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Vorhies, Prof. Cha(rle)s T(aylor), University of 

 Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. EntnmoJogy. Mt. Pleas- 

 ant, Iowa, Sept. 7, 79. B.S, Iowa Weslevan, WaddeU, Dr. J(ames) A(lexander), University, 

 02; Ph.D, Wisconsin, 08. Instr. biol, Iowa Ij^' ^^^'^^^'"''"'"^"- ^f-"- n.;.rlottcvillp. Va, 



Weslcyan, 02-04; asst. zool, Wisconsin, 04-08; ^^' t^' '^- ^^> Virpinia, 01, M.D, 11; West- 



prof, Utnh, 08-15; asst. prof, biol. Arizona, 15- 

 16, prof, zool, 16-18, entom, 18- Instr. entom, 

 Cornell, suiiuner, 15. A.A; Entom. Soc; mem. 

 Ornith. Union; Soc. Mammal; Ecol. Soc; Cooper 

 Ornith. Club; Wis. Acad; Utah Acad. Wiscon- 

 sin Trichoptera; fauna of Great Salt Lake; 

 economic insects of Arizona; grazing range ro- 

 dents; ecology of desert animals. 



Voris, Prof, Floyd T(homas), Y. M. C. A, 

 Seattle, Wash. Phynics. Arcadia, Iowa, May 

 8, 72. B.S, Highland Park, 92 ; McCormick 

 Theol. Sem, 93-96; A.M, Columbia, 02. Pastor, 

 Buffalo, Minn, 96 ; instr, nor. dcpt, Buena Vista, 

 98, prof, physics and chem, 99-04; instr. geol, 

 Macalaster, 04-05 ; prof, physics and geol, Whit- 

 worth, 06-12; instr. physics, Washington 

 (Seattle), 12-15; in book business, 15-20; instr. 

 physics, Y. M. C. A. schools, Seattle, 20- A.A. 

 Absorption of light by metallic surfaces ; passiv- 

 ity of iron. 



Vosburgh, Dr. Warren C(liase), Columbia Univer- 

 sity, New York, N. Y. Chemistry. Voorhecs- 

 ville, N. Y, June 14, 94. B.S, Union, 14, M.S, 

 16 ; Ph.D, Columbia, 19. Asst. chem, Union, 13- 

 16; Columbia, 16; chemist. Celluloid Co, 17- 

 18; Bur. Aircraft Production. 18; asst. to Prof. 

 Alexander Smith, Columbia, 19, Nat. 'Research 

 fellow, 19- Chem. Soc. Invertase action; po- 

 tential difference between solutions; determina- 

 tion of antimony; hydrolysis of sucrose. 



Voter, Prof. P(erley) Conant, Middlebury, Vt. 

 Chemistry. Farmington, Maine, April 30, 89. 

 A.B, Bowdoin, 09; A.M, Harvard, 11, Austin 

 scholar, 19-20. Austin teaching fellow. Har- 

 vard, 10-12; instr. chem, Middlelury, 12-13, 

 asst. prof, 13-19, prof, 19- A.A; Chem. Soc. 

 (v. chairman, Vt. sect, 16, chairman, 18-20) ; 

 Ass. Harvard Chemists; Chem. Gesell. Analyt- 

 ical chemistry; toxicology; atomic weight of 

 arsenic. 



Votey, Prof. J(osiah) W(illiani), University of 

 Vermont, Buriington, Vt. Civil engineering. 

 Ovid, N. Y, July 23, 60. C.E, Vermont, 84, hon. 

 Sc.D,' 11. Instr. civil eng, Vermont, 84-89, 

 asst.' prof, 89-90, assoc. prof, 90-93, prof, 93-, 

 dean, col. eng, 01- City engineer, Burlington, 

 87; mem. and engineer, Vt. Highway Commis- 

 sion, 92-96; sanit. engineer, Vt. Board ot 

 Health, 08- A.A; Eng. Educ; K. E. Eng; Pub. 

 Health Ass; Vt. Eng. Soc. (pres, 20). 



Vreeland, Fredeiick K(ing), 90 West St, New 

 York, N. Y. Physics. Bergen, N. J, March 4, 

 74. M.E, Stevens, 95; A.M, Columbia, 09. 

 Asst. engineer, Crocker-Wheeler Elec. Co, 98- 

 00; research worTc, 00-; pres, Vreeland, Appara- 

 tus Co, 05- Non-res. lecturer, Stevens, 0/ -09; 

 Columbia, 09. A.A; Physical Soc; fel. Elec. 

