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

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14: THE 1905 INDEX, VOLUME 35 IBoatli of SDlatt ttts State Board of Agriculture (Eiaminins Committee of SDbet tetd ToHN BuRSLEY, Chairman C. K. BREWSTER of Worthington Wesley B. Barton of Dalton George P. Smith of Sunderland Alvan Barrus of Goshen Committee on jlSeto Builtiinss anli atrangemcnt of (IBtounlisf James Draper, Chairman Samuel C. Damon William Wheeler Charles L. Flint N. I. Bowditch

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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 13 SDUicttd (Ekcteli bp tf)E Cotpotation His Excellency Governor John L. Bates of Boston .... Presidentt Henry S. Hyde of Springfield .... Vice-President of the Corporation James W. Stockwell of Boston . . . ... . Secretary George F. Mills of Amherst ...... Treasurer Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree ..... Auditor Committee on jfinance anu BuilDina: Charles A. Gleason, Chairman Henry S. Hyde William R. Sessions J. Howe Demond Samuel C. Damon Committee on Course of tutip anb jfacultp William Wheeler, Chairman Elmer D. Howe William H. Bowker Charles L. Flint George H. Ellis Committee on ifatm and horticultural 3Departmentg( Elijah W. Wood, Chairman James Draper Elmer D. Howe Merritt I. Wheeler Nathaniel L Bowditch William R. Sessions George H. Ellis Committee on (Experiment SDepartment James Draper, Chairman Elijah W. Wood William Wheeler James W. Stockwell William H. Bowker

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Henry H. Goodell, M.A., LL.D., President of ilie College atid 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 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 he was invited to take charge of the College property, and in November commenced operations. Instructor in Agriculture at Massachusetts Agricultura College. 1867-68. Professor of Agriculture, 1868-82, and also 1888-89. Acting President, 1876-77, and again in 1879. President, 1880-S2. Charles A. Goessmann, Ph.D , LL.D., Professor of Chemistry, and Chemist for the Hatcli Experiment Station University of Goettingen, 1853, with degree Ph.D. LL.D., Amherst College, 1889. Assistant Chemist, University of Goettingen, IS52-.57. Chemist and manager of a Philadelphia Sugar Refinery, traveling extensively in Cuba and the South in the interests of the Sugar Industry, 1857-61. Chemist to Onondaga Salt Company, 1861-68; during that time investigating the salt resources of the United States and Canada. Professor of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1862-64. Director Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1882-94. Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1868. Since 18S4 has been Analyst of State Board of Health.