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Potter, Dr, Paul D(avid), Sprague Warner and 

 Co, Chicago, 111. Chemistry. Webster Oity, 

 Iowa, Sept. 20, 85. A.B, Wisconsin, 08, A.M, 

 10; Ph.D, Chicago, 12. Instr. chem, Pa. State, 

 06-10, asst. prof, physical chem, 11-12; chief 

 chemist, Sprague Warner and Co, IS- Chem. 

 Soc. Compounds of alkali metals with tellu- 

 rium; equilibrium in the system water-arsenic 

 pentoxid. 



Potter, Dr. Peter, Murray Hospital, Butte, Mont. 

 Anatomy. Dade Co, Mo, Nov. 24, 75. B.S, Mis- 

 souri, 01, M.S, M.D, 03. Instr. biol, Acad, Co- 

 lumbia, Mo, 96-99; biol. and physics, high sch, 

 99-00; asst. anat, Missouri, 01-03; assoc. prof, 

 St. Louis, 03-07 ; practising surgeon, 07- Ass. 

 Anat; St. Louis Biol. Soc. Topography of the 

 thoracic and abdominal viscera (by the cross 

 section method) ; the Comfort test as a method 

 of refraction. 



Potter, W(iUiam) B(ancroft), General Electric Co, 

 Schenectady, N. Y. Electrical engineering. 

 Thomaston* Conn, Feb. 19, 63. High sch. With 

 E. H. Judd (machinist), Hartford, Conn, 81-87; 

 steam and elec. construction, Thomson-Houston 

 Elec. Co, 87-90, asst, ry. eng. dept, 90-95 ; chief 

 engineer, ry. dept, Gen. Elec. Co, 95- A. A.; 

 Elec. Eng; Mech. Eng; Civil Eng; Naval Archit. 

 and Marine Eng. Application of electrically 

 transmitted power to transportation. 



Potts, Dr. Charles S(ower), 2018 Chestnut St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Neurology. Philadelphia, 

 Jan. 30, B-i. M.D, Pennsylvania, 85. Assoc. 

 neur, Pennslyvania, 00-07 ; prof, Medico-Chirurg. 

 Col, Phila, 07-17; prof, Pennsylvania, 17- Neu- 

 rologist, Phila. Gen. Hcsp. Neur. Ass ; Am. Med. 

 Ass; Phila. Col. Physicians; Phila. Neur. Soc. 

 (past pres) ; Phila. Psychiat. Soc. (past pres). 

 Nervous and mental diseases; medical and sur- 

 gical electricity. 



Potts, Dr. Louis M(axwell), 463 West St, New 

 York, N. Y. Physics. Canonsburg, Pa, Oct. 

 30, 76. A.B, Washington and Jefferson, 96; 

 Ph.D, Hopkins, 00. Teacher, high sch, Wash- 

 ington, Pa, 96-97 ; student asst, Hopkins, 99- 

 00; elec. engineer, Eowland Telegraphic Co, 00- 

 02, constructing engineer, 02-04, chief engineer, 

 04-10; Universal Telegraphic Co, 10-15; Uni- 

 versal Machine Co, 15-20; engineer, Western 

 Elec. Co, 20- A.A; Physical Soc; assoc. Elec. 

 Eng, (sec'y, Baltimore sect, 09-20); Soc. de 

 Physique. Measurements of alternating currents 

 by the electrodynamometer; printing and ma- 

 chine telegraphs. 



Pound, Dr. Roscoe, Harvard University, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. *Botany. Lincoln, Nebr, Oct. 27, 

 70. A.B, Nebraska, 88, A.M, 89, Ph.D, 97, 

 LL.D, 13; Harvard Law Sch, 89-90; LL.D, 

 Michigan, 13; Chicago and Missouri, 16; Brown, 

 19; Harvard, 20. Asst. bot, Nebraska, 88-89; 

 director, Nebr. Bot. Surv, 92-03; judge. Supreme 

 Court, Nebr, 01-03 ; dean, col. of law, Nebraska, 

 03-07 ; prof, law. Northwestern, 07-09 ; Chicago, 

 09-10; Harvard, 10-15, dean, law sch, 15- Ed, 

 '111. Law Review,' 07-09. A.A; Bot. Soc: 

 Micros. Soc; Am. Bar Ass; Ecol. Soc; Ass. Prof. 

 Phytogeography. 



Povah, Prof. Alfred H(ubert) W(illiam), N. Y. 

 State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y, 

 Plant pathology. Detroit, Mich, March 25, 89. 