 Eng; Radio Eng; N. Y. Acad. Electrical oscil- 

 lations and their applications; multiplex tele- 

 graphy and telephony by altcrnntnig currents; 

 radio-telegraphy; electrical analgesia. 



ern Reserve; Harvard. Principal, high sch, 

 Abilene, Va, 01-02; blind dept, Va. Sch. for 

 Deaf and Blind, 02-07; instr. anat, Virginia, 

 09-11, adj. prof, pharmacnl, 11-17, prof, 17- 

 Epidemiologist, Va. State Dept. of Health,' sum- 

 mer, 09, 12-15. A.A; Soc. Pharmacol; Ass. 

 Study Int. Secretions. Public health; hook- 

 worm ; development of mammalian sternum. 



Waddell, Prof. John, Queen's T^niversitv Kings- 

 ton. Can. Chemistry. Pictou, N. S Sept 19 

 ^J; ^^-i' .'^^'i^ouslo, 77; B.Sc, London,' 82;' 

 Ph.D, Heidelberg, 84; D.Sc, Edinburgh, 86. 

 Asst. chem, Edinburgh, 84-86; prof, science 

 Royal Mil. Col, Can, 86-97; asst. prof, chem. 

 Queen's (Can), 99-20, assoc. prof, kO- A.A; 

 Chem. Soc; Soc. Clicm. Indust; fel. Can. Int. 

 Chem; Faraday Soc; Chem. Gesell; Chem. 

 Verein. Physical, analytical and inorganic 

 chemistry; atomic weight of tungsten. 



Waddell, Dr. (John) A(lexander) (Low), 2708 

 Forest Ave, Kansas City, ^fo, and 35 Nassau St, 

 New York, N. Y. Civil engineering. Port 

 Hope, Ont, Jan. 15, 54. C.E, Rensselaer, 75; 

 B.A.Sc, Ma.E, McGill, 82. D.Sc, 04; LL.D, Mis- 

 souri, 04^; hon. D.Eng, Nebraska, 11; Kogaku- 

 hakushi (Japan). 15. Draftsman, marine dept, 

 Dominion Govt; Can. Pac. Railway, 75-78; asst. 

 prof, mech, Rensselaer, 78-80; chief engineer, 

 Raymond and Campbell, bridge builders. Council 

 Bluffs, Iowa, 81-82; prof, civil eng. Tokvo. 82- 

 86; consulting engineer, 87- Cor. de I'lnst. de 

 France dans I'Acad. des Sciences, 18; Knight 

 Commander, .Tapanese Order of the Rising Sun, 

 88; decorated by Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, 

 07; Norman medal. Am. Soc. Civil Eng. ("9. 15. 

 A.A; Civil Eng; Eng. Educ; Soc. Test. Mat; 

 R. R. Eng; Nat. Conserv. Ass; Econ. League; 

 Franklin Inst; West. Soc. Eng: Phila. Enp. 

 Club; Int. Soc. Test. Mat; Soc. Int. d 'Etudes 

 de Correspondance ct d'Echanges; Tan. Iiivt. 

 Eng; hon. mem. Eng. Soc. Peru; British Inst. 

 Civil Eng; Soc. des Ing. civils de France; Soc. 

 g^og. de France; hon. mem. Japanese Fnp. Soc. 

 Railroading; bridges; engineering education; 

 foundations; nickel steel, purified carbon steel 

 and high alloy steel for bridges; establishment 

 of an American academy of engineers; econom- 

 ics of engineering; creeping of railroad rails. 



Wade, Dr. Bruce, Trenton. Tenn. Omlonu. Tren- 

 ton. Nov. 11, 89. B.S. Vanderbilt, 13, M.S. 14; 

 Ph.D, Hopkins, 17. Asst. state geologist, Tcnn, 

 17- Second lieut, F. A. A.A; G( ol. Soo ; Min. 

 Eng. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the 

 upper Cretaceous. 



Wade, E. Marion, University of Minnesota, Min- 

 neapolis, Minn. Public health. Bristol, Eng- 

 land, Mav 22, 83. B.A, Trinitv (Can), 04; 

 M.A, Toronto, 13. Asst. to Mrs. Ellen H. 

 Richards, Mass. Inst. Tech, 07-08; rcearch 

 chemist. Gen. Elec. Co, Schenectady, N. Y, 08; 

 bacteriologist and asst. director, lab, Boston 

 Board of Health, 08-13 ; chief, main labora- 

 toricA. div. prcr. diseases. Minj\. State Ii>nird of 

 Health, 13- A.A; Ass. Path, and Bact; Soc. 



