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goitre; surgery of peripheral nerves; local anes- 

 thesia. 

 Porter, Prof. C(harles) W (alter), Berkeley, Calif. 

 Chemistry. Morgan. Utah, May 16, 80. B.S, 

 Utah Col, 05; A.M, Harvard, 09; Ph.D, Califor- 

 nia, 15. Prof, cliem, Utah Col, 07-17; asst. 

 prof, California, 17-20, a^soe. prof, 20- Chem. 

 Soc; Utah Aead. 



Porter, Prof. Dwight, 149 Hawthorne St, Maiden, 

 Mass. Engineering. Hartford, Conn, Aug. 28, 

 55, Ph.B, Yale, 80. Special agent on ^vater 

 power reports, tenth census. 80-83; instr. math, 

 Mass. Inst. Tech, 83-85, civil eng, 85-87, asst. 

 prof, 87-90, assoe. prof, 90-96, prof, hydraul. 

 eng, 96- Civil Eng; Eng. Educ; New Eng. 

 "Water Works Ass; Boston Soc. Civil Eng. Hy- 

 draulic and sanitary engineering. 



Porter, Prof. Eugene L(yman), 1353 E. Ninth St, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. Physiology. Springfield, Mass, 

 May 10, 81. A.B, Harvard, 04, Ph.D, 12, re- 

 search fellow, 12-13; A.M, Michigan, 08. Asst. 

 prof. nat. science, Transylvania, 04-06; prof, 

 Adrian, 06-07; asst. zool, Michigan, 07-08; 

 teaching fellow physiol, Harvard, 08-12; instr, 

 Simmons, 13-15; Pennsylvania, 15-18; asst. 

 prof. Western Reserve, 18- A. A; Physiol. Soc. 

 Reflex irritability of the Spinal cord. 



Porter, F(red) B(aker), 1109 Samuels Ave, Ft. 

 Worth, Tex. Chemistry. Eldora, Iowa, Sept. 

 24, 81. B.S, Kansas, 02, Ch.E, 06. Asst. chem- 

 ist, SAvift and Co, Chicago, 02-06; chemist. 

 Sewage Purification Works, Fort Worth Tex, 

 06-07; Swift Fertilizer Works, 07-12; pres. Ft. 

 Worth Laboratories, 12- Chem. Soc. Industrial 

 and engineering chemistry ; sewage works ; 

 pebble phosphate rock ; acid chamber operation ; 

 commercial fertilizer. 



Porter, Mrs. G. Q. (Dr. Ethel Chamberlain), 320 



Migeon Ave, Torrington, Conn. Psychology. 

 Chicago, 111, Jan. 14, 85. A.B, Lombard, 06; 

 fellow, Bryn Mawr, 08-09; Chicago, 09-11, 

 Ph.D, 11. Instr. psychol, Lombard, 0.5-06. 

 Child psychology; tests; Purkinje phenomenon. 

 Porter, Harry F(rank), 636-640 E. State St, 

 Trenton, N. J. Electrical engineering. Trenton, 

 N. J, Feb. 28, 94. E.E, Princeton, 16. See 'y, 

 Pyroelectric Instrument Co, 16-20; treas. and 

 worTcs manager, Ajax Electrothermie Corp, 20- 

 Eleetrochcm. Soc. Measurement of high tem- 

 perature; thermionic control of electrical and 

 mechanical apparatus; fusion of refractory ma- 

 terials; electrical precision apparatus. 



Porter, H(olbrook) F(itz) J(ohn), Fifth Avenue 

 Building, New York, N. Y. Industrial engineer- 

 ing. New York, Feb. 28, 58. M.E, Lehigh, 78. 

 Engineer, Delamater Iron Works, 78-82; N. J. 

 Steel and Iron Co, 82-84; engineer and supt, 

 Columbia, 84-90; asst. chief, mech. dept, Co- 

 lumbian Expos, 90-94; sales manager, Beth- 

 lehem Steel Co, 94-01 ; v. pres. and gen. man- 

 ager, Westinghouse Nernst Lamp Co, 01-04; 

 consulting indust. engineer, 04- Lecturer 

 metal, of iron and steel, several technical 

 schools, 94-98 ; business administration. Harvard 

 and N. Y. Univ; investigator social hygiene, 

 Eussell Sage Foundation, 10; expert fire preven- 

 tion, N. Y. State Factory Invest. Commission, 

 14. Sec'y, organizing committee, Int. Cong. 



Test. Mat, 12. Mech. Eng; Franklin Inst ; Acad. 

