104 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
A GUARDIAN OF ANIMAL HEALTH 
35. The present Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry is 
Dr. Joun Roppins MonLer. Dr. Mox.er was born in Phila- 
delphia, May 9, 1875, graduating from the Central High school 
in 1892. The following year he attended Temple University 
and in 1896 received his V. M. D. from the University of Penn- 
sylvania. For one year following his graduation he was in 
veterinary practice, but from 1897 to 1899 he found a larger 
service in the medical department of the Marquette University 
and as an assistant inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
His progress in the Bureau was rapid, and in 1899 he was made 
assistant pathologist; in 1901 zoologist; and in 1902, chief of 
the Pathological Division. After twelve years in this depart- 
ment, he was made assistant chief of the Bureau, and on the 
death of Dr. MELvin, he succeeded him as chief. Dr. MoHLER 
has held numerous positions of national and international 
importance. In 1908 he was secretary of the Veterinary section 
of the International Tuberculosis Congress; in 1909 and 1910 
he was vice president of the United States Livestock Sanitary 
Association, and in 1912 and 1913 president of the Veterinary 
Medical Association. The following year he was vice president 
of the International Veterinary Congress, and from 1914 to 1917 
was president of the Veterinary Examining Board in the District 
of Columbia. 
Dr. Monter has been an active contributor to the programs 
of the Society of American Bacteriologists and the Society of 
Experimental Biology and Medicine. He is a voluminous pub- 
lisher in the fields of pathology, bacteriology and meat inspec- 
tion, and has contributed largely to Government publications, 
medical journals, and encyclopedias. Dr. MoHLER has been an 
active translator, bringing out Ostertag’s Hand Book of Meat 
Inspection in 1904, Edelmann’s Meat Hygiene in 1908, Hutyra 
