1894-5; asst. bact., Univ. Wis., 1895-8;
instr., 1898-1902; asst. prof., 1902-7;
assoc. prof., 1907-14; prof. agrl. bact.,
1915. Fellow A.A.A.S. Auth.: Lab-
oratory Guide in Elementary Bacterio-
logy, 1901; (with McCampbell) General
Bacteriology, 1912; chapter in Marshall's
Microbiology, b. Lake City, Minn.,
Sept 13, 1867; s. Benj. Cutler and Lucy
Jane (Dodge) F.; reared on farm; m.
Jessie Elwell, Jan. 1, 1895; c. Russell
Elwell, Theodore Dodge. B.S., Univ.
Minn., 1893; M.S., 1894; Ph.D., Univ.
Wis. 1903; Dr. P. H., Harvard Med.
School, 1913. Sigma Xi.
Fry, Jacob Martin, co. agrl. agt., Sunbury,
Pa.
Asst. agrl. ext., Penn. State Coll.,
1917-8. b. Ephrata, Pa., Feb. 20, 1887;
s. Samuel Curtis and Catherine R. (Kline)
F.; reared on farm. B.S., Penn. State
Coll., 1917. Phi Kappa Phi.
Fuller, Frank Erwin, ext. agron., Mont. State
Coll. Bozeman, Mont.
Sec. Mont. Seed Growers' Assoc. b.
Atwood, Kans., Dec. 28, 1887; s. Frank
and Adelia (Hoogner) F.; reared on
farm; m. Ruth Plumb, 1912; c. Kenneth.
B.S., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1911; B.S.A.,
la. State Coll., 1917. Alpha Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Fuller, Frederick Driggs, chief, div. feed
control serv., Tex. Exp. Sta., College
Station, Tex.
Asst. chem., N. H. Exp. Sta., 1892-5;
asst. chem., N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta., Geneva,
1896-1905; chief chem., Dept. Agr.,
Harrisburg, Pa., 1905-9; chief, Cattle
Feed and Grain Invest. Lab., U. S. Bur.
Chem., 1909; chief chem. and general
manag., Pa. Primo Feed Co., Harrisburg,
1909-10; chief deputy state chem., Ind.
Exp. Sta., 1910-6; chg. sci. educ. dept.,
Am. Feed Manufacturers' Assoc., 1916-7;
present position, 1917 . Fellow A. A. A.S.
b. Hanover, N. H., May 14, 1873; s.
John Marsh and Martha Sophia (Driggs)
F.; reared on farm; m. Abby Florence
Chamberlin, 1895; c. Irene Mabel,
Allan Chamberlin, Whitman Hamilton,
Raymond Nelson. B.S., N. H. A.&M.
Coll., 1892; M.S., Purdue Univ., 1912.
Sigma Xi; Kappa Sigma.
Fuller, Horace B., agrst. co. agt. work,
States Relations Serv., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Washington, D. C.
Farmer, Montmorency Co., Mich., 8
yrs. b. Ingham Co., Mich., June 2, 1870;
s. Geo. F. and Helen (Bigelow) F.; reared
on farm; m. Axie E. Warren, Nov. 20,
1898; c. Helen P., Grace L., Theodore W.,
Mariam, Elva A. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1892.
Fuller, James Garfield, assoc. prof. an.
husb., Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.
Asst. an. husb., Univ. Wis., 1904-6;
instr., 1906-8; asst. prof., 1908-13;
assoc. prof., 1913 . Studied agr. in
Europe, 1910. b. Waterman, 111., Sept.
12, 1880; s. Harvey L. and Sarah (Brady)
F.; reared on farm; m. Lulu Margaret
Douglas, Apr. 21, 1908; c. Harold Doug-
las, James Gordon. B.S.A., Univ. Wis.,
1904. Alpha Zeta.
Fuller, John McElroy, prof, dairy husb.,
N. H. A. & M. Coll., Durham, N. H.
Instr. dairy husb., S. D. State Coll.,
1912-3; assoc. prof., 1913-5; prof,
dairying, Okla. A. & M. Coll., 1915-6;
present position, 1916 . Assoc. ed.,
Orange Judd Weeklies, 1911-2. b. Brooks,
103
la., Dec. 23, 1882; s. Chester Morrison
and Eunice Virginia (Teeter) F.; reared
on farm; m. Elsie K. Bissell, Aug. 27,
1913; c. John Frederick. B.S., la. State
Coll., 1911. Delta Sigma Rho; Gamma
Sigma Delta.
