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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Orr, William, 397 Main St, Winchester, Mass. 

 Geology. Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 16, 60. A.B, 

 Amherst, 83, A.M, 90. Principal, Hopkins Acad, 

 Hadley, Mass, 83-85; Smith Acad, Hatfield, 

 Mass, 85-88; teacher science, high sch, Spring- 

 field, 88-00, principal, 00-10; deputy commis- 

 sioner of educ, Mass, 10-16; educ. sec'y, Int. 

 Y. M. C. A. Committee, 16- Curator, Museum 

 Nat. Hist, Springfield, 94-10. A.A. Geology 

 of western Massachusetts; extinct volcanoes of 

 Mt . Tom and Mt. Ilolyoko ; physiography of 

 Holyoke Range; terraces of Connecticut River 

 and of Westfield River; glacial formation of 

 western Massachusetts. 



Orrok, Greo(rge) A(lexander), Willimantic, Conn. 

 Mechanical engineering. Dorcestcr, Mass, July 

 3, 67. Sch. Mechanic Arts, 93-85; Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 85-88. Teacher, pub. schools, Bridge- 

 water, West Springfield, Easthampton, Mass, 88- 

 90; manual training, Ogden Mil. Acad, 90-91; 

 Utah Col, 91-92; draftsman and engineer, F. S. 

 Pearson, 92-98; N. Y. Edison Co, 98-16; con- 

 sulting engineer, 16- A.A; Mech. Eng. (sec'y, 

 gas power sect, 07-14, manager, 12-15) ; Civil 

 Eng; Min. Eng; Naval Archit. and Marine Eng; 

 Franklin Inst; Conn. Soc. Civil Eng; Brooklyn 

 Eng. Club (pres, 10). Heat transmission; 

 power development; air and helium at low tem- 

 peratures. 



Ortmann, Dr. A (mold) E(dward), Carnegie Mu- 

 seum, Pittsburgh, Pa. ^Zoology, Paleontology. 

 Madgeburg, Germany, April 8, 63. Jena and 

 Kiel, 82-86; Ph.D, Jena, 86; Sc.D, Pittsburgh, 

 11. Asst. bot, Jena, 85-86; paleont, Strasbourg, 

 86-87, first asst, zool. museum, 87-94; curator 

 invert, paleont, Princeton, 94-03, asst. physical 

 geog, 01-03 ; curator invert, sool, Carnegie Mu- 

 seum, OS-; prof, physical geog, PittsJjurgh, 10- 

 Mem. sci. exped. to E. Africa, 90-91; Princeton 

 exped. to N. Greenland, 99. A.A; Soc. Nat; 

 Ass. Mus; Ecol. Soc; Philos. Soc; Zool. Gesell. 

 Invertebrates; corals; cephalopoda; bryozoans; 

 crustaceans; geographical and geological distri- 

 bution; general zoogeography; distribution of 

 invertebrates with reference to geological history 

 of the earth ; theory of evolution. 



Orton, Prof. C(layton) E(oberts), State College, 

 Pa. Plant pathology. E. Hardwick, Vt, April 

 1, 85. B.S, Vermont, 09; M.S, Purdue, 15; Co- 

 lumbia, 16-17. Agent, IT. S. Dept. Agr, 09-10; 

 asst. plant path, Wisconsin, 10 ; asst. botanist, 

 Ind. Exp. Sta, 10-12; asst. prof, bot. Pa. State, 

 13-16, assoc. prof, 16-18, plant path, 18-19, 

 prof, 19-; asst. botanist, Exp. Sta, 13-18, jAant 

 pathologist, 18- Collaborator, plant disease 

 surv, U. S. Dept. Agr, 13-; sec'y, committee 

 plant path, Nat. Research Council, 19-; trustee, 

 Crop Production Inst, 20- A.A; Phytopath. 

 Soc. (mem. advisory board, sec'y, 19-) ; Bot. 

 Soc; Forestry Ass; Potato Ass; Ind. Acad. 

 Diseases of cultivated plants; plant disease 

 control; ITredin.iIes; Dothideales. 



Orton, Prof. Edward, Jr, 788 E. Broad St, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. Ceramic engineering. Chester, N. Y, 

 Oct. 8, 63. E.M, Ohio State, 84. Director, dept. 

 ceramic eng, Ohio State, 94-16, and dean, col. 

 eng, 02-15; manufacturer. State geologist, 

 Ohio, 99-06; lieut. col, motor transport corps, 

 17-19; D. S. medaly 19. A.A; Eng. Educ; 



Ceramic Soc. (sec'y, 99-17). Industrial prob- 

 lems in the various silicate industries; the 

 standardization of paving brick tests; pyro- 

 metric cones. 

