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A.A; Chem. Soc. Organic chemical reactions; 

 hydrocarbon gases. 



Cunne, Dr. Henry R(ussell), Mellon Institute, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. Chemistry. Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 

 Oct. 4, 94. B.S, Northwestern, 15; Ph.D, Pitts- 

 burgh, 19. Fellow, Mellon Inst, 17- Chem. Soc. 

 Organic and physico-organic chemistry. 



Currie, Bolla P(atteson), 632 Keefer Place, N. W, 

 Washington, D. C. Entomology. Preemption, 

 111, March 25, 75. A.B, North Dakota, 93. Aid, 

 div. insects, U. S. Nat. Museum, 97-04; asst. 

 entomologist, bur. entom, U. S. Dept. Agr, 04- 

 CoUected specimens for U. S. Nat. Museum, 

 Wye. and N. Dak, 96, Liberia, 97, B. C, 04. 

 A.A; assoc. mem. Ornith. Union; Wash. Entom. 

 Soc. (rec. seo'y, 01-06, chairman, pub. com- 

 mittee, 01-08) ; Wash. Biol. Field Club. Myr- 

 meleonidae and Odonata in systematic ento- 

 mology. 



Currier, C(linton) H(arvey), Brown University, 

 Pro\idence, R. I. Mathematics. Manchester, 

 N, H, Jan. 1, 76. Ph.B, Brown, 98, A.M, 99; 

 Gottingen, 10-11. Instr. math. Brown, 99-16; 

 astron, 14-16, a^st. prof, 16- Instr. math, R. I. 

 Sch. of Design, 03-09. A.A; Math. Soc; As- 

 tron. Soc; New Eng. Ass. Math. Teachers. 



Curtis, Dr. B(enjamin) Farquhar, Hastings-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. Surgery. Philadelphia, Pa, 

 Aug. 5, 57. A.B, Columbia, 78, M.D, 81. Prof, 

 clin. surg, Women's Med. Col, N. Y, 92-98; 

 surg, N. Y. Postgrad. Med. Sch, 94r-98; Univ. 

 and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Col, 98-08. Instr. and 

 chief of clinic, Columbia, 90-94; attending sur- 

 geon, St. Luke's Hosp, 88-; Bellevue Hosp, 98- 

 08; Mem. Hosp, 90-00. Surg. Ass; N. Y. Acad. 

 Med. 



Curtis, Prof. Carlton C(larence), Columbia Uni- 

 versity, New York, N. Y. *Botany. Syracuse, 

 N. Y, Aug. 24, 64. A.B, Syracuse, 89, Ph.D, 

 95; A.M, Columbia, 94; Cambridge, England, 

 96; Leipzig, 97. Principal, Fayetteville Union 

 Sch, 84-86; instr. nat. science, Brooklyn Poly- 

 tech, 90-92; tutor hot, Columbia, 98-08, adj. 

 prof, and later assoc. prof, 08- A.A; Soc. 

 Nat; Bot. Soc; Torrey Bot. Club (treas, 07). 

 Turgor; transmission and tension of fluids in 

 plants; transpiration; action of pure and col- 

 ored light upon transpiration. 



Curtis, George Carroll, 64 Crawford St, Boston, 

 Mass. Geography, Geology. Abington. M;ish, 

 July 15, 72. B.S, Harvard, 96; Ziirich, 01. 

 Asst. geol, Harvard, 96-98; asst. geologist, U. 

 S. Geol. Surv, 98-99. In charge of construction, 

 State Model of Metrop. Boston, 00; U. S. Senate 

 Models of Washington, 01-02; geologist on 

 Dixie exped, 02. Gold medal, Paris, 00; La. 

 Purchase Expos, 04. A.A; fel. Am. Geog. Soc; 

 Boston Sci. Soc. Geographic sculpture; coral 

 islands of Tahitinn Group. 



Curtis, George M (orris), Vanderbilt University 

 Medical School, Nashville, Tenn. Anatomy. Big 

 Rapids, Mich, April 2, 90, A.B, A.M, Michigan, 

 10, Ph.D. 14; M.D, Rush Med. Col, 20. Asst. 

 zool, Michigan, 08-12, histol, 11-13; asst. prof. 

 anat, Vanderbilt, 13-14, acting prof, 14-15, 

 prof, and head of dept, 15- A.A; Ass. Anat. 

 Morphology' of seminiferous tubules; sperma- 

 togenic wave. 



