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Shaw, Dr. L(eon) I(rwin), U. S. Bureau of Mines, 

 Wasliington, D. C. Chemistry. Alfred N. Y, 

 May 30, 86. B.S, Alfred, 07; M.S, Syracuse, 

 08; Ph.D, Wisconsin, 11. Asst. chem, Alfred, 

 06-07; Syracuse, 07-08; instr, Mass. Col, 08-09; 

 asst, Wisconsin, 09-10, instr, 10-11; North- 

 western, 11-17, asst. prof, 17-18 (now on 

 leave) ; lieut, ordnance R.C, 17-18 ; capt, C.W.S, 

 18-19; asst. chief chemist, U. S. Bur. Mines, 19- 

 A.A; Chem. Soc; Ceramic Soc; 111. Acad. The 

 system, PbOSiO^; conduction in non-aqueous 

 solution; dielectric constants; smoke and incen- 

 diary material; ceramics. 



Shaw, Prof. Eeuben T(aylor), 245 S. Slat St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Chemistry, Botany. Dela- 

 ware, Ohio, Oct. 8, 84. B.S, Ohio Wesleyan, 05, 

 A.M, 08; Pennsylvania, 05-07. Teacher 'science, 

 Eadnor High Sch, Wayne, Pa, 07; prof. chem. 

 and geol, Temple, 07-09; instr. science, S. Man- 

 ual Training High Sch, Phila, 09- Exped. to 

 Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, summers, 04, 06, 

 08, 09. A.A; Chem. Soc. The chemical effects 

 of plants upon the decay of rocks. 



Shaw, Dean Robert Sidey, East Lansing, jVIich. 

 Agriculture. Woodburn, Ont, July 24, 71. 

 B.S.A, Ont. Agr. Col, 93. Prof, agr, Mont. Col, 

 98-02 ;lf{c7j. Agr. Col, 02-08, dean agr. and di- 

 rector, Exp. Sta, 08- Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; 

 Mich. Acad. Animal husbandry; crops. 



Shaw, Eoscoe H(art), 1436 Meridian Place, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Chemistry. South Berwick, Maine, 

 June 10, 77. B.S, N. H. Col, 97; Zurich, 99. 

 Asst. chemist, N. H. Exp. Sta, 99-00; acting 

 chemist, Wis. Exp. Sta, 00-01; asst. gen. chem, 

 Wisconsin, 01-02; asst. chemist, Kans. Exp. 

 Sta, 02-06; assoc. chemist, Nebr. Exp. Sta, and 

 asst. prof. agr. chem, Nebraska, 06; asst. prof, 

 dairy husbandry, Missouri, and asst. dairyman 

 in charge milk secretion investigations, dairy 

 div, U. S. Dept. Agr, 06-09, research chemist, 

 09- Biochemistry; general agricultural chem- 

 istry; chemistry of dairy products. 



Shaw, Dr. Walter R(obert), Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, P. I. Botany, Pharmacognosy. Galena, 

 111, May 4, 71. Indiana, 88-91; A.B, Stanford, 

 92, A.M, 94, Ph.D, 97 ; Bonn, 97-98. Asst. bot, 

 Stanford, 92-94, instr, 94-97; tutor, Barnard, 

 Columbia, 98-99; asst. biolj Pomona, 00-01; 

 prof. bot. and entom, Okla. Col, and botanist 

 and entomologist, Okla. Exp. Sta, 01-05; teacher 

 bot, Philippine Nor. Sch, 06-10; asst. prof. 

 hot, Univ. Philippines, 10-17, assoc. prof, 17- 

 20, prof, 20- Asst, div. ethnol, Columbian 

 Expos, 92; instr. bot, seaside lab, Hopkins, 

 93-97; Woods Hole, 98. A.A; Bot. Soc. Em- 

 bryology and embryogeny of ferns and conifers ; 

 species of Volvocaceae; spermatogenesis and 

 fertilization in ferns and conifers; microtech- 

 nique; now Volvocaceae; Strophanthus. 



Shaw, Prof. W(illiam) T(homas), State College 

 of Washington, Pullman, Wash. Zoology. Wood- 

 burn, Ont, Feb. 10, 73. Guelph Col. Inst, 88- 

 92; B.Agr, Minnesota, 98, B.S, 99; M.S, Mich. 

 Agr. Col, 01; Stanford, 14-15. Instr. zool, 

 Mich. Agr. Col, 00; asst. entom, Iowa State 

 and Exp. Sta, 01; instr. sool, Oregon Col, 01- 

 07; asst. prof, Wash. State, 08-09, prof, 09-, 

 zoologist, Exp. Sta, 09- Curator, museum. Wash. 

