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Pennsylvania, 04-06; instr, Harvard Med. Sch, 

 07-10; fellow physiol, Wistar Inst, 10-15; phys- 

 iologist, dairy div, V. S. Dept. Agr, 15- A.A; 

 Soc. Nat; Physiol. See; Soc. Exp. Biol; Soc. 

 Biol. Chem; Am. Med. Ass; Phila. Acad; Phila. 

 Col. Physicians; Wash. Acad; Boston Soc. Med. 

 Sci. Physiology of muscular contraction; os- 

 motic properties of muscle; osmotic properties 

 of calcium and magnesium phosphates; physi- 

 ology of milk secretion. 

 Meigs, Montgomery, Keokuk, Iowa. Civil engi- 

 neering. Detroit, Mich, Feb. 27, 47. Harvard; 

 Eoval Polytech, Stuttgart, 67-69. Res. engi- 

 neer, Northern Pacific E. R, 70-73 ; U. S. civil 

 engineer, improvements of Mississippi Biver, 

 74-, in charge Des Moines Bapids canal, 82- 

 A.A; Civil Eng. A 'canvas cofferdam'; steam- 

 boats and dredge tenders; relief of pressure on 

 dams by compressed air. 



Mein, William Wallace, 43 Exchange Place, New 

 York, N. Y. Mininq engineering. Nevada City, 

 Calif, July 19, 73.' B.S, California, 00. Mine 

 manager and consulting engineer, S. Africa, 01-. 

 10; Int. NicJcel Co, pres, Maracaibo Oil Ex- 

 ploration Co. and other companies, 10- Min. 

 Eng; Min. and Metal. Eng; British Min. and 

 Metal. Inst; S. African Ass. Eng. and Metal. 



Meinecke, Dr. E(milio) P(epe Michael), U. S. 

 Forest Service, Ferry Building, San Francisco, 

 Calif. Forestry. Alameda, Calif, July 26, 69. 

 Ph.D, Heidelberg, 93. Asst, Bot. Inst, Heidel- 

 berg, 94-98; Royal Forestry Exp. Sta, Munich, 

 98-02; prof, Univ. and Museum La Plata; pa- 

 thologist, btir. plant induct, U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 A.A; Bot. Soc; Soc. Foresters; Phytopath. Soc. 

 Anatomy and pathology of plants ; physiology 

 of fermentation; pathology- of forest trees. 



Meinzer, O(scar) E(dward), 235-5 Rhode Island 

 Ave, N. E, Washington, D. C. Geology. Davis, 

 111, Nov. 28, 76. A.B, Beloit, 01; fellow, Chi- 

 cago, 06-07. Principal, pub. sch, Frankfort, S. 

 Dak, 01-03 ; prof, physical sciences, Lenox, OS- 

 OS; with U. S. Geol. Surv, 06-, in charge, div. 

 ground waters, 12- Instr. geol, cor. sch, Chi- 

 cago, 06-08; capt, corps engineei-s, 18. Geol. 

 Soc; Ass. Geog; Wash. Acad; Wash. Geol. Soc. 

 Ground water; water supply. 



Melander, Prof. A(xel) L(eonard), Pullman, 

 Wash. Entomology. Chicago, 111, June 3. 78. 

 B.S, Texas, 01, fellow, 01-02, M.S, 02; fellow, 

 Chicago, 02-04; Se.D, Harvard, 14. Asst. zool, 

 Texas, 00-01 ; instr. entom, Wash. State, 04-06, 

 prof, 06-, head, dept. zool, 07-, asst. entomolo- 

 gist, Exp. Sta, 04-06, entomologist, 06- Mem. 

 staff. Woods Hole, 02; Puget Sound Marine 

 Sta, 09; Cold Spring Harbor, 13. A.A; Entom, 

 Soc; Ass. Econ. Entom; West. Soc. Nat; Entom. 

 Soc. Pacific; Cambridge Entom. Soc. Eco- 

 nomic entomology; taxonomy of insects; espe- 

 cially Diptera; Empididae; codling moth; in- 

 secticides and spraying; San Jose scale; fossil 

 insects. 



Melcher, Arthur C(larke), 58 Bowen St, Newton 

 Center, Mass. Chemistry. Newton Center, June 

 26, 80. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 00. Research 

 asst, Mass. Inst. Tech, 00-04, research assoc, 

 04-14, purchasing agent, 14- A.A; Chem. Soc; 

 Soc. Chem. Indust. Ammonio-sllver compounds; 

 electrical conductivities of solutions and solubil- 



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ities of salts at high temperatures ; physical 

 chemistry of mixtures; pure chemicals. 



