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raphy of submarine valleys; great changes of 

 level of land and sea; evolution of the falls of 

 Niagara and their relation to the Great Lakes ; 

 age of Ontario shore and modern St. Lawrence 

 River. 



Spenzer, Dr. John G(eorge), 646 Rose Building 

 Cleveland, Ohio. Chemistry, Pharmacology 

 Cleveland, Sept. 6, 64. M.D, Western Reserve 

 84 ; Ph.D, Strasbourg, 93. Asst, chem, Adelbert 

 84-87, instr. pharmacol. and prof, chem, West 

 ern Reserve, 94-96; prof. chem. and pharmacol 

 Cleveland Col. Physicians and Surg, Ohio Wes 

 leyan, 96-10; legal chem, Western Reserve, 10- 

 17. A.A; Chem. Soc; Am. Med. Ass; Ohio Med. 

 Ass; Ohio Pharmaceut. Ass; Cleveland Acad. 

 Med, Chem. Soc. and Pharmaceut. Ass; fel. 

 London Chem. Soc; Chem. Gesell. Unsaturated 

 fatty acids; preparation of a carbohydrate from 

 egg albumin; )5-bromvalerianic acid, chemically 

 and crystallographically considered; separation 

 of vegetable poisons; delicacy of the tests for 

 phenol; forensic identification of blood; sewage 

 disposal. 



Sperr, Frederick William, Jr, Mellon Institute, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. Chemistry. Jefferson, Ohio, 

 Dec. 27, 85. A.B, Ohio State, 06. Chemist, 

 Westinghouse Elec. and Mfg. Co, 06-08; civil 

 and mining engineer, 08-10; chemist, by-prod- 

 ucts coke plants, various commercial firms, 10- 

 15; chief chemist, Eoppers Co, 15-, senior fel- 

 low, Mellon Inst, 16- Chem. Soc; Am. Gas Ass; 

 Soc. Test. Mat; Franklin Inst. Coal carboniza- 

 tion ; coke, gas and by-products. 



Sperry, Elmer A, 1505 Albemarle Road, Brooklyn, 

 N Y Electrical engineering. Cortland, N. Y, 

 Oct 12 60. Cornell, 79-80. Founder, Sperry 

 Elec. Co; Sperrv Elec. Ry. Co; vres, Sperry 

 Gyroscope Co, 10- Mem. Naval Consulting 

 Board 15- Medal, Franklin Inst, 14; first prize, 

 Aero Club, France, 15; grand prize, Panama- 

 Pacific Expos, 15 ; Collier trophy, 16 ; ' Scientific 

 Am ' medal, Am. Museum ; decoration from Czar 

 of Russia. A.A; Elec. Eng. (founder); Mech. 

 Eng- Electrochem. Soc. (founder); Chem. Soc; 

 Naval Archit. and Marine Eng; Automotive 

 Eng; Physical Soc; N. Y. Elec. Soc. (pastpres). 

 Electric beacon construction ; detinning and elec- 

 trochemical processes; manufacture of fuse 

 wire; electric carriage designing; gyrostatic ap- 

 paratus. 



Sperry, Dr. Pauline, 1421 Hawthorne Terrace, 

 Berkeley Calif. Mathematics. Peabody, Mass, 

 March 5', 85. A.B, Smith, 06, A.M. 08 ; M.S, 

 Chicago, 14, Ph.D, 16. Instr. math, Smith, 08- 

 12; teaching fellow, Chicago, 15-16; asst. prof, 

 Sm'ith, 16-17; instr, California, 17- A.A; Math. 

 Soc; Math. Ass. Projective differential geom- 

 etry. 



Spier, LesUe, American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York, N. Y. Anthropology. New 

 York, Dec. 13, 93. B.S, Col. City of N. Y, 15; 

 Ph.D, Columbia, 20. Asst, dept. anthrop, Am. 

 Museum Nat. Hist, 16-20; lecturer, California, 

 20; instr. anthrop, Washington (St. Louis), 

 20- Asst, Archeol. and Geol. Surveys, N. 

 J, 13; archeol. expeditions to southwestern U. S. 

 A.A; Anthrop. Ass; fel. Ethnol. Soc. Antiquity 

 of man in America; ethnology of southwestern 

 Indiana. 



