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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



summers, 16, 17. Lecturer physics. Alberta, 11- 

 12; instr, Iowa State, 12-17; prof, Mil. Col. of 



5. C, 17-18; Hedding, 18-19; asst. prof, Syra- 

 cuse, 19- A. A; Physical Soc; fel. Iowa Acad. 

 Electrification due to spraying; thermionics; 

 selenium. 



Pomeroy, William Cyrus, University of California, 

 Berkeley, Calif. Physics. Chicago, 111, Aug. 15,91. 

 B.S, California, 14. Supt, Univ. Apparatus Co, 

 14-18; asst. physics, California, 16-19, instr, 

 W- Physical Soc; Elec. Eng. Engineering; 

 electricity. 



Pond, Prof. F(rancis) J(ones), Stevens Institute, 

 Hoboken, N. J. Chemistry. Holliston, Mass, 

 April 8, 71. B.S, Pa. State, 92; Ph.D, Giittin- 

 gen, 96. Instr. assaying, Pa. State, 96-01, 

 metal, 99-01, asst. prof, assaying and chem, 01- 

 0.3; eng. chem, Stevens, 03-09, prof, and di- 

 rector, Morton Lab. of Chem, 09- A.A; Chem. 

 Soc. (V. chairman, N. Y. sect, 07-09). Organic 

 chemistry; chemistry of the terpenes; eugenol. 

 safrol, anethol and apiol. 



Pool, Prof. Raymond J(ohn), Station A, Lincoln, 

 Nebr. Botany. Wabash, Nebr. April 23, 82. 

 A.B, Nebraska, 07, A.M, 08, Ph.D, 13; Chicago, 

 summer, 08. Asst. hot, Nehrasha, 05-07, instr, 

 07-09, adj. prof, 09-10, asst. prof, and curator 

 of herbarium, 10-11, assoc. prof, 11-14, prof, 

 14-, head of dept, 15- Director. Nebr. Bot. 

 Surv, 07-; on staff, biol. sta, Michigan, 10. 

 A.A; Bot. Soc; Ecol. Soc; Torrey Bot. Club; 

 Soc. Foresters; Forestry Ass; Bot. Cent. States; 

 Nebr. Acad, (treas, 09, pres, 17); Wash. Biol. 

 Soc. Plant histology, ecologj' and physiology; 

 mycology; relations of industrial operations to 

 vegetation. 



Poole, Prof. J(ames) P(liimmer), 24 Prospect St, 

 Gloucester, Mass. Botany. Gloucester, May 



6, 89. B.S, Maine, 12; A.M, Harvard, 18. 

 Instr. hot, Washburn, 12-13; asst. Kansas State, 

 13-16; Austin teaching fellow, Harvard, 16-18; 

 asst. prof, Wyoming, IS- 



Poole, R(obert) Frank, New Jersey Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 

 Plant pathology. Gray Court, S. C, Dec. 2, 93. 

 B.S, Clemson,'l6; M.S, Rutgers, 18. Asst. plant 

 path, Clemson, 16-17; Butgers, 17- Celery dis- 

 eases; root rots of truck crops. 



Poor, Dr. Charles Lane, 35 E. 69th St, New York, 

 N. Y. *Astronomy, Astrophysics. Hackensack, 

 N. J, Jan. 18, 66. B.S, Col. City of N. Y, 86, 

 M.S, 90; Ph.D, Hopkins, 92. Instr. math. Col. 

 City of N. Y, 86-88; instr. and later assoc. and 

 assoc. prof, astron, Hopkins, 91-00; lecturer, 

 Columbia, 03-04, prof, 04-10, celestial mech, 10- 

 A.A; Astron. Soc; Math. Soc; Am. Acad; fel. 

 N. Y. Acad, (ed, 'Annals,' 01-); fel. Royal 

 Astron. Soc; Leipzig Astron. Gesell. Periodic 

 comet of 1889, 1896 and 1903; perturbations 

 due to elliptic figures of Jupiter; figure of the 

 sun and possible variations in its size and shape; 

 the photo-heliometer; tidal currents of the At- 

 lantic coast; simplified methods of navigation; 

 the lino of position computer; the motions of 

 Mercury. 



Poor, Prof. John M(errill), Shattuck Observatory, 

 Hanover, N. II. A.'itronomy. West Newbury, 

 Mass, Jan. 28, 71. A.B, Dartmouth, 97; fellow, 

 Princeton, 00-02, Ph.D, 04. Principal, high 



sch, Hanover, 97-98; instr. math, and astron, 

 Dartmouth, 98-00, astron, 02-05, asst. prof, 05- 

 15, assoc. prof, 15-17, prof, 17- A.A; Astron. 

