City: Nashville
DUDLEY, William Lofland, Professor of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University; born Covington, Ky., April 16, 1859; English descent; son of George Reed and Emma (Lofland) DUDLEY; father, steamboat owner and manufacturer; educated public schools of Covington; graduated University of Cincinnati 1880, with degree of B.S.; Miami Medical College, 1880-5, M.D. degree; was Professor of Chemistry Miami Medical College 1879-86; Dean of the Medical Department Vanderbilt University since 1895; Professor of Chemistry Vanderbilt University since 1886; is a member of leading chemical societies of the world; has published many papers on science, chemistry, especially; discovered physiological properties of X-rays, theory of luminosity of comets, etc.; was Director of Affairs of Tennessee Centennial Exposition 1897; member Hermitage Club, Nashville, Chemists’ Club, New York; Sigma Chi College Fraternity; was Grand Consul Sigma Chi fraternity 1897-99; President Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association since its organization in 1894; member of the Executive Committee of Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry, 1912; and Vice-President of Section on “Law as Affecting Chemical Industry;” member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
