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

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CLARENCE H. PARSONS, M.S. lit Professor of Animal Husbandry and Superintendent of Farm Born 1904. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1927. M.S. Massachusetts State College, 1933. Adelphia; Q.T.V. Accepted to Faculty 1904. Avocation, Bowling. CHARLES ADAMS PETERS, Ph.D. Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry Born 1875. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1897. Ph.D. Yale LTniversity, 1901. Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; American Chemical Society. Accepted to Fac- ulty 1911. Avocations: Gardening, Hiking. JOHN JOSEPH POWERS, B.S. Instructor of Horticultural Manufactures Born 1918. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1940. Sigma Xi; Institute of Food Technologists; Ameri- can Chemical Society; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Ac- cepted to Faculty 1942. WALLACE FRANK POWERS, Ph.D. Professor of Physics and Head of the Department Born 1889. B.A. Clark University, 1910. M.A. Clark University, 1911. Ph.D. Clark University, 1914. American Physical Society; . merican Asso- ciation of L ' niversity Professors; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi ; Alpha Sigma Alpha. Accepted to Faculty 1925. Avocations: Photography, Radio. WALTER EVERETT PRINCE, M.A. Professor of English Born 1881. Ph.D. Brown University, 1904. M.A. Brown University, 1905. Sphinx; Phi Kappa Phi; Shakespearean Association of Teachers of Speech. Accepted to Faculty 1912. Avocations: Dramatics, Reading and Chess. ALBERT WILLIAM PURVIS, Ed.M. Assistant Professor of Education Born 1903. B.A. University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1931. Ed.M. Harvard University, 1935. Ed.D. Harvard University, 1937. Accepted to Faculty 1936. Avocations: Hiking, Camping. GEORGE FREDERICK PUSHES Instructor of Agricultural Engineering Born 1887. Accepted to Faculty 1916. Avocation: Scouting. Tfie ucr Jofhugs »i Me I ep ' ' We ' ll GoaranleeyM uer tbs bareJ FRANK PRENTICE RAND, M.A. Head of Department of Languages and Literature Born 1889. B.A. Wilhams College, 1912. M.A. Amherst College, 1915. Phi Sigma Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Adelphia; Phi Kappa Phi; Modem Language Association; Shakespearean Association of America; C.E.A.; Who ' s Who in America. Ac- cepted to Faculty 1914. Avocation: Mask-Making. ARNOLD D. RHODES, M.F. Instructor of Forestry Born 1912. B.S. University of New Hampshire, 1935. M.F. Yale School of Forestry, 1937. Society of American Foresters; Botanical Society of America; Ecological Society of America; British Ecological Society; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Sigma. Accepted to Faculty 1939. MAJOR ALLEN FOSTER RICE, B.S. Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics Born 1904. B.S. Norwich University, 1926. Theta Chi. Accepted to Faculty 1940. VICTOR ARTHUR RICE, M.Agr. Professor of Animal Husbandry, Head of the Depart- ment and Head of the Division of Agriculture Born 1890. B.S. North Carolina State College, 1916. M.Agr. Massachusetts State College, 1923. Kappa . lpha; Alpha Zeta; Phi Kappa Phi; American Gen- etic Association; American Society of Animal Pro- duction. Accepted to Faculty 1916. Avocation: Reading. J. HARRY RICH, M.F. Assistant Professor of Forestry Born 1888. B.S. New York State College of Forestry, 1913. M.F. New York State College of Forestry, 1936. Sigma Xi; Society of American Foresters; Pi Kappa Alpha. Accepted to Faculty 1933. FRANCIS JAMES RIEL, M.S. Coach of Baseball and Instructor of Physical Education Born 1914. B.A. Massachusetts State College, 1939. M.S. Massachusetts State College, 1940. Accepted to Faculty 1940. Avocations: Fishing and Hunting. WALTER STUNTZ RITCHIE, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Department Born 1892. B.S. Ohio State University, 1916. M.A. University of Missouri, 1918. Ph.D. LTniversity of Missouri, 1922. Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Chi Sigma; Delta Tau Delta. Accepted to Faculty 1934. OLIVER COUSENS ROBERTS, M.S. Assistant Professor of Pomology Born 1895. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1919. M.S. University of Illinois, 1941. Theta Chi. Ac- cepted to Faculty 1926. Avocations: Gardening, Bee-Keeping. JAMES ROBERTSON, JR., B.Arch. Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Born 1909. B.Arch. Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology, 1930. Accepted to Faculty 1930. Avocations: Drawing, Painting, Dramatics, Photography, Ex- hibit Work. 24 '

