Asst. dairying, Kans. State Agr. Coll.,
1910-1; instr., 1911-2; asst. prof., 1912-4;
assoc. prof., 1914 . Sec.-treas. Kans.
State Dairy Assoc. b. near Huntertown,
Ind., June 26, 1888; s. D. N. and Emma
(Belle) F.; reared on farm and in town;
TO. Alice Rakestraw, Dec. 26, 1912;
c. Wm. David, Marjory Jane. B.S.,
Purdue Univ., 1910. Sigma Xi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha Zeta; Alpha Gamma
Rho.

FitzGerald, Nugent E., assoc. prof. agrl.
educ., Tex. A. & M. Coll., College Sta-
tion, Tex.

Teach, rural sch., Union, Mo., 1909-10;
princ. high-sch., Potosi, 1912-3; asst. bact.,
Univ. Mo., 1914-5; instr. agrl. educ.,
Univ. Tex., 1915-8; present position,
1918. b. Shotwell, Mo., Apr. 18, 1891;
s. Wm. Pierce and Lizzie E. (Henneke) F.;
reared on farm. B.Ped., Mo. State Nor-
mal, 1912; B.S., Univ. Mo., 1915; B.S.A.,
1917. Phi Delta Kappa; Kappa Delta
Phi.

Fitzpatrick, Harry Morton, asst. prof,
plant path., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
b. Greenwood, Ind., June 27, 1886;
s. James E. and Addie R. (Watson) F.;
reared in town; m. Florence C. Fenner,
Sept. 15, 1913; c. Hugh F. A.B., Cornell
Univ., 1909; Ph.D., 1913. Sigma Xi.



Flanders, George Lovell, counsel N. Y.
State Div. Agr., N. Chatham N. Y.

Princ. Madrid (N. Y.) Union Schs., 2
yrs. Asst. comnr., Dept. Agr., 28 yrs.;
counsel, 6 yrs. Pres. Nat. Dairy Union,
5 yrs.; pres. Farmers' Nat. Congress,
2 yrs.; pres. Nat. Assoc. Dairy and Food
Comnrs., 2 yrs. b. Parishville, N. Y.,
Feb. 29, 1856; s. Arthur and Mary (Lov-
ell) F.; reared in village; m. Catherine
S. Keller, Apr. 25, 1885; c. Lillian Lovell,
Marian Southwick. LL.B., Albany Law
Sch. Delta Upsilon.

Flanery, Charles Clarence, co. agrl. agt.,
Winchester, Tenn.

b. Major, Ky., Apr. 10, 1888; s. Thos.
Jefferson and Lucy (Searey) F.; reared
on farm. B.S.A., Univ. Tenn., 1915.
Sigma Chi.

Flansburgh, Earl Alvah, co. agrl. agt., Mt.
Morris, N. Y.

Teach, rural sch., 1 yr.; Castile high-
sch., 2 yrs.; co. agt., Rochester, N. Y.,
1917-8. b. N. Easton, N. Y., Sept. 6,
1891; s. Aaron and Elizabeth (Thomp-
son) F.; reared on farm. B.S., Cornell
Univ., 1915. Kappa Delta Rho.

Fletcher, Stevenson W., prof, hort., Penn.
State Coll., State College, Pa.

Prof, hort., Wash. State Coll., 1900-2;
prof, hort., W. Va. Univ., 1902-3; asst.
prof. ext. teach, in agr., Cornell Univ.,
1903-5; prof, hort., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1905-8; dir. Va. Exp. Sta., 1908-15;
present position, 1916 . Orchardist, Va.,
1908. Pres. Va. State Hort. Soc.
Auth.: How to Make a Fruit Garden,
1906; Soils, 1907; Strawberry-Growing,
1917; The Strawberry in North America,
1917. b. Littleton, Mass., Sept. 10,
1875; s. Chas. K. and Anna (Holton) F.;
reared on farm; TO. Edith Augusta Wal-
lace, June 1901 (d. 1902); 2d, Margaret
Rolston, June, 1906; c. Robt., Richard,
Stevenson, Peter, John, Margaret. B.S.,
Mass. Agr. Coll., 1896; M.S.A., Cornell
Univ., 1898; Ph.D., 1900. Alpha Zeta;
Phi Kappa Phi.

