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THE ALUMNI. TIlE follo\\'ing pages are cle\'oted to brief biographical sketches of the graduates of the Stevens Institute of Technology, so far as it has been possible to ()btain elata. Fro111 the graduation of the first student in 1873, and ending with the gracluati ng class of 190-)., 1,088 men have recei veel degrees from Stevens 1n~ titute, ancl e\'ery name is here recorded. All are in alphabetical oreler except the lllelllhers of the classes of 1903 and 1904, who are grouped as explained on page 635. The aim in producing these sketches of Stenlls graduates has heen pri marily to show the kinel ane! quality of engineering work accomplished by technical graduates, and also to show the high character and standing of the men who have contributed so largely to founding the engineering profession and maintaining it as one of the learned vocations which in recent years has accomplished much in denlopillg and perfecting mechanical appliances. and processes fur the economical use of nature's resources . . \n encleanll' has been made tn pre~el1t a complete hiography ()f each alulllnus along the lines set d01yn in some detail in the preface. Cniforll1 hlanks were sent to e\'ery graduate, or. in the case of those deceased. to their relativcs, where t hei r names could he learned. l \bout t\yenty-fi ve per cent () f the total number. il1cludil1g' th()se ,,'!Jose locations ,,'ere unknown, failed t() repl)': and in such instances the name is merely mentioned in alphabetical order \\'ith \\'hate\'er informati()n cou1<l be uhtaincd from a search of the Tnstitute Catalogues, the yearly numbers of which contain a list o( the names of gnd uates, \yiih their positi()ns at the time. A number who replied \\'ith data regarding their el1g'il1eeril1g' \\'urk refrained from making an)' statements regarding other features \\'hich go to make up a c()mplete hiography. l\()l\yithstanding these deficiencies and the mani fest incompleteness of the ~ketches. al1 exami l1ation () E the records \\'ill sh()\\' that the hroad plan np()n \rhic!J the Institute's cuurse of instruction \ras founded, a 11(1 a(tcr\rard (!c\'eloped, has horne. and is bearing natural fruit in fitting y011ng men to occupy positions of resp()nsibility ill many fields uf engineering \\'ork.


THE i\ LCMNI THE ALUMNI Abbey, Henry (M .E.. '85), has been profcssionally engaged, since graduation, as ~uperintclldel1t of the Cowles Electric Smclting Co .. Lockport, N. Y.: works manager of the Cowles Electric Syndicate, Ltd., MiltonStoke-on-Trent, England. 11l87-95 ; consulting engi neer, London, England, 1895-97; electrician with the American Biograph Co., \'e\\' York, I 897-!)8. and the American Biograph Syndicate, Ltd., London; and as mechanical engineer wit h the Mutoscope and Hiograph Syndicate. London. Abe, Keiichi (J\T.E .. '(9). has been engaged, since graduation, in professional \Iork lI路ith

Stearns-Roger !\[anufacturing Co .. Colorado of the Ingerso ll-Se rgeant Drill CO .. 189T -92. and with 111'. James Breen, Butte. \[ontana. 1892 93. \\'hile with :Mr. Breen. \\'ho had heen engaged by Eastern capitalists to erect a copper-smelter at Durango, Colo., :\Tr. Ackerman lias cntru~ted with the prcp :\I'ation of the plans and the superintendence of the construction of the plant. lIe also designed pOll'er- plants. office-buildings for mining companies, etc .. and lI'as engaged in examining- mining properties and superintending their operation. From 1893 to ISC)6 he was consulting l'ngineer with the National Lead Co .. for whom in 1895-96 he re1l1()dagent~

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the Baldwin LOColllotil'e \\'orks, Philadelphia. 1'a.; II i th \ \ '. I). ForiJes & Co .. 110iJoken. -:\ . .I., 18C)9- 1901; as draugh(sman with the (;eneral Electric Co., Schenectady, :\'. Y.. 1<)01 02; and wi th the Bucyrus Co., South :\ Iil waukee, "'is., J902-o3. J Ie is now at the l\litsu-Bishi Dockyard & Engineering \Vorks, Nagasaki, Japan. Ackerman, William Sickles (1\1.E., '9I), son of Simeon and Catherine f\ nn (Berdan) .'\c kerman. was born in Paterson. N. J.. :\'o\'l'mun 2, 1868. lie \l'as manager of the drill and air-comprcssor department of the

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clled the I'hiladelphia plant. A sectional \路iew oi the factory, in water-colors. \I as sho\l'n at the 25th .\nnil'Crsary Exhihition oE the \lork of the . \Iulllili of the Jnstitutc in 1~c)7. l;rolll IBC); to 1902 he was a Jllemher of the firm of Ackerman & noss. engilll'ers amI architects, l\cw York. Their \I'ork includes the Carnegie libraries at \\路ashinglon. D. c.; Atlanta. Ca.; San Diego, Cal.; 1'orl Jen' is, :l'{. Y.; and the Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering at Iloboken. In 1902 Mr. I{oss resigned from the firm, and since then :\\ r. .\(kerman has formed a partnership with i\lr. \V. T. Partridge, under the firlll


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name of j\ckerman & Partriclge. The Morton Laboratory of Chemistry, illustratecl on page 17 of the present volume, is the work

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of this latter firm. 1\Jr. Partridge, before associating with i\[r. Ackerl1lan, was instructor in architecture in Colul1lbia College. Mr. 1\ckcrlllan is a memiJer of the American Society of :-Iechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the Engineers' and Lotos clubs of New York; of the llalllilt()n CllIb, and North Jersey Country Cluh of Paterson, N. J.; and a non -resident member of the Franklin Institute. He \\'as president of the ,\llInllli ,\ssociation of Ste\,enslnstitute, TC)02- o3. Adams, Harry Harris (1\1.E., '93), \\'as iJorn in Jen;e}' Cit)', ~. J.. January 7. J871. 1\ fter graduating he entered the sen-icc of the Consolidated Traction Co., of Jersey City, N. J .. with \\'hol11 he remained from 1893 to J902. holding successi\'ely the posi tion s of foreman of motor repair-shops, assistant electrical engineer of the company, and master mechanic of the North Jersey Stn~ et Railway Co., which absorbed the Consolidated Traction Co. 171'0111 1902 to date he has beeJl superintendent of shops for the United Railways and Electric Co., Balti1110re. i\f d. In 1900 he took Ollt a patent on a sectional rotary sweeper, an improvement on brooms or sweepers as applied to snow

swcepers in particular. The invention facilitates the refilling, handling, and repairs of the rotary bro0111, at the same time giving strength, lightness, and durability. He is a member of the New York Railroad Club and an associate member of the American Railway 1\fechanical and Electrical Association. 1\11'. , \dams is the son of Charles S. and :'Ilary Caldwcll Adams. [Ie married Agnes Collard. 1\lay 18, 1898, and they have one child. liarI')' !farris Adams, Jr. Adger, John Bailey (M.E., '83), was born in Charleston, S. C. April 19, 1858. His early education was obtained in Virginia, and he took the degree of 1\I.A. from the University of Virginia in J880. The following year he taught in the Preparatory Department of the University of Louisiana (now Tulane University), New Orleans. fIe entered Stevens Institute in 1881, and graduated t \\'0 year~ later, becoilling treasurer an(1 assistant Illanager of the Charleston I rOI1 \ \' orks, 1883-8-+; memiJer 0 f the firm of Jallles j\dgcr & Co .. steamship agents, fro III 1885 to date; secretary and treasurer of the Coosaw Co., 1886-98; and president ane! treasurer frol11 1898 to elate. I Ie was president and treasurer of the Charleston Ba~ket & \ r eneer 711 allu facturing Co.. 1896 1902. fllr. Adger, who is the son of J. Ellison and Susan C. j\dger. married l\Iiss \Varren, ,\ugust 3. 1887.

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TJJE .\U':,\IXf Adriance, William Allen (:\ I. E .. '8.=;"), lI'as hom ill l'oughket'/hie, \', Y .. Fcilru:lry 6, 186-1-, On graduatioll he hecame associated Ilith the firm of i\dria ncl', Platt, & Co .. mall IIfacturers of agricultural machillery, I.'ough kc'l'psil', \, y, Ill' is 110\1 ill charge of thc pllrcha,sillg and stock depart 111 ell ts, and ha s general superl'isinll of the compallY's plant. Ihe er<:ctioll (If addilions, clc, I Ie is a nll'l1Iher of the L'ni\'l')'sity, St. \'icholas, and Theta :\i (;raduate cluhs, the Ilnlland So ciety, and the Theta \'i fr<ltemity, :\11'. .\driance is the ,on of John Peter and :\Ia/'y Jalll' 1{lIthl'ell (!'Iatt) . \tiriallce, Ill' married :\Iillllie n, II()rlOn, i\lay 20, lR88, and (hey halT l\IO children, Dorothy .\IIell, and William ,\ll ell ,\dri<lnce, .II'.

()f hrick al Passaic. X, .I" and ha~ spcnt nearly all of his time sillcc thell ill pri,'ale stlltiy and inl'l's tigation, In 189(' he published a p<lnlphil't on .. ,\ Thcor,l' of thl'

Aguilera, Antonio, Jr. (i\I.I~,. '86), was a slIgar-n:liner .It Sena<io:\ Illnos, :\ t1el'itas. ClIila. lip to the till1e of his death, . \lIgli st 23. 1')03,

Ahrnke, Hans Paul (i\I.E .. '()9). son of ,\lIgtist and Catherine ,\hrnkc, lI'as hom in IlolJlJkell, \', .I .. ()etoiler 28, J S78, 1Ie receil'l'd most of his carly schooling at the Ilohoken . \eadem.\', IIhere he gailled thl' schoi:Jrship ior StcI'cns In stitu\(' ill lSI),:;, 1 Ie lias .\ssi s tant Instructor at thc Institutc during thc Suppil'lllentary Term, J89(), ant! the same year hecame dr<lllghtsm:tll for the FlIller Cutton :\Iachine ('0" \'ell York, desig ning colton lllachinl'('Y, I'rom 1899 to 1902 he lias draughtsman II ith \\ 'es tin~足 hOllse, Church, ]\:err, & CO .. :\CII York, and In the latter year II as elllployed In de,ignillg and co)]structillg ell'ctric railll'ay 1)1)11 er plants in the l'lIginl'ering dcpartment of lite sa llie lil'lll, Thelll'e to date he has hl'en engaged in similar lIork lIith the I3riti,h \Vestillghou sl' I': kctric & :\Ianufal'turing ('0" Ltd .. London, l ~ ng' lan(1. Ill' is a ml'l1l her of the Tau Ill'ta I'i fratcrnity, and a junior Illemller oj lill' \mcric:tn Socil'tl' of :lll'chanical Enginl'l'rs, Alden, James Strong (:\ I.I ~" 'R-I-), was born 111 .\lde!l\'illc, \\ 'a\,ne Countl', I'a" February I, 1863; thc son o-f Ll'I'i I J. -a nd Lois :\1. _\iden, the sel'enlh generatiol1 from lohn .\Idcn anti Priscilla l\lulkns, 11110 canle 'to i\lllerica with the Pilgrims in 1620, Ill' assisted his iather for SCI eral years in tht, m<lnuf;lctu re

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~trlll'lure "i :\lallL'l'," II hil' h IS ha,<'d upon the ;tSsulliptioll that an atonl oj nlalll'l' consists oi a l'ortl'X ring of 11II1lillifl'l'ous l'thel'. ,\ ftn puhlishing thc ahll\'e hl' turlll'd his at lention to the p('()hkm of linding a cheaper and morl' l'llicient means of ohtaining pOllcr jrolll fne!. etc 1,'1'0111 I XI) I to I ()OO he lIas an ass()ciate nll'mill'r of the ,\nll'riC<l11 In sti IUtl' oj Eil'l'lrical I':nginl'l'rs,

Aldrich, Roger Cyrenus (:\ I.I~" '1)<), II a ... hoi'll ill HOS(OIl, :\Iass" Fehruary 13, IX71), lie rel'ei\'l'd his early educati()n in the pull lic st'iwols oj Bost()n and of I'a ssail', S, and took the fll!! course at Stl'1T11S ['rep:tr atory Sl'h()()l, II inning a scholarship to the Instiluil', ()n graduation he t()ok up a ,'lIur"" of work in ('ach oi the departml'nh oi th" . \Il:!troll (helllic:!1 Co" ElizaiJl'lilport. :\, II ith a l'il'lI' to iallliliarizing himsel f Ivilh the \'ariollS details ()f chemi,'al manUial'llir lng, laler (11)00) hecoming drallghtsman and lIorks chemist at the Erie Chemical \\'orb, I ~rie, 1'a, Ill' \1',1S supl'l' inll'ncicnt (If erecli()(ls and additions to thl' \\'alerhury (Conn,) plant of thc Franklin II, Kalhfleisch ('0" malillfal'turiug chcmists, of Xe\\ York, '900 01, and sliperinlL'nd('nl of lhl' Ilrooklyn

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(.\J. Y.) \\'orb o[ the same company. 1901 to date. lie is a Illcmher of the Tau Beta Pi trilternity: of the Society of Chemical Industry; of [,ane Lodge Xo. 454. Free and .\ccepted :'Ilasons; of jcrusalem Chaptcr ~o. 8. Hoyal ,\rch :'Ifasons: and of Cceur de Lion C01l1111andery :\0. 23. Knights Templar. :'III'. ,\Idrich is the son of Frank E. and Louisc :'II. (Lo\"e) Aldrich. lIe married :'lIar . \. Locke. October 16. 1901, and they han' one child. Roger Williams Aldrich. Aldric h, W illiam Sleeper (1I.E., '84), was horn in Philadelphia, Pa., l1arch 3, 1863. I Ie \\'as graduatcd frolll thc gramlllar schoo] at Hurlington. ?\. J.. in 1878. ancl entcred the United States :\a\'al .\cadcmy by competitil'l~ examination in 1879 as cadet cn gineer: graduated as na\'al caclet in 1883. and resigncd f1'01l1 thc na\'al scn-ice to cnter Ste\'ens Institute. Ilc was cmployed in the ,hops and draugh ti ng- room of the Ball Engine Co .. Eric. I'a .. t884- 85; \Vas instructor in mathematics. llIechanical drawing. and survcying in the Boys' JIigh School. J(eading. 1'a .. 18R,; 87: instructor in drawing and building construction at the Central :\lanual Training School. Philadelphia, Pa., 1887- 89, and instructor in drawing. 1889-91; Associate in the :'Ilcchanical Engineering Department oi I ~Icctrical Engineering at Johns ! lopkins L'ni\ 路 cr~ity. llaltinlOre, :'lId. , J891 <)2. 1l1canwhile pursuing ad\'anced studies and work in mathcmatics, physics, and electricity. lie held the position of Professor of :'Ifechanical Engineering, and Director of l\Iechanic Arts, at \Vest Virginia Uni\'(~rsity, l\[organto\\'n, W. Va., 1893-99, and \\'as ])ean of the College of Engineering and the l\lecklllic , \rls at the same institution, 1~96-98. 11e \'olunteen:d for service in the Spanish -, \ll1erican \\ 'ar. and on l\lay 12, I Rg8. was appoi nted passed assistant engineer in the {Jnited States ~a\'y. with the relative rank of lieutenant, attached to the na\'al repair ship" Vulcan," with Admiral Sampson's flcet in Cuban \\'ater5, bei ng hon orably discharged. October 18, 1898. He was Professor o[ Electrical Engineering at the Uni\'ersity of 1llinois, Champaign, 1I1., 18C)9- 190r: and since then he has been Di rector of the Thomas S, Clarkson Memorial School of Technology, Potsdam, N, Y. During vacations and between intervals

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of teach ing he was engaged in professionai \\ ork as follO\\'5: in the draughting-l'oom of the Baldwin Locomotive \\'orks, Philadelphia. 1'a .. 1886: visiting technical schools and manufacturing establishments in England and on the Continent, 1888: electrical testing \\'ork ior the Cobb \ ' ulcanite Co .. \\'ilmington. Del.. and in the suhways of :\e\\' York city, 188:;; designing special \\'ood - \\'orking machincry. under patents of :\11'. (;rcenlea[ Johnson, Jr.. Baltimore, and designing special hydraulic and l'lcctric ma chinery under patents of Dr. LOllis ])uncan,

Baltimore, ]890- 9' ; making joint tests. with

JIll'. Uerman S. l !cring. of the Nc\'ersillk l\loul1tain Electric Road. I{eading, Pa .. 189T. and of the Druid fIill A\'enue cable plant, naltimurc. :'Illl .. 1892 (sec Trallsactiolls of the ,\merican Society of Mechanical EngiII(.'ers, J894. XY, 7掳5); in the shops and draughting- room of the \\'illiam A Harris Steam - Engine Co .. l'ro\'idence, K 1., 1892; and in the draughting- room of the 1. p, :'Ilorris Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 1892- 93; designing Jle\\ ' additions to the Mechanical Building of the West Virginia University, 1893, and superintending the erection and equipmenL of the same. 18)4; engaged in pro[essional work wiLh l\fr. Cecil B. Smith, Ilnder Lhe firm name of Smith & Aldrich, Toronto, Canada, 190J. In 1889 Prof. i\ldrich published a book of


" l\' otes on Building Construction ancl Architecture," and ha s s in ce publi shed, jointly wilh l'rof. William ] L Drown, Jr., of the University of Illinoi s, a "J\Ianual of Instruction s Forms and Schedules for the Electrica l Enginee:ing Laboratory," and a " Junior i\lanual for the Electrical Engincering Laboratory." H e ha s contributed man)' pap e rs and di sc llss ion s to various soc ieties and journals as follows: "Sp irally \Yeld ell Tubes." . 1111 . .'-(1(' . \ ' . li.' , l , 207, 1889. " Piston Vah'e," Trulls . . 1. ,'-. Jr . I ~.', XI[I, ,325, 18 9 2 . "Notes on Ekctl'(l-~ I agnl'li(' ~Iac hilll'ry " (2 papers). JOllr. FrulIl.:. 111'\ 1.", ' SIp. " On thc VarialJle .\ c tion of Tw o-l'oi l Sol('no id s." f bid., , 892. " Design in g ]\I cc hani cal :\[ o\'l'tne nt s." . tli i. ,1/U(/I .' , ,\,1',1892.

";'\otcs o n Elcctro-:\ Iag nl'li c Tran smission o f Energy." SICi'C II S 111.1.', IX , IS(p. " The Spccd R egu lat ion o[ l'cntral-Station I ~ngincs."

Cassier's .1lugo::;ill<', 1[ , , 892 .

"Epicyclic Gearing for Ekctr ic Cars and Elevato rs." J~fc(/r ical 1;;lIgill ccrill g, XIII , lil92. "Tcst of the Nen'rsink i\lountain Ekctric Road ." Efcdricaf Worfd, XIX and XX. 18<) 2.

" !'ower Losses in (ill' Tran sm iss ion \Iachiner\' o[ Central Stations." Tr<1l1s. I . S . .If. f ;;., X\', 705, ril91·

"Usc of the Indi cator for ('ontinuo us Reconls in D ,l'll<lmomctl'ic T esting" Ibid., XV, 112, ,894 .

.. En gine(' rin g Edu catio n an d t he State L'ni\'ersit,\'." "<"c. Pro. Ellg. I~dn, II , 268, I 8!) " , "Some OlJSl'ITations on ShOI) Training." .'-; Iel'clls lll d.,

XI, 1894.

" Engin l'ering Rest'a rch in the i'Ja\'y." Trw/s. ."·oc. ,\' .. 1. JI. 1::.', Ill , , 85, I ill)5. " Th e ,VOI'k of t)1(' United StaU's :\Tal'al Rcpair Ship' Vulcan, ' " (jo inti,\' with (;"nlinl'J' (' . Sims). l!.!lg. J/ag.', XVII, .lSI), S69, 181),:;. " The lIale En ginee rin g E xpl'ritn l' nt Station Bill" (abstract), .soC, Pro. l ;;Hg. lid., IV. 187, r896. 1" J ournal of the ,\meri can Satiety of :'\a\'al EngineefS. " 2" Transactions of the American Society of .Mechani cal Engineers. ,,, Journal of the Franklin Institute ," 4 H American 1\f achinist." .5" S tcve ns lndi cator." 1\" Socictv for the Promotion o f Engineering Educa lion. " . 1" Transaction, of the Society of Navai Architects and ~Iarine Engineers." "., Engineering Magazine." II

"Engineering Experiment Station s." . I ssu,·. . tm .. I gr. ('u/l. um/ Erp. :";(u. :";cd . .\I cch. , IrIs', \Va~ hington, D , C., 1896 . "Speed in ~Iodl'rn \\" arshil's." .\' , 1111. I\t"'.", CLXIl, 48 ,18<)6, " Th e I ~nginl'er in Sa\'al \Lu'fan' ." Ibid., CLX II , S20, 18<)6 . "Cotlli)rl's~e d "\ir in Rail\\'a~' \\'ork." , 1111. Elcc.", VllI, 1896, " On Rating El ectric Po\\'er Plant s L'l'o n the lleat 1:11it Standard" Trull s. , I. '-. ,\1 I~ .. XVlIl, 72£, r897, " D evelop ment of L~nginecring Industries IJY Scientific Rcsca l'C h ." ,till . , l s.\','c. ,Idi'. Sc i' , 18 97.

" The Engincc ring Value of ,\ I agnetic Sur\·cys." read before the " \ ~~oe iati o n of I ~nginccrs of Vil'!~inia . J Ollr . . l ssuc. Elig. So,,", X\,III , \Iay, , 897. ""Votl'S OIl Rating Elect ri c Powcr Pi:ln[:.; Upon th e II eat L'nit Standard" Trulls .. I '.11 . J~., X IX ,

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"Central POII'I' r Plants o n Board Shipi'<'rSIIS Di s tributi on of I'OIl'I' r. " ,I Ill. .'.'''t .. \'. Ic' , X, 1)5, 1898.

" Economic \Ianncr of \\'o rkin g Steam in Electri c Pow e r Plants." .1111. 1:1('[., X , 262, , 89 8 . "The Variati on of Belt Tension s with l'o"I'{'r Tran s mitted ." Trull s. ,I. S. Jr . I~., XX,

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alld I ~xp:t n silln." VI I, 7 J , , 8,!1). ,. " Somc Engin el' I'ing E X]lc ric' ncl's with SpanIsh \Yrccks." . tnl. . \.,·s()t". . let;! . .'.(i .. I S()<). " El cet ri c \Iinin g of Bituminous Coal." Il licl ..

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of :\Tuitiple- Exp a n sioll En gines." , 1111 . Elcc., XI, 210, 259, , 899· " The :\Tec hanical and El ectl'ical F eat ures of the Pall -.\me rican Exposition." I~ H g .1fug., XXI, 8.)9, 189()

"S\'stellls and l ~f1icienc \' of El ect ric Tran slllissi;)!1 in Facto ri es and ~lill s." TrailS. , I . S . .II . I;;" XXI , ()'2, J ()OO. " Opl'ratinlf , \V ork a,~ a F cat u~'e o[ I,~"'ct ri('al Labo ralor,\' Ir<IlllIn g. Suc . 1 1'0. l CHg. Ic'd., VUe 351), 1l)00. " Req uiretncnt s of Elect l'icit,\' in ~ranufactllr­ ing \\'ork ." Trulls. , I. S . .11. E., XXII. 1003, '9 0 1. " P e rformancc of an .\rtiticial Forty- :\I ile

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!laces at the I':dgar Thomson Steel \Vorks, \\ 'ilkinsiJurg, Pa" since June 23, 1903, Ill' is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity,

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"1:1cl'lrical l'rogn'ss in Llll' L'nitec! Stall's During thl' Yl'ar (() Ol," 11 '('-'1<'1"11 Electri,'iuJI, .ian . ~, "10]. "Electric Tran smissio n (If POII"cr for :\al',\' Yards." , 1111. :<(1, .Y, I';., :\ I \', ~~8, 814, fI 0<), I q02.

