University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Committee on Finance and Buildings. DANIEL Xeediiam, Chairman. James S. Grinnell. Henry S. Hyde. J. Howe Demond. Charles A. Gleason. Committee on Course of Study and Faculty. William Wheeler, Chairman. William H. Bowker. Joseph A. Harwood. Francis H. Appleton. J. D. W. French. Committee on Farm and Horticultural Departments. William R. Sessions, Chairman. Elijah W. Wood. James Draper. Elmer D. Howe. Merritt I. Wheeler. Committee on Experiment Department. William R. Sessions, Chairman. Daniel Xkediiam. Elijah W. Wood. William Wheeler. James Draper. Board of Overseers. The Spate Board of Agriculture. Examining Committee of Overseers. A. C. Varni ' .m, of Lowell, Chairman, , George Cruickshanks, of F itchburg. 1 ' ]. A. Harwood. of North Brookfielc J. E. Kimball, of Oxford. I. Bursley, of West Barnstable.

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ISoarci of Trustees. 3 £ Members Ex=Officio. His Excellency Gov. FREDERICK T. GREENHALGE, President of the Corporation. HENRY H. GOODELL, President of the College. FRANK A. HILL, Secretary of the Board of Education. WILLIAM R. SESSIONS, Secretary of the Board of Agriculture. Members by Appointment. Elijah W. Wood, of West Newton, . Charles A. Gleason, of New Braintree, Daniel Needham, of Groton, James Draper, of Worcester, Henry S. Hyde, of Springfield, Merritt I. Wheeler, of Great Barrington, James S. Grinnell, of Greenfield, Joseph A. Harwood, of Littleton, William H. Bowker, of Boston, . J. D. W. French, of Boston, . J. Howe Demond, of Northampton, Elmer D. Howe, of Marlborough, Francis H. Appleton, of Lynnfield, William Wheeler, of Concord, . Term Exp I8 9 S IS95 1896 1896 1897 1897 189S 1S98 1899 1S99 1900 1900 1901 1901 Officers Elected by the Board of Trustees. James S. Grinnell, of Greenfield, William R. Sessions, of Hampden, Vice-President of the Corporation. Secretary. George F. Mills, of Amherst, Treasurer. Charles A. Gleason, of New Braintree, Auditor.

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HENRY H. GOODELL, M. A., LL. D., President of the College and Professor of Modem Languages and English Literature, also Director of the Hatch Experiment Station, and Librarian. Amherst College, 1S62. T. LL. D., Amherst College, 1891. Instructor in Williston Seminary, 1S64-67. Professor of Modern Languages and English Literature at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1S67. President of the College since 1886. LEVI STOCKBRIDGE, Professor of Agriculture (Honorary). As a member of the Board of Agriculture, he did his best to induce the Legislature to accept the original grant of Congress for the establishing of an Agricultural College in each State. In 1866, was invited to take charge of the college property, and in November commenced operations. Instructor in Agriculture at Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1867-6S. Pro- fessorof Agriculture, 1868-82, and also, 1888-89. Acting President, 1876-77, and again in 1S79. President 1880-82. CHARLES A. GOESSMANN, Ph. D., LL. D., Professor of Chemistry and Director of State Experiment Station. University of Gottingen, 1853, with degree Ph. D.. LL. ])., Amherst College, 1S89. Assistant Chemist, University of Gottingen, 1852-57. Chemist to Onondaga Salt Company, 1861-68. Also Professor of Chemistry. Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute, 1S62-64. Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1868. Since 18S4, has been Analyst for State Board of Health.