Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Prominent Alumni--Continued r H ' :NliV 1,. noLLEV was born .strate that potato scab is a parasitic di.sea.se. and during the year .r Kii.jlisli i.aivnta.jv in Man- 1S!)1 perfected the corrosive sublimate treatment for that dis- L. 1 •li.-sliT ' l ' o nslii[.. i ' .Mi-hoi-n .-as.-. Since his first important research work he has done a large n r ani..unt of work with smuts, flax wilt, flax cancer, flax bole dis- sir rn„i ■on,-l,-. ' n v.MPs of a-e he at- eas.w and other di.seases of flax. j| ;::::: II,. ' .•,.nni,..n s,-h..ols on the Durin.4- the years 190-4-1910 he perfected th,- d.-monstration ..f .-.•real si.-k soils, pr.n ' in ' j that large areas of .soils previously Kl AlVn ai-.l h. ' sp.-nt luni- years in siip].os.-.l t.. 1 li.-iiii.-all. - worn out for the cropping of wheat, WlM| ' th niih.n srh....ls ,,f East Alielii- ,.ats, aii.i l.ai-h-y w.-i-,- i-.-ally .inly infested by a number of cereal iHP ' ' ' ' ' Inrnn; this .sirly lij-.-. whi.-li pr...ln.-iii- .lis.-.-is.-s iiii-ln.lin - TI.-hninthosi)orinni, Fusarium, . ' .1 ,.n 111. ' l;i|-iii. his ...hi li..in-s Ma.-rosp,)i-nnji .-in.l a nniiil..-i- ..f olh.-i- fnieji pr.- -i..iisly supposed W.-IV , .■V..I. ' ,] 1.. hniitin- aii.l li.sli- t.. 1..- ni.-i-.-ly Sa|.r..|.h. t.-s. Il..||.-y als.i i,i-..v.-.l th.- i-olLStancy of Bolley ' - ■ .1 h.-i-.- that h.v.- r..r natmv .-.-i-tain lia.-t.-ri,il kin.ls in lli.- n..riiial udder of the milch cow; l-or-.|..,.i-s, win.-h has uivativ a fai-t at that tiin.- i-.int i-a.li.-t..i-. to the general scientific belief. illHu.-nccl Ills rni r. W,-1S ,|,- vln|,r k r ..ll.-y lias wi-ilt.-n an.l piil.l ish.-.l a large number of bulletins I5oll,.y lii-sl rnlnv.l ihr |,iv|ri ■at..i-v .l. ' i.artiii.Mit ,.f rnr.lu. ' and i-.-ii..i-ts ..nllinnm th.- th.-.ii-. and principles of the above ami on tlir . -01111. Irl luii ,.f ilus wm-k .•nt.-r. ' .l til.. S.-ho,,l ,,f S.-i. ' n.v naiii.-.l plant .lis.-a.s.-s. aks.. reports i.ssn.-.l l.y the North Dakota and was -raduatr,! ni Isss, It w; s .liiriii- ' Ins .jnnior year that K p.-iim. ' iit Stati Ill .s 1 disinr.-.-tion, r.-.sults in plant breed- he became iiitere.stiMl in thr |iIi .m .h.-.y ..r life aetion of j.lants in-, .l,-iii.,nsti-..ti f .soil sickness, etc. He is a Fellow of the and animals and tlicii- ivIalKiii.ship liiinip liis junior and senior Aiii.-ri.-an , .- ...■lal 1..11 for the Advancement of Science, American yeare he was a studeid assistinil 1 Ih. ' Sehool of Science. Th.- l ' h. t.ipath..loi;, - S.i.-iety, American Society of Agronomy and year following his graduation h.- was assistant iu Physics and many other scientific .societies. He is a member of various masonic Biology and was given the di-ivr r Masl.-r of Science. He was hollies and has always been interested in sports of all kinds. also made assistant, botanist ot tli. In. liana Experiment Stati.m. Bolley i.s at present Dean of the Division of Biology, North In ( tnll,T, 1S!III. li.illry .irr, j.l.-.l th.- p..siti..n as li.itani.st Dakota .V-i-ieultural College; Botanist and Plant Pathologist of and zooloi;ist df the Xmlli Dak . .la . -.;i-i.-nltiii-a] ( ' ..II.--.- an.l Ex- th.- .K-n.-nltural Experiment Station, North Dakota; and the periment Station, sincr winch tini. h.- has tried to jnake botany State Seed Commi.ssion. of use to all peoi.lr. While at I ' nr In.- he was the tir.st to demon- The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril. — Freshmen Parade.