Fulton, Harry Roscoe, path, fruit disease
invests., Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Washington, D. C.
Plant path., La. Exp. Sta., 1906-8;
assoc. prof. bot. and plant path., Penn.
State Coll., 1908-12; prof. bot. and plant
path., N. C. A.&M. Coll., 1912-6;
present position, 1916 . Fellow A. A.
A.S. Auth.: Essentials of Botany, 1915.
b. Oxford, Miss., Sept. 19, 1880; s.
Robt. Burwell and Annie Rose (Garland)
F.; reared on farm; m. Nell Cribbs,
1913; c. Carrie Roper. B.A., Univ. Miss.,
1900; M.A., Univ. Mo., 1905; M.A.,
Harvard Univ., 1906. Sigma Xi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta Psi.
Funchess, Marion Jacob, prof, agron.,
Ala. Poly. Inst., Auburn, Ala.
Asst. prof, agron., Ala. Poly. Inst.,
1909-12; assoc. prof., 1912-5; prof.,
1915. b. Orangeburg, S. C., Apr. 9,
1884; s. J. S. and E. M. (Andrews) F.;
reared on farm; m. Agnes Eloise McCants,
June 21, 1911; c. Jean Eloise, Helen.
B.S., Clemson Agr. Coll., 1908; M.S.,
Univ. Wis., 1911. Phi Kappa Phi;
Gamma Sigma Delta; Kappa Phi Gamma.
G
Gaddis, Porter L., assoc. prof, agron.,
Univ. Neb., Lincoln, Neb.
Asst. prof, agron. ext., Univ. Neb.,
1915-7; assoc. prof., 1917. b. Custer
Co., Neb., June 13, 1885; s. Wm. C.
and Nancy R. (Higgins) G.; reared on
farm; m. Merle Wilson, Aug., 1909;
c. Marion, Mildred. A.B., Greenville
Coll., HI., 1908; B.S.A., Univ. Neb., 1916.
Gage, George Edward, assoc. prof. an.
path., Mass. Agr. Coll., Amherst, Mass.
Assoc. biol., Md. Exp. Sta., 1909-10;
biol., 1910-1; asst. prof. an. path.,
Mass. Agr. Coll., 1911-2; assoc. prof.,
1912 ; research path., Exp. Sta., 1915 .
1st Lieut., Sanitary Corps, Nat. Army,
1918. b. Springfield, Mass., Dec. 30,
1883; s. Wm. H. and Mary Elizabeth
(Lashorn) G.; reared in city. B.A.,
Clark Univ., 1906; M.A., Yale Univ.,
1907; Ph.D., 1909. Phi Kappa Phi;
Kappa Phi.
Gainey, Percy Leigh, asst. prof, bact.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., Manhattan, Kans.
Asst., N. C. A.&M. Coll., 1908-10;
instr., Univ. Mo., 1911-4; soil bact.,
Kans. Exp. Sta., 1914 ; asst. prof.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1917. b.
Fayetteville, N._ C., Mar. 9, 1887; s.
Abram and Amelia (MacNabb) G. ; reared
on farm; m. Grace Trueman Deaton,
Dec. 25, 1913. B.Agr., N. C. A.&M.
Coll., 1908; M.S., 1910; A.M., Washing-
ton Univ., 1911. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta;
Gamma Alpha.
Galloway, Beverly Thomas, plant path.,
Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Wash-
ington, D. C.
Asst. hort., Univ. Mo., 1884-6; asst.
Sect, of Mycology, Div. Bot., U. S.
Dept. Agr., 1887-8; chief Div. Path.,
1888-1901 ; chief Bur. Plant Ind., 1901-13;
asst. sec. agr., 1913-4; dean Coll. Agr.,
Cornell Univ., 1914-6; present position,
1916. Fellow A. A. A. S. Agrl.
explorer in Japan, China, India, N. Africa.
Farmer, Md., 7 yrs.; florist and gardner,
Mo., 4 yrs., Md., 5 yrs. b. Millersburg,
Mo., Oct. 16, 1863; s. Robt. M. and Jane
(McGray) G.; reared in country; m.
