Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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William T. M. Forbes ILLIAM T. M. FORBES was born at W'estborough, Mass., on April 23, 1885. He attended the primary and high schools of Xlfestborough and VVorcester, and entered Anrhcrst College in the tall of IQO2, receiving the degree of A.B. in 1906, taking prizes in Human Anatomy, Mathematics and Physics during his undergraduate course. From 1906 to 1908 he was instructor of Biology at Robert College, Constantinople, and acted as Naturalist with the Cornell Expedition to Asia Minor during the summer of 1907. Dr. Forbes was a graduate student at Cornell University from 1908-09, at VVood's Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, 1909, and at Harvard and Clark Universities during IQOQ-IQIO, receiving the degree of Ph,D. from the latter in that year. He was appointed last summer Instructor in Biology at Rutgers. Dr. Forbes is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Breeders' Association, Cambridge Entomological Club, Entomological Society of America, anfl the New York Entomological Society, He is the author of Field Tables of Lepidoptera QIQOSD, and has contributed to various scientific publications. l 27