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

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DIVISION OF HOME ECONOMICS HELEN S. MITCHELL, Ph. D, Research Professor of Home Economics Born 1895. B. A., Mount Holyoke, 1917. Ph. D., Yale, 1921. Director Nulrition Research, Battle Creek Sanitarium, 1921-29. Professor Physiology and Nutrition, Bottle Creek College, 1924-35. Research Professor of Home Economics, M. S. C, 1935- . Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Dietetic Association, American Institute Nutrition, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Home Economics Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Publications: Co-author, Nutrition in Health and Disease. HELEN KNOWLTON, M.A., Associate Professor of Home Economics A. B. Mount Holyoke College, 1903. Instructor Atlanta University, 1903-05. Teacher in High Schools, 1905-12. Graduate Student and Instructor, Cornell University, 1912-16. Head of Home Economics, Dean of Women, New Hampshire State College, 1916-18. Y.W.C.A. Secretary, 1919-24. M. A., Teachers College, 1924. Professor of Home Economics, M. S. C, 1934. Associate Professor, 1935. EDNA L. SKINNER, M.A., Professor of Home Economics; Head of Division; Advisor of Women Michigan State Normal College, 1901. B. Sc, Columbia University, 1908. Instructor in Teachers College, Columbia University, 1908-12. James Millikin University, 1912-18. Professor of Home Econom- ics, Head of Department, M. S. C, 1919- . M. Ed., Michigan State Normal College, 1922. M. A., Columbia University, 1928. Publications; Co-author, The Family and Its Relotionships. DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE LYLE L. BLUNDELL, B.S., Professor of Horticulture Born 1898. B. S., Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1924. With Olmsteod Brothers, Landscape Architects, 1923-31. Professor o f Horticulture, M. S. C, 1931- . Gamma Sigma Delto. WALTER W. CHENOWETH, M.S., Professor of Horticultural Manufactures and Head of Department Born 1871. A. B., Valparaiso University, 1902. Assistant in Botany, Valparaiso University, 1902-03. Head of Department of Science, Chillicothe Normal School, Missouri, 1903-10. Student at Missouri University, 1910-12. Secretary State Board of Horticulture, Missouri, 1912. Instructor in Pomology, M. S. C, 1915-18. Professor of Horticulture Manufactures, 1918- . Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi., Phi Kappa Phi, JAMES DILLON CURTIS, M.F., B.A., Instructor in Forestry Born 1905. University of British Columbia, 1929. Bachelor of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, 1930. M. F. Horvard, 1935. Geodetic Survey of Canada, 1924-26. Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Logging Company, 1927. Campbell River Timber Co., 1928. Research Division, British Columbia Forest Service, 1929-32; Surveys Division, 1935. Instructor in Forestry, M. S. C, 1935- . Member Canadian Society of Forest Engineers, Society of American Foresters. ARTHUR P. FRENCH, M.S., Professor of Pomology and Plant Breeding B. Sc, Ohio State University, 1921. M. Sc, M. S. C, 1923. Investigator in Pomology, M. S. C. Experiment Station, 1921-23. Instructor in Pomology, M. S. C, 1923-28. Assistant Professor in Pomology, M. S. C, 1928-36. Professor of Pomology and Plant Breeding, 1936- . Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa Phi. ARTHUR K. HARRISON, Professor of Landscape Architecture Born 1872. With Warren L. Manning, Landscape Designer, Boston, acting at various times in charge of the Surveying and Engineering Departments and Drafting Rooms, 1898-1911. Instructor in Landscape Gardening, M. S, C, 191 1-13. Assistant Professor of Landscape Gardening, M, S. C, 1913-33. Professor of Landscape Gardening, M. S. C, 1933- . ROBERT p. HOLDSWORTH, M.F., Professor of Forestry Born 1890. B. S. in Forestry, Michigan State College, 1911. M. F., Yale University, 1928. Royal College of Forestry, Stockholm, Sweden, 1928-29. Student Assistant, U. S. Forest Service. Kootenai National Forest, 1911. Forest Assistant, U. S. Forest Service, 1912-13. Administrative Assistant and Forest Examiner, in charge of White Top Purchase Area, 1913-14, Secretary, Stone and Downer Compony, Boston, 1914-27. Captain, Infantry, U. S. A., two years. Professor of Forestry, University of Arkansas, 1929-30. Senior Member Society of American Foresters. Professor of Forestry, M. S. C, 1930- . Phi Kappa Phi. [25]