Agnes S. Rankin, Sept. 5, 1888; c. Robt.
Rankin, Gordon, Beverly. B.Agr. Sc.,
Univ. Mo., 1884; LL.D., 1904.
Galpin, Charles Josiah, assoc. prof. agrl.
econ., Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.
Vice-princ. Union Acad., Belleville,
N. Y., 1885-8; prof, hist., Kalamazoo
Coll., 1888-91; princ. Union Acad.,
1891-1901 (established first course in agr.
in secondary schs. of N. Y. State, 1901);
first univ. pastor at Univ. Wis., 1905-11;
present position, 1911 . Mem. Social
Serv. Com., N. Baptist Convention,
1910-7; mem. Comn. of Country Church
of Fed. Council of Churches of Christ in
Am.; sec. Wis. Country Life Conference,
1911-7. Traveled in England, Scotland,
Norway, Denmark. Auth.: Rural Life,
1918. b. Hamilton, N. Y., Mar. 16, 1864;
s. L. Q. and Frances (Look) G.; reared
in country and village; m. Zoe N. Wick-
wire, June 22, 1887. A.B., Colgate Univ.,
1885; A.M., 1888; Harvard Univ., 1895.
Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
104
Gamble, James Alexander, prof, dairy
husb., Md. State Coll. Agr., College Park,
Md.
Dairyman, Conn. Exp. Sta. Model
Farm, 1909; milk chem. and bact.,
Springfield, Mass., 1909-14; market
milk specialist, Bur. An. Ind., U. S. Dept.
Agr., 1914-8; present position, 1918 .
Supt. milk and cream exhibits, Nat.
Dairy Show, 1916-8; milk judge, Nat.
Dairy Show, 1916-8. Chm. dairy farm
insp. com., Inter. Assoc. Dairy and Milk
Insps., 1917-8. b. Waupaca, Wis., Oct.
10, 1882; s. James and Margaret (Flem-
ing) G.; reared on farm; m. Florence G.
Smith, Apr. 20, 1911; c. James Ross.
B.S., Conn. Agr. Coll., 1909; M.S., George
Washington Univ., 1915.
Garber, Norman Eby, co. agrl. agt., Doyles-
town, Pa.
b. Elizabethtown, Pa., Oct. 25, 1890;
s. Simon E. and Fannie F. (Eby) G.;
reared on farm; m. Belle C. Kauffman,
June 30, 1918. B.S., Penn. State Coll.,
1916. Alpha Zeta.
Garber, Ralph John, asst. prof, agron.,
Univ. Minn., University Farm, St. Paul,
Minn.
Instr. agr., high-sch., Morgan, Minn.,
1913-5; Monticello, 1915-6; instr. agron.,
Univ. Minn., 1917-8; asst. prof., 1918.
b. Deer Creek, 111., Apr. 24, 1890; s. John
and Lena (Oswald) G.; reared on farm;
m. Mildred Fitschen, Jul. 12, 1917.
B.S., Univ. 111., 1912; M.S., Univ. Minn.,
1917. Gamma Sigma Delta.
Garcia, Fabian, dir. N. Mex. Exp. Sta.,
prof, hort., N. Mex. A. & M. Coll., State
College, N. Mex.
Asst. agr., N. Mex. A. & M. Coll.,
1894-1906; prof, hort., 1906 ; hort., Exp.
Sta., 1906-13; dir., 1913. Pres. Dona
Ana Co. Fair, 1912. b. Chihuahua, Mex.,
Jan. 20, 1871 (naturalized 1889); s.
Ricardo and Refugio (Rivera) G.; m.
Julieta J. Amador, Aug. 14, 1907. B.S.,
N. Mex. A. & M. Coll., 1894; M.S.A.,
1906; special student, Cornell Univ.,
1899-1900.
operator. Auth.: Successful Farming,
1916. b. Gilman, III, Nov. 19, 1864;
*. Isaac J. and Inverno (Bennett) G.;
reared on farm; m. Ellen P. Crum, June
6, 1894; c. Matthias B., F. Easter,
Reina E. B.S., Univ. 111., 1891.
Gardner, Obadiah, farmer and senator,
Rockland, Me.