In addition to the abol'e, Prof. Aldrich ha" contrihuted a number of "discussions" to the several technical associations of which he ha" iJecn a mcmber, including the folio\\' Ing: The .\merican Society of :\[echanical E ngi 11\.:er,, : ,\ merica n Soci cty 0 f :;- a val Enginecrs: Society of :;-aval . \rchitects and :'Ilarinc Engincers: . \merican Institute of Electrical Engineers: Society for the Proll1otion oi I~ngincering Education: Franklin Institute o( the State of Pennsyll'ania (E1ectried Section): .\merican . \ssociation for .\<il'ancl'nlcnt of Science (Fellow) : :;-ational (;cographic Society (C()!Tcsponding :\let1l her) : ('anadian I~lcctrical ,\ssociation: .. ()Id :\orthll'C"t" (;cncalogical Socicty, ] Ie is also ,In honorary ll1CllliJer of the !\Ipha of Illinois ('haptcr of the Tau Ileta Pi iraternity. Prof. .\Idrich is the so n of (;eorge \\ 'ells and Sarah Edith (Slecpcr) ,\Idrich, II is great-grandfather was :\o;lh : \Idrich, the fifth lineal descendant from (;corge , \Idrich II'ho came to . \t1Ierica in 1631. Ill' married :\Iary Lal'inia Purdy, daug-hter of nollert and Ellcn (Compton) Purdy, of Philadelph ia, Pa" .J uly I, 1886, They have five daughtcrs, Alice Kennard, Ellen Purdy. Elizabeth llerrick, nachel, and l\lary Aldrich. Allaire, Alexander (;\t, E., '01), so n of I,'rancis and Ida May J\llaire, was born in Brooklyn, ;,;-, y" August 6, 1877, and graduated at the Stcvcns Prcparatory School. I Ie \l'as employcd in the draughting depart nlent of the 1\ mcrican Engi ne Co" Bound Brook, :\,,J., 19°1 -02; in the estimating and order department of the Best i\lanufacturing Co .. l'ilt;;burg. 1'a ., I902-o3 : and in the mas ter mechanic' s dcpartment of the blast fur I

Tran sactions of the . \Il1t'ricall In slitute of Electri-

cal En.!dnl'L'rs. ' 1

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S, ,IIHI I ~ unicc R, ,\llan, his grandfather on his nHllher's sidc heing Prof. Charles Davies, author of Lcgcndre's " C;eometry," lIe sen'cd the Safety Car lleating & Lighting Co, a s drilughtsmiln and inspcctor, 18{)'s-90, and in the latter ycar became assistant superintcndcnt of E, Schroeder's Lamp \\ 'o rks, Jcrsey City, X, .I" for six month s, tllen s uperi ntcndcnl. 1896- 19°3, 11 e ha s rec ently becot1le secretary of the Jenkins Manufacturing ('0" oi Bloomfield, :-\, l TIe is thc joint author, with (;, E\'Crett Bruen and Frederick K, \'reeland, of a thesis entitled" Experimcntal Determination of the Jnfluencc of Hack I'ressure on the EconolllY of a Surface Condensi ng Engi ne I\·i th J ndependelll \ ' acuum PUIllP," publishcd in the S/C1'CJlS J Jldieu/or, ;;: I r I. 136, Ill' is a member of the . \ml'J"ican Socicty of i\lechanical Engineers and of the Franklin Institute, Allen, Albert Mark (i\I. E" '0 r). lVas born in ,\kron, 0" ,\ugu st 26, 1877, lie was engaged as mcchanical cngineer with the Gennal Building & Constj"l!ction Co" New York, until 190.+ when he opened an office as consulting engineer at Clevelancl, 0, lIe is


TI J I~ .\LlJl\lt\l memher o[ the .\merican Society of 2'Iechanical I~ngineers and of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. l\Jr. ;\Ilen: Ilho is the son of :'I[iner J. and Frances I) . .\llen. marricd Christina Pcllln gel'. :\pril 6. 1900. and they hal'e one child. t-largaret Cynthia ,\Ilen. a

Allison, Philip (:\I.I~., '98). II'as night CIIgincer at the hat factory of E.. \ . .\[allory &. Sons. Danhury. Conn .. hil\' ing charge of a steam and electric plant consisting of a hoi ieI' plant 0 [ 300 horse- powcr. a 200 horsepower Corliss l·nginc. a gencrator for light ing. and pumps. etc.. IRl)R: draughtsman II·ilh thc \\'ellman -Sean' r Engineering Co .. Clen'land. 0., J 891\-1900: with the ecneral Elcctric Co .. Lynn. l\lass .. 19°0-02 : and clectrical engineer for the l)c Laval Steam Turhine Co .. Trcnton. :\ . .I .. 1902 to date. Ames, Joseph Bushnell (.\ I . I ~.. '01). was horn in Titusville, l'a .. ,\ugust 9. t878: the ,o n 0 f Elias II. and Eleanor (;. (Bushnell) , \IllCS: and grandson of lion. Frederick \V. .\mcs. IllcmiJer of the Iiouse oi Representa til'es. Ilc has becn II'ith the Lidgerwood :'Ilanuiacturing Co .. :\ell' York. II ith I~. P. Dutton &: Co .. :\cw York. and is noll' in the

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gas cicpartmcnt oi the Puhlic Sen'icc Corporation at Jersey City. i'\. J. I [e is a melllher of the lleta Thcta Pi and Tau Beta Pi

fraternities. the Strollers Club of Xc\\' York, and of the \\ 'ashington l\ssociation of New Jersey. Anderson, Harold W. (1\ 1. E.. '97) . \vas with the (;eneral Incandescent , \rc Light Co .. of :\e\\' York. as an inspector and outside man [or the lamps, motors, etc .. installed hy thc company. in 1897. Later (1897-98) he became draughtslllan and assi:;tant shop superintcncient forllenry \\ '. Bulkley, manu facturer of i njeclOr-condcnsers and pumps. ()rangc. :\. J.. lI·here he lI'as engagcd in hoth designing and outside construction. \\ ' hile thus occupied. hal'ing heen one of the original 1I1e111hers of thc 3d [)ivi:;ion. Battalion of East. :\al'al Rcsern':; of :\Cll' Jcr,cy. he lias sent to thc Leaguc Island '\al'y \ 'a rcl at I'hiladelphia lI'it h a detach111ent largcly COIllposed of ~tcI'ens 111cn. There hc supcrintended the linishing rcpairs to the 111achincrl' of thc 111onitor ";\Iontauk." being appointed her chief engincL'r, to go to the :'Ilaine coast. Later on. thc 111onitor II as assigned to the \\ 'cste m Battalion. and. pas:;ing the required exa111ination, he \\'as gil'cn a cO!1l111ission as assistant engineer in the L'nited States :\Tan'. Resigning his position lI'ith Mr. Bulkley in :'I [ay. 11\9~. he spent the iollol\'ing four and a hal f 1110nths in the gm'Crtl111cn( sen'ice, bcing assigncd to thc L'.~.S. " Badger." which I·essc!. lI' ith thc cxceptioll of three olliccrs. \\'as c()111pletely 111anned and oilicered by the :\Cll' Jersey :\;l\'al l~eserl'Cs. This ship, an auxiliary cruiscr. lI'as, during the Sp<"l1lish \\,al'. in northern II aters for a short period and then olT ]1;1\·a na. :\ uel'itas, and other Cuhan ports, hal'ing sOllle 111inor engagemen ts a nri tlIaki ng sCI'eral ca ptu res. Bei ng honorably discharged in Octoher. 18c)S, he hecame a draughtslll<tn for the Electric Vehicle Co .. of XCII' York, heing occupied in designing autolllohiles and charging-stations. 11\01\-99 . I fc then joined the San Carlos Coppcr Co. , San Jose. :'I[exico. a:; their erecting engincer. 1899- I900. and installed a conlplete equipnlent at their largest mine. consisting of hoilers. hoi"ting and pumping engines. air-compressors. etc .. al~d also had charge of I'arious engineering opcrations at the other mincs and the furtlacc s. He lI'as de signing and erecting cngineer to the Re no [nclined Elcl'ator Co .. :\ew York, haying charge of thc fullillllClll of ,;cnTal contracts in Xc'.\'


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York. Philadelphia, and Coney bland, [90001; anrl ill the latter year hecame draughtsman. looking ahel' repair I\'ork. testing. etc., at the llohoken. alld Jersey City shops of the Penns,\ lvania Rai lroad Co. As mechanical engineer to the Lanyon Zinc Co., lola. Kan .. manufacturers of ~pc1ter, T901 -02 . he had charge of everything in the engineering line at the company's three works,-the maehinlI'y. all construction and repair. the furnaces, roasting-kilns. huildings, etc .. improvements and mechanical devices. the refining- furnace, labor-sa l'ing schemes, etc. These 1I'0rks, situated in the centre of the natural-gas belt, and reputecl to be the large~t in the United States, hal'e a comiJined output of roo tons and more of sJlelter per day. and employ uplI'a rd of 900 men. .\ rolling-mill recently completed has a capacity of -+0 tons of sheet 70i nc per day. and employs about 40 men, lI'itll arrangemcnts for enlarging. Ill' is no\\' mcchanical engineer to the San Carlos Copper Co .. Linares. 1\. L., Mexico.

has hccn ~l'cretary and trea~\Ircr of thc Cill cinnati Shapcr Co . from 1901 to datc . l ie is a lIlember oi the Qucen City llui>. C()untry Club, The PiIJar~. and the nelta Tau ])elta fraternit I'. ;'I'r. ,\nderson is titc son of \Yillial1l Pope and Julia (\\'orlhing-ton) .\nderson. is ,\merican on hoth sides for six generations. ,lnd great-grand~(1n of Richard Clough , \n dcn.;on. who sen'cd as aidc-de-camp on La fayettc's starf. I ll' was marricd. Fchruary 12, 1895, to Crace I'crgwiOn. and the)' have t I\'() boys. Lal'7o l;crguson and ,\Iexander ,\Ildersoll. Anderson, Richard T. OLE .. '(2). is with tlte (;eorge .\. Fuller Con;.;truction Co., i\ew York. Anderson, R obert M arshall lI'as horn in l'ickallay County.

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Anderson, Larz W orthi ngton (:\ r. E .. '88), lias hoi'll in Cincinnati. 0 .. Decemher 3.

18()6. I ll' lI'as l'mploycd by the ;\drlyston I'ipe &. Steel Co .. ,\<ldys(on. 0 .. 1888-93; \I'as treasurer of the J. .\. Fay &. Eagan

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Co., Cincinnati. n .. 1893-98; memiJer oi the firm of Silk . . \n<lerson, & ('0 .. makers of machinc tools, at Cincinnati. 1898- 1901; and

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1,) .18()2. Ill' is the ~I)n of \\ ' illialll :-Iarsit,lil and Ellen (' . . \ndcrson. and a memher of a \'irginia iamily dating hack to 16.10. his an cestors h,lI'ing' COIllC from hordcr counties of England and Scotland. I I is grandfather. Col. l~ichard Clough .\ndersoll , of Revolu tionary scn路ices. movcd \(1 Kcntucky as sur\'cyor-general of \'irginia military lands in 17q,~. II is grandmother was a cousin of Chief ./w;tice John ;\[arshall and of Gencral Ccorge Rogers Clark. J Ie receil'cd his early education in the public schools of Circlel路illc.


'1'1 II ~ 0 .. and took the dcgrec of Bachclor of Sci(ncc at the Cni\'ersity of ;'\otre I)ame. South Rcnd. Ind .. in 1~1-\3. lie \\'as \\"ith the Springcr T()r~ion nalance Co .. Jersey City, :\. J.. ISI-\7- 80 : held positions at thc Stc\"l'ns Institutc. in thc I) epartlllcnt of Tcsts, 18890 1 : as Instructor in the Departmcnt of Experimental :'Ilechanics. 18r)I - 93: and as ,\ ssistant Profcssor of ,\pplicd :'-lathcl11atic s, 1893-9<); \\'as in the firm of .\ne!cr so n & ;\Iurphy. consulting ane! contracting cngiI!CerS, 1899- J900: was treasurer of the ,\nderso n-:\Jurphy Co ., general contractors. 1900-0 r : was \'ice-prcsi den t and sec rcta ry of the Bacon ,\ir Lift Co .. hydraulic engineers ;t1lCl contractors. :\cw York. 1901 -0-l; and at thc presc nt tillle is sccretary and treasurer of thc Hud son Enginccring & Contracting t·o .. gcnera l contractors and cnginecrs. llIaking a s pecialty of hydraulic work. Il c publi shed an articlc on .. , \ Simple (;comclrical Proof for the Zellner Yah'e Diagram" in the S/I"O:'CIIS J IIdica/or. \.. lie is a 111e111iler of the .\mcrican Socicty of :'Ilechanical Engincers. of the J)clta Tau Delta fratcrnity. a Ild of thc Catholic Club. Anderson, St, George M. (:'II.E .. '<)-l). \\'as assistant chcnli~t in the State ,\gricultural DepartmcIlt of \,i rginia. I1-\9-l-9.'i: assistant superintendcnt of thc hor seshoe [acton' at the Tre<icgarlron \\ 'o rb, H.ichmon<i, \ 'a .. IRr),'i- I<)OI: and has ilccn superintendent of thc rolling-mills \1 ith the samc company [rolll 1<)01 to d:lle. Ilis graduating thcsis, prcpared jointly with I ~, ). Hurke, on a .. Test of a 2-l0 hor se-pO\\'c r Babcock & \\ ' ilcox Boiler \\'ith Three J)il"fl'rent Coals, for the ])eterInination of 1 ~l' ()nllll1\· ." wa s puhlished in the .')/1'",'<'11.1 JIIdicCI/or, \,11. Angell, Frederic Jackson (:\1. E.. '94). \I'a s hom in Ilrooklyn. X. Y .. SeptL'mhl'l' 9. 1870: th e son of Frederic , \llall and c\bby \\ ' heaton (Jackson) , \ngell. and is descended from aiel I~h()ele Island f;lI11ilies on both father's anel nlOlher' ,; s ides. Thoma s ,\ngell came to the L' nitl'd States from England in 1630 with Roger \\·illiams. and. \\ ith him. wa s one of the original founder s of Pro\'idcnce, R. r. F. J . . \ngell prepared [or college at the high sc hool. Montclair, X. J. Three years' hu si ne ss ex pericnce Conlce \\'or k) in XeIV lork int e n 'e necl hel\\'een leaving school and

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entering StC\'C11S I n st itutc. TIe was a spec ial apprentice in th e locomoti\'c shops of the Pcnnsylvania I{ailroad . . \Itoona. Pa .. 189-l1)6: draught s man with the Soh'ay Proccss Co .. Syracuse. X. Y .. r896-97: and then entered thel.ondon onlcc of I J umph reys & GlasgO\\·. gas cngineers. ~e\I' York and 1.011 don, \1 h cre he ha s remained to date. [n thi s latter positio1l he has bccn engaged in the consiruction and operation of carburetted \1 ater-gas plant s, among which might be mentioned tho se at BourIlemouth, I~ngland. capacity ofl .000.000 cubic feet per day: Tunbridge \\'ells, r.ooo,ooo euhic [eet: Ful ham. London. 1.750.000 cuhic feet; and Copenhagen. Denmark. 2.500.000 cubic fcet. 1 li s \\·ork. \\'hich at first was purely constructional and operatil'e. dC\'e loped largcly into expert I\'o rk in connection \\·ith problem s oj manufacture and di s trihution ari, in g in gaswurks where the Humphrcys & (;lasgow plant s arc install e r!. For th e pa s t 1\\"0 years most of hi s timc ha s ilecn del'o ted to negotia tions leading to ne\\' hu siness. Annett, Edward Burdett (:'II. E .. '02). so n of Charles E. and :'Ilary E. ( he rktgh) , \n nett. was hOrIl in Bayonne. X. J.. September 28. ISRI. lie \\'as draught s man and assistant (0 th e engineer in charge of erection of a ncw plant for th e I~ock Plaster Co., o[ :\e\\' York and Xe\\' J e rsey. f()02-03: rlraughts 111an [or the Xc\\' York i\lutual Ca s I,ight Co .. 1903-0-l: and s ince January of the latter year ha s been I\'ith the Consolidated Gas Co., of :\cw York. Antz, Oscar (:'II. E., '78). \\'as horn in :\ e\\'ark. :\. ).. Septcmher 16. 18.19. ,\fter lea\' ing the Institute. he enterccl the sen'ice of th e Pennsy h 'a nia Railroad a s machini s t apprentice at the :'IlcarlO\\'s shops. Tk \Va" ad\'<lnced, through s ucces s ive stages of draughtsman anel general foreman at other ~hops of the di\'ision. to the position of assistant mastcr mcchanic of the :'IleadO\\'s s hops , during t\\,eh'e years of se n-icc, In 1890 he accepted the position of ma s ter mechanic of thc Celltral of C;eorgia. Raih\'ay at Savannah . (;a .. \\"h e re he r e main ed for a year anel a half. and then took a position. in [893, \\"ith the Lake Shore & 11ichigan Southern Rail \\'ay Co ., as ch ief elrallghts man of the car departm ent. lle \\'as s ub sequently advallced


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to general foreman of car shops at two dif-

fcrcnt points, and is IlOll' general foreman of

in charge of the dcsigning and constructioll for \\" :\"ohlc Dickerson, Jr., & Co" manu, facturers of electric power machinery. New York, 1900-0 1; assistant master mechanic at the Passaic Print Works. 1901-02. during \1 hich period he designed and drc\\' plan s for ;1 onc-story hlcach -house 295 X 70 feet, a t \\'o-story .. \I'hite room" 17,'i X .'i0 feet. and a six-story storehouse 2S0 X 120 feet. 1 Ie also assisted in instal1ing a gravity waterfilter plant of 4,000,000 gallons daily capacity, and the engincs, generators, and motors for a 7So-kilowatt three- phase electric plant. In July, 1902, he \\'as advanced to the position of mastcI' mechanic. having chargc of general l11aintenance and repair of machinerr and huildings of a plant hal' ing 3.000 hoiicr horse-po\\'er and three and a half acres of floor space devoted to the manufacture of printed cotton goods, lie is no\\' engaged in the installation of an electric plant which

the locollloti\L' shops at Elkhart, Ind, \\' hile engaged in railroad ,,'ork at some of the abol'c places Ire gavc instrnction in mechanical drawing, rTc contrihuted a series of articles on the .. Construction and :'Ilaintcnancc of Eailway ('ar Equipmcnt" to the .-1Il1Cr/coll ElIg/lIccr, Car !-i{(ilda, alld Nai/road IOllrllal, Il'h ich Il'cn' puhlished during ]896 and 1897, and has also contrilnltl'd other articles to this and other technical journals, The .,ll1l"riulIl EIIgillcer alld Nilifroo I IOllrllai, in its issue of January, fR y(), speaks of him as an authority on car suhjects, lie is a member of the ,\merican Railway :'Ilastcr :i\lcchanics' Association, :'Ilr. .\ntz is the son of Theohald and Emma .\ntz. Ill' married Jennie La\'i nia :'I[enagh. Decemher 26. 1900. and thc)' hal'e one child. Joseph Lyndon ,\ntz,

\I ill cI'elHllall." elltirely displace the Slcalllengines formerly used ,

Appleton. Henry William PLE.. '00), was horn in Brooklyn. :\, \ "} March 18. 1877; the son of ITenry \\ ', and , \nna Elizabeth (mack) ,\pp1cton, Ilis father was born in London, England, of English parentage, and hi s mothcr was horn in Xc\\' York of Scotch and Irish ancestry, [Ie was draughtsman ;Ind assistant to the llIaster Illechanic of the PaS5aic Print Works. Passaic, K ]., 1900;

Armitage. Frederick William (:'ILE.. '01). was born in East Orange, N, J.. July 10, 1877, lIe is employed in the manu facturing department in charge of the factory of Hitchings & Co" :\ew \ 'o rk, Tie is a member of the Theta Xi fraternity, the 110ntclair, thc :'I[ontclair Coif, and the Montclair Camera clubs, 111'. .\rlllitage is the SO il of Charles and

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THE :\LU:\lNI Ilarriet ,\rmilage. Ill' marrier! Grace Jo1111snll, .:Ilarch 10, 1903.

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Armour, George (:II. E .. '89). IS the Spokane (\\¡ash.) district manager of the Iiouser & 11aines :'Ilanufacturing Co., of \\'alb \\'alb, \\'ash. Arrison, Pearson (:'II. E.. ith lhl' '1'11<1111/",011 \[l'll'!' :\. Y.. from IR():; lo date.

