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AMEEIC'AX MEN OF SCIENCE 



U. S. Dept. Agr, 17-18; botanist to Nether- 

 lanrls Govt, Buitcmorg, IS- Asst. prof, plant 

 path, Cornell, 17. A.A; Phytopath. Soc; In- 

 disch. Natur. Confj. Diseases of Irish potato; 

 diseases of Para rubber. 



Rane, F(rank) W(illia)m, G Beacon St. Boston, 

 Mass. Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry. 

 Whitmore Lake, Mich, Dec. 11, 68. B.Agr, 

 Ohio State, 91 ; M.S, Cornell, 92. Horticulturist 

 and mycologist, W. Va. Exp. Sta, 92-93; prof, 

 agr. and hort, and horticulturist to Exp. Sta, 

 West Virginia, 93-95 ; N. H. Col, and Exp. Sta, 

 95-98, prof, hort, 98-01, hort. and forestry, 

 01-06; state forester, Mass, 06-20; agr. expert 

 and treas, East Coast Finance Corp, f-0~ Mass. 

 State Conservation Commission (chairman). 

 A.A; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; Soc. Hort. Sci; 

 Forestry Ass; Ass. Econ. Entom; Pomol. Soc. 

 Economic plant growth; plant depredations and 

 plant culture; utilizing waste lands by forest 

 growth; economic plant growth in agriculture, 

 horticulture and forestry. 



Eankin, George A(twater), Edgewood Arsenal, 

 Edgewood, Md. Physical chemistry. Ithaca, 

 N. Y, Oct. 7, 84. A.B, Cornell, 07. Asst. phys- 

 ical chemist, Cornell, 06-07; chemist, geophys. 

 lab. Carnegie Institution, 07-16; Pittsburgh 

 Plate Glass Co, 16-17; C.W.S, 17- Chem. Soc. 

 Application of physical chemistry to rock 

 magmas. 



Eaiikin, Prof. Walter M(ead), Princeton, N. J. 

 *Bio'ogy. Newark, N. J, Dec. 1, 57. A.B, 

 Williams, 79; M.S, Princeton, 84; Ph.D, 

 Munich, 89. Instr. biol, Princeton, 89-95, asst. 

 prof, 95-01, prof, invert, zool, 01-04, biol, 04- 

 Instr, Woods Hole, 90-95. A.A; Soc. Nat. 

 Morphology of mollusks; Crustacea; Echinoder- 

 mata; plant morphology. 



Rankin, Dr. W(lUiam) H(oward), St. Catha- 

 rines, Ontario, Can. Plant pathology. Rich- 

 mond, Ind, April 3, 88. A.B, Wabash, 10; fel- 

 low, Cornell, 10-12, Ph.D, 14. Asst. bot, Ohio 

 Exp. Sta, 08; Wabash Col, 09-10; state forest 

 pathologist, N. Y. State Conservation Commis- 

 sion, 12-13; instr. plant path, Cornell, 13-14, 

 asst. prof, 14-19; officer in charge, Dominion 

 Lab. Plant Path, 19- A.A; Phytopath. Soc. 

 Diseases of ginseng; Endothia caiiker of chest- 

 nut; internal therapy of trees; susceptibility 

 and immunity of plants to diseases; diseases of 

 orchard crops. 



Ransom, Dr. B(rayton) H(oward), Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, Washington, D. C. Zoology. 

 Missouri Valley, Iowa, March 24, 79. B.S, Ne- 

 braska, 99, A.M, 00, fellow, 01-02, Ph.D, 08; fel- 

 low, Missouri, 00-01 ; med. sch, George Washing- 

 ton, 02-04. Asst, div. zool, hygienic lab, Pub. 

 Health and Marine Hosp. Service, 02-03 ; asst. 

 in charge, zool. div, bur. animal indust, U. S. 

 Dept. Agr, 03-06, chief, 06- Asst. custodian, 

 U. S. Nat. Museum; IJ. S. Delegate, Seventh 

 Int. Zool. Cong; Fourth Int. Fishery Cong. 

 A.A; Soc. Zool; Soc. Trop. Med; Micros. Soc; 

 hon. mem. Vet. Med. Ass; Wash. Acad; Wash. 

 Biol. Soc; Wash. Entom. Soc; cor. mem. Soc. 

 de Path. exot. Parasitology, particularly nema- 

 todes and cestodes. 



Ransom, Dr. Ja(me)s H(arvey), 43 Bvron Ave, 

 Detroit, Mich. Chemistry. Chazy, N. Y, Sept. 



