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

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Ray E. Torrey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Botany Born 1887. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1912. A.M., Harvard University, 1916. Ph.D., Harvard University, 1918. Grove City College, 1912-15. Sheldon Travelling Fellowship, Harvard, 1915- 18. Instructor in Botany, M. A. C, 1919-21. Instructor in Botany, Harvard Summer School, 1919. Assistant Professor of Botany, M. A. C, 1921-. Ralph A. Van Meter, B.Sc, Professor of Pomology Born 1893. B.Sc., Ohio State University, 1917. Extension Specialist in Pomology, 1917. Extension Specialist in Pomology, 1917-23. Professor of Pomology, M. A. C, 1923-. AGS. Roland Hale Verbeck, B.Sc, Director of Short Courses Born 1880. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1908, Principal of Petersham High School, 1908-10. Head- master Parsonfield Seminary, 1910-1916. Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1917. First Lieutenant U. S. Air Service, 1917-18. Commanding . ero Squadron in France, . ugust, 1918- June 1919. Director New York State School of . griculture at St. Lawrence University, 1919-1924 . Director Short Courses at M. A. C, 1924-. SK. Ralph J. Watts, B.Sc, Secretary of the College Paul W. Viets, Supervisor of Placement Training Special Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Director of Mechanic Arts, Lan- caster, Mass., 1915-16, Industrial Superintendent, Grenfel Association, Labrador, 1917. United States Army, 1917-20. Student Advisor, Federal Board Staff, M. A. C, 1920. Supervisor of Farm Placement Training, M. A. C, 1920-. Frank A. Waugh, M.Sc, Professor of Landscape Gardening and Head of the Division of Horticulture Born 1869. Kansas Agricultural College, 1891. Editor Agricultural Department, Topeka Capital, 1891-92. Editor of Montana Farm and Stock Journal, 1892. Editor Denver Field and Farm, 1892-93. M.Sc, . gricultural College, 1903. Professor of Horticulture, Oklahoma . . and M. College, and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station, 1893-95. Graduate Student Cornell University, 1898-99. Professor of Horticulture, University of Vermont and State . gricultural College, and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station, 1895-02. Horticultural Editor of the Country Gentleman, 1898-11. Hospitant in the Koenigliche Gaertner-Lehranstalt, Dahlem, Berlin, German, 1910. Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening and Head of the De- partment, and Horticulturist of the Hatch Experiment Station, M. A. C. 1902-. Captain, Sani- tary Corps, Surgeon Generals Office, U. S. A., 1918-19. KS, K . Winthrop S. Welle.s, B.Sc, Professor of Agricultural Education and Head of the Department Born 1875. Illinois State Normal University, 1897. B.Sc, University of Illinois, 1901. Public School Teacher and City Superintendent, 1897-07. Graduate Work, t ' niversity of Illinois, 1901. Harvard, 1905. 1923-24; Teacher of Biology and Agriculture State Normal School, River Falls, Wisconsin: 1907-12. Director, School of Educational Agriculture, State Normal School, Eiver Falls, Wisconsin, 1912-19. State Supervisor, Vocational Agricultural Education for Wisconsin, 1917-19. Professor of Agricultural Education, M. A. C, 1919, Head of the De- partment, 1 923-. 2 E. Chester H. Werkman, B.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology Born 1893. B.Sc, Purdue University, 1919. June 1919-Jan. 1920, Assistant Bacteriologist, Bureau of Chemistry, LI. S. D. A. LTniversity of Idaho, 1920-21. Ph.D., Iowa State College, 1923. June 1923-Sept. 1924, Assistant Chief Bacteriologist at Iowa State College. Assistant Professor of Microbiology, M. A. C, 1924-. Denis R. A. Wharton, B.S.A., Instructor in Microbiology Born 1902. B.S.. ., Ontario .Agricultural College, 1924. Instructor in Microbiology, M. A. C, 1925-. John D. Willard, B.A., Director of the Extension Service 28