Fletcher, William Franklin, sci. asst. in
chg. southern dry-land hort. invests.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Woodward, Okla.

b. Bainbridge, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1879;
s. John and Lydia Adeline (Holcomb) F.;
reared on farm; m. Jane Walker, June 26,
1912; c. John Milton, Mary Adeline.



97



B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1904; M.S.A.,
1906.

Fling, Tracy O., co. agrl. agt., Berkeley
Springs, W. Va.

Ginseng raiser, W. Va., 12 yrs.; asst.
agt., Jackson Co., 1917. b. Burnt House,
W. Va., June 16, 1891; s. P. J. and Lillie
Belle F.; reared on farm; m. Mary
Marguerite Bosworth, May 26, 1914;
c. Tracy O. Jr. B.S.A , W. Va. Univ.,
1917.

Floyd, Bayard Franklin, plant physiologist,
Fla. Exp. Sta., Gainesville, Fla.

Asst. anat., Ind. Univ., 1903-5; asst.
hot., Univ. Mo., 1905-7; present posi-
tion, 1907. Sec. Fla. State Hort. Soc.,
1917. b. Kempton, Ind., Mar. 18,
1882; s. Henry J. and Jennie (Melspn) F.;
reared on farm and in city; m. Dixie R.
Westlake, June 30, 1910. A.B., Ind.
Univ., 1905; A.M., Univ. Mo., 1907.
Phi Kappa Phi.

Floyd, Wilbur Leonidas, prof. hot. and hort.,
Univ. Fla., Gainesville, Fla.

Princ. Clio Sch., Clio, S. C., 1888-9;
Cypress Sch., Cypress, S. C., 1889-92;
instr. English, E. Fla. Sem., 1892-6;
prof. nat. sci., 1896-1905; prof. English
and sci., Normal Dept., Univ. Fla.,
1905-6; asst. prof. biol. and physics,
Univ. Fla., 1906-8; prof.-bot. and hort.,
1908; asst. dean Coll. Agr., 1915.
Hort. invest, in Calif., 1913. b. Nichols,
S. C., Apr. 6, 1866; s. Avery and Pene-
lope O. (Williams) F.; reared on farm;
m. Belva H. Thomas, Dec. 20, 1893;
c. Mary, Belva. B.S., S. C. Military
Acad., 1886; M.S., Univ. Fla., 1906.

Fluharty, Lee Wiley, dir. agrl. ext., Univ.
Ida., Moscow, Ida.

Asst. agrst., Off. Farm Manag.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., 1911-2; asst. distr.
leader co. agrl. agts., Ore., Wash., Ida.,
1913-4; agrst., Off. Farm Manag., 1914-
6; present position, 1917 . b. Bedford,
la., Sept. 21, 1884; s. Henry M. and
Martha A. (Parks) F.; reared on farm;
TO. Florence Shinn, 1912; c. Ardith Louise.
B.S.A., Univ. Ida., 1910. Beta Theta Pi.

Foard, Alvin Irl, asst. co. agt. leader, Univ.
Mo., Columbia, Mo.

Agt. St. Francois Co., Mo., 1917-8;
present position, 1918 . b. Ripley Co.,
Mo., Oct. 24, 1887; s. Wm. A. and



Nancy S. (Greer) F.; reared on farm.
B.S.A. , Univ. Mo., 1915. Gamma Sigma
Delta.

Foard, William Euphrates, farm manag.
dem., U. S. Dept. Agr. and Univ. Mo.,
Columbia, Mo.

Asst. instr., Univ. Mo., 1913-4; instr.,
1914-5; farm manag. dem., U. S. Dept.
Agr. and Colo. Agr., Coll., 1915-8; Univ.
Mo., 1918 . Mem. exec, com., State
Boys' Working Reserve; chm. labor com.,
State Council Defense, b. Doniphan, Mo.,
Jul. 18, 1883; s. Wm. A. and Nancy
(Greer) F.; reared on farm; m. Winona
Daisy Houser, June 11, 1914; c. Evelyn
Marie, Ruth Elizabeth. B.S.A., Univ.
Mo., 1913; A.M., 1914. Gamma Sigma
Delta.

