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over, Pa, June 22, 82. A.B, Yale, 04, A.M, 07, 

 Ph.D, 15. Asst. physicist, assoc. physicist and 

 later physicist. Bur. Standards, 07-19; radio 

 aid, bur. eng, U.S.N, 19- Physical Soc; Radio 

 Eng:. Three electrode vacuum tubes. 

 ' Miller, Dr. J(oseph) L(eggett), 5315 Greenwood 

 Ave, Chicago, 111. Medicine. Kewanee, 111, 

 Nov. 24, 67. B.S, Michigan, 93; M.D, North- 

 western, 95. Asst. prof, and later prof, med. 

 Bush Med. Col, 05- Attending physician, Cook 

 Co. Hosp; St. Luke's Hosp. A.A; Soc. Pharma- 

 col; Soc. Clin. Invest; Am. Physicians; Am. 

 Med. Ass. (sec'y, sect, med); Physiol. Soc. In- 

 ternal medicine; detection of smegma bacillus; 

 chlorid retention in nephritis; Kernig's sign; 

 experimental production of arteriosclerosis; 

 exudates and transudates; experimental pulmo- 

 nary edema ; non-specificity of vaccine therapy. 



Miller, Dr. J(oseph) W(arren), 306 Chestnut St, 

 Ilarrisburg, Pa. Mathematics, Mechanics. 

 Washington Boro, Pa, Oct. 30, 75. B.S, Pa. 

 State, 97; fellow, Columbia, 98-00, A.M, 99, 

 hon. fellow, 00-01, Ph.D, 01. Observer, U. S. 

 Coast and Geod. Surv, 01 ; instr. math, and 

 astron, Lehigh, 02-08, asst. prof, math, 08- 

 Elastic properties of helical springs; calculus. 



Miller, Prof. Kelly, Howard University, "Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Mathematics. Winnsboro, S. C, 

 July 23, 63. A.B, Howard, 86; Hopkins, 87-89. 

 Prof, math, Howard, 90- Acad. Polit. and 

 Social Sci ; Am. Negro Acad. (v. pres). Euclid 

 and his modern rivals; scales of denominate 

 units; experimental geometry; negro problems. 



Miller, Prof. Loye Holmes, Southern Branch, Uni- 

 versity of California, Los Angeles, Calif. Biology. 

 Minden, La, Oct. 13, 74. B.S, California, 98, 

 M.S, 03, Ph.D, 12. Instr. nat. science, Oahu Col. 

 Honolulu, 99-03; asst. zool, California, 03- 

 04; prof, and head, dept. science. State Nor. 

 Sch, Los Angeles, 04-10, dept. biol, 10-20, 

 assoc. prof, biol, California (south, branch), 

 20- Instr. paleont, Scripps Inst, Califor- 

 nia, 10; assoc. prof. comp. anat, Col. Physi- 

 cians and Surg, Los Angeles; asst, U. S. Fish 

 Commission, 03; U. S. Biol. Surv, 07; Cali- 

 fornia, summers, 08, 11, 13. A.A; Ornith. 

 Union; Ecol. Soc; Cooper Ornith. Club; Paleont. 

 Soc. Zoologv'; paleontology; land vertebrates; 

 fossil birds of Pacific Coast; methods and cur- 

 ricula in biology. 



Miller, Prof. Newton, 358 Douglas Ave, Salt Lake 

 City, Utah. Zoology. Sharptown, Ind, March 

 20, 79. A.B, Indiana, 05, A.M, 06; Ph.D, Clark, 

 08. Instr. zool. and morphol, Clark Col, 08-11, 

 asst. prof, 11-12; prof, biol, Wheaton, 12-15; 

 zool, Utah, 15-20, micros, anat, 20- Collected 

 fish in Guatemala for Indiana, 04. Systematic 

 zoology; dynamic biology; the fishes of the 

 Matagua river; biolog}- of the American toad; 

 acti%nty and rate of reproduction of the brown 

 rat; handling of chick embryos; heredity of 

 v>}iite fore-lock. 



Miller, Prof. Robert Talbott, 1226 Murray Hill 

 .\vc. Pittsburgh, Pa. Surgery. Covington. Ky, 

 April 28, 78. A.B, Amherst, 99; M.D, Hopkins, 

 03. Instr. siirij, Hopkins, 08-09; assoc. prof, 

 Pittsburgh, 09-15, prof, 15- A.A; Surg. Ass; 

 Ass. Path, and Bact; Ass. Prof. Tetanus; his- 

 togenesis of mesenteric cysts. 