Master State Grange, 1897-1907. Dem.
candidate for governor, Me., 1908; U. S.
Senator, 1911-3; assessor for Me., 1911.
Chm. Am. Sect, of Inter. Joint Comn.
having chg. of all diversions and obstruc-
tions of the boundary waters marking
the boundary between the U. S. and
Canada, b. Port Huron, Mich., Sept. 13,
1852; s. John and Mary (Strevils) G.;
m. Corinna A. Sherer, Nov. 28, 1875.
Grad. Eastman's Business Coll., Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., Coburn Classical Inst.,
Waterville, Me.
Gardner, Victor Ray, prof, pom., Ore. Agr.
Coll., Corvallis, Ore.
Teaching fellow, la. State Coll., 1905-7;
instr. hort., Macdonald Coll., Canada,
1907-8; asst. prof, hort., Univ. Me.,
1908-11; acting head Coll. Agr., 1909-11;
assoc. prof, pom., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1911-5;
prof., 1915 . b. Ann Arbor, Mich.,
Mar. 25, 1885; s. Leonard B. and Ann
(Parker) G.; reared in country and city;
m. Bernice Mae Jackson, 1908. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1905; M.S.A., la. State
Coll., 1907. Alpha Zeta.
Garfeld, Charles William, banker and far-
mer, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Teach. Mich. Agr. Coll., 1873-7.
Mem. Mich. House of Rep., 1881-2;
state Bd. Agr., 12 yrs. (trustees Mich.
Agr. Coll.); pres. Mich. For. Comn., 9 yrs.
Pres. Mich. For. Assoc.; treas. Mich.
Civil Service League; sec. Mich. Hort.
Soc., 10 yrs.; sec. Am. Pom. Soc., 4 yrs.
b. Milwaukee, Wis., Mar. 14, 1848; s.
Samuel Marshall and Harriet Eliza
(Brown) G.; m. Jessie Robertson Smith,
Nov. 24, 1897. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1870; M.S., 1873; LL.D., 1917. Phi
Delta Theta.
Gardner, Frank Duane, prof, agron., Penn. Garman, Harrison, prof, ent., Univ. Ky.,
State Coll., State College, Pa.
Asst. agr., Univ. 111., 1891-5; sci. and
soil expert, Bur. Soils, U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1895-1908; chg. Porto Rico Exp. Sta.,
3 yrs.; present position, 1908 . Farm
and state ent., Lexington, Ky.
Assoc. prof, zool., Univ. 111.; pres. Am.
Assoc. Econ. Ents.; mem. exec, com.,
Am. Assoc. Official Seed x\nalysts. b.
Stephenson Co., 111., Dec. 27, 1858;
105
s. Benjamin F. and Sarah A. (Griffith) G.;
reared in village; m. Rosalie Miller, Oct.
30, 1883; c. Frederick, Philip. D.Sc.,
Univ. Ky.
Garner, Wightman Wells, physiologist in
chg. tobacco and plant nutr. invests.,
Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Wash-
ington, D. C.
Instr. chem., Tufts Coll., 1900-3.
6. Timmonsville, S. C., Jul. 15, 1875;
s. James N. and Joana (Wright) G.;
reared on farm; m. Judith Goode, Nov. 8,
1905. A.B., Univ. S. C., 1896; Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins Univ., 1900. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
Garrahan, R. H., market-gard., Kingston,
Pa.
Dir. Am. Veg. Growers' Assoc. b.
Avondale, Pa., Oct., 1875; s. M. and
Margaret (Hutchison) G.; reared on
farm; m. Mabel Keller, Oct. 2, 1901;
c. Ralph, Jean.
Garrigus, Harry Lucian, prof. an. husb.
and farm supt., Conn. Agr. Coll., Storrs,
Conn.
Farm supt. and instr. dairying and vet.
sci., Baron DeHirsch Sch. Agr., 1900-1;
asst. agrst., Storrs Exp. Sta., 1901-2;
farm supt. and instr. an. husb., 1902-15;
present position, 1915 . Dir. Conn.
Dairymen's Assoc.; sec. Conn. Sheep
Breeders' Assoc.; vice-pres. New England
Hereford Breeders' Assoc.; sec. Conn.