Foght, Harold Waldstein, specialist in
rural sch. practice and chief of Rural
Sch. Div., Bur. Educ., Washington, D. C.
Teach, rural and village schs., Neb.,
1890-2; prof. hist, and econ., Elk Horn
Coll., 1894-1900; prof. hist, and educ.,
Dana Coll., 1900-4; Midland Coll.,
1904-9; prof, rural educ., Kirksville
State Normal Sch., Mo., 1909-13; specia-
list rural educ., Bur. Educ., 1913-5;
present title, 1915 . Studied education
systems of Scandinavia, Holland, Bel-
gium and Canada. Auih.: The Discovery
of America, 1902; Syllabus of American
History, 1907; The Trail of the Loup,
1905; The American Rural School 1908;
The Country Community, 1912; Rural
Denmark and its Schools, 1915. b.
Frelrikshall, Norway, Dec. 7, 1871 (im-
migrated 1883); s. E. J. and Laura
(Arneberg) F.; reared on farm and in
town; m. Alice Mabel Robbins, Dec. 28,
1897; c. Thelma, Margaret, Paul, Harold
W. Jr. A.B., la. State Coll., 1897;
A.M., Augustana Coll., Rock Island,
111., 1900; grad. student Royal Frederick
Univ., Copenhagen, 1900-1; Ph.D.,
American Univ., 1918.

Fogler, Raymond Henry, asst. to dir. agrl.
ext. serv., Univ. Me., Orono, Me.

Asst. biol., Princeton Univ., 1915-7;
present position, 1917. b. S. Hope, Me.,
Feb. 29, 1892; s. Henry H. and Mary
(Andrews) F.; reared on farm. B.S.,
Univ. Me., 1915; M.S., Princeton Univ.,
1917. Sigma Chi; Alpha Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi.



98



Folker, Ambrose D., co. agrl. agt., Court
House, Topeka, Kans.

b. Mt. Sterling, la., Jan. 6, 1887; s.
Peter C. and Anna (Dickson) F.; reared
on farm; m. Candace Caton, Aug. 28,
1917. B.S.A., la. State Coll., 1911.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Alpha Zeta.

Folsom, Donald, asst. plant path., Me. Exp.
Sta., Orono, Me.

Instr. hot. and plant path., N. C. A. &
M. Coll., 1917-8; present position,
1918. b. Henderson, la., Oct. 23,
1891; s. Artemus and Mary Ann (Van
Riper) F.; reared in town; m. Alma O.
Schulz, Aug. 20, 1914. B.A., Univ. Neb.,
1912; M.A., Univ. Minn., 1914; Ph.D.,

1917 ' [Folsom, J. W., p. 311.

Foord, James A., head Div. Agr. and prof,
farm administration, Mass. Agr. Coll.,
Amherst, Mass.

Asst. an. husb. and dairying, Cornell
Univ., 1900-3; prof, agr., Del. Coll.,
1903-6; assoc. prof, agron., Ohio State
Univ., 1906-7; assoc. prof, agron., Mass.
Agr. Coll., 1907-8; present position,
1908 . b. Portsmouth, England, Oct.
30, 1872 (naturalized 1893); s. James
and Elizabeth Naomi (Knight) F.;
reared on farm; m. Grace M. Law, Nov.
14, 1904; c. Elizabeth. B.S., N. H.
A.&M. Coll., 1898; M.S.A., Cornell
Univ., 1902. Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa
Phi; Kappa Sigma.

Foote, Frank M., co. agrl. agt., Beckley,
W. Va.

b. Racine, Wis., Mar. 21, 1889; s.
Frank F. and Elizabeth (McDonald) F.;
reared on farm. B.A., Lawrence Coll.,
1911. Tau Kappa Alpha.

Forbes, Ernest Browning, chief dept. of
nutr., Ohio Exp. Sta., Wooster, O.

Zool. asst., 111. Biol. Sta., 1894-6;
asst. to state ent. of Minn., 1897-8;
acting state ent., Minn., 1901; asst. an.
husb., 111. Exp. Sta., 1901-2; instr. an.
husb., Univ. 111., 1902-3; asst. prof. an.
husb., Univ. Mo., 1903-7; present posi-
tion, 1907. Fellow A. A. A. S. Pres.
Am. Soc. An. Production, 1914-5. Major
Sanitary Corps, Nat. Army, 1918 .
A nth..- (with M. H. Keith) A Review of
the Literature of Phosphorus Compounds
in Animal Metabolism. Assoc. ed., Jour-
nal Dental Research, 1918 . b. Normal,



111., Nov. 3, 1876; s. Stephen A. and
Clara Shaw (Gaston) F.; reared in
town and country; m. Lydia M. Mather,
Aug. 18, 1903; c. Lydia Frances, Wini-
fred Mather, Stephen Alfred, Rosemary,
Richard Mather. B.S. (Sci.), Univ. 111.,
1897; B.S.A. (Agr.), 1902; Ph.D., Univ.
Mo., 1908. Sigma Xi; Delta Tau Delta.

