Alden Springer CRAFTS, born June 25, 1897, at Fort 

 Collins, Colorado. A.B. University of California 1927; Ph.D. 

 Univ. of California 1930. National Research Council Fellow 

 1930-31 at Cornell University. Asst. Botanist, Calif. Agri. 

 Expt. Station, Davis, 1931-36; Asst. Botanist and Asst. Prof, 

 of Botany, Univ. of Calif, at Davis 1936-39; Associate Botanist 

 and Assoc. Prof, of Botany 1939-46; Botanist and Prof, of 



Botany 1946 . Guggenheim Fellow July 1 to December 31, 



1938; Research Fellow in Biology, Harvard University 

 July 1 to December 31, 1938; Fellow AAAS 1940-—. Mem- 

 ber A.A.A.S.; Bot. Soc. Amer. ; Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol.; 

 Calif. Bot. Soc; Amer. Soc. Range Management. Sect'y 

 Western Sect. Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol. 1937-39, Vice Chair- 

 man 1939-40, Chairman 1940-41. Visiting Professor, Puerto 

 Rico Agri. Expt. Sta. July 1, 1947-June 30, 1948. Honorary 

 Societies, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Alpha Zeta, Phi Beta Kappa, 

 Gamma Alpha. 



Herbert Bashford CURRIER, born Oct. 16, 1911 at Rich- 

 wood, Ohio. B.S. Ohio State University 1932, M.S. Utah 

 State Agric. College 1938, Ph.D. Univ. of California 1943. 

 Teaching Asst. in Botany, Utah State Agric. College 1937-38; 

 Teaching Asst. in Botany 1938-39, Associate in Botany 1939- 

 42, College of Agric, Univ. of California, Davis; Research 

 Chemist, Basic Vegetable Products Co., Vacaville, Calif. 1942- 

 46; Asst. Botanist, Calif. Agric. Expt. Sta. and Asst. Prof, of 



Botany, College of Agriculture, Univ. of Calif. 1946 . 



Member A.A.A.S., Bot. Soc. Amer., Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol., 



Sec'y Western Sect., Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol. 1948 . 



Honorary societies: Sigma Xi. 



Clifford Ralph STOCKING, born June 22, 1913 at River- 

 side, California. B.S. Univ. of California 1937, M.S. Univ. 

 of California 1939, Ph.D. University of California 1943. Teach- 

 ing Asst. in Botany, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Calif. 1938-40; 

 Associate in Botany, College of Agric, Univ. of Calif., Davis, 

 1940-42; Food Chemist, Puccinelli Packing Co., Turlock, Calif. 

 1942-45; Asst. Botanist and Asst. Prof, of Botany, College of 

 Agric, Univ. of Calif., Davis, 1946-. Member A.A.A.S., Bot. 

 Soc. Amer., Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol. Honorary Societies: 

 Alpha Zeta, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. 