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has heen nr(Joklyn,

Arroyo, Agustin Cayetano (\ r. E.. '81) , I\as hnrn at :'Iinlilln de I krcules. Querclaro, \lexicn. \Iay -I, IRSI. Oil his graduation

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.\RIWYO

he hccanH.' cOllnected \I ith the La Rcforma Cottoll :'Ilili. :-;ah'atil'l'ra: the ?\lo1ino de :-;oria Cottoll and \\'oolen :'Ilili. :-;oria: the \lnlino del ('anm'lI I{leaching' ,'dill. Celaya, all ()\\'IH.'d by :-;eiior I Jon Eusebio (;onzalez, and held his po,;itiolls ulltil his death. \[1". .\rro)'o \\-as the SOil of .Iualla D. and Cayetano .\rroyo. lie married \[ary (;il/espiC. Deccmber 1<), I~~I. at Paterson, :\. J., and two children .. \g-mtin Fernando and Felipe Fcrnando .\rroyo, Ilcn: horn to them. \11'. .\rroyo died October 29, 1892. Aspinwall, John (:'Il.K, '81). was horn in Paris, France, Octoiler I S. 18~8. Ire left the Stevens Institute during' his sellior year. In 1901 the degrec of :'Ilcchanical Engineer

\I'as confl'l'rerl upon him hy the Institute In consideration of his record as studcnt and of his professiollal work. Ill' lIas l.eeturer in Chemistry at St. Stephen's College, Annan dale, X. Y., from 1882 to 189-1, and received from that institution the degree of :'IIaster of ,\rls, "(lIIoris callsa, in 1889. Tn :'I[arch, 1900, he becaml general manager of the :\ e\\' \-ork r.cather & Paint Co., \I'hieh 1\ as succeeded ill 1902 by the Fahrikoid Co., of which, in 1<)03, he hecame president. \\'hilc in Florida in 1890 hl' took up the culture of various (klicate plants, which up to that time had heen llnsuccessful. One of these plants was the cllcunliJer, and finding that failure to raise it \las due to shock caused hy the rapid cooling of the surface of the ground through radiation, he found, after I'arious methods had heen tried, (hal a layer of cheese-cloth ahol'e the plant would afford the necessary protectioll. .\ large house 100 feel square II'as huill II'ith \\'alls 8 feet high, and the 111lJ)/c .'il ructure cOI'cred with cheese cloth. Irrigation \I'as ohtained through artesian wells '-ouJlplying Il'ater at a pressure of some 1,:; pounds to the square inch. The plants II-ere raised upon upright trellises, and fertilization was had through the USl' of a cam ll's-hair pencil. The cucumher plants \1'<.'1'\' raised ill henches about two and a half fcet aho\'(~ (he ground, and earth placcd in thesc bellches to a depth of ahout four inches. Th(' aphides (green plant-lice) lI'ere kept ullder control by Illeans of damp tob!1cCO ste1l1s II hich Ilerc laid abol'l' the ground on the henches. Thc result of this method of culture lIas the raising of an l'nornlOUS quantity (If mag'nilicent cucumhers of th" II hite spine I'ariety, I'arying' in lcng'th fro1l1 six to nlilC inches, and hundreds of hoxes of this fruit \lne ship!>l'd to the :\orthcrn markets. Th l, abm'<.' data is oj g','neral intl'J'est chid1,\ Oil accoullt of thl' fact that it \las tli'.' lir,t illstal1ce of the use of a thill 11Iateriai like chl'('.'e cloth ()\,('r all l'xtellrkrl area at a height sll/licient to II-alk under: and, alsll. that this experiJ1lent ha-; rl'l'olutillllized the rai>;ing of leaf tohae'co for wrappers in the :-;tate of Connecticut and the :\l'l\' Ellglalld ~tates, \I here IIOW hUlldreds of acres arc covered \I ith che(.'se cloth lIille feet aIH)IT the ground. resultillg' in the raising of a leaf \I hich is clln-;idercd to he equal to the Su matra wrapper. <llid I'astl), illcreasillg the


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producti\'eness of the tobacco plant and the money obtained for the crop, During the winter of 1898. r.Tr. Aspinwall had occasion to make some photomicrographs of cross sections of a flexible backing coated with a flexiblc layer of pyroxylin. and in his attempts to demonstrate the penetration of the pyroxylin into the backing. he di scove red the curious fact that when a layer of flexible pyroxylin is placed under pressure with heat. a resist is ohtained, which, with a prop-

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er conditi()n of dye hath. makes possible the dyeing of the rais ed portion of all enliJw;sed pyroxylill surface only, . \fter a \\'inte r's \\'ork he discovered the law which go\'e rns the actioll of the dye upon pyroxylin COJ1lpoulHls under these conditions, I Ie also disco\"ered a method by which the opposite result could lK' obtained with the same pyroxylin compound embossed ill the sallle manner. by \\'hich the depres sed portion becomes dyed, \\'hile the upper portion remains undyed: and also disco\'e red a method by which a double dyeing is obtained: that is, by the iJ1lmersion of an embossed pyroxylin compound in a singlc hath. thc raised portion will be dyed one color, while the deprcsscd portion ",ill be dyed another. It \\'as unfortunate that thc fugitivc character of thc dye s which \\'il1 producc this re sult made thi s procc ss of little valllc from a commercial point of "iew.

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,\ s a hoy of s ixteen (IR74) he dc signed and built th c first 1'l'ally practical small stea m launch in , \merica, \\,ltich he namcd the .. :-;kedaddle.'路 She \\'as 17 feet long, had a s ingle high - prcss ure cylinder, and was propelled by a screw \\hich worked entirely below thc keel.. so as to ohtain solid water.-a l11ethod now quitc genera1. She wa s u scrl on the Tlud so n HiveI' for t\\'o years. ;\Ir, ,\ spinwal1 is a mcml> er of the "\ew York Yacht Club; the Calumet C路luh. of Kew York; the Camera Club, of which he wa s president ill 190r: the New \'ork 1\licroscopiral Society. of \\,ltich he \\,a,., president ill 1RQ9-J<)oo. and of the " Journal" of which he is no\\' editor: thc ,\mcrican ~[icro sco p 颅 ical :-;ociety. of \\'hi ch he \\"<1S \'ice-president in 1901: the l\rkwright Clul>. of Xew York. and of th c Theta Xi fraternity, :'11'. l\ s pinwall is the so n of John Lloyd and Jane Moore (l1reck) ,\spinwal!. Hi s father wa s a memher of the old commission house of Howland & ,\ s pin\\'al!. ~ew York, I Ie was married. :-;epll'mhcr 9. 1 RR.~. to Juliet \\ ' i1son. and the)' Ita\'e nne child. Bcs"ie Reed ,\ s pin\\'al1. Atkins, Harold Bedford (l\f.E., '(2), \\'as horn in Brooklyn. X, \,,, F el>ruary 2-+. )R72: the son of Thomas ned ford andl'-:lizabeth J, (I)unham) ,\tkin s, is of English de sce nt on the paternal. and o[Knickerhocker and Ply111()utlt Colonial on the maternal siele , Il e \\'as assistant electrician in tlte cxperimental dl' partl11ent of the .\Illerican Telephonc & Telegraph Co,. 1R92 ()3, heing eng'aged chiefly in an cffort to improve the oper;Ition of cxtreme long-distance apparatus, li e thell hecame connected with the Pintsch Compressing Co" 1893 9.;. the first six 1110nths as a draught sman: from :-:;eptember. ) R93. to thc end of th c year. engaged in huilding gas-\\'orks in Ja ck so l1\' ille. Fla,: and during 189-+ and until Oc\nl>cr.1895. as superintendcnt of ga,-works and resident engineer in Bo sto n. ~Iass, ,\ s a ., ~ tudcnt " \\'ith the General Electric ("0" at Schenectady, ,!\, 1'" 1895-96. hc ell gaged in personal cxpcri mcntal work. and in thc latter year J1C also se n'ed as an instructor in Experimental :'lcchanics during th c Supplementary Term at Ste\'ens Institute, Ire was in the electrical repair shop s of the firm of i\, K, \\ 'a rren & Co" 189698, during \\'hich time

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he was engaged in inspecting. te ting. a 11(1 lo-timating rcpairs. and was also sllperintcndent of ,hops and enginccr in charge of designing-\Io rk. Itt IR<)R hc was cngaged itt designing details connected with the 96th Strcet I'o\\l'r station of thc :\fetropolitan Strect Hail\\ay Co., and in 1898-99 designed illl(Olllohiil's for the I~kclrical Vehiclc Co. Ilc ohtained a patent for a Aexible runninggear fr;lIl1e for l'Chicles. \\ hich frilille is noll' heing Ilsed on somc of the Coillmhia al1tomohiles. \\ ' itll the L'nited States i\rotor Vehicle Co., 1899- 19°0. he abo engaged in dcsigning al1tomohiles. J)ral1ghtsman with II. de B. i'ar,ons (Sten'ns. 'R-I-). 1900 to c1ate: he is !lOll' associated Ilith 1\lr. Parsons. who is practising as consulting engincer. handling physical I'aillal ions of indllstrial propertie ', making il1\'Cstigations and rcports for invcstors and manl1factllrers: also reporting on steam cconomy and prcparing plans and specifications for stcam and lI'aler power dCI'elopments, and heating and ventilating. Ilc is a memher of the .\mcrican Society of Civil Engineers and of the .\merican In stitllte of Electrical I ~ nginel'l"s. lie Il'as at one time a Inelnhn of the Call1l1let CllIh, :\ ell' \ ork.

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tion plant al Dorchester, 1\lass. As engineer for the Xational Coal Tar Co., 1900-0 1, he dcsigncd and ercctcd tar distillation and storage plants al EI'e rclt, :\ lass .. and also look charge of improl'e ments at the company's Brooklyn plant. I was a melllhcr of thc editorial staff of the Ellgilleerillg Record, XC\\ York, in 1901: ill the draughting- room. and assistanl to Dr. F. Sehlliewind. consulting chcmist, with the l Tnited Coke & Cas Co" XCIV York , 1901 -°3: superintelldent of the coke-ol'en departmelll of the DOJ1linion Iron & Stcel Co" Sydncy, C. R., 1903-04, whcn he resigncd to take it similar position with the Maryland Steel ('0. at Sparrows Point, 1\ld. I Ie is noll' mcchanical engineer for the Cnitcd Coke &. Las Co., XCII' York ci ty. ] Ic took out a patcnt in IS/aD on an il1lprul"l'll1l'llt in horizontal - nul' coke-m·cns. the lI'a lls hcing illclined slightly from the pcrpelldicular to incrcase the area of the lowcr Hues and decrcase thc width of the cnking-

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Atristain, Alberto (:\ I. E., '1)0), ha" hl'en en gagcd II ith the :'Iicxic<L1l Central Railroad at :'Iiexico City. :'lIe,., IRI)3 to date. Atwater, Christopher Greene (1\ T.I~., '(1), was hom in :'Ililh·ilk. :\. ,I.. Ikcemi>er 23. IR69 . Ilc rcecilcd his early cducation under (;erll1all tlltors and at I'ricllds' School al I'ro\"idence. \{. I .. and prepared for Stc\"cns Institutc at Sll'n'ns Iligh :-;ehool. lie I\"as a ,tuclCllt ill the design alld cOllstruction of glass-melting furnacl's in the technical hureau of I{ohert Dralk. Berlin. (;ermany, 1891 -92: and \\ as l'OIht rllcti ng cngi necr for R. :-r. \t\\ater &. Sons. glass enginccrs .. \1 ton. III.. and i'ittshurg. I'a.. I R92-93. Ill' then cllgagcd lIith thc Senll't-Soh'ay Co .. Syracllse. X. Y ... \nll'rican agents for thc Semct-Soh'ay hy - product coke-ol'cn, 1893<)C). I Ie \\'as constructi ng cngineer for this firm on piants of .'i0 ovens at Dunhar. Pa .. 2.'i ovens at Sharon. I'a .. and 10 (lI'cns at 11ali fax, X. S . I [e was also engagcd in expcrimental \\'o rk for the company at the Syracuse plant. and took chargc of a garbage-reduc-

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chamiH.·r at i>ottom. I fe prl'senkci papers Ill; hy-prod uct cokc-ol'cns hefore tin,' . \ ml'ricalJ \ss()ciation for the .\<h·aneClllcnt of Scicnce', the . \Inerican ChelJlical Socicty. and the .\merican Institule of :'Ilining I;:ngineers. and is the author of tCl'hnical descriptions of stealll-pOII"l'r plallts. l'CIlll'lllrlllills, garhagc - reduction plants. alld similar papers in the Ellgilleerillg Record f()r [<;02. rr e also assisted Dr. F. Schniell"ind III the prcpara-


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tion of an article on hy-product coke-ovens in JJil/cr(// II/dl/sln. X. TJis thesis, "Test of a PlIl."ometer," 'forllled part of a paper presented to the ,\ll1erican Society of 1\lechanical Engineers by the late Prof. Dc '-olson "'oocl. and \\'as published in its Trallsacliolls, Xlil. and in f{ellt's PocltclHoo/" p. 612. Ill' I\'as a junior member. 1892- /9°1, and mcmher since 190r. of the ,\l11crican Socicty of ;\/echanical Eng-ineers: associate mcmher of the .\merican Cas Light Association since 1899: and memher of the l\merican Institute o( ;\Iining Engineers since 1903. ;\fr. ,\\I\"ater is the son of Richard Meade and , \bby Sophia (;reene) .\t\\'ater. Iris maternal grandfather was a graduate of the l'nited States ;\Iilitary .\cademy: his paternal grandfather was a ci\'il engineer: and his father was a chemist and commercial engineer. lie married Janc Power Dunncll. :'Ila)' 5. 1903. Axford, William Baldwin pI. E.. '(3). \\'as hom in Jerse.l' Cit.". X . .1 .. IkcemiJcr 2H, 1~71: son of \\'i1Jiam It. and l\Targaret \, .\:dol'(1. is a direct descendant of John llart. a signer of the Declaration of I ndependencc: also of :'Ilajor John Polhelllus anri Capt. John ,\"fonl. of the Re\'ollltion ary .\rlll),: also of John .\xfonl. one of thL Ilrst three settlers of northern :\TC\\' !ersc\" at Ox ford Furnace. X. " Ire \I'as ;; mCI;]ber of the linn of \\ ', II'. , \"ford &: Son. COIltractors. 1893-9-+. hUI 011 thc retircment of \\'. II. , \xford ill thc laller year became engfllC'cr with thc Cockburn-Barro\\' Co .. Jcn;ey City. i\ student of law. 1895-97. he recci\'ed the degree of !lachelor of I.a \\'s from Xew York Cni\'crsil\' ill the latter ycar. and practised la\\' in Je'rsey City. 189799· I [e \\'as also a member of the linll of Seguinc & ,\xford, speculators in real eslate, honds. mining properties. patents. etc,. in Jersey City. IR95- 99. and in the latter ycar he organizcd the Seguillc-.\xford "enecr Co., manufacturers of railroad and de pot seatings and settees. and also of ceiling and pancl \\'ork. with factory and cuttingmills at Jersc\' City, 11e reorganized this company in 1900 as the "\mcrican \ 'e necr Co., for the manufacture of \'cncer and cabinet work. automobile hodies nnd 111l1d~unrds. car-ccilings and built-up \\'o rk of all

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kinds. \Ir. Scguine h;l\'ing retired, amI :'Ill'. ,\ x ford taking cnti re control as president and gcneral man,lger, 1900-02. 1n 1902 he hecame associated with Scnator \ '. \\', 11aefarbllc. of (;reell\·ille. :'IT c., as secrctary and gelleral managcr of the ;\Joosehcad Cnse &: Po\\'er Co .. allt! sccrL'lary of the (;recll\,ille l\ lalll1factllring & Vencer Co" hoth of Greenville. l\fe. TIc is a memher of the Phi (;,lInllla Delta and Phi nella Phi fraternitics of the Xc\\' "or/;: 11Ili\'crsit,\': of the Jersey ('ity alld l'altnil clubs. Jen;cy ('ity: and of tlte Theta Xu I~Jlsil()n fratcrnity of S(c\'cw; InstItute. Ayres, Brown (ILS., '78. 1'h.I) .. '88), was hom in .\I(,lllphis. Tcnn .. \[ay 25. 18:;6. lIe attended the \\'ashinglon and Lcc L-ni\'e r-

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sity. \ ·irginia. 1871 ;-1. and cnll'n·d Ste\,clb in IR7-+. \\'herc he took thc regular course in :'Ilcchanical Engincering until the Scnior year. \\'hcn hc sJlccialized sOlllewhat in physics and chemistry, and graduated in the Class of '7~ \\"ilh the degree of Bachelor of ~cience. lie cntered Johns r [opkins LJni\'l'p;ity. at Ilaltimorc. in IR7R. taking the postgraduate cour,cs in physic s and l1lathematics. and in 1879 \\'a, appointed Fello\\' in Physics in that Uni\'l'rsity. \\'hilc holding this fellowship hc was elected to thc professorship of Physic s in the L"ni\'ersity of Louisiann (no\\' Tulane Cniversity of LOllisiann). at Xe\\' Orleans. lIe received thc dl' -

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TIlE ,\lXl\[NJ gree of Doctor of Philosophy frol1l Stevens in 188R In 1894 he \\'as appointed Dean of the nc\\'I) crcatcd Collrge of Technology of Tulane L'nil'ersity of Louisiana, to the deI'e lopment of which as a thoroughly 11I0dern cnginening school he gavc most of his time for six years, 1n 1900 he was appointed \ ' ice-Chairman of the Faculty of Tulanc Unil'ersity, and in 1901 Ikan of thc ,\ca demic Collegcs (Collegcs of ,\rts and Sciences, and of Technology), Ill' was Professor of I)hysics and I~leclrical Engineering from IRHo to 1<)00, Sincc the latter date hc has hecn Professor of I)hysics and Ast ronol1l y, lie has puhlishcd it IllI111her of papers on scientific and cducational subjects, and sen'ed as a memher of the Electrical Jury at the \\'or/d's ('olul11bian Exposition, Chicago, IR93: of thc I': lectrical Jury at the ,\tlanta I ~x position, IR ~)5, and of the Electrical and :'Ilcchanical Jury at the :\'asll\'ille E:-;posi tion, 1897, Ill' organizcd the educational c:-;hihit of I.ouisiana at thc Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Sl. Louis, [Je is a Fellol\' of the . \merican .\,seciation for the ,\dl'a nccmellt of Science: I11cmher of thc ,\merican Institute of 1~lectrical Enginecrs: thc ,\merican Physical Societ)'; the ,\ssociation for the Promotion of Engineering Education: the '\el\' Orleans l\cadel1l)' of Scicncc: the :\c\\' Orleans 1~lectrical Society, clc,; of the Delta Psi fratemity; and of the Louisiana i'\aturalist' Society, I~specially fond of l1Iusic, which he cultivates somewhat l1Iore than is usual with ,\merican mcn who lead husy lil'es, he is prcsidcnt of the :\'e\\' Or/cans Choral Syl1lphony Sociltl', the philharmonic organization of :\'CII' (lr\eans, Thc son of Samucl \\'arrcn and Elizabeth (Cook) .\)'I'cs, he is of Scotch-Irish stock on his father's side and of Scotch and I,' rench - Ilugucnot on his mother's sidc, his ,\ merican anccstry being traceable for 250 years, lie married Katie ,\lIcn .\ndcrson of Lexington, \'a .. July 5, 188r, and they have eight children, l\lallie (;arland, Samuel \\'arren, John . \n(]erson, Elizabeth Cook, :, Iary Douglas, Katheri ne Stuart, Ruth, and ,\I()]-gan Brown .\yres, Azevedo, Luiz Marinho de (l\I.E., '99), hu]']] ill Casa-Hranca, ,"'<'io l)aulo, Brazil,

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'\ol'clllher 10, 1876, He has been mechanical and electrical engineer at S;\O Paulo, Brazil, J 899 to date, Ill' I\'as assistant superintendent. during construction, of the 24,ooo-volt, 20-lllile translllission I;ne of the

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SilO Paulo TraJllway l-ight & Powcr Cu" Ltd .. and assistant electrical cngineer for the same cOl1lpany during two years, Lea\,ing this position, he acquircd a concession for an electric light and po\l'e r plant for the city oj Itu, prOl' ince of Siio Paulo, This clectric cOl1lpany is noll' organized under the namc of COlllpanhia ltuana 1'or<;a e Luz, and all the plans for the hydraulic development of 1,500 horse-p0l\'er and the present utilization of 250 kilo\\'a tls \\-erc drall'n by 11r. ,\zel'l'do, who is chief constructing, hydraul ic, and electrical enginecr for thc company, lie has also a contract I\'ith the Illunicipal council of Itu for the construction of scwerage lI'o rks for the city, thc plans and speeilications hal' ing bern furnished by him after a cOlllpetition, Ill' is a member of the Theta Xi fratcrnity, :'Ill'. i \zel'edo is the son of Dr. Fernando :'Ilarinho and l\nna Luiza Sampaio (1\1arinho) de .\zevedo, ] lis paternal grandfathcr was a physician who had three sons, all physicians, onc of whom was an attcndant of Dom Pcdro JJ, of Brazil. Ilis maternal great-grandfather I\'as one of the most notable la wyers of his tillie, and his mater-


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nal grand father II as an artist. lIIr. I\ze\'eclo married Syh'ia de .\Imeida Sampaio, September 4, 1902. They havc one child, :\Iaria ( Ia ri ce de . \ zc I'clio.

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&I.ange Dry Dock Co., Ilohoken, N . .I .. J902 03. lIe has been a contracting and

Bachmann, Valentine (l\r.l~ .. '75). ,,'as horn in Cermany. Junc 5, J~t~8. 'C p to 1883 hl' \1 as engaged in l11ill-colhtruction, and in thc latter year established the .. ,\vcnue :>.lills," at Indianapolis, Tn(l., for the manufacture of high grades of Rour, II'hich hc has sincc conducted. Ilc has takcn out a patent on a IlIcchanical stoker.

J.P. Bllll'" It SIS const ructi ng engineer fronl I ()03 to date. :>.Ir. Hadcnhausen is the ,lllthor of all articil' (')1 "Tail Shafting for :'Ilarine I·:ngincs." II hich appeared in .lfa/'ill(· 1:lIgill('aillg [m JlIl), )()02: one on " .\ I'atl'nt Sll'rn Tube," Ibid., (Jctobl'l', 1()02: and of all()ther ()n .. I{eplarillg a Slide \ aill' \Iith a l'ist()11 \ ' al\'l~ ," ibid., JlIly, )()03· VALENTJ~E H.\(,lI)'L\X,"

:\[r. lIachmatttt married Lina \'on Kiinigs hm', <lttd thcy have four children. Badenhausen, John Phillips (i\LE.. '96). lIas l1lachinist apprentice at thc Consoli dated ]ron \\'orks. Hohoken, X, J" I 89() ; in the repair department of the ~hops of P. San ford Ross, cottt ractor for docks, bridges, drcdging. harbor ilttprol'cmcnts, etc .. Clifton, Staten Island, 1898: assistant engineer on the .\mcrican Linc steamship" Sl. Louis," 1898-99; stuclent in a postgraduate course in marine cngineering and ship-building, Cornell Unil'ersity, recci\'ing the degree of :>.lastcr i\lechanical I':ngineer, 1900; draughtsman lI'ith the XcII' York Shipbuilding Co .. Camden. ~. J., H)OO: assistant superintend ing engineer in the ,\tlas Line. of Xe\\' York, and superintendent of shops of the Tietjell

Baird, William Raimond (,\I.I~ .. 'IX), II :IS horll ill Philadelphia, J'a..\pril 24. IX,;X . . \itl'!' graduation irom the Illstitull' he de cided to folloll' the legal profession, alld with this elld ill \·iell· attellded Coilimbia l'ollcge I.all Schoo\. graduating \Iith the (iL'grt'l' of l\achelor ,,[ I.all's, Oflll 1({lId,', ill IXH2, lie has heell a cOllnsellor at \;1\1 ior 11Ian.1 years, II ith an OniCl' in :\l' ll York, and has lIIade a speciall)' of patcllt and corporation lall. acting as expert in pall'nt caSl'S, and as COUIl sel for man) corporatimh. Ill' lIas presi dent of the XCII' York Correspondence School of Law from 1X92 to IX<J;, Til' is the author of: ".\II11'ricall Collcge I'r~lt'r1Iiti(' s ," l'ltila,kl phi:" ,:-17<), ,:-1:-10: Nl'lI' Y()rk, ,:-I:-I() , ,:-I() O, ,gqS. " ,\ (;uicie to till' Prillciples ()!' til!' Lall' ." (llith F. S . Babcock ) . Xl'\\' York , , g:-l,\, ,:-1:-1 .; , ,:-I:-I(), Jii:-l() .

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I Te was gcnl'ral Sl'Cretary of the legal 拢1'aternity. Phi Delta I)hi. 1~82-93; has been editor of the Hela Thela Pi since J893; and is a IllCl11iJl'r o[ La ~ociete Mineralogique de Francc; the l\lllcrican Chemical Society; and of the Socicty of Chemical Industry. The son of William J. and 1\lary Emma (Cornish) Ilaird , he is of ~cotch and Franco-( ;crl11an descent on his father's side and \\'elsh and I~nglish Quaker on his Illother路s.

