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research asst, Smithsonian Inst. (Harriman 

 Fund), 10- Bering Sea (fur-seal) commis- 

 sioner, 91; chairman, U. S. Geog. Board. Nat. 

 Acad; A. A; Soc. Nat; fel. Ornith. Union (past 

 pres) ; Anthrop. Ass; Soc. Mammal, (pres) ; 

 Philos. Soc; Wash. Acad; Wash. Anthrop. Soc 

 (pres) ; Wash. Biol. Soc. (past pres) ; for. mem. 

 London Zool. Soc. Mammals and birds of North 

 America; geographic distribution of animals and 

 plants; Indian ba.sketry, mythology, distribution 

 and linguistics of Pacific coast tribes. 

 Merriam, Prof. E((iinund) S(awyer), 231 Fourth 

 St, Marietta, Ohio. Chemistry. Easthampton. 

 Mass, May 4, 80. A.B, Trinity (Conn), 02, A.M, 

 05; Ph.D, Gottingen, 05. Prof, chcm. Marietta, 

 06-20; chief chemist, Safe-Ccibinet Co, SO- 

 Chem. Soc. Natural gas and gasoline deriva- 

 tives. 



Merriam, Prof. John C(ampbell), Carnegie In- 

 stitution, Washington, D. C. * Paleontology, 

 Geology. Hopkinton, Iowa, Oct. 20, 69. B.S, 

 Lennox Col, 87; Ph.D, Munich, 93. Instr. 

 paleont, California, 94-99. asst. prof, 99-05, 

 assoc. prof, 05-12, prof, 12-20, dean of facul- 

 ties, 20; Tpres, Carnegie Institution. 21- Wil- 

 liam Ellery Hale lecturer, 18; chairman, Nat. 

 Research Council, 19- Nat. Acad; A.A. (pres, 

 Pacific div, 19) ; Geol. Soc. (pres, 19); Paleont. 

 Soc. (pres. Pacific Coast div, 13, 15, pres, 17) ; 

 Philos. Soc; Wash. Acad; West. Soc. Nat; 

 Calif. Acad; cor. mem. Phila. Acad. Tchthy- 

 opterygia and Pliytonomorpha of western North 

 America; Tertiary geology and vertebrate pa- 

 leontology of eastern Oregon; Tertiary geology 

 and paleontology of California ; Triassic Verte- 

 brata of California and Nevada; fossil Mamma- 

 lia of eastern Oregon; Tertiary and Quaternary 

 Carnivora of California; Miocene Mammalia of 

 northern Nevada. 



Merrill, Prof. A(llyne) L(itchfield), Pleasant St, 

 Arlington, Mass. Mechanical engineering. Mai- 

 den, Mass, Aug. 8, 64. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 85. Instr. mech. eng, Mass. Inst. Tech, 85-93, 

 asst. prof, mechanism, 93-99, assoc. prof, 99- 

 05, prof, 05- Eng. Educ. 



MerriU, C(harles) W(ashington), 121 Second St, 

 San Francisco, Calif. Metallurgy. Concord, 

 N. H, Dec. 21, 69. B.S, California, 91. Pres, 

 Merrill Co; West. Ore Purchasing Co. Chief, 

 div. collateral commodities, Food Ad, 17-18. 

 Min. Eng. (director, 12) ; Min. and Metal. Soc; 

 Inst. Min. and Metal. Gt. Britain; Australian 

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

 Cyanid process in the treatment of precious 

 metal ores. 



Merrill, Prof. D(ayton) E(ugene), New Mexico 

 College of Agriculture and ^Mechanic Arts, State 

 College, N. Mex. Zoology. Bear Grove, Iowa, 

 April 11. 84. B.S, Iowa," 07, fellow, 09-11, M.S. 

 10. Instr, high sch, Boone, Iowa, 07-08; asst. 

 prof, biol, N. Mex. Col, and entomologist, Exp. 

 Sta, 11-14; in charge, dept, biol, 14-15; prof, 

 15-18; private study, IS- Asst. zool, Iowa, 

 summers, 10^ 11; field asst, TJ. S. Dept. Agr, 13. 

 Ornith. Union; Ass. Econ. Entom; Iowa Acad. 

 Ornithology ; entomology. 



