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

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George F. Pushee, Instructor in Rural Engineering I.C.S., 1906. Teachers ' Training Class. Springfield, 1914-15. Assistant Foreman and Mill- wright, Mt. Tom Sulfide Pulp Mill, 1915-1910. Instructor in Rural Engineering, M. A. C, 1910-. Leon R. Quinlan, M.L.A., Assistant Professor of Landscape Gardening Born 1894. B.S., Colorado Agricultural College, 1920. Colorado Experiment Station, 1921-1922. M. L. A., Harvard University, School of Landscape Architecture, 1925. Sigma Nu. George J. Raleigh, B.Sc, Instructor in Pomology Born 1898. B.Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1922. M S., University of Nebraska, 1923. Instructor in Pomology, M. A. C, 1923. Phi Kappa, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta. Frank Prentice Rand, A.M., Assistant Professor of English Born 1889. A.B., Williams College, 1912. A.M., Amherst College, 1915. Instructor in English, University of Maine, 1913-14. Editor of Phi Sigma Kappa, Signet , 1914. U. S. Army, 1918. Instructor in English, M. A. C, 19 14-21. Grand Secretary of Phi Sigma, Kappa, 1919-22. Faculty Manager of Academics, 1919. Adelphia, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Assistant Professor of English, M. A. C. 1921-. Victor A. Rice, B.Sc, Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry Born 1890. B.Sc, North Carolina State College, 1917. Farm Manager. 1910-12. Swine Specialist for State of Massachusetts, 1916-19. Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry, M. A.C., 1919-. Gordon C. Ring, B.Sc, M.A., Instructor in Zoology B.Sc, Wesleyan, 1923, M. A., Wesleyan, 1924. Assistant, Wesleyan University, 1923-24. Instructor in Zoology, M. A. C, 1924-. Gamma Psi. William F. Robertson, B.Sc, Instructor in Horticultural Manufactures B. Sc, M. A. C, 1920. Instructor in Horticultural Manufactures, M. A. C, 1920. Gamma Phi. Kappa AVilliam C. Sanctuary, B.Sc, Professor of Poidtry Husbandry Born 1888. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1921. New York State School of Agriculture, 1912-18. Army, 1917-18. Professor in Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C, 1921-. Theta Chi. U.S. 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 Horticul- ture, Utah Agricultural College, 1897. Director of Nova Scotia School of Horticulture, Wolfville, N. S., 1897-04. Professor of Horticulture, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N. S., 1905-07. Professor of Pomology, M. A. C, 1907-. Phi Kappa Phi. 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. Gradu- ate Assistant in Chemistry, M. A. C, 1913-15. Chemist, New Hampshire State College, 1915. Assistant in Chemistry, M. A. C, 1916-17. Instructor in Chemistry, M. A. C, 1917-20. Assist- ant Professor of Chemistry, M. A. C, 1920. Member of the American Chemical Society. Phi Kappa Phi. George F. Shumway, Instructor in Mathematics Born 1901. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1925. Adelphia.

