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

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Tlfu Cccd and Bioto icat iP cienceA CLARENCE E. GORDON Head of Division Front Row: Alderman, Davis, Clark, Alexander, Peters, Ritchie, Chamberlain, Gordon, Moore, Osmun, Machmer, Torrey, Lentz, Powers. Second Row: Woodside, Sweetman, Ross, Mrs. Shaw, Shaw, Swenson, Morston, Fessenden, Vinol, Boutelle, Stevens, Serex, Miller, Anderson. DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CLARENCE EVERETT GORDON, Ph.D. Professor of Zoology and Geology Head of Department Head of Division of Physical and Biological Sciences Bom 1876. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1901. Clark University, Summers 1901 and 1903. B.Sc, Boston University, 1903. A.M., Columbia Uni- versity, 1906. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1911. Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, Spring of 1915. New York State Museum, Spring of 1915. Harvard Medical School, Summer of 1915. Science Master at Cushing Academy, 1901-04. Assistant Professor of Zoology, M. S. C, 1906- 1910. Professor of Zoology and Geology, Head of Department, 1910-1930. Head of Division of Physical and Biological Sciences, 1927- . Head of Department of Entomology, Zoology and Geology, 1930-37. Professor of Zoology and Geology, Head of Department, 1937- . Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Fellow A. A. A. S., Fel- low Geological Society of America, Member Paleontological Society, Member American Geo- physical Union. Married. CHARLES PAUL ALEXANDER, Ph.D. Professor of Entomology Acting Head of Department Born 1889. B.Sc, Cornell University, 1913. Ph.D., Cornell University, 1918. Instructor, Cor- nell University, 1914-17. University of Illinois, Natural History Survey, Curator of Collections, 1919-22. Assistant Professor of Entomology, M. S. C, 1922-1930. Professor of Entomology, 1930- . Alpha Gamma Rho, Gamma Alpha, Adelphia, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Fellow, Entomological Society of America. Fellow, A.A.A. Science. Fellow Entomological Society, London. Member, Entomological Society, France. Married. LEON ALSON BRADLEY, Ph.D. Professor of Bacteriology Born 1896. B.Sc, Wesleyan University, 1922. Ph.D., Yale University, 1925. Assistant in General Bacteriology, Yale University. City Bacteriologist, New Britain, Conn. Assistant Professor of Bacteriology, M. S. C, 1925-1935. Professor of Bacteriology, 1935- . Beta Theta Pi. Sigma Xi. Society of American Bacter- iologists, President of Connecticut Valley Section, 1935-36. American Public Health Association. Married. G. CHESTER CRAMPTON, Ph.D. Professor of Insect Morphology Born 1881. A.B., Princeton University, 1904. M.S., Harvard, 1921. M.A., Cornell, 1905. Student at Freiburg and Munich, 1907. Ph.D., Berlin University, 1908. Instructor in Biology, Prince- ton University, 1908-10. Professor of Entomology and Zoology, South Carolina State Agricultural College, 1910-11. Assistant Professor of Ento- mology, M. S. C, 1911-15. Professor of Insect Morphology, M. S. C, 1915- . Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. JOSEPH S. CHAMBERLAIN, Ph.D. Goessmann Professor of Chemistry Born 1870. B.Sc, Iowa State College, 1890. M.Sc, Iowa State College, 1892. Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1899. University of Berlin, 1908. Oxford University, 1930. Assistant in Chemistry, Iowa State College, 1891-93. In- structor of Chemistry, Iowa State College, 1894-97. Instructor of Chemistry, Oberlin Col- lege, 1899-1901. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry, 1901-09. Associate Pro- fessor Chemistry, M. S. C, 1909-1913. Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1913- . Head of Chemistry Department and Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1928-34. Goessmann Professor of Chemistry, 1934- . Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Tau Delta. American Chemical Society, A. A. A. S. Author: Text Book of Organic Chemistry , Organic Agricultural Chemistry . Co-author of Chemistry in Agriculture. Married. [29}

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Uah.tlcu£hiAe DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE CLARK LEONARD THAYER, B.S. Professor of Floriculture; Head of Department Born 1890, B.S., M. S. C, 1913. Cornell University, 1914. Assistant in Floriculture, Cornell University. Instructor in Floriculture, Cornell University. Graduate Assistant in Flori- culture, 1913-14. Instructor in Floriculture, M. S. C, Spring Term 1917. Associate Professor and Head of Department of Floriculture, 1919- 1920. Professor and Head of Department of Floriculture, 1920- . Alpha Gamma Rho, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Alpha Xi, Adelphia. U. S. Army, 1918. Author of Spring Flowering Bulbs. Married. REUBEN EDWIN TRIPPENSEE, Ph.D. Professor of Wildlife Management Born 1894. B.S., Michigan State College, 1920. M.S., University of Michigan, 1933. