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draftsman, eng. sect, Nat. Researcli Council, 18. 

 Astron. Soc; Pacific Astron. Soc; Mech. Eng. 

 (chairman, Los Angeles sect, 17) ; Franklin 

 Inst. Photography and spectroscopy of nebulae 

 and clusters; ellipticitv of globular clusters; 

 raoon and planets; rotation of spiral nebulae; 

 precision instruments. 



Pease, Herbert D(odge), 39 W. 38th St, New 

 York, N. y. Bacteriology, Hygiene. Boston, 

 Mass, Oct. 25j 70. M.B, Toronto, 93; Hopkins, 

 93-94, fellow, 94-95. Res. pathologist, Thomas 

 "Wilson Sanitarium for Children, Baltimore, 94; 

 first asst. bacteriologist, Dept. Health, Phila, 

 95-98; bacteriologist, N. Y, State Path. Lab, 

 Buffalo, 98-00; instr. bacter, Sheffield Sei. Sch, 

 Yale, 01; director, antitoxin hygienic lab, N, 

 Y. State Dept. Health, Albany, 01-09; consult- 

 ing 'bacteriologist and hygienist, 09-; sanit. ex- 

 pert. Board Water Supply, N. Y. City, 10-16; 

 director, Lederle Laboratories, 09-18, Penf-e 

 Laboratories, 18- Adj. prof, bacter, Phila. 

 Polyclinic, 97; Int. Cong. Tuber, 08 (sec'y, N. 

 Y. state commission) ; Int. Cong. Hygiene and 

 Demog, 12, A. A; Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. 

 Bact; Ass. Tuber; Am. Med. Ass; Pub. Health 

 Ass. (recorder, lab. sect, 01-09, sec'y, sanit. 

 eng. sect, 11-17); New Eng. Water Works Ass; 

 N. Y. Acad. Med. Diphtheria and tetanus anti- 

 toxins and their standardization; bacteriology 

 of summer diarrheas of children; malignant 

 tumors; typhoid fever; sanitation of food sup- 

 plies; -water purification; effects of dyes and 

 chemical products on skin and tissue. 



Pease, Dr. V(iimie) A (rah), U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington. D. C. Botany. Blue 

 Earth, Minn. B.S, Puget Sound, 07; M.S. 

 Washington (Seattle), 16; Ph.D, Minnesota, 19. 

 Teaching fellow, Washington (Seattle), 14-16; 

 asst. bot, Minnesota, 16-20; microanalyst, bur. 

 chem, U. S. Dept. Agr, 20- A.A; Agr. Chem ; 

 Bot. Soc. Morphology; algae; economic plants; 

 evergreen leaves. 



Peaslee, W(lllis) D(hu) A(ine), 700 First Na- 

 tional Bank, Huntington, W. Va. Electrici'l 

 engineering. Grass Valley, Calif, June 19, 87. 

 A.B, Stanford, 09; E.E, Oregon Col, 16; di- 

 ploma, Paris, 19. Test, engineer, Gen. Elec. 

 Co, 10-11, asst. sales manager, 11-14; consult- 

 ing engineer and asst. prof. elec. eng, Oregon 

 Col, 14-17; elec. engineer, Jeff'cry-Dewitt In.su- 

 lator Co, 19-20, gen. manager, 20- With corps 

 engineers, A.E.F, and Am. Commission to Ne- 

 gotiate Peace, 17-19. Elec. Eng; Ilium. Eng. 

 Soc; Nat. Elec. Light Ass; Soc. Test. Mat; Soc. 

 des Ing. civils de France; Soc. fran^aise des 

 Elec. High voltage transmission; gas power; 

 hydraulics. 



Pechstein, Prof. L(ouis) A(ugTistus), University 

 of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y. Psychology. 

 Clinton, Mo, Oct. 30. 88. A.B, B.S, Missouri, 

 12; fellow, Chicago, 14-16, Ph.D, 16. Teacher, 

 pub. and nor. schools, 08-14 ; asst. psychol, Chi- 

 cago, 14-16 ; prof. psychoL and eduo. and head 

 of dept, Rochester, 16- Capt, Sanit. C, A. E. F. 

 A.A; Psychol. Ass; Soc. Col. Teachers Educ; 

 Rochester Acad. Educational psychology; motor 

 learning; mental tests; memory; retention. 



