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

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THE INDEX: VOL. XXX l ' Officers Elected by the Corporation His Excellency Governor W. Murray Crane, Boston, President Henry S. Hyde, of Springfield . Vice-President of the Corporation Jas. W. Stockwell, of Boston Secretary George F. Mills, of Amherst Treasurer Chas. a. Gleason, of New Braintree ..... Auditor Committee on Finance and Building Charles A. Gleason, Chairman William R. Sessions 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 William R. Sessions George H. Ellis Committee on Experiment Department James Draper, Chairman William Wheeler Elijah W. Wood James W. Stockwell 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 GEORt;E P. Smiih, of Sunderland Aln ' AN B.vkri ' s, of Goshen Committee on New Buildings and Arrangement of Grounds Jajh ' .s Draper, Chairman William Wheeler Samuel C. Damon Charles L. Flint N. I. Bowditch

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Members Ex-Officio His Excellency, The Governor, W. MURRAY CRANE President of the Corporation Henry H. Goodell, President of the College Frank A. Hill, Secretary of the Board of Education James W. Stockwell, Secretary of the Board of Agriciilture Members by Appointment James Draper of Worcester Samuel C. Damon of Lancaster Henry S. Hyde of Springfield Merritt I. Wheeler of Great Barrington William R. Sessions of Springfield Charles L. Flint of Brookline William H. Bowker of Boston . George H. Ellis of Boston J. Howe Demond of Northampton Elmer D. Howe of Marlboro Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham William WheeleR of Concord Elijah W. Wood of West Newton Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree Term expires 1903 1903 190i 1904 1905 1905 1906 1906 1907 1907 1908 1908 1909 1909

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1 LLdUl— J L J L J ■ , Henry H. Goodell, M.A., LL.D. President of the College and Director of the Hatch Experiment Station Amherst College, 1862. i ' 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, 1864-67. Professor of Modern Languages and English Literature at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1867. President of the College since 1886. Levi Stocicbridge Professor of Agriculture [HoJiorary) 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 he was invited to take charge of the College property, and in November comincnced operations. Instructor in Agriculture at Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1867-68. Professor of Agriculture, 1808-82, and also 1888-89. Acting President, 1876-77, and again in 1879. President, 1880-83. Charles A. Goessmann, Ph.D., LL.D. Professor of Chemistry, and Chemist for the Hatch Experiment Station University of Goettingen, 185.3, with degree Ph.D. LL.D., Amherst College, 1889. Assistant Chemist, University of Goettingen, 18.52-57. Clieinist and manager of a Philadelphia Sugar Refinery, traveling extensively in Cuba and the South in the interests of tlie Sugar Industry, 1857-61. Chemist to Onondaga Salt Companj ' , 1861- 68; during that time investigating the salt resources of the United States and Canada. Professor of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1862-64. Director Massa- chusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1882-94. Professor of Chemistry, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, since 1868. Since 1884 has been Analyst of State Board of Health.