Curtis, Dr. Harold B(artlett), 620 University 

 Place, Evanston, 111. Mathematics. Brooklyn, 

 N. Y, May 22, 84. A.B, Cornell, 07, Ph.D, 10. 

 Instr. math, Columbia, 10-17; Northwestern, 

 19- Second lieut, U.S.A, 17-19. Math. Soc. 

 Popular astronomy. 



Curtis, Dr. Harry A(lfBd), International Coal 

 Products Corp, Newark, N.J. Chemistry. Sedalia, 

 Colo, Feb. 16, 84. B.S, Colorado, 08, A.M, 10; 

 fellow, Wisconsin, 13-14, Ph.D, 14. Instr. chem, 

 Colorado, 08-12, asst. prof, 12-13, 14-15, prof, 

 15-17; with ordnance dept, U.S.A, 17-19; prof, 

 chem. Northwestern, 19-20; chief chemist, Int. 

 Coal Products Corp, 20- A.A; Chem. Soc. Elee- 

 troanalysis; photochemistry; industrial chem- 

 istry. 



Curtis, Dr. Harvey L(incoln), Bureau of Stand- 

 ards, Washington, D. C. *Physics. Mason, 

 Mich, Dec. 14, 75. Ph.B, Michigan, 00, A.M, 

 03, Ph.D, 10. Asst. physics, Michigan, 02-03; 

 instr, Mich. Agr. Col, 03-07, asst. prof, 07; asst. 

 physicist, Bur. Standards, 07-13, assoc. physi- 

 cist, 13-18, physicist, 18- Lecturer theoret. 

 elec, George Washington, 10-14. Physical Soc; 

 Wash. Acad; Wash. Philos. Soc. Mica con- 

 densers; measurement of inductances and in- 

 sulating properties of solid dielectrics; design 

 of alternating current resistances; quadrant 

 electrometer; skin-effect. 



Curtis, Dr. H(eber) D(oust), Allegheny Observa- 

 tory, Pittsburgh, Pa. *Astronomy. Muskegon, 

 Mich, June 27, 72. A.B, Michigan, 92, A.M, 

 93 ; fellow. Leander McCormick Observatory, 

 00-02, Ph.D, Virginia, 02. Instr. math, high 

 sch, Detroit, 93 ; prof. Greek and Latin, Napa, 

 94-96; math, and astron, Pacific (Calif), 97-00; 

 asst. Lick Observatory, California, 02-04, asst. 

 astronomer, 04-06, acting astronomer in charge, 

 D. 0. Mills' exped. to south, hemisphere, 06- 

 09, astronomer, 09-20; director, Allegheny Ob- 

 servatory, 20- Voluntary aid, Lick Observa- 

 tory Eclipse Sta, Thomaston, Ga, 00; mem. U. 

 S. Naval Observatory eclipse exped. to Sumatra, 

 01 ; in charge Lick Observatory Eclipse Sta, 

 Cartwright, Labrador, 05; Russian eclipse, 14; 

 Goldendale, Wash, 18. Pan-Am. Sci. Cong, 

 Santiago, 08. Nat. Acad; A.A; Astron. Soc; 

 Optical Soc; Philos. Soc; Pacific Astron. Soc. 

 (v. pres, 16) ; Soc. Sci. du Chile. Spectro- 

 grnphy; spectroscopic binaries; astronomical 

 photography. 



Curtis, Dr. Mary F(lorence), Wellesley College, 

 Wellesley, Mass. Mathematics. Westminster, 

 Mass, April 12, 84. A.B, Wellesley, 06; Leipzig, 

 10-11; A.M, Radcliffe, 15, Ph.D, 17. Instr. 

 math, Wellesley, 11-14, Western Reserve, 17- 

 18; Wellesley, 18-20, asst. prof, 20- Math. Soc. 

 Functions of elliptic cylinders; point transfor- 

 mations. 



Curtis, Dr. Maynie R(osc), Columbia University, 

 New York, N. Y. Biology. Ingham Co, Mich, 

 July 27, 80. A.B, Michigan, 05, A.M, 08, Ph.D, 

 13. Asst. biologist, Maine Exp. Sta, 08-17; 

 assoc. cancer research, Crocker Rrsearch Fund, 

 Columbia, 17- A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Ecol. 

 Soc. Physiology of reproduction; cancer. 



Curtis, Prof. Otis F(reeman), Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, X. Y. F Unit physiology. Sendai, Japan, 

 Feb. 12, 88. A.B, Oberlin, 11; Ph.D, Cornell, 