Forbes, Robert Humphrey, supt. and agron.,
Soctfte Sultanienne d' Agriculture, Cairo,
Egypt.

Prof, chem., Univ. Ariz., 1894-9;
chem. Exp. Sta., 1894-1910; dir. Exp.
Sta., 1899; dir. agrl. educ., 1912-5;
dean Coll. Agr., 1915-8; emeritus, 1918.
Sec. Ariz. Comn. Agr. and Hort,, 1907-8.
b. Cobden, 111., May 15, 1867; s. Henry
C. and Mary Jane (Gorham) F.; reared
on farm; m. Georgie Hazel Scott, 1902.
B.S., Univ. 111., 1892; M.S., 1897;
Ph.D., Univ. Calif., 1916.

Forbes, Stephen Alfred, prof, ent., Univ.
111., Urbana, 111.

Prof, zoo!., 111. State Normal Univ.,
1875-8; prof, zool., Univ. 111., 1884-1909;
prof, ent., 1909 ; dean Coll. Sci.,
1888-1905; 111. state ent., 1882-1917;
dir. 111. State Lab. of Nat. Hist., 1884-
1917; chief, 111. State Nat, Hist. Survey,
1917 . Del. to Inter. Congress of
Ent., Oxford, England, 1912. Awarded
1st class medal for sci. papers by Socite"
d'Acclimatation de France. Mem. Socie"t
Entomologique de France. Served in
Civil War. b. Stephenson Co., 111.,
May 29, 1844; s. Isaac Sawyer and
Agnes (Van Hoesen) F.; reared on farm;
m. Clara Shaw Gaston, 1873; c. Bertha,
Ernest B., Winifred, Ethel. Ph.D., Ind.
Univ., 1884; LL.D., Univ. 111., 1905.
Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta;
Phi Gamma Delta.

Ford, Jacob Homer, state agron. and dem.
agt., Prairie View, Tex.

b. Wharton, Tex., Sept. 1, 1876; s.
Jake and Henrietta (Washington) F.;
reared on farm; m. Bertha Ophelia Mae,
June 26, 1906; c. Chas. W. J. Grad.
Prairie View Coll., 1903.

Foster, George H., co. agrl. agt., Amelia, Va.
Farmer, 1913; co. agt., 1917. b.
Chicago, 111., June 28, 1890; s. Geo. A.
and Mary H. (Scovil) F.; reared in town;
m. Leila Virginia Merrell, Oct. 19, 1914.
B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1912. Beta Theta Pi.



99






Foster, John H., state for. and prof, for.,
Tex. A.&M. Coll., College Station, Tex.
Instr. Lawrence Acad., Groton, Mass.,
1904-5; prof, for., N. H. A.&M. Coll.,
1911-5; present position, 1915. Del.
Nat. Conservation Congress, Washington,
1913. Lieut. Vt. Nat. Guard, 1902-3.
b. Waltham, Mass., Apr. 13, 1880; s.
John and Nellie (Webster) F.; reared in
small city; m. Mary E. Elliott, Jul. 7,
1915; c. Ruth Foster. B.S., Norwich
Univ., 1903; M.F., Yale Univ., 1907.
Theta Chi; Alpha Zeta.

Foster, John Raymond, co. agrl. agt.,
Sibley, la.

Teach, agr., high-sch., LeSueur, Minn.,
1913-6. b. Sac City, la., Sept. 7, 1884;
s. Thos. M. and Harriet Ann (Groves) F.;
reared on farm; m. Luida Marie Schon-
hood, Oct. 4, 1916; c. Janet Elizabeth.
B.S., Univ. 111., 1913.

Foster, Thomas Butterworth, co. agrl. agt.,
Hillsboro, O.

General farming, 1906-17. b. Adams
Co., O., Sept. 1, 1884; s. E. H. and Delia
(Ellis) F.; reared in village; m. Louise
G. Stevenson, Jan. 7, 1912; c. Nancy
Irvin, Thos. B., Gordon. B.S.A., Ohio
State Univ., 1906. Sigma Chi; Alpha
Zeta.

