IN MEMORIAM 



ROBERT B. DODSON 

 1894-1918 



Scientific men everywhere realize that with the exception of 

 creative work the most important task is the discovery and en- 

 couragement of those very umisnal minds that seem to have a 

 peculiar adaptability to productive research. Mr. Robert B. 

 Dodson, who was a graduate student in Physics and Mathe- 

 matics at the State University- of Iowa from the fall of 1916 

 until his death in December, 1918, proved himself to be one of 

 those unusual men who are worth capturing and encouraging. 

 Mr. Dodson 's mind showed not only the ability to follow the 

 analyses of another, though intricate, but also that he was 

 capable of independent thinking. In all his work he was thor- 

 ough-going. Had he lived he would without question have 

 made a distinct place for himself in the creative work in Phy- 

 sics of this country. His scientific promise gives his death a 

 peculiar sadness to his friends engaged in scientific work. Both 

 his associates and his teachers recognized his character to be 

 thoroughly genuine and his life to be motived by the highest 

 ideals. 



G. W. STEWART. 