Baldasano, Arthur, Jr. (l\LE., '97), was in the engineering department of the Trenton lron \\'orks, Trenton. 0: . J.. 1897-98; in the works of Vickers Sons & l\laxims, London. l ~ngl:1nd. 1898 1903; and from J903 to date has been manager of the Rio Neg ro l\lines. Ud., Riello. Prol'ince of Leon, ~pain.

Baker, E. S. pi Y .. '00), has been with thc \\'est \'irginia Paper Co .. o[ Piedmont. \\'. \ ' a .. [rom 1<)00 to date.

Baldwin, Oscar H. pi. E .. 'S.l). was employed in the maintenance of way and motil'e pOI\cr departmcnts of the Pennsylvania I~ailroad Co .. 1885-86; in the \Vest inghouse I ~lectric & :\Ianufacluring Co., 1886-89, on gcneral construction work and operation of electric lighting and pOII'er plants; as engineer lI'ith the \\'estinghouse Electric Co., Ltd .. and as superintendent of the Sardinia Street stalion of the :\letropolitan Electric Supply Co .. JRR9- 92. sen'ing in this capacity in drawing up the plans. etc .. for the boilers, engines, and piping \Vork for the extension of the station. superintending it s erection, and operat ing the entire plant for one year; and as chief engineer with the \\' estinghouse Electric Co., Ltd., London, 1892-94. He was managing director of the same coni pan)'. 1894-1900. and on the formation of the British Westinghouse Electric & l\ lanu factllr in g Co., Ltd ., he was given the additional appointment of assistant manager of that company, and. no manager hal'ing bcen officia ll y appointed, was acting manager. From 1890 to 1900 he had general charge of a ll the engineering work of hoth the \\'estingh ouse Electric Co., Ltd., and the Uri tish \V esti nghouse Electric & Manufactnring Co., Ltd. lIe was managing director of .I . C. \\'h it e & Co., Ltd., engi neers and contractors . London, England, 1900-02; and frol11 1903 to date has been with the British \ \' estinghonse Electric & :'I1anu factllring Co., Ltd., London.

Baker, I. Fraley pI. E., '98), has been lI'ith the Sprague I ~lectric Co., \Vatsessing, :\. J" frolll 1~98 to date. With Harvey I~r elt. 1\1. E .. he prepared a thesis on "Experilllental 1nl'cstigation of the Reliability of Pitot TuiJes for Determining the Velocity of Floll of \\ 'ater in Pipes." which was published in full in the Slc'i'clls Jllslillllc Jlldicalor, October, 1898. Il e is a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity.

Ball, Frederick Ossian (l\l.E., '97), was horn at (;rand Tsland, Erie County, N. Y., February J 0, 1872. [I e has been assistant to the general manager of the American Engine Co .. BOllnd Brook. ~. ]., from 1897 to dale. lias takcn out three patents on a duplex compoLind cngine, and sc\'cral patl'nts on minor parts of steam-engines. lIe is a junior member of the American Society of :'Ilechanical Engineers, before whom, in

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lie l11arried Jennie C. Mansfield. September 2<), 1886. They ha I'C one ch ild. Rai llIond I)u y Baird.


TIlE STEVEXS IXSTITUTF. OJ< TEC11:\Of.OCY :'Ilay. 1901. he read a paper on ,. Draughting Room amI Shop Systems." Ile is also a member of the I'ark Club. of Plainfield, :\. ,., and of the Ilcla Theta Pi fraternity. With his brothcr. B. l'. Ball. '95. he sailed in the .. Ethehl'ynne" Ilhen she defeated the English yacht" Spruce 1\' .. in the international raccs for the Scawanhaka Corinthian Challcnge Cup for small .1 achls. The son of L·' r:lnklin [Ian'e), and Kate ( Bedcll) Ball. he is a direct descendant of Jonathan Hall. a I~el'o lutionary soldier. [[e married Cornel ia i\f ul'ikr. Scptembcr 16, 1897. They hal'e three chfldren, Thomas Franklin, RoIH.T t Cornelius. and Jonathan :'Iluelkr Ball.

Mr. Hang is the son of Henry ,l. and :\ugusta [~. (l3crgstein) Bang. II is ancestors originally came frolll the Rhine country, Ccrlllany. [Ie Illarried I~lean()r I" Cillcs. Fehruary 26. 1902. Bang, Henry August (:\ I.E., '88). II'a" horn in :\ell ~'ork city. I·'chruary ). 1867.

Bandaret, Leon (:'II.I~ .. '~7), has not been heard from ,i nCl' graduat ion. Bang, Arthur Charles (:'Ir.E., '98), was born in :\ell' York cily, January 13. 1877. lie has becn cm]llo~ cd as draughtsman on special II'o rk with (;. \\". I'oml. :\e\\" York: in thc same capacit~ II ith thc .\merican 1\ir I'oll'cr Co .. :\ew York, and at the Bethunc Street Ilorks of the \\'cstern Electric Co., ~e\\" York. ] Ie was manager of the Sturtc\,ant I louse, :\ CII York, 18:>9- 1903; and [rom 1903 to date has heen superintendent

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of the lintel Colling'l(Jod. :\e\\' York. lIe is a nlem1>cr of the Tau lleta Pi fraternity.

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Ilis cll1ploYlllents ha\c bccl1 \\'ith the "ort i ng (;as Engi nc Co .. manu facturing gas cn gil1cs: tIlt' :\ational \\'atcr I'miiying Co .. for who1l1 he dcsigncd and supcrin1cnded thc ercction o[ plants for jlllrifying \Iatcr. in yarioll, parts of the cOllntry. 1~~9 91: the Ilaskin \\'o()d \'ulcanizing Co .. :\cw \·ork. t89l; the ,/ohn .\. Rochling's Sons Co.'s \Yorh. Trcnton. ~. ,/., 18l)2. designing machincs for c()\'l'ring \\ irc \1 itit cotton in slllation; alld as consulting cnginccr. jointly \\ ith ~I r. I·:. B. Benham. for the Brott I~lcc ­ tric I~apie! Transit Bicn'le I{ailwav Co .. lR93. lie has bccn a ll;cchallical cl;gincer and contractor for I)()\\'er plants. stcanl and hot \\ ater heating. ctc., from 18:)4 to date. ane! is abo the oWller and managcr of the Kcnsington 1 [olel. Saratoga Springs. N. Y. ] Ie is a mcmber of thc ' \ll1erican Socict v of l\lcchanical Enginccrs .. and of the :\eIV {'ork ~tatc Ilotcl .\ssociation. L'ntil January. 1<)03. he lIas a member of the ,\mericall J n · stitute of ~Iilling Enginecrs. 11r. Bang, \Iho is the son of lIenry J.


TIlE and L\ ugusta F. (Bergstci n) Bang. married Laura Belle Pullen . ./une 5. 1~95. They have one child lil·ing. Frank Lester Bang. .\nother child, William llenry Bang, died 1\Ugust 16, J896. Barnes, William O. pLE., '8-1-), was born in :\ell iJurgh, :\. Y .. in 180-1-. J Ie engaged in silk-manufacture at Paterson, :\. J., under the I;nn name uf Dames & Reel, until 1~89; then at Barmen, C;erillany, 188t) t) [, and again at Paterson, Igt)1 93. as superintendent of the Barnes f.lanufacturing Co. He was cngaged in the same line oi work as superintendent Il"ith the (;regory ~ilk :'I1an ufanuring Co .. ~crantol1. 1'a., 18Sl3 94; and latn Ilith the lllickl'nsdl'rfn Manufacturing ('0 .. manufacturers uf typewriting machines, :-;tamfunl, Conn., J~95 - 1900; the . \ llIerican Dicycle Co., Tuledo, U., 19°1 -02; the :'Ilcrgenthaier Linutypl' Co., Brooklyn. 2\. Y., 1902; and with the H.oss Rille Compan)' of Canada, at Hartfurd. Con II., from 1902 to date. :'I fl'. Barnes. Ilho is the so n uf David A. and Elsie E. (1\cker1l1an) Barnes. married Crace D. Jlerdman, :'IIa)' 8, I~89. They have two children, \Villiall1 Oliver and J fenhnan Ilarnes. Barnum, Dana Dwight (:'Ir.i~.. .().;). II'a~ horn at Bethel. Conn., .\ugust I~. Ig72. IIi s employments since graduation hal'l' heen as draughtsman II itl! E. \\'. Bliss & Co., Brooklyn. :\. Y .. 1895: as chemist with the \\"or cester Cas Ligh leo., \ \ ' on:ester, l1ass .. 189.; 96; as superintendent of distriiJution for the same company. I~t)6 J 902; and as its superintencient fro111 19°2 to date. IIe is a memiJer of the 1\merican Society of ~Ie­ chanical Engineers: the 1\ell England .Association of Cas Engineers; the \ VOI'cester ('Iuh: and the Beta Theta J'i and Theta :\u Epsilon fraternities. :\Ir. Barnum is the son of \\'. II. and Lydia .\Ivord Barnum. J Ie married i\Iary Caruline Munroe, October J6, 1900. Bates, George Harold (:\tE., '98), was horn in llackensack, X. J, August 22, 1877. 1 Ie bccame an in s tructor during the Supplemcntarv Term at StcI'l'ns Institute in 1898; anc! later ser ved as engine draughtsman II'ith the BL1J'lee Dry Dock Co .. Port

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Richmond, Staten I sland, 18t)~ -Sl9. As draughtsman he assisted in designing the machincry of fOllr sea-going and jour harbor tugs. From J 899 to date he has been chief engineer uf the ahol'e company, and during that period he has designed and supervised the Clln,truction of the machinery in the following hoats: :\l'll York Central Railroad Co.'s lighters :\os. -1- and 0, hal' ing single engines, and Hue and rl'tul"11 tuhular iJoilers of -1-00 indicated horse 1)()II'l'l": the Penn s),iI':1 nia Railroad fcrry-IJOat .. Chicago." II ith a COl11poulHI engine and Thorny croft water luhe lioilers of ahollt 1.200 iIHliratl'<i horse-poll er: the piping arrallge

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illellts of fOllr ~tandard Oil Co.'s barges of ahout 150 fcet in length. and the piping. boilers. etc., of a 3oo-foot barge for the same company; the tIl ill -Sc re\\' lightllOuse tl'ndn .. Larkspur." \I'ith compuund engilll's and gllnboat boilers of 750 indicated horse- po\ll'l": the tIl in sercII lighthou se tender .. :-;lIl11ac." 1\ ith C(1l1lpou1HI engines and ~c()[ch hoii l:i"S oj 700 indicated hor.;e-po ll l'r; the tllinscrew yacht .. H.heclair." II ith tripleexpansion engines of 2.500 indicated horsepower and four Aim)' \I'ater-tuhe boilers, and all actual speed of 17 knots; the twin ,erell' yacht. ·']\ol11a." Ilith four -cylinder triple-expansion engines of 5.000 indicated horse-pul\"er and six Almy boilers. and an actual speed of 191 knots; the harbor tug


.. J ndepcndenl." lI·i th a compound l'nginc and fantail hoiler of 850 indicated horsl' -power: thc Eric Railroad ferry boat" c\rlington," with t \1' 0 cOlnpoulHI l'ngines and two Scotch hoilers of about I.~OO indicated horse - power; a cOlllpound enginl' 20 and ~2 X 28 for tug .. Coastwi se; " a triple-cx pansion engine 17, 2:;. and ~3 X 30, to run a centri fugal pllillp. of 950 indicated horse pO\l er; and thc cnginl's and pllillping machinery of a 4,000 tun dry dock helonging tu the Ilurlee I)ry Dock Co. Mr. Ibtcs has also designed numl'rOll~ tool attachments and a Ii fly -ton derrick II·ilh a Iloocien l1Iast and stcd hoom. Ill' is a mel11bcr of thc Cranford Country C1uh, and an associate Illcmber of the Socicty of i\";l\'al .\rchitects and Marine Engincl'rs. :III'. Hates is the son of (;corgc Crecr and Fannie 1 ~ lizaheth (Rohjohn) Ball'S. J lis lather's ancestors. originally frolll I':ngland. sCllled In :'Ilassacilusctls during the 17th ccntury . Ilis mother's anccstors came [ron} COI'l1llall. England. llc married Elizaheth :'If. :'IJiller, XOI'emher 7, 1901. Bates, James Hervey p I. E .. '87), \I as horn in \\ 'oodhur1l (noll' part of Cincinnati),

0., .\lIgust 28, 1863. lie is oi :\e\l I~ngland Colonial stock and of purely I~nglish descent for centllries; the son of loshlla II. and Elizaheth ( I Ioadly) Ball's, ;;nd grandson of Dr. Ceorge Bates. L'.S .:\. IIc has st udied

natllral science sillcr he \I'as ten ycars or age. has tran'lIcd 111l1l'h ill Xurth .\merica and I':urupe. and has lInciertakcn IlIlICh experiment anci research Ilork relating to insect life. lie engaged in a hrief dynamo te~t lIncier the directiun uf ProiL-ssors (;eyer "nd Jacoblls, 1RR7; and \I'as empluycd ill the del't'lopml'llt of till' trollcy systeili. \I ith F. J. Spragul', IXR7 XR. J Ie was one uf the constrllction corps uf thc first trollcy Jine in Hichmond, \·a .. and \las also cmployeci upon the constrlll'lion uf thc carlicr electric lines in othcr citics, In IXXX he \las enlploycd on the Bentley , Knight condllit system. prcparing designs and \lurking and othl'l' drawings for extcnsions 01 condllit roads tlll'n in op nation, thus assisting in the dcn'lopnlent of llIany of the inl'e ntiuns of :'Iressrs. Bentley, ]\:night, and Black\ll'11. In the same Yl'ar he cairulated the equalizers for the local Edison Cu., of Philadelphia, of Ilhirh plant Prof. \\ 'illiam D. ?llarks \las at the time sU[JcrI isor. Ile was engaged upun work in connection with the first trolley line in Ilosto n, :'II ass. J Ie \las elll]llo~ed in constrtlction \lork in connection with the :'I1:lnhattan I':lcctric Light ('0 .. and thc West Side Electric Light Co .. in Xl'\I' \'ork, in IS8(); and as constructing cngilll'l'I' and drallghtsman, for cl'ntral stations of \I hat is nolV thc Fort \\'aynl' I ~ lcctric Corporation, IHS() 91; and with thl' :'Ilool'l' I~lectrical :'Ilanlllacttlring Co., IS()1 ()3. lie associated II ith hi , hrother, :llr. C. J. !lates, of :\l'\I' York, as cOllstilting lngineer, IX()3<)8, alHlthl' hruthers did mtlch cOIP,tllting \I'u rk ior 1·;lI·iolis partie s. including :'II r. J. :'Ilulhic. \I ho slIpel'l'ised till' huild ing of a large part of the earlier telegraph miil'age ui thc L1nited States and l 'anada, and alsu the \I'ire line s of thc Canadian I'a cif-ic I~ailroad fmlll :'Ilontreal to British CoIUllihia. /ointh' Ilith :llr. ). .\. Cuest he designed 'a systcm im appl):ing the electric lighl to nlarinl' lik~aling apparalw" lifehuoys, life-hoat,;, and life rafts. Ilhich has heen cO\'l'ITd hy hroad patents. Ill' was cngaged \lith l'.1.. Sl11idth & Co., of ~el\' York, enginecrs for celllcnt plants, mill s and machinery, 1899 1901: lias then in thc cngineering departlllcnl of the :\ell , 'or k Edison Co., and oi the Jnll'rurhan Strect l~ail\lay Co., and is now lI·ith I;. S. Pcarson, consulting cngincl'r. NC\I York. 1\[r. Bates and Mr. (;uest hal'e taken out two United States

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patents, 512.957 and 55r,081, and two British patcnts, ~OS. 980, of 189-+. ancl 23.67-+, of 1895. For the problem of the "dynamite rocket" for coast-defence :\11'. Bates has a solution in the application of the en larged simple sky-rocket. which is covered by a patent. Besides the patents already mentioned he has taken out one for traction illlprol'l' llll'lIts, OIlC for an annunciator, and anothl'r for an incandescent lamp. Ill' has contrihuted a number of articles to the Electrical Engilleer, 1895 and 1896, and to the Street /?(II"i7VlIY Jourl/ol, 1896 and 1897. J Ie is a I11cmbcr of the f\merican Institute of Electrical Engineers; also of the Technology Club of Ncw York. Bayless, Charles Thomas (:\ 1. E.. '93), was bom in Louisl'ille, Ky .. Septcmber 2. 1871. Ill' was an instructor during the Suppleml'ntar), Term at StcI'l'ns In stitutc. 1893; and was cn~-aged with ;\Jr. J)al'id L. Games, consulting l'ngincer. of Chicago. 1893-96, ()n account of ill health he was compelled to go to Xew -"Iexico in 1896, where he became chemist ill a smal] slIIelter at Chloride. .'\, M. , dllring the spring of 1897, , \her the closing down of the smelter he went to :-' l exico City and entered the employ of the Mexican Ccntral l{ailll-ay , 1897, as draughtsll1an ill the Illotive power departl11ent. In 1899 he was made chief draughtsl11all. and on Septemher I. 1901. was appointed lIIechanica l engineer o[ the same road. with h(.'ad Cjuarters in Mexico Cit\,. ric is a memher of the: Railway Club of i\lexico. and a junior member of Ihe ,\merican Society of l\fechan ical Engincers: llIember of Beta Theta Pi and Theta Xu Epsilon fraternities; Past 1\lastcr of the To\tcc r~odge 1'\0 _ 2Q . Pree and .\cccptl'd Masons. :\ lexico Cit \' : and a mcmbcr of l\fcxico City Chapter ~)f I{ oyal .\ rch 111 asun~, Tlfr. Bayless. II'ho is the son of Benjamin and \\' ilhclminc C. Bayless. married Clara I ~- Lindamood. April -+. 1899Thcy have one child, \\'ilhelmine Crawford Bayless. Baylis, Robert Nelson pLE .. '87). was born in Englcwood. N, .1-. :\T;lrch 16.1867; the son of Robert and i\lartha X_ (Smith) Baylis, 11(' was an apprcnticc in the shops of thc Southwark Foundr\' & Machine Co o. Philadelphia, Pa_, 1887 89; draughtsman.

and thcn successi I'ely head draughtsman. purchasing agcnt. electrician. and chief engineer of the C & C Electric Coo. Nell' York, 1889- <)3In the latter capacity he had cnt ire charge of the works of the conlpan)" including the manufacturing as II-cll

R_ X, H_I \'LIS

as the designing of a \-arict)' of electrical machinery, lIe design cd and construclC'd a full line of motors from (Jnc to one hundred horse-power during this engagement. II was at this time a lso that he del'iscd the: in genious .. reaction" hrush -holder. which II-as such a radical dcpartut-e from all previous del'ices of the kind that \\' h en it \\'as first introduccd it aroused cndless argumcnh as to whethcr the carbon could possibly re main in the holder \I'hen the machine II-as in motion_ -"II'. Baylis introduced nUlllerous imprOl'ements into the factory methods and managcment of his company, In 1893 he resigned from the C & C Electric Co .. and I-isited tlie Co1tllllilian J ~xposilion at Chicago. and among other engagements \I'a, Clllployed hy the Committee of .\II-ards in testing sOllle of the large direct connectcd railway and power generators that were ill sen-icc at tlie intral11ural p(lII-er station dur ing the scasoll of tlie Exposition_ ,\ fter re ttlrnillg to X ('II' '\'ork he II-;IS cngag('d for a tilllc upon cngineering- \\-ork ill cOllncdion \I-ith is-()laled electric light and power plants. gil'ing particular attention to the subjcct of


TIlE

STEVE~S

INSTITUTE OF

electric-power transmission for factories, and in the summer of J 89-1- entered the employ of the Walker Co., Cleveland, 0., in its street I ail\\'ay department. lIe was cvcntuall y put in charge of all the technical work of the \ \' alker Co., and gave his attcntion partiClIlarly to the designing of railway generators. The C11t sh own hcrewith of a 1,500 K. \V. generator is an examp le of his work in this line, which comprised machines of all sizes, and for lighting as well as for railway and power purposes. J--Ie also had charge of the outside construction and erection work. In

T~CTINOLOCY

mechanical devices and specialties. 111'. Baylis has been retained as expert in numerous patcnt causes before the United States circuit courts, which involved technical points in the manufacture of c1cctricai apparatus of var ious kinds. United States patents have been issued to l\Ir. Baylis ill conncction with the commutator brush-holder. 1893: a brush-holder support, 1899; a Auid pressure-rcgulator, 1900; and an antiAuctuating device for gas service-pipes, 1902, <.nd other applications for patents are pend Ing. ITe is a member of the American ] n-

) ,500 KILOWATT GEXERATOR

R. N. Baylis

IR96 he was appointee! chief electrical engineer of the \"alker Co.; but in February. 1897. he I'csigned this position and entered into partnership with his brother. under the name of "The Baylis Company," mechanical and electrical engineers and contractors. Finding that there was a large demand from dynamo anel motor builders and users for the Baylis reaction brush-holder, the Baylis Company bcgan the manufacture of these holders. and since then ha,'e branched out into the manufacture of various other

stitute of Electrical Engincers, and sen'ed as a member of its board of examiners; also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers: the Delta Tau Delta fraternity: the Engineers' Club; the :.Jew York Athletic Club. anci the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Beach, Willard J. PtE.. '97), was, after his graduation, employed in the Meadows shops. and in the office of the superintendent of motive power, of the Pennsylvania Rail-


TIlE ALUl\INI road. Jersey City. :\ . .1.: and fwm 1900 to date he has heen draughtsman with lIe)'! & Patterson. contracting engineers. of Pittshurg, Pa. II c is a memher of the Tau Beta Pi fratemity. Beale, Frederick Wight pLE .. '99). was horn in Omaha. ~eh .. March 3. il~7.'i. Since graduation hc ha s heen draughtsman with the Oxnard Construction Co., :\cw York. il~99: cngaged in remodelling the plant of the Pcninsular Iket Sugar Rcfining Co .. for

F. \\'.

nE.\LE

the saine CilIlCl·rII. at Can). :'Ilich .. 1900: draughtslllan \\ith the Carhondale :\lachine Co .. Carhondale. I'a .. 1900: husiness manager and in charg"C of the installation of refrignating plants at the ~e\\' York officc during the ahscnce of the regular Illanager. and latcr chief draughtsmall at the Carholldale works. 19°1 -02: assistant supcrintcn(lcnt of construction during the enlargement of the Pcnilbular Heet Sugar Rcfining Co .. for the Oxnard Construction Co .. at Caro. :\Iich .. 19°2: assistant engineel' and manager of draughting department with the Contincntal Construction Co.. Denver. Colo., and has heen engagcd in the complete desig'ning and construction of beet sugar refineries. 1903 to date. TTl' is a mcmher of the Chi Phi fraternity. Mr. Beale is thc son of l'rancis A. and :\nn;) Bclknap Beale, and is dc scended from