 Orton, Dr. Samuel T(orrey), University of Iowa, 

 Iowa Citv, Iowa. Psychiatry. Columbus, Ohio, 

 Oct. 15, 79. B.S, Ohio State, 01; M.D, Pennsyl- 

 vania, 05; A.M, Harvard, 06. Pathologist and 

 clin. director, Worcester State Hosp, Mass, 10- 

 14- instr. neuropath, Harvard, 13; scientific di- 

 rector. Pa. Hosp, Phila, 14-19; prof, psychiat, 

 Iowa, and director, State Psychopathic Hosp, 

 19- Lecturer neur, Clark, 13, 15. Ass. Path, 

 and Bact; Neur. Ass; Medico-Psychol. Ass; 

 Psychopath. Ass. Neuropathology. 



Orton, Dr. W(miam) A (lien), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. * Vegetable 

 pathology. North Fairfax, Vt, Feb. 28, 77. 

 B.S, Vermont, 97, M.S, 98, Sc.D, 15. Asst. bot- 

 anist, Vt. Exp. Sta, and instr. bot, Vermont, 9/- 

 99 ; pathologist in charge cotton, truck and for- 

 age crop disease investigations, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 99- V. chairman, fed. hort. hoard. Ed, ' Phyto- 

 pathology,' 18-20. A.A; Phytopath. Soc. (pres, 

 18-20); Bot. Soc; Wash. Bot. Soc. Parasitic 

 fungi of Vermont; fungicides; diseases of 

 plants; wilt diseases of plants; diseases of cot- 

 ton and truck crops; breeding of disease re- 

 sistant plants. 



Osbom, Prof. Frederick A(rtliur), University Sta- 

 tion, Seattle, Wash. Physics. Tecumseh, Mich, 

 March 3, 71. Ph.B, Michigan, 96, 00-02. Asst. 

 physics, high sch, Saginaw, Mich, 90-91; mstr, 

 high sch, Ann Arbor, 93-96; prof, Olivet, 96-02; 

 prof, and director, physics laboratories, Wash- 

 ington (Seattle), 02- A.A; Physical Soc; fel. 

 Ilium. Eng. Soc. Thickness of liquid films; 

 Abbe-Pulfrich interferometer; diffraction grat- 

 ing; index of refraction of liquids. 



Osbom, Prof. H(enry) F (airfield), American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, New York, N. Y. 

 *Vertebrate paleontology, Comparative anatomy. 

 Biology. Fairfield, Conn, Aug. 8, 57. A.B, 

 Princeton, 77, Sc.D, 80, LL.D, 02; Royal Col. 

 Sciences (under Huxley), 79; Cambridge (under 

 Balfour), 79, hon. Sc.D, 04; LL.D. Trinity 

 (Conn), 01; Columbia, 07; hon. Ph.D, Chris- 

 tiania, Norway, 11. Asst. prof. nat. science, 

 Princeton, 81-83, prof. comp. anat, 83-90; Da 

 Costa prof, biol, Cohmbia, 90-95, zool, 95-10, 

 research prof, 10-, dean, faculty of pure science, 

 92-95; curator vert, paleont. Am. Museum Nat. 

 Hist, 91-10, hon. curator, 10-, asst. to pres, 99- 

 01, v. pres. and trustee, 01-08, pres, 08-; verte- 

 brate paleontologist, U. S. Geol. Surv, 00- Pa- 

 leontologist, Can. Geol. Surv, 00-04; director, 

 Brearley Sch. for Girls, 94-19, pres, 01-18; 

 elector. Hall of Fame, 10-; trustee, Kahn 

 Foundation for Foreign travel of Am. Teachers, 

 11-; N. Y. Pub. Library, 12-18. Gold medal, 

 Nat. Inst. Social Science, 13; Haydcn medal, 

 Phila. Acad. 14; Gaudry medal, Soc. g6ol. 

 do France, 18; Darwin medal, Royal Geol. 

 Soc, 18; Culluni medal. Am. Geog. Soc, 19; 

 Commander Order of the Crown, Belgium, 19. 

 Nat. Acad, (councilor, 06, trustee, 13) ; A.A. (v. 

 pres, 92) ; Soc. Nat. (pres, 91) ; Soc. Zool. 

 (pres, 91); Geol. Soc; Paleont. Soc. (pres, 

 04) life fel. Am. Geog. Soc; Philos. Soc. (coun- 



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