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Soc; Inst. Min. and Metal. Eng; Seismol. Soc; 

 Soc. Econ. Geol. Economic geology; clay and 

 shale deposits of Minne.sot.T ; peat deposits; 

 mining districts of Idaho; petroleum geology. 



Soper, Dr. George A(lbert), 130 W. 57th St. New 

 York, N. Y. Sanitary engineering. New York, 

 Feb. 3, 70. B.S, Rensselaer, 95; A.M, Colum- 

 bia, 98, Ph.D, 99. . Transitnian, west, div, Bos- 

 ton Water Works, 95; engineer, Cumberland 

 Mfg. Co, 95-97; engineer in charge sanit. clean- 

 ing of Galveston, Tex, 99; sanit. engineer, Dept. 

 Health, N. Y. Citv, 02; expert, Dept. Health, 

 N. Y. State, 03; Williams Col, Cornell Univ, 

 Watertown and Lawrence, N. Y, 04; consulting 

 sanit. engineer. Mem. various commissions, 

 01-; pres, Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, 

 N. Y. City, 08-; major, S.C, 18-19. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Bact; Pub. Health. Ass; Civil 

 Eng; Water Works Ass; Boston Soc. Civil Eng. 

 Water and sewage purification; ventilation; epi- 

 demiology. 



Sosmaa, Dr. Robert B(rowning), Geophysical 

 Laboratory, Washington, D. C. *Chemistry. 

 Chillicothe, Ohio, March 17, 81. B.S, Ohio 

 State, 03; Mass. Inst. Tech, 04, Ph.D, 07. 

 Lab. of A. D. Little, Boston, 06-08; asst. physi- 

 cist, geophys. lah, Carnegie Institution, 08-11, 

 physicist, 11-, acting director, 18-20. Investi- 

 gator optical glass, W.I.B, 17-18; consulting 

 chemist, nitrate div, rd. Dept, 18. A.A; 

 Chem. Soc. (pres. Wash, sect, 16) ; Ceramic 

 Soc; Wash. Philos. Soc. (pres, 20); Wash. 

 Geol. Soc; Wash. Acad. (cor. sec'y, 17-, ed, 

 19-) ; British Soc. Glass Tech. Electro- 

 motive force of solutions; conductivity and 

 ionization of aqueous solutions, 0-300 ; gas 

 thermometer scale, 400-1600''; specific volume 

 of minerals at fusion temperatures; oxids; iron 

 ores. 



Souchon, Dr. Edmond, 2403 St. Charles Ave, New 

 Orleans, La. Anatomy, Surgery. Opelousas, 

 La, Dec. 1, 41. Intern, hospitals, Paris, 65; 

 M.D, Louisiana, 67. Prof, anat, Tulane, and 

 Tulane prof. din. surg, Charity Hasp, New 

 Orleans, 84-07, emer. prof, 07- Pres, La. State 

 Board of Health, 98-; mem. board of adminis- 

 trators. Charity Hosp, 79. Ass. Anat; Surg. 

 Ass. (v. pres, 98) ; Am. Med. Ass. (v. pres, 96). 

 Sanitary science; the influence of mosquitoes on 

 the transmission of yellow fever; subclavian 

 aneurisms. 



Souder, Dr. Wilmer (Henry), Bureau of Stand- 

 ards, Washington, D. C. Physics. Salem. Ind, 

 Feb. 21, 84. A.B, Indiana, 10, A.M, 11; Ph.D, 

 Chicago, 16. Asst, Chicago, 14-17; asst. physi- 

 cist, Bur. Standards, 17-18, assoc physicist, 18- 

 20, physicist, 20- A.A; Physical Soc; Wash. 

 Philos. Soc. Sound; photoelectric discharges; 

 war instruments and materials; dental materials. 



Soule, Pres. Andrew M(cNalm), State College of 

 Agriculture. Athena, Ga. Jf/ricvJturc. Niagara 

 Falls South, Can, .Tulv 8, 72. Grad. Ont. Agr. 

 Col, 92; B.S, Toronto, 93; hon. Sc.D, Georgia, 

 10, LL.D, 16. Asst. to director, Mo. Exp. Sta, 

 94; asst. prof, agr, Tex. Col, 94-99; director, 

 Tenn. Exp. Sta. and chairman, agr. faculty, Ten- 

 nessee, 99-04; dean and director, col. of agr, 

 and Exp. Sta, Va. Polytech, 04-07; pres, Ga. 

