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known, but an essential part of his character and philosophy. He had 

 not only a passionate desire to ascertain truth, but the keenest apprecia- 

 tion and love of its fine expression, whether in the form of prose, poetry, 

 painting, music, or sculpture. Seldom did he take any extensive trip 

 without carrying with him some well selected volume of verse, usually 

 verse interpreting nature. Tennyson's "In Memoriam," with its won- 

 derful expression of geologic principles, was a favorite, and those of us 

 fortunate enough to work with him are not likely to forget the evenings 

 spent about the camp-fire listening to those beautiful words read over 

 and over again by Van Hise in tones of deep inspiration. 



In his implicit belief and faith in an ordered universe under supreme 

 control, his passionate desire to understand its make-up, and his love of 

 adequate and beautiful expression of its essence, Van Hise was one of 

 the most deeply religious men I have known. 



Chronology 



Born at Fulton, Wisconsin, May 29, 1857 ; died at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 November 19, 1918. 



B. M. E., University of Wisconsin, 1879, B. S. 1880, M. S. 1882, Ph. D. 1892 ; 

 LL. D., University of Chicago, 1903; Yale, 1904; Harvard, 1908; Williams, 

 1908; Dartmouth, 1909. 



Instructor in metallurgy. University of Wisconsin, 1879-1883; assistant pro- 

 fessor, 1883-1886; professor, 1886-1888; professor of mineralogy, 1888-1890; 

 professor of Archean and applied geology, 1890-1892 ; professor of geology, 

 1892-1903; president, 1903-1918. 



Non-residen# professor of structural geology. University of Chicago, 1892- 

 1903. 



Assistant geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1883-1888 ; geologist in 

 charge of Lake Superior Division, 1888-1900; geologist in charge of Division 

 of pre-Cambrian and Metamorphic Geology, 1900-1908; consulting geologist, 

 1909-1918. 



Consulting geologist, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 1897- 

 1903 ; president Board of Commissioners, 1903-1918. 



Chairman of Wisconsin State Board of Forestry, 1905-1918. 



Chairman Wisconsin Conservation Commission, 1908-1918. 



Member of National Conservation Commission, 1908-1918. 



Trustee of Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1909- 

 1918. 



Member of National Academy of Sciences, Washington Academy of Sciences, 

 Scientific Society of Christiania, Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Geolog- 

 ical Society of America (President in 1907), Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, 

 Arts, and Letters (President, 1893-1896), American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science (vice-president of Section E, 1901; President, 1916-1918), 



