University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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WILLIAM W SKINNER Dr. ' illiani W. Skinner was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1874. He re- ceived his early education in the public schools of Dorchester County and at Cam- bridge High School. He graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1895, and received the degree of Master of Science from George Washington University. He has been assistant chemist at M. A. C. and at the University of Arizona and Experiment Station; Food Inspection Chemist, U. S. De])artment of Agriculture ; and Chief of ' ater Laboratory, Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, which position he holds at present. He is the author of many bulletins on chemical subjects. He is a past President of the Washington Chem- ical Society and a member of Washington Academy of Sciences. B. JOHN BLACK Mr. B. John Black was born and reared in Baltimore County, where he is now operating one of the largest farms in his district. He has always lived on the farm, and has taken an active interest in all movements for the uplift of agriculture in his county and State. He is now serving his second term as Master of the Mary- land State Grange. In 1916 he was appointed by Governor Harrington a trustee of the Maryland State College, and also a member of the State Board of Agri- culture. HENRY HOLZAPFEL. JR. Hon. Henry Holzapfel, Jr., was born in Hagerstown, Md., in 1869. He was educated in private schools in Washington County. In 1889 he entered the Mary- land Agriculture College, and received his degree in 1893. Since graduation he has Ijeen located at Hagerstown, laryland. of which town he was Mayor. He i also President of the Hagerstown Railroad, and is a most j rogressive farmer. He was ajjpointed a Trustee of the Maryland State College in 1916. 12

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