NOTE 



Robert Stewart was born in American Fork, Utah, August 16, 

 1877. He secured his common school education in the public 

 schools of Utah. In the fall of 1896 he .entered the preparatory 

 department of the Agricultural College of Utah. He graduated 

 from this institution in June, 1902, with the degree of Bachelor of 

 Science. He immediately received an appointment as assistant 

 chemist in the Utah Experiment Station. While holding this po- 

 sition, during t^e years 1902-03, 1903-04, he took graduate stu- 

 dent work in the college. During the school year 1904-05 he was 

 a member of the Graduate School of the University of Chicago 

 where he studied chemistry under the direction of Doctor Nef. In 

 1905 he was appointed assistant professor of chemistry in the Utah 

 College and while holding this position, during the years 1905-06, 

 1906-07, 1907-08, he continued his graduate student work. Dur- 

 ing the summer of 1906 he was a member of the Graduate School 

 of Agriculture held at the University of Illinois. In June, 1908, 

 he was appointed professor of chemistry in the Utah College and 

 was granted a leave of absence to carry on graduate work at the 

 University of Illinois. 



He is the senior author of Bulletin 103, "Milling Qualities of 

 Utah Wheat," and Bulletin 106, "A Study of the Influence of Irri- 

 gation Waters upon the Movement and Production of Nitrates in 

 the Soil," which has been accepted for publication by the Utah Ex- 

 periment Station. 



During the school year 1908-09 he held a fellowship in agron- 

 omy in the University of Illinois. He is a member of the Illinois 

 chapter of Sigma Xa ,and also. a e chftiter member of the Illinois 

 chapter of the Ametfieah Socjrety: -6! Agronomy. 



