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AMEBJCAX MEN OF SCIENCE 



Bacteriology; serology; immunologj' ; typhus 

 fever; epidemic meningitis; bacillary dysentery; 

 epidemic influenza. 



Olive, Dr. Edgar W(illiam), 904 Hume-Mansur 

 Building, Indianapolis, Ind. *Botany. Lebanon, 

 Ind, April 1, 70. B.S, Wabash, 93, M.S, 95; 

 A.M, Harvard, 97, Ph.D, 02. Instr. bot, Wabash, 

 93-95; sciences, high sch, Frankfort, Ind, 95- 

 96; bot, Harvard and Eadcliflfe, 97-03; research 

 asst, Carnegie Institution, Bonn, 03-04; Wis- 

 consin, and res. lecturer, bot, 04-06; prof, S. 

 Dak. Col, and state botanist, S. Dak, 07-12; 

 curator, Brooklyn Bot. Garden. 12-20. A.A; 

 Bot. Soc. (v. pres, 17) ; Phytopath. Soc. 

 Acrasieae; mitotic division of the nuclei of the 

 Cyanophyceae; morphologA- of Monascus purpu- 

 reus; Entomophthorcae; Empusa; slime molds; 

 sexual fusions in rusts. 



Oliver, Prof. Jean (Redman), 1246 Lombard St, 

 San Francisco, Calif. Pathology. Watsonville, 

 Calif, Aug. 19, 90. A.B, Stanford, 11. M.D, 14. 

 Instr. path, Stanford, 14-16; asst. path, and 

 bacter, Eockefeller Inst, 16-18, assoc, 19; assoc. 

 prof, path, Stanford, 19- Major, M.C, A.E.F, 

 17-18. Soc. Exp. Biol. 3Iammalian spermo- 

 genesis; experimental nephritis and hemochro- 

 matosis; nephrolysins ; precipitins; antibody 

 production; oxidizing ferments. 



Oliver, Dr. Wade W(right), Long Island Medical 

 College, Brooklyn, N. Y. Bacteriology. Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, Aug. 30, 90. A.B, Michigan, 12; 

 M.D, Cincinnati, 15. Asst. bacter, Cincinnati, 

 11-15; with Eockefeller Int. Health Foundation, 

 16; prof, bacter. L. I. Col. Hosp, 17- A.A; 

 Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. Bact; Am. Med. Ass. 

 Bacterial adaptation to diminished oxygen ten- 

 sion; actinomycosis; sprue. 



Olivier, Prof. Charles P(ollard), Leander Mc- 

 Cormick Observatory, University of Virginia, 

 Charlottesville, Va. Astronomy. Charlottes- 

 ville, April 10, 84. A.B, Virginia, 05, A.M, 08, 

 Ph.D, 11; California, 09-10. Vanderbilt fellow 

 and instr, Virginia, 05-09; fellow and asst, Lick 

 Observatory, 09-10; prof, astron. and physics, 

 Agnes Scott Col, 11-14; adj. prof, astron, Vir- 

 ginia, 14- Volunteer observer, U. S. Naval 

 eclipse exped. to Spain, 05; Yerkes Observatory, 

 summer, 13; master computer, ordnance dept, 

 18-19. A.A; Astron. Soc; Meteorol. Soc; fel. 

 Eoyal Astron. Soc; Soc. astron. de France; Bur. 

 Cent. Meteor; Soc. astron. d'Anvers. Double 

 stars; meteors; radial velocities; stellar paral- 

 lax; variable stars. 



Olmstead, L(ewis) B(ertie), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Physics. Cam- 

 bridge, Nebr, Feb. 26, 84. B.S, Nebraska, 09, 

 A.M, 11. Asst. physics, Nebraska, 09-11; a.ssoc. 

 prof, math. State Nor. Sch, Peru, Nebr, 11-12; 

 asst. Bur. Standard.s, 12-13; soil physicist, bur. 

 soils, U. S. Dept. Agr, IS- A.A; Physical Soc; 

 Chcm. Soc. Optics; soil physics. 



Olmsted, Dr. James Montrose Duncan, Univer- 

 sity of Toronto, Toronto, Can. Physiology. 

 Lake City, Iowa, May 21. 86. A.B, Middleburv, 

 07; Rhodes scholar, Oxford, 08-11, B.A, 11, 

 M.A, 14; A.M. Harvard, 18, Ph.D. 20. V. prin-- 

 cipal, high sch. Spring Valley, N. Y, 07-08; 

 prof, biol. Shorter, 11-12; assoc. prof, Eich- 

 mond, 12-15; asst. zool, Harvard, 15-18, 19-20; 



assoc. physiol, col. med, Illinois, 20; asst. prof, 

 Toronto, 20- Physiology of the sense organs; 

 regeneration. 



