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19; major, Q.M.E.C. Chem. Soc. Chemical 

 statics with reference to the salts composing 

 natural alkali; iron compounds; beryllium com- 

 pounds; natural alkali; lime and lime salts as 

 soil amendments; color and composition of, and 

 rare elements in soils; soil analysis; poison gas 

 shell filling; soil colloids; soil solution; composi- 

 tion of plant ash. 



Robinson, Miss Winifred J(osephine). Delaware 

 College, Newark, Del. Botany. Johnstown, 

 Mich, Oct. 17, 67. B.S, B.Pd, Michigan, 99, hon. 

 A.M, Mich. Nor. Col, 12; A.M, Columbia, 04; 

 Ph.D, 10. Instr. bot. training dept, Mich. State 

 Nor. Col, 93-95; biol, Vassar, 00-07; bot, 09- 

 13, asst. prof, 13-14; dean, Woman's Col. of 

 Del, 14- Research fellow, N. Y. Bot. Garden, 

 03. A.A; Soc. Nat; Bot. Soc; Fern Soc; Bryol. 

 Club; Inst. Social Sci; Torrey Bot. Club. Plant 

 morphology; taxonomy of Hawaiian ferns; life 

 history of Hymenophyllaceae. 



Robinson, Col. Wirt, U. S. Military Academy, 

 West Point, N. Y. Explosives, Natural history. 

 Buckingham Co, Va, Oct. 16, 64. Grad, U. S. 

 Mil. Acad, 87. Instr. French and Spanish, U. 8. 

 Mil. Acad, 91-92; mil. soience. Harvard, 94-98; 

 asst. prof. French and Spanish, U. S. Mil. Acad, 

 99-04, head, dept. explosives, sch. submarine 

 defense, 04-06, instr. chem, mirier, geol. and elec, 

 06-11, prof, 11- Mem. Ornith. Union. Analysis 

 and determination of high explosives, especially 

 of nitro-substitution compounds. 



Rock, Prof. Joseph F(rancis Charles), U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 Botany. Vienna, Austria, Jan. 13, 84. Vienna. 

 Botanist, Univ. of Hawaii, 11-19, prof. syst. 

 bot, 19 ; with office of foreign seed and plant 

 introdv.ction, U. S. Dept. Agr, W- Con- 

 sulting botanist. Board of Commissioners of 

 Agr. and Forestry, Honolulu, 11-; collaborator, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 13-14; mem. advisory com- 

 mittee. Exp. Sta, Hawaiian Sugar Planters Ass, 

 18- Bot. Soc; Torrey Bot. Club; Wash. Biol. 

 Soc. Phytogeography; Hawaiian trees and 

 plants. 



Rockwood, Prof. E(lbert) W(Llliam), Iowa City, 

 Iowa. Chemistry, Toxicology. Franklin, Mass, 

 July 4, 60. B.S, Amherst, 84, hon. A.M, 01; 

 Gottingen, 89; Strasbourg, 90-91; Leipzig, 92, 

 94; M.D, Iowa, 95; Ph.D, Yale, 04. Instr. 

 chem, Wesleyan, 84-86; Cornell, 86-87; chem- 

 ist, Hatch Exp. Sta, 88; prof. chem. and toxicol, 

 and head, dept. chem, Iowa, 88- Instr, Eng- 

 lish High Sch, Cambridge, Mass. A.A; Chem. 

 Soc; Soc. Biol. Chem; Chem. Gesell. Physio- 

 logical chemistry; adsorption; nutrition; uric 

 acid; enzyme action. 



Rodebush, Dr. Worth H(ufif), University of Cali- 

 fornia, Berkeley, Calif. Chemistry. Selden, 

 Kans, May 24, 87. A.B, Kansas, 12, A.M, 14; 

 Ph.D, California, 17. Asst. chem. engineer, U. 

 S. Bur. Mines, 18; chemist, U. S. Indust. Alco- 

 hol Co, 18-19; Nat. Research Council fellow, 

 California, .7,9- Chem. Soc. Freezing points of 

 solutions; low temperatures. 



Rodgers, Ralph C(hapman), 406 N. Cayuga St, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Physics. Binghamton, X. Y, July 

 13, 82. M.E, 'Cornell, 05, A.M, 08, Ph.D, 19. 

 Asst. instr. physics, Cornell, 05-06, in.'itr, 06- 

 A.A; assoc. mem. Physical Soc; Mech. Eng; 



Ilium. Eng. Soc. Resistance of the alkali met- 

 als and sodium amalgams at various low tem- 

 peratures. 