John Beale. who came from Old ITingham. England. to ?\ewllingham. ?lfass .. in [636: and on his mother's side from the l'iske, \\,ight. and Belknap families who came to l\Jassachusetts early in the 17th century. TIe married Jeannette Lane. January 20.1900, and they have one child, Edward Belknap Beale. Beard, Maximillian Cornelius pr.E .. '87). was horn in Biloxi. ?lTiss .. Xovember 27. 186:; . Before cntering Stevens Institute he spent thrce years at the Tulane Uni\'ersity, Xew Orlcans. La .. in the general academic course. fTc \\'as assi,tant cngineer with the \\ 'elsbach (;as Light Co .. 0:e\\' York and Philadelphia. 111811-89: half-o wner of the Ontario Tron \\'orks. Canandaigua. ~. '1'., 11189-96. manufacturing light gray-iron castings and huilding light machinery: superintendcnt of \\"orks with the TIcrendeen :\[anl1facturing Co .. Cene\"a. X. Y .. manufacturing cast-iron steam and hot -\\'ater heating-boil crs. 11197-98: in thc sall's department of the Ilohman & :'Ilaurer :'Ilanufactl1ring Co., New York. 18911- 19°0: assistant manager of sales dcpartmcnt with the Elliott & Hatch Book Typc\\Titer Co .. ~e\\' York. and also purchasing agcnt with the same company. 1900 to datc. lie is a member of thc Rcd Jacket Club. Canandaigua. J\. Y .. and a charter member of :\Iu chapter of Chi Phi at Ste\'ens Inst itute. :'Ilr. Beard is the son of Cornclius and Philadelphia I. rkarcl. Ilis fathcr was born in England. and his mothcr at Canandaigua. \:. Y ., of Scotch parents. TIe marricd Gertrude Field I' inlcy. Septemher 22. 1888. Three children \\'cre horn to them. of whom Stuart-:\lcntcth and Philadelphia Isabella fkard. arc living. Beatty, James, Jr. Of. f~ .. '8-1-). was horn in Baltimore. :\f(l.. :\Iay 12. 11161. TIc was educated in the puhlic schools of Baltimore, and at Bethel :\filitary .\cademy. \ 'a .. after \\'hich he entercd Stevens Institute in 1880. II e \\'a5 an ardent seeker after knowledge. especially lhat derived from personal experiment. lIe was professor of engineering hranches at Tlaverford College. Pa., 188-1-86: superintendcnt 0 f James Beatty & Co.'s \\·o rks. Baltimore. :'Ifd .. 1886-9°: and with Wieting & Richter, Ceorgetown. Demerara,


THE

STEVE~S

INSTITlTTE 0[< TECI1:\TOLOCY

until his death. ,\ugust 24-. 1893, lIe was a nH~ llliJer o[ the l\lllerican Society for the Adva ncement of Science. and o[ the Beta Theta Pi fraternity: also one of the fntlnders of the I~ngin('ers' Clull. of I'hiladelphia, The son of ) ames anel 1\lary Louisa Goodwin Beatty. Jallles Beally. Jr .. was sixth ill descent from John Deally, who was born in Scotland in 1660. left that country on acCOlIlIt of religious persecution. and after remaining S0111e time in Ireland . and in England. I\'here he married Susanna ,\fTorelby. and also in 1101land. came to ,\ll1erica about 1700 and settled at Esoptls. ,(, y, ,\fter his death his ",idol\' and children re11l0\'ec! to :'Ilaryianci aboul 172R On his 111()lher's side .Iamcs lleally, .I 1' .. \\'as of English desccnt. tracing his <Incestry hack lhrllugh the C;ood II' ins. 110II'ards. H.idgelcys. and I)orseys, He Illarried ;\Iargaretlsabel \\路illiallls. July T 5.

i\1r. Deck, who is the son of Jacob and Karolina (i\faurcr) Deck. married Horlense

G. rT.

BECK

BUrllha11l Thompson. 1'\ ol'e11lhcr 22. 1899. They have tll'O childrcn. Rodney i\faurer and .\' ell'tnn Th oll1p,.;on Beck. Beers, William J. (~I.E,. '89), was a graduate assistant in the Drall'ing Department of :-lte\'(~ns fnstitute.J889- 92. and has heen head draughlSlll<ln for \\'. D. Forhes & Co" engi ncers. Iloboken, frol11 1892 to date. TI is l\'Ork has cl)nsisled largely in designing high spccd enginl's of frolll 300 to 800 rel'olutions per minute, [or I'arious conditions of gOl'crlllllcnt. 111arine, and electriclight se1'liec ,

JA~!E S BEATTY,

JR,

I RR6. One son, J ames Castleman Bcatty. lI'as born to thelll, Beck, George Henry (1\I.E .. '99), was born in :\ ell' \' ork city. I)ccel11 ber 30. 187.;. He has been second assistant SUI)('rintcndent of the lire department of the ]\[ich'alc Steel Co .. ?\iccloll'l1. Philadelphia. Pa .. frOI11 r899 to date. ]11 the spring of 1902 thc :\fi(!I'alc :-lted Co. se nt 1\[r, Beck on a three-1110nths tour of inspcction of European stccl plants. Ilc is a mcmber o[ the Thcta Xi fraternity,

Benavides, Rafael Augusto (1\1'. E" '00). the son of l~a111on and Scrafina Benavides. lI'as hOrll in (;uatcm~t1a, Central Amcrica. Octoher 12. 1877. rTe recei I'ed the degree of Bachelor of .\rts at Puerto rrincipe. Cuba. JU11e I:;. 1893, lIe has bcen cmploycd in tIle testing departl11cnt of thc \Vcslern Electric Co .. New York. 1900: in the meter departmcnt of the Edison Electric 1Iluminating Co .. 1'\elV \ 'o rk, Igoo-o r; in thc superintendent's office of the C. \\'. Hunt Co., \Vcst .\' elV Brighton. Staten ] oland. 19掳1-02; as electrical engineer for the Chaparra Sugar Co .. Chaparra, CuIJa, 1902-04-; and is now a ss ista nt engincer o[ the Public \Vorks of


TIrE ALUl\] NT Call1agney, Cuba. Tle is a memher of the Theta Xi fraternity.

Benedict, Harding (!\ I.I~ .. '(6). has. si nce graduation. sen-cd with the E. \\'. Bliss Co ., Ihooklyn . .0!. Y.. 1896- 98; as engineer with the N cw ,'ork Steam Co .. 1\' CII' York, 18981<)01; and with Robert , \. ](casbc)" Nc\\' York. handling heat-i nsnlat i ng materials. pipe and iJoiler cOI路erings . etc., from 1<)01 to d:lte. Benjamins, Israel (l\T.E .. '01). son of Ben jamin and l{cbeeca Dl路nj;lI11ins. was horn in the I'illage of Eftodia . ncar the city of Ralta. Russia. Decemhcr 2. 1 ~71. lIisllehrcw an ccstors hal'e be('n domiciled ill southwcstern Russia from times inll11cnlOrial. lie grew up in ()dessa, comillg to the United States in IR<)4. and being naturalized in 1<)00. Ile II'as in the employ of the l3urlec Dry Dock Co., Port Richmond. Statcn Island, J<)o [0>' with the Oakes :'Ilanufacturing Co., Steinll'ay, Long Island, 1<)02- 03: in thc draughting (kp;lrtlllent of the (;eneral Electric Co ., Schenectady. N, Y .. 1<)03: with the I1rooklyn \\'ater Supply Department, Nell' York, 1903- 04; and is now in thc department

ISRAEL BENJAMl~S

of Puhlic \\' orks, Borough of Richmond, \'CII' Brighton. Staten Island, ~. \-. rIe has a patent on an i11lprovcment in windmills, issued in 1902; onc all a car-fender anrI

stop, issued in 1897: and a cal'eat, filed in 1<)01. on an imprOl'ed steam turbine, for II'hich patent application is now pending.

Bennett, Frank (1\ l. E .. '0 I). son of Mary and John Bennett. was born in London,

England. January J 8, J 874. TIe has heen cmployed by the Edward Ogden Co., XcI\' \'ork, ]901: the United Gas 1m, provement Co .. Philadelphia. Pa .. J90I-02; i1nd hilS heen Il'ith the \\' orccster Gas Light Co .. ,;ince 1902, heing no\\' engaged as ~uperintcndent of \\'orks. TIe is a memiJer of the Free and ,\('cepted 1\J asons, and or the Phi SiglllaKappa fralern it)'.

Benns, Charles P . pl.E .. '89), has been ciraughtsman II路ith the C<Irvin Machine Co., "el\' York, 1889- 90: assistant foreman in the machine shop of the Builders' Tron Foulldry. Providence, R. l.. 1890-9J; machinist, forc11!<In, and draughtsman with the B1'OI\'n & Sha rpe l\ ra Ill! fact u ri Ilg Co., Pro videllce, 1891 - <)3; teacher of applied mechanics and shop\\'ork , at Providence 1\1anual路 Trai ning lligh School. 1893- 97; and instructor in mctal work amI mechanical and electrical enginecring courses at the Teachers' College, :\cw York. from ]897 to elate. He is a joint patentcc of an instrument for platting stadia notes. 1896: an occasional contributor to the A /Ilcricl1ll JI achillist; and a member of the ,\l11crican Society of Mechanical Engineers.


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STE\'E:\S INSTlTUTE Oli' TECl l.0:0LOC;Y

Bense l, John A. ptE., '8-1-), was horn in Xc\\' York city in 1863. llc scrvcd as rodl11an at the :\c\\' York Aqucduct, 188-1-; in the salllC capacity with thc Pcnnsylvania IZailroad Co .. J88-1--87; as assistant cnginecr and assistant supcl"\'isor with thc last-namcd cOlllpany. lRR7-89, during which pcriod, cxccpt \I'hile acting as assistant supcrvisor, his lI'ork \\'as principally in chargc of thc illlprm'clllen( of thc dock and frcight tcrminals of the road; assi~tailt engincer in thc New York Dock Dcpartmcnt, J88()- 9S, ha\'ing entirc chargc of all construction \\'ork on thc Xorth Ri\'c r \I'atcr-f ront: cnginccr for \\'ater front illlpron' lllcnts, 1895-98. acting as consulting cnginccr for thc :\C\\· .Tcrsc) Central Railroad. for thc Girard Estate of [)hiladelphia. ane! for thc lllunicipality of Philadelphia in the improvcment of a mile of the \\'a tcr-front on the Dclawarc Ri\'er, a nd ha, hccn cnginccr-in-chief of the Dcpartlllcnt of Docks. XC\\ York, frOlll 1898 to date. Iii, reports (In .. . \n Illlpro\"l~ d Balancc Transfer nridgc." alHI on .' The I{clllo\'al of Rock in Thirty-lin' Fect of \ \ ' atcr in :\CII' York City ." ha\'c hecn puhlished in the Tr<lllsacliolls of the , \lllerican Socict\· of Ci\'il I ~nginecr, . I il' presented a pape'r on .. \\'han't's and Piers" at the International

ginccrs in 51. Louis, Octobcr 38, J90-1-, during the Loui,iana Purchasc Exposition. lie is a lllc1l1hcr of the . \1l1crican Socicty of C i \·il Engincers: () f the Engi nccrs', Uni \'ersit)". Union. and City :'-lid-Day clubs, of :\ew York; anc! of the j)elta Tau Delta fratcrn ity. i\[r. Bensel is thc son of Brownlce and :'I1ar)" :'IIaclay Bcn,el. .\mcrican on hath sides for t\\"() genl'1"ations. and tracing hack to Scotch and Dutch ancestry. l Ie married Ella Louise [)a\' in IR96. T,,'o children hal'e heen horn to them, Louise j)ay and John .\. (.I r.) Bcnse\. Berg, H oward M orrell (:\I.E .. '99). son of :'- Iauricc :'-lichael and :\l'llic (:'Irorre1l) Bcrg,

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\\'as hOrI1 in I-:lizahdh. :\ . .I .. .Ianuar: .II. IR77. l ie has heen cnlplm"Cd in the or<lnancc depart111ent of the :'-li(h'alc Stell Co., I'hiladelphia. l'a .. fro1l1 JR')<) to dalc. ITl' is a 111c111hcr of the Theta :\u Epsilon fraternit\,.

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I~ngilll'l'ring C(Jngrl·" . held under the auspices of the .\lllerican Society of Ci\·il En -

B erg, L ouis de Lissa (:'II.E., \)<)). the ,on of Tlart E. and Rega (de Lissa) TIerg. was horn in Philadelphia. I'a .. Fehruary II. Ig7R I Ie \\'", in the 1110tnr carriage depart111l'nt of the I'ope :'Ilanufacturing Co.. ITartford. Conn .. 18<)9- 1901: \I'ith thc :'I[anhattan Brass Co., :\ell" York, 1\)01 02: 111anager of thc \\'an<ll1laker .\utonlO\)ilc Station, :\ew York.

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THE ALUl\INI 1902; and has been a ml'mber of the firm of Kennedy & Berg. autoillobile engineers and

hetween the Driving and Pumping Heads," written hy ;\11'. Beutler in connection with Messrs. P . ./. Brune and T. J. Main, was published in the issuc of the Slcz'clls illstitute iudiwtor for April, 1898. IIc is a

1.. DE L. II ERG a~t'lits. :'\ell' York. frolll 1~{)2 to date. Ill' is a IllLmher o[ thc Tau Ikta Pi iraternity.

,\LUERT BEUTLER, JI<.

Bernhard, Harry T. (:\1.1~ .. '()G) , has not hecn hcard [rolll sincc graduation.

mcmber of thc Univcrsity Cluh of I ill<boll County. :'\I. J.

Betts, Harold Scofield (:\ I.I~.. '(0). the ,on of ,1ohn :\lacEII'c n and Ellen (:-;colield) Ilcu,. 11;1., horn in \'CII York city. ,1nly 27. 1R7G. I Ie has hccn cmploycd in t hc cngi nccring department of the :'\C\\' ,\msterdalll Gas l·o .. :'\e\\' York: and in thc L'nited :;;tatcs DeI'artlncnt of ,\griculture. i1ureau of I' orestr)" \\ 'ashing·t()n. I). l'. I Ie is a 1I1emhcr of the Ikla Theta I'i and Tau ileta l'i fraterllilies,

Beyer, Richard (:'IJ.I~ .. ·RR). \\'as ho1'11 in Jersey City. :-.! . .1 ... \pril R. IR()R. Tl~ was gencral as,istant with Beyer & Ti\y. ci\'il engineers. Iloboken. 1RRR: draughtsman for the t ' nited (;as Tmpnl\'c11lent Co .. Philadcl phia. lRRS-R9. first in the Philadelphia office. (hen assistant cngineer in extensioll of a gas planl at :'Ilarshal1. :'II ich.: thcll cmployed in making maps of gas mains at Sioux City. Iowa. and at Omaha. Xeh.: and still later in making plans of <l gas plant at :;;iol1x Falls, Dak.: ncxt chief a,sistant in thc office of Be\'cr & :'IfcCann (Iatcr Thomas 11. :'IIcCann. membcr of the .\merican Society of Ci \'iI Engi nccrs). Hoboken, 1RR9 Ig03: no\\' associated with :'I[r. :'IfcCann a, partner. under the firm name of T. IT. ,:\T c CaJln &R. Beyer. The \\'ork in \\'hich :'ITr. Beyer has bcen engaged includes a long list of important sun'eys. constructions, maps. etc. Thc sun'eying work in constructing thc ('arncgie Lahoratory of Enginecring \I'as done hy him. lTe is a mcmber of the C;er111an Club of llobokcn.

Beutler, Albert, Jr. (:\ f.1·: .. ·()7). was horn in Jersey City. X . .I .. ,\pril 1. 1R7(). Ilc \\'as enlpl()\cd at the Eagle Oil \\'orb. Conll11unip,!\\'. :'\. J .. 1R97-9R: \\'ith :'ITr. ,\. R. Shattuck. Xl'\\' York. designer and builder of .~aso line 1l1otor carriages. and chief draughtsman for the .\uto1l1ohile Company of ,\merica. 1R9R 99: assistant superintcndcnt of the samc company. 1R99 1<)02: and has been managL'r of the autolllobile body departmcnt of the firm of Fredcriek R. \\'ood & Son, \"e\\' York. from Jg02 to datc. /\ thesis on "Ertlcicncy Test under Iligh J)ri\' ing Heads a ill I the J)c(erillillati()l1 of the Lu\\'est l(atio


TIlE STEVE:\"S 11\ST1Tl'TE OF ::\1r. Rcycr is the son of Albcrt alld Ida fkl'cr, Ilis fathn i~ a civil cJlg-illecr, and ar~hitcct of IlI<lJlY preJnlinrnt huildings, such as thrllohokrn Lihrary, ~ch(lOl Xo , 0, thr IloiJokell TIlc'atre, dc .. alld many pril'a te 11lIildings, iaclOrie~, ell', Ilis gralldiathcr was an oi'licer in the cust()nh drpartment. (;en1l<lnl' , :\1 r. Ikyl'l' Inarriee! Caroline .\. I{ahe . :-Iarch 30. 1~()3. ()IIL' girl. Iliida 1.1Is hie Hrycr. has hlessed their ullioll.

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ccssful opl'I'ation O\'c'r thc' IlarkllJ Ril'l'r at Third ,\n'lllil', Xe\\ York. I Ie- is a IIll'mher

Bingham, Carl G. (\I.E .. '02), i~ I\'ith the Iling-haill's ~on \lanufacturing Co .. Chicag-o, Ill. \fr, ilingham married \Iary '\orris ~inlon. dallghter of I>t-, C. In'ing ~il11on of Ilohokcn, ,\, .I .. January 20, I904, ~;\Il1l1el

Birchard, Pliny T. UI.E .. 路i8). has, slncc' gradnation, heell engaged in the IllCltil'l' pO\\'er department of thl.' I.ake ~h()re & \I iciJigan ~ollthern I{ailll'ay at Elkhart. Inc! .. I:-\i~ i<). then at :-Iarshallto\\'n, 10\\ a, 1879 ~I: as cil'il cnginrer with thc \\'isconsin, Iowa, & Xchraska Railway (now the Chica go (;reat \\'estnn) at Des :-Ioines, fowa, 1~83 -84: in the sa III c' capacit)' Ilith the Kan sas City & Southcrn Railway at Kansas City, :-10" 1884 So: as railroad contrac\nr, doing II'ork on various railroads in :-lissouri, Xe hraska, an(\ ~out h \)akot a. 1886 90: memher of the firm of Birchard, Bridge, & Co .. :\orfolk, Xeb .. 1890 97: and as general foreman oi hridges and huildings on the Eastern di I'ision of the Fren1ClJlt, Elkhorn, &: :-fissouri \ 'a lley Railllay at Xorfolk, Xeh .. since 1~97.

\nJl.'rican Institute of 1']eL'trical I':n thl' I )l'!ta I,appa Epsiltlll fraternity, JIll' \utollJohilc Club oi . \llIertl'a: ant! the '\ew York .\thll.'tic and Canll'ra cltlhs. \11', I\irdsall is the SOil of (;I.'orgl.' \\', anc! Jam' E, I\inlsall. of I~ng-lish alld Dutch ele scellt. and a nlc' nlhl'l' oi a family that for 111'1.' gcnl'l'ations Ii;l\ l' been l'II,~inl'l'r~, Ill' marric'c! Louise !lanker (;ol'lcliilh ill IX92, Tllo children, Ikatrice allC\ ~lilclrl'd nin\ sail, halT heen horll of this C1llion,

Birdsall, Edward Tracy pI. E.. '86). Il'as horJl in Cumherland, :-I(\., .\pril 14, 1863, lie has hccn draughtsm<ln in the motivc po\\'er dep:lrtnlellt of tlie i\\allhattall E.1cI'atec! ]{ailroa(1. XcII' York, 1886 87: II"ith the l ' lliteel Stalc's Electric Lig-htillg- Co., 1887 ~~: thc Edisoll Electric Light Co .. ISRR: the C & C :-Iotor Co .. 18R(): the Daft Electric ( ' 0 .. IRXC): and the I~dis(lll l'nitcd :-Ianufac tming CO .. IR89 92, Fmml892todall'hc has heen a cOl1sulting l'lel'lrical cllgincer. ill Xc\\' York. and is 11011 el1gaged ill the manl1fac ttlre of automohiles. I fc has ahout 16 patent s ,,11 c:lc.:ctric and automohilc del'ices, \11', Birdsall conlrilHllcd an article to the elce trint! II 'a rId alld l'.lIgillc'l'r, July 22, 1899, 011 all .. Elect ric ('olltact I )cl'ice for a Drawhridgc," desigllL'd hI' him. and 11011' ill suc-

Blankenship, Robert Millington (:\ I Y .. 路x81. lIas horl1 ill l{iclinJollCl. \ ';1 .. :-la\' S. Ix66. I Ie was slIcl'l.'ssin'ly drallghtsnlan. chCl1lisl. a,sistallt to sllpnilltcndl'nt, and superintl'ndcl1t of the nail (lcpartnll.'l1t. anc! fronl IX()4 to the tillle of his dcath II-;h gCI1 cral superintl.'lldcl1t of the ()Ic! l)onJinion lroll & \'ail \\'orb ('0 .. engagee! ill thl' Ilia IlU fact tI rc 0 f ha r- i rOil, l1a i Is, horsc SIIOCS, holts al1d 1I11tS. alld high -g rade refilled iroll. The plallt is opcrated h)' sll.'am, lI'atcr. alld ekrtric pOlI'C' r. lIe Il'as also till.' StlPl'l'illtCIldellt of the granite quarry alld stolle crushing plant. I Ie II a, a IIlcll1hl.'r of the . \mcricall ~ocilly of :-Icchanical I':ngillccrs; of the COtlllllOtIIl'lallh Clull. of l{ichllHlIHI. \ 'a ,: and of thc .\Ipha ,\i Chaptn of the Chi Psi fratcl'11i\y.