Horse Breeders' Assoc. b. Wolcott,
Conn., Aug. 18, 1876; s. J. H. and
Sophronia E. (Upson) G.; reared on
farm; TO. Bertha M. Patterson, Nov. 29,
1899; c. Elsie M., Howard S., Russell M.,
Wesley P., Upson S. B.A., Conn. Agr.
Coll., 1898; grad. student Ont. Agr.
Coll.
Gaskill, Ralph Hicks, co. agrl. agt., Hathorne,
Mass.
Instr. an. husb. and head dept., Bristol
Co. Agr. Sch., 1913-5; agt. Bristol Co.,
1915-7; with R. H. Phillips, chain grocer
and milk dealer, Springfield, Mass., 1917;
agt. Essex Co., 1918 . Dir. in Mass.
Fruit Growers' Assoc. b. Mendon, Mass.,
June 14, 1892; s. Albion A. and Abbie
Frances (Hicks) G.; reared on farm;
m. Nina Marion Taft, Aug. 17, 1915.
B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1913. Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Gasser, George William, supt. U. S. Agr.
Exp. Sta., Rampart, Alaska.
b. Youngstown, O., Dec. 10, 1874;
s. John and Verena (Gysel) G.; reared on
farm; TO. Beatrice Peck, Aug. 12, 1909.
B.S., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1905.
Gates, Burton Noble, assoc. prof, bee-
keeping, apiariast Exp. Sta., and state
insp. apiaries for Mass. Bd. Agr., Mass.
Agr. Coll., Amherst, Mass.
Asst, biol., Clark Coll., 1906-7; field
fellow, 1908-9; lect. beekeeping, Mass.
Agr. Coll., spring, 1906, 7, 8, 10; colla-
borator Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Feb.-Jul., 1907, 1917; expert in apicul-
ture and asst., 1907-10; present position,
1910. Fellow A. A. A. S. Ex-pres.
Nat. Beekeepers' Assoc. b. Worcester,
Mass., Dec. 19, 1881; s. Chas. Burton and
Ida E. (Noble) G.; reared in city and
country; TO. June 15, 1918. A.B., Clark
Coll., 1905; A.M., Clark Univ., 1906;
Ph.D., 1909. Kappa Phi.
Gates, William H., prof. zool. and ent., La.
State Univ., Baton Rouge, La.
Zool., Gulf Biol. Sta., La., 1908-9;
acting dir., 1909-12; asst. zool. and ent.,
La. State Univ., 1909-10; prof., 1910.
b. Mahableshwar, British India, May 11,
1883; s. Lorin Samuel and Fannie
(Hazen) G.; reared on farm; m. Theo-
dosia Jones, June 1, 1911. B.A., Williams
Coll.
Gaunmitz, Amos John, co. agrl. agt.,
Mandan, N. D.
Asst. in cereal lab., Univ. Calif., 1905-6;
chg. cereal field work, Davis, Calif., 1907-
12; instr. farm crops and chem., Davis,
1909-12; asst. agron., Calif. Exp. Sta.,
1910-2; agt. Wells Co., N. D., 1913-5;
agt. Morton Co., 1915 . b. Haven
Township, Minn., May 31, 1881; s.
Herman and Anna (Gazette) G.; reared
on farm; TO. Mary E. Flaa, Oct. 18, 1907;
s. Florence, Gretchen, Herman. B.S.,
Univ. Minn., 1905; M.S.A., Univ. Calif.,
1906. Alpha Zeta.
Gay, Carl Warren, prof. an. husb. and chm.
an. ind. group, Univ. Minn., University
Farm, St. Paul, Minn.
Prof. vet. div., la. State Coll., 1901-4;
asst. prof. an. husb., 1904-5; asst. prof.
an. husb., Ohio State Univ., 1905-6;
assoc. prof., 1906-7; prof. an. ind.,
Univ. Penn., 1907-16; present position,
106
1916 . Manag. farm of Pa. Live-Stock
Sanitary Bd., Media, 1911-6; dir. horse
breeding, Pa. Dept. of Agr., 1907-16.
Auth.: Productive Horse Husbandry, 1914;
Principles and Practice of Judging Live-
Stock, 1914; ed. The Breeds of Live-
Stock, 1916. b. Waverly, N. Y., Mar. 14,
1877; s. Chas. Warren and Lucy (Lemon)
G.; reared in town; m. Catherine E.