Merrill, Prof. Elmer D(rew), Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, 1'. I. * Botany. East Auburn, Maine, 

 Oct. 15, 76. B.S, Maine, 98, M.S, 04; med. sch, 



George Washington, 00-01. Asst. nat. science, 

 Maine, 98-99; asst. agrostologist, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 99-02, botanist, insular bur. agr, and bur. 

 forestry, Manila, 02-03, bur. of govt, labora- 

 tories, 03-05; Bur. Science, P. I, 06-19, act. 

 director, 19, director, 10-; assoc. prof. hot. and 

 head of dept, Univ. Philippines, 12-17, prof, 17- 

 19, professorial lecturer, 19- Ed, ' Philippine 

 Jour. Sci.' A.A; Bot. Soc; New Eng. Bot. 

 Club. Systematic botany of China, Philippines, 

 Borneo. ^Moluccas and Marianne Islands. 



Merrill, Dr. George P(erkins), U. S. National Mu- 

 seum, Washington, D. C. *Geology. Auburn, 

 Maine, May 31, 54. B.S, Maine, 79, M.S, 83, 

 Ph.D, 89; Wesleyan, 79-80; Hopkins, 86-87; 

 Sc.D, George Washington, 17. Asst. chem, Wes- 

 leyan, 79-80; asst. Fisheries Census, 80-81; con- 

 nected with U. S. Nat. Museum, 81-97, curator 

 and head curator geol, 87- Lecturer geol, Md. 

 Col, 90-91; prof. geol. and miner, George 

 Washington, 93-16. Geol. Soc. (v. pres, 20) ; 

 Wash. Geol. Soc. (pres, 06). Petrography; 

 meteorites; building stones; rock weathering; 

 histories of American geology and state surveys. 



MerriU, Prof. Helen A(bl3ot), Wellesley College, 

 Wellesley, Mass. Mathematics. Orange, N. J, 

 March 30, 64. A.B, Wellesley, 86; Chicago, 96- 

 97; Gottingen, 01-02; Ph.D, Yale, 03. Teacher, 

 private schools, 86-89, 91-93; instr, math, Wel- 

 Zes7f2/, 93-01, assoc. prof, 01-15, prof, 15- A.A; 

 Math. Soc; Math. Ass. (mem. council, 17-, v. 

 pres, 20) ; Math. Verein. Differential equations. 



Merrill, Prof. Joseph F(rancis), University of 

 Utah, Salt Lake City. Utah. Physics, Electrical 

 engineering. Richmond, Utah, Aug. 24, 68. 

 B.S, Michigan, 93; fellow, Hopkins, 98-99, Ph.D, 

 99; Cornell, summers, 93, 02; Cliicago, summers, 

 94, 96, 97. Asst. prof, chem, Utah, 93-95; prof, 

 physics and physical chem, 97-98, director, state 

 sch. mines, 98-, prof, physics and elec. eng, 99- 

 Mem. and sec'y, Utah State Conservation Com- 

 mission, 09-14.' A.A; Physical Soc; Elec. Eng; 

 Eng. Educ; Utah Acad; Utah Soc. Eng. (pres, 

 07-10). Effect of dielectric on electrical resist- 

 ance; effect of temperature and pressure on elec- 

 troly.sis of silver nitrate; reliability and dura- 

 bility of commercial electric integrating meters; 

 electric air healing; electrical measurements. 



Merrill, Dr. Joseph H(enry), Kansas State Agri- 

 cultural College, Manhattan, Kans, Entomol 

 ogy. Danvers, Mass, Nov. 12, 81. B.S, Dart- 

 mouth, 05; Ph.D, Mass. Col, 14.. Gipsy and 

 l)rown-tail moth suppression work, Danvers, 

 Mass, 05-09; deputy state nursery inspector, 

 Ma.ss. Col, 10-11, lecturer plant path, 11; assoc. 

 prof, apicult, Kans. State, and asst. apiculturist , 

 Exp. Sta, 12- State apiarist, Kans, 18. A.A; 

 A.ss. Econ. Entom. Fruit and shade tree in- 

 sects; a])iculture. 



MerriU, Prof. Lucius H(erbert), 178 Main St, 

 Orono, Maine. Biological chemistry. Auburn, 

 Maine, Oct. 1, 57. B.S, Maine, 83, lion. Sc.D, 

 08. A.sst, U. S. Nat. Museum, 85-86; chemist, 

 Maine Exp. Sta, 86-08, prof. biol. chem, 

 Maine, 98-07, Mol. and agr. chem, 07- A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. Nutrition of 

 man; wheat and its milling products. 



Merrm, Prof. M(elvin) C(larence), Utah Agri- 

 cultural College, Logan, Utah. Horticulture. 