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TIlE ALUMNI i\fr. Blankenship was the so n of Robert Emmell and Kate (Millington) Blankenship, and the grandson of John l\Ii llin gton, :'II.!)., C. I ~ .. and ri'. R.S .. of Creat Britain, who was, success i vely, professor of mechanics in the Royal In stitution of Creat Britain: of cil'il engincering and appl ications of science III the 1,() lIdon L'nil'crsity: and of chcmistry, natural philw;ophy and cil'il cng in eering in \\'illiam and :'Ilary College, \路a. lie married \ 'irginia Sinclair Cadol, Ikcelllher 6, 1893. l ie was drOlI'ned in the foreiJa), of the I forse -S ho e lIIill of the ()Id I )oll1 ini on fr on &: :-\ail \\'orb Co. at l~ichnj()lId, \ 'a .. Jan -

latter position ill 1892 and came north again, and has since been giving most of his at-

C. D, llL,IUVELT

tcnt io n to pril'a tc husiness II'hich h as not heen of a professional character. Blumgardt, Isaac (l\ I.E., '98), son o[ J acob a nd Sophi a Blulllganlt, was born in New ) 'o rk cit)', . \pril 29. J877, and prepared for

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U;lr) 22, 190-1, Il l' left a widow a nd two lhildren, I ~ohert :'IloorL' and John l\lillington Illankenship. Blauvelt, Cornelius D , C\ I.I ~ .. '86), was h01'll in Oradell, :\. I ... \ugust 23, 186-1-; the SOli of .Iallles alld Eliza .\. (Zabriskie) Il lauI'el1. Ilis paternal anccstors were ca rll, I)utch "eulers of .\Ianhatlan and vi cinitl', Ilis Illatcrnal ancestors camc from I'oland a ccntury or llIore ago, l ie completed tllO years of the c la ssical course at :'Ilarietta College, Ohio. hefore entering the Stel'l'ns fnstitute. lie II'as assistant supc rin te ndcnt of the United Cas Improl'clllcnt Co" Paterson . .~, ].,1887-89, and superintendent and sccretary for the sa lllc c01llpany at Sl. ,\ugustine, Fla" J889-92; iJut resigned the

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TIlE STEVENS INSTITCTE OF TECI1i\OLO(;Y partment of Tests at Stevens Institute, 1898; with the Edi so n Electric Illuminating Co .. XCII' York. lR99; as draughtsman in the CIlgineering departmcnt of the lIetropolitan Street Railway Co. , Kew \'ork, ]900- 0t: in charge of the inspecting, testing. etc .. in the department of construction and repair at the Brooklyn 1\ ;1\'y Yard. New York, 1<)01 -03: and i~ now in the engincering de partlll('nt of the Xl'\\' York Central & llud~on I~i\'er Hailroad, :\'C\I' York. ::\[1'. ml1mgardt i, a member of the Tall Ilcta Pi fra tern i t y. Boettger, Robert (:\ I. E .. '98). II'a~ horn in L-nion j lill. X . J.. ;\Iay 24, 1874: attcnded puhlic school at \\'cst Hoboken; and gradll' ated from the IIohokcn , \eademy. [Ie prepa rcd for the Tnstitute at Stevens School. Ilc was I'ice-president and chief cngincer of the noettgel' ['iece Dye \\ 'o rks. at I,odi. X. ,I.. 1898- 1<)03: and thence to date has hel'n secretary of the L'nitcd Piece Dye \\'nrks at l.ne!i. ane! chief engineer of ;\Iill 1\ of that cnrp()ration. llc is a mel1lbcr of

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thl' \\'aITrlcy nnat C1uh. and of the .\c'Iuackanouk Cluh. of Pa>saic. :'Ilr. noetlger is the SOil of Henri' \\ '. and Paulinc Bocttger. heing of C;erlllan (Ic-;cent on hi~ father's side and ,\meri can on his nlOlher·s. lie married Paula C. Shi nl(lIll'k. January 20, 1<)02.

Boller, A. P., Jr. (11.£ .. '91). was horn in I ~ast ()range. ~. ,I.. April 7. 1869. I Ie rcceil'ed his preparatory cducat ion at thc /)carhorl1-?dorgan School. Orangc, ?\. ] .. graduating in 1886. ,\fter recciving his clegree from Stel'ens in 1891 he cntered the , hop and draughting- room of the 11. R. Worthinglon IIydraul ic \\'orks. Brooklyn, :\'. Y.. and for t,,·o years was assistant on construction. opcrating and testing pumping cngines . During 1893 he was with the International Contracting Co .. ~cw York. in charge of d.'·ke-huilding and dredging on go\'ernment contract 011 the upper Iludson River. and abo for a time lI·ith the Sno\\' Steam Pump \\·orks. in their XCII' York office. In IR<)4 he returned to the 11. R. \\'orthington Co. and relllaincd in their employ until 1902. during lI'hirh time he lI'as ill charge of construction work and cngaged in the testing of pumping plants. and as assistant on tests. For one year he lI'as managcr of the \\' ater :'detl'r departllleni. Ili s most important lI'o rk lI'as on enginc, at the St. Louis \Vater \\'ork" at II ;\\·erhil1. :'I [ass .. and on three gas-compressor plants In ] ndiana (3.000 [f.P.) . Tn 189R he lI'e nt to the llall'aiian Islands. headquartcrs at Iionolulu. as engilker for the \\ 'orthington Co .. and remained there for two yea rs and a ha If. hci ng inch a rge of thc installation. construction. ancl test ing of a complete irri gation plant. including some t wcl I'e high-duty triple-ex pan sion engines II ith hoi leI's, piping, and equipment. ranging in heads from 100 to 600 feet, and capac ity ior 5 to 10 million gallons per 24 hours. Returning to .\ell' \·ork. he was in charge on outside construction and testing of pumping cngines. in cluding six high-duty engines for the city of Philadclphia. Since J903 he has heen in the cmploy. as engineer. of \\'estinghouse, Church, )"::err. & Co .. Xl'II' York. representing. in Xc\\' York, the \\'es tinghouse Machine Co.: also in charge of the erection and operation of large Corliss engines and steam turhines in ~e\\' York and \'CII' England. units ranging frolll 300 kiloll'atls to 5.000 kilowatts. :\11'. nollcr is a memher of lhe .\merican Society of ~Iechanical Enginecrs and all associate memhcr of the ,\merican Society of C il,il Enginccrs.

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TIlE ALUl\[NI Bolton, Harold Lovering (M.E ., '02), the son of Edward D. and Dora M. (Lovering) Bolton, was born in Somerville, 1I1ass., April 2, 187<). Since graduation he has been e111ployed in the engineering department of the .\meric<ln Sheet Steel C路o .. J902-04 ; and as assistant superintendent of the \Vaterbury works of the vranklin I1. ]Zalbfleisch Co., ma nu facturi ng' chel11i sts, 1904 to date. lIe is a memlwr of the l"<: ngincers' Society of \Vest('1"11 P<:'nllsylvania, and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Bond, George Meade (1\ LE., '80), was iJorn in ):ell'huryport, l\fass .. July [7, 1852. The son of !Janiel (;eorgc alld \VilhcI1l1in <l I~ond, he came of a long line of 0:ew I;:ngland ancestry, his father's forebears having landed at :\ e",bury, !\Jass., from England, ahout 1638. J fis \l"ork in connection with ,tambrds cOlllmenced in 1879, while in his senior year, through the foresight of Prof. .Ialll(~S l~ . \)cnton, wilo, appreciating the importancc of establishing a standard system of measurement, brought about relations betm:en :'Ilr. Bond and Prof. \Villiaill A. Rogers, at that time Professor of Astronomy at llarvard College Observatory, Cambridge. 1\5 assistant to the Profcssor, l\Ir. Bond de,igned a c0111parator, carrying out the astron olller's ideas to enable him to conduct his invcstigations Illore efficiently in standards of length. Drawings \\'cre completed at the Institutc in 1880, and on July I of that year ;\Ir. Bond entered the service of the Prall & \\'hitney Co .. of Ilartford, Conn., to carry out the work of establishing standards for the company, under the general direction of Prof. H.ogers , whose scientific \\"ork forms the hasis for the system of measurement noll' gencrally recognized as the practical solution of accurate interchangeability in machine-co nstruction in this country. The cOlllpal-ator huilt by the Pratt & Whitney Co. in 1880-81, and sillce llsed for this \\'ork, lI'a5 entered for record hy a patent issued in 188,=;, nolV expired, the invention being jointly that of Prof. Rogers and Mr. Bond. The need of uniformity in the sizes and threads of bolts and nuts for railroad service was the incentive for much of the preliminary work above referred to, and its s uccess ful adoption and the many other applications of standard interchangeability, not

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only in railroad service, but in manufactures as \l'e II , has amply repaid the time and in \'estigation required for it. 11r. Bond was manager of the sta ndards and gaugc departmellt of the Pratt & \Vhit ney Co .. Hartford, Conn., from 1880 to Oct. 25,1902. I fe is a vellaII' of the Amcrican

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.\ssociation for the .\dl'anCclllcnt of Scicnce; a mcmber of the "\nwrican Society of Mechanical Engineers, the ,\mcrican Society of Civil Engineers, the lIartford Scientific Society, IJartEord, Conn .. and of the Engineers and Transportation clubs, ~cw \'ork. lIe \\'as president of the Alumni ,\s soc iation of Stevens In stitute, 1886-87, and .Alumni Trustee of the same, I895-98. He has been active on \'arious committees of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and was chairman of the Committee on Units of Measurements, of the American Society of Civil Engineers: was secre1ary of Section D of the XelV York llleetillg, held in 1887, of the American Association for the f\cil'a ncement of Science, The f01l011'illg papers have been presented by lHr. Bond at meetings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers: "StancJard :.'IIeasurCl1lents," Transactions, II; "A Standard Gauge System," Ibid., III ; .. Standard Pipe and Pipe Threads," Ibid., \' r. lIe also Look part in various discusSions,


TIlE STEVENS Il'\STITUTE OF TEeL I {(OLOeY In 1884 hc deli\'crcd tlVO lccturcs before thc Franklin institutc, PhilacJclphia,-otlc upon .. Standards of Lcngth and thcir Subdivision," and the othcr upon" Standards of Lcngth as ;\pplied to Gaugc Dimensions." l ie also lectured in ]888 hcfore thc Society of Arts. l\lassachusctts Jnstitute of Tcchnol0gy, Boston, upon .. Standards of Length and Their Practical Application." At the meeting of Section ]) of the ,\l11erican Association for thc ,\(h'ancelllcnl of Sciencc, held in Indianapolis in 1890, hc presented a paper Oil .. J nternal Strains in ] iardetlcd Stec1.路' Two articles by i\ Ir. Bond, .. An 1n,tance of Standards of Length Practically

cal Eng-ineers, on standard ullions for pipc, ill 19(H. and in ]()02-()3 a memher of a C011ll1littee to report upon the metric systcm. alld also a memhcr of a com11littce on standard proportions for machine scre\\',. Bonn, Hil1ric J. (:\1. E .. ';8), has bcen, since graduation, \\' ith the Dickson Locomotil'e \\'orb , Scranton. I'a .. I878-So, and the ])elamater Jron \ \ . orks. :\ c\\ York. 1880RI ; a mell1iJer of the lir11l uf Endress & [3onll. engineers, \1 ith ullin's at i'ittsiJurg. l'a .. and J loboken. 1\. J., JRRI Bo: resident engillecr of the 1\orth I [udsun County I~ailway Co., Ilohoken. :\. ,I.. 18RG 0.'1, and its \'ice -presi -

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C. JL Bond

i\pplied." and" l\n Interesting Expcriment with a Ilot-.\ir Enginc," appearcd in the SIt"i'CJlS iJldicator. \ ' . and \']]1, respcctil路ely. On Fehruary J:;. 1902. :,[ r. Bond attendcd, hy il1l'itatioll, a hearing beforc the Congressional Coml1littee on Coinage, \\'eights, and ;'Ileasures , held in \\'ashington in refcr('nce to the proposed cOl1lpulsory adoption of the metric systcm, opposing such legislation, the mctric system hcing alt-cady, hy act of Congress in 186G, a legal standard. On the 19th of Fehruary he spoke heforc the I~ranklin lnstitute in Philadclphia on the sallle suhject, also opposing the abol'c-l1lentioncd compulsory lI1easure. On thc same day a cOlllmittee of the American Society of ~1echanical Enginecrs, of which Dr. Coleman Scller~, and i\Iessrs. Colcman Sellers, ,I r .. ,I . E . Swcet, and Charles T. Porter, and :\11'. [3ond l\'l're the members, signcd a report opposing the proposcd legislation. lIc \\'as also a member of the committce appointed by the Amcrican Society of 1lechani-

dent, 1893-04. I f pon the reorganization of the company in 1894 he retired. ancl ha s since re,idcd at \\'ecklll'ken, :\. J. Bonnett, Louis Blake (i\ r. E., 'g9), was horn in ;\'e\\' \ 'ork city, Junc R. 19o7. lie is the son of ]);)niel Blake and l\Iargaret l\ugusta Bonnctt. and of lIuguenot French and English dcscent. a direct ancestor being J)aniel I~ollnett, who left France at the time of thc \'(.'I'ocation of the Edict of Nantcs in 1076, and came to i\ mcrica ]rom I~ngland in ]700. scttling Ileal' :-\ew York. l\1r. Bonnett \\'a~ educated in private schools, and prepared [Ot" college at Pingr)' School, Elizaheth, :-\. J. I [e lI'a s a,sistant engineer of thc Da\'ids :\Jachinc \\'orks, :\1ew \'ork. 1889-90, being employcd in designing machinery and on patcnt rcscarch; draughts man and dcsigner on switch hack- railroad construction for the Dundcrhcrg Construction Co., :\1CIl' York. 18<)0; assistant to the secrclary of the Al1Ierican Society of Civil Engineers (his duties in this position con-


TIlE .\lXi\Ii\[ sisting of editorial Ilork on the Society's Tnrll.wc/jolls, etc.), I~<)() <)2; special corn"IH)ndcnt and Ilriter ftlr till' Nui/road Cll::;c'//c, IR<J2; a"istant editor of the Slr,'<'/

gencral J11anagl'1" of thl' \\ -inr!m Cold 1[ining & :'Ililling Co., . \1 III a, Colo., and as dl'puty cOJ11J11i"ionl'r of parks for thl' boroughs of Brooklyn and ~Jul'l'ns, ]'\l'lI' York. Ill' is a liil' nll'nlbl'r of the Brookl)n Institute of \ rts and Sciencl's. Borland, L. J. (:\1. E .. '<)(J). II'as from the time oi his gradnation. until recently, inspector for the :'II iddle States Inspection Hurcau. :\l'll York. Ill' is at present II ith the (;l'I'lllan . \ Illl'1"ican IIl,urance Co., :\ ell York.

/~urhl'U\'

JOllrllu/, 18!)2 <.)..1; Ilith the 1'\l'W \ ork Tribr/lrc', 18<)5 <)(); l'lnploycd tin edit "rial Iltlrk tin .IIIUTicu's SlIccess!"rt! .1/,'11, alld l11anaging editor for thl' Iklll11:tn I'uh lishing C·o .. 1·: lizalll·t h , :\ . ./., 18<J{); cngaged uptln lilL"rary II (Irk and l"Pl'rt and gcnl'ral l' nginn'ring at I-:Iizabl·th. :\. ,I.. 18<)() ttl 1<)02; and fronl 1<)02 to datl' has bcen l11l'chanical l·l.g·illl·LTing c,allliner (Ii thl' :'Ilunicipal Cil·il ('tll1lJ11ission of \he City of :\\'\\. \-ork. preI,aring and rating l',a11linatiOlb Oil all subjects COl'l'ITd hy thc gl'n l'1"a I SCOpl' of J11l' chanical cn~il1L'l'ring. I Ie is thv author of a papl'1" on "The Tcst of l'OlllT I{c'luircd to i hilT I': kctric Strl'd ('ars and Total Elli CiCI1CY of :'Ilottlr." puhlishvd II ith a di sc us '11111 'n thl' Trallsu,/r{lils. \.'\\ II, of the \I11LTican Stlcivty oi ('il'il I':ngincl'rs. of II hich hody hl' II as a jnnior 11Il'nlhLT. 18<)2 97. Ill' is abo a IllL'mll,"!" oi th" Elizabeth T!I\\Jl and ('(Junt ry. 1 ~ lizah\.'lh , and Bay Ilcad Yaeht clubs.

Botchford, Henry Jay (:\1.1~., 'O t), lIas horn in I'or\ Leyden, :\. Y. , !lIarch 8. 1877. I k is tlit' 'Oil IIf I knn' lal' and Clemelltilll' (;arrisoll (\\'olldll"ortil)' -I~otch ford. II is father clllis1l'd ill the 44th :\ell' York Stall' \ ollilltl'L'rS ill I~()I. and rose to the rallk of captaill. :'III'. Ilotehfonl has beclI Ilith the Carhondak "Iachillc Co .. Carholldak, Pa., frolll ISlol to dall'. During the iall of I<JOI hI.' lIas plal'l"d ill charge of the crl'ctioll oj a 20 ton in'makillg alld refrigeratillg-p lallt ill thc Yale "ll'111orial dining hall, :\(;w Hal'e n, COIIII. In F e hruary, 1902, he took charge (Ii the l'ompall}"s Pittsburg olliel' for seleral

lr.

Boody, Alvin (;\ 1.1 ':. . ·!)3). has hl'cll engagvd. SlllCl' graduat ion, IIi t h the JCllney I':kctr ic .\Iotor ('0., Indianapoli s, Ind., 18<)3; \Iith the l ~llll ir ;l (;as 1\: 1l1unlinatillg Co., EIJ11ira. :\. Y., J8<J3-~5; and ,ince then as

J.

Il"T(,lIF"RII

nHlIlths during the illness of thl' I'ittsilurg manager, tlierl' lieing thel1 under COl1structiol1 "l'I'l'l1 rl'irigcra\ing plants in Pittshurg and its I·icinit). Fr0111 .\ugust, 1<)02 , until


3 20

TIlE STEVEr S

INSTITUTr~

rcccntly. he \I'as located at the company's main office at Carbondale, Pa" and he is now in chargc 0 [ the Boston office, TIe is a memher of the l)elta Tau Delta fraternity, ,'\ thesis. \I-ritten in conjunction \I'ith :.\Iessrs, Chatard anel I folcombe, 011 the " COlllparisoll of Cost of Operating an Iron Silleiting ['Iant by (;as - I~ngines Gsillg \\'asle Blast-Furnace Cas. and hy Cas-Fired Boilers and Steal11-I'~ngines," was published in the ,Y/("l'CIIS 111slilllic lildicotor for January, 1<)02, Boucher, William J. A. (1\I.E .. '96), was born in Jersey City. I'\, J., January f9. 1875, lie is of (;erm;tn-French and English descent. the son of John and Lydia (.\nderson) Bouchn, and his parents resided in the I fud s()n l{il'cr I'alley near . \Iban)". I"here their antecedents had been settled for the past two centuries. :'\11', Boucher has, since graduation, filled engagemcnts as follows: draughtsnlan in the shops of the _\merican 2\1otor Co. (noll' the ,\utolllohilc Company uf "\Illerica), builders of gasoline and kerosene motors. 1i-I97; in the testing departillent of the Sprague Electric Elevator Co., \\'atsessing, ~. J.. 1897- 98; draughtsman, and ()n outside work installing heaters. bloll'ers, and Illechanical draught apparatll . for the :\ell' York office of the B, I;, Sturtevant Co., 1898-99: in the mechanical engineer's office of the ])c-Iall'al'C & Hudson Railroael Co., at :-\lhany. ~. Y.. ]899 - 1900; and in the chief lngineer's office of the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co., f\ ew York, from 1900 to date, In T902 he Il'as appointed assistant enginecr, in charge of the draughting office. Hc is a nll'lllhcr of the :-Jew't'ork Railroad Club. Boyer, Shirk (:.\L E., '90), was born in Lebanon. Pa., Octobcr I!). 1869, Ill' \I'as assistant cngi ncer wi th the S loss Iron & Steel Co .. Birmingham, , \Ia., t890-94; in the employment of IIulllphreys & Glasgoll', gas engineers, :\CII' )'ork and London, 189-+- 99; engineer in the water-gas department of the Julius T'intsch Co., Berlin, J899 to elate; and is noll' located at the Berlin office. :'\Ir. Boyer is the son of Bassler and Ellen B, Boyer. J fe married Anna A. Gosau in 1900, and two children, Henry Frederic and

OF TECIJNOI"OCY

IT eien Florcnce Hoyer, han: blessed thei r union.

SIlIRK

llon:R

Brackett, Charles K. (:.\ 1,E., '00). has hecn cmploycd at the Il'o rb of the ,\mcrican Sugar I{elining Co .. Jersey City. N. J.. from 1000 to date, .\ thesis on "The Rites Shafl (;OHrJlOr," IITitten hy illr. Ilrackctt and 1\11'. Illlcrger. \I'as published in the issue of the SlC7'CIlS IlIslilllt,' Illdicalo/' for January. 190r. Bradley, Edgar L., Jr. (ilI.E., 'Ot), has heen with the ,\mcrican Bect Sugar Co., Chino. Ca!.. from 1901 to date. In l<)0-1- he was trans fer red to the Hocky Ford factory of the "allle company at Hocky I'ord, Colo. Brainard, Allen Wing (1\tE., '8-1-), wa~ horn in Brooklyn, ~. Y., September 2-1-, [862. lie Il'as the son of John 1\l1en and Evelcne ,\. Brainard. His elllployments wcre in the testing and erecting departments of the \ \'orthi ngton II ydraulic \ \ 'o rks. Brooklyn. :\, y" where he spent the six years from I R8.:J, to 1890: as 111anufact urers' agcnt in the city of Xc\\' York, 1891-93; as repre~l'ntali\'t> in charge of the exhibit of the Bristol Co" man Ll [aelLl rers of self-recordi ng illstnlnH'nb for pressure. temperature. and electricity. at the \\"orld's fair, Chicago, 1R93; as rcpresclltati I'e 0 f the same C011lpany in .'\c\\'York. 1893-95; and again as manufacturers' agent, 1895-98. A fter a


TIlE ALUMNI lingering illness. :'Ill'. Brainard :-[unticdlo, N. Y., June 18, I901.

died

In

3 2l

<:r's Scotch; but both parents and grandparenh were American born. i'Ir. Braine's engineering and oth<:r experiences ha\'e included those of draughtsman with Thomas E. Brown, :'IL\.S.C.E .. chief engineer for the Otis Ek\'alOr Cu., :\<:\\. York, working on e1c\'atur dcsigns. etc., and <:specially un the design of the" (;\asgu\V llar\)or Tunnel 1~IC\'at()l-." (;Ia'gow. Scotland, ,89:1- 9-1;

A. W. B R.\IXAI{I)

Braine, Bancroft Gherardi (;\ I. E., '93). was iJorn at th<: .'\a\路y ~ 路 ar<1. :\C\\路 York. i\larch '(). ,gil. lie is th<: son of th<: late 1~<:ar -i \dll1iral j)anicl 1.. Brainc. l'. S. :\avy, \\ho servcd in the :-il'xican and Civil wars, and :\[ary 1~lizahcth (I;ulton) Lhaine. The

L.\KI, GEORGE r:-;Cl.lXE

13. C. Braille

B. G.

BIL\IXE

name IS originally .\'orman French; his iather's anc<:slry was English, and his moth-

transit-man and time-keeper for C. F. Parker. i\J.E .. on construction of a trolley road at Point Pleasant. N. l, I894; assistant engineer with the Otis Enginccring & Construction Co., on the sUl'\'ey, location. and construction of an incline railway up Prospect l\[ountain, Lake c.;corge. K. Y., and the installation of an electric-light plant in COll-


Tlll': STI~\'I~XS

I:\STnTTI~

junction \\'ith the same, 189-1--95; assistant sur\'cy [or a trolley road from Catskill :'Ilountain Statioll to Tanllers\'ille, .\. Y .. and also on a suney [or a proposed inclinc road up :'Iiount Tom, IIolyoke. :'I[ass .. 189:;: assistant cnginl'cr \\'ith Thomas E. IlrO\\'11. cngaged upon de;igns of the ele\'atOl', for the St. Paul Duilding, Xc\\' York; abo Oil a dcsign ior the proposed bascule hridge onT :\ C\\to\\'n Creek, X. \' .. and on \arious othcr work. 1896-97; ane! from 1897 to datc L'ngincer for the Continuous Rail.Ioint CompallY of .\lllerica, .\'e\\·ark, .\'. J. lie has also hccn sccretary and treasurer of thc Esscx Co .. :\c\\ark. X. ,I.. from 1902 to datc. .\n ahstract of his thesis, .. Test of ()tto (;as-I'~ngilll's ()pcrating an ElectricLight l'Jant at Ihnhury .. Conn .... was puhlished in thc .)'/<,:':/1.1' 1/lIiClI/or, July. 189-1-. and in 1)07.,.'1' . . \ugust. 1i-l)-1-. :'Ilr. Braine is a memher oi the .\merican Society o[ :'lIe chanical I·~nginl'cr,. and a member of the Brooklyn Engincers' Club. and of the Essex llub. XC\\';Jrk, X. J. ~ngl11ccr Oil it