Andrews, Dec. 17, 1906; c. Hayward
Andrews, Lucy Satterlee. D.V.M., Cor-
nell Univ., 1899; B.S.A., la. State Coll.,
1905; fellowship Cornell Univ., 1 yr.
Gayle, Hubbard Kavanaugh, an. husb.,
Miss. Exp. Sta., Agricultural College,
Miss.
Present position, 1915 . b. Frank-
fort, Ky., Dec. 15, 1891; s. Clarence and
Emma (Kavanaugh) G.; reared in town
and on farm; m. Jennie Ruth Hall, May
27, 1916; c. H. K. Jr. B.S.A., Univ. Ky.,
1914. Alpha Zeta.
Gee, Wilson, asst. dir. ext., Clemson Agr.
Coll., Clemson College, S. C.
Asst. biol., Univ. S. C., 1908-9; asst.
zool., Univ. Wis., 1909-11; asst. prof,
zool., Clemson Agr. Coll., 1911-2; prof,
biol., Univ. S. C., 1913-4; prof, biol.,
Emory Univ., 1914-8; present position,
1918. 6. Union, S. C., Sept. 18, 1888;
s. Reuben Thompson and Gertrude (Gist)
G.; reared in town and on farm. B.S.,
Clemson Agr. Coll., 1908; M.A., Univ.
S. C., 1910; Ph.D., Univ. Calif., 1913.
Sigma Xi.
Geib, Warren Jacob, asst. prof, soils,
Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.
Soil survey field work, Bur. Soils, U. S.
Dept. Agr., 1903-10; chg. work of Bur. in
Wis. and Wis. Soil Survey, 1910;
asst. prof, soils, Univ. Wis., 1914 .
Sec.-treas. Wis. Soil Improvement Assoc.
Auth.: Hints to Homeseekers, 1913.
Ed .-in-chief , The Journal of Soil Improve-
ment, b. Kent Co., Mich., Jan. 6, 1880;
s. Valentine and Ellen (Bowman) G.;
reared on farm; m. Edith R. Dresser,
Sept. 28, 1904; c. Donna Sterling. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1902; M.S., 1915.
Gelder, Jay, co. agrl. agt., Essex, N. Y.
Farmer, Bath, N. Y., 10 yrs.; manag.
Adirondack Farms, Glen Falls, 3 yrs.
b. Bath, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1870; s. Jas. and
Mary (Covell) G.; reared on farm;
m. Dora L. Huston, Aug. 12, 1897.
Grad. Eastman Business Coll., Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., 1893.
Gentry, Josiah Collins, co. agrl. agt., Harrods-
burg, Ky.
b. Boyle Co., Ky., Apr. 5, 1873; s. Richard
C. and Mary Ellin (Bonta) G.; reared on
farm.
George, Clayton R., assoc. in dairy, husb.
ext., Purdue Univ., LaFayette, Ind.
Asst. an. husb., Univ. Calif., 1912-4;
present position, 1914 . Sec. Ind. State
Dairy Assoc. b. New Lisbon, Ind., Jul.
20, 1891; s. Gary and Emma Jane (Fye)
G.; reared on farm; m. Grace Bessie
Apple, June 23, 1915; c. Mary Jane.
B.Sc., Ohio State Univ. 1912.
Georgeson, Charles Christian, agron. in
chg. Alaska Exp. Sta., Sitka, Alaska.
Asst. ed. Rural New-Yorker, 1878-80;
prof. agr. and hort., Tex. A. & M. Coll.,
1880-3; prof, agr., Imperial Univ.,
Tokyo, Japan, 1886-9; prof, agr., Kans.
State Agr. Coll., 1890-7; special agt.,
Off. Exp. Stas., U. S. Dept. Agr., chg.
Alaska invests., 1898-1912; present posi-
tion, 1912. Fellow A. A. A. S. Special
agt., U. S. Dept. Agr. to investigate dairy
ind. in Denmark, 1893. b. Isl. of Lange-
land, Denmark, June 26, 1851 (naturalized
1880); s. J. C. and Jorgine (Hansen) G.;
reared on farm and in village; m. Mar-
garet Thompson Lovett, Jan. 2, 1882;
c. Dagmar, Rosemary, Valdemar Lovett.
