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Teachers Col, 20-; assoc. prof. educ. measure- 

 ments, Michigan, 19- Hanus committee of sch. 

 inquiry, N. Y. City, 12; consulting director, 

 dept. measurement, efficiency and standardiza- 

 tion, Oklahoma, 13-; measurement sch. products, 

 Gary Sch. Surv, Gen. Educ. Board, 16. A.A. 

 (sec'y, L, 12-17, pres. 17). Standard tests; 

 standards for school products. 



Courtis, W(iUiam) M(unroe),7 Illinois Rt, Detroit, 

 Mich. Metallurgy, Botany. Boston, Mass, Jan. 

 7, 42. A.B, Harvard, 64, A.M, 67; diploma, 

 Eoyal Mininor Acad, Freiberg, 68. Asst. geol- 

 ogist, chemist, assayer, cashier and asst. supt, 

 68-72; gen. manager, silver, lead, gold and 

 copper smelting -svorks and mines, 72-89; con- 

 sulting metallurgist, 89- Asst, Geol. Surv, 

 Santo Domingo, 69; lecturer metal. Harvard, 

 75; director, several companies; treas, U. S. Pot- 

 ash Co. A.A; Mich. Acad; Boston Nat. Hist. 

 Soc; Detroit Archeol, Chem. and Eng. Societies. 

 Metallurgy; amarillium; ferns; Asclepias cour- 

 tisii, Amareuxia and Lillium; graphite; sulphur; 

 gold ores in Georgia. 



Coutant, Mrs. Mary Wotherspoon, Barnard Col- 

 lege, Columbia University, New York, N. Y. 

 Botany. A.B, Columbia, 13, A.M, 15. Asst. bot, 

 Barnard, Columbia, 13-16, lecturer, 16-18 ; tech- 

 nician, Philippine Health Service, 18-19; lec- 

 turer hot, Barnard, Columbia, 19-20, instr, 20- 

 A.A; Bot. Soc; Torrey Bot. Club. Physiological 

 botany and bacteriology; effect of stimulants on 

 bacterial growth. 



Ooville, Frederick V(enion), 1836 California St, 

 Washington, D. C. ""Botany. Preston. N. Y, 

 March 23, 67. A.B, Cornell, 87. Instr. bot, 

 Cornell, 87-88 ; asst. botanist, Z7. S. Dept. Agr, 

 88'-93, botanist, 93- Curator bot, U. S. Nat. 

 Museum, 93-; bot. asst, Ark. Geol. Surv, 87; 

 botanist. Death Valley exped, 90-91; adviser 

 bot, Carnegie Institution, 02-05. A.A. (v, pres, 

 03); Bot. Soc. (pres, 03-04); Ass. G'eog; Ecol. 

 Soc; Wash. Acad, (pres, 12); Wash. Biol. Soc. 

 (pres, 99-00). Economic, systematic and geo- 

 graphic botany; plants of the aborigines; con- 

 trol of grazing on the public lands; effect of 

 soil acidity on plant growth and distribution; 

 domestication and improvement of the blueberry : 

 influence of cold in stimulating growth of 

 plants. 



Coville, Dr. Luzerne, 514 E. Buffalo St, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. Medicine. Preston, N. Y, Aug. 16, 65. 

 B.S, Cornell, 86; M.D, Columbia, 89. Lecturer 

 anat, Cornell, 98-00. surg, 00-03. Eochester 

 Acad. Med; Ithaca Tuber. Ass, (pros). Typhoid 

 epidemics in Ithaca, 1898-1903. 

 Cowan, Mrs. Edwina A(bbott), Wichita, Kans. 

 Psychology. Chicago, 111, Jan. 6, 87. A.B, Hli- 

 nois, 08, A.M, 09; Ph.D, Chicago, 13. Asst. 

 psychol, Vassar, 09-12; instr, Tulane, 13. A.A; 

 Psychol. Ass; S. Soc. Philos. and Psychol. 

 Learning process. 

 Cowan, P(hilip) Russell, Central Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, Can. Plant pathology. Glouces- 

 ter, England, April 20, 92. B.S. A, McGill. 

 Asst. investigator cereal diseases. Can, 15-17; 

 cerealist, Dorninion Exp. Farms, 17- Phytopath. 

 Soc. Cereal diseases; cereal breeding. 