 Polit. and Social Sci; N. Y. Efficiency Soc. 

 (founder and sec'y, 12-). Cost accounting and 

 business administration in factories. 



Porter, Dr. Horace C(hamberlain), 1833 Chestnut 

 St, Phihidelphia, Pa. Chemistry. Urbana, 111, 

 July 13, 76. A.B, Illinois, 97, B.S, 99, M.S, 00 ; 

 A.M, Harvard, 01, Ph.D, 03. Chemist, Solvay 

 Process Co, Syracuse, N. Y, 03-06; research 

 chemist, fuel investigations, U. S. Bur. Mines, 

 07-15; The Koppers Co, 15-17; capt, ordnance 

 dept, 17-19 ; consulting chemist and chem. engi- 

 neer, 19- Chem. Soc; Soc. Test. Mat; Am. Gas 

 Inst. Organic chemistry; orthobenzoquinone; 

 chemistry of fuels; destructive distillation of 

 coal ; coking and by-products. 



Porter, Dr. J(ames) P(ertice), Clark College, Wor- 

 cester, Mass. Psychology. Hillsboro, Ind, Sept. 

 23, 73. A. B, Indiana, 98, A.M, 01 ; hon. fellow, 

 Clark, 03-04, Ph.D, 05; Sc.D, Waynesburg. 17. 

 Teacher, high sch, Veedersburg, Ind, 93-94; 

 principal, Kentland, 95-97; teacher science, 

 Streator, 111, 98-00; instr. psychol, Indiana, 00- 

 03; Clarlc Col, 03-07, asst. prof, 07-12, prof. 

 12-, acting dean, 09-10, dean, 10-; instr. psychol, 

 Clark, 10- Instr. neur, biol. sta, Indiana, sum- 

 mers, 01-03, lecturer educ. psychol, 08, 14, 17; 

 Columbia, 13 ; Wash. State, 15.' Mem. Int. Zool. 

 Cong. A. A; Psychol. Ass. Instinct in spiders; 

 psychology of the English sparrow and other 

 birds; intelligence tests of high school and col- 

 lege students; effect of social experience on per-y 

 ception and judgment; multiple choice methods 

 of measurement. 



Porter, Prof. James Temple, University of Ten- 

 nessee, Knoxville, Tenn. Physics. Bath Co. Va, 

 Sept. 29, 73. A.B, Randolph-Macon, 95, A.M, 



' 98; fellow, Hopkins, 04-05,, Ph.D, 05. Student 

 asst. physics, Hopkins, 03-04; instr, Williams, 

 05-06; adj. prof, physics and astron, Randolph- 

 Macon Woman's Col, 06-08; assoc. prof, Ten- 

 nessee, 08-10, prof. 10-, asst. dean, 19. Selec- 

 tive reflection in the infra-red spectrum. 



Porter, Prof. J (ermain) G(ildersleeve), Cincinnati 

 Observatory, Cincinnati, Ohio. * Astronomy. 

 Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 8, 52. A.B, Hamilton, 73, 

 A.M, 76, hon. Ph.D, 88; Berlin, 73-74. Asst. 

 prof, astron, Hamilton, 75-78; with U. S. Coast 

 and Geod. Surv, 78-84; director, Cincinnati Ob- 

 servatory, aiul prof, astron, Cincinnati, 84- 'As- 

 tron. Jour.' comet prize, 94. Astron. Soc; 

 Wash. Acad. Proper motion of stars; motion of 

 the solar system in space; variation of latitude; 

 comet orbits. 



Porter, Prof. J(ohn) B(onsall), 130 IMcTavish St, 

 Montreal, Can. Mining engineering. E.M, Co- 

 lumbia, 82, Ph.D, 84; hon. Sc.D, Cape Town, 

 05. Instr. mining and mech. eng, Cincinnati, 

 84-87; mining and railroad engineer, 88-95; 

 prof, mining eng, McGill, 96-, chairman, faculty 

 applied science, 18-20. Min. Eng; Civil Eng; 

 Can. Inst. Eng. (pres) ; Can. Min. Inst. (v. pres) ; 

 Can. Eng. Standards Ass. (mem. exec, com- 

 mittee) ; British Inst. Civil Eng; British Inst. 

 Min. Eng; British Inst. Min. and Metal. Ore 

 dressing and concentration; local problems in 

 economic geology ; theoretical considerations un- 

 derlying the mechanical separation of minerals; 

 engineering education; coal resources of Canada. 