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Jolin B. Newlon, Instructor in Agricultural Engineering Born 1884.. Instructor in Forge Work, M. A. C, 1919. Special at Mass. Institute of Tech- nology, 1921, A. Vincent Osmun, M.Sc, Professor of Botany and Head of the Department Born 1880. B. Agr., Connecticut Agricultural College, 1900. Assistant, Storrs .Agricultural Experiment Station, 1900-02. B.Sc., M. A. C, and Boston University, 1903. M.Sc, M. A. C. 1905. As.sistant in Botany, 1903-05. Instructor in Botany, 1905-07. Assistant Professor of Botany, M. A. C, 1914-16. Acting Head of the Department of Botany, M. A. C, and Experiment Station, 1914-16. Professor of Botany and Head of the Department, M. A. C, 1916-. Q. T. V., Phi Kappa Phi. John E. Ostrander, A.M., C.E., Professor of Mathematics and Head of the De- partment Born 1865. B.A., and C. E., Union College, 1886. Assistant on Sewer Construction, West Troy, New York, 1886. Assistant on Construction, Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway, 1887. A.M., Union College, 1889. Instructor in Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 1891-92. Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanic Arts, University of Idaho, 1892-97. Professor of Mathematics and Meteorologist at Experiment Station, M. A. C, 1897-. Member of Com- mittee VI, International Commission on Teaching Mathematics, 1900-11. Phi Kappa Phi. Charles H. Patterson, A.M., Professor of English A.B., Tufts College, 1887. A.M., Tufts College, 1893. Professor of English, West Virginia University for 12 years. Assistant Professor of English, M. A. C, 1916. Professor of English, M. A. C, 1919. Acting Dean of the College, 1918-21. Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi. Harlow L. Pendleton, B.Sc., Instructor in Dairying Born 1891. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1915. Instructor in Dairying, M. A. C, 1920. Kappa Epsilon. Charles A. Peters, Ph.D., Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Soil Chemistry Born 1875. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1897. B.Sc, Boston University, 1897. Assistant in Chemis- try, M. A. C, 1897-98. Graduate in Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, 1899-1901. Ph.D., 1901. Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Department, University of Idaho, 1901-09. Student at LIniversity of Berlin, 1908-10. Exchange Teacher Friedrichs Werdersche Oberreal- schule, 1909-10. Graduate School, Yale University, 1910-11. Assistant Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, M. A. C, 1911-12. Associate Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, M. A. C, 1912-16. Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, M. A. C, 1916-. Alpha Sigma Phi, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Wallace Frank Powers, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Head of the Department A.B., Clark College, 1910. A.M., Clark University, 1911. Ph.D., Clark University, 1914. Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Richmond, 1914-16. Instructor in Physics, Simmons College, 1916-17. Instructor in Physics, New Y ' ork University, 1917-20. Assistant Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University, 1920-1925. Professor of Physics and Head of the Department, M. A. C, 1925-. Walter E. Prince, A.M., Assistant Professor of English Born 1881. Ph.B.. Brown University, 1904. A.M., Brown University, 1905. Instructor in English, University of Maine, 1905-12. Instructor, 1912-15. Assistant Professor of English and Public Speaking, 19 15-. Sphinx. Marion C. Pulley, Instructor in Poultry Husbandry Born 1898. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1919. Instructor in Poultry Husbandry, Cornell University, 1920-21. M. Augenblick and Bros., 1921. State Board of Agriculture, .lefferson City, Mo., 1922. Instructor in Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C, 1923.

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Edna L. Skinner, B.Sc, Professor of Home Eco7iomic.s 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. Profes- sor of Home Economics and Head of the Department, M. A. C, 1919-. M.Edu., Michigan State Normal College, 1922. Harold W. Smart, LL.B., Instructor in Farm Law Born 1895. LL.B., (cum laude) Boston University, 1918. Working for Master ' s Degree at Boston University, 1919. Practiced law, 1919-20. Entered Amherst College, 1920. Instructor in Business law at M. A. C, 1921. Phi Delta Phi, Woolsack, (honorary legal society). Delta Sigma Rho, (honorary debating society). Richard W. Smith, B.Sc, Instructor in Dairijiuf Born 1898. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1921. Instructor in Dairying, M. A. C, 1921-. Q. T. V., Phi Kappa Phi. 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-. Orman E. Street, B.Sc., Instructor in Agronomy Born 1903. B.Sc, South Dakota State College, 1920. Alpha Zeta. 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 LTniversity, 1913-14. Instructor in Floriculture, Cornell, 191-1-19. Instructor in Floricul- ture, M. A. C, Spring Term, 1917. Associate Professor and Head of Department 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. Alpha Gamma Rho, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Alpha Xi. 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, 1893-4. Botanical Assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden, 1894-99. Fores- try Service, United States Department of the Interior, 1900. Graduate Student, Leland Stanford LTniversity of California, 1902-04. In charge of the Department of Succulent Plants and Botanical Assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden, 1904-15. Collaborator, L ' . 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. Kappa Gamma Phi, Sigma Xi, Stanford University. 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- ' . Malcomb Edward Tumey, B.Sc, Instructor in Freshman Athletics Born 1898. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1923. Instructor in Freshman Athletics, M. A. C, 1925-. Ralph A. Van Meter, B.Sc, Professor of Pomology Born 1893. B.Sc, Ohio State University, 1917. Extension Specialist in Pomologv, 1917-23. Professor of Pomology, M. A. C, 1923-. Delta Theta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi. 24