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quarantine; eradication of insects and plant 

 diseases. 



Newkirk, Dr. Burt L(eroy), University of Minne- 

 sota, Minneapolis, Minn. Astronomy. Ellen- 

 ville, N. Y, May 1, 76. A.B, Minnesota, 97, 

 A.M, 99; Ph.D, Munich, 02. Asst. astron, Min- 

 nesota, 9S-00; Watson asst, California, 03-04, 

 instr. math, 04-06; asst. Lick Observatory, 06- 

 07; asst. prof. math, and mech, eol. eng, Min- 

 nesota, 07-20, assoc. prof, 20- A. A; Astron. 

 Soc; Math. Soc; Eng. Educ; Astron. Gesell. 

 Parallax of ring nebula in Lyra; orbits of Wat- 

 son asteroids; tables for reduction of photo- 

 graphic measures; the Eepsold measuring appa- 

 ratus of the Student's Observatory of the Uni- 

 versity of California; gyroscopic effects; dy- 

 namic balance. 



Newkirk, W(lliam) B(entley), Corn Products Re- 

 fining Co, Edgewater, N. J. Chemistry. Fall 

 City, Nebr, Nov. 9, 88. A.B, Southern Califor- 

 nia., 10. Supt. Fed. Chem. Co, 10-14; research 

 chemist. Am. Beet Sugar Co, 14-18; sugar 

 technologist. Bur. Standards, 18-19; research 

 chemist. Corn Products Ref. Co, 19- Viscous 

 materials; rar^e sugars; sugar manufacture. 



Newland, David H(ale), State Educational Build- 

 ing, Albany, N. Y. Geology. Vienna, N. Y, 

 April 7, 72. A.B, Hamilton, 94; Munich, 94; 

 Heidelberg, 95-96; Columbia, 96-97. Tempo- 

 rary field asst, N. Y. State Geol. Surv, 97-98; 

 literary and scientific work, 98-03 ; assoc. ed, 

 'Eng. and Mining Jour,' 04; asst. state geolo- 

 gist, N. Y, 05- A.A; Geol. Soc; Min. Eng. 

 Geology of magnetic iron ores of the Adiron- 

 daeks; iron ores of the Clinton formation; min- 

 ing and quarry industries of New York ; geology 

 and petrology of the Precambrian. 



Newlands, James A(ndrew), 11 Laurel St, Hart- 

 ford, Conn. Chemistry, Bacteriology. Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland, April 23, 77. A.B, Beloit, 03; 

 Chicago, 03-04; Mass. Inst. Tech, 04-05. Asst. 

 chemist, sanit. lab, Beloit, 03-04; sanit. research 

 sta, Mass. Inst. Tech, 04-05; chemist. Souther 

 Eng. Co, Hartford, Conn, 05; chemist and bac- 

 teriologist, Conn. State Board of Health, 05-07, 

 chemist, 07- A.A; Chem. Soc; Pub. Health 

 Ass; Health League; New Eng. Waterworks 

 Ass; Middletown Sci. Ass. (sec'y, 06-08). The 

 determination of nitrates in water; purification 

 of Connecticut River water; explosive mixtures 

 in kerosene lamps; sewage pollution of oyster 

 grounds along the Connecticut coast. 



Newman, Prof. Clifford Lewis, Federal Voca- 

 tional Education Board, Atlanta, Ga. Agricul- 

 ture. Columbus, Ga, July 25, 64. B.S. Ala. 

 Polytech, 86, M.S, 87. Asst. prof, agr, Tennes- 

 see, 87-89; principal. North Ala. Agr. Sch, 89- 

 91; asst. agriculturist. Ark. Exp. Sta, 91-97; 

 prof, agr, Arkansas, 97-04; agron, Clemson, 04- 

 08; agr, N. C. Col, 08-19; adviser agr, Fed. Vo- 

 cational Educ. Board, 19-20; N. C. state farm, 

 20-21; asst. ed, 'Prog. Farmer,' 21- Institute 

 lecturer. Cotton and cow-pea breeding. 



