In Memoriam

Hamilton Alumni Who Have Made Notable Historical, Scientific or Medical Contributions

Edward F.B. Orton, Class of 1848 (1829-99), Ohio State geologist and an early advocate of conservation

John A. Paine, Class of 1858 (1840-1912), archaeologist and botanist

Edward J. Wickson, Class of 1869 (1848-1923), founder of the California State Horticultural Society and an authority on the flora of California

Jermain G. Porter, Class of 1873 (1852-1933), astronomer and director of the Cincinnati Observatory, noted for his planet observations and determining of the proper motion of stars

Edward S. King, Class of 1887 (1861-1931), pioneer in the application of photography to astronomy

Clayton H. Sharp, Class of 1890 (1869-1942), physicist and inventor of numerous instruments for electrical and photometric measurements

David H. Newland, Class of 1894 (1872-1943), an authority on the geology of New York

Joshua E. Sweet, Class of 1897 (1876-1957), physician noted for his surgical research

Ralph S. Minor, Class of 1898 (1876-1961), physicist and founder and dean of the University of California School of Optometry

Hymen L. Weber, Class of 1898 (1873-1962), medical missionary who established hospitals and leper colonies in West Africa

Paul T. Harper, Class of 1903 (1881-1931), physician prominent in the field of obstetrics

Sylvester M. Lambert, Class of 1903 (1882-1947), physician and medical educator who conducted campaigns against disease in the South Pacific, and whose efforts virtually eliminated the scourge of hookworm in the South Sea Islands

Joseph L.T. Appleton, Class of 1909 (1888-1980), leader in the field of dentistry and dental education

Arthur J. Mix, Class of 1910 (1888-1956), botanist and authority on plant pathology

James S. Plant, Class of 1912 (1890-1947), physician and pioneer in the field of child psychology

William H. Cole, Class of 1914 (1892-1967), physiologist, biochemist and leader in the field of biological research

Herbert Insley, Class of 1914 (1893-1979), mineralogist, prominent in the field of ceramics research

A. Ross Eckler, Class of 1922 (1901-91), demographer and authority on population statistics who served with distinction as director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census

Burrhus F. Skinner, Class of 1926 (1904-90), renowned behavioral psychologist

Lauren V. Ackerman, Class of 1927 (1905-93), founder of modern surgical pathology and authority on cancer

Theodore H. Ingalls, Class of 1929 (1908-87), pediatrician and epidemiologist noted for his research on congenital defects

William H. Masters, Class of 1938 (1915-2001), renowned pioneer in research on human sexuality

Maurice C. Clifford, Class of 1941 (1920-2002), physician, medical educator and the first African-American to serve as Philadelphia's commissioner of public health