Foust, Harry Lewis, asst. prof. vet. sci.,
N. D. Agr. Coll., Agricultural College,
N. D.

Present position, 1916 . b. Beaver-
dam, 0., Mar. 22, 1886; s. Wm. Edgar
and Lydia (Augsburger) F.; reared on
farm. D.V.M., Ohio State Univ., 1914.
Omega Tau Sigma.

Fox, Cyrus T., journalist, Reading Pa.
City ed., Reading Times, 1872-87;
ed. and business manag., Reading Daily
Review, 1897-9; manag. Reading News
Bur., 1887-1904. State pom., Pa.,
1877-1904; insp. Div. Zool., Penn. Dept.
Agr., 9 yrs.; lect. and manag. farmers'
insts., in first season, 1888-9. Trustee
Penn. State Coll., 1890-1903. Sec. Berks
Co. Agr. and Hort. Soc., 27 yrs.; sec.
Penn. State Hort. Assoc., 1897 and 1898;
pres. Penn. State Editorial Assoc., 1902.
Manag. Chesterwood Exp. Farm and
Gardens, Lancaster Co., Pa., 1865-72;
supt. hort. for Pa., at the St. Louis
Expos., 1904; World's Fair Assoc. of
Supts. of Hort. b. Reading, Pa., Mar. 12,



1847; s. Frederick and Sarah (Soder) F.;
reared in city and on farm; m. Tillie S.
Shartle, Jan. 7, 1875; c. Frederick S.,
Cyrus Garfield, Paul E.

Fox, Daniel Scott, asst. prof, agron., Penn.
State Coll., State College, Pa.

Instr., Cornell Univ., 1913-6; asst.
prof, farm manag., Mont. State Coll.,
1916-7; present position, 1917 . b.
Avoca, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1888; s. Emerson
E. and Jennie (Scott) F.; reared on
farm; m. Grace Fordyce, June 30, 1915;
c. Dorothy Elizabeth. B.S., Cornell Univ.,
1913; Ph.D., 1918.

Fox, Lawrence M., co. agrl. agt., Kingwood,
W. Va.

Dairy farmer, 1907-17. b. Welshfield,
O., Sept. 2, 1882; s. John W. and Minnie
L. (Pratt) F.; reared on farm; m. Verna
Messenger, June 12, 1907; c. J. Ross,
Ruth E. B.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1907.

Frame, Nat Terry, state agt. in chg. co.
agts., Univ. W. Va., Morgantown, W. Va.
Asst. supt., Geo. Junior Republic,
1900-2; farmer, 1902-13. Sec. Eastern
Fruit-Growers' Assoc.; Berkeley Co.
Hort. Soc. b. Depauville, N. Y., Feb. 25,
1877; s. Silas W. and Antonette (Terry)
F.; reared on farm and in village; m.
Grace Boomer, 1900; c. Luke W., Robt.
N., Wm. S. A.B. Colgate Univ. ,1899.
Phi Kappa Psi.

Frandsen, Julius Herman, prof, dairy
husb., Univ. Neb., Lincoln, Neb.

Instr. agrl. chem., la. State Coll.,
1902-4; commercial work, 1904-7; prof,
dairying, Univ. Ida., 1907-11; present
position, 1911 . Del. Am. Assoc. Agr.
Colls., 1909; Northwest Rural Life
Comn., from Ida. Pres, Official Dairy
Instrs. Assoc., 1913-4; pres. Neb. State
Dairymen's Assoc., 1916. Chm. dairy
com., Fed. Food Administration for Neb.,
1917. Auth..- (with Markham) The
Manufacture of Ice Creams and Ices, 1916.
Ed., in-chief, Journal of Dairy Science.
b. Story City, la., Apr. 28, 1877; s.
Andrew Christian and Anna (Hermansen)
F.; reared on farm; m. Matilda Madson,
Aug. 9, 1906; c. Julius Herman Jr.,
Dorothy Evelyn. B.S.A., la. State Coll.,
1902; M.S.A., 1904. Phi Kappa Phi;
Gamma Sigma Delta.