Olney, Prof. L(ouis) A(twell), Lowell Textile 

 School, Lowell, Mass. Chemistry. Providence, 

 E. I, April 21, 74. B.S, Lehigh, 96, M.S, 08. 

 Instr. chem. Brown, 96-97; prof. chem. and 

 head, dept. textile chem. and dyeing, Loioell Tex- 

 tile Sch, 97-; pres, Stirling Mills, 12- Chemist, 

 Board Health, Machine Shop, and Gas Light Co, 

 Lowell; contributor, 'Century Diet'; ed. con- 

 tributor, 'Textile World Eecord'; ed, tech. sup- 

 plement, 'Am. Dyestuff Eeporter,' 20- A.A; 

 Chem. Soc. (past pres, New Eng. sect, assoc. ed, 



. 'Abstracts'); Soc. Chem. Indust; Chem. Eng; 

 Cotton Mfg. Ass; Soc. Dyers and Colorists. 

 Petroleum; distillation of coal and coal tar; 

 textile coloring; textile fibers; physics of color; 

 theory of textile coloring; fastness of dyes. 



Olsen, Prof. J(ohn) C(harles), 316 Argyle Eoad, 

 Brooklyn, N, Y. * Chemistry. Galesburg, 111, 

 July 22, 69. A.B, Knox, 90, A.M, 93 ; Hopkins, 

 94, fellow, 99-00, Ph.D, 00; Chicago, 97. 

 Teacher physics and chem, high sch, Jerseyville, 

 111, 90-91; Ipava, 111, 91-94; Chicago, 111, 95- 

 98; prof anal, chem, Brooklyn Polytech, 00-14; 

 prof. chem. and head of dept, Cooper Union, 14- 

 18; prof. chem. eng, Brooklyn Polytech, 18- 

 Lecturer anal, chem, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and 

 Sciences, 00-; Pratt Inst, 00-06. Chem. Soc; 

 Chem. Eng. (sec'y, 08); N. Y. Chemists Club; 

 Chem. Gesell. Compounds of manganese; anal- 

 ytical methods; vapor tension of crystals; 

 preparation of pure standard salts; case harden- 

 ing of steel with gases. 



Olshausen, Prof, Geo(rge) Il(obert), 2732 Hille- 

 gass Ave, Berkeley, Calif. Physics. St. Louis, 

 Mo, Nov. 1, 68. b.E, Washington (St. Louis), 

 90; Ph.D, Berlin, 01. Asst. engineer. Union 

 Depot E. E. Co, St. Louis, 90-91, chief engi- 

 neer, 91-95; mech. engineer, Wm. Wharton, 

 Jr. and Co, Phila, 95-96; asst. prof. mech. eng. 

 Armour Inst, 01, prof, physics, 01-02; mech. and 

 elec. engineer, Lichter and Jens, St. Louis, 02- 

 03; instr. physics, Cornell, 03-07; asst. prof, 

 theoret. and elec. eng, Worcester Polytech, 07- 

 11; asst. physicist, assoc. engineer physicist 

 and later engineer physicist, Bur. Standards, IS- 

 Physical Soc. Unipolar rotation ; theory of 

 radiant heat; cathode rays; coaxial solenoids. 



Olson, Geo(rge) A(lfred), 607 California St, Pull- 

 man, Wash. Chemistry. Chicago, 111, Dec. 11, 

 74. B.S.A, Wisconsin, 02, M.S, 08. Asst. chem- 

 ist. Wis. Exp. Sta, 02-08; instr. agr. chem, Wis- 

 consin, 03-08; asst. chemist. Wash. Exp. Sta, 

 08-10, chemist, 10-12, head, div. agr. chem, 12- 

 State chemist. Wash, 16-; federal collaborating 

 chemist, 16- A.A ; Chem. Soc. (chairman, sec 'y 

 and councilor, Intermountain sect); Agr. Chem; 

 Soc. Agron; Ass. Food Chemists; Soc. Milling 

 and Baking Tech; Inst. Inventors. Enzymes; 

 foods; fertilizers; insecticides; fungicides; pre- 

 servatives; antiseptics; soils; dust explosions. 



O'Neill, Prof. Edmond, University of California, 

 Berkeley, Calif. Chemistry. Na.shville, Tenn, 

 Dec. 13', 58. Ph.B, California, 79; Strasbourg, 

 80-87. Instr. chem, California, 79-86, asst. 

 prof, 88-90, assoc. prof, 90-07, prof, inorg. 

 chem, and dean, col. chem, 07-; director of lab- 