B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1878; M.S., 1882;
D.Sc., 1916.
Gericke, William Frederick, asst. prof,
soil chem., Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.
Instr. soil chem., Univ. Calif., 1912-6;
asst. prof., 1916 . Fellow A. A. A. S.
b. Fremont, Neb., Aug. 30, 1884; s.
Chas. L. and Fredericka (Weiersausen)
G.; reared on farm; m. Stella Agnes
Hartzell, May 28, 1912. B.S.A., la.
State Coll., 1912; M.S., Univ. Calif.,
1915.
Gernert, Walter Byron, co. agrl. agt., Paris,
111.
Asst. to asst. prof, plant-breeding,
Univ. 111., 1911-8. b. Fredericksburg,
Pa., Sept. 2, 1881; s. Hiram and Lucy
(Kirst) G.; reared on farm and in town;
m. Emma Rohweder, Jul. 2, 1917. B.S.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1907; M.S., Univ.
111., 1909; Ph.D., 1911.
107
Getty, Robert Ellsworth, sci. asst., Off.
Forage Crops, U. S. Dept. Agr., Hays,
Kans.
6. Waco, Neb., May 19, 1891; s.
Reuben F. and May Evelyn (Garton) G.;
reared on farm. A.B., York Coll., Neb.,
1911; B.S.A., Univ. Neb., 1913.
Gibson, Heber Howard, dir. agrl. educ. for
Vt., Montpelier, Vt.
Farm operator, O., 6 yrs.; Neb., 1 yr.
Head dept. agr. and biol., Kearney State
Normal Sch., 1915-6; dir. practice
teaching in agr., la. State Coll., 1916-7;
present position, 1917. b. Gibson, O.,
Sept. 18, 1884; s. Samuel and Ella (Hafer)
G.; reared on farm; TO. Edith Grace
Pattengill, Aug., 1910; c. Howard,
Warren. A.B., Denison Univ., 1909;
A.M., Columbia Univ., 1912; student
Cornell Univ., 2 yrs.
Gifford, John Clayton, special agt. trop. agr.
and for., Cocoanut Grove, Fla.
Instr. econ. bot., Swarthmore Coll.,
1890-4; for., N. J. Geol. Survey, 1895-6;
asst. prof, for., Cornell Univ., 1900-3;
special agt., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1904.
Auth.: Practical Forestry, 1901; The
Everglades of Florida, 1911; Forests of
New Jersey, b. May's Landing, N. J.,
Feb. 8, 1870; s. Daniel and Emily
(Frazier) G.; reared in small town;
m. Edith Wright, May, 1896. B.S.,
Swarthmore Coll., 1890; D.OEc., Univ.
of Bavaria, Munich, 1899.
Gifford, John Edwin, co. agrl. agt., Rockville,
Conn.
Stock farmer, 20 yrs.; instr. an. husb.,
Essex Co. Agr. Sch., Mass., 3 yrs. Sec.
Worcester Agrl. Soc., 2 yrs. b. Brockton,
Mass., Oct. 1, 1873; s. Thaddeus E.
and Phebe E. (Brightman) G.; reared on
farm; m. Luella Mary Dudley, Dec. 19,
1904; c. Chas. Edwin. B.S., Mass. Agr.
Coll., 1894. Kappa Sigma.
Gilbert, Arthur Witter, sec. agrl. dept.,
Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass.
Instr. agr. and superv. ext. courses,
Univ. Me., 1905-6; asst. prof, agron.,
1906-7; fellow Cornell Univ., 1907-8;
asst. prof, plant-breeding, Cornell Univ.,
1909-11; prof., 1911-6; present position,
1916 . Dir. Chautauqua Sch. Practical
Agr., summers, 1908-10. Fellow A.A.
A.S. Mem. council, Am. Genetic Assoc.;
sec. N. Y. Plant Breeders' Assoc. Milk
administrator of New England and sec.
New England Regional Milk Comn.
Farm operator. Auth.: (with Bailey)
Plant-Breeding, 1915; The Potato, 1917.
b. W. Brookfield, Mass., Apr. 20, 1882;
s. Lewis A. and Louise (Brigham) G.;
reared on farm and in town; m. Susan
Grace Cooper, June 8, 1910; c. Vincent
Cooper, Ann Louise. B.S., Mass. Agr.