100



Frank, William Luther, sci. asst, in grain
standardization invests., Bur. Markets,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

b. Wapakoneta, O., Dec. 22, 1892;
s. David L. and Anna M. (Ramga) F.;
reared on farm; m. Edith Alida Ray,
Aug. 19, 1917; c. Edith Marie. B.S.A.,
Ohio State Univ., 1917. Beta Alpha Chi.

Franklin, Henry James, supt. cranberry
substa., E. Wareham, Mass.

Instr. ent., Univ. Minn., 1908-9;
present position, 1909 . b. Guilford, Vt.,
Feb. 10, 1883; s. James Henry and
Emma Mary (Franklin) F.; reared on
farm. B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1903;
Ph.D., 1908.

Fraps, George Stronach, state chem. of
Tex., College Station, Tex.

Asst. prof, chem., N. C. A.&M. Coll.,
1899-1903; asst. chem., N. C. Exp. Sta.,
1899-1903; asst. chem., Tex. Exp. Sta.,
1903-4; assoc. chem., 1904-5; chem.,
1905; assoc. prof, chem., Tex. A. & M.
Coll., 1906-13; state chem. of Tex.,
1905; chem. Feed Control, 1905.
Fellow A. A. A. S. Auth.: Principles of
Dyeing, 1903; Principles of Agricultural
Chemistry, 1913, rev., 1917. 6. Raleigh,
N. C., Sept. 9, 1876; s. Anton Wenze
and Margaret Elizabeth Luniley (Stone-
banks) F.; reared in city; m. Ellen Hale
Saunders, June 17, 1903; c. Geo. S. Jr.,
Mary Brandon, Richard Saunders. B.S.,
N. C. A.&M. Coll., 1896; Ph.D., Johns
Hopkins Univ., 1899. Phi Beta Kappa.

Fraser, Samuel, fruit-grower, nurseryman,
farmer, Geneseo, N. Y.

Asst. agr., Cheshire Agr. Coll., England,
1896-8; agrst., Sch. Practical Agr. and
Hort., Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., 1900-3;
asst. agron. and instr., Cornell Univ.,
1903-6. Fellow A. A. A. S.; Highland and
Agrl. Soc., Scotland. Chm. exec. com.
and ex. vice-pres. N. Y. State Hort.
Soc.; ex vice-pres. N. Y. State Agrl. Soc.
Auth.: The Potato, 1905. b. Cheadle,
Cheshire, England, Feb. 2, 1876; s.
John and Frances Catherine (Widdison)
F.; reared in city; m. Nicolas M. Shaw,
Aug. 26, 1903; c. Rachel Shaw. Grad.
Cheshire Agr. Coll., England, 1898;
diploma Highland and Agrl. Soc., Scot-
land, 1898; diploma Royal Agrl. Soc.,
England, 1898; nat. diploma in dairying,
Great Britain, 1898; M.S.A., Cornell
Univ., 1905. Sigma Xi.



Fraser, Wilber John, prof, dairy farming and
chief Exp. Sta., Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.

Asst. agrst., 111. Exp. Sta., 1895-6;
instr. dairy husb., 1896-1901; present
position, 1901 . Studied dairy farming
in Europe. Farm operator, b. Lockport,
111., Jul. 1, 1869; s. John A. and Mary A.
(Van Horn) F.; reared on farm; m.
Alice M. Eaton, Sept. 13, 1894; c. Cecil E.,
Gladys C. B.S., Univ. 111., 1893; M.S.,
1902. Sigma Xi.

Frear, Dana Walter, asst. state co. agt.
leader, N. D. Agr. Coll., Fargo, N. D.

Field agt., Bur. Plant Ind., 1908, Bur.
Statistics, U. S. Dept. Agr., 1909; instr.,
asst. prof., assoc. prof, agron., Colo. Agr.
Coll., 1909-13; state leader co. agrl.
agts., 1912-5; present position, 1915 .
Sec.-treas. Nat. Agr. State Leaders'
Assoc., 1913-5. Ed., Minnesota Farm
Review, St. Paul, 1908-9. b. Minne-
tonka, Minn., Mar. 10, 1884; s. Walter
Scott and Clara E. (Chase) F. ; reared on
farm and in town. B.S.A., Univ. Minn.,
1909; M.S., 1915. Sigma Xi; Alpha
Zeta.

Frear, William, prof. expl. agrl. chem.,
Penn. State Coll., State College, Pa.