Miller, Dr. RoUa W(cods), Mellon Institute, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. Chemistry. Aurora, Ind, Oct. 

 2, 92. A.B, Wabash, 13; M.S, Kansas State, 

 15; Ph.D, Pittsburgh, 17. Instr. ehem, Kansas 

 State, 13-15; research asst, Mellon In.'it, 15-17, 

 fellow, 19- Capt, C.W.S, A.E.F, 17-19. Chem. 

 Soc; Ceramic Soc. Soil chemistry; ceramics; 

 natural gas. 



Miller, Rudolph P(hilip), 100 Morningside Drive, 

 New York, N. Y. Civil engineering. New Y'ork, 

 July 5, 66. B.S, Col. City of N, Y', 85; C.E, 

 Columbia, 88, hon. M.S, 14. Asst. engineer, bur. 

 buildings, N. Y. City, 02-06; consulting engi- 

 neer, 06-09; supt. buildings, N. Y\ City, 10-15, 

 chairman, board of appeals, 16-18; consulting 

 engineer, 18-19; supt. buildings, N. Y. City, 20- 

 Civil Eng; Soc. Test. Mat. Properties of build- 

 ing materials; fireproofing. 



Miller, Shirley P(utnam), Brookings, S. Dak. 

 Anatomy. Rockwell, Iowa, June 17, 78. B.S, 

 S. Dak. Col, 03; A.M, Minnesota, 04, fellow, 20- 

 21 ; Berlin and Munich, 08-11 ; fellow, Chicago, 

 16. Asst. zool. and rural hygiene, S. Dak. Col, 

 05-08; demonstrator anat, Biol. Inst. Berlin. 09; 

 prof. zool. and rural hygiene, S. Dak, Col, 11- 

 Histogenesis of muscle; mitochondria of secret- 

 ing cells. 



Miller, Spencer, South Orange, N. J. Engineer- 

 ing. Waukegan, 111, April 25, 59. B.S, Wor- 

 cester. 79. Chief engineer, Lidgerwood Mfg. 

 Co, N. Y. City. Mem. Naval Consulting Board. 

 A.A; Mech. Eng; Civil Eng; Min. Eng; Naval 

 Archit. and Marine Eng; hon. mem. Worcester 

 Mech. Ass; Can. Min. Inst. Cableways; ap- 

 paratus for life saving at sea ; coaling warships 

 in a seaway and in harbor. 



Miller, Dr. Sydney R(obotham), 900 St. Paul St, 

 Baltimore, Md. Medicine. Newark, N. J, Aug. 

 9, 84. B.S, N. Y^ Univ, 05; M.D, Hopkins, 10. 

 Asst. med, HopTcins, 11-15, instr. din. med, 15- 

 Director, lab. internal med, Phipps Psychiat. 

 Clinic, 13-15. A.A; Am. Med. Ass; Cong. Inst. 

 Med; S. Med. Ass. Clinical medicine and pa- 

 thology-. 



Miller, W(aldron) DeW(itt), American Museum 

 of Natural History, New Y'ork, N. Y. Orni- 

 thology. Brooklyn, N. Y^, Feb. 4, 79. High 

 sch. Assoc, curator birds, Am. Museum Nat. 

 Hist, 03- Fel. Ornith. Union. Systematic or- 

 nithology. 



Miller, Willet G, Bureau of Mines, Toronto, Can. 

 Geology. Norfolk Co, Ont. B.A, M.A, Toronto, 

 90, 97, fellow, 90-93; Chicago; Harvard; Hei- 

 delberg; LL.D, Queen's (Can), 07; Toronto, 13. 

 Geologist, Ont. Bur. Mines, S7-; provincial geol- 

 ogist, Ont, 02- Lecturer and prof, geol. Queen 's 

 (Can), 93-02. A.A; Geol. Soc; Min. Eng; Can. 

 lirin. Inst, (pres, 08-10) ; hon. mem. British 

 Inst. Min. and Metal; fel. Royal Soc. Can. Pre- 

 Cambrian and economic geologv- of Ontario. 



Miller, Prof. W(UUam) J(ohn), Smith College, 

 Northampton, Mass. Geology. Red Bluff, Calif, 

 AT>ril 26, 80. B.S, Pacific (Calif), 00, M.S. 02; 

 Stanford, 00-01; fellow, Hopkins, 04-05, Ph.D, 

 05. Instr. geol. and chem. Pacific (Calif), 00- 

 03; prof. geol. and miner, Hamilton. 05-14; 

 prof. geol. and head of dept, Smith, 14- Field 

 asst, Md. Geol. Surv, 04; U. S. Geol. Surv, 05- 



