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AMEKICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Pulling, Prof. Howard E(dward), 201 Weston 

 Road, Welleslcy, Mass. Botany. Wausau, Wis, 

 Feb. 3, 86. A.B, Beloit, 10; fellow, Wisconsin, 

 12-13. Ph.D, 15. Instr. bat, Wisconsin, 13-15; 

 Hopkins, 15-19; asst. prof, WeUesley, 19-20, 

 a^soc. prof. 20- Research asst. hot, desert lab, 

 Carnegie Institution, summer, 13. A.A; Bot. 

 Soc. Plant physiology; capillary water in soils; 

 sunlight; growth in plants. 



Pumpelly, Prof. Raphael, Newport, R. T. ^Geology. 

 Owcgo, N. Y, Sept. 8. 37. Private schools; Royal 

 Sch. Mines, Freiberg. 56-60; LL.D, Princeton. 20. 

 Geologist, Japanese Govt, 60-63 ; special commis- 

 sioner, Chinese Govt, 64; prof, mining geol. Har- 

 vard, 66-75; chief div, U. S. Geol. Surv, 79-81; 

 director, North Transcontinental Surv, 81-84; 

 chief div, U. S. Geol. Sun-, 84-90; conductor, 

 archeol. and physiographic explor. to Cent. Asia, 

 Carnegie Institution, 03-04. ^tate geologist, 

 Mich, 70-71 ; director, Mo. Geol. Surv, 71-73. 

 Int. Geol. Cong. (v. pres, 91). Nat. Acad; A.A; 

 Geol. Soe. (pres, 05); Ass. Geog; Am. Acad; 

 Philos. Soe; N. Y. Acad; cor. fel. Edinburgh 

 Geol. Soe; cor. mem. Berlin Gesell. fiir Erd- 

 kunde; etc. Physical geography; archeologj-; 

 archeology and physiography of Central Asia. 



Pimnett, Dr. P(ercy) W(ithers), 170 Spring St, 

 Rochester, N. Y. Chemistry. Rochester, N. Y, 

 Oct. 25, 89. B.S, Rochester, 11; A.M, Colum- 

 bia, 12, fellow, 14-15, Ph.D, 15. Prof, chem, 

 West. Maryland, 15-16; chem. pathologist, Belle- 

 vue Hosp, 16-17; research chemist, Butterworth- 

 Judson Corp, 17-20; Rochester Button Co, 20- 

 Chem. Snc; Columbia Biochem. Ass. Biological 

 and food chemistry; dyes and intermediates. 



Pupin, Prof. M(ichael) I(dvorsky), Columbia Uni- 

 versity, New York, N. Y. "Physics. Idvor, Hun- 

 gary, Oct. 4, 58. A.B, Columbia. 83, hon. Sc.D, 

 04; Ph.D, Berlin, 89; LL.D, Hopkins, 17. Instr. 

 math, physics, Columbia, 90-91, adj. prof, mech, 

 91-01, prof, clcctromech, 01- Director Phoenix 

 Research Lab, 11. Hubert prize, Paris Acad. 16. 

 Nat. Acad; A.A; Physical Soe. (assoc. cd, 

 'Bui'); Math. Soe; assoc. mem. Elec. Eng. (v. 

 pres, 97-00) ; Philos. Soe; Am. Acad; fel. N. Y. 

 Acad. Electrical discharges through rarefied 

 gases; electrical resonance; wave propagation 

 over non-uniform conductors; energy loss in 

 weak and variable magnetic fields; rotation of 

 conductors in alternating magnetic field. 



Purdy, Prof. Ross C, Dover Manufacturing Co, 

 Dover, Ohio. Ceramic engineering. Jasper, 

 N. Y, March 3, 75. Cer.E. Ohio State, OS. 

 Chemist and asst. supt, Mosaic Tile Co, 99-01 ; 

 chemist and foreman, glazing and burning de- 

 partments, Roseville Pottery Co, 01-02; asst. 

 ceramics, Ohio Slate, 02-05; instr, Illinois, 05- 

 07; asst. prof, clayworking and ceramics, Ohio 

 State, 07-08, assoc. prof, ceramic eng, OS 09, 

 prof, 09-11; director research laboratories, Nor- 

 ton Co, 11-19; con.<tulting ceramic engineer, 19 ; 

 V. pres. and asst. gen. vtanager, Dover Mfg. Co, 

 19- Ceramist, 111. Geol. Surv, 05-07. Ceramic. 

 Soe. (v. pros, 07, pres, 09). Glazes and bodies 

 used in white ware manufacture. 



Puryear, Prof. Charles, College Station, Tex. 