Coll., 1904; B.S., Boston Univ., 1904;
M.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1905; Ph.D.,
1909. Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa Phi;
Alpha Sigma Phi; Alpha Zeta.
Gilbert, Boyd Duane, co. agrl. agt., Bd.
of Trade Bldg., Scranton, Pa.
b. Rodman, N. Y., Apr. 16, 1885; s.
Wm. R. and Estelle M. (Brown) G.;
reared in village; TO. Lena F. Butler,
June 11, 1912. B.S.A., Cornell Univ.,
1910.
Gilbert, George Henry, dir. Bristol Co. Agr.
Sch., Segreganset, Mass.
6. Barre, Mass., Jan. 1,1879; s. Win. and
Rosa M. (Goss) G.; reared on farm;
TO. Florence M. King, Dec. 15, 1913;
c. Florence Beatrice. Ph.B., Boston
Univ., 1901; grad. work Mass. Agr. Coll.
Theta Delta Chi.
Gilbert, William Williams, plant path.,
Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Wash-
ington, D. C.
b. Dorset, Vt., Sept. 17, 1880; s.
Frederick V. and Mary (Williams) G.;
reared on farm; TO. Ottonie Elizabeth
Ulrickson, June 24, 1907; c. Henry
Philip. B.S.A., Univ. Vt., 1904; M.S.,
1909; grad. student Univ. Wis., 1912,
George Washington Univ., 1913-4, Col-
umbia Univ., 1914-5.
Gilbertson, Henry Walter, asst. in adminis-
tration of co. agt. work, States Relations
Serv., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D.C.
Princ. graded schs., Minn., 1905-7;
farm manag. invest., U. S. Dept. Agr.,'
1911-2; agrl. agt. Sussex Co., N. J.,
1913-4; present position, 1915 . b.
Rock Co., Minn., Nov. 19, 1881; s.
Lewis H. and Mary (Qualley) G.; reared
on farm; TO. Maud Hubbard, 1911; c.
Gertrude, Warren, Kenneth. B.S.A.,
Univ. Minn., 1910; M.S.A., Cornell
Univ., 1911.
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Gilkey, Royal, asst. prof, in ext. serv. and
superv. reading courses for the farm
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Tech. asst., Bur. Farmers' Insts.,
N. Y. State Dept. Agr. and clerk dairy
products dept., N. Y. State Fair, 1909-11;
instr. and superv. mailing room, Coll.
Agr., Cornell Univ., 1911-4; officer, Sch.
for Leadership in Country Life, 1912-4;
present position, 1914 ; asst. prof, pom.,
summer 1918. Farm operator, b. Water-
town, Mass., Mar. 17, 1886; s. James H.
and Mary L. (Johnson) G.; reared in
town and country; m. Eunice W. Jackson,
Jan. 20, 1914; c. Eunice W. B.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1908. Alpha Zeta.
Gill, Charles O., clergyman, 104 N. 3d St.,
Columbus, O.
Foreign missionary in Peking, China,
1895-7; Congregational pastor, West-
more, Jericho Center, Hartland, Vt.,
W. Lebanon, N. H., 1893-5, 1897-1909;
rural church invest., Fed. Council of
Churches of Christ in Am., 1913-5.
Mem. Am. Comn. to Europe for study
cooperation; sec. comn. on church and
country life, Fed. Council of Churches of
Christ in Am., 1915-8. Collaborator:
(with Pinchot) The Country Church,
1913. b. Walpole, Mass., Mar. 4, 1868;
s. John and Ellen (Metcalfe) G.; reared in
city and on farm; m. Mary A. Nelson,
Sept., 1895; c. Laura Metcalfe, Stanley,
Chas. F. A.B., Yale Univ., 1889; B.D.,
Union Theol. Sem., 1894. Delta Kappa
Epsilon.
Gillette, Clarence Preston, head dept. zool.
and ent. and dir. Exp. Sta., Colo. Agr.
Coll., Fort Collins, Colo.
Asst. zool. and ent., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1887; ent., la. Exp. Sta., 1888-90; head
dept. zool. and ent., Colo. Agr. Coll.,
1891; dir. Colo. Exp. Sta., 1910;
state ent., Colo., 1907. Fellow A. A.