A.B, Michigan, 12, fellow, 1.5-16, Ph.D, 16. 

 Instr. bot, Michigan, 16-17 ; special lecturer 

 forest mycol, N. F. State Col. Forestry, Syra- 

 cuse, 17-18, asst. prof, forest hot, 18- Crypto- 

 gamic botanist, Mich. State Biol. Surv, summer, 

 14. A.A ; Bot. Soc ; Phytopath. Soc ; Forestry 

 Ass; Mich. Acad. Mucoraceae; forest pathol- 

 ogy; mycology. 



Powell, Dr. A(lfred) B-(ichard), U. S. Bureau of 

 Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. Chemistry. Athens, 

 Ohio, Feb. 1, 91. B.S, Kansas, 14; A.M, Ne- 

 braska, 15; Ph.D, Illinois, 18. Asst. chem, Ne- 

 braska, 14-15; Illinois, 15-18; asst. gas chemist, 

 V. S. Bur. Mines, 18, a^st. org. chemist, 19- 

 Second lieut, C.W.S, 18-19. Chem. Soc. Or- 

 ganic compounds in the soil; sulphur in coal. 



Powell, G(eorge) Harold, Consolidated Realty 

 Building, Los Angeles, Calif. Pomology. 

 Ghent, N. Y, Feb. 8, 72. B.S.A, Cornell, 95, 

 M.S. A, 96. Horticulturist and entomologist, 

 Delaware, 96-98, horticulturist, 98-01 ; asst. 

 pomologist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 01-04, pomologist 

 in charge fruit transportation and storage in- 

 vestigations, 04-09, asst. chief, bur. plant indust, 

 10; sec'y and manager. Citrus Protective League, 

 11-12; gen. manager, Calif. Fruit Growers Ex- 

 change, 12- In charge, perishable food div. 

 Food Ad, 17-19. Pomol. Soc; Soc. Hort. Sci. 

 Fruit storage, transportation and distribution. 



Power, Prof. Carleton E(lderkin), New York 

 State College for Teachers, Albany, N. Y. 

 Physics. Palmyra. N. Y, Feb. 28, 85. B.S, 

 Rochester, 08; Ph.D, Cornell, 15. Asst. instr. 

 physics, Cornell, 10-12, instr, 12-15 ; N. . State 

 Col. Teachers, 15-18, asst. prof, 18- Physical 

 Soc. Phosphorescence. 



Power, Dr. Frederick B(elding), Bureau of Chem- 

 istry, Washington, D.C. *Chemistry. Hudson, 

 N. Y, March 4, 53. Phila. Col. Pharmacy, 72- 

 74; Ph.D, Strasbourg, 80; LL.D, Wisconsin, 08. 

 In charge, chem. lab, Phila. Col. Pharmacy, 80- 

 83 ; prof, pharmaceut. chem. and mat. med, Wis- 

 consin, 83-92; director, laboratories, Fritzsche 

 Brothers, 92-96; Wellcome Chem. Research 

 Laboratories, London, 96-14; in charge, phyto- 

 chem. lab, hur. chem, U. S. Dept. Agr, 16- 

 Ebert prize, Am. Pharmaceut. Ass, 77, 02, 06; 

 gold medal, St. Louis Expos, 04; silver medal, 

 Liege, 05; gold medal and diploma of honor, 

 Milan Exhib, 06; gold medal, Franco-British 

 Exhib, 08; grand prize, Brussels Exhib, 10; 

 gold medal and diploma of honor, Turin Exhib, 

 11; Hanbury gold medal, London, 13. U. S. 

 delegate, Int. Cong, for Unification of Formulae 

 of Potent Medicaments, Brussels, 02. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust. (v. pres, 04-06) ; 

 Pharmaceut. Ass; hon. mem. Wis. Pharmaceut. 

 Ass; Wash. Acad. (v. pres, 18); hon. mem. 

 Phila. Col. Pharm; London Chem. Soc; hon. 

 mem. British Pharmaceut. Conf; Cliem. Gesell; 

 hon. mem. Soc. Royale Pharm. de Bruxellcs. 

 Phytochemistry ; essential and fatty oils. 



Powers, Dr. Charles A(ndrew), University Club, 

 Denver, Colo. Surgery. Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 2. 

 58. M.D, Columbia, 83; hon. A.M, Denver, 01. 

 Surgeon to out-patients, N. Y. and Chambers 

 St. Hospitals, N. Y. City, 85; attending surgeon, 

 St. Luke's and Gen. Mem. Hospitals, 92; St. 

 LuJce's and City Hospitals, Denver, 96-; prof. 