 State, 13. Mem. expeditions to Alaska, sum- 



mers, 07, 08, to collect birds for Alaska-Yukon- 

 Pacific Expos, 09. Gold medal, Lewis and Clark 

 Expos, 05. A.A; mem. Ornith. Union; Soc. 

 Mammal; Ecol. Soc; Cooper Ornith. Club; Cau- 

 rinus Club. Ornithology; the China or Denny 

 pheasant in Oregon; food habits of certain birds 

 in eastern Washington. 



Shea, Prof. Daniel W(illiam), Catholic University, 

 Washington, D. C. *Physics. Portsmouth, N. 

 H, Nov, 27, 59. A.B, Harvard, 86, A.M, 88; 

 Ph.D, Berlin, 92. Asst. physics, Harvard, 89, 

 92; asst. prof, Illinois, 92-93, prof, 94-95; 

 Catholic Univ, 95-, gen. sec'y, 97-03, director, 

 sch. tech, 97-05, dean of faculty, 05-15. Mem. 

 N. H. Legislature, 86-88. A.A; Physical Soc. 



Shear, Dr. C(omelius) L(ott), U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington^ D. C. *Phytopa- 

 thology. Coeymans Hollow, N. Y, March 26, 

 65. B.S, Nebraska, 97, A.M, 01; Ph.D, George 

 Washington, 06. Asst. agrostologist, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr, 98-01, asst. pathologist, 01-02, pathologist, 

 02- Ed, 'Asa Gray Bui,' 98-00; assoc. ed, 

 'The Plant World,' 00-05; ed. and publisher, 

 'N. Y. Fungi Exsiccati'; ed. phytopath. and 

 mycol, revision of 'Cent. Diet'; assoc. ed, 'My- 

 cologia,' 09- Int. Cong. Arts and Sciences, St. 

 Louis, 04 (sec'y, sect. D). A.A; Bot. Soc. (v. 

 pres, 08); Phytopath. Soc. (sec'y-treas, 09-18, 

 pros, 19); Wash. Biol, and Bot. Societies; Int. 

 Ass. Bot. Grass and forage plants; plant dis- 

 eases; diseases of small fruits, especially cran- 

 berries and grapes; cotton root-rot; systematic 

 mycology; history of mycology; Ascomycetes. 



Sheard, Dr. Charles, American Optical Co, South- 

 ridge, Mass. Physics. Dolgeville, N. Y, May 

 26, 83. A.B, St. Lawrence, 03; A.M, Dart- 

 mouth, 07; Ph.D, Princeton, 12. Instr, pub. 

 schools, N. Y, 03-05; asst. physics, Dartmouth, 

 05-07; instr, Ohio State, 07-0*9, asst. prof, 09- 

 14, prof, and director, applied optics, 14-15; 

 physiological opticist, Am. Optical Co, 19- Col- 

 laborator, 'Am. Ency. Ophthal. ' Physical Soc; 

 Optical Soc; hon. mem. Optom. Ass. Stationary 

 waves along lecher wires; spectra of compounds; 

 ionization from hot wires and heated salts; dif- 

 fraction in the eye; scissor movements in ski- 

 ametry; accommodative exophoria; transmis- 

 sion of ophthalmic glasses; skiametry; skias- 

 copy; ocular accommodation. 



Shearer, Dr. J(ohn) S(andford), Cornell Univer- 

 sity, Ithaca, N. Y. *Physics. New York, Oct, 20, 

 65. B.S, Cornell, 93, Ph.D, 01. Teacher, Homer 

 Acad, 87-88; instr. physics, Cornell, 93-03, asst. 

 prof, 03-09, prof, 09-10; assoc. prof, Columbia, 

 10; prof, Cornell. Lieut, col, Sanit. C, 18-19. 

 Medaille d'honneur, 19. A.A; Physical vSoc. 

 Effect of temperature on tuning-forks; electro- 

 stricton; heat of vaporization; liquid air; oxy- 

 gen; nitrogen; specific heat of air; coefiicient of 

 expansion at low temperature; dielectric strain; 

 specific heat of gases at low temperature; 

 thermo-electromotive force; X-rays; design and 

 testing apparatus for military Rontgenology. 



Shedd, Prof. J(ohn) C(utler), Occidental College, 

 Los Angeles, Calif. Physics. Urumia, Persia, 

 June 30, 68. A.B, Princeton, 91; M.S, Cornell, 

 92; fellow, Wisconsin, 97-99, Ph.D, 99. Prof, 

 physics. Marietta, 93-97; instr, Wisconsin, 99- 

 00; prof, Colo. Col, 00-07; prof, and dean, 