Melchers, Prof. L(eo) E(dward), Manhattan, 

 Kans. Botany. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 1, 87. B.S, 

 Ohio State, 12, M.S, 13. Instr. bot, Kansas 

 State, and acting plant pathologist, Exp. Sta, 

 and later prof, plant path, and in charge, dept. 

 bot. and plant path, 13- A.A; Phytopath. Soc. 

 Plant pathology; diseases of cereals, forage 

 crops, fruits and vegetables. 



Meldrum, Prof. W(illiam) Buell, Haverford Col- 

 lege, Haverford, Pa. Chemistry. Hull, Que, 

 Dec. 18, 87. A.B, McGill, 09, M.S, 10; Ph.D, 

 Harvard, 14. Demonstrator chem, McGill, 09- 

 11; instr, Montreal Tech. Inst, 10-11; Austin 

 teaching fellow. Harvard, 11-12; instr. chem, 

 Vassar, 14-16, asst. prof, 16-17; Haverford, 

 17- Chemist, mines branch, Can. Civil Service, 

 summers, 09, 13, irrig. branch, summer, 15; 

 C. W. S, 18-19; price sect, W. T. B, 19; geophys. 

 lab, Carnegie Institution, 19; 1851 Exhibition 

 scholar, 12-14. A.A; Chem. Soc; Ass. Harvard 

 Chemists. Melting diagrams of binary and ter- 

 nary mixtures; fused salt as electrolyte; appli- 

 cation of nephelometer in study of solubility of 

 slightly soluble salts. 



Melhus, Dr. Irving E, Iowa State College, Ames. 

 Iowa. Plant pathology. Creston, 111, April 

 2, 80. B.S, Iowa State, 06; Ph.D, Wiscon- 

 sin, 12. Teacher nat. science, high sch, Burling- 

 ton, Iowa, 07-08; asst. bot, Wisconsin, 08-09, 

 plant path, 09-10, instr, 10-11 ; plant patholo- 

 gist, bur. plant indust, IT. S. Dept. Agr, 12-16; 

 in charge plant path, Iowa State, 16- A.A; 

 Bot. Soc; Phytopath. Soc. Physiology and pa- 

 thology of the Oomycetes and diseases of the 

 Irish potato. 



Mell, C(layton) D(issinger), care C. H. Pearson. 

 29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Forestry. 

 Lebanon, Pa, Nov. 25, 75. A.B, Franklin and 

 Marshall, 02; M.F, Yale, 05. Inst, bot, Al- 

 bright, 98-00; asst. dendrologist, TJ. S. Forest 

 Service, 0.5-14; asst. pJiarmacog, btir. chem, TJ. 

 S. Dept. Agr, 14- Investigator greenheart 

 timber in British Guiana for Panama Canal, 13- 

 14. Basket willows; American timbers; com- 

 mercially important foreign woods. 



Mellencamp, Dr. F(rank) J(ohn), Milwaukee 

 State Normal School, Milwaukee, Wis. Electro- 

 chemistry. Grass Lake Mich, April 20, 71. 

 A.B, Michigan, 03, A.M, 06, Ph.D, 09. Instr. 

 physics. State Nor. Col, 03-04; asst, Michigan, 

 04-07, instr, 07-13 ; head of dept, physics and 

 math, Milwaulcee State Nor. Sch, IS- Assoc. 

 Physical Soc. Electrochemistry; concentration, 

 cells. 



Meller, Prof. H(arry) B(ertine), University of 

 Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Geology. Altoona, 

 Pa, May 26. 78. E.M. Pittsburgh, 10. Instr. 

 mining, Pittsburgh, 09-11, asst. prof, 11-12, 

 prof, 12-, V. dean, sch. mines, 12-14, dean, 14- 

 A.A; Min. Eng; Coal Min. Inst; Eng. Educ. 

 Mining geology; mine economics. 



Mellon, Prof. M(elvin) G(uy), Purdue Univer- 

 sity, La Fayette, Tnd. Chemistry. Conneaut Lake, 

 Pa. Oct. 25. 93. B.S. Allegheny. 15; M.S, 

 Ohio State, 17, Ph.D, 19. Asst. instr. chem, 

 Ohio State, 15-18, instr, 18-19; asst. prof. 



