Kellogg (II)

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

VERNON LYMAN, an railroad president. He was born in ANON LYMAN, a American_geologist and public official; Philadelphia in 1858 and graduated from the Polytechnic and public official born at Emporia, Kan., in 1867. He graduated College, Pennsylvania. Kan., in 1867. H from the University of Kansas in 1889. He took University of Kam He entered railroad service in 1881, becoming post-graduate post-graduat engineer on location bridge construction and harbor courses at Cornell and in France and work. He had charge France ana Germany. After occupying various of the field construction of 250 miles variou chairs in the University of Kansas, he was appointed Kansas, he on West and Pacific divisions in professor of entomology Washington, Idaho and Montana of the Northern entomolog and lecturer on bionomics at Leland Stanford Pacific railway till 1884. He was at Lelanc Jr. University in 1894. He was the author of 1894. He superintendent of mines in Montana, 1884-1887, many works on and engineer with St. Louis Southwestern ks on 200logical subjects. Among these are "Evozoölution and Animal ( railroad 1887-1898. He was are "Evo- Life" (19 1907); "The (1907); "The connected with other railroad sys- Animals and Man" (1911); " tems as consulting and chief engineer, and in 1917 911); "Beyond War" (1912). In 1915 and 1916 he was Beyond in charge of food became president of the Grand and 1916 he was distribution in Belgium and northern Trunk railway system, president also sident on in Belgium France for the American Commission for Relief in Belgium. In American of Grand Trunk Pacific railway, and chairman of the board of the Central in Belgium. In 1916 he was appointed assistant to the United States food assistant to the Vermont railway. administrator. administrator.