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16. Tutor biol, Oherlin Acad, 11-12; asst. nat. 

 hist, Cornell, 12, instr. plant physiol, 13-17, 

 asst. prof, 17- Eot. Soc. Stimulation of root 

 growth in cuttings; upward translocation of 

 foods and salts in plants; rise of water in trees. 

 Curtis, Dr. B(ol)ert) W(miam), College of the 

 City of New York, New York, N. Y. Chem- 

 istry. Bridgeport, Conn, July 4, 69. B.S, 

 Trinity (Conn), 96; Ph.D, Yale, 04. Asst. 

 mstr. cliem, Yale, 03-04; asst. prof, Kansas, 

 04-07; instr. Col. City of N. Y, 07-16, asst. 

 prof, 16- Action of reducing agents upon vana- 

 dium pentoxid; determination of metals by ro- 

 tating cathode. 



Curtis, Dr. W(interton) C(onway), University of 

 Missouri. Columbia, Mo. *Zoolugy. Richmond, 

 Maine, Nov. 4, 75. A.B, "Williams, 97, A.M, 98 ; 

 fellow, Hopkins, 00-01, Ph.D, 01. Instr. sool, 

 Missouri, 01-04, asst. prof, 04-08, prof, 08- 

 Instr. zool, "Woods Hole, 99-03, in charge invert, 

 zool, 08-11 ; scientific asst. various seasons, U. S. 

 Fisheries Bur, 04-11. A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool. 

 Planaria; Cestoda; embryology of Unionidae; 

 parasitic Protozoa; history of science. 



Curtiss, Dean Charles F(ranklin), Ames, Iowa. 

 Agriculture. Nora, 111, Dec. 12, 63. B.S.A, Iowa 

 State, 87, M.S.A, 93 ; hon. Sc.D, Mich. Agr. Col, 

 07. Statistician, U. S. Dept. Agr, 88-93; prof, 

 animal husbandry, Iowa State, and asst. director, 

 Exp. Sta, 91-96, dean agr. and director, 97- 

 Pres, Iowa Live Stock Breeders' Ass; judge of 

 live stock, Trans-Miss, Pan- Am, La. Purchase, 

 Lewis and Clark and Panama-Pacific exposi- 

 tions; pres. Int. Live Stock Expos; director, 

 Iowa State Board Agr, 06-09. A.A; Soc. Ani- 

 mal Nutrition (pres, 09) ; Ass. Agr. Col. (mem. 

 exec, committee, 02-09). 



Curtiss, Prof. D(avid) E(ayinond), 2023 Sherman 

 Ave, Evanston, III. "" Mathematics. Derby 

 Conn, Jan. 12, 78. A.B, California, 99, A.M,' 

 01; Ph.D, Harvard, 03, traveling fellow, at 

 Ecole Nor. Superieure, Paris, 03-04. Instr. 

 math, Sheffield Sci. Sch, Yale, 04-05; asst. prof, 

 Northwestern, 05-07, assoc. prof, 07-09, prof, 

 09- A.A. (chairman. A) ; Math. Soc. (ed. 

 board, 'Trans,' mem. council and v. pres); Soc. 

 math, de France; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. Dif- 

 ferential equations; theory of functions; the 

 real branches of implicit functions in the neigh- 

 borhood of multiple points. 



Curtiss, Prof. Ralph H(amilton), Detroit Observa- 

 tory, Ann Arhor, Mich. ""Astronomi/, Astrophys- 

 ics. Derby, Conn, Feb. 8, 80. B.S, California, 

 01, Ph.D, 04. Student asst. astron, California, 

 00-01, fellow, Lick Observatory, 01-05; Car- 

 negie asst. Lick Observatory, 05; asst. astrono- 

 mer, AUegheny Observatory, 05-07; asst. prof, 

 astrophysics, Michigan, 07-11, assoc. prof, as- 

 tron, 11-18, prof, 18-, asst. director, Detroit Ob- 

 servatory, 11- Mem. Lick Observatory eclipse 

 exped. to Sumatra, 01 ; mem. Int. Astron. Union. 

 A.A; Astron. Soc. Spectroscopy of heavenly 

 bodies; photography of comet forms; spectro- 

 graphic construction; spectrography of variable 

 stars, and of stars with peculiar spectra in 

 class B. 



Curtiss, Dr. Richard S(ydney), Covina, Calif. 

