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Albany High School. He entered Union College in 1892, graduating 
with the degree of Ph. B. in 1896. At his graduation he received 
special honors in geology, the subject of his thesis being a study of 
the geology and paleontology of the Helderbergs near the eastern 
base of which his home was located. The following year he remained 
at Union as an assistant in geology and in the summer of 1897 he 
began work with the Maryland Geological Survey on the Paleozoic 
formations of the western part of the state. In the autumn, as a 
graduate student in geology, he entered Johns Hopkins University 
where he remained for three years, continuing on the state survey 
during the summer vacations. He held a scholarship in geology during 
the University year of 1898-99 and the fellowship in geology for 1899- 
IQOO, receiving his Ph. D. degree in 1900. 
Dr. Rowe's work on the Paleozoic formations of western Maryland 
was valuable and led to the effort to correlate them more closely with 
the standard formations of the New York column. He described the 
Eodevonian formations of the state for the Maryland survey, identified 
many of the fossils, describing a number of new species. This work 
will appear in the Devonian volume of the Maryland survey under 
the title: The Paleodevonian formations of Maryland; a study of their 
stratigraphy and faunas; one of America's foremost Paleozoic 
paleontologists states that his /descriptions of fossils in this report 
show a high order of ability. 
Soon after receiving his doctorate he passed the Civil Service ex- 
amination and- was appointed an assistant geologist on the U. S. Geo- 
logical Survey in the division of Dr. C. W. Hayes. Before reporting 
for field duty, however, he was attacked with malarial fever and later 
examination revealed the beginning of tuberculosis. In November. 
1900, Dr. Rowe was assigned by the U. S. Geological Survey to duty 
in southern Nevada, and, under the invigorating influence of that 
climate, partly regained his health. While on a geological camping 
expedition during the past autumn and winter he overexerted himself 
and from these effects he never recovered. 
Dr. Rowe was a modest man of agreeable manners and an enjoyable 
companion. The writer has spent many days with him in the field, 
finding him an earnest worker, an accurate observer, and an efficient 
assistant. It is specially sad that his life has been brought to such an 
early close when he was, apparently, just entering upon a most promis- 
ing career. 
He had published the "Stratigraphic geology of the eastern Hel- 
derbergs" (17th ann. rept., state geologist. [N. Y.], pp. 342-355, pi. 5-10.) 
and "Map of Allegany county showing the geological formations and 
agricultural soils," in association with Dr. C. C. O'Harra (Maryland 
Geological Survey, Physical Atlas of Maryland, 1900, 3 sheets.) 
During the oast two years he had made extensive paleontological 
collections from the Mesozolc and Paleozoic formations of southern 
Nevada and California. At the time of his death he was engaged in 
the preparation of a report on the geology of this region. 
Charles S. Prosser. 
