Organization of the Bureau 
The work of the Bureau is in charge of a Council consist- 
ing of fifteen members, of whom four constitute the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Council. The names of the Council with 
their academic biographies and science service are listed be- 
low : 
Arthur L. Foley, Chairman of the Committee 
Student, Normal College, two years; Hayward College, one year; 
Indiana University, three and one-half years; Chicago University, one 
year; Cornell University, one year; University of Berlin, one term. 
Graduate, Central Normal College, 1884; Hayward College, 1887; A.B., 
Indiana University, 1890; A.M., 1891; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1897. 
Public school teacher, 1884-85, principal, 1885-86, 1887-88. Instructor in 
Physics, Indiana University, 1890-91; Assistant Professor, 1891-97; Pro- 
fessor and Head of the Department, 1897 to date; University of Denver 
Summer School, 1913. Fellow, Cornell University, 1896-97; Research 
Professor, Waterman Institute, 1917-24; Chairman of the Research Com- 
mittee of the Indiana State Council of Defense during the war; Director 
of Research in the Affiliated Colleges of Indiana, 1918 to date; member 
of the Acoustic Committee of the National Research Council; Represen- 
tative of the American Physical Society on the National Research Coun- 
cil since 1925; Director of the United States Radio School at Indiana 
University and Consulting Acoustical Engineer during the war; Indiana 
University Engineer, 1895-1917; Consulting Acoustic Engineer for radio 
and phonograph companies since 1925; Chairman of the Research Com- 
mittee of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1922 to date; Associate 
Physicist of the Riverbank Acoustic Laboratory, of Geneva, 111., 1922 to 
date. Inventor of numerous acoustic and mechanical devices. Editor 
of work on the Velocity of Sound in the International Critical Tables. 
Author of sixty-six published papers, chiefly descriptive of his re- 
searches. “Starred” in American Men of Science. Fellow of the Ameri- 
can Association for the Advancement of Science, of the American Physi- 
cal Society, and of the Indiana Academy of Science (President, 1909) ; 
member of Phi Beta Kappa (President, 1914), Sigma Xi (President, 
1904), and of the Scientech Club. Recipient of grants for research work 
from the Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund, from the American Acad- 
emy of Arts and Sciences, from the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science (two grants), from the Riverbank Acoustic Labora- 
tory, and from several industrial companies. 
EBGAR R. Cumings 
A.B., Union College, 1897; Ph.D., Yalt University, 1903. Graduate 
student, Cornell University, 1897. Instructor, Assistant Professor, and 
Associate Professor, Indiana University, 1898-1909, Professor from 1 909 > 
and Head of the Department of Geology, 1903 to date. Acting Dean of 
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