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Westminster (Colo), 07-09; prof, Olivet, 09-16, 

 dean, 15-16, prof, physics, Occidental, 16- A.A; 

 Physical Soc; Astron. Soc; Elec. Eng; Meteorol. 

 Soe. Radiation in magnetic field; elasticity of 

 rubber; radioactivity of spring water; Kater 

 pendulum; evolution of snow crystals. 



Shedd, Prof. O (liver) M(arcli), University of 

 Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. Chemistry. Lexing- 

 ton, March 8, 80. B.S, Kentucky, 01, M.S, 04. 

 Chemist, Henderson Tobacco Extract Works, 02 ; 

 Ky. Exp. Sta, 02- Expert, Council Nat. De- 

 fense, 17. Chem. Soc. (acting chairman, Lex- 

 ington sect, 17, sec'y-treas, 20); Agr. Cliem. 

 (referee, 09-11); Ass. S. Agr. Workers. Agri- 

 cultural and biological chemistry; soils. 



Shedd, Prof. S(olon), Pullman, Wash. Geology, 

 Mineralogy. Mercer Co, 111, May 25, 60. B.S, 

 Monmouth (Oregon), 89; A.B, Stanford, 96, A.M, 

 07, Ph.D, 10. Instr. nat. science, Oregon State 

 Nor. Seh, 90-94; asst. prof. geol. and miner. 

 Wash. State, 96-01, prof, 01- Geologist, Wash. 

 Geol. Surv, asst. state geologist, 09- A.A; Geol. 

 Soc; Min. Eng. Iron ores; building and orna- 

 mental stones; clay and clay industries of 

 Washington; metamorphic rocks of the Santa 

 Cruz quadrangle, California; cement resources 

 of Washington. 



Sheldon, C(harles), 3102 Q St, Washington, 

 D. C. Natural history. Rutland, Vt, Oct. 17, 

 67. A.B, Yale, 90. Business and railroads, 02. 

 Expeditions to Mexico, southwest U. S, Yukon 

 Ter. and Alaska. Distribution and species of 

 mountain sheep. 



Sheldon, Prof. Henry D(avidson), 1343 Univer- 

 sity Ave, Eugene, Oregon. Pedagogy. Salt 

 Lake City, Utah, Oct. 3, 74. A.B. Stanford, 96, 

 A.M, 97; Ph.D, Clark, 00. Prof, philos. and 

 educ, Oregon, 02- Lecturer hist, of educ, sum- 

 mer sch, Clark, 99. History of student societies; 

 elementary method; children's voluntary socie- 

 ties; bibliography of the educational awakening 

 in the United States, 1800-1850; history of the 

 teaching profession. 



Sheldon, Mrs. J(ennie) M(aria) Arms, Deerfield, 



Mass. Zoology, Geology. Bellows Falls, Vt, 

 July 29, 52. Mass. Inst. Tech, 77-79; special 

 student, lab, Boston Soe. Nat. Hist, 79-80. 

 Asst. to Prof. Alpheus Hyatt, 80-90; museum, 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, 90-04; curator, museum, 

 PocumtucTc Valley Mem. Ass, 12- Special 

 teacher, zool. and geol, Boston, 78-97; lecturer 

 nat. science, Saratoga, summers, 86-88. A.A; 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist ; Boston Sci. Club ; Naples 

 Table for Promoting Lab. Research by Women. 

 Insecta; concretions of the Champlain clays of 

 the Connecticut Valley; geologic features within 

 the '8,000 acre grant'; pitted stones. 

 Sheldon, Prof. John L(ewis), Morgantown, W. 

 Va. Botany. Voluntown, Conn, Nov. 10, 65. 

 B.S, B.Ped, Ohio North. Univ, 95, M.S, 99 ; 

 B.S, Nebraska, 99, A.M, 01, fellow, 00-03, Ph.D, 

 03. Teacher, Conn. pub. schools, 85-90, 95-97; 

 Mt. Hermon Sch, 92-94; prep, sch, Nebraska, 

 98-99; Nebr. State Nor. Sch, 99-00; instr. bot, 

 Nebraska, 00-03; prof, bacter, West Virginia, 

 and bacteriologist, W. Va. Exp. Sta, 03-07, 

 prof. bot. and bacter, 07-13, bot, 13-19. Col- 

 laborator, bur. plant indust, U. S. Dept. Agr, 

 02-03, 05- A.A; Bot. Soc; Phytopath. Soc; 



Micros. Soc; Sullivant Moss. Soc; Ass. Prof. 

