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Indiana University Studies 
Department, 1898 to date. Fellow of the Indiana Academy of Science 
(President, 1907); life member of the Botanical Society of America; 
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; 
member of the Washington Academy of Science, American Naturalists, 
American Fern Society, American Genetic Association; Phi Beta Kappa, 
Sigma Xi, and the American Forestry Association. “Starred” in 
American Men of Science. Author of two books and fifty technical 
scientific papers on botany. 
Other members of the Council, names arranged alphabeti- 
cally : 
Herman T. Briscoe 
Student, Indiana University, six years; Harvard University, one 
year. A.B., Indiana University, 1917; A.M., 1923; Ph.D., 1924. Austin 
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, 1919=20; Instructor in Chemistry, 
Colby College, Waterville, Me., 1920-22; Instructor in Chemistry, Indiana 
University, 1922-24; Assistant Professor, 1924-26; Associate Professor, 
1926 to date. Five years public school teacher, principal, and superin- 
tendent. Military service, May, 19 18 -January, 1919. Research chemist, 
Explosives, the Hercules Powder Company, and with the Luckey Lime 
and Supply Company, Lime Products. Author of papers on the proper- 
ties and manufacture of lime products. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, 
Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Chemical 
Society, and Indiana Academy of Science. Recipient of grant for re- 
search work from the Waterman Research Fund. 
Oliver W. Brown 
B.S., Earlham College, 1895; A.M., Indiana University, 1896. Grad- 
uate student, Indiana University, Missouri School of Mines, winter and 
spring terms, 1897; Cornell University, 1897-99; University of Wiscon- 
sin, summer terms, 1902 and 1903; Honorary Fellow in Engineering, 
University of Wisconsin, 1903-4. Demonstrator of Chemistry, Indiana 
Dental College, 1896-97; Assistant in Chemistry, Cornell University, 
1898-99; Instructor in Chemistry, Indiana University, 1899-1904; Assist- 
ant Professor, 1904-5; Instructor in Chemical Engineering, University 
of Wisconsin, 1905-6; Associate Professor of Chemistry, Indiana Univer- 
sity, 1906-21 ; Professor, 1921 to date. Formerly chemist for the Muncie 
Pulp Company and the J. N. Hurty Laboratory; Storage Battery Engin- 
eer, the Battery Power Company, the Prest-O-Lite Company, Inc., and 
the Brown-Smith Battery Company. General Manager and Vice-Presi- 
dent of the Brown-Smith Battery Company for eight years. Consulting 
Storage Battery Engineer for the Yale Storage Battery Company, and 
formerly for the Picher Lead Company and the Indianapolis Manufac- 
turing Company. Charter member of the American Electrochemical 
Society and past chairman of the committee on storage batteries; mem- 
ber of the commitee on Contact Catalysis of National Research Council. 
Member of the American Chemical Society, Indiana Engineering Society, 
Indiana Academy of Science, and Sigma Xi (former President). Author 
of thirty-two papers and patents covering subjects concerning storage 
