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

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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Hugh Potter Baker, D. Oec, President Born 1878. B. S., Michigan State College, 1901. M. F., Yale University, 1904. D. Oec., University of Munich, 1910. For 10 years with the U. S. Forest Service examining public lands for forest reserves in Central Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska; field studies in New Mexico, Washington, Oregon. Professor of Forestry, Iowa State College, 1904-07; Pennsylvania State College, 1907-12. Dean and Professor of Silviculture, New York State College of Forestry, 1912-20. Executive Secretary, American Paper and Pulp Association, 1920-28. Manager, Trade Association Department, Chamber of Commerce of U. S., 1928-30. Dean, New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, 1930-33. Fellow A. A. A. S., Royal Geographical Society (London). Member, .American Geographical Society, Society American Foresters, Deutschen Dendrologischen Gesellschaft, Society Colonial Wars, S. A. R., Loyal Legion, Mason. Member 2d R. O. T. C, Ft. Sheridan, in., Aug.-Nov., 1917. With 4bth Inf. and Member Gen. Staff, 1917-19. Maj.O.R.C. Clubs: Yale (New York), Cosmos (Washington), University (Syracuse). President of M. S. C, 1933- . William L. Machmer, A. M., Dean, Member of the Faculty Fred C. Kenney, Treasurer Born 1869. Kappa Epsilon. Fred J. Sievers, M. S., Director of the Experiment Station and Di- rector of the Graduate School Born 1880. B. Sc, University of Wisconsin, 1910. M. S., University of Wisconsin, 1924. Instructor in Soils, University of Wisconsin, 1909-12. Agronomist, Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Science, 1912-13. Superintendent, 1912-17. Professor of Soils, State College of Washington, 1917-28. Member of American Society of Agronomy, Ameri- can Association of University Professors, Irrigation Institute, International Farm Congress. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Director of Herman French Foundation for Research in Agricultural Chemistry. Theta Chi, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi. Roland H. Verbeck, B. S., Director of Short Courses Born 1886. B. S., M. S. C, 1908. Principal Petersham (Mass.) Agricultural High School, 1908-10. Headmaster Parsonfield (Maine) Seminary, 1910-16. First Lieutenant, Air Service, Commanding 281st Aero Squadron, American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-19. Service in France, 1918-19. Director, New York State School of Agriculture at St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., 1919-24. Director of Short Courses, M. S. C, 1924- . National Education Association, Harvard Teachers ' Association, Phi Sigma Kappa. Willard A. Munson, B. S., Director of Extension Service Born 1881. B. S., M. S. C, 1905. Partner, Munson-Whitaker Company, 1905-07. Farmer, 1908-15. County Agricultural Agent, 1915-20. Director, Div ision Markets, Massa- chusetts Department of Agriculture, 1920-26. Director, Massachusetts Extension Service, M. S. C, 1926- . President, Massachusetts Fruit Growers ' Association, 1919-21. President, National Association of State Marketing Officials, 1926. President, New England Research Council on Marketing and Food Supplies, 1923-28. Member, Association of Land Grant Col- leges. Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma Kappa. Robert D. Hawley, B. S., Secretary of the College Born 1895. B. S., M. S. C, 1920 as of 1918. Supervisor of Extension Courses, M. S. C, 1920-21, 1922-24. Extension Editor, 1925-26. Secretary of the College, 1926- . U. S. Army, 1917-19. Second Lieutenant Infantry, A. E. F., 1918-19. Adelphia, Phi Sigma Kappa. Basil B. Wood, A. B., Librarian Born 1881. A. B., Brown, 1905. Assistant in John Crerar Science Library, Chicago; Reference librarian, Pittsfield and Springfield Libraries, Mass. Assistant in three camp libraries during the war. Librarian, Public Library, Westerly, R. I. Delta Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. George E. Emery, B. S., Field Secretary Born 1904. B. S., M. S. C, 1924. Assistant Alumni Secretary, 1929- . Sigma Phi Epsilon. Francis C. Pray, M. S., Assistant College Editor Born 1909. B. S., M. S. C, 1931. M. S., M. S. C, 1932. Assistant College Editor, 1934- . 19

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THE FACULTY Professors Emeritus William P. Brooks, Ph. D., D. Agr., Professor of Agriculture, Emeritus B. S., M. S. C, 1875. Graduate Student in Botany and Chemistry, M. S. C, 1876. Ph. D., Halle, 1897. Honorary Degree, Nogaku Hokushi, Japanese Department of Education, 1919. Professor of Agriculture, 1877-88. Professor of Botany, 1880-83 and 1886-87, Imperial College of Agriculture, Japan. Professor of Agriculture, M. S. C, 1889-1908. Lecturer on Agriculture, 1908-18. President, ad interim, M. S. C, 1903 and 1905-06. Agriculturist, M. S. C. Experiment Station, 1889-1921. Director, M. S. C. Experiment Station, 1906-18. Consulting Agriculturist, M. S. C. Experiment Station, 1918-21. Decorated 4th Order of the Rising Sun, Japan, 1888. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mem- ber, 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 bth Annual Reports, Imperial College of Agriculture, Japan. Contributed to Massachusetts Horticultural Society and to Agricultural Reports of U. S. and Massachusetts. Author, Agriculture, General Agriculture, Dairying, and Poultry Farming. Henry T. Fernald, Ph. D., Professor of Entomology, Emeritus Born 1866. B. Sc, University of Maine, 1885. M. S., University of Maine, 1888. Graduate Student at Wesleyan University, 1885-86. Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, 1887-90. Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University, 1890. Professor of Zoology, Penn. State College, 1890-99. State Zoologist of Penn., 1898-99. Assistant Professor of Entomology, M. S. C. Experiment Station, 1910-30. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Massachusetts Nursery Inspector, 1902-18. Director of Graduate School, M. S. C, 1927-30. Professor Emeritus of Entomology, 1930. Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Joseph B. Lindsey, Ph. D., Goessman Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, Emeritus Born 1862. B. S., M. S. C, 1883. Chemist, Massachusetts State Experiment Station, 1883-85. Chemist, L. B. Darling Fertilizer Co., Pawtucket, R. 1., 1885-89. Student at Univer- sity of Gottingen, Germany, 1889-92. M. A., Ph. D., University of Gottingen, 1891. Student at Polytechnic Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, 1892. Associate Chemist, M. S. C. Experiment Station, 1892-95. In charge of the Department of Feeds and Feeding, Hatch Experiment Sta- tion, 1895-1907. Chemist, M. S. C. Experiment Station, 1907. Vice-Director of M. S. C. Experiment Station, 1909- . Headof the Department ofChemistry, M.S. C, 191 1-28. Goessman Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, 1911- . Member of the American Chemical Society. Fellow in American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of the American Society of Animal Production. Member of the American Dairy Science Association. Alpha Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa Phi. John E. Ostrander, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus Born 1865. A. B. and C. E., Union College. 1886. Assistant in Sewer Construction, West Troy, N. Y., 1886. Assistant on Construction, Chicago, St. Paul, and Kansas City Railway, 1887. A. M., Union College, 1889. Instructor in Civil Engineering and Mechanic Arts, Uni- versity of Idaho, 1892-7. Professor of Mathematics and Meteorologist at Experiment Station, M. S. C, 1897-1928. Member of International Commission on Teaching Mathematics, 1900-11. Phi Kappa Phi. George W. Alderman, B. A., Assistant Professor of Physics Bom 1898. A. B., Williams College, 1921. Instructor in Physics, 1921-26. Assistant Professor of Physics, M. S. C, 1926- . American Physical Society.