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

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Officers of Administratioii Roscoe W. Thatcher, D. Agr., LL. D. . . . . President ' s House President B.Sc, University of Nebraska, i8q8;M.A, igoi ; D. Agr., iqio; LL.D., Hobart College, 1925; Assistant Chemist, Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, iqoi-03; Chemist, iqo3-07; Director, iqo7-i3; Professor of Plant Chemistry, University of Minnesota, iqi3-i7; Dean, Depart- ment of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, iq 17-21; Also Assistant Director, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, iqi6-i7 and Director, iq]7-2i; Director of New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, iq2i-23; Director of Agricultural Experiment Stations, Cornell University, iq23-27; President, Massachusetts State College, iq27-; Member, President Coolidge ' s Agricultural Conference Commission, iq24-2 5; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, American Society of Agronomy: President, iqi2-i3;Member, American Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science; President, iqiq-20; Member, American Chemical Society, Society of Experimental Medicine and Biology, Society of Biological Chemists. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma XI, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Theta Chi. Author, Chemistry of Plant Life, iq2i. William L, Machmer, A. M. . . . . . .25 Amity Street Dean Fred C. Kenney ........ Mount Pleasant Treasurer Fred J. Sievers, M. S. . . . . . . East Pleasant Street Director of the Experiment Station and Director of the Graduate School Roland H. Verbeck, B. S. . . . . . .14 Orchard Street Director of Short Courses Willard A. Munson, B. S. . . . . .101 Butterfield Terrace Director of Extension Service Robert D. Hawley, B. S. ...... South Amherst Secretary Basil B. Wood. A. B. . . . . . .11 South Prospect Street Librarian George E. Emery, B. S. . . . . . -31 East Pleasant Street Field Secretary 14

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Tlie Trustees Organ ixal ion ot 1931 ilfeiiiberjs of the Board Charles H. Preston of Danvers Carlton D. Richardson of West Brookfield Davis R. Dewey of Cambridge John F. Gannon of Pittsfield George H. Ellis of West Newton Philip F. Whitmore of Sunderland John Chandler of Sterling Junction Frederick D. Griggs of Springfield Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham H oward S. Russell of Waltham Sarah Louise Arnold of Lincoln James F. Bacon of Boston Frank Gerrett of Greenfield Harold L. Frost of Arlington Term Exp res 1932 iq32 1933 1933 1934 IQ34 1935 1935 1936 1936 1937 1937 1938 1938 Memberis Ex Officio His Excellency Governor Joseph B. Ely of Boston President of the Board of Trustees Roscoe W. Thatcher .... President of the College Payson Smith .... State Commissioner of Education Arthur W. Gilbert .... State Commissioner of Agriculture His Excellency Governor Joseph B George H. Ellis of West Newton Robert D. Hawley of Amherst Fred C. Kenney of Amherst Frank Gerrett of Greenfield Officers of the Trustees Ely of Boston President Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Auditor 13

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■ gSJ ' ' Faculty George W. Alderman, A.B., Assistant Professor of Physics Born i8q8. A. B., Williams College, igii. Instructor in Physics, M. S. C, iq2i-26. Assistant Professor of Physics, 1926. American Physical Society. Charles P. Alexander, Ph.D., Professor of Entomology Born i88q. B, Sc, Cornell University, 1913. Ph. D., Cornell University, iqi8. Assistant in Biology and Limnology, Cornell, iqii-13. Instructor in Natural History, Cornell 1913-17. Curator, The Snow Entomological Collections, University of Kansas, iqij-iq. Systematic En- tomologist of the Illinois State Natural History Survey and Instructor at the University of Illinois. iqiq-23. Fellow Entomological Societies of America and London. Member of the Entomological Society of France. Assistant Professor of Entomology M. S. C. 1922-30. Professor of Entomology M. S. C.. 1930- . Sigma Xi, Alpha Gamma Rho. Phi Kappa Phi. William H. Armstrong, M.L.A., Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Superintendent of Grounds Born 1876. B. S., M. S. C, i8qq. S. B., Harvard iqoo. M. L. A., Harvard 1927. Superin- tendent of Public School, iqoo-02. U. S. Army Officer iqo2-i8. Associate Engineer, Washington D. C, 1918-19. Superintendent and Engineer Ruatan Cocoanut Oil Co., New Orleans. La. 1920. Staff Officer, U. S. Veterans Bureau, 1920-25. Research work on parks and recreation areas of Mass. 1925-26. Boston City Planning Board as City Planning Engineer, 1927-29. Landscape Architect, Long Island State Park Commission, 1929-30. Assistant Professor of Landscape Archi- tecture and Superintendent of Grounds, M. S. C 1930- . Phi Sigma Kappa. Lorin E. Ball, B.Sc, Instructor in Physical Education Born 1898. B. Sc, M. S. C. 1921. Coach of Freshman Basketball, 1921-25. Coach of Fresh- man Baseball, 1922-24. Attended Superior, Wisconsin Coaching School, 1924. Senior Leader, Camp Enajerog for Boys, 1924- . Treasurer, Western Massachusetts Board of Approved Basket- ball Officials, 1924-25. Director of Two Year Athletics and Coach of Two Year Football and Basketball, 1925-26, Coach of Varsity Baseball and Hockey, 1925- . Attended University of Wisconsin Summer School 1926. Varsity Club, Q. T. V. Luther Banta, B.Sc., Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry B. Sc. Cornell University, 191 5. Head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry, New York School of Agriculture, 1915-18, at Alfred L ' niversity, Instructor of Poultry Husbandry, M. S. C 1918-20. Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry. M. S. C. 1920- . Sigma Pi. Ellsworth Barnard, M.A., Instructor in English Born 1907. B. S., M. S. C, 1928. M. A., University of Minnesota, 1929. Graduate Assistant in English, LIniversity of Minnesota, 1929-30. Instructor in English, M. S. C. 1930-. Rollin H. Barrett, M.S., Assistant Professor of Farm Management Born 1891. B. Sc, Connecticut Agricultural College, 1918. Assistant County Agricultural Agent, Hartford County, Connecticut, 1918-19. Instructor, Vermont State School of Agricul- ture, 1919-20. Principal, 1920-25. M. S., Cornell University, 1926. Central Officers ' Training School, Camp Lee, Va., October 1918 to January 1919. Assistant Professor of Farm Manage- ment, M. S. C, 1 926-. Phi Mu Delta.