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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLIX. No. 1272 



Sepresentatives of Societies — American Society 

 of Agronomy: Charles V. Piper. American So- 

 ciety of Bacteriologists : Samuel C. Prescott. Bo- 

 tanical Society of America: William Crocker, 

 A. S. Jones. Ecological Society of America.: W. 

 M. Wheeler. American Society of Economic 

 Entomologists: P. J. Parrott. Society of Ameri- 

 can Foresters: Barrington Moore. American 

 Genetics Association: G. N. Collins. American 

 Society for Horticultural Science: U. P. Hedrick. 

 American Phytopatliological Society: G. E. Ly- 

 man. Society of American Zoologists: M. F. 

 Guyer, F. E. LiUie, G. H. Parker. 



Memhers-at-large, nominated iy the division: 

 I. W. Bailey, B. E. Livingston, C. E. MeClung, C. 

 P. Marbut, A. G. Mayor, H. F. Moore, J. R. Mur- 

 Hn, W. Osgood, A. P. Woods. 



RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 



The Natioual Eesearch Council announces 

 its first appointments to national research 

 fellowsliips in physics and chemistry. The 

 fellowships are supported by the Eockefeller 

 Foundation and the object of the ISTational 

 Research Ooimcil in maintaining a system of 

 research fellowships is to promote funda- 

 mental research in physics and chemistry pri- 

 marily in educational institutions of the 

 United States. Fellowships are awarded to 

 persons who have demonstrated a high order 

 of ability in research for the purpose of en- 

 abling them to conduct investigations at edu- 

 cational institutions which make adequate 

 provision for research in physics or chemistry. 

 The iN'ational Eesearch Council has received 

 approximately forty applications. The follow- 

 ing initial appointments have been made : 

 I 



In Ohemistry 



F. E. Bichowsky, of Washington, D. C, 

 A.B. (Pomona, '12), Ph.D. (California, '16). 

 Physical chemist at the geophysical labora- 

 tory of the Carnegie Institute of "Washington 

 since 1916. Mr. Bichowsky plans to conduct 

 researches at the University of California. 



Emmett K. Carver, of !N"ew York City, 

 A.B. (Harvard, '14), Ph.D. (Harvard, '17). 

 Formerly assistant to the director of the Wol- 

 cott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory at Harvard; 

 captain, Chemical Warfare Service, U. S. A. 



W. H. Eodebush, Ph.D. (California, '17), at 

 present research chemist for the United States 

 Industrial Alcohol Company, of Baltimore, 

 Md. Mr. Eodebush will conduct researches 

 at the University of California on A Study 

 of the Specific Heats and Other Properties of 

 Substances at Low Temperatures. 



In Physics 



Leonard B. Loeb, of ISTew York City, B.S. 

 (Chicago, '12), Ph.D. (Chicago, '16). For- 

 merly assistant physicist at the Bureau of 

 Standards, Washington, D. C; lieutenant, 

 Aviation Service, U. S. A. Mr. Loeb will 

 conduct his researches at the University of 

 Chicago. 



Eobert A. Patterson, of Bristol, Connecti- 

 cut, AB. (Yale, '11), Ph.D. (Yale, '15). 

 Formerly instructor in physics at Yale Uni- 

 versity; major, Field Artillery, U. S. A. 



George P. Paine, of Madison, Wisconsin, 

 A.B. (Harvard, '05), Ph.D. (Wisconsin, '18). 

 Instructor in engineering mathematics. Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin. Mr. Paine will con- 

 duct his researches at Harvard University and 

 at Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory. 



It is expected that additional appointments 

 will be announced in the near future. The 

 members and acting members of the Eesearch 

 Fellowship Board are as follows: Wilder D. 

 Bancroft, Henry A. Bumstead, Simon Fles- 

 ner, George E. Hale, Ehner P. Kohler, A. O. 

 Leuschner, Eobert A. Millikan, Arthur A. 

 ISToyes, E. W. Washburn. 



THE INDUSTRIAL FELLOWSHIPS OF 



THE MELLON INSTITUTE^ 



The annual report of Director Eayniond F. 



Bacon of the Mellon Institute of Industrial 



Research^ records a general extension of the 



institute's activities during the past year. 



iPor previous reports on the status of the sys- 

 tem of cooperation between science and industry 

 in operation at the Mellon Institute, see Duncan, 

 Science, N. S., Vol. XXXIX. (1914), 672; Bacon, 

 iUd., XLIII. (1916), 453; ibid., XLV. (1917), 

 399; and Weidlein, ibid., XL VII. (1918), 447. 



2 The full report is published in J. Ind. Eng. 

 Chem., 11, 371-374, 1919. 