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DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE VICTOR A. RICE, M.Agr., Professor of Animal Husbandry; Head of the Department; Head of the Division of Agriculture Born 1890. B. Sc, North Carolina State College, 1917, M. Agr., M. S. C, 1923. Farm Manager, 1910-12. Swine Specialist for State of Massachusetts, 1916-19. Professor of Animal Husbandry, M. S. C, 1919- . Head of Division of Agriculture. Phi Kappa Phi. Publications: Breeding and Improvement of Farm Animals. . WILLIAM C. SANCTUARY, M.S., Professor of Poultry Husbandry Born 1888. B. S., M, S C, 1912, Acting Director of New York School of Agriculture, 1924-25. Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M, S, C, 1921 and 1925- . Kappa Delta Phi, Theto Chi. WILLIAM H. TAGUE, B.S., Assistant Professor of Agncultural Engineering Born 1892. B. S., Agricultural Engineering, Iowa State College. Assistant Professor of Agricul- tural Engineering, M. S. C, 1929- . CHARLES H. THAYER, Assistant Professor of Agronomy Winter School, M. S. C, 1904. Manager, Brooke Farm, Amherst, 1908-13. Manager, Fillmore Farm, Weston, Mass., 1913, Assistant in Agronomy, Winter School, 1915, 1916, 1918, Instructor in Agronomy, M. S. C, 1918- . Member American Society of Agronomy. Assistant Professor of Agronomy, M. S. C, 1936- . JOHN H. VONDELL, Instructor in Poultry Husbandry and Foreman Poultry Plant Born 1898. Instructor, U. S. Veterans ' Bureau, Baltimore, 1922-23. Superintendent, Poultry Plant, M. S. C, 1923-29. Superintendent Poultry Plant and Instructor in Poultry Husbondry, M. S. C, 1929- . DIVISION OF HOME ECONOMICS MILDRED BRIGGS, M.S., Assistant Professor of Home Economics A. B., DePouw University, 1920. M. S., Iowa State College, 1925. Instructor in Home Economics, Upper Iowa University, 1920-23. Graduate Assistant, Iowa State College, 1923-25. Summer School. University of Nebraska, 1927. Instructor and Assistant Professor in Home Economics, University of Missouri, 1925-29. Summer School, University of Texas, 1930. Summer School, San Jose State Teachers ' College, 1931. Assistant Professor of Home Economics, M. S. C, 1931- . Kappa Alpha Theto. SARA M. COOLIDGE, M.S., Assistant Professor of Home Economics B, S., Michigan State College, 1924. M. S., Michigan State College, 1927. Graduate work. Universities of Chicago and Wisconsin, Iowa State College. Instructor Muskegon Hockey Manual Training School, 1915-22. instructor, Michigan State College, 1927-31. Nutritionist, Detroit Doiry and Food Council, 1931-32. Head of Home Economics Institute, Detroit Free Press, 1932-33 Instructor, Chicago Teachers ' College, 1933-34. Assistant Professor of Home Economics, West Virginia, Wesleyan College, 1934-35. Assistant Professor of Home Economics, M. S. C, 1935- . Sigma Xi. [24}

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DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE S. CHURCH HUBBARD, Assistant Professor of Floriculture Born 1891. With A, N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn,, as Propagator, Section Foreman, Roses, and Superintendent and Salesman of Retail Department, 1905-15. Vice-President and Manager of F. W. Fletcher, Inc., Auburndale, Moss,, 1915-16. Superintendent in charge of Test Grounds of American Rose Society, American Peony Society, American Iris Society, American G!odiolus Society, and American Sweet Pea Society, at Cornell University, 1916-21. Greenhouse Foreman and Instructor in Floriculture, M. S. C, 1928- , Assistant Professor of Floriculture, M, S, C, 1928- . Author of Roses and Their Culture. WILLIAM H. LACHMAN, M.S., Instructor in Olericulture , Born 1912. B. S., Pennsylvania State College, 1934, M, S., Pennsylvania State College, 1936. Instructor of Olericulture, M. S. C, 1936- . Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Alpha Xi. WALTER A. MACLINN, M.S., Instructor in Horticultural Manufactures Bom 1911. B. S., 1933, M. S. C, M. S., 1935, Oregon State College and M. S. C. Research Fellow, M S. C, 1934. Research Fellow, Oregon State College, 1935. Research Fellow, M. S. C , 1936, Chemist, The Murray Co., Boston, Mass. Instructor in Horticultural Manufactures, M. S. C, 1936- . Theta Chi. RUDOLPH 0. MO.MOSMITH, B.L.A., Instructor in Horticulture Born 1909. B. S, Mississippi Stote College, 1929. B L A., M. S. C, 1933. Instructor in Ho rti- culture, Mississippi State College, 1929-30. Assistant Professor 1930-31. Instructor in Horticulture, Massachusetts State College, 1935- . J. HARRY RICH, B.S., Assistant Professor of Forestry Born 1888. B. S. in Forestry, New York State College of Forestry, 1913. Assistant Professor of Forestry, M. S. C, 1933- . Society of American Foresters, Sigma Xi, Pi Koppo Alpha. OLIVER C. ROBERTS, B.S., Assistant Professor of Pomology Born 1895. B. S., M. S. C, 1919. Teacher of Agriculture, West Lebanon Academy, West Lebanon, Maine, 1920-22. Foremen of Pomology Department, 1922-26. Instructor in Pomology, 1926-35. Assis- tant Professor of Pomology, 1935- . Theta Chi. JAMES ROBERTSON, JR., B.A., Instructor in Landscape Architecture Born 1906. B. A., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1930. Instructor in Landscape Architecture, M. S. C, 1930- . DONALD E. ROSS, B.S., Instructor in Floriculture and Greenhouse Foreman Born 1896. B. S., M. S. C, 1925. Instructor in Floriculture and Greenhouse Foreman, M. S. C, 1928- . Alpha Gamma Rho. [26]