Rodman, Prof. W (alter) S(heldon), University, 

 Va. Electrical enginecrinq. Wakefield, R. I, 

 Sept. 1, 83. B.S, R. I. Col, 04, M.S, 07; Mass. 

 Inst. Tech, 09, Saltonstall fellow, 09-10. A.A; 

 Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ; Ilium. Eng. Soc. Tran- 

 sients in circuits with magnetic cores. 



Roe, Prof. E(dward) D(rake), Jr, 123 W. 

 Ostrander Ave, Syracuse, N. Y. *Mathematics, 



Astronomy. Elmira, N. Y, Jan. 4, 59. A.B, 

 Syracuse, 80; A.B, Harvard, 85, A.M, 86; Ph.D, 

 Erlangen, 98. Instr. math, acad. Media, Pa, 

 86-88; instr. pro tern, Harvard, 90; instr, Bos- 

 ton, 90-92; assoc. prof, Oberlin, 92-99; Syra- 

 cuse, 00-01, prof, 01-, director of oiscrvatory, 

 19- Research assoc, Yerkes Observatory, sum- 

 mer, 15. A.A; Math. Soc; Math. Ass; Astron. 

 Soc; Ass. Prof; Optical Soc; Ass. Teachers 

 Math. Middle States and Md ; Math, Verein; 

 Cireolo Mat. di Palermo; Soc. astron. de France. 

 Symmetric functions; invariants; discovery and 

 measurement of double stars; testing of ob- 

 .jectives; irreducible factors. 



Roe, Dr. J(osephine) R(obinson), 123 W. Ost- 

 rander Ave, Syracuse, N. Y. Mathematics. 

 Meredith, N. H. A.B, Oberlin, 94; hon. A.M, 

 Berca, 02; A.M, Dartmouth, 11; Ph.D, Syra- 

 cuse, 18. Principal, high sch, Laconia, N. H, 

 80-82; instr. math, Literary Inst, New Hamp- 

 ton, N. H, 82-90; Latin and math, and pre- 

 ceptress, Kimball Union Acad, Meriden, N. H, 

 94-97; dean of women, Berea, 97-07, prof, 

 math, 97-11. A.A; life mem. Math. Soc. Sym- 

 metric functions. 



Roe, Dr. Mabel L(ewis), 209 E. Broadway, Ana- 

 heim, Calif. Botany. Chicago, 111, March 24, 81. 

 A.B, Vassar. 03; M.S, Chicago, 14, fellow, 14- 

 15, Ph.D, 15. Instr. bot. and Latin, Faulkner 

 Sch. for Girls, Chicago, 111, 09-13;' bot, Car- 

 negie Inst. Tech, 16; asst. plant pathologist, 

 Ky. Exp. Sta, 19; seed analyst, Dickinson Seed 

 Co, 19 A.A; Bot. Soc; Phytopath. Soc; Ecol. 

 Soc. Reproduction in brown algae; accogynous 

 liverwort. 



Roebuck, Prof. John R(ansom), 2210 Hollister 

 Ave, Madison, Wis. Physics, Physical chemistry. 

 London, Ont, Sept. 23," 76. B.A, Toronto, 02, 

 Ph.D, 05. Lecturer physics, I^tcGill, 02-07; 

 instr, Wisconsi7i, 07-12, asst. prof, 12-19. as,9oc. 

 prof, 19- A.A; Chem. Soc; Physical Soc. 

 Porous plug work. 



Roever, Prof. W(illiam) H(enry), Washington 

 University, St. Louis, Mo. *Mathematics. St. 

 Louis, May 26, 74. B.S, Washington (St. 

 Louis), 97; A.M, Harvard, 04, Ph.D, 06. Instr. 

 astron, Washington (St. Louis), 99-01; math, 

 Mass. Inst. Tech, 05-08 ; asst. prof, Washing- 

 ton (St. Louis), 08-16, assoc. prof, 16-17, prof, 

 17- Prof. math, and instr. nautical astron, Chi- 

 cago, 18; ma.ster computer, Aberdeen Proving 

 Ground, 18. A.A. (sec'y. A, 20); Math. Soc; 

 Math. Ass; St, Louis. Acad; Cireolo Mat. di 

 Palermo. Geometry; mechanics. 



Rogers, Dr. Agnes Low, Goucher College, Balti- 

 more, Md. Psychology. Dundee, Scotland, 

 84. M.A, St. Andrews, Scotland, 06; Cam- 