Peck, Prof. Frederick B(urritt), Lafayette Col- 

 lege, Easton, Pa, Geology, Mineralogy. Seneca 



Castle, N. Y, Aug. 9, 62. A.B, Amherst, 86; 

 Ph.D, Munich, 96. Teacher math, and science, 

 Tillotson Acad, Trinidad, Colo, 86-90, principal, 

 90-91 ; asst. geol, Amherst, 91-93 ; teacher geol, 

 Amherst and Smith, 93-94; prof. geol. and 

 miner, Lafayette, 97- A.A ; Geol. Soc. Crystal- 

 lography of bournonite; origin of tale and ser- 

 pentine; basal conglomerate and geology of ce- 

 ment belt in Lehigh and Northampton Counties, 

 Pennsylvania. 



Peck, Prof. Henry A(Uen), 220 Stratford St, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. Astronomy. Mexico, N. Y, 

 May 4, 63. A.B, Syracuse, 85, A.M, 88; Ph.D, 

 Strasbourg, 96. Instr. math, Dickinson Sem, 

 Williamsport, Pa, 85-87; Syracuse, 87-93, prof, 

 astron, 93-18, dean, col. liberal arts, 17- As- 

 tron. Soc; Astron. Gesell. Definitive orbits of 

 comets; meteoric astronomy. 



Peck, Prof. Morton E(aton), Willamette Univer- 

 sity, Salem, Oregon. Botany. La Porte City, 

 Iowa, March 12, 71. A.B, Cornell (Iowa), 95, 

 A.M, 11. Instr. biol, Marionville, 96-97; prof, 

 Ellsworth, 97-05; Iowa Wesleyan, 07-08; Wil- 

 lamette, 08- Bot. collector, British Honduras, 

 05-07. Bot. Soc; Cooper Ornith. Club; fel. 

 Iowa Acad. Taxonomy and distribution of seed 

 plants. 



Peck, S(amuel) S(todole), Alexander and Ball- 

 win, Honolulu, Hawaii. Chemistry. San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif, May 18, 70. B.S, California, 90, 

 Ph.G, 92; Tulane, 99. Chemist, Exp. Sta, Ha- 

 waiian Sugar Planters' Ass, 00-15; consulting 

 chemist, Alexander and Baldwin, Ltd, IJ^- A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Hawaiian Chem. Ass. (sec'y-treas). 

 Agricultural chemistry; manufacture of sugar 

 in Hawaii. 



Peckham, Mrs. Geo. W. (Dr. Elizabeth Gifford), 

 646 Marshall St, Milwaukee, Wis. Biology. 

 Milwaukee, Dec, 19, 54, A.B, Vassar, 76, A.M, 

 89; Ph.D, Cornell, 16. Entomology; instincts 

 of Hymenoptera; arachnology. 



Peckham, Prof. William C(lark), 132 St. James 

 Place, Brooklyn, N. Y, Physics. South Royal- 

 ston, Mass, Aug. 13, 41. A.B, Amherst, 67, A.M, 

 70. Principal, Leicester Acad, Mass, 67-68; 

 teacher math, and astron, Williston Sem, Mass, 

 68-70; prof, math, Adelphi Acad, 75-83; phys- 

 ics, 83-96, Adelphi, 96- On staff, 'Scientific 

 American,' 97-; lecturer. Board of Educ, N. Y. 

 City. A.A; Physical Soc; fel. Brooklyn Inst. 

 Electricity. 



Pedersen, Dr. Frederick M(alling), 452 W. 144th 

 St, New York, N. Y. Mathematical physics. 

 New York, Feb. 12, 69. B.S. Col. City of N. Y, 

 89; E.E, Columbia, 93; M.S, N. Y. Univ, 02, 

 Sc.D, 05. Asst. engineer, Crocker Wheeler Co, 

 93-99; tutor math. Col. City of N. Y, 99-02, 

 instr, 03-10, asst. prof, 10- Math. Ass. The 

 influence of molecular structure upon the inter- 

 n.il friction of gases. 



Peebles, Dr. Florence, Bryn Mawr, Pa, *Biology. 

 Pcwee Valley, Ky, June 3. 74, A,B. Goucher, 

 95; table at* Woods Hole, 95, room, 96, 97, 02, 

 14, 16, 17; Mary E. Garrett scholar, Br\-n Mawr, 

 95-96, fellow, 96-97, Mary E. Garrett European 

 fellow (Halle and Munich), 98-99, Ph.D, 00; 

 Am. Woman's table. Naples Zool. Sta, 98, 01, 

 07-13; Bonn, 05; Wiirzburg, 11; Freiburg, 13. 

 Student asst. biol, Bryn Mawr, 97-98; instr. 