Brett, Harvey (:'I I.L~ .. '98). has bcen engaged. since graduation. as draughtsman with the Dutchess Tool ('0 .. :'Ilallca\\·an. ;oJ. ".; with the (;rccll l;m'l Economizer Co .. \\'orking at first in its nlachinc shop and after\\'ard on thc road. l'l'~cting machines. etc.; \\'ith the Sprague 1~lectric Co .. Bloomfield, ;oJ. J.. ilcing first in thc tcsting dcpartmcnt. aftcr\\'anl in thc construction department. and thcn cmployc;! as assistant electrical engi]lecr: \\'ith thc I~astman Kodak Co .. Rochcstcr. X. Y .. as supcrintcudcnt of metal \\'ork, 1(;01-03: and with the I'n cumatic Signal Co ., I{ochcstcr. :\. Y .. 1903 to date. first having chargc of thc construction of its new piant. installing machinery and getting the \\'ork in (Iperation. and now holding thc position of assist:lnt superintcndent. Togcther \\'ith J\Ir. I. Fraky Ilahr he \\,rote a thesis. " Experimcntal In\'l'stigation of thc Rcliability of Pitot Tubcs ior Dctermining the \'c1ocity ot 1:lo\\, of "'atcr in Pipcs." puhlished in thc S/C'i'eIlS Illdica/or for Octobcr, 1898. Brewer, Samuel Brainerd \\'as born in Brooklyn, X. Y .. 1850. lIe is the son of Joseph riel 13re\\'Cr. alHI his anccstors coulllry from Somcrsetshire,

(M.E.. '76). January 27. 1. and lIarcame to thIS England, in

OF TI~Cll?\TOU)(;\'

163 2. and located in l{oxiJury. l\Iass. The family mO\'ed to f\e\\' York in the early part of thc 19th century. lie \\'as cngaged in various capacities. 1876- 79: in the :'Ilechanical Lahoratory of Ste\'ens In stitute, 1879-80: as draughtsman with \\'ilson Bros .. architccts and ci\'il enginccrs. Philadelphia, Fa., 1880- 81. and in a similar capacity \\'ith A. II. Emcry, l.E .. .\c\\' York. 1i-l82. In the fall of the lattcr ycar hc hegan to de\'ote most of his timc to patcnt \\'ork, hut o\\'ing to its confining naturc hc ahandoncd it in 189S for outdoo r labor. and has again for scvcral years becn engaged as draughtsman at Elizabeth. N . I. Brinckerhoff, Alexander Gordon (!\I .E .. '77). \\'as horn in Portsmouth. :\. II .. ,\ugust

2,). j 8,=;6. In 1877 he \\'as cl11plo,l'cd in the draughting-room of the Sixth .\\'l·nue Elevated H.ailroad. '\C\\· York. at that time in proccss of construction. lie thcn scn-ed \\'ith \\ 'yllys 11. Warner (the firm n()w being Johnson & :'Ilorris) contractor for steamhcating and ventilating apparatus. Xew York, with \\'hich house he has remained to the prescnt date. Since Dccember, 1880, he has becn supe rin tcndent of the works. and has had charge of thc designing and superintendence of ercction of steam and water hcating and ventilating plants for buildings of all kinds and sizes, locatetl in \'ariou~


parts of the country. Since ]886 he ha s been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is a member, also, of the Holland Society of Xc\\' York and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity . I Tis father was Isaac Bri nckerhofr, a descendant of Joris Dericksen Brinckerhoff, who came to this cOllntry from Ii olland in 1638. On the side of his mothcr, Mary Cordon BrinckcrholT, hc is third in desccnt from (;Cll . .lames Cordon, an officcr in thc ,\m cric:an Rc\'olu tionary army. Il c married l\lincrva Ella .\rc her, September 27, IR82. Brinckerhoff, Henry Morton (M.E., '90). \\'as born at Fishkill -o n- Iludson, :-\. Y .. . \pril 20. 186R. Being cmployed by the T h(JllIs()n-l loust()n Ell'ctric Cu., of Doston, he \\'as put on construction \\'ork on the \Vest End Street Railway of that city, serv in g in var iolls capacities, commencing as lineman' s helper, and occupying ncarly c\'cr)' position In Ii nC- \\'o rk, car-eq 1I ipment, and powerhousc operatio n. 1890-91. Ile then became assistant engineer at the po\\'cr house of

ment for the C;eneral Electric Co., in Boston and on the Coney Island a nd Brooklyn Rail-

II. :\I.

BRr~CKLRIlon'

\\'ay. ]892; and assistant electrical eng ineel of the Intramural I{ail\\,ay at the \\'o rld 's

ROH-LIFT lJRWG拢 :-'1 J<:TROI'OI.lT.\N \\'EST SIDI, ELEV.\TEP RMI.RO.\I), CIlIC.\GO

11 . .11. BrillckailOll

tlte Utica Belt Line Street Rail\\'ay Co., 1891 -92; foreman in charge of car e<juip-路

Columbian Exposition, Chi cago, 1892-94. In this position he assisted in designing and in-


., '1'J [1'. STEV Ei'\S INSTITUTE OF TECIIl\'OLOC; \' stalling the electrical equipment all this, the' lirst third - rail dC\'ated road of the country. and was joint patentee \\"ith the electrical ellgineer. ?l1r. C. I r. :\Iacloskie, of special apparatus designed for this system. During the operation of the road in the SlIllll11er of I X93. :\1 r. I~rinckerh()ff had ch;u-ge of the car

that road. Ill' is patentee of various devices and machines in use on this railroad, and is still conllectcd II ith the cOlllpany, having' successively filled the positions of superill tendent of Illolil'l.' pOll er and lI路a),. assistant general manager. and gelleral manager, which post he noll' holds. 1 Ie is a Illelll-

bll'IRlUR OF 10,000 IJ.l'.l'OI\J路R JlOI,;SE. ~IETROI'OLJT\" \\'FST SIIlE EI.F\ .\'['1': "

R \ILROA" Co., ClIll'AC;O

II. ,If. Brillckrrlwil

equipment. power house, and other electrical apparatus. I Ie then (1894) took the position of electrical engineer on the Metropolitan West ~ide Ele\'ated Railroad of Chi cago. assuming charge of the designing and installatioll of the electrical equiPlllellt for

ber of the l\l11erican Institute of Electrical Engineers. the \\'estern Society of Engi neers. Illinois Club. of Chicago, and of the Technical and Chicago Automobile clubs. :\Ir. BrinckerhotT is the son of Peter Rem -


TIlE .\LG:'INI se n and II elen (:\forton) Brinckerhoff. He married Florence Louise Fay, J<lnuary 20, 1()03.

lVay Co .. I\e\\' York city. 1902-03; employed at the power house of the Interborough H.apid Transit Co., 1903: \\ ith the Rapid

FOlTR- TR.\l>: Cml1l1",\T10N CROSSING, :\1 ET1Wl'OUT,\S \rEST SI1>1-: EU.\'.\Tlm RAJI.ROAD, CHU路\r.O

J r. M. ]3rjl1ckrrllOJi

Brisley, Edward Betts (:\1.1':.. '(2). \\'as horn in :\l'\\ York city. luI} 23. 18Ko: the

E.

B. BRISLE\'

,on of Willialll Henry and Louise (Post) Brisky. I rc \\ as with the Manhattan Rail-

Tra1Jsit SuiJwa\ C01Jstruction Co .. 1()03 0-1-; and is n()\\ at' the ['illsburg- ofiice o[ the Crocker- \\' IlL'ekr CIl. 1 rc is a junior mel\1her of the .\merican Society o[ :\[echanical Engineers, and of the .\111erican Society of Ci \'i I Engi neers: associ ate memiJer of the .\merican Institute of Electrical Engineers; and member of the Xe\\' York Electrical Society, :\e\\' York ,\thletic Club . and the Chi Psi fraternity. Bristol, Bennet B. (:\ I. E. '(3), was born in :\augatuck. ('onn., ]\fay 3. 1868. IIe was employed at orfice work in \Yaterbury. 188-1-88; became assistant to the Treasurer at the Stcyens Tnstitutl'. 1R89-90: and in 1890 entered the Sophomore class \\ith the class of T893. He has been secretary and general superintendcnt of factory of the Bristol Co., \\'at erbury, Conn., assisting in the improyement ami de\'cloplllcnt of rcconling-instru ments for pressure. temperature, and electricity. sincc 189-1-. Tn 190-1- he bccame \'iceprcsident of thc Bristol Co. :\11'. Bristol is the SOil of BClljamill I l.


•I 'I'll

[~

STliVEl\S ll\STITL'TE OF TECIIKOLOC;Y

and Pauli ne (Phe lps) Bristol. I Je married (;ertrucle ;\. Rexford. June 28, 1898. They

B. n. B RISTOJ.

have thrce ,·hi ldren. :\Iary Loui~e. and Rcx ford . \ II .I'll nri stol.

llelen.

Bristol, William H. (:\I. I ~ .. '~-t). I 'rok~sor of :\Ialheillalic~ al SlcI'cns In .,tillite of Tcch nolo~y. For hi()~raphy see page 26:;. Broadhurst, William G. (:\ !.l~ .. '(2). has hccn cng;l~ed \\ ilh the (;rcen Engincning Co .. Chicago, III.: has stlldicd hydralllics at COr1lcll L'nil'crsit~: and is 11m,,' assi,tanl Illanager of lhc .\t lantic Ruoling Co., ha ying charge of the COlnpany 's faclory at Perlh • \ 111 ho)" :\. ,I. Broadmeadow, Walter J. P1.I~ .. 'S:;), \I'as hOr1l in Ilol)()ken, :\ . .I .. :\Iay 7, IK63. Ill' II-as II ith J. Broad111t'ado\\ & Son, Red Hank. :\. ,I., I XXS ~~: superi ntcnticnl of the Seashorc l ~lcctric I{ ai lw a~ Co .. . \~hury I'ark, :\. ,I., I K~~ 91 : II'ilh 11 r. \\' . 1'. Stel'cnson, :\ell' York, 1891-94: managcr of the Sanitary Plu111hing \.'0 .. Red Bank. :\ . .I., 189497: \I'ith the BrooklYIl Rapid Transit Co., IR97--99: and has hccn assistant superintcndcnt of the Canol' Rid~e 111ines of the Clearlield Bitllminolls Coal Corporation, Ro"iter. Indiana County. I'a., from 18')9 to date. :'III'. Broail111eado\\ IS the son of lallles

and La I'inia (. \ndersol1) Broacl111eacloll'. itncl is of English desccnt. :'Ilr. Broadmeadow 111arried Ella T. Smock, June 17. 1894. They ha\'c one child. J felt'n Broad111eado\\·. Brookfield, Augustus Baker PI.E.. '93), I\as horn in :\e\l·ark. :\ . .I .. , \ugust IT, 1872. lie was Ilith I~aker & Co., gold anel platinum relinl'1's, assa\'l'rs and smelters, :\cwark. :\ . .I .. 1893 1<)02, successil'cly as sales1l1an, in charge of the ordering, shipping, inspecting. l\'l' ighing, and manufacturing departlllents. and as factory manager. \\'hilc with this COlllpany he cle\'i~ed a schcme for shop cm,h, and succeeded in produc in g machine-Illadc platinulll ware of a high grade. Il l' resigncd. on account of illhealth. in January, 1902. Ilc is at present engaged in th,' _\ngora goat-raising industry at Frerro, :\ . :\1. :\1 r. Ilrooklield is the son of J. Y. and 1 ~ li zahcth J. Ilrookfleld, and a descendant of Capt. ./ohll i1rooklield, of the :\Iorris Rangl'I'S, and Ihrhara Ikck. \Ihn founded the lirst :\Ictlwdist Ulllrch III the L'nited States. lie married Carolille .\. Schulz, June f I, 19 0 3. Brooks, Morgan pl. E .. '~3), \\'as horn in Boston, :'Ilass .. :'Ilarch 12, 1861. ITe \\'as educated at l{o,,Jlllr) Latin School. Boston, l'lIterillg' 111'0\\'11 L' lIinTsity ill 187i, with lirst ( il artshorn) prizc for preparation in mathelllatics. Ik graduated in J881 with the degrec of Bachclnr of Philosophy, and cntered Steve ns I nstilute in the fall of 1881. lie spcnl 100 days in 1 ~\1rope with a college friend in IRR6, and wcnl ahroad again in 1 8~9 \\'ith a party of .\llIcrican engineers \' isiting the Paris I~xposition. TTl' engaged \I-ith I I ill. Clarke, & Co .. Iloston . seiling ane! installing enginl's. espl'l'ially ga'i-engines. in 1~83: \Ias lahoratory assistant \I'ith the \llIerican Bell Telephone Co .. Roston, inspecting and testing all the hard-drawll copper \I'ire made hy thrce factories for the earliest long-distance line'i: also prcparing reports on the practical utilit), of inH'nlions offcred to the company , 1884 86: and became engincer inr the Boston office of the Electrical . \cculllulatnr ('0 .. soliciting and installing plants in noston and \'icinity, 188687. In thc spring oi 18K7 he equipped a car experilllentail) with clectric lighting,

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fllr thc Old Colony Railroad. one of the earliest exalllples of electric train-lighting in the United Statcs_ The car was run in connection with thc Fall Ri "cr stealllers_ Fro111 1i-IR7 to 1R90 he was sccretary-treasurer of the ~t. Paul (:'II inn.) Cas Ijght Co - On his way to ~t. Paul hc stopped at Pittsburg to insp(:ct the nell systC1l1 of alternating currcnt I ighti ng of the \ \ . esti nghouse Co .. and rcconlmended and superi nt c nded the i nsta llation of the sallle syste m in thc (;as Light Company's station in St. Pau!' the work being cOlllpleted in 18RR !n Octoher. 1890. he organized the Electrica! r ~ llgilleering Co. ilt St. Pall!. insta!ling Illan." isolated and central station lightingplants throughout the '\ort\tIlTSt. .\ fter the expiration of the telephonc patents he also built many independent telephone exchange;. I Ie is still pres ident of this company. no\\' acti"ely engaged ill the ck'rtrical supply husilless ill .\!illileapolis_ !Il 1898 he re sign('d the Illanagelllent of the ahm'c COIllpany to accept the position of I'rofessor of Electrical Engineering at the L' nil'ersity of ;\ehraska at Lincoln. and in [901 resigned fronl ;\ehraska to lill a similar position with the l ' nil'l'rsity or !lIinois at L' rbana. hi s prcscnt occupation_ {'rof. !1rooks has takcll oul palcnts for a teleplwne cxchange (189.;) and an autolllatic telephone systenl (IH9(»I lis graduating thesis. writtcn in conjunction with hi s classmate .I. E. ~te\,ard. '1',IS puhlished In ahridged form in \-an ;\ostrand 's f~I/Rillccr­ il/g .1laRlI::;il/c. !"e hruary. IgR~. under the litle " ~ollle EXJlerilllents uJlon the Otto Gas ! ~ nginc." This was noticcd by sCI'cra! forcign period icals. and II-as translatcd hy 1\1. (;usta"e H.ichard , and included in his treatise. "Lcs i\loteurs ;\ Caz" (I'aris. 1885). pp_ Q3- 156. ! Ie contributed .. The Telcphone and Its Operation .- to Cussicr's .1/agu:::il/c. .\ lay. 1805. From 189S to 1898 he delin'rcd occasional Iecturcs to the engineering students at the L' nil'er"ity oj .:'IIinnesota, at .:'Ifinneapolis. upon .. Telephones," ., The Electrical J)istribution of Standard Time;' and "Finance and ! ~ ngineering ,"­ the last- named being published in the EI/gil/eer's ) 'cnr Hook (;\!inneapolis), 1899 . .t\ talk llpon "The Economic Lilllitations of Isolated Electric 1'lanl 5" II as gil'en to the ;\orthll-cstcrn . \ ssoc iation of i\rchitects. Ilis

inaugural address at the L'ni,-ersity of ::\ehraska was entitled ,. Electricity :tnd Enlighten1l1ent," and was delivered (lctohn 28. 1 89~. " fnterior f"ighting" appeared ill the Bll/e erillt (the .\ebraska L'ni\'ersity an nllal) in 1902: "Operating Condition'i (;()\-erning Direct -Cu rrent .\Iachinery." in the Tcclll/ogrll/,Iz (Illinois engineering annual) in 1902: and" Electrical I'rngress in the Cnited ~tatcs in 1902"- in the '\ew Year's nU1l1hcr (January. 1903) of the I/'cstcrll Electriciall, Chicago. I!e is a !ifc member of the . \Illerican ~()­ ciet_I' of :'Ilcchanical Engineers: and a l11el11 her of the .\l11erican Institute of Ell'(-trical

~IOf<G ':-I BROOK'

I ~ nginccr _": thl' _\l1lcri ca ll I ~ kctf"l) r hl'l1liral Society: the \\-estcrIl ~ociety of ! ~ ngineers: the ~ociet\' for the Promotion of I'. ngineering Education: the _\merican .\ss(JCi·ltion for the .\d,-a ncelllcnt of Scicnce: the !: ranklin !nstitute: the ne!ta [(appa ! ~ psi!()n fraternity of IlrO\\"I1 L'ni,-cr,ity: the Sigma Xi and Tau 8eta Pi honorary scicntific college societies _ I'rof. Hrooks is the so n of Francis ,\. and Frances ( Hutler) Brooks. 11 is {ather. grandfather. and great-grandfather on the paternal side wcre all lawyers. [!i s grandfather on the maternal side was preceptor of Lawrcnce l\cademy. Croton. :'IIass_. for III a Ill- l'Cars. Prof. Brooks married Frana .\Jarie Brooks. daughter of I:. Brooks,

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TlIE STEVE0:S I)JSTITUTE OF TECTlNOLOC;Y a law yer of Boston. ,\pril 24, 1888. T h cy hal'c SCH'n childrcn. Il enry I\Iorgan. Charles 1;]"<l11kl in. l' rancis. Frederick "\ugu stus, Roger. Ed ith . and Frona ~Iargueritc Brooks. Brooks, Royal Deane pr.E.. '00), was born in Brooklyn. S. Y. l\Ugu st. 1878. Ill' was assi.-itant stealll expert at the :\[illnequa \\'o rk s of thc Colo r ado Fuel & Tron Co., Pueblo. Colo .. 1900-0 1 : enginccr in erecting department of thc .\Illerican Stoker Co .. ;';el\' York. 1901 03: and h as bcen cngaged in the salcs departlllcnt of the Tnternational :-::tealll PUIllJl Co .. Sell' York. frolll 1903 to date. lie is a mcmhcr of the Bcta Thcta I'i and Thcta Su Epsilon fraternitics. of the Crcscent alld L' llil'crsi ty Cluhs. of l1ro()k1\"11 . alld of the :\!innequa Uub. of !'ueilio. Colo. Brown, Wilbur Vincent (B.S ., 1880: Ph.D .. I ~~~). lI'as horn in \\ 'a rr'en County,

\\' . \'. BRO\\";\"

S. J., ill 1860. lie rcccil'ed hi s early educatio n at hOlllc. under his parents. and had hut two ycars of grammar-sc hool wo rk and one year of hi g h sc h ool before ent eri ng Stevens In stitute. Il l' was ass istant in the Il arvard College . \stronomical Obsen'atory. being assigned to \\'ork with Prof. \Villiam A. Rogers on the Illcridian c ircle. 1880-83; Instructor in i-Jathcmatics at the Indianapoli s

II igh School. 1883-8.1: was elected Assistant Professor of :'Ifat hcmatics and . \ssistant Director of thc Ohservatory at De Pauw Univcrsity. 1883 87: in 1887 was appointed Dircctor of the Ohscn'atory and .\ ssociate Profcssor of :'Ifath c lllatic s: in 18cN Professor of . \ stronomy. and in 1897 Profes or of :'Ifathematics and l\stronomy at the latter l.'ni\"crs ity. at the same timc rctaining his position as Director of the Ohscn'atory. Skl'ens In st itute conferred the degree of I)octor of Phi losophy upon :'1[1'. Brown in 1888. I Tc is th e author of the following articles: .. Thc Cartesian Chals and 1 ~l'latcrl Curvcs as Sections of the .\nchor Ring." puhli shcd in the "' l!llla/s of .l!lIlhcll/lIlies. 1892; .. The ('ollimatioll of a RCI'crsihle Transit." Ob .fcr'i.·alory. T900: .. I ~t)"l'ct of Singlc and Douhle Lin cs upon 1'crsonal Error in Trallsit Ohsen·ations." . lslroJlolilical JOllrl/al. 1<)01: and ".\ Proposed Classification of \\'cather :'ITaps as an . \id in \\ 'cather Fore, cast in g." .1!Ol/llily II'culher Re7'ie .. ,', Igol. Il c is a mcmber oi the P hi Beta Kappa f ratcrnitl'. Prof. BrO\\'n is the SO il of Rc \' .. \Ibert II. and Julia A. Brown. I Ie marricd .\ddi!' I ~( bon Fish in 1883. and thcy han' onc child. I n·i ng Frederick Browil. Brown, Willard Y . (:\ 1.1·: ... !):;) . lI'as horn in Xc\\·ark. X . .1 .. .Iunc o. IX73. and reccivcd his early cducation in the Xc\\"ark public sc hools. Ill' was assistant to the ma ster mcchanic of the Pencoyd Iron \\·orb. Philadelph ia. 1895-90, cngagcd in thc erect ion and rcpair departmcnt of the ro lli ng mill and '>tcel mill: assistant to thc mcchanical engineer of thc King Bridge Co .. Cleveland. 0 .. 1896-98. heing occupicd in thc construction of hoisting-machinery for coal and ore, nancs . etc.: \\'ith thc Lorain Stccl Co., Lorain. 0 .. 1898-99: in chargc of thc Pittshurg office of thc Dominion Iron & Stcel Co .. Ud .. 1899-H)oo: cngagcd at the mai n oflicc 0 f the same company at Sydney, C. B., I 900-0 r. as Ilrst assistant cnginccr: construction cngineer for the Colorado Fuel & I ron Co ., Pueblo. Colo .. hal'ing charge of building a new Bcssell1t'l" departmcnt and rail -mi ll. H)OI-02: and supl'l'intcndcnt of construct ion for the Carrcll-Cromwcll Engineering Co ., from 1902 to datc, in charge


THE ALUl\INI of the erection of a plant for the Colorado l;uel & fron Co .. consisting of ope II-hearth

W. y,

1890-98, and superintendent of motive power of the same road fr0111 1898 to date. He is a member of the American Society of M echanieal Engineers: of the American Rail way ;\faster :'fcchanics路 Association; the ~Taster Car Builders' Association; and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. 1\1r. Bruck is the son of Charles Louis and Laure Elizabeth (de (;raml \ 'al) Bruck. of mixed German and I'rench ance~try. On his mother's side he is descended from one of the families ciI'in.!n fro\1l San Domingo by the revolution of Toussaint J"Ou\"ertllre.