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1934. Previously em- ployed, United States Forest Service — Region 9, Milwaukee, Wis. School of Forestry, University of Michigan. School System, City of Saginaw, Michigan. Professor of Wild-life Management, 1936- . Alpha Zeta, Seminar Botanicus, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Sigma Xi. Married. FRANK A. WAUGH, M.S. Professor of Landscape Architecture; Head of Department Born 1869. B.Sc, Kansas State College, 1891. M.Sc, Kansas State College. Cornell University, 1898. Koenigliche Gaertner-Lehranstalt, Dahlem, Germany, 1910. Ecole de Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau, France, 1937. Previously em- ployed, University of Vei-mont. Dartmouth College. Oklahoma A. M. College. Head of Division of Horticulture, 1907-1932. Professor of Landscape Architecture. M. S. C, 1932- . Kappa Sigm a, Phi Kappa Phi. Married. JOHN ALBERT CLAGUE, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Horticultural Manufactures Born 1905. B.S., University of Washington, 1929. M.S., M. S. C, 1931. Ph.D., M. S. C, 1935. Research Fellow, Experiment Station, 1929-1930. Research Assistant, Experiment Station, 1930-1936. Assistant Professor, M. S. C, 1936- . Pi Kappa Phi. Married. SAMUEL CHURCH HUBBARD Assistant Professor of Floriculture Born 1890. Cornell University, Department of Floriculture, 1916-21. Vice-President and Manager, F. W. Fletcher, Inc., 1915-16. C. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 1909-15. Green- house Foreman and Instructor, M. S. C, 1921-28. Assistant Professor of Floriculture, 1928- . Married. J. HARRY RICH, M.F. Assistant Professor of Forestry Born 1888. B.S., New York State College of Forestry, 1913. New York State College of Forestry, 1914. M.F., New York State College of Forestry, 1936. Assistant Professor of Forestry, 1933- . Sigma Xi. Society of American Foresters (S. A. F.). Pi Kappa Alpha. Married. OLIVER COUSENS ROBERTS, B.Sc. Assistant Professor of Pomology Bom 1895. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1919. Teacher of Agriculture, West Lebanon Academy, Maine, 1920-22. Foreman of Pomology Department, M. S. C, 1922-26. Instructor in Pomology, 1926- 35. Assistant Professor of Pomology, 1935- . Theta Chi. Married. ALDEN PARKER TUTTLE, M.S. Assistant Professor of Vegetable Gardening Bom 1906. B.S., M. A. C, 1928. M.S., Penn- sylvania State College, 1930. Instructor in Vegetable Gardening, M. S. C, 1930-36. Assistant Professor of Vegetable Gardening, 1936- . Gamma Sigma Delta. Married. JAMES DILLON CURTIS, M.F. Instructor in Forestry Bom 1905, B.A., University of British Columbia, 1929. B,A,Sc., University of British Columbia, 1930. M.F., Harvard University, 1934. Previously employed, British Columbia Forest Service. Instructor in Forestry, 1935- . Alpha Delta Phi. Canadian Society Forest Engineers. Society American Foresters. Single. WILLIAM HENRY LACHMAN, M.S. Instructor in Olericulture Bom 1912. B.S., Pennsylvania State College, 1934. M.S., Pennsylvania State College, 1936. Instructor in Olericulture, 1936- . Gamma Sigma Delta, Pi Alpha Zi. Single. WALTER ARNOLD MACLINN, M.S. Instructor in Horticultural Manufactures Bom 1911. Research Fellow, M. S. C, 1934. Research Fellow, M. S. C, 1936. B.S., M. S. C, 1933. Oregon State College, 1935. M.S., Massa- chusetts State College, 1935. M. S. C, 1936. Chemist, Murray Co., Boston, Mass. Instructor in Horticultural Manufactures, M. S. C, 1936- . Theta Chi. Single. JAMES J. ROBERTSON, B.A. Instructor in Landscape Architecture Bom 1906. B.A., Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology, 1930. Instructor in Landscape Archi- tecture, M. S. C, 1930- . Married. DONALD ERNEST ROSS, B.S. Greenhouse Foreman and Instructor in Floriculture Department Bom 1896. B.S., M. S. C, 1925. Previously employed, A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. The Rose Fann, White Plains, New York. Greenhouse Foreman and Instructor in Flori- culture Department, M. S. C, 1928- . Alpha Gamma Rho. Married. EMIL JOHN TRAMPOSCH, B.S. Instructor in Horticulture Born 1913. B.S., M. S. C, 1935. Commercial Horticulture. Instructor in Horticulture, M. S. C, 1937. Adelphia. Married. [28}

