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+ | ======Hasbrouck, | ||
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+ | **Physics Department**, | ||
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+ | b. March 1, 1870, Libertyville, | ||
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+ | d. July 19, 1924, Amherst, Mass. | ||
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+ | Born in Libertyville, | ||
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+ | After graduating with a BSc from Rutgers College in 1893, Hasbrouck worked for two years with the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station before joining the faculty in mathematics at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. | ||
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+ | Through his tenure at MAC, Hasbrouck played a prominent role in the life of the college outside the lecture hall. A popular choice as a student advisor, Hasbrouck also began serving as registrar in 1905, succeeding William Swan Lull, who went on the a career as an important paleontologist at Yale, filling that position for nearly twenty years on top of his teaching load. | ||
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+ | On July 19, 1924, Hasbrouck died suddenly of heart failure at the age of 54. [[h: | ||
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+ | =====References===== | ||
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+ | * Philip Bevier Hasbrouck, 1870-1924, Memorial Service. MAC: Amherst, Mass., 1924. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst (RG 40/11) | ||