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Eickards, Burt E(ansom), N. Y. State Depart- 

 ment of Health, Albany, N. Y. Bacteriology, 

 Chemistry. Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 28, 76. 

 B.S, Mass. Inst. Tech, 99. Instr. anal. chem. 

 Textile Sch, Lowell, Mass, 99-00; first asst. 

 baeter. and chem, Boston Board of Health Lab, 

 00-05, director, 05-09; chief of laboratories, 

 Ohio Board of Health, 09-11; assoc. prof, 

 niunic. and sanit. dairying, Illinois, 11-12; asst. 

 director, biol. dcpt. Eli Lilly and Co, 12-15; de- 

 velopment dept, Eandall Faichney Co, 15-17; 

 asst. to deputy commi.'tfiioner. N. Y. State Bept. 

 of Health, 17-; ed, 'Puh. Health News'; 'Health 

 Officers' BuV ; 'Puh. Health Nur-fcs' BuL' 

 Ed, 'Am. Jour. Pub. Health,' 05-12. Pub. 

 Health Ass. Csec'y, lab. sect. 06-12) ; Soc. Bact; 

 Child HvRiene Ass. Public health; bacteriolog- 

 ical methods; morphology of bacteria; longevity 

 of B. tuberculosis in sputum; investigation of 

 methods of disinfection and their value; value 

 of shaking suspended sputum specimens; typos 

 and morphology of B. diphtheriae; methods of 

 digestion of suspected tubercular sputum speci- 

 mens. 

 Ricker, Maurice (G), U. S. Public Health Service, 

 Washington, D. C. Natttral science. Wataga, 111. 

 .Tulv 18, 69. B.S, Drake, 92. Teacher science, 

 high sch, Marshalltown, Iowa, 92-96; biol, Bur- 

 lington, 96-99, principal, 99-06; West High Sch, 

 Des Moines, 06-18; with Y. M. C. A, 18-19. in 

 charge, motion picture laboratories and sch. of 

 projection, int. committee, 19-20; asst. director 

 educ. work, U. S. Puh. Health Service, 20- 

 Lecturer, biol. sta, Montana, 01-06; photog- 

 rapher, TTniv. Iowa exped. to Barbados acd 

 Antigua, 18. A.A; fel. Iowa Acad; fel. St. 

 Louis Acad. Plankton in Montana lakes and 

 rivers; hydra and hydrachnids; ecology; physi- 

 ography; photography applied in biological 

 problems; motion-picture photography. 

 Bicker, Prof. N(atlian) Clifford, 612 W. Green St, 

 Urbana, 111. Architecture, Engineering. Ac- 

 ton, Maine. July 24, 43. B.S, Illinois, 72, 

 M.Archit, 77, hon. D.Archit, 00. Instr. archil, 

 Illinois, 73-75, asst. prof, 75-78, prof, 78-, dean, 

 col. of eng, 78-05. Pres, 111. Board of Exam- 

 iners of Architects, 99- Hon. mem. and fel. 

 Am. Inst. Archit; Eng. Educ; West. Soc. Eng; 

 111. Soc. Eng. and Surveyors; 111. Acad. His- 

 tory of architecture; architectural engineering; 

 graphic statics; economical design of roofs. 



Eicker, P(ercy) L(eroy), XT. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. Washington, D. C. Botany. Bruns- 

 wick, Maine, March 27, 78. B.S, Maine. 00, M.S, 

 01. Asst. biol, Maine, 01; sci. asst. agrost, U. 

 S. Dept. Agr, 01-05, asst, office of botanist, 0,5- 

 07, a^st. botanist taxon. and range investiga- 

 tions, 08-17, forage crop investigations, 17- 

 A.A; Bot. Soc; New Eng. Bot. Club; Wash. Bot. 

 Soc; Wash. Biol. Field Club; Portland (Maine) 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. Systematic mycology; grasses; 

 legumes; taxonomy of cullivated plants; synop- 

 sis of genera of cryptogams. 



Ricketts, Pres. Palmer C(hamberlaine), Troy, N. 

 Y. Mathematics. Elkton, Md, Jan. 17, 56. C.E, 

 Rensselaer, 75; hon. D.E, Stevens, 05; LL.D, 

 N. Y. Univ, 11. Instr. math, Rensselaer, 75-82, 

 asst. prof, 82-84, prof, rational and tech. mech, 

 84-, director, 92-, pres, 01- Consulting engi- 



neer, Troy and Boston R. R. and R. W. and O. 

