AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Pratt, Dr. L(ester) A(lbert), 303 Washington 

 St, Winchester, Mass. Chemistry. Manchester, 

 N. H, Aug. 2, 85. B.S, N. H. Col, 09, M.S, 11; 

 Ph.D, Pittsburgh, 13. Asst. chem, N. H. Col, 

 09-10, instr, 10-11; research chemist, Mellon 

 Inst, 13-16; director re.iearch lab, Merrimac 

 Chem. Co, Woiurn, Alass, 16- Chem. Soc; Elce- 

 trocheni. Soe. 



Pratt, Prof. L(yde) S(tuart), 22 Ziegler Tract, 

 Penns Grove, N. J. Chemistry. Strong. Maine, 

 Jan. 5, 90. A.B, Bowdoin, 12; Ph.D, Hopkins, 

 15. Asst. chem, Hopkins, 13-15; instr. org. 

 chem, Virginia, 15-16, adj. prof, chem, 16-17; 

 research chemist, E. I. duPont de Nemours and 

 Co, 17- Asst. state chemist, Maine, summer, 14. 

 A. A; Chem. Soc. Benzoic acid; thiocarhonilid. 



Pratt, Merritt B(erry), 821 Forum Building, 

 Sacramento, Calif. Forestry. Paw Paw, 111, 

 Oct. 3, 78. B.S, Chicago, 03; M.F, Yale, 05. 

 Forest asst, U. S. Forest Service, 05-09, deputy 

 forest supervisor, Tahoe Nat. Forest, Calif, 09- 

 14; asst. prof, forestry, California, 14-18; 

 deputy state forester, Calif, IS- Soc. Foresters. 

 Forest utilization; wood technology; fire pro- 

 tection. 



Preble, Edward A(lexander), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Ornithology, 

 Mammalogy. Somerville, Mass, June 11, 71. 

 High sch. Field naturalist and asst. biologist, 

 biol. surv, V. S. Dept. Agr, 9S- Mem. Ornith. 

 Union; Am. Geog. Soc; Soc. Mammal; Wash. 

 Bicrl. Soc. Biological investigation of the Hud- 

 son Bay, the Athabaska and Mackenzie regions, 

 Canada. 



Preble, Dr. Robert B, 30 Michigan Ave, N, Chi- 

 cago, 111. Medicine. Chicago, March 14, 66. 

 A.B, Michigan, 89, hon. A.M; M.D, Northwest- 

 ern, 91. Prof, med, Northioestern, 00- Cheva- 

 lier Legion d 'honneur. Am. Physicians; Am. 

 Med. Ass. 



Prentice, C(harles) F(rederick), Singer Building, 

 New York, N. Y. Optics. Brooklyn, N. Y, 

 June 24, 54. M.E, Royal Polytech, Karlsruhe, 

 Germany, 74. Special lecturer optom, Columbia, 

 10- Pres, N. Y. State Board of Examiners in 

 Optom, Univ. State of N. Y^, 08-; collaborator, 

 'Am. Ency. of Ophthal,' 13- Optical Soc; N. 

 Y. Optical Soc. (pres, 95, 96). Physical and 

 physiological optics. 



Prescott, Prof. Samuel C(ate), Massachusetts In- 

 stitute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Bio- 

 logical chemistry. South Hampton, N. H, April 

 5, 72. B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 94; Woods Hole, 

 96; Berlin and Copenhagen, 00. Asst. biol, 

 Mass. Inst. Tech, 95-96, instr, 96-03, asst. prof, 

 03-09, assoc. prof, 09-14, prof, 14-; acting head 

 of dept, 10. Instr. bactcr, Framingham Nor. 

 Sch, 98-03; Simmons, 03-11; director, Boston 

 Bio-Chem. Lab; major, Sanit. C, 17-19, lieut. 

 col, 20 ; in charge, div. dehydration, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 19-20; collaborator, ' Centralblatt fiir 

 Bakter. ' A. A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Bact. (v. pres, 

 sec'y; 06, 07, pres, 19, representative, Nat. Re- 

 search Council, 20); Chem. Soc; Soc. Chem. In- 

 dust; Am. Acad. Bacteriology, especially indus- 

 trial; water and food bacteriology; enzymes; 

 microbiology. 



Prescott, Dr. W(iUiam) H(erbert), 330 Hyde 

 Park Ave, Boston, Mass. Medicine. Concord, 



Mass. Aug. 30, 60. M.D, Harvard, 88. Asst. 

 supt, Boston City Hosp, 88-90 ; med. director, 

 Boston Pub, Inst, 96-97. Ass. Path, and Bact. 