Asst. nat. sci., Bucknell Univ., 1881-3;
asst. chem., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1883-5;
asst. prof. agrl. chem., Penn. State Coll.,
1885; prof., 1886-1906; prof. expl. agrl.
chem., 1907 ; vice-dir. and chem.,
Exp. Sta., 1887; chem., Pa. State

- Bd. Agr., 1889; chem., Pa. Dept.
Agr., 1895 ; chem., Pa. Dairy and
Food Bur., 1895. Mem. U. S. Food
Standards Comn., 1903-7; Joint Com.
on Food Definitions and Standards,
1914 . Vice-pres. Assoc. Am. Agrl.
Colls, and Exp. Stas.; pres. Assoc.
Official Agrl. Chems.; pres. and sec. Soc.
for Promotion Agrl. Sci.; pres. sci. sect.,
Assoc. Am. Dairy Food and Drug Officials;
chin. exec, com., Nat. Pure Food and
Drug Congress. Fellow A. A. A. S.
Ed., Agricultural Science, 1892-4. b.
Reading, Pa., Mar. 24, 1860; s. Geo. and
Malvina (Rowland) F.; reared in city
and on farm; m. Julia Reno, Jul. 17,
1900; c. Geo. Lewis, Mary Reno, Eliza-
beth Rowland, Wm. B.A., Bucknell
Univ., 1881; Ph.D., 111. Wesleyan Univ.,
1883. Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Kappa Phi;
Alpha Zeta (hon.); Alpha Chi Sigma
(hon.).



101



Fred, Edwin Broun, assoc. prof. agrl. bact.,
Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.

b. Middlebury, Va., Mar. 22, 1887;
s. Samuel Rogers and Catherine (Con-
way) F.; reared on farm; ra. Rosa Helen
Parrott; c. Ann Conway. B.S., Va.
Poly. Inst., 1907; Ph.D., Univ. Goettin-
gen, 1911.

Freeman, Edward Monroe, prof, plant
path, and hot. and dean Coll. Agr., Univ.
Minn., St. Paul, Minn.

Instr. hot., Coll. Pharmacy, Univ.
Minn., 1898-1901; asst. prof, hot., Coll.
Sci. and Arts, 1902-3; path., Bur. Plant
Ind., Washington, 1905-7; prof, plant
path, and hot., Coll. Agr., Univ. Minn.,
1907; asst. dean, Dept. Agr., 1913-7;
dean, 1917. Fellow A. A. A. S. Pres.
Am. Phytopathological Soc., 1918. Auth.:
Minnesota Plant Disease, 1905. Mem.
editorial com., Journal of Agricultural
Research, b. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 12,
1875; s. Henry and Sybilla (Jenni) F.;
reared in country and city; m. Grace
D. Studeman, Aug. 19, 1902; c. Monroe
Edward. B.S., Univ. Minn., 1898; M.S.,
1899; Ph.D., 1905; student Cambridge
Univ., England, 1 yr. Phi Beta Kappa;
Sigma Xi; Gamma Alpha.

Freeman, Frances Rowland, prof, home
econ., Univ. Me., Orono, Me.

Head home econ. dept., State Normal
Sch., Moor head, Minn., 1911-4; present
position, 1914 . b. Tippecanoe City,
O., Mar. 7, 1887; d. C. M. and Fannie
(Stafford) F.; reared on farm. B.S.,
Ohio State Univ., 1910; M.S., 1911.
Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Phi.

Freeman, George F., plant geneticist and
bot., Socie"te Sultanienne d' Agriculture,
Cairo, Egypt.

Asst. bot., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1903-4;
asst. and asst. prof, bot., Kans. State
Agr. Coll., 1904-9; plant-breeder, Univ.
Ariz., 1909-18; acting dean and dir.
Coll. Agr., Ariz., 1915-6. b. Leesburg, Ala.,
Nov. 4, 1876; s. Geo. Washington and
Laura Caroline (Nuckols) F.; reared on
farm; m. Loua Adelle Blachly, Jul. 18,
1906; c. Eleanor Adelle, Geo. Donald.
B.S., Ala. Poly. Inst., 1903; Sc.D., Har-
vard Univ., 1917.

Freeman, Robert Wallace, distr. agrl. agt.,
Wilson, N. C.

