Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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:1; air igl-nminmt Alumni PROF. A. J. CARLSON, PH. D. C. G. SCHULTZ, A, M. Prof. A. J. Carlsnn was born ill Balmsliirl, Sweden in 1375. coming Mr. C. G. Schult'r. was born ill New Swetlelh NiK'OHL'l- l'UllllUJ- Minne- Lo America in 1891. He received his A. B. degree at Augusluna 1n soln. He x'euoivsd his early training in the puhlir schouls of this nlawo, 1898 and his A. 1L in 1899. and three years later his Ph. D. in Dilysi- He recvivetl his higher enlnmliou m Gnslm'us Adolphus mllcge. SL ulagy at Stanford universi From lEIOIv-OE he was assistant in Perm: Minnesota. and at Augustana college. graduating from lhe hmm- physiology, Stanford universig . 190-1. research assistant of the Carnegie Institution uf Washington. D. Cs, 1905;07. assistant protessur of physiology Chicago university; 1908. associate professor in charge of the graduate and medical work in physiology. Prof. Carlson is asso- ciate editor of the American Journal of Physiology. secretary American Physiological sociely. member at Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Mediml association. Chicago Pathological society. and a Fellow of the A. A. F. A. S. He was a delegate 10 the International Congress of Physiology in Vienna m 1910. Dunng the years 1903712 Pro- Eessor Carlson published over Iifv ty papers in various American and European juuvnals of science, embodying the results of researrh on the heart, the heart nerves, lymph, immunity, glands 01: in- ternal secretion. salivary secre- tion, tetam'. experimental dia- betes and spiral shocks. Caltell in 1888. In 1898 he received his A. M. degree tram the same instilw places Praf, Carlson among the hon. Mr. Schultz served as sunermtendent of schools fur Nicollel fu-st One Thousand American county from 1890 to 1901h He then served as assastant slate super, Men nf Science jnteudent of public instruction for Minnesota until 1909 when he became state superintendent. which position he now holds. 3n nur hrmmn uat'il all llmlnu- fnuwua nftrr urr lraur stlmul.

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Ellurlarlu-Fl. lull Ernmineut Alumni J. A. UDDEN, PH. D., R. N. 0. Dr Udden was born in Uddalm, Lekhsa parish, Vistergatland, Sweden, March 19, 1859' In 1861 his parents emigrated to Amerira and sewed in Carver county, Minnesota. Here he receiver! his early education. Enrolling in the third class of Augustana academy in 1876, he gradlr aled from the collegiate department in 1881. The next seven years he taught aL Bethany college, pursuing post graduate studie: in natural history during vacations. In 1888 he accepted the position as pro- fessor of geology and natural history at Augustana ccllege, which jmsuion he held till the spring of 1911 when he accepted a call to hecome chief genlcgistJ Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology. Texas university, where he is now located. Dr. L'dden has fI'DTII lime to time been connected with the geologicai survey of Illinois and Iowa, the United States geological survey, anti the Texas mineral survey In 1906 he was engaged as geologist on the Illinois Geographical survey. Some important invesugmians hearing on wind as a geological agent have been made by Dr. L'Ilden. He has published a number of papers on this subject: Erosion, Transportation and Sedimentation Performed by the Atmosphere, Dust and Sandstorms in the West,u Loess as a Land Deposit, and tiThe Mechanical Composition of Wind Deposits. A number or other importanL scientiflc papers have appeared in scien- tific journals. He IS a recognized authority on geology the whole country over and is one of the greatest Swedisermerican scientists in this country. Dr. rdden is a member of the Davenport Academy of Science. the Iowa Academy of Science and the National Geographical society, and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A muu'n aurrrsa i5 uni always mrajunh hg 1hr aummlt sf gulh ll: mnnssts.

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