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

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Officers Elected by tiie Corporation. His Excellency Governor W. Murray Crane, Boston, President. Henry S. Hyde, Jas. W. Stockwell, of Boston, Vice-President of the Corporation. Secretary. George F. Mills, of Amherst. Charles A. GlEason, of New Braintree Treasurer. Auditor. Committee on Finance and Building. Charles A. GlEason, Chairjnan. Henry S. Hyde, J. Howe Demond. Samuel C. Damon. Committee on Course of Study and Faculty. William Wheeler, Chairman. William H. Bowker. Elmer D. Howe. Charles L. Flint. ■ George H. Ellis. Committee on Farm and Horticultural Departments. Elijah W. Wood, Chairman. Elmer D. Howe. James Draper. Nathaniel I. Bowditch. Merritt I. Wheeler. Committee on Experiment Department. James Draper, Chairman. Charles A. Gleason. Elijah W. Wood. William Wheeler. William H. Bowker. Board of Overseers. State Board of Agriculture. Examining Committee of Overseers. John BurSLEy, Chairman. Wesley B. Barton, of Dalton. C. K. Brewster, of Worthington. George P. Smith, of Sunderland. Alvan Barrus, of Goshen. Committee on Ne-w Buildings and Arrangement of Grounds. James Draper, Chairman. William Wheeler, Samuel C. Damon. Charles ly. Flint. George H. Ellis. 15

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Members Ex-Officio. His Excei,i,ency, The Governor, W. MURRAY CRANE, President of the Corporation. HENRY H. GOODELL, President of tite College. FRANK A. HILL, JAMES W. STOCKWELL. Secretary of the Board of Hducation. Secietary of the Board of Agriculture. Members by Appointment. EiviJAH W. Wood, of West Newton Charles A. GlEASON, of New Braintree James Draper, of Worcester vSamuel C. Damon, of Lancaster Henry S. Hyde, of Springfield MerriTT I. Wheei.ER. of Great Harrington William R. Sessions, of Hampden Charles L. Flint, of Brookline William H. BowkER, of Boston George H. Ellis, of Newton J. Howe Demond, of Northampton Elmer D. Howe, of Marlboro Nathaniel L BowdiTCH, of Framingham William Wheeler, of Concord . Expires. igo2 1902 1903 1903 1904 1904 1905 1905 1906 1906 1907 1907 1908 1908

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HENRY H. GOODEL!L, M. A., I L. D., President of the College and Director of the Hatch Experiment Station. Amherst College, i862. . T. LL. D., Amherst College, 1891. Served in the War of the Rebellion as Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant and aid. Instructor in Williston Seminary, i864- ' 57. Professor of Modern Languages and English Literature at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1867. 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 i865 he was invited to take charge of the College property, and in November commenced operations. Instructor in Agriculture at Massachusetts Agri. cultural College, i867- ' 58. Professor of Agriculture, i868- ' 82, and also i888- ' 89. Acting President, i876- ' 77, and again in iSTg. President, i88o- ' S2. CHARLES A. GOESSMANN, Ph., D. LL. D., Professor of Chemistry, and Chemist for the Hatch. Experiment Station. University of Gottingen, 1853, with degree Ph. D., LL. D., Amherst College, 1889, Assistant Chemist, University of Gottingen, i852- ' 57. Chemist and manager of a Philadelphia Sugar Refinery, traveling extensively in Cuba and the South in the interests of the Sugar Industry, i857- ' 6i. Chemist to Onondaga Salt Company, i86i- ' 68 ; during that time investigating the salt resources of the United vStates and Canada. Professor of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, i862- ' 64. Director Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, i882- ' 94. Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1868. Since 1884 has been Analyst of State Board of Health. 16