place_of_death truman g. yuncker
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches , in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy ' s small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery . The ___MASK66___ famous use of trench warfare is the Western ___MASK30___ in World War I . It has become a byword for stalemate , attrition , sieges and futility in conflict . DePauw University in ___MASK25___ , Indiana , is a private liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2 , 400 students . The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University . DePauw is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the North Coast Athletic Conference . The Society of Professional Journalists was founded at DePauw . The ___MASK70___ Colleges Association ( GLCA ) is a consortium of 13 liberal arts colleges located in the states around the ___MASK70___ . The 13 schools are located in Michigan , Ohio , ___MASK60___ and ___MASK54___ . It was chartered in the state of Michigan and incorporated as a 501 ( c )( 3 ) non - profit organization in 1962 , the consortium extended its first offer of membership in 46 years to ___MASK18___ College in 2008 . An academic degree is a qualification awarded on successful completion of a course of study in higher education , normally at a college or university . These institutions commonly offer degrees at various levels , typically including bachelor ' s , master  s and doctorates , often alongside other academic certificates , and professional degrees . The ___MASK66___ common undergraduate degree is the bachelor ' s degree , although in some countries lower qualifications are titled degrees ( e . g . associate degrees in the US or foundation degrees in the UK ) while in others a higher - level first degree is more usual . A combined statistical area ( CSA ) is composed of adjacent metropolitan ( MSA ) and micropolitan statistical areas ( µSA ) in the United States and ___MASK14___ that can demonstrate economic or social linkage . The United States Office of Management and Budget defines a CSA as consisting of various combinations of adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan areas with economic ties measured by commuting patterns . These areas that combine retain their own designations as metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas within the larger combined statistical area . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the ___MASK37___ ___MASK2___ to the north , the ___MASK63___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . The Doctor of Medicine ( meaning " teacher of medicine ," abbreviated M . D .) is a terminal medical degree for practitioners of medicine . The meaning of the degree varies between different countries . In countries that follow the United States system , the M . D . denotes a first professional graduate degree awarded upon initial graduation from medical school . In countries that follow the tradition of the ___MASK10___ , the M . D . denotes a research doctorate , higher doctorate , honorary doctorate or advanced clinical coursework degree restricted to medical graduates . In those countries , the title of the equivalent first professional degree is Bachelor of Medicine , Bachelor of Surgery . ___MASK54___ is a U . S . state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America . ___MASK54___ is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States . Its capital and largest city is ___MASK50___ . ___MASK54___ was admitted to the United States as the 19th U . S . state on December 11 , 1816 . ___MASK25___ is a city in ___MASK25___ Township , Putnam County , Indiana , United States , and the county seat of Putnam County . It was founded in 1821 by Ephraim Dukes on a land grant . He named the settlement for his hometown of ___MASK25___ , Pennsylvania . ___MASK25___ was a village or town operating under authority of the Putnam County commissioners until March 9 , 1849 , when it became a town by special act of the local legislature . ___MASK25___ , Indiana , officially became a city after an election held on July 8 , 1861 . The first mayor of ___MASK25___ was E . R . Kercheval , a member ( during his lifetime ) of the Freemason Temple Lodge # 47 . The city became the county seat of Putnam County . The population was 10 , 326 at the 2010 census . It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west - central portion of the state . ___MASK25___ is well known as being the location of DePauw University . Dr . Truman George Yuncker ( ___MASK48___ 20 , 1891 - January 8 , 1964 ) was a taxonomic botanist and was best known for his work in the Piperaceae family . Yuncker first taught at Manual High School in ___MASK50___ , ___MASK54___ . After service in World War I , he received his Doctorate from the University of ___MASK35___ in 1919 . Soon after , he became a faculty member at DePauw University and became head of the botany and bacteriology department in 1921 and held that post until retirement in 1956 . During his tenure he described 839 new species , 211 new varieties and 25 new formae in the Piperaceae . He wrote the treatment of that family in almost every regional flora published during his lifetime . His early studies were on the genus Cuscuta , in which he described 67 new species and 39 new varieties . The North Coast Athletic Conference ( NCAC ) is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed of colleges located in ___MASK73___ , ___MASK54___ and ___MASK60___ . When founded in 1984 , the league was a pioneer in gender equality , offering competition in a then - unprecedented 10 women ' s sports . Today it remains true to that legacy , sponsoring 23 sports , 11 for men and 12 for women . In general , a civilian is " a person who is not a member of the military or of a police or firefighting force ", as defined by Merriam ___MASK91___ ' s Dictionary . From the perspective of the U . S . Department of Defense , Chapter 18 of Title 10 United States Code refers to non - military law enforcement officers as civilians since they are employees rather than enlisted personnel , and also in order to distinguish itself from military police . In military and law enforcement slang , the term " Civies " or " Civvies " are often used to refer civilian population or civilian clothing . The Midwestern United States , also referred to as the American Midwest or simply the Midwest , is one of the four geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau , occupying the northern ___MASK65___ part of the United States of America . It was officially named the North ___MASK83___ by the Census Bureau until 1984 . The Juris Doctor degree ( J . D . or JD ), also known as the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree ( D . Jur . or DJur ), is a graduate - entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees . It is earned by completing law school in ___MASK43___ , ___MASK24___ and the United States , and some other common law countries . It is regarded as a bachelor ' s degree in ___MASK24___ , a master ' s degree in ___MASK43___ and a professional doctorate in the United States . A U . S . state is a constituent political entity of the ___MASK58___ . