bacteriologist, professor, b. near Lake City, Minn. He graduated from the Univ. of Minnesota (B.S., 1893; M.S., 1894), Univ. of Wisconsin (Ph.D., 1903), and Harvard (D.P.H., 1913). In 1895 he began teaching bacteriology as an assistant at the Univ. of Wisconsin, became assistant professor (1903) and professor (1916). After 1914 he was connected with the university's agricultural college, where his research was primarily concerned with the cause and prevention of infectious diseases and the relationship of animal to human disease. He did pioneer work in the development of antibiotics and in the transmission of infectious mastitis from cattle to human beings. He was the originator of tests for counting bacteria in milk and developed techniques for determining the effect of chemicals on microorganisms. He was the author of several textbooks on bacteriology, and while on the university faculty was instrumental in establishing a hygiene program to promote better student living conditions. After retiring from the university as professor (1938), he was prominent in the fight against tuberculosis, president and manager of the Morningside Sanitorium near Madison (1938-1952). He was president of the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association (1935-1936). Madison Wis. State Journal, Jan. 26, 1957; Who's Who in Amer., 21 (1940); Univ. of Wis. Faculty Memorial, Document 1257, Mar. 4, 1957 (on file in office of secretary of the faculty); F. L. Holmes, et al., eds., Wis. (5 vols., Chicago, 1946).Learn More
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