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ALEXANDER ANDERSON MACKIMMIE.M.A. Professor of History, Head of the Department and Head of the Division of Liberal Arts Born 1878. B.A. Princeton University, 1906. M.A. Columbia University, 1914. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Accepted to Faculty, 1908. MINER JOHN MARKUSON, B.S. Assistant Professor of Engineering Born 1896. B.S. University of Minnesota, 1923. Massachusetts State Association of Architects; Western Massachusetts Architectural Society; Lions International. Accepted to Faculty 1925. Avocations: Practise of Architecture, Woodworking. GEORGE ANDREWS MARSTON, M.S. Assistant Professor of Engineering Born 1908. B.S. Worcester Polytechnical Institute, 1930. M.S. University of Iowa, 1933. C.E. Worces- ter Polytechnical Institute, 1940. Sigma Xi; Lamb- da Chi Alpha; American Society of Civil Engineers; American Geophysical Union; Society for Promo- tion of Engineering Education. Accepted to Faculty 1933. Avocations: Tennis, Hydrological Research. JOHN EARL WILLARD McCONNELL, M.S. Research Assistant of Horticultural Manufactures Born 1915. B.S. Queen ' s University, 1941. M.S. Massachusetts State College, 1942. Sigma Xi. Ac- cepted to Faculty 1942. M. JEAN McNAMARA, B.A. Instructor of English Born 1920. B.A. Massachusetts State College, 1942. Accepted to Faculty 1942. OREANA A. MERRIAM, M.S. Assistant Professor of Home Economics B.S. University of Vermont. M.S. Massachusetts State College. Sigma Xi. Accepted to Faculty 1941. WALTER McKINLEY MILLER, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Born 1896. Ph.B. Lafayette College, 1918. M.A. Pennsylvania State College, 1923. Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1927. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; American Association of L niversity Pro- fessors; Mathematics Association of America. Ac- cepted to Faculty 1935. Avocations: Travel, Philat- ely, Book Collecting, Chess, Clock Repairing. FRANK MARTIN MOHLER, LL.D. Assistant Professor of History Born 1880. B.A. Washburn College, 1904. LL.D. Washburn College, 1933. Rhodes Scholar from Kansas to Oxford University, 1905-08. Phi Delta Theta. Accepted to Faculty 1942. Avocations: Far East, Chinese Language. FRANK COCHRAN MOORE, B.A. Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department Born 1879. B.A. Dartmouth College, 1902. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Chi Phi; Mathematical Association of America; American Association for Advancement of Science; New England Mathe- matics Association. Accepted to Faculty 1918. WILLIAM HENRY MOSS, B.S. Instructor of English Born 1911. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1937. Phi Kappa Phi; Adelphia. Accepted to Faculty 1942. Avocations: Tennis, Gardening. CLAUDE CASSELL NEET, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Born 1905. B.A. University of California, 1930. M.A. Clark University, 1932. Ph.D. Clark Univer- sity, 1935. American Psychological Association; Eastern Psychological Association; American Asso- ciation of University Professors. Accepted to Fac- ulty 1935. Avocations: Reading, Music. JOHN BAXTER NEWLON Instructor of Engineering Born 1884. Accepted to Faculty 1919. Avocation: Hand Wrought Iron. WILLIAM GREGORY O ' DONNELL. Ph.D. Instructor of English Born 1916. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1938. M.A. Yale Graduate School, 1940. Ph.D. Yale Graduate School, 1942. Phi Kappa Phi; Modern Language Association. Accepted to Faculty 1942. A. VINCENT OSMUN, M.S. Professor of Botany and Head of the Department Born 1880. B.Agr. Connecticut State College, 1900; B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1903. M.S. Mass- achusetts State College, 1905. Phi Kappa Phi; Sig- ma Xi; A.A.A.S.; Life Member American Phyto- pathological Society; American Fern Society, New England Botany Club; Q.T.V. Accepted to Faculty 1905. RANSOM CLAYTON PACKARD, M.S. Assistant Professor of Bacteriology Born 1886. B.S. A. University of Toronto. M.S. Massachusetts State College, 1933. Accepted to Faculty 1927. Avocation: Gardening. RAYMOND THURSTON PARKHURST, Ph.D. Professor of Poidtry Husbandry and Head of the Department Born 1898. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1919. M.S. University of Idaho, 1925. Ph.D. University of Edinburgh, 1932. Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Phi; Kappa Sigma; American Poultry Science Associa- tion. Accepted to Faculty 1938. Avocations: Bridge, Tennis, Badminton, Boy Scout Work. [23:

