VITA 



Adelaide Spohn was born in Chicago, Illinois, May 25, 

 1886. In 1908 she received the degree of B. S. from the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago and in 1913 the degree of M. S. from the 

 same University. Since 1908 she has held the following posi- 

 tions : Instructor, Woodstock, Illinois, High School 1908- 

 1910; Instructor, Joliet, Illinois, Township High School 1910- 

 1911 ; Research Assistant to Dr. Oscar Riddle at the Univer- 

 sity of Chicago and Station of Experimental Evolution of the 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1911-1915; Instructor in 

 Chemistry, Teachers College, 1915-1916; Chemical Assistant 

 in the Department of Physiology, Columbia University, 1916 

 to February, 1918; Instructor in Chemistry Northwestern 

 University, February 1918-1919; Instructor in Chemistry, 

 Pratt Institute, 1919-1920; Research Assistant in Food Chem- 

 istry, Columbia University, 1920-1922. 



She was co-author with Dr. Oscar Riddle of the following 

 publications : Studies on the Physiology of Reproduction in 

 Birds. II. On the Chemical Composition of White and Yel- 

 low Egg Yolk of the Fowl and Pigeon, Am. Jour. Physiol, 

 1916, XLI, 397 ; Studies on the Physiology of Reproduction in 

 Birds. IV. When a Gland Functions for the First Time is its 

 Secretion the Equivalent of Subsequent Secretions ? Am. Jour. 

 Physiol. 1916, XLI, 419. 



She has been a graduate student under the Faculty of 

 Pure Science, Columbia University, during the years 1915-16 

 and 1920-22. 



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