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80; metallurgist, A. Whitney and Sons Car 

 "Wheel Works, 80-88; William Sellers Co, 88- 

 Lecturer indust. econ, Pennsylvania ; prof, metal, 

 Franklin Inst; John Scott Legacy medal and 

 premium; Elliott Cresson gold medal. Franklin 

 Inst. Molecular physics of iron. 

 Overbeck, Dr. R(obert) M(ilton), U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey, Washington, D. C. Geology. Bal- 

 timore, Md, Jan. 23, 87. A.B, Hopkins, 09, 

 fellow, 14-15, Ph.D, 15. With U. S. Geol. Surv, 

 13-20 ; private worlc, 20- Min. and Metal. Eng ; 

 Wash. Geol. Soc. Copper ores; geology and min- 

 eral resources of Alaska. 

 Overholser, Prof. E(arle) L(ong), University of 

 California, Berkelev, Calif. Pomology. Kansas 

 City, Mo, Dec. 19, 88. B.S.(Agr), Missouri, 

 13, fellow, 13-14, A.M, 14; Cornell, 14-16. 

 Asst bot, Missouri, 11-13; instr. pomol, Cornell, 

 14-17, asst. prof, 17-18; exchange prof, from 

 Cornell, California, 18-19, asst. prof, 19- A.A; 

 Soc. Hort. Sci. Susceptibility of host plant to 

 powdery mildews; color production in fruits; 

 pollination of apples; cold storage of fruits. 

 Overholts, Prof. L(ee) O(ras), Pennsylvania 

 State College, State College, Pa. Botany. Cam- 

 den, Ohio, June 23, 90. A.B, Miami, 12; Lack- 

 land fellow, Washington (St. Louis), 12-15, 

 Ph.D, 15. Instr. hot, Pa. State, 15-17, asst. 

 prof, 17-20, assoc. prof, 20- Field asst. forest 

 path, bur. plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, sum- 

 mer, 18. Bot. Soc. Taxonomy of the higher 

 fungi; forest pathology. 

 Overman, Dr. O (liver) R(alph), University of 

 Illinois, Champaign, 111. Chemistry. Windfall, 

 Ind, April 15, 86. A.B, Indiana, 10, A.M, 11; 

 Ph.D, Cornell, 17. Teaching fellow, Indiana, 

 10-11; asst. chem, Cornell, 11-15; prof. chem. 

 and geol, Huron, 15-17; assoc. dairy chem, Illi- 

 nois, 17-19, asst. prof, 19- A.A; Chem. Soc. 

 (councilor, S. Dak. sect, 16) ; S. Dak. Acad, 

 (second v. pres, 15). Electrodeposition of lead; 

 oxidation of hydrazin and ammonia; food values 

 and dairy products. 

 Overton, Prof. Ja(me)s B(ertram), University of 

 Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. *Botany. Richmond, 

 Mich, Dec. 23. 69. Ph.B, Michigan, 94; fellow, 

 Chicago, 00-01, Ph.D, 01; Bonn, 03-04. Senior 

 master math, St. John's Mil. Acad, Delafield, 

 Wis, 95-98; asst. bot, Chicago, summer, 00-01; 

 prof, biol, Illinois Col, 01-04; instr. bot, Wis- 

 consin, 04-07, asst. prof, 07-12, assoc. prof, 

 plant physiol, 12-15, prof, 15- A.A; Soc. Nat; 

 Bot. Soc; Ecol. Soc; Ass. Prof; Bot. Cent. 

 States; Wis. Acad; Int. Ass. Bot; Bot. Gesell. 

 Parthenogenesis and special problems in fertili- 

 zation; reduction divisions in flowering plants; 

 cytology of Ascomycetes; physiology of vascu- 

 lar plants. 

 Ovitz, Frank K(eehn), 313 Oliver St, Whiting, 

 Ind. Chemical engineering. Mineral Point, Wis, 

 May 17. 82. B.S, Michigan, 05. Instr. chem. 

 eng, Illinois, 06-07, chemist, Eng. Exp. Sta, 

 07-08 ; asst, chemist, fuel engineer and later 

 supt, U. S. Bur. Mines, 08-20; fuel engineer, 

 Standard Oil Co. of Ind, 20- Chem. Soc; Min. 

 Eng. Chemistry and utilization of fuels; pe- 

 troleum combustion. 



Owen, Prof. D(avid) A (lien), 200 S. State St, 

 Franklin, Ind. Biology. Worthington, Ind, 



Dec. 11, 52. A.B, Franklin, 78, A.M, 81. Instr. 

 nat. science, Franklin, 79-81, prof, biol, 85-09. 

