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AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE 



Wakeman, Dr. Alfred J(ohii), ISl Edwards St, 

 New Haven, Conn. Chemi.iti-y. Green's Farms, 

 Conn, Feb. 8, 65. Ph.B,' Tale, 87; Ph.D, 

 Leipzig, 94. Instr. chem^ Mass. Inst. Tech, 87- 

 89; Sheffield Sci. Seh, Yale, 92-95; physiol. 

 chem. research, Herter Lab, N, Y. City, 95-12; 

 protein chem. research, Conn. Exp. Sta, 12- 

 A.A; Physiol. Soc; Chem. Soc; Soe. Biol. Chem, 

 Physiological chemistry. 



Waksman, Dr. S(elman) A(braham), New- 

 Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New 

 Brunswick, N. J. Bacteriology. Priluka, Eus- 

 sia. July 29. 88. B.S, Rutgers, 15, M.S, 16; 

 fellow, California, 16-17, Ph.D, 17. Asst. soil 

 microbiol, N. J. Exp. Sta, 15-16, microbiologist, 

 18- Research biochemist. Cutter Laboratories, 

 17-18; bacteriologist, Takamine Lab, 19- Soc. 

 Baet; Soc. Exp. Biol. Soil fungi; metabolism 

 of micro-organisms; actinomycetes ; bacteria; 

 protozoa. 



Walcott, Dr. Charles D(oolittle), Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington, D. C. *Geology. New 

 York Mills, N. Y, March 31, 50. Pub. schools; 

 LL.D, Hamilton, 97; Chicago, 01; Hopkins, 02; 

 Pennsylvania, 03; Sc.D, Cambridge, 09; LL.D, 

 Yale, 10; St. Andrews, 11; Ph.D, Royal Fred- 

 eriks Univ. Christiania, 11 ; Sc.D, Harvard, l.S. 

 Asst, N. Y. State Surv, 76; asst. geologist, TJ. 

 S. Geol. Surv, 79, paleontologist, 88-93, geolo- 

 gist, 93-94, director, 94-07; IT. S. Reclamation 

 Service, 02-07; sec'y, Carnegie Institution, 02- 

 05; Smithsonian Ijist, 07- Hon. curator, U. S. 

 Nat. Museum, 92-97, 98-08; acting asst. sec'y, 

 Smithsonian Inst, in charge IT. S. Nat. Museum, 

 97-98; mem. Nat. Research Council; chairman, 

 Nat. Adv. Committee Aeronautics. Bigsby and 

 Wollaston medals, London Geol. Soc; Gaudry 

 medal, Soc. g^ol. de France, 17. Nat. Acad, 

 (pres, 17-) ; A.A. (v. pres, 93) ; Soc. Nat; Geol. 

 Soc. (past pres); Paleont. Soc; hon. mem. Min. 

 Eng; Philos. Soc; assoc. Am. Acad; "Wash. 

 Acad, (pres, 99-10); cor. mem. Phila. Acad; 

 cor. mem. London Geol. Soc; Royal Geog. Soc; 

 for. assoc. French Acad. Sci; for. mem. Accad. 

 dei Lincei; Bologna. Acad; fel. Giristiajfiia Sci. 

 Soe; for. assoc. Stockholm Royal Acad. Sci; 

 Moscow Imp. Soc. Nat; etc. Stratigraphy and 

 paleontology of the lower Paleozoic formations; 

 sedimentation, stratigraphy and contained 

 faunas of the Cambrian formations; Cambrian 

 Brnchiopoda and trilobitos; Cnmlirinn fnunas 

 of China; pre-Cambrian Algonkian algal flora; 

 discovery of Algonkian bacteria; appendages of 

 trilobites; middle Cambrian algae and Spongiae. 



Walcott, Dr. H(enry) P(ickcring), 11 Water- 

 house St, Cambridge, Mass. Sanitary science. 

 Hopkinton, Mass, Dec. 23, 38. A.B, Harvard, 

 58; M.D. Rowdoin, 61; Vienna and Berlin. 62; 

 LL.D, Yale, 07. Practising physician, Cam- 

 bridge, 67-81 ; chairman, Mass. State Board of 

 Health, 86- Mem. board of pres. and fellows, 

 Harvard, acting pres, 00-01 ; mem. Carnegie In- 

 stitution. Boylston med. prize, 71. Int. Cong. 

 Hygiene and Demography, 02 (pres). Emer. 

 mem. Am. Physicians (v. pres) ; Am. Ac&d. (v. 

 pres, pres) ; hon. fel. Royal Sanit. Inst. Puri- 

 fication of municipal water supplies; the dis- 

 posal of sewage; the extension of malaria in 

 Massachusetts. 