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a ___MASK94___ with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). Cuscuta ( dodder ) is a genus of about 100  170 species of yellow , ___MASK78___ , or red ( rarely green ) parasitic plants . Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae , it now is accepted as belonging in the morning glory family , Convolvulaceae , on the basis of the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group . The genus is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world , with the greatest species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions ; the genus becomes rare in cool temperate climates , with only four species native to northern Europe . ___MASK50___ ( pronounced ), is the capital and largest city of the U . S . state of ___MASK54___ and the seat of ___MASK67___ County . It is in the East North Central region of the Midwestern United States . With an estimated population of 853 , 173 in 2015 , ___MASK50___ is the second most populous city in the Midwest , after Chicago , and 14th largest in the U . S . The city is the economic and cultural center of the ___MASK50___ metropolitan area , home to 2 million people , the 34th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U . S . Its combined statistical area ranks 26th , with 2 . 4 million inhabitants . ___MASK50___ covers , making it the 16th largest city by land area in the U . S . In the United States , a metropolitan statistical area ( MSA ) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area . Such regions are neither legally incorporated as a city or town would be , nor are they legal administrative divisions like counties or separate entities such as states . As such , the precise definition of any given metropolitan area can vary with the source . A typical metropolitan area is centered on a single large city that wields substantial influence over the region ( e . g ., ___MASK1___ or ___MASK33___ ). However , some metropolitan areas contain more than one large city with no single municipality holding a substantially dominant position ( e . g ., Dallas  Fort Worth metroplex , Norfolk - Virginia Beach ( Hampton Roads ), Riverside  San Bernardino ( Inland Empire ) or ___MASK55___  ___MASK32___ ). The Society of Professional Journalists ( SPJ ), formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi , is the oldest organization representing journalists in the United States . It was established in April 1909 at DePauw University , and its charter was designed by William Meharry Glenn . The ten founding members of Sigma Delta Chi were Gilbert C . Clippinger , Charles A . Fisher , William M . Glenn , H . Hedges , L . Aldis Hutchens , Edward H . Lockwood , LeRoy H . Millikan , ___MASK8___ C . Pulliam , Paul M . Riddick , and ___MASK23___ H . Sloan . The Piperaceae , also known as the pepper family , are a large family of flowering plants . The group contains roughly 3 , 600 currently accepted species in 13 genera . The vast majority of peppers can be found within the two main genera : " Piper " ( 2000 species ) and " Peperomia " ( 1600 species ). ___MASK1___ ( or ), officially the City of ___MASK1___ , is the third - most populous city in the United States , and the fifth - most populous city in North America . With over 2 . 7 million residents , it is the most populous city in the state of ___MASK35___ and the Midwestern United States , and the county seat of Cook County . The ___MASK1___ metropolitan area , often referred to as Chicagoland , has nearly 10 million people and is the third - largest in the U . S . ___MASK50___  Carmel  ___MASK74___ or ___MASK50___ metropolitan area is an 11 - county metropolitan area in the U . S . state of Indiana , as defined by the Office of Management and Budget . The metropolitan area is situated in Central Indiana , within the American Midwest . World War I ( WWI or WW1 ), also known as the First World War , or the Great War , was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 . More than 70 million military personnel , including 60 million Europeans , were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history . Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war ( including the victims of a number of genocides ), a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents ' technological and industrial sophistication , and the tactical stalemate caused by gruelling trench warfare . It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history , and paved the way for major political changes , including revolutions in many of the nations involved . Peperomia ( radiator plant ) is one of the 2 large genera of the Piperaceae family , with more than 1000 recorded species . ___MASK66___ of them are compact , small perennial epiphytes growing on rotten wood . More than 1500 species have been recorded , occurring in all tropical and subtropical regions of the world , though concentrated in Central America and northern ___MASK45___ . A limited number of species ( around 17 ) are found in Africa . A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training , the purpose of which is to supply disinterested objective counsel and service to others , for a direct and definite compensation , wholly apart from expectation of other business gain . The term is a truncation of the term " ___MASK46___ profession ", which is , in turn , an Anglicization of the French term " profession libérale ". Originally borrowed by English users in the 19th century , it has been ___MASK88___ - borrowed by international users from the late 20th , though the ( upper - middle ) class overtones of the term do not seem to survive retranslation : " ___MASK46___ professions " are , according to the European ___MASK94___ ' s Directive on Recognition of Professional Qualifications ( 2005 / 36 / EC ) " those practiced on the basis of relevant professional qualifications in a personal , responsible and professionally independent capacity by those providing intellectual and conceptual services in the interest of the client and the public ". A doctorate ( from Latin " docere ", " to teach ") or doctor ' s degree ( from Latin " doctor ", " teacher ") or doctoral degree ( from the ancient formalism " licentia docendi ") is an academic degree awarded by universities that is , in ___MASK66___ countries , a research degree that qualifies the holder to teach at the university level in the degree ' s field , or to work in a specific profession . There are a variety of doctoral degrees , with the ___MASK66___ common being the Doctor of Philosophy ( PhD ), which is awarded in many different fields , ranging from the humanities to the scientific disciplines . There are also some doctorates in the US , such as the Juris Doctor ( JD ), Doctor of Nursing Practice ( DNP ) and the Doctor of Medicine ( MD ), which are generally regarded internationally as professional degrees rather than doctorates , as they are not research degrees and no defense of any dissertation or thesis is performed . Many universities also award " honorary doctorates " to individuals who have been deemed worthy of special recognition , either for scholarly work or for other contributions to the university or to society .