 R. R; engineer. Pub. Improv. Commission, Troy, 

 N. Y. A.A; Civil Eng. (director. 99-01, v. 

 pres, 16); Mech. Eng; Min. and Metal. Eng; 

 Philos. Soc; British Inst. Civil Eng. Constants 

 of structural steel. 

 Eiddle, Prof. L(lncoln) W(are), University Mu- 

 seum, Cambridge, Mass. Botany. Boston, Mass, 

 Oct. 17, 80. A.B, Harvard, 02, A.M, 0.5, Ph.D, 

 06. Asst. hot, Harvard. 02, 05-06; instr, Wel- 

 lesley, 06-09, assoc. prof, 09-18, prof, 18-19; 

 asst. prof, crypt, hot. Harvard, 19- Ropes 

 mem. lecturer. Salem, Mass, 16, 17. A.A; Am. 

 Acad; New Eng. Bot. Club (pres, 17); Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. Fungi; lichens; lichen-flora of 

 Florida and the West Indies; North American 

 Arthoniaeeae. 

 Eiddle, Dr. Oscar, Cold Spring Harbor. N. Y. 

 "^Zoology, Physiology. Cincinnati, Ind, Sept. 

 27, 77. A.B, Indiana, 02; Ph.D, Chicago, 07. 

 Teacher biol. Training Sch. San Juan. P. R, 99- 

 01 ; physiol. Cent. High Sch, St. Louis. Mo, 03- 

 05; asst, Chicago. 04-07, assoc. 07-08, instr. 

 exp. therapeut. and zool, 08-10; investigator in 

 Europe. 10-11; research assoc. Carnegie Insti- 

 tution, 12-15. investigator, sta. for exp. evolu- 

 tion, 14- Nat. hist, exped. up Orinoco River, 

 01: with TT.S.A, 18-19. A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. 

 Zool; Physiol. Soc; Soc. Exp. Biol; Pub. Health 

 Ass; Ani. Acad. Med; 111. Acad; Wash. Acad. 

 Bionomic physiology; color development: physi- 

 ology of reproduction; the nature and functional 

 basis of sex. 

 Rider, Prof. Paul E(eece), Washington Univer- 

 sity, St. Louis, Mo. Mathematics. Independ- 

 ence, Mo, Oct. 14, 88. A.B, William Jewell, 09, 

 A.M. 10;- Yale, 14, Ph.D, 15. Instr. math, Shef- 

 field Sci. Sch, Yale, 15-16; Washington {St. 

 Louis), 16-18. asst. prof, 18- A.A; Math. Soc; 

 Math. Ass. (sec'y-trea.s. Mo. sect). Calculus of 

 variations. 

 Ridgway, R(obert), U. S. National Museum, Wash- 

 ington; D. C. ^Ornithology. Mount Carmel, 

 111, July 2, 50. Hon. M.S, Indiana, 84. Zoolo- 

 gist, U. S. Geol. exploration of 40th Parallel, 

 67-69; curator, div. of birds, V. S. Nat. Mu- 

 seum, 76- Mem. advisory council. World "s 

 Cong, Columbian Expos, 92. Mem. Int. Perma- 

 nent Ornith. Committee, Vienna, 85 ; Int. Ornith. 

 _C'ong, Budapest, 91; Walker prize, Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist, 13. Nat. Acad; A.A; fel. Ornith. 

 Union (v. pres, 84-01, 96-98, pres, 99-00) ; 

 Forestry Ass; hon. mem. Nuttall Ornith. Union; 

 Wash. Acad; Wash. Biol. Soc; Wash. Philos. 

 Soc; 111. Acad; hon. mem. Mich. Ornith. Club; 

 cor. mem. N. Y. Lyceum Nat. Hist; cor. mem. 

 Chicago Acad; cor. mem. Phila. Acad; cor. mem. 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; cor. mem. Boston Zool. 

 Soc; cor. mem. Davenport Acad; hon. mem. 

 Brookville (Ind) Acad; hon. mem. l\Iaywood 

 (111) Bird Club; hon. mem. Newton (Mass) Nat. 

 Hist. Soc; hon. mom. British Ornith. Union; 

 cor. mem. London Zool. Soc; hon. mem. Man- 

 chester (England) Lit. and Philos. Soc; hon. 

 mem. Australian Ornith. Union; hon. mem, 

 Ornith. Gescll. Ornithology, especially syste- 

 matic or technical; botany, principally geo- 

 graphic and with reference to that of the lower 

 Wabash Valley; ornithology of Illinois; no- 