Newman, Prof. H(oratio) H(ackett), University 

 of Chicago, Chicago, 111. *Zoology. Near Seale, 

 Ala, March 19, 75. A.B, McMaster, 96; fellow, 

 Chicago, 98-00, 04-05, Ph.D, 05. Instr. biol. 

 and chem, Culver Mil. Acad, Culver, Ind, 00- 



04; sool, Mich, 05-08, asst. prof, elect, 08; 

 prof, Texas, 08-11; assoc. prof, Chicago, 11-17, 

 prof, 17-, dean, colleges of science, 15- Instr. 

 zool. Woods Hole, 06, physiol. staff, 09. A.A; 

 Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool. General physiology; ex- 

 perimental evolution; animal behavior;' phy- 

 logeny of the chelonian carapace; respiration of 

 the heart; process of heredity in fish hybrids; 

 habits of tortoises; spawning behavior of fish; 

 hermaphroditism in fish; the process of heredity 

 in fish hybrids; behavior of Texas lizards; varia- 

 tion and heredity in armadillo; oogenesis and 

 parthenogenesis in armadillo; teleost hybridol- 

 ogy and teratology; eehinoderm hybridology; 

 biology of twins. 



Newman, Prof. P(orter) J(oseph), 914 Leaven- 

 worth St, Manhattan, Kans. Chemistry. Os- 

 good, Ind, Feb. 28, 86. B.S, Franklin (Ind), 08, 

 M.S, 10. Asst. chemist, Indianapolis Board of 

 Health, 06-07; asst. chem, Franklin (Ind), 07- 

 08; Kansas State, 08-10, instr, 10-12, asst. prof, 

 12-17, assoc. prof, 18- 'A.A; Chem. Soc; Elee- 

 trochem. Soc. Rare earths; proteins. 



Newsom, Prof. J(ohn) F(lesher), Palo Alto, 

 Calif. Geology, Mining. Elizabethtown, Ind, 

 Sept. 6, 69. A.B, Indiana, 91; A.M, Stanford, 

 92. Ph.D, 01. Instr. geol, Indiana, 95-96, asst. 

 prof, 96-98; mining, Stanford, 99-01, assoc. 

 prof, 01-09, prof, 09-10. Asst. geologist. Ark, 

 91-93. A.A; Soc. Nat; Geol. Soc; Min. Eng; 

 Min. and Metal. Soc; Calif. Acad; fel. London 

 Geol. Soc. Geology of the Santa Cruz mountains 

 of California. 



Newson, Mrs. H. B. (Dr. Mary W(inston), Wash- 

 burn College, Topeka, Kans. Mathematics. For- 

 reston. 111, Aug. 7, 69. A.B, Wisconsin, 89 ; fel- 

 low, Bryn Mawr, 91-92; fellow by courtesy, 

 Chicago, 92-93; Ass. Col. Alumnae fellow, 95; 

 Ph.D, Gottingen, 96. Instr. math. Fox Lake, 

 Wis, 89-91; high sch, St. Joseph, Mo, 96-97; 

 prof, math, Kansas State, 97-00; asst. prof, 

 Washhurn, 13- Math. Soc; Math. Ass. Her- 

 mite's form of Lamp's differential equation; 

 Rieman's theory of differential equations. 



Newton, Alfred James, 1070 Harvard St, Ro- 

 chester, N. Y. Chemistry. London, England, 

 Nov. 14, 73. London. Principal, London Co. 

 Council Sch. Photograving and Lithog, 02- 

 12; supt, engraving dept, Eastman Kodak Co, 

 12- Optical Soc; Chem. Soc; Royal Photog. 

 Soc. Photomechanical reproduction. 



Newton, Prof. H(oward) D(ouglas), Storrs, Conn. 

 Chemistry. Stockbridge, Mass, Jan. 14, 81. 

 B.S, Boston, 04; Ph.D, Yale, 08. Asst. chem, 

 Yale, 05-08; in charge, chem. dept. Conn. Col, 

 08- A.A; Chem. Soc. Titanium in analj-sis. 



Nice, Dr. L(eonard) B(laine), University of 

 Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Physiology. Marsh- 

 field. Ohio, May 1, 82. Ph.B, Ohio, 08; fellow, 

 Clark, 09-11, Ph.D, 11. Asst. physiol, Clark, 08- 

 11; instr. Harvard, 11-12; prof, Oklahoma, IS- 

 Soc. Nat; fel. Okla. Acad. (v. pres, 16, sec'y, 

 17-). Effect of alcohol, nicotin and caffein on 

 white mice; book disinfection; physiology of 

 respiration; tonus rhythms in diaphragm muscle. 



Nice, Mrs. Ii. B. (Margaret M(orse), Norman, 

 Okla. Biology, Psycholoqxi. Amherst, Mass, 

 Dec. 6, 83. A.B, Mt. Holyoke, 06; fellow, 