Supt. and prof, sci., Samuel Benedict
Mem. Sch., Cedartown, Ga., 1911-2;



asst. supt., Clemson Coll. Branch Exp.
Sta., Summerville, S. C., 1913 ; co. agt.,
Salisbury, N. C., 1913-4; present position,
1914. b. Lydia, S. C., June 4, 1889;
s. J. W. and Emma (Hendricks) F.;
reared on farm; m. Mary Etta Mathews,
Apr. 7, 1914; c. Robt. W. Jr. B.S.,
Clemson Agr. Coll., 1911.

Frejd, David John, agrl. rep., Kenora, Ont.

b. Bruce Mines, Ont., Mar. 31, 1891;

s. John and Matilda (Johnson) F.; reared

on farm. B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Coll., 1915.

French, Hiram T., dir. ext., Colo. Agr.
Coll., Fort Collins, Colo.

Prof, agr., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1889-99;
prof, agr., Univ. Ida.,, 1899-1903; dir.
Exp. Sta., 1903-9; state leader coop,
farm dem. work, Ore. Agr. Coll., 1909-15;
present position, 1915 . Mem. Ida.
Country Life Comn.; pres. Ida. State
Dairy and Pure Food Assoc., 9 yrs.
Planned and built community school,
Washoe, Ida. Farm operator; pres.
Pleasant Valley Farm Lands Co., Caldwell,
Ida. Auth.: History Idaho, 1913-4. Assoc.
ed., Gem State Rural and Live Stock
Journal, 3 yrs. b. Almena, Mich., Oct. 1,
1861; s. Warren F. and Sarah (Eager) F.;
reared on farm; m. Carrie C. French,
1886 (d. 1900); 2d, Lura C. Cass, 1901;
c. Ralph W., Carrie, Helen, Hiram Jr.
B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1885; M.S., 1888.

French, Walter Hiram, prof. agrl. educ.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., E. Lansing, Mich.

Co. supt. schs., 1893-1901; deputy
state supt. public instr., 1901-8. Mem.
State Com. on Agrl. and Ind.
Educ.; sec. Am. Assoc. for Adv. Agrl.
Teach.; vice-pres. Nat. Soc. Promotion
Ind. Educ. b. Cuba, N. Y., Jan. 28,
1862; s. Harvey H. and Perlie A. (Niles)
F.; reared on farm; m. Caddie M. Chaf-
fee, 1886; c. Horace L. M.Pd., State
Normal Coll., Mich., 1910; M.S., Univ.
Mich., 1913. Alpha Zeta.

Fries, Jons August, asst. dir., Inst. of An.
Nutr., Penn. State Coll., State College,
Pa.

Asst. chem., Penn. Exp. Sta., 1889-98;
expert asst. in an. nutr., 1898-1908;
present title, 1908 . b. Halsinborg,
Sweden, Aug. 31, 1863 (naturalized 1892);
s. Rasmus and Anna Sophia (Fries)
Larson; reared in small town. B.S., Penn.
State Coll., 1899; M.S., 1906; studied



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Halle, Germany, 1894; Bonn and Leipzig,
1904 and Zurich, Switzerland, 1905.

Fromme, Fred Denton, prof, mycology and
plant path, and path. Exp. Sta., Va. Poly.
Inst., Blacksburg, Va.

Asst. hot., Columbia Univ., 1911-3;
asst. hot., Purdue Exp. Sta,, 1913-5;
present position, 1915 . b. St. Paris,
O., Apr. 2, 1886; s. Frank W. and Stella
(Riker) F.; reared in city; m. Bess
Fridley, June, 1913; c. Jean Louise,
Anne. B.S., S. D. State Coll., 1911;
Ph.D., Columbia Univ., 1914. Sigma Xi.

Frost, Norman, prof, rural educ., Geo.
Peabody Coll. for Teachers, Nashville,
Tenn.

Princ. public sch., Fountain, Minn.,
1909-10; supt. schs., Stephen, Minn.,
1910-2; specialist, U. Si Bur. Educ.,
1913; distr. supt. schs., Waterbury, Vt.,
1913-6; present position, 1917 . b.
Oberlin, O., June 23, 1887; s. Wm. G.
and Louise (Raney) F.; reared in small
town. B.A., Oberlin Coll., 1909; M.A.,
Columbia Univ., 1914. Phi Delta Kappa.

Frost, William Dodge, prof. agrl. bact.,
Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.

Asst., Minn., State Bd. of Health Lab.,