 Mathematics. Boydton. Va, Oct. 21, 60. A.M, 

 Richmond, SI; B.S, C.E, Virginia, 85; LL.D, 

 Daniel Baker. Teacher, high sch, Bellevue, Va, 



82-83; McGuire's Sch. Richmond, Va, 85-86; 

 high sch, Markham, Va, 86-88; instr. math, 

 Michigan, 88-89; assoc. prof, civil eng. and 

 physics, Tex. Col, 89-90, prof, math, 90-, dean, 

 07- A.A; Eng. Educ; Tex. Acad. Trigonom- 

 etry. 

 Pusey, Dr. WiUiam Allen, University of Illi- 

 nois Medical School, Chicago, 111. Dermatology. 

 Elizabethtown, Kx, Dec. 1, 65. A.B, Vander- 

 bilt, 85, A.M, 86;'M.D. N. Y. Univ, 88. Prof. 

 dermat, vied, dept, Illinois, 9415, emcr. prof, 

 15- Am. Med. Ass. (treas) ; Dermat. Ass. 

 (pres). Dermatology; the therapeutic applica- 

 tions of X-rays. 



Putnam, Edward K(irby), Academy of Sciences, 

 Davenport, Iowa. Archeology. Scott Co, Iowa, 

 Nov. 17, 68. A.B, 111. Col," 91; Chicago; A.M, 

 Harvard, 99. Instr, Stanford, 01-06; acting 

 director, Davenport Acad, 06- A.A; Archeol. 

 Inst; Ass. Mus; Anthrop. Ass; Folk-lore Soe. 

 American archeology. 



Putnam, George R(ockwell), U. S. Lighthouse 

 Service, Washington, D. C. Engineering. Dav- 

 enport, Iowa, May 24, 65. B.S, Rose, 90, M.S, 

 95. Connected with Z7. S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 

 90-10, commissioner of lighthouses, 10- Di- 

 rector, coast surveys, Philippine Islands, 00-06, 

 Civil Eng; Wash. Acad; Wash. Eng. Soe. 



Putnam, H(enry) S(t. Clair), 100 Broadway, New 

 York, N. Y. Electrical engineering. Daven- 

 port, Iowa, July 8, 61. LL.B, Iowa, 82; B.S, 

 Rose, 86, M.S, 04, E.E, 06. Treas, Thomson- 

 Houston Carbon Co, 87-92; manager, Am. Car- 

 bon Co, 92-95 ; consulting engineer, 95- A..\ ; 

 Elec. Eng; Davenport Acad. Electrification of 

 railways; electric operation of canals; conserva- 

 tion of power resources; water power resources. 



Putnam, Prof. John J(acob), University of Oregon 

 Medical School, Portland, Oregon. Bacteriology. 

 Gibbon, Nebr. Feb. 20, 73. B.S, Denver, 04, 

 A.M, 05; fellow, Chicago, 06-08; Ph.D. Ne- 

 braska, 14. Asst. bacter, Nebraska, 10-11, instr, 

 11-12, adj. prof, 13-14; assoc. prof, Idaho, 14- 

 15, prof, and head of dept, 15-19; med. .<<ch, 

 Oregon, 21- Bacteriologist. Idaho Exp. Sla, 

 14-19. A.A. Bacteria of Nebraska soil; soils 

 of Idaho. 



Putnam, Prof. T(homas) M(ilton), University of 

 California, Berkeley, Calif. Mathematics. Peta- 

 luma, Calif, May 22. 75. B.S, California. 97, 

 fellow, 97-98, M.S, 99; fellow, Chicago, 00-01, 

 Ph.D, 01. Asst. 7nath, California, 98-99; instr, 

 Texas, 90-00; California, 01-07, asst. prof, 07- 

 14, assoc. prof, 14-19, prof, 19- Math. Soe; 

 Math. Ass. Theory of groups; theory of num- 

 bers. 



Putnam, Dr. W(illis) S(umner), University of 

 llliiiois. Urbana, 111. Phiisical chemistry. Graf- 

 ton. Mass, Feb. 21, 68. B.S, Worcester, 89; 

 Ph.D, Hopkins, 15. Prof, chem. Woman's Col. 

 of Del, 15-16; instr. i)hysical chem. applied 

 chem. and metallog. Cooper Union, 16-20; asst. 

 prof, applied chem, Illinois, 20- Instr. metallog, 

 Brooklyn Poly tech, 19-20. Chem. Soe. Con- 

 ductivity and ionization of solutions. 



Pyle, Prof. L(indley), Washington University, 

 St. Louis, Mo. Physics. Kennett Square, Pa, 

 April 20, 79. A.B, Michigan, 01, A.M, 02. 