 Chemistry. Stratford, Conn, Nov. 8, 64. Ph.B, 



Yale, 88; Munich, 90-91; Ph.D, Wiirzburg 92: 

 Paris, 92-93. Chemist, Conn. Exp. Sta, New 

 Haven, 88-90; decent and instr. org. cheni Chi- 

 cago, 93-97; prof, chem, Hobart, 97-01; Union, 

 01-04; org. chem, Illinois, 04-12; Throop, 12- 

 16; director, research lab, Mex. Petrol. Co' Los 

 Angeles, 16-18; acting prof. org. chem, Stan- 

 ford, 18-19; owner and manager, Citriodora 

 Ranch, 19- Research chemist, Conn. Exp. Sta, 

 93. A.A. (sec'y, C, 05); Chem. Soc. (chair- 

 man, div. org. chem, 09) ; Am. Health League 

 (v. chairman) ; 111. Acad; Chem. Gesell. Or- 

 ganic chemistry; acetylacetone and acetoacntic- 

 ester derivatives of certain amino mn Ionic 

 esters; intermediate addition products in or- 

 ganic chemical reactions; condensation in the 

 mesoxalic ester series; chemistry applied to sub- 

 tropical horticulture. 



Curtman, Dr. Louis J, College of the City of New 

 York, New York, N. Y. Chemistry. London, 

 England, Oct. 31, 78. B.S, Col. City of N. Y, 

 99; M.S, N. Y. Univ, 02; Ph.D, Columbia, 07. 

 Instr. chem, E. Side Evening High Sch, N. Y. 

 City, 04-09; Col. City of N. Y, 07-15, asst. prof, 

 15- A.A; Chem. Soc. Analytical chemistry; 

 double phosphates; double arsenates; new meth- 

 ods on metal and organic compounds. 

 Cushing, Prof. Harvey, 305 Walnut St, Brookline, 

 Mass. *Surgcry. Cleveland, Ohio, April 8, 69. 

 A.B, Yale, 97, hon. A.M, 13, Sc.D, 19- AM, 

 Harvard, 95, M.D, 95; Sc.D, Washington (St. 

 Louis), 14; LL.D, Western Reserve, 19; Cam- 

 bridge, England, 20. Res. surgeon, Hopkins 

 Hosp, 97-01, asst. surg, Hopkins, 97-99, assoc, 

 99-03, assoc. prof, 03-12; Moseley prof. Har- 

 vard, IS- Surgeon-in-chief, Peter Bent Brigham 

 Hosp. Address on surg, Int. Med. Cong, 13. 

 Nat. Acad; A.A; Ass. Path, and Bact; PhysioL 

 Soc; Soc. Exp. Path; Neur. Ass; hon. fel. Surg. 

 Ass; Am. Acad. (v. pres, 19); hon. fel. Royal 

 Col. Surg. Neurological and experimental sur- 

 gery; experimental medicine and neurology. 

 Cushing, Prof. H(enry) P(Iatt), Western Reserve 

 University, Cleveland, Ohio. *Geology. Cleve- 

 land, Oct. 10, 60. Ph.B, Cornell, 82, M.S, 84, 

 Ph.D, 09; Columbia, 84-85; Munich, 91-92. 

 Teacher science. Nor. Sch, Mankato. Minn, 85- 

 91; instr. geol. and chem. Western Reserve, 92- 

 93, assoc. prof, geol, 93-95, prof, 96- A.A; 

 Geol. Soc. (librarian, 98-13, v. pres, 15); Philos. 

 Soc; Ohio Acad; N. Y. Acad. Geology of nor- 

 thern New York, especially pre-Cambrian; geol- 

 ogy of northeastern Ohio. 



Cushman, Dr. AUerton S(eward), 1314 16th St, 

 Washington, J). C. *Chevmtry. Rome, Italy, 

 June 2, 67. B.S, Worcester, S8; Freiburg and 

 Heidelberg, 89-90; A.M, Harvard, 97, John 

 Harvard fellow, 97-98, Ph.D, 98. Instr. chem, 

 Washington (St. Louis), 92-96; asst. Harvard, 

 98; asst. prof, Bryn Mawr, 99-00; asst. director 

 and chemist in charge, div. of tests, office of 

 pub. records, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01-10; founder 

 and director, l7ist. Indust. Research, 10- Lieut, 

 col, ordnance dept, 17-18. Longstreth medal, 

 Franklin Inst, 11. A.A; Chem. Soc; Eleetro- 

 chem. Soc; Soc. Test. Mat; British Iron and 

 Steel Inst. Revision of atomic weight of nickel ; 

 road materials; cementing power of rocks; plas- 

 ticity of clays; relation of 'water of combina- 



