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AMERICAX MEN OF SCIENCE 



Geog; Min. Eng. Crystalline geology of New- 

 Jersey and Connecticut; areal mapping in the 

 Rocky llountains; economic geology. 



Westhafer, Prof. W(miain) B, College of 

 Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Physics. Uiirichsville. 

 Ohio, July 8, 79. A.B, Ohio Wesleyan, 03, A.M, 

 07; Harvard, 09. Instr. math, Ohio Weslevan, 

 06-07; physics, Amherst, 09-12, asst. prof,'l2- 

 14, assoc. prof, 14-18;; prof, and head of dept, 

 Wooster, 18- A.A; assoc. Physical Soc. Con- 

 ductivity of molybdenite. 



Weston, Edward, Waverly Park, Newark, N. J. 

 * Electrical engineering. Brynn Castle, England, 

 May 9, 50. English schools; LL.D, McGill, 03; 

 Set), Stevens, 04; Princeton, 10. Electrician, 

 U. S. Elec. Light Co, 81-88; v. pres. and gen. 

 manager, Weston Elee. Instrument Co, 88-05, 

 pres, 05- Second v. pres, trustees, Stevens. 

 Medals and honors, various expositions. A.A; 

 Elec. Eng. (past pres); Physical Soc; Ilium. 

 Eng. Soc; hon. mem. Nat. Elec. Light Ass; Elec- 

 trochem. Soc; Chem. Soc; Mech. Eng; Am. 

 Geog. Soc; Royal Soc. Arts. Electrochemistry; 

 electrometallurgy; electrical instruments; de- 

 velopment of electrical measuring instruments 

 of precision. 



Weston, Dr. Marion D(odge), Rhode Island College 

 of Education, Providence, R. I. Paleontology. 

 Atkinson, N. H, March 10, 84. A.B, Mt. Hol- 

 yoke, 06, A.M, 09; Columbia, 09-10; Ph.D. 

 Brown, 17. Asst. bot, Mt. Holyoke, 06-09; 

 instr. hiol, E. I. Col. Educ, 10- Paleobotany; 

 Carboniferous flora of Rhode Island. 



Weston, Dr. Paul G(arfield), Warren, Pa, Pa- 

 thology. Pottsville, Pa, July 6, 81. M.D, 

 Medico-Chirurg. Col, Phila, 08. Pathologist, 

 Phila. Hosp. for Contagious Diseases, 08-10; 

 assoc. prof. path, and bacter, Temple, 08-10 ; 

 pathologist. State Hosp, 10- Ass. Path, and 

 Bact; Medico-Psychol. Ass. Bacteriology; im- 

 munity; chemistry of blood and spinal fluid; 

 action of snake venom. 



Weston, Robert Spurt, 14 Beacon St, Boston, 



Mass. Sanitary science. Concord, N. H, Aug. 

 1, 69. B.S, Amherst, 91, A.M, 04; Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 94-95; Berlin, 96. Asst. in state and 

 munic. sanit. investigations of water supplies, 

 95-99; asst. prof. pub. health, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 12-16; con.<iulting sanit. engineer, 99- Chem. 

 Soc; Soc. Chem. Indust; Civil Eng; Pub. Health 

 Ass; Water Works Ass; Chem. Eng; New Eng. 

 Water Works Ass; Bo.ston Soc. Civil Eng; Can. 

 Inst. Eng. The character of water, sewage and 

 industrial waste and methods for their purifi- 

 cation. 



Weston, Dr. W(ilUa)m H(enry), Jr, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 Plant pathology. New York, N. Y, Jan. 24, 90. 

 A.B, Dartmouth, 11; A.M, Harvard, 12, Ph.D, 

 15. Instr. bot. Western Reserve, 15-16; path, 

 inspector, fed. hort. board, U. S. Dept. Agr, 16- 

 17, pathologist, bur. plant, indust, 17- Instr. 

 bot. Summer Sch. of Science, Halifax, N. S, 12; 

 asst. Woods Hole, summers, 14, 15. A.A; Bot. 

 Soc; Phytopath. Soc; Micros. Soc. Mycology; 

 life histories of Saprolegniales; fungous* diseases 

 of crops in Guam; Oriental downv mildews of 

 grasses. 



Wetmore, (Frank) Alexander, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington. D. C. Ornithology. 

