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In MemoriamHamilton Alumni Who Have Made Notable Historical, Scientific or Medical ContributionsEdward 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 |
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