Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . chusetts, andfrom the high school of that city he entered Har-vard, where he gave his special attention to thestudy of chemistry and took his Bachelors degreewith the Class of 1883. Remaining at Harvard asa graduate student for the ensuing year, he acted asProctor during that time and also as .Assistant inChemistry, occupying Professor Jacksons the position of Assistant Chemist with the Solvay Proces
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . chusetts, andfrom the high school of that city he entered Har-vard, where he gave his special attention to thestudy of chemistry and took his Bachelors degreewith the Class of 1883. Remaining at Harvard asa graduate student for the ensuing year, he acted asProctor during that time and also as .Assistant inChemistry, occupying Professor Jacksons the position of Assistant Chemist with the Solvay Process Company, manufacturers ofchemicals, Syracuse, New York, in 1S84, he wastwo years later made Chemist-in-Chief and for thepast thirteen years has rendered efficient service tohis employers in that responsible capacity. Havingvisited Europe in 1887 for the purpose of examiningthe various chemical manufactories of Great Britainand the continent, he acquired much valuable informa-tion during his tour and upon his return he assistedin establishing the first caustic soda works in theUnited States. In 1897 he again crossed the At-lantic as Delegate to a Congress of Alkali Chemists. JOHN D. PENNOCK held at Brussels, and he has been chosen a Delegateto the Fourth International Congress of AppliedChemistry scheduled to sit at Paris in 1900. was President of the Solvay Mutual BenefitSociety in 1890, of the Syracuse Camera Club in1891, of the Solvay Sewer Commission in 1897, andhas been officially connected with various Republi-can organizations. Besides the bodies just men-tioned, he is a member of the American ChemicalSociety, the Society of Chemical Industry andAmerican Society of Mining Engineers ; the Chem-ists Club, New York City; the Citizens Syracuse,University and Onondaga Golf Clubs ; and the Har-vard Club of Eastern and Central New 1887 he has been a vestryman of St. Marks UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 187 Episcopal Church. He has contributed severalpapers o
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