Pressey, Dr. Henry A(lbert), 111 Broadway, New 

 York, N. Y. Hydraulic engineering. Lewis- 

 ton, Maine, Sept. 24, 73. B.S, George Washing- 

 ton, 93, Ph.D, 05; CE, Mass. Inst. Tech, 96. 

 Instr. civil eng, George Washington, 98-01, prof, 

 99-01; hydrographer, U. S. Geol. Surv, 98-00; 

 consulting engineer, 00- Consulting engineer, 

 N. Y. State' Water Supply Commission. 08. 

 Civil Eng; Elec. Eng; Forestry Ass. (director) ; 

 New Eng. Water Works Ass; Wash. Eng. Soc. 

 Hydrography; water powers in United States. 



Pressey, Dr. Sidney L(eavitt), 317 E. University 

 St, Bloomington, Ind. Psychology. Brooklyn, 

 N. Y', Dec. 28, 88. A.B, Williams, 12: A.M, 

 Harvard, 15, Ph.D, 17. Asst. psychologist and 

 intern. Psychopathic Hosp, Boston, 16-17: instr. 

 psychol, Indiana, 17- Psychol. Ass. Educa- 

 tional, physiological and abnormal psychology'; 

 mental tests. 



Preston, Dr. Carleton E(stey), H Danville St, 

 West Roxbury, Mass. Botany. Boston, Mass, 

 Nov. 21, 78. A.B, Harvard, 99, A.M, 00, travel- 

 ing fellow, 00-01, Ph.D, 02. As.st, dept. bot, 

 Harvard, 00, temporary asst, Gray Herbarium, 

 01 ; asst, Y'ale Forest Sch, 01-02 ; with Manning 

 Bros, landscape architects, Boston, 02-03; 

 teacher nat. sciences, high sch, Lawrence, Mass, 

 03-07; submaster, Bennett Sch, Boston, 07-08; 

 junior master biol. and chem, Cllarlesto^vn High 

 Sch, Boston, 08-11; biol, English High Sch, 

 Boston. 11- Temporary asst. micros, food anal. 

 Conn. Exp. Sta, 02. ' Structure of flowering 

 plants, especially desert vegetation. 



Pretz, Harold W(illiam), 368 Union St, Allen- 

 town, Pa. Botany. AUentown, Nov. IS, 77. 

 Pub. sch; hon. M.S, Muhlenberg, 14. A. A; Bot. 

 Soc: Ecol. Soc; Fern. Soc; Torrey Bot. Club; 

 Phila. Bot. Club. Pteridophytes; spermato- 

 phytes; flora of Lehigh Co, Pennsylvania; An- 

 tennaria canadensis. 



Price, Prof. H(arvey) L(ee), Blaeksburg, Va. 

 Horticulture. Prices' Fork, Va, March 18, 74. 

 B.S, Va. Polytech, 98, M.S, 00. Instr. hort, Va. 

 Polytech, 00-03, prof, and horticulturist, Va. 

 Exp. Sta, 03-, dean, agr. dept, 08- A.A; Soc 

 Hort. Sci; Pomol. Soc; Va. Hort. Soc. Phenol- 

 ogy; inheritance in vegetable hybrids. 



Price, Prof. H(omer) C(harles), Newark, Ohio. 

 Agricxdture. Newark, Feb. 13, 75. B.S, (Agr), 

 Ohio State, 97; M.S.A, Cornell, 99. Asst. hort, 

 Ohio State, 99-01, prof. hort. and forestry, 01- 

 03, prof, rural econ. and dean, col. agr, 03-15; 

 commercial apple orchardist, 15- Mem. board 

 agr, Ohio, 17-; chairman fed. milk conimissioTi, 

 Ohio, 18. Rural credit and cooperation in agri- 

 culture. 



Price, Dr. T(homas) M(alcolra), District Build- 

 ing', Washington, D. ('. Physiological chemistry. 

 Darlington, Md, April 11, 79. B.S, Md. Col, 

 99; M.S, George Washington, 00, Ph.D. 03. 

 Chemist, Md. Exp. Sta, 99-02; instr. chem, 

 George Washington, and biochem, med. sch, 02- 

 05, asst. prof, 05-09, prof, physiol. chem. 00-; 

 scientific asst. biochem, U. S. Dept. Agr, 02-08, 

 senior biochemist, 08-10, chemist in charge meat 