 Rusts of asparagus and carnation; parasitism 

 of Darluca filum; cultures of Empusa; dis- 

 eases of melons and cucumbers; ripe-rot of the 

 guava; cane-blight of the rose; Uromyces; 

 fungi causing anthracnose of sweet pea, bitter- 

 rot of apple and leaf -spot of fruit trees; leaf- 

 tip blight of Dracaena fragrans; tubercles on 

 legumes without cultures; nematode galls on 

 clover roots; Hepaticae of West Virginia; rela- 

 tionship of Phyllostica to fruit-blotch of apples. 

 Sheldon, Dr. Pearl G(ertrude), Cayuga Heights, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Geology. Lisle, N. Y, Sept. 26, 

 85. A.B, Cornell, 08, A.M, 09, Ph.D, 11. Asst. 

 geol, Cornell. Seismol. Soc. Fossil and re- 

 cent areas of eastern North and South America; 

 joint planes. 



Shelf ord, Dr. Victor E(mest), University of Hli- 

 nois,Urbana,IlI. * Zoology. Chemung, N.Y, Sept 

 22,77. B.S, Chicago, 03, Ph.D, 07. Asst. and tutor 

 zool, West Virginia, 00-01 ; asst, Chicago, 04-07, 

 assoc, 07-09, instr, 09-14; asst. prof , Illinois, li- 

 20, assoc. prof, 20-, biologist in cliarge, research 

 laboratories, III. Nat. Hist. Surv, 14- In charge 

 marine ecol, Puget Sound Marine Sta, alternate 

 years, 14- A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Entom. 

 Soc; Asa. Econ. Entom; Fisheries Soc; Ecol. 

 Soc. (v. chairman, organizing committee, 15, 

 pres, 16, chairman preserves committee, 17-) ; 

 Ass. Geog; 111. Acad, (committee on ecol. surv. 

 of 111) ; British Ecol. Soc. Succession, life his- 

 tories and color pattern of tiger beetles; ecol- 

 ogy of aquatic animals; physiological life his- 

 tories. 



Shelton, E(dward) M(ason), 2904 Franklin Ave, 

 Seattle, Wash. Agriculture. Hilton, England, 

 Aug. 7, 46. B.S, Mich. Agr. Col, 71, M.S, 74. 

 Teacher agr, Japanese Govt, 72; prof, Kansas 

 State, 74-89; instr. to Govt, of Queensland, 

 Australia, 89-98 ; principal, Queensland Agr. 

 Sch, 98-99; mine operator, Alaska and British 

 Columbia; orchardist, Wenatchee Valley, Wash. 

 Director, Kans. Exp. Sta, 88-89. Soc. Prom. 

 Agr. Sci. Experiments in stock feeding and in 

 the growth of grains and grasses. 



Shenehon, Dean Francis C(linton), Metropolitan 

 Bank Building, Minneapolis, Minn. Hydraulics. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y, Dec. 20, 61. B.C.E, Minne- 

 sota, 95, C.E, 00. Chief civil engineer, U. S. 

 Lake Surv, 06-09 ; prof, civil eng. and dean, col. 

 eng, Minnesota, 09-17; civil and later consulting 

 engineer, 88- A.A; Civil Eng; hon. mem. Con- 

 sult. Eng; Eng. Educ; Detroit Eng. Soc. (pres, 

 08). River hydraulics; preservation of Niagara 

 Falls; raising levels of water of Great Lakes; 

 ship locks; wire sweep. 



Shenton, Dr. Walter F(rancis), 308 West St, 

 Annapolis, Md. Mathematics. Pottstown, Pa, 

 April 1, 86. Sc.B, Dickinson, 07, A.M, 09; 

 Ph.D, Hopkins, 14. Instr. math, Dickinson Sem, 

 07-10; instr, Hopkins, 14-17; U. S. Naval Acad, 

 17-20; asst. prof, 20- Linear and quadratic 

 combinants of systems of forms; anaglj'phs; 

 mathematical models. 



Shepard, Dr. Edward M(artin), 1403 Benton Ave, 

 Springfield, Mo. Geology. Winsted, Conn, Mar 

 15, 54. A.M, Williams, 81; Sc.D, Waynesburg', 

 02. Curator, museum, Roanoke, 78; prof. biol. 

 and geol, Waynesburg, 78; Drury, 79-08, dean, 