 Col, 07- Food administrator for Ga, 17- 



19. A.A; Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci; Ass. Agr. Col. 

 (pres, sect, on extension teaching) ; Ass. Farm- 

 ers ' Inst. Workers (past pres); fel. Royal Soc. 

 Arts. Cereal production in the south; influence 

 of succulent foods on beef production; economic 

 milk production; cotton seed and its by-prod- 

 ucts ; education and the economic development 

 of the south. 



Southall, Prof. James P(owell) C(ocke), Colum- 

 bia University, New York, N. Y. * Physics. 

 Norfolk, Va, 'April 4, 71. Richmond, 86-88; 

 A.M, Virginia, 93 ; Hopkins, fellow by courtesy, 

 98-99. Instr. physics, Virginia, 91-93; prof, 

 physics and math, Miller Manual Training Sch, 

 Albemarle, Va, 93-98; Prendergast prof, phys- 

 ics, Hobart, 99-01; prof, Ala. Polytech, 01-14; 

 asst. prof, Columbia, 14-17, assoc. prof, 17-, di- 

 rector courses in optics and optometry, 14- Mem. 

 faculty, California, 17; mem. Optical Munitions 

 Board. A.A; Physical Soc; Optical Soc. (asBOC. 

 ed, 'Jour,' pres, 20) ; hon. mem. W. Va. Philos. 

 Soc. Geometrical, physical and physiological 

 optics ; mirrors ; prisms ; lenses. 



Spaeth, Dr. Reynold Adbrecht), 212 Longwood 

 Road, Baltimore, Md. Physiology. Philadel- 

 phia, Pa, Nov. 22, 86. B.S, Haverf ord, 09 ; fel- 

 low, Harvard, 09-13, A.M, 10, Ph.D, 13, Sheldon 

 fellow, Kiel and Naples, 13-14. Instr. biol, 

 Clark, 14-15; Yale, 15-17, embryol, 18; assoc. 

 physiol, Sch. Hygiene and Pub. Health, Hop- 

 Icins, 18- Instr. embryol. Woods Hole, 15. 16; 

 physiology, 20-; asst, hygienic lab, U. S. Pub. 

 Health Service, 18. A.A; Physiol. Soc; Soc. 

 Exp. Biol; Soc. ZoOl. Physiology of melano- 

 phores; pituitary standardization; fatigue. 



Spalding, Prof. Alfred B(aker), Lane Hospital, 

 San Francisco, Calif. Gynecology. Atchison, 

 Ivans, July 19. 74. A.B, Stanford. 96: M.D, 

 Columbia, 00. Prof, obstct, California, 09-12; 

 obstet. and gynec, Stanford, 12- Gynec. Soc; 

 Am. Med. Ass; Am. Acad. Med. Obstetrics; 

 gynecological pathology and histology; anatomy 

 of the female pelvic organs. 



Spalding, Prof. F(rederick) P(utnam), 901 Vir- 

 ginia Ave, Columbia, Mo. Civil engineering. 

 Wvxos, Pa. April 7, 57. C.E. Lehigh, 80. In- 

 strument man, S.P. R. R. 80-82; asst. engi- 

 neer. Miss. River Improv, 82-85; instr. civil 

 eng, Lehigh, 86-88 ; surveyor. Miss. River Com- 

 mission, 88-90; engineer in charge street exten- 

 sions, Washington, D. C, 90-91 ; asst. prof, civil 

 eng, Cornell, 91-98 ; contractor for munic. works, 

 98-00; prof, civil eng, Missouri, 00- A.A; Civil 

 Eng; Eng. Educ. (mem. exec, council, 03-06, 

 13-16, treas, 04-06) ; Soc. Test Mat. Proper- 

 ties and methods of testing cements, expansions 

 of cement and concrete; theory of reinforced 

 concrete. 



Sparrow, Prof. CarroU M(ason), University, Va. 

 Physics. Baltimore, Md. Jan. 10, 80. " A.B, 

 Hopkins, 08, fellow, 09-10, Ph.D, 11. Aid. U. 

 S. Coast and Geod. Surv, 02-04, asst, 04-07; 

 instr. physics, Hopkins, 10-11; adj. prof, Vir- 

 ginia, 11-17, assoc. prof, 17-20, prof, 20- Capt, 

 Air SerA-ice, 18-19; assoc. ed, 'Phy.sical Rev.' 

 A.A; Physical Soc; Math. Soc; Circolo Mat. di 

 Palermo. Theory' of spectroscope. 



Spaulding, Dr. E(dward) G(leason), Princeton 

 University, Princeton, N. J. PJiilosophy, Psychol- 



