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O. P. Hay

Oliver Perry Hay was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, May 22, 1846. His parents, Robert and Margaret Hay, were of Scotch descent. A. B., Eureka College, 1870.  Married to Mary E. Howsman, June 30, 1870.  Professor in Eureka College, 1870-3; in Oskaloosa College, Iowa, 1874-6. Student at Yale University, 1876-7. Professor in Abingdon College, 1877-9. Professor in Butler University, Indianapolis, 1879-92. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1887.  Assistant on geological surveys of Indiana and Arkansas, 1887 to date. Fellow of American Association Advanced Sciences, 1889. President of Indiana Academy Sciences, 1891. Author of various papers published in "Proceedings of the United States National Museum," "Bulletin United States Fish Commission, American Naturalist," etc., on fishes, batrachians, reptiles, etc.; also of a report to State Geologist on the "Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana;" also of a report to State Geologist of Arkansas on the "Batrachians and Reptiles of Arkansas." At present Honorary Fellow in department of Paleontology in University of Chicago.

Source:  A History of Eureka College, St. Louis:  Christian Publishing Company, 1894.
    

  

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