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Hayes B. Raffensperger

1877-1938

Veterinarian and Meat Inspector

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Erasmus M. Nighbert

1869-1952

Parasitologist and Meat Inspector 

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Theobald Smith

1859-1934

Chief of the Pathological Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Immunologist, Bacteriologist and Parasitologist

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Benjamin Schwartz

1889-1976

Chief of the Zoological Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Zoologist and Consultant of Parasitology and Meat Inspection

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Leonard E. Swanson

1898-1980

Parasitologist and Zoologist

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Fred L. Kilborne

1858-1934

Head of the Veterinary Experiment Station for the Bureau of Animal Industry

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Albert Hassall

1862-1942

Zoologist. Head, Index-Catalogue staff. Assistant Chief, Zoological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry.

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Maurice C. Hall

1881-1938

Zoologist. Chief, Zoological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry.

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Gerard Dikmans

1885-1975

Veterinary parasitologist

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Daniel E. Salmon

1850-1914

Veterinarian and first Chief, Bureau of Animal Industry

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Charles W. Stiles

1867-1941

Head of the Bureau of Animal Industry's Zoological Division and Agricultural attaché to the United States Embassy in Berlin

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John S. Andrews

1905-1988

Zoologist and parasitologist

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Brayton H. Ransom

1879-1925

Zoologist and Chief, Zoological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry

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Eloise B. Cram

1896-1957

Zoologist

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Cooper Curtice

1856-1939

Veterinary parasitologist

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