 Bot. Cent. States; Ind, Acad, 



Owen, Prof. Fayette Tiraotliy, 1022 West St, Em- 

 poria, Kans. Chemistry. Lyndon, 111, April 11, 

 68. A.B, Doane, 96, A.M, 04; Columbia, 05, 

 Ph.D, 12. Teacher science, Franklin Acad, 

 Franklin, Nebr, 96-04; head, dept. science. 

 State Nor. and Training Sch, Potsdam, N. Y, 

 05-11 ; prof, chem, Emporia, 13- Chem. Soc. 

 Physical chemistry, 



Owen, Miss Juliette A, 306 N, Ninth St, St. 

 Joseph, Mo, Ornithology. St, Joseph, Mo. 

 Vassar, A,A; Ornith. Union; Mus. Ass; N. Y. 

 Acad; Wash. Acad; Wash. Biol. Soc. Ornith- 

 ology and botany of Missouri. 



Owen, Miss Luella Agnes, 306 N, Ninth St, St, 

 Joseph, Mo, Geography, Geology. St, Joseph, 

 Mo, Pub. and private instruction. Mem. Int. 

 Congresses Geog. and Geol. A.A; Am. Geog. 

 Soc; Forestry Ass; Soc. de Speleologie. Origin 

 and deposition of loess; evidence of early man 

 in the Missouri River valley; value of the Mis- 

 souri and its tributaries for transportation; 

 caves and other evidence supporting the theory 

 of geyser action; land snails in loess of China, 

 America and Europe; the causes, consequences 

 and control of floods of the Missouri River. 



Owens, Dr. A(lbert) W(affle), 75 Magazine St 

 Cambridge, Mass. Metallurgy. B.S, Bucknell 

 09; Ph.D, Illinois, 18. Instr. science, Indiana 

 09-11; chem, Illinois, 11-13; science, high sch 

 Bisbee, Ariz, 13-15; chem, Illinois, 15-17; phys 

 ical chemist, Bur. Standards, 18-20; tech. re 

 search lai, U. S. Smelting, Eef. and Min. Co, 

 Boston, Mass, 20- Chem. Soc. Atomic weight 

 of samarium; preparation of pure aluminum 

 and of iron-carbon-manganese alloys. 



Owens, Prof. C(liarles) E(lmer), Oregon Agricul- 

 tural College, Corvallis, Oregon. Botany. ClayCo, 

 Ind, Nov. 26, 77. A.B, Indiana, 10, A.M, 11. 

 Teacher, pub. schools, Ind, 06-10; teaching fel- 

 low, Indiana, 10-12; instr. bot. and plant path, 

 Oregon Col, 12-16, asst, prof, 16-20, assoc. prof, 

 20- A.A; Bot. Soc; Phytopath. Soc. Plant 

 pathology. 



Owens, Prof. F(rederick) W(illiam), 110 West- 

 burne Lane, Ithaca, N. Y. Mathematics. Rock- 

 well City, loAva, Nov. 18, 80. B.S, M.S, Kan- 

 sas, 02, fellow, 02-03; Ph.D, Chicago, 07. 

 Instr. m^th, Northwestern, 05-07; Cornell, 07- 

 15, asst. prof, 15- A.A; Math. Soc; Math. Ass; 

 Physical Soc; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. Foun- 

 dations of geometrj-; applied mathematics. 



Owens, Dr. Robert Bowie, Franklin Institute, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Electrical engineering. Grad, 

 Charlotte Hall Mil. Acad, Md; Hopkins; E.E, 

 Columbia, 91, A.M, 99, John Tj-ndall fellow; 

 B.Sc. M.Sc, D.Sc, McGill. Prof, elec and steam 

 eng, Nebraska, 91-98; elec. eng, McGill, 98-09; 

 elec. engineer. Southern Power Co, 09-10; sec'y, 

 Franklin Institute, 10- Director, elec. and ma- 

 chine building, Trans-Miss. Exhibit, 98; mem. 

 jury of awards, Columbian Expos, 93; La. Pur- 

 chase Expos, 04; delegate. Int. Elec. Cong, Chi- 

 cago, 93; St. Louis, 04; major, Sig. C; chief, 

 intelligence div; chief sig. officer. Am. troops in 

 England, Sig. C, A.E.F; hon. companion, D. S. 

 Order. A.A ; Elec, Eng. (past v. pres) ; Phys- 



