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1896-99, Lewis Institute Library, Chicago. Organizer and 
ibrarian. 
1900-02, Lewis Institute, Librarian and instructor in library 
1900, Received the degree of A.B. from the University of 
Chicago. 
1904, Received the degree of A.M. from the University of 
. Chicago. 
1904-14, Engaged in field research in ethnology in the Philip- 
pine Islands, and in teaching, writing, and graduate 
study. 
1914, Received the degree of Ph.D. from Columbia University. 
The long vacancy in this important position was a great 
hindrance to the work: of the other departments of the Garden, 
and the development of the library itself was greatly retarded. 
Herbarium Assistant—The increase of herbarium duties made 
additional assistance imperative if the collections were to be given 
proper care and supervision. On April 1, the temporary services 
of Dr. Alfred L. Gundersen were secured, and on December 23, 
1914, he was regularly appointed as herbarium assistant for 1915. 
Dr. Gundersen’s academic and professional experience is as 
follows: 
1897, Received the degree of A.B. at Stanford University. 
1897-99, Student, University of Minnesota. 
1901, Teacher of Botany, High School, Sauk Center, Minn. 
1901-03, Teacher of biology, High School, Greeley, Colo. 
1904-05, Assistant in physics, Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, 
Conn. 
1905-07, Graduate student, Harvard. 
1907, Received degree of A.M. (Harvard). 
1907-10, Graduate student, Universities of Lille and Paris. 
1910, Received the degree of Docteur de Universite de Paris 
(sctences naturelles). 
1910-13, Assistant, Arnold Arboretum, chieflly in connection 
with nomenclature in the Bradley Bibliography. 
Miscellaneous.—The increase of our plantations made necessary 
the appointment, in the early spring, of an additional gardener, 