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4i Prominent Alumni--Continued WILLIAM BRADY whs Un-n on a fanii alidut four miles southeast of the eity of Lafayette, Indiana, on the twenty-eighth day of Octo- lier in the year 1863. His early education he received in the country ■srliiM.l hcmse, and in the fall of 1883 he entered Purdue University as a Fresh- man. After the four years ' course he received the degree of Bachelor of Srience, but was not content with this and after a two years ' course in post- m-aduate work and assisting in the Chemical Laboratories, Purdue gave him tlie degree of A.ssistant Chemist in the spring of 1899. In June of this year he accepted the position of Chemist with tln ' Illinois Steel Company, of Chicago, whicli he held until in October, lsii:l, at which time he became the Assistant Chemist of the United States E.xperiment Station. However, the Illinois Steel Company wanted him and he again became a eliemist for them in March, 1894. In 1900 he was promoted to the position of chief chemist for the company and In ' holds this imsitinn tuday. In 11107 he received the degree of Chemical Eniiinrcr. Mr. Brady is a member of: Amn ' i. ' aii Chemical Sdcicly mid cliiiinnan of Chicago section in lilll. ' i: mcmlici ' of American Electro-Chemical Society; mem- ber of the Americiin Si.cHty nf Testing Materials; member of the American Oeographical Society ; member cjf the executive committee of the Eighth Inter- national Congress of Applied Chemistry; member of the chemists ' committee of the United States Steel Corporations; associate editor of Journal of Indus- trial and Engineering Chemi.stry. He was united in marriaiie to i liss Laura I. Biuton of the cla.ss of 1890, on March 18, 1891, at Dayton, Ind. O Hell ! Luhn even stutters wfhen he thinks. — Tom Kelly.

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Prominent Alumni--Continued FKEDERU ' K l-AII. ANDKKSOX was boru February 10, 1867. at South Beud. ludiiiiin. llr iji.iilu.ited as an honor student from the Soutli Bend Ilinh Sclioul 111 M;iy is.s:.. In the fall of 1886 he entered Purdue Uni- versity and w.is L:i;idu;it.(l. ls:iii. witli the degree B.M.E. lie was assistant from 18i)(i-ls:il iiiiilri- I ' lof. V. !• ' . M. (iiiss in the Experimental Engineering Laboratiirv at ruidii. ' , whieh had .just been established. In June of 1891 he was cli ' cted I ' mfHssor of Mechanical Engineering, State University nf Kni- tueky. and a year later was made Dean of the same department. In ' M ' Ander.son was made Director of the College of Mechanical and Eli ' ctrifal Engineering. Besides being Director (jf tlu ' Cnllege of Mechanical and f li ' c- trieal Engineering, he holds the ehaii ' of .Mcchaiiieal Engineering, special field work in steam engineering. In ISill Ander.son mani. .1 .loscplnnr Kislhi-. ,,f S,,nth l!.-nd. ln liana. lie has Iw.i rhildren. Virginia, a-e .seventeen, and Taul. ai;v thirte.Mi. . iiders.m is a nienilier of: Sigma Chi and Tau Beta Pi f raternitie.s ; American Society lit Meehanical Engineers: Royal Society of Arts, American Association tor the Advaiieeiiient nf Seii ' uce: Society for the Promotion of Engineerin Kdu- Lonis Exposition. PHi Railway. In ls;i4 tlie Co-eds — A menacing calamity, increasing yearly. — Wayne. 22