 Cowdry, Prof. E(dmund) V(incent), Union Med- 

 ical College, Peking, China. Anatomy. Mac- 



Leod, Alta, July 18, 88. B.A, Toronto, 09; fel- 

 low, Chicago, 10-11, Ph.D, 12. Asst. anat, 

 Chicago, 09-12, assoc, 12-13; Hopkins, 13-16; 

 prof, PeMng Union Med. Col, 17- Ass. Anat. 

 Cytology; endocrinology. 



Cowgill, H(orace) B(ranson), Fort Smith, Ark. 

 Agronomy. Sterling, Kans, Oct. 14, 80. A.B, 

 Washburn, 05 ; M.S.A, Cornell, 10. Plant breeder, 

 Cuban- Am. Sugar Co, 10-11; plant breeder and 

 agronomist, P. R. Sugar Planters Exp. Sta. and 

 P. E. Insular Exp. Sta, 11-18; office sugar plant 

 investigations, bur. plant indust, TJ. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 18- A.A; Soc. Agron; Phytopath. Soc. 

 Sugar cane. 



Cowie, Dr. D(avid) Murray, University of Michi- 

 gan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Medicine. Moncton, 

 N. B, Nov. 19, 72. Battle Creek, 89-92; M.D, 

 Michigan, 96; Heidelberg, 08. First asst. inter- 

 nal med, Michigan, 96-06, instr. pediat, 06-07, 

 clin. prof, 07-09, pediat. and internal med, 09- 

 19, prof, 19-20, pediat. and infectious diseases, 

 20- Assoc, ed, ' Am. Jour. JDiseases of Chil- 

 dren,' 12- Ass. Path, and Bact; Am. Med. 

 Ass; Soc. Clin. Invest; Pediat. Soc. The acid- 

 resisting group of bacteria; hyper-ehlorhydria ; 

 effect of oil in gastric functions; occult blood 

 tests; gastric juice in the insane; structure^ of 

 opsonins; chylous ascities in the newborn; hiru- 

 din immunity ; method of obtaining human blood' 

 plasma without chemical action; metabolism; 

 infectious diseases. 



Cowles, Prof. Henry C (handler), University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, 111. *Botany. Kensington, 

 Conn, Feb. 27, 69. A.B, Oberlin, 93; fellow, 

 Chicago, 95-97, Ph.D, 98. Instr. nat. science. 

 Gates, 94-95; asst. bot, Chicago, 97-01, assoc, 

 01-02, instr, 02-07, asst. prof, 07-11, assoc. 

 prof. bot. and later prof, plant ecol, 11- Field 

 asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 95; assoc. ed, 'Bot. Ga- 

 zette,' 98-; 'Jour, of Geog,' 02- A.A. (sec'y, 

 G, 08-); Soc. Nat; Bot. Soc; Ecol. Soc; Ass. 

 Geog; Bot. Cent. States (sec'y, 07-); Chicago 

 Acad. (v. pres, 12, 13) ; Int. Ass. Bot. Eco- 

 logical relations of dune vegetation; physio- 

 graphic ecology; comparative ecology of dune 

 vegetation. 

 Cowles, Dr. Il(heinart) P(arker), Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md. Zoology. Washing- 

 ton, low'a, April 8, 72. A.B, Stanford, 99; 

 Bruce fellow, Hopkins, 02-04, Ph.D, 04. Asst. 

 biol, Hopkins, 04-07, instr, 07-10, assoc, 10-11 ; 

 assoc. prof, sool, Univ. Philippines, 11-15; prof, 

 15-19; assoc. prof, Eopl'ins, 10- Biologist in 

 charge. Gulf Biol. Sta, La. summer, 04; exp. 

 bacteriologist, Griffith and Turner Co; investi- 

 gator in charge biol. and hydrographie surv, 

 Chesapeake Bay, 20- A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool. 

 Life history of Phoronis architecta; Ocypoda 

 nrennrin ; rearing of Polyixordius; light and con- 

 tact with solid walls as factors in the behavior 

 of ophiuroids; reactions of starfish to light; 

 habits of tropical Crustacea; locomotion of the 

 starfish; Palacmons of the Philippine Islands; 

 hermit crabs; parthenogenetic ostracods. 



Cowley, Dr. E(lizabeth) B(uchanan), Vassar Col- 

 lege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mathematics, Astron- 

 om\i. Allegheny, Pa, May 22, 74. A.B, Vassar, 

 01," A.M, 02; Ph.D, Columbia, OS. Teacher, pub. 

 schools, 93-97; instr. math, Vassar, 02-13, asst 