 Soc; Math. Soc; Meteorol. Soc. Definite orbit of 

 comet 1900 b; orbits of asteroids; latitude of 

 Shattuck Observatory; orbit planes of double 

 stars. 



Poor, Prof. Vincent C(ollins), 930 Packard St, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Mathematics. Oketo, Kans, 

 Jan. 31, 76. A.B, Kansas, 01; M.S, Chicago, 07, 

 Ph.D, 15. Prof, math, Mont. Wesleyan, 01-02; 

 Sweetwater Mil. Col, 03-04; principal, high sch, 

 Osage, Kans, 04-05 ; La Porte, Ind, 05-06 ; 

 teacher math. State Nor. Sch, Oskosh, Wis, 06- 

 07; instr, Michigan, 07-16, asst. prof, 16- 

 Math. Soc. Theory of asymptotic series; vector 

 analysis; hydrodynamics. 



Popenoe, C(harles) H(olcomb), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Entomology. 

 Manhattan, Kans, June 7, 84. Washburn, 99- 

 00; B.S, Kansas State, 05. Asst. entomologist, 

 Ya. Truck Exp. Sta, 08; agent and expert, bur. 

 entom, U. S. Dept. Agr, 09-13, entom. asst, 13- 

 18, asst. entomologist, trucic crop insect investi- 

 gations, 18- A.A; Ass. Econ. Entom; Kans. 

 Acad; Wash. Entom. Soc; Wash. Biol. Soc; 

 Wash. Anthrop. Soc. Economic and biological 

 entomology; mammalogy. 



Popenoe, Paul, Thermal, Calif. Eugenics. Topeka, 

 Kans, Oct. 16, 88. Occidental; Stanford. Agr. 

 explorer on expeditions to Algeria, India and 

 Arabia, 11-13; ed, 'Jour, of Heredity,' 13-17; 

 law enforcement sec'y. Social Hygiene Ass, 19- 

 20, exec, sec'y. 20; manager, Trop. Date Co, 20- 

 Capt, Sanit. C, and director, sect, on vice and 

 liquor control; Commission on Training Camp 

 Activities, 17-19. A.A; Pomol. Soc; Oriental 

 Soc; Wash. Bot. Soc; Soc. Hort. de I'Alg^rie. 

 Plant and animal genetics; subtropical horticul- 

 ture; culture of the date palm; Arabic lan- 

 guage ; social hygiene. 



Popenoe, Wilson, Bureau of Plant Industry, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Botany. Topeka, Kans, March 9, 

 92. Pomona. Agr. explorer, on expeditions to 

 India, Arabia, Algeria, Brazil, West Indies, 

 Guatemala, Costa Eica, Columbia and Mexico, 

 office of for. seed and plant introd, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 13- A.A; Bot. Soc; Ecol. Soc; Pomol. 

 Soc; Wash. Bot. Soc; Fla. Hort. Soc; hon. mem. 

 Calif. Avocado Ass; Soc. Hort. de I'Algerie; 

 Soc. nat. d'Acclimatation de la France. Eco- 

 nomic botany; culture of tropical and subtrop- 

 ical fruits. 



Popp, H(enry) W(illiam), Pennsylvania State 

 College, State College, Pa. Botany. Mill- 

 vale, Pa, Nov. 19. 92. B.S, Pa. State; Carnegie 

 Inst. Tech. Asst. zool. and entom. Pa. State, 

 16-17; in charge biol. dept, Cent. State Nor. 

 Sch, Pa, 17-20; instr. bot. Pa. State, SO- A.A; 

 Bot. Soc. Plant patliology and physiology. 



Porter, Prof. C(harles) A (lien), 116 Beacon St, 

 Boston, Mass. Surgery. Cambridge, Mass, 

 Sept. 9, 66. A.B, Harvard, 88, A.M, M.D, 92. 

 Instr. surg, Harvard Med. Sch, 97-09, asst. prof, 

 09-16, prof. din. surg, 16- Surg. Ass; Soc. Clin. 

 Surg; Col. Surg; Am. Med. Ass; Soc. Cancer 

 Research: hon. mem. Am. Riintgen Ray Soc; 

 Int. Soc. Surg. X-ray carcinoma; exophthalmic 



