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

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THE lOOG IXDEX, VOLUME XXXM Committee on Finance and Building Charles A. Gleason, Chairman William R. Sessions William H. Bowker J. Howe Demond Charles H. Preston Committee on Course of Study and Faculty William Wheeler, Chairman Elmer D. Howe William H. Bowkicr George H. Ellis Committee on Farm and Horticultural Departments Farm Division William R. Sessions, Chairman George H. Ellis N. I. Bowditch Merritt I. Wheeler Horticultural Division E. W. Wood, Chairman James Draper Elmer D. Howe Committee on Experiment Department James Draper, Chairman Elijah W. Wood Samuel C. Damon J. Lewis Ellsworth William H. Bowker Board of Overseers State Board of Agriculture Examining Committee of Overseers John Bursley of West Barnstable, Chairman C. K. Brewster of Worthington W. C. Jewett of Worcester Charles H. Shaylor of Lee Arthur A. Smith of Colerain Committee on New Buildings and Arrangement of Grounds James Draper, Chairman Samuel C. Damon William Wheeler N. I. Bowditch

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Members Ex-Officio His Excellency, The Governor, John L. Bates, President of the Corporation Henry H. Goodell .... President of the College George H. Martin . . . Secretary of the Board of Education J. Lewis Ellsworth . . . Secretary of the Board of Agriculture Members by Appointment William R. Sessions of Springfield M. F. Dickinson of Boston William H. Bowker of Boston George H. Ellis of Boston j. Howe Demond of Northampton . Elmer D. Howe of Marlborough . Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham William Wheeler of Concord Elijah W. Wood of West Newton Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree James Draper of Worcester Samuel C. Damon of Lancaster Merritt L Wheeler of Great Barrington Charles H. Preston of Danvers TERM EXPIRES 1905 1905 1907 1907 1909 1909 I9IO I9IO I9II I9II Officers Elected by the Corporation His E.xcellency, Governor John L. William R. Sessions of Springfield J. Lewis Ellsworth of Boston . George F. Mills of Amherst )ATes of Boston . President Vice-President of the Corporation Secretary Treasurer Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree Auditor

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tf G Henry H. Goodell, A.M., LL.D., President of the College and Director of the Hatch Experiment Station. Born 1839. Amherst College, 18(i2. tT. LL.D., Amherst College, 1891. Served in the War of the Rebellion as Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant and Aid. Instructor in Williston Seminary, 1864-07. Protessor of Modern Languages and English Literature at Massachu- setts Agricultural College since 1807. President of the College since 18S0. Charles A. Goessmann, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Chemistry and Chemist for the Hatch Experi- ment Station. Born 1827. University of Goettingen, 18.53, with degree Ph.D., LL.D., Amherst College, 1889. Assistant Chemist, University of Goettingen, Isr) -. !?. 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 of Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1882-94. Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1868. Since 1884 has been Analyst of State Board of Health.