A REVIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORK OF 
H. L. RUSSELL 
E. G. Hastines 
It is impossible to present in a few pages an adequate 
statement of the work of him in honor of whom this volume 
is issued. In most of the fields that engaged his attention, 
as a member of the Wisconsin Experiment Station staff, the 
work was of a pioneer nature and has served as a foundation 
for the work of others who were to follow, making a more 
detailed study of the varied fields. 
The University of Wisconsin has been fortunate in the 
loyalty of its staff and in the cooperation that has existed be- 
tween its various departments. The work presented by Dr. 
Russell in many of his papers was done in association with 
colleagues in other departments of the College of Agriculture. 
Chief among these collaborators may be mentioned Dr. 8S. 
M. Babcock whose knowledge of the chemistry of the dairy 
supplemented and indeed made possible much of the work in 
dairy bacteriology, a subject that is as much chemical as 
biological in nature. 
Men are creatures of circumstances. Their careers are 
governed largely by their associations. One of the great 
factors in directing the future of the subject of this sketch 
was his father, a medical man by education, a scholar by 
nature, who realized the value of a university education 
and who made possible the years of graduate study. H. L. 
Russell was born on March 12, 1866, son of E. Fred Russell 
and Lucinda Estella Russell. He entered the University of 
Wisconsin in 1884, recciving his bachelor’s degree in 1888. 
Another important factor in the determination of the future 
career of the student was the presence in the University of 
Wisconsin of William Trelease, now in charge of the depart- 
ment of botany in the University of Illinois. Dr. Trelease 