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9Ai Uccd and Bioio-qLcal iP.citnc£ DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES GEORGE E. GAGE, Ph.D. Professor of Bacteriology and Physiology and Head of the Department Born 1884. B.A., Clark University, 1906. A.M., Yale University, 1907. Ph.D., Yale University, 1909. Social Student in Pathology, University of Michigan, Summer of 1910. Physiological Chemist, Sodium Benzoate Investigation, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1908. Associate Biologist, Maryland Experiment Station, 1909- 1910. University of Michigan, 1910. Biologist Maryland Experiment Station, in charge of Pathological Investigation. Assistant Professor of Animal Pathology, M. S. C, 1912-1920. Head of the Department of Serology, Central Depart- ment Laboratory, A. E. F., France, 1918-19. Professor of Animal Pathology and Head of the Department of Veterinary Science and Animal Pathology, M. S. C, 1920-27. Professor of Bac- teriology and Physiology and Head of the Department. 1927- . Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Phi. Single. JOHN BECKLEY LENTZ, V.M.D. Professor of Veterinary Science and Head of Department Born 1887. A.B., Franklin and Marshall College, 1908. V.M.D., University of Pennsyl- vania, 1914. Assistant in Veterinary Science, M. S. C, 1916. Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science, 1922. Professor of Veterinary Science and Head of Department, 1927- . Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma Kappa. Married. VINCENT A. OSMUN, M.Sc. Professor of Botany and Head of Department Born 1880. B.Agr., Connecticut State College, 1900. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1903. B.Sc, Boston University, 1903. M.Sc, M. A. C, 1905. Storrs, Connecticut Experiment Station. Instructor in Botany, M. S. C, 1905-07. Assistant Professor of Botany, 1907-14. Associate Professor of Botany a nd Acting Head of Botany Department, 1914-16. Professor of Botany and Head of Department, 1916- . Q. T. V., Phi Kappa Phi. Married. CHARLES ADAMS PETERS, Ph.D. Professor Inorganic and Soil Chemistry Bom 1875. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1897. B.Sc, Boston University, 1897. Student, M. A. C, 1897-98. Ph.D., Yale, 1901. Student, University of Berlin. 1908-1910. Graduate Student, Yale, 1910-11. Professor of Chemistry and Head of Department, University of Idaho, 1901-09. Ex- change Teacher, Friedrichs Wedersche Oberreal- schule, 1909-1911. Assistant Professor of In- organic and Soil Chemistry, M. S. C, 1911-12. Associate Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chem- istry, 1912-16. Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, 1916- . Alpha Sigma Phi, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Author of The Preparation of Substances Important in Agriculture. Married. WALLACE FRANK POWERS, Ph.D. Professor of Physics and Head of Department Born 1889. 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. In- structor in Physics, Simmons College, 1916-17. Instructor in Physics, New York University, 1917-1920. Assistant Professor in Physics, Wes- leyan University, 1920-25. Professor of Physics and Head of Department, M. S. C, 1925- . American Physical Society. American Associa- tion of University Professors. Alpha Sigma Alpha. Married. WALTER STIENTZ RITCHIE, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Head of Department Bom 1892. B.Sc, Ohio State University, 1916. A.M., University of Missouri, 1918. Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1922. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Chemistry and Assistant Chemist in Experiment Station, University of Missouri. Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Depart- ment, 1934- . Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Delta Tau Delta. American Chemi- cal Society. American Institute of Chemists. Married. RAY ETHAN TORREY, Ph.D. Professor of Botany Born 1887. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1912. M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University, 1918. Instructor, Grove City College, 1912-15. Instructor, Wesleyan Univer- sity, 1918-19. Instructor in Botany, M. S. C, 1919-21. Assistant Professor of Botany, 1921-1933. Associate Professor of Botany, 1933-37. Professor of Botany, 1937- . Single. ORTON LORING CLARK, B.Sc. Associate Professor of Botany Bom 1887. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1908. Ethical Culture School, 1908-1910. Columbia University, 1909-1910. Student at Universities of Rostock, Munchen and Strassburg, 1911-13. Assistant in Botany, University of Strassburg, 1912-13. Assistant Physiologist, Experiment Station, M. S. C, 1913-1927. Assistant Professor Botany, 1915-1927. Associate Professor of Botany, 1927- . Phi Sigma Kappa. A. A. A. S. Married. FRANK C. MOORE, A.B. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Bom 1879. A.B., Dartmouth College, 1902. Studied at Dartmouth, 1903, Columbia, 1916. Instructor Mathematics, Dartmouth. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of New Hampshire. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, M. S. C, 19 18-33. Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1933- . Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. American Association for Advance- ment of Science. Association Mathematics Teachers in New England. Mathematical Asso- ciation of America. Chi Phi Fraternity. Married. [30}