Waldbott, Dr. Sigmund, Court and Plum Sts, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. Chemistry. Miinchweiler, Ba- 

 varia, April 19, 65. Grad, Polytech, Munich, 

 86; Ph.D, Bern, 89. Instr, Dr. Ustrich's Pada- 

 gogium, Munich, 86-89; chemist, Rheinstrom 

 Brothers, 90-93; Lloyd Brothers, and libra- 

 rian, Lloyd Library, 93-02; head, dept. chem, 

 Ohio Mech. In-st, 01-18; research chemist, 

 Lloyd Chem. Besearch Lab, 18- Denatured 

 alcohol chemist, IT. S. Internal Revenue, Ohio, 

 07- A.A; Chem. Soc. (sec'y, Cincinnati sect, 

 97-99, pres, 05, abstractor, 'Abstracts,' 12-). 

 Pharmacy; alcohol; Lloyd's alkaloidal reagent; 

 nicotin. 



Walden, Prof. P(ercy) T(albot), 910 St. Ronan 

 St, New Haven, Conn. Chemistry. Brooklvn, 

 N. Y, June 29, 69. Ph.B, Yale, 92, Ph.D, 96; 

 Leipzig and Munich, 99-00. Asst. chem, Shef- 

 field Sci. Sch, Yale, 92-94, instr, 94-99, asst. 

 prof, 00-19, prof, 19- Chem. Gesell. The 

 double salts of iron and the alkali metals; the . 

 structure of the amidins; the double bromids of 

 caesium and lead ; the double halides of caesium 

 and cadmium; the acid ammonium oxalates. 



Waldo, Prof. C(larence) A(biathar), 435 W. 

 119th St, New York, N. Y. Mathematics. Ham- 

 mond, N. Y, Jan. 21, 52. A.B, Weslevan, 75, 

 A.M, 78; Leipzig and Munich, 82-83'; Ph.D, 

 Svracuse, 93. Instr. math, Weslcyan, 77-Sl ; 

 prof, Ro.se, 83-91; DePauw, 91-95; Purdue, 95- 

 08; Washinaton {St. Louis), 08-17, emer. prof, 

 17- Acting pres, Rose. 85-86, 88-89, 17-lS; 

 office sec'y, M. E. Board of Educ; col. visitor, 

 Carnegie Foundation. 18. A.A. (sec'y, A, 93, 

 D, 02, V. pres, 03, gen. sec'y, 05); Math. Soc; 

 Eng. Educ. (sec'y, 02-04); Ind. Acad, (ed, 93, 

 9.5-97, pres, 98). Descriptive geometry; warped 

 surfaces; volcanic activity; technical educa- 

 tion. 



Waldo, Prof. Edward S(ardenbergh), Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Electrical engineer- 

 ing. Hornell. N. Y, March 5, 66. A.B, Am- 

 herst, 88; M.E, Cornell, 90, M.S, 14, E.E, 17. 

 With Gen. Elec. Co, 90-94; instr. elec. eng, 

 Pennsylvania, 94-04; with eng. dept, Crocker- 

 Wheeler Co, 04-07; asst. prof. elec. eng, Illi- 

 nois, 07- A.A; Elec. Eng. 



Waldo, Dr. Leonard, 49 Wall St, New York, N. 

 Y. Metallurgy, Physics. Cincinnati. Ohio, May 

 4, 53. A.B. Marietta, 72, A.M; sch. of mines, 

 Columbia; Sc.D, Harvard, 79; A.M, Yale, SO. 

 Asst, Cincinnati Observatory; asst. astronomer, 

 U. S. transit of Venus exped, 74; Harvard Col. 

 Observatory; a.stronomer, Yale Observatory; 

 consulting metal, and elec. engineer. Medal, 

 London Royal Soc. Arts. Elec. Eng; Min. Eng; 

 Mech. Eng; N. Y. Acad; Conn. Acad, (sec'y); 

 British Hort. Inst. Solar and stellar paral- 

 laxes; double stars and satellites of ^lars; solar 

 eclipses; aluminum, copper and special steels; 

 permeability and hysteresis of certain steels; 

 resistance metals; so-called aluminum bronzes. 



Waldron, Prof. C(lare) B (alley), Agricultural 

 College, N. Dak. Horticulture, Forestry. Kent, 

 Ohio, Dec. 6, 65. B.S. Mich. Agr. Col, 87. Instr. 

 bot, Mich. Agr. Col, 88-89; prof', hort. and for- 

 estry, N. Dal-. Col, 90-15. dean agr, 15-; de- 

 velopment expert. War Dept, SO- Mem. jury 

 of awards, La. Purchase Expos, 04; chairman. 



