tion, Chicago, 111. Psychology. Antigonish, 

 N. S, Julv 3, 70. B.A, Acadia, 95; Ph.D, Chi- 

 cago, 00, 'fellow, 06-08; Cornell, 05-06. Asst, 

 dept. child study and pedagogic investigation, 

 pub. schools, Chicago, 00-02, director, 02- 

 Leeturer psyehol. for teachers, summer quarters, 

 sch. educ, Chicago, 05, 06. A.A; Psychol. Ass; 

 West. Philos. Ass. The psychology of normal 

 and subnormal children; deaf children; types of 

 learning in relation to types of intelligence; 

 education and the manual arts. 



MacMillan, Dr. H(oward) G(ove), U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Plant 

 pathology. Sehaghtkoke, N. Y, June 24, 90. 

 Ph.B, Brown, 12; M.S, Wisconsin, Ph.D, 19. 

 Pathologist, bur. plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 A.A; Bot. Soc; Phytopath. Soc; Soc. Bact; 

 Meteorol. Soc. 



MacMillan, Dr. W(illiam) D(uncan), University 

 of Chicago, Chicago, 111. *Mathematics, Astron- 

 omy. La Crosse, Wis, July 24, 71. A.B, Fort 



Worth, 98; A.M, Chicago, 06, Ph.D, 08. Assoc, 

 math, and astron, Chicago, 08-09, instr. astron, 

 09-12, asst. prof, 12-19, assoc. prof, 19- Major, 

 ordnance dept, 18- A.A; Astron. Soc; Math. 

 Soc; Math. Ass; Int. Astron. Union. Elliptic 

 functions; periodic orbits; real and implicit 

 function theory; differential equations; isostasy; 

 celestial mechanics; cosmology. 



McMullen, Prof. Lynn B(anks), Normal School, 

 Phigstaff, Ariz. Pliysics, Chemistry. Arcadia, 

 Ind, Jan. 28, 75. B.S, DePauw, 97; Chi- 

 cago, 08; A.M, Columbia, 19. Teacher phys- 

 ics, Shortridge High Sch, Indianapolis, 97-08; 

 head, dept. i^hysics and chem, State Nor. Sch, 

 Valley City, N. Dak, 08-19; director training 

 sch, Colo. State Teachers College, 19-20; pres. 

 Northern Ariz. Normal Sch, SO- Lecturer 

 physics, Nor. Sch. of North Am. Gym. Union. 

 N.Dak. Acad, (sec'y and v. pres); Ind. Acad. 

 (sec'y); Ind. Sci. Teachers Ass. (pres); N. 

 Dak. Sci. Teachers Ass. (pres). Practical ap- 

 plications of physics and the science curriculum 

 in the grades. 



McMurphy, James (Ira Wilson), Stanford Uni- 

 versity, Calif. Botany. Ill, 71. A.B, Stanford, 

 08, A.M, 09. Instr. bot, Stanford, 12- A.A; 

 Phytopath. Soc. Phytopathology. 



McMurrich, Prof. J(ames) Playfair, University 

 of Toronto, Toronto, Can. * Animal morphology. 

 Toronto, Oct. 16, 59. Upper Canada; B.A, To- 

 ronto, 79, A.M. 81; Ph.D, Hopkins, 85; LL.D, 

 Michigan, 12. Prof, biol, Ont. Agr. Col, 82-84; 

 instr. mammalian anat, Hopkins, 84-86; pfof. 

 biol, Haverford, 86-89; doeent and asst. prof, 

 animal morph, Clark, 89-92; prof, biol, Cincin- 

 nati, 92-94; anat, Michigan, 94-07; Toronto. 

 07- Instr, Woods Hole, 87-91, trustee, 92-96; 

 mem. advisory board, Wistar Inst. A.A; Soc. 

 Nat. (pres, 07) ; Soc. Zool. (sec'y, 90-93) ; Ass. 

 Anat. (pres, 08); Philos. Soc; fel. Royal Soc. 

 Can; fel. Royal Micros. Soc; cor. mem. London 

 Zool. Soc. Vertebrate morphology and embry- 

 ology; history of science; morphology of Ac- 

 tlnaria. 



McNair, Pres. F(red) W(alter), Houghton, Mich. 

 Physics, Geophysics. Fennimore, Wis, Dec. 3, 

 62. Fellow, B.S, Wisconsin, 91; hon. Sc.D, 

 Lafayette, 07; R. I. Col, 19. Asst. math, Wis- 

 consin, 89-91; asst. prof, Mich. Agr. Col, 92- 

 93 ; prof. math, and physics, Mich. Col. of Mines, 

 93-99, acting pres, 99, pres. and prof, physics, 

 99- Assoc, engineer physicist. Bur. Standards, 

 17-19, consulting engineer physicist, 19- A.A. 

 (v. pres, 04, gen. sec'y, 07) ; Physical Soc; Eng. 

 Edue. (v. pres, 02, pres, 04) ; Lake Superior 

 Min. Inst. (v. pres, 04-06). Mechanics and 

 physics of deep mines ; variation of gravity with 

 distance below the surface; the subsurface tem- 

 perature gradient. 



McNair, James B(irtley), Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry, Washington, D. C. Biological cheviistry. 

 Hazleton, Pa, March 18, 89. A.B, California, 

 16, A.M, 17. Asst. zymol, California, 14-15, 

 biol. chem, 15-16; asst. research chemist, Nev. 

 Exp. Sta, 17; Pennsylvania, 18; asst. chemist, 

 bur. chem, U. S. Dept. Agr, 19; chemist in 

 charge, Chem. Econ. Co, 20; chemist, dairy div. 

 bur. animal indust. U. S. Dept. Agr, SO- Soc. 

 Bact; Bot. Soc. Identification of substances by 



