George O. Curme, Jr.; S.A.E. bio, 1912

CURME, SMITH

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 03:27:06

Curme, George Oliver, Jr., University instructor; b. Mt. Vernon, Iowa, Dec 24, 1888; s/o Prof. George D. & C.C. (Smith); ed Northwestern University 1909, graduate student Univ. of Chicago for Ph.D. degree; Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi; class baseball and football teams, Syllabus board, Dramatic club, class play; initiated by Illinois Psi-Omega, Oct. 1905; eminent archon; assistant in teaching staff of dept of chemistry at Univ. of Chicago; memb. American Chemical society; spent one year at Harvard. Address 20 Hitchcock Hall, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

~Source: Who's Who in S.A.E. - A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Members of the Fraternity. Edited by William C. Levere. Evanston, Illinois, 1912; pg 63

~Transcribers Notes:
1. S.A.E. = Sigma Alpha Epsilon
2. Founded on March 9, 1856, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the largest North American secret letter, social college fraternity. The researcher can read more about S.A.E. in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
3. I am not related & have no additional info.