21, 01. B.S, Wabash, 90, A.M, 93; Ph.D, Chi- 

 cago, 99. Asst. chem, Wabash, 90-93 ; prof, 

 Chicago Manual Training Seh, 93-97; lecture 

 asst, Chicago, 97-00; instr, Purdue, 00-02, as- 

 soc. prof, 02-08, prof. gen. chem, 08-18; prof, 

 chem. and director, chem. lab, Vanderbilt, 18- 

 19; director chem. research, Michigan Smelting 

 and Bef. Co. 7.9- Prof, chem, Chautauqua, 01, 

 02. A.A; Chem. Soc; Ind. Acad, (sec'y, 07- 

 09) ; Ind. Sci. Ass. Molecular rearrangement of 

 o-aminophenyl carbonate ; isomeric hydrazones 

 of benzoin; chemical action by electric waves; 

 catalytic actions. 



Ransome, Dr. F(rederlck) L(eslie), U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey, Washington, D. C. *Geology. 

 Greenwich, England, Dec. 2, 68. B.S, Cali- 

 fornia, 93, fellow, 93-95, Ph.D, 96. Asst. miner, 

 and petrog, Harvard, 96-97; asst. geologist, U. 

 S. Geol. Surv, 97-00, geologist, 00- Special lec- 

 turer ore deposits, Chicago, 05; Silliman lec- 

 turer, Yale, 13; assoc. ed, 'Econ. Geol'; treas, 

 Nat. Research Council. Nat. Acad, (treas) ; 

 A.A; Geol. Soc; Min. and Metal. Eng; Wash. 

 Acad. (v. pres, 10, pres, 19) ; Wash. Geol. Soc. 

 Mineralogy; petrography; economic geology in 

 connection with gold, silver, lead and copper de- 

 posits in western United States. 



Ranson, Prof. S(tephen) Walter, 2421 S. Dear- 

 born St, Chicago, 111. "'Anatomy. Dodge Cen- 

 ter, Minn, Aug. 28, 80. B.S, Chicago, 02, fel- 

 low, 03-05, Ph.D, 06, M.D, Rush Med. Col, 07. 

 Assoc, anat. Northwestern, 08-09, as,st. prof, 09- 



10, assoc. prof, 10-11; prof, and head of dept, 

 J2~ A.A; Ass. Anat; Physiol. Soc. Spinal 

 nerves and ganglia; sympathetic nervous sys- 

 tem; pyridine-silver stain; vasomotor reflex 

 .^rcs; regeneration of peripheral nerves. 



Ranum, Prof. Arthur, 3 Central Ave, Ithaca, N. 

 Y. ^Mathematics. La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 13, 

 70. A.B, Minnesota, 92; Cornell, 93-95, fellow, 

 95-96; fellow, Chicago, 96-97, Ph.D, 06. Prof, 

 math, and astron, Washington (Seattle), 97- 

 04 ; instr. math, Wisconsin, 04-05 ; asst, Stan- 

 ford. 05-06; instr, Cornell, 06-10, asst. prof. 

 10- Prof, math, Chicago, summer, 16. A.A; 

 Math. Soc. (assoc. ed, 'Bui,' 09-13, 'Trans,' 13- 

 19) ; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. N-dimensional 

 geometry; linear groups; non-Euclidean geom- 

 etry; differential geometry. 



Rapp, Dr. I(saiah) M(arch), Missoula, Mont. 

 Physics. Warren Tavern, Pa, Nov. 22, 77. A.B, 

 Ur.sinus, 03 ; Ph.D, Chicago, 15. Instr. physics, 

 Ursinus, 04-09, asst. prof, 09-10, prof, and head 

 of dept, 10-15; asst. prof, Oklahoma, 15-19, 

 acting head of dept, 16-17, 18-19; assoc. physi- 

 cist. Bur. Standards, 19-20; asst. prof, physics 

 and acting head of dept, Montana, SO- Act- 

 ing head, Okla. State Bur. Standards, 16-17. 

 A.A; Physical Soc. Viscosity of air. 



Rasmussen, Dr. A(ndrev?) T(heodore), 977 14th 

 Ave, S. E, Minneapolis, Minn. Neurology. 

 Spring City, Utah, Aug. 10. 83. A.B, Brigham 

 Young, 09; Chicago, summers, 08, 11, 13; Ph.D, 

 Cornell, 16. Instr. biol, Brigham Young, 09- 



11, head of dept, 11-13; asst. physiol, Cornell, 

 13-14, instr, 14-16; neur, Minnesota, 16-18, 

 asst. prof, 18-19, assoc. prof, 19- A.A; Physiol. 

 Soc; A.SS. Anat; Ass. Int. Secretions; Ass. Prof. 

 Changes in blood, nerve cells, mitochondria, hy- 