 North Freedom, Wis, June 18, m. A.B, Kansas, 

 12; M.S, George Washington, 16, Ph.D, 20. 

 Asst, museum, Kansas, 05-10; agent, hiol. surv, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr, 10-12, asst. biologist, 13- Asst, 

 Colo. Museum Nat. Hist, 09. A.A; fel. Ornith. 

 Union; Cooper Ornith. Union; Wilson Ornith. 

 Club; Wash. Biol. Soc. (councilor, 14-); Wash. 

 Biol. Field Club (sec'y, 17-). Economic and 

 systematic ornithology; avian anatomy and os- 

 teology. 



Wetzel, Reinhard A(ugust), College of the Citv 

 of New York, New York, N. Y. Physics. Ger- 

 many, May 18, 73. B.S, Minnesota, 01; Chi- 

 cago,_ summers, 02, 03; Wisconsin, 04r-07; Co- 

 lumbia, 07-09; Aachen, Germany, summer, 14. 

 Teacher, high sch, Detroit, Minn, 01-02; Ot- 

 tumwa, Iowa, 02-03; Fargo, N. Dak, 03-04; 

 asst. physics, Wisconsin, 04-07; Columbia, 07- 

 09; tutor. Col. City of N. Y, 10-15, instr, 15-16, 

 supervisor, Townsend Harris Hall, 16- A.A; 

 Physical Soc; Optical Soc; Math. Soc. Uni- 

 versal constant of gravitation; radiation pres- 

 sure; principle of relativity; electric resolution 

 of the spectral lines of the elements. 



Weyer, Prof. Edward M(offat), College Campus, 

 Washington, Pa. Psychology, Philosophy. 

 Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 1, 72. Wisconsin, 91-93; 

 A.B, Yale, 95; Ph.D, Leipzig, 98. Asst, psychol. 

 lab. Yale, 98-99; adj. prof, philos, Washington 

 and Jefferson, 99-05, prof, 05- Psychol. Ass. 

 Time-threshold of psychophysical and mental 

 processes; reaction time of animals; animal con- 

 sciousness. 



Weymouth, Prof. F(rank) W (alter), Stanford 

 University, Calif. Physiology, Zoology. Seattle, 

 Wash, June 17, 84. A.B, Stanford, 09, A.M, 

 11. Instr. physiol, Stanford, 11-12 ; asst. physiol, 

 Hopkins, 12-13; asst. prof, Stanford, 13- A.A; 

 Calif. Acad. Taxonomy and life history of Pa- 

 cific coast Crustacea; blood clotting; physiology 

 of eye and ocular muscles. 



Weysse, Dr. Arthur W(issald), 688 Boylston St, 

 Boston, Mass. Biology. Machias, Maine, Nov. 

 16, 67. A.B, Harvard, 91, ^.M, 92, Ph.D, 94; 

 Leipzig, 94-95; Berlin, 95; Ecole de Med. Paris, 

 95-96; Naples Zool. Sta, 96; M.D, Bale, 07. 

 Asst. bot. Harvard, and zool, Radcliffe, 92-94; 

 instr. biol, Ma.ss. Inst. Tech, 96-07; prof. exp. 

 physiol, sch. med, Boston, 99-, lecturer venereal 

 diseases, 14-, biol, Boston, Oi-, acting dean, 

 grad. sch, 17- Lecturer phvsiol. Am. Sch. for 

 Physical Educ, 15-17. Mem. Vol. M.C, IS. 

 A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc. Zool; Ass. Anat; Ass. 

 Prof; Am. Acad; Boston Med. Library Ass; 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist; Boston Soc. Med. Sci. 

 Embryology of the Mammalia and other verte- 

 brates; blood pressure. 



Whedon, Dr. Arthur D(ewltt), University of 

 Pennsyhania, Philadelphia, Pm. Zoology. Iowa 

 City, iowa, March 14, 79. A.B, Iowa State, 07, 

 M.S, 12; Ph.D, Pennsylvania, 18. Bead, bot. 

 dept, Wm. McKinley High Sch, St. Louis, Mo, 

 09-11; biol. dept. State Nor. Sch, Mankato, 

 Minn, 11-15; dept. bot. and geog. State Nor. 

 sch. West Chester, Pa, 15-; instr. zool, Pennsyl- 

 vania, 16- Exten. lecturer, Minnesota, 13-15. 