Spiller, Dr. WiUiam G(ibson), 4409 Pine St, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Medicine. Baltimore, Md, 

 Sept. 13, 63. M.D, Pennsyhania, 92. Asst. din. 

 prof, nervous diseases and asst. prof, neuropath, 

 Pennsylvania, 01-03, prof, neuropath, and assoc. 

 prof, neur, 03-15, prof* neur, 15- Clin, prof, 

 Woman's Med. Col, Pa; neurologist, Phila. Hosp; 

 Neur. Ass. (pres, 05); Phila. Col. Physicians; 

 Phila. Neur. Soc. (past pres) ; for. cor. mem. 

 Soc. neur. de Paris. The symptomatology and 

 pathology of nervous diseases. 



Spillman, Prof. W(illiam) J(asper), 506 North- 

 brook Court, Washington, D. C. Agriculture. 

 Lawrence Co, Mo, Oct. 23, 63. B.S, Missouri, 

 86, M.S, 89, Sc.D, 10. Prof, science State 

 Nor. Sch, Cape Girardeau. Mo, 87-89; Vin- 

 cennes, Ind, 89-91 ; Oregon State Nor. Sch, 

 91-94; prof, agr, Wash. State, 94-01; agrostolo- 

 gist, U. S. Dept. Agr, 02-05, agriculturist in 

 charge farm management investigations, 05-1 S, 

 assoc. ed, 'The Farm Jour,' 18- A.A; Soc. 

 Prom. Agr. Sci; Soc. Agron; Farm Econ. Ass. 

 Plant breeding; laws of heredity in hybrids; 

 farm practise and underlying principles; eco- 

 nomic agriculture. 



Spinden, Dr. H(er"bert) J(osepli), American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, New York, N. Y. 

 * Anthropology. Huron, S. Dak, Aug. 16, 79. 

 A.B, Harvard, 06, A.M, 08, Ph.D, 09. Austin 

 teaching fellow. Harvard, 06-09; asst. curator, 

 dept. anthrop, Am. Museum Nat. Hist, 09-, in 

 charge, indust. and decorative art exhib, 19. 

 Angrand prize, 18. Anthrop. Ass; Folk-lore 

 Soc; Ethnol. Soc; Ecuatoriana de Estudios Hi.st. 

 Am; Paris Soc. des Am^ricanistes; Maya Soc. 

 Mandan and Nez Perce Indians; ethnology and 

 archeology of Mexico, Central America and 

 South America; historical developments in art; 

 primitive agriculture; use of primitive art in 

 modern industrial decorations. 



Spinney, Prof. L(ouis) B(evler), Ames, Iowa. 

 Physics. Bradford. Ill, Mav 27, 69. B.M.E, 

 Iowa State, 92. B.S, 93; Cornell, 93-94, 98-00; 

 Berlin, 94-95;' Zurich. 9.5-96. Asst. physics, 

 lou-a State, 93-97, prof, physics and elec. eng, 

 97-09, phvsics and ilium, eng. 09-14, physics, 

 14- A.A;' Physical Soc: Elec. Eng; Eng. Educ. 

 Elastic properties of glass; analysis of vowel 

 sounds. 



Spitzka, Prof. Edw(ard) Anthony, 63 E. 91st St, 

 Nfw York. X. Y. ^Anatumi/. Xcurolngy. New 

 York. N. Y, June 17. 76. Col. City of N. Y, 

 94-98; M.D, Columbia, 02, fellow. 02-06. 

 Demonstrator anat, Columbia, 04-06; prof. gen. 

 anat, Jefferson Med. Col. 06-14; private prac- 

 tise, 14- Prosector and curator. Am. Anthropo- 

 metric Soc; lieut. col, M.C, 17-10, M.R.C. 19- 

 A.A; Philos. Soc. Human cerebral fissures; 

 brain-weight; brains of eminent men; hereditary 

 transmission of cerebral types; brains of races; 

 comparative anatomy of tlie insula; brains of 

 criminals; effects of death by electricity; mor- 

 phology- of dnctloss glands. 



Spoehr, Dr. Herman A(ugustus), Desert Labora- 

 tory, Tucson, Ariz. Plant physiology. Chicago, 

 111, June 18, 85. B.S, Chicago, 06, fellow, 08- 

 09, Ph.D, 09; Berlin, 06-07; Paris, 07-08. 

 Assoc, chem, Chicago, 09-10; staff mem. desert 

 lab, Carnegie Institution, 10- A.A; Chem. Soc; 



