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20, pages 169 to 290, March 5, 1879. He received the Doctor of 

 Science degree at commencement 1878. being the first person to re- 

 ceive this degree at Harvard. 



Doctor Halsted had a long, active career. He was born at Venice, 

 Cayuga county. New York, June 7, 1852, educated in the secondary 

 schools of that state, later graduated from the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, receiving the B. S. degree in 1871 and the M. S. degree in 

 1874, and later the D. Sc. degree from Harvard. I believe his was 

 the first degree to be given in this country. He then became asso- 

 ciate editor of the American Agriculturist, and then Professor of 

 Botany of the Iowa Agricultural College, following Dr. C. E. Bessey. 

 Later he was called to Rutger's College, New Jersey, where his ac- 

 tive career was ended on August 27, 1918. 



Doctor Halsted will live in the memory of his students and friends 

 in the botanical world and the educational institutions with which 

 he was connected. His work was well and faithfully done and he 

 had the highest esteem of his fellow men. 