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Fred C. Sears, M.Sc, Head of Department and Professor of Pomology Born 1866. B.Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1892. Assistant Horticulturalist at Kansas Experiment Station, 1892-97. M.Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1896. Professor of Horti- culture, Utah Agricultural College, 1897. Director of Nova Scotia School of Horticulture, Wolf- ville, N. S., 1898-04. Professor of Horticulture, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N. S., 1905-07. Professor of Pomology, M. A. C, 1907-. i K . Paul Serex, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry Born 1890. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1913. M.SC, M. A. C, 1916. Ph.D., M. A. C, 1923. Grad- uate Assistant in Chemistry, M. A. C, 1913-15. Chemist, New Hampshire State College, 1915. Assistant in Chemistry, M. A. C, 1916-17. Member of the American Chemical Society. In- structor in Chemistry, M. A. C, 1917-20. Professor of Chemistry, M. A. C, 1920. I K . Edna L. Skinner, B.Sc, Professor of Home Economics, Head of Department, Adviser of Women Michigan State Normal College, 1901. B.Sc, Columbia University, 1908. Instructor at Teachers ' College, Columbia University, 1908-12. James Milliken University, 1912-18. Pro- fessor of Home Economics and Head of the Department, M. A. C, 1919-. M.Ed., Michigan State Normal College, 1922. Harold W. Smart, LL.B., Instructor in Farm Law Born 1895. LL.D., (cum laude) Boston University, 1918. Working for Master ' s Degree at Boston University, 1919. Practiced law, 1919-1920. Entered Amherst College, 1920. In- !1. JiA , Woolsack, (hono society), Delta structor in Business Law at M. A. C, IS Sigma Rho (honorary debating society). Richard W. Smith, B.Sc, Instructor in Dairying Born 1898. B.S., M. A. C, 1921. Instructor in Dairying, M. A. C, 1921-. Q.T.V., J K . Grant B. Snyder, B.S.A., Instructor in Vegetable Gardening B.S.A., Ontario Agricultural College, 1922. Toronto University, Assistant Plant Hyludist at Ontario Agricultural College, 1919-21. Graduate Student, M. A. C, 1921-23. Instructor in Vegetable Gardening, M. A. C, 1923-. James L. Strahan, M.Sc, Assistant Professor oj Rural Engineering Born 1889. B.Sc, Cornell, 1912. M.Sc, Cornell. 1913. B.Sc, in Agriculture Cornell, 1923. Instructor in Rural Engineering, Cornell, 1912-17. Assistant Professor in Rural Engineer- ing, Cornell, 1917-19. Assistant Professor in Rural Engineering, M. A. C, 1920-. Acacia. Charles H. Thayer, Instructor in Agronomy Born 1884. Assistant in Short Courses, M. A. M. A. C, 1921-. C, 1916-18. Instructor in Agronomy, Clark L. Thayer, B.Sc, Professor of Floriculture and Head of the Department Born 1890. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1913. Graduate Work in Floriculture and Plant Breeding Cornell University, 1913-14. Instructor in Floriculture, Cornell, 1914-19. Instructor in Flori- culture, M. A. C, Spring Term, 1917. Associate Professor of Floriculture, M. A. C, 1919-20. Professor of Floriculture and Head of the Department, M. A. C, 1920-. U. S. Army, Co. A., 59th Ammunition Train, Sept. -Dec, 1918. ATP, K . Weston C. Thayer, B.Sc, Instructor in Animal Husbandry B.Sc, M. A. C, 1920. Instructor in Animal Husbandry, M. A. C, 1920-. K r . Charles H. Thompson, M.Sc, Professor of Horticulture Born 1870. B.Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1893. M.Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1898. Field Agent, U. S. D. A., Division of Botany, 1893. Instructor in Botany, Washington University, St. Louis, 1895-99. Forestry Service, United States Department of the Interior, 1900. Graduate Student, Leland Stanford University of California, 1902-04. In Charge of the Depart- ment of Succulent Plants and Botanical Assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden, 1904-15. Col- laborator, U. S. D. A., studying succulent plants of arid regions of America and Mexico, 1909-11. Assistant Professor of Horticulture, M. A. C, 1915-24. Professor of Horticulture, M, A. C, 1924. Stanford t niversity, (honorary scientific society). K F J , S H. 27

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Basil B. Wood, Librarian Born 1881. A.B., Brown University, 1905. Assistant, John Crerar Library, Chicago, 1911- 12. Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, 1912-13; City Library, 1913-1918; Libraries, Camps Gordon and Lee, 1918-19. Librarian, Westerly, R. I., Public Library, 1920-1924. Librarian, M. A. C, 1924-. Sphinx, AT, BK. Mildred L. Wood, B.A., State Nutrition Specialist, Extension Service, M. A. C. Born 1892. B.A., Rockford College, 1912. Instructor at Rockford, 1912-15. Instructor at Sioux High School, 1915-17. Home Demonstration Agent, Webster County, Iowa, 1917-21. Home Demonstration Agent at St. Paul, Minn., 1921-24. State Nutrition Specialist, Extension Service, M. A. C, Aug. 1924. Harriet May Woodward, B.S., Assistant State Club Leader Born 1900. Framingham Normal School, 1921. B.S., Framingham Normal, 1922. Home Demonstration Club Agent in New Hampshire, 1922-24. Assistant Club Leader, Extension Service, M. A. C, 1924-. Themistocles G. Yaxis, M.Sc, Assistant Professor of Dairying B.Sc, New Hampshire State College, 1914. M.Sc, Cornell L niversity, 1917. Inspector of Butter, U. S. N., 1917. Instructor in Animal Husbandry, University of Kentucky, 1917-18. Junior Professor in charge of Dairying, Georgia State College, 1918-19. Assistant Professor of Dairying, M. A. C, 1920-. KS. Hubert W. Yoiint, M.Sc, Instructor in Agricultural Economics B.Sc, Ohio State University, 1921. Graduate Assistant in Agricultural Economics M. A. C, 1921-23. M.Sc, M. A. C, 1923. Instructor in Agricultural Economics, M. A. C, 1923-. A Z. 29