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JOSEPH RICHARD ROGERS, JR. Instructor of Physical Education Born 1906. Accepted to Faculty 1931. CHARLES J. ROHR, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Economy Born 1905. Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1931. Kappa Alpha; Civil Service Assembly of the U.S. and Canada; National Municipal League; Society for Public Administration. Accepted to Faculty 1937. DONALD E. ROSS, B.S. Greenhouse Foreman and Instructor of FloricnUure Born 1896. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1925. Alpha Gamma Rho. Accepted to Faculty 1928. Avocations: Indian Lore, Stamps. WILLIAM HAROLD ROSS, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics Born 1909. B.. . Amherst College, 1929. M.A. Amherst College, 1930. Ph.D. Yale LTniversity, 1934. American Physical Society; American Associ- ation for the Advancement of Science; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Accepted to Faculty 1933. LIEUTENANT WINSLOW EDWIN RYAN, B.S. Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics Born 1918. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1940. Cavalry School Ft. Riley, Kansas, 1940. . ccepted to Faculty 1942. Avocations: Riding, Softball, Danc- ing, Baseball, Reading. WILLIAM CROCKER SANCTUARY, M.S. Professor of Poultry Husbandry Born 1888. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1912. M.S. Massachusetts State College, 1932. Theta Chi; Phi Delta Kappa. Accepted to Faculty 1922. Avocations: Golfing, Bowling, Photography. NORMAN JAMES SCHOONMAKER, B.S. Instructor of Mathematics Born 1918. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1940. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Kappa Sigma. Accepted to Faculty 1941. Avocations: Sports, Bridge. PAUL SEREX, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry Born 1880. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1913. M.S. Massachusetts State College, 1916. Ph.D. Massachusetts State College, 1923. Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi. Accepted to Faculty 1913. Avocation: Philately. FRANK ROBERT SHAW, Ph.D. Instructor of Entomology Born 1908. B.S. Massachusetts State College, ' 1931. Ph.D. Cornell University, 1936. Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Phi; Entomological Society of America; American Association of Economic Entomologists. Accepted to Faculty 1935. f ys cs nrojs lea Oottip ajf t h ieo marH came oj ifi uifsa .wioc r. BERNICE SHOUL, B.A. Instructor of Economics Born 1920. B.A. Radcliffe College, 1941. Accepted to Faculty 1942. EDNA L. SKINNER, M.A. Head of Division of Home Economics M.Ed. Honorary, Michigan State Normal College, 1922. B.S. Teachers College, Columbia University, 1908. M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University, 1928. Phi Kappa Phi. Accepted to Faculty 1919. Avocations: Gardening and Birds. HAROLD WILLIAM SMART, B.A. Assistant Professor of Economics Born 1895. LL.B. Boston University, 1918. B.A. Amherst College, 1924. Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho; Adelphia. Accepted to Faculty 1921. SAMUEL P. SNOW, B.L.A. Instructor of Horticulture Born 1912. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1935. B.L.A. Massachusetts State College, 1936. Accepted to Faculty 1942. GRANT BINGEMAN SNYDER, M.S. Professor of Olericulture and Head of the Department Born 1899. B.S. A. Ontario Agricultural College, 1922. M.S. Michigan State College, 1928. American Society for Horticultural Science; American Vege- table Growers Association. Accepted to Faculty 1922. Avocation: Photography. THOMAS SPROSTON, JR., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Botany Born 1909. B.S. Syracuse University, 1933. Ph.D. Cornell LTniversity, 1941. Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Phi: Sigma Chi. Accepted to Faculty 1942. Avoca- tion: Photography. RUTH STEVENSON, M.S. Director of Physical Education for Women B.A. Wellesley College 1934. M.S. Wellesley Col- lege, 1936. Accepted to Faculty 1940. 25