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

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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.

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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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Arthur B. Beaumont, Ph.D., Professor of Agronomy and Head of the Department of Agronomy B. Sc, University of Kentucky, iqo8. Ph. D., Cornell University. iqi8. Teacher of Science, North Bend High School, North Bend, Oregon, iqog-i i. Teacher of Science and Agriculture and Head of the Department, Oregon Normal School, 1911-1913. Graduate Student and Assistant in the Department of Soil Technology, Cornell, IQ13-17. A.ssociate Professor of Agronomy and .Acting Head of the Department, M. S. C, 1917-10. Professor and Head of the Department of Agronomy, iqiq-. Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Acacia, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Lyle L. Blundell, B.S., Professor of Horticulture Born i8q7. B. S., Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1924, With Olensted Brothers, Landscape Architects, 1924-31. Professor of Horticulture, M. S. C, iq3i-. Gamma Sigma Delta. Harold D. Boutelle, B.Sc, Ch.E., Instructor in Mathematics Born i8q8. B. Sc, Worcester Polytechnical Institute, 1920. Ch. E., W. P. I, 1922. Instruct- or in Mathematics, M. S. C 1926-. Leon A. Bradley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bacteriology B. Sc, Wesleyan University, 1922. Ph. D. Yale University, 1925. Assistant in General Bacteriology, Yale 1924-25. Assistant Professor of Bacteriology, M. S. C , 1925-. Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Xi. Lawrence F. Briggs, B.Sc, Instructor in Physical Education Born 1903. B. Sc, M. S. C 1927. Instructor in Physical Education, M. S. C, 1927-. Spring- field Summer School, 1927. Counsellor at Camp Enajerog, 1928-29. Secretary and Treasurer Western Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Club, English Folk Dance School, M. S. C 1929. Varsity Club, Theta Chi. Mildred Briggs, M.S., Assistant Professor of Home Economics A. B., DePauw University, 1920. M. S., Iowa State College. 1925. Instructor in Home Eco- nomics, Upper Iowa University, 1920-23, Graduate Assistant, Iowa State College, 1923-25. Sum- mer, University of Nebraska, 1927. Instructor and Assistant Professor in Home Economics Uni- versity of Missouri, 1925-29. Summer, University of Texas, 1930, Summer, San Jose State Teach- er ' s College, 193 1 . Assistant Professor of Home Economics, M. S. C 193 1-. Kappa Alpha Theta. William P. Brooks, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Agriculture B. S., M. S. C, 1875. Graduate Student in Chemistry and Botany, M. S. C, 1876. Ph. D., Halle, 1897. Honorary Degree, Nogaku Hokushi, Japanese Department of Education, iqiq. Professor of Agriculture, 1877-88, Professor of Botany, 1880-83, arid 1886-87, Imperial College of Agriculture, Japan. Professor of Agriculture, M. S. C i88q-i9o8. Lecturer on Agriculture, iqoS- 18. President, ad interim, M. S. C, iqo3, and iqo5-o6. Agriculturist, M. S. C, Experiment Station, 1889-1921. Director, M. S. C, Experiment Station, 1906-18. Consulting Agriculturist, M.SC, Experiment Station 1918-21. Decorated 4th Order of the Rising Sun, Japan, 1888. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Memb ' cr, Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. Member, Society for the Promotion of Agriculture. Member, National Health League. Member, Massachusetts Forestry Association. Honorary Member, Educational Society of Hokkaido, Japan. Contributed to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, and Editor of 5th, and 6th, Annual Reports, Imperial College of Agriculture, Japan. Contributed to Massachusetts Horticulture Society and to Agricultural Reports of U. S. and Massachusetts. Author, Agricul- ture, General Agriculture, Dairying and Poultry Farming. 16