BROWN

furnaCe's, hlooming-mill. rod -mill, l11erchantmill, and cotton-tic milJ. :\lr. IhowlI is the son of Ccorge ancl Margaret .\. ((;iflins) liro\\'n, his ancestors heing <Jl1akcrs and early .\ew l~nglalld settlers. lie Illarri\.'d (;racc \ '. Ilessler, Fehruary 2-1-, 1900, and they 11a\"e one child, Dori, (;iftins 111'(1\\ n. Bruck, Henry Theobald (i\ I.l~ .. '78), was horn in Ilohoken, .\. J., l\lay 29, 18j8. His larly e<iucation was rccei\'cd at Martha 1n.-t itull'. 11()hoken. 1Ie passed the entrance examination for the Class of 1876 of the ~tc\'Cns Institute of Technology, hut on acC(l111lt () [ youth delayed enteri ng- for t \1'0 years. \\'hich \\crc passed as a ~p(;cial stu!lcnt at the L'ni\'n~ ity of the Cit)' of :\ew York. I Ie w;),; drallghtslllan ill the shops of the Dda\\'are, Lat:ka\\'<\nna, & \\'estern Railroad at Kingsland. :\ . .I .. 1878-83: in the sa Ille \.'a paci t y \\'i th '\'. [r. BO\l'ers. .\ ew York. 1~~3 -R-1-. and \\ ilh "'. ,\. Lorcnz. man ufacturer o( paper-hag- machinery, IIartford. Conn.. 188-1--87: assi~tant to the general lll;1l1ager of the L'nited States Torsion Balancc & ~cale Co .. :\ l'W \ ' ork, 1887- 90: master of machincry of the Cumi>erland & Penn,\, l\';\ nia Railroad, :\lount Savage, Md.,

II. T. BRUCK

I k marril.!d :\\innic Orme [,(;n<lh, .\pri[ 28. 1896, and they ha\'C one child, Laure Eliza iJeth Bruck. Bruckner, RUdolph Eglin (i\l.E.. '96) was horn in llohokcn . :\. ,I., January 13. 1875. the SOil o[ Charles I.J. and Josephine (:\Iunson) Bruckner. lli~ father \l'as born ill Basel, ~\\路itzerlan(1. and came to i\merica in 1866. The family of Bruckner-Eglin arc related to EllieI' the mathematician. On his 1110ther's side he is desccnded. through the :\lunson and Carhart families, [1'0111 Thomas Carhart. \\'ho C;)ll1e to this COUll try in 1683. from Cornwall. England, ancl, through the l\Iul1solls. frail! the Pell f;)/llily who foullded I'clham, \\' cstchester County, :\. Y., and frolll the Ill/nt family \\'ho settled Hunt's Point in 1667. Thomas Carhart was private


TIl E STEVEXS I,\TSTLTUTF OF TEeIl XOLOC Y secretary to the English COI·ernor. Thomas Dong-an. The :\Jl1nSOllS founded \\' alling-

John Schimmel, Jr., was published in the Sfc7.'cIlS JJldicator and in Thc Progrcssive .-Igc. The ~llbject of the thesis is .. Calorific Power of Cases by the Junker Calorimeter.··

lIe is a JlleJllber of Lafayette Lodge 64, Free and Accepted Masons. Order of the Founders and Patriots of 1\ Jllcrica, and of the Theta Xu Epsilon fraternity.

R. E.

BRUCKNER

lord. Conn .. and O\I'ned much of the land II'hich at prescnt is Xew IIal·en. Conn. The family has Icrt many hequests to Yale College. one of $20.000 left by Israel Munson in I R-I-I being recorded as the largest reccil't'd hy the College up to that time. :\Ielllhers of the family have serYed in the .\ml'rican i1r",y ill the rlldiall. Rel'olutionary, and later Ivars. l'poll graciuating in 1896 Mr . Bruckner entered the employ of the Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co .. 0:ew York. as inspector of ",aterial. and in 1897 he hecame one of its assistant engineers. \\'ith this company he remained until JUlle. 1898. II'hen he passed thl' examination for assistant engineer II'ith the relative rank of ensign in the Uniteci :;liltes ).'al')'. and receil'(?d a co",mission as '\Jch. sen'ing until October of the same year. when he was honorably discharged and hecame one of the engineers of the Prindle Pump Co .. :'\ ell' York. J 11 J 899 he was engaged in the designing and erection of furnaces and dryers for the treatment of waste products from canneries. etc. In 1901 he entered the sen·ice of the Curtis Steam Turbine Co .. Xe\\' York. and remains in that emplo)'!ncnt at the present tillie . His gradu;tting thesis. which was prepared jointly with l\[essrs. :;\Iartin Shepard and

Bruen, Albert Electus Cd Y.. '93), II'as born in fhooklyn. X. Y .. :\Iay J3. 187J. and II'as educated in Iwintte schools ill that city. lIe II'as second rodman on the cngilleer corps at the TII'Cnty-fiflh :;treet I'owl'r Iiouse of the Lexington ,he. Cable I~()ad. ;\Ietropolitan Traction Co .. 1895: alld has been in spector II'itll the L'nderwriters' HtJl'L''l1l of the :'Iliddle and Southern States. :\e\\' York. since 1l~95. lie II'as a IIlCmiJer of the SCII' \'ork Railroad Cluh dowII to 1898. and is a nll'Jllher of the :\ational l"ire I'rotcction ,\5~oeiation. and of the IIIsllrallce Society of Philadelphia. :\lr. BruC'n is the son of .\lIlert and Electa

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BRUEN

Ilrucn. lle Jllarried Elllma L. \Villl, ,\pril 10, [901. Bruen, George Everett pf .E., '95). was horn ill Brooklyn. ;\. Y .. ,\ugnst II, 1873; [he son 0 f ,\Ibcrt and Elcc[;t Bruen. Ire II'as an instructor at the Stel'Cns Tnstitute during the Supplemelltary Tcrm , 1895: rod-


THE ALUMNI man with tllC l\lctropolitan Traction Co., ;.;re\\' York. 1895: chemist in the department of tests of the Baldwin Locomotive \Vork5, l'hiladelphia.lfh)S-90: ~lIpcrintenelcnt of the Raritan Electric Light & PO\\'cr Co., Pcrth .\mboy. :\. ,T.. 1896-99: in thc cngineering dcpartment of the \\'estern Electric Co., Ncw York. 189CJ: and electrical inspcctor for the :\ati()nal n()ard of I~ire Underwritcrs. f\e\\' \>ork. IR99 to date. J [is graduating' thesis , prepared jointly with ~lessrs. Percy Allan <Ind I;n:dcrick K. \ >rceland. on .. Expcri mental Determination of the InAucncc of Had, Pressure on the Economy of a Surial'l:-('ondensing Enginc \\'ith Jnliepenelellt

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the sen'ice of the l\lidvaJe Steel \Vorks. Phibdclphia. Pa. He was Instructor of the

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13liCKLEY

night class in Applicd Electricity at Drexel Institute, 189C)-I900. and is a member of the Engincers' Club of Philadelphia. of the Englewood Field. TenaAy Field. and Tulpo路 hockell Tennis clubs. and of the Theta Xi fratcrnity. l~rom J89R to 1900 he was a mcmher o{ the ~e\\' York Electrical Socicty. 1 1r. l1uckky is the son of Charles P. and ElIcn .\. Dllckley . lIe married Cornclia Ll'\\'i~. ,Ianu:1ry 30. lC)or, anel they ha\'e one child. Elizabeth Buckley. G. E.

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\ ';!l'lltll11 l'lI11lp." \\'as puhlished in the '~'I'I/.I' ludiciltor, ,\,111. 136.

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Brune, Percy J. (:\LE .. '97). \Vas engaged hy thL' :\ icaragllil Canal Commission (one of 65 slIcccssful candidates out of an applicltion list o[ Ilearly 500) in \\'ork at Nicaragua. and ill 1899 bccame cng-incer on a sugar plantation at Central Occitania, Cuba. Ill' is no\\' with the United Railways of [Ia \路ana. Cuba. Buckley, Thomas John Po r. E.. '98), \\'as born ill Tcn;\Ay, :.:-. ,T.. ~o\'l'mher 3掳.1873. He W:1S cngagcd in ~\1r\'('ying \\路ork. 1898; \\'ith the Edison Electric Co ...I'\cw i 'o rk, J 8g8-99; and from 1899 to elate has been in

Buerck, J. O. OLE .. '76). was cmployed in Jighthouse \\'ork at ;.;rew London, Conn., 1876; and with the Scientific Publishing Co., 0! ell' York. 1878- 79. From the latter ycar up to the date of his death. which occurred in 1895. there is no record of his occupations. Buerger, Charles (i\I. E.. '00). recci \'cd the degrec of Bachelor of Science from the College of the City of Xc\\' -Y ork in 1898 and has been cngaged with the ,\ilantic Refining Co., Philadelphia. Pa .. 1900 to elate. His graduating thesis, writtcn in conjunction with 1'-11'. C. K. Brackett, on the" Rites Shaft (:o\'ernor," was published in the StCZIC JlS Ii/stitl/le Indicator, January. IgOr. [Ie is a member of thc Phi Bcta Kappa fraternity.


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STEVE:\S INSTl'ITTE OF TECIINOLOC;Y

Buffet, E. P., ] r. (l\I.E., '94), \Vas COI1nected IIi th the, IlIlcrican .1! allllfac/llrcr alld froll fI'orld, Pittshurg. 1'a., during part of the year ,895. and afterward became financial editor of the Pittsburg COlI/lIlercial Ga:::ettc. During the latter part of r895 he hecame associated lI'ith the AlIlerican ,1!a,-hillist. and eH',' since that time he has maintained a connection lI·ith that paper in I'anous capacltlcs. Ill' graduated in ,1une. 1897. froll1 the Xew York Law School. lIith the degree of Bachelor of J.aws. (JIIII lalldc·. Contemporaneously with his connection lIith the ,llIIcriolll .lta,-hillist. he was engaged in other lI·ork. Besides studying law he was for a IIhile an editorial IITiter for Cllrrcllt Literatllrc. and was also associated lIith [{catill!!, ami I'clllilatioll. In his writ ings he has made a specialty oj the comnlercial side of engincering. .\n editorial on (;erman .\merican machinery trade rl'lations , written during the laller part of 1900, was llsed as the hasis of argunll'nt for a lengthy contn)l'ersi:i1 circular drawn up hy a committee of the i\ssociation of German :\Ia chine Tool :'Ilanufacturers. anc! syndicated among the leading engineering papers of (;ermany. and it lI'as also translated and an sllTred in the daily press. ITe has giH'n particular attention to export trade. and has tran~;\;\tcd matter from French and (;erman periodicals. I I c has puhl ished in hook form a .. Digest of Elementary 1.;\11 .. for the use of students. also a slight lIork of fiction. In 190[ and 1902 he puhlished in the columns of the .llIltricall .ltC/chillisl a ~eries of articles on the ":\ Techanical . \ nt iquities of ;\merica." <tnt! in 1903 04 he lias engaged in hringing out another scries on the early manufacture of iron. lie is a regular contrihutor. to the last-named papl'1'. of notl'S on legal topics. ! I is graduating thesis ... On the :'I[agnetic Properties of :\ickd Steel." was puhlished in the .III/Nicall .ltallll(actllrer and in the Stc"i'ells fmlicator. XII T. 27. \\'ithin tll'O Filrs past. articles from his pen hal'e appeared in the .\'e7l' Ellglalld Jlaga::;il!c, Edllcatioll. and the jOlll'llul of GeograPhy. Of late he has gi I'en nHich t il11e to independent historical rl'~earch and ha~ recently heen called uJlon to prepare a lall hook of considerable magni tucle.

Bumsted, E, Bradford PI.E., ·()6). was l'l11ployed in the repilir shops of the Xorth Icrsey Street I{ailway Co ... XCII ark. X. ]., 189(): in the testing lnhoratory of the I'rint ing- Telegraph Xell's Co .. X ell' York. which operates the general neil's tickers in X ell" York and ebellhere. 1~9() ();: with ]silac . \. Ilopper. general contractor, Xew York. as assistant eng-Illeer. and later as contrac-

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200 feet II i("', ,Ind Ii-; fed dcl'p, llL'Cl'ssitating IhL' l'xcal'atio n ()f 'itlllll' K,O()o,oOO L'uhic yanb oi Illatl'J'ial: abo of a pml er house for the dL'I'('lopl11L'llt of 3,:;,O()() Iwr,sl'- poIIl'r. I Ie \Vas t;rst l'lllplo:'l'd in Ihe L'apaL'ity of cllgineer ill L'harge oi thl' po\l'l'r-1101ISe L'onstruL'tion, later I"lling pL'l'sonal L'hargc as enginecr alld supl'l'inll'lldl'1ll oi S()lIle (lOO men. . \s such he designed and erecled the rock-crllshing and c()ncrde mixing plallt, II hiL'h mixed in the COllrse of erection some Go.ooo cubic ,l'ards of cOllcrete: designed and erected three tipple inclined conl'eyors for taking the earth away from the slcam shovels on the canal: L'rcctL'd a pont()on hridge son ied in kngth to C:lrr.1 Il'n tOil II agoll loads and for fil'c ,I'('ar< 'il n路icl' , also changed an orange-peel dippL'l", l'aL'uum suction type of dredge, to a centri iugal pUIllP dredge of 2,500 cubic ,l'anb capacity. During this la sl period of l'lllployml'nt he also desigllcd alld C{'cctcd the rock-L'rushing and concrete路mixing plant 1lsed in the construction of the lilter plant for the l~ast Jerscy \\ 'atc r Co. at Little Falls, :\' . .1. I Ie was residcnt l11anagcr of the St. La Wl'L'nCl' I~ i \'l'r I)O\\l'r Co, at :\1 assena, :\'. Y .. 1902 0-+: and is now general manager

of the samc company in XCII' York city. lIe has also hecn manager of the St. Lawrence \ \ ' ater Co., the Sl. La II'rence Telephone Co., and the :.\Iasse n<l Electric Light & POII'er Co. sincc January, 1903. .I le \\'as rcccntly elected ~ecrctary and treasurer of the above compalllcs. lie is a mcmher of thc ~ ell' York I ~lectr ical Society. and a junior mClllber ui thc ,\mcrican Society of Cil路il I ~ngi nc<:r s . :.\11'. Bumsted married Clara IAluisc \\ 'ar ren, April 27, J90-+. Burchard, Anson Wood PI.E .. '85), was born in lloosic k Falls, Mass., 1\pri! 21, 1865; the son of Waltcr Ilowanl and Julia (Cooley) Burchard. Ill' was Illechanical cngi neer lI'itll thc }. :\1. 11'C5 CO .. DanlJllry, Conn., 1885-92, bcing cngagcd in designing and erecting moti ve-powcr plants, ckc tric stations. lirc-protcction of mill properties, and hcating and I'cntilating apparatus; managl'r and cngincl'r of the T. & B. Tool Co., Danhury, Conn .. J892-98, in which capacity he designcd and constructed origi nal and improl'cd machincry for mallu facture of twist drills and machinists' tools. I Ie was also cngaged in general engineering work to SOIllC extellt, h;l\'ing heen eillplo)'cd hy I'arious l'orporations and mUlliL'ipalitie~ ,

lI.. \\'. BURCILIIW

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TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECJIN()LO(;Y

thc water supply for thc city of 1\CII' York in the Croton lIatershed. During 1901-03 hc was vicepresit\ent of thc Crecnc Consolidatcd Coppcr Co .. ~CII' York. Ill' is now comptroller oi thc (;elleral Electric Co., Schcncctady, :\ . Y. Ilc is a mcmber of the .\merican Society of :'Ilcchanical Engincers; of the I ~nginccr< Club, :\CII' York; the I;ranklin Illstitutl' of Philadelphia; and the L'ni\Trsity C1l1h, :\C\\' York. Ill' is also an associatc nll'mhl'\' oi the l\llIcrican Society oi ('i\'i\ I':nginccr,. .\n article by l\lr. Ilurchard ()n .. "\ I )l'sign for a J Jot .\ir I kating- \pparatlP;" appeared In thl: S/c7'(,IIS IlIeliclI/or,

ing hoilers, engines, cvaporating apparatus, etc., designed and installcd a special systcm

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Burhorn, Edwin (:\ r. E .. 'S,'i) , \\ as horn in :\l'\\ York. Junc 21. IX()6: the son of .\ugust and I lcllriett<l \\'. Ilickel Burhorll. Both parents \\ ere horn in (;ermaIlY and callie to thc L' nitl'd Statcs aiJoutlX-1-9, their parents hcing j'n'olutiollary exiles. He was educated in thc puhlic schools of TIoboken , "\1. l, graduating from Ilohoken llig-h Schoo\, and rcccl\' lng the Ste\'cns scholarship. lIe ,en'cd as draughblll<ln II ith llenry \\ 'a rdcn, (;crlllantolln J unct ion, Ph iladelphia, 1'a .. manufacturl'r o[ hoilers and special wroughtiron \\ ork, elc .. IXR5; and as assistant to the gcneral managcr o[ the Franklin Sugar I~c -

C(1(lI.I:\'(;-'r()\\'u~t B.\I.Tl\rORE

\1\\TTI)l1{ ('IL,

B \I.TI:\rOln, \11>. I'~(h.'ill BurflOr/l

Ep\\'IN DURIIOR:"

lincry, Philadelphia, 1885. \\ ' hile In the Iattcr position he took entirc charge of tcst-

of draining hag filters h: \ acuum prm:cS', lilling char liltl'\'s hy auwlilatic sprcadingmachinc, . clc. lie hecanle illll'rl'skd \,路ith .\Ir. Il. II. Coffey, 'X::;, in thl' Cycle \\'all'r Filtcr, h;l\'ing ohtaincd a pall'nt on a ,pccial controlling "allT IlIccliillli~llI, alld joined \\itli :'Ilr. Colh': at the ,liops of lIenr: \\-a r dcn, inlpr<l\'ing till' IIltl'J' and placing it sue cc's . ;fllll., OJ) the llIarket. lie II as \\ ith the Link Ilclt I~nginl'l'\'ing ('0., oi I'hilackl phia and :\C\\ Y(Jrk, 1X90 93. planning many systcms oi handling material hy ma chincry of special dcsign. and a iterward took Cl1lire chargc of tht: de,igning dcpart 11lcnt of the :\c\\' York ollice oi tilt: same company. I n I R93 he startcd in husi 1ll"'S as an enginecr and contractor under the firm nanlc 01 \\'arn' n & llurlwrJ1, changed thc ioll()\\'ing ycar to Burhom & (;rangl'\', of :\c\\' York, the lirm acting as manufacturl'\'s' agents in addition to professional work. This partner路

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TilE .\ IJ.J" 11 I NI ... hip la ... tl'd ior t:ighl years, during II hich tiIlle it illstalled Illany complete plants for pc l\\ l'r, heal. and electric lighL; madc sevcral inlpron:nlellts in thc \\ 'oodhury high ·s peed ;lu\()l1latic ,'nginc. huill hy thc ~ll'arlls 11anufacturing ('0 .. alld placed lhe l'nginc ill ... ucn',siul "j>natioll in man~ placl's, nolably in the" \\'orlel" Iluilding. :\ell' York, III I(JOt the lin1l oi I\urhorn & (;rangl'r was "i~~oll·c(1. :\Ir. Ilurhorll opelling' all ofiice for hilll ... eli in :\ell York, a.S ellginel'l" and contractor, 1\ hich husiness he is nOlI carrying OIl. ~onll' oj the installations l1Iade under :\11'. 1\1Ir!l<lrn\ slIperl'i,i"n are as fol\oll 's: 1\"i1cr plant at the rope II alks oi the Bost(ln :\al',1 Yard (iSO horse p(lwcr) : clectri cal trall"'llli ... ,ioll plant ior Ihl' fact"r: of .Iohll \1\'111 & ('0 .. .Ier ... l'y ('ity Ilcights: ;\ motor dril'( 11 "'Iying hridgl' ClI'l'r the I'assaic I~il'lr, at I''cllirth \Yl'lltll'. :\e\lark. :\. J.: char drying cquiplllL'nt ;Inc! incillerator for ... ugar 1':hl;L'b at thl' .\r hucklc sugar rl'linl'l':. IlrooklYIl. :\ . \ .. alld all ,\L'l1ll' \later cool illg tml er at IlaltimorL'. :\ld. (dl'pictL'd in th,' accompany ing illlbtration, and showing a cIa, ... ()i lI()rk of Iyhich ~"r. 1\IIr1lOrIl is Illaking a spl'cialty .- namel.\', rl'c()oling waleI' ir()l1l COIHkllsl'I'S in stcam plant,;, or. in ice 1,lallt .... for 1,'Co()ling \I atl'r fr()11l ;1l111110nia l'(llldl'n ... ,'r ... ). I k i ... a Illelllhl'l' ol the Franklill 11l ... titutl' oi I'hilacklphia. Burke, E. J. (:\1.1':., '~J-j.). \\'as assistant '1IjlnilltllHll'l1\ of till' motor r1l'partlll('llt, of till' 1)1'Ol)kl,1 n I kighto; Railroad Co .. llrooklYIl, :\. Y .. ulltil I<JOI: allcl then II itll till' L'nitccl (;a, Il1Ipl'(Il'eml'llt Co .. l'hiladl'lphia. 1<)01 to cia\('. Ilis thl' ... is. prepared jointly with SI. (;l'orge :\1 .. \ ntll'J'S()II, on a .. Test of a 2-(0Iwr.;c 1"'\\ (T Ilalicock & \\ 'i k()x Iloikr with Thrcl' 1li(fnl'nl (·oals. for thl' Dctl'rmination of 1':C0I1()lll~ ," lias plllili~hl'd in the (ktolin, Il'-(()~, i,sul' of the Slc','('lls III ,fica IIII'.

Burke, George Herman Babcock (:\1.E .. h()rn in Flatlillsh, I.. 1.. .\ugust 1~, I~i~: so n of \\'illiam 1.. and lIarril't Eugc'nia (Ilahcock) Burke. is a tll'sl'l'ndant of the :\orman family I)e Burg. llis Illother is ironl a :\CII England line oi the English ianlily oi I\alicock. Ill' has hCl'n engagcd in (·nginl'l'I'ing II'ork in the shops and draughl i ng room 0 f I he Rand Drill Co.. III a nu facturns of rock drills, pncumatic lOob, and ·C)()).

;\Ir and gas cOlllprt:"or~, at the \Yorks of the company al :-.Jorlh Tarrylown, N. \ '., ir0111 1899 10 date.

Burnet , Edgar Emmell (~r. E., '(6), was liol'll in i\ladison. l'\. J., July q, 187..(: the S()11 of Tknjanlin \\ 'a ITl'n and Caroline' (;ed dis ( 1 ~Jl1111cll) i1urncl. lie IS descl'nded irolll Th{)llla ... , lirotlll'r of i1isho]l Ilul'llt:l, of l~nglall(1. II hose son lanckd at Lynll, :Class .. and a ftl'rll anI 1ll0l'Ctl to ~()llthamptl1n. :\. Y 111 J73-1. I ~ight gelleratiolls of the fam ily haIL' lil'c'd at :\Iacli.;on. X. J. :Clr. IluJ'JlL't II as l'lllplc)yed ill the repair shops oi the Consolidated Tract iOIl Co.. XCII' Jersey, IK()6--9i: with E. ]\:. BrOIl n, cil·il cngillcer and ,url·c.l0r. :'Iladi-on, :\ . .1 .. 1897: lI'ith thc I'l'llnsy"'ania Iron \\'ork, Co .. Philadelphia, Iwing for a tilllC l'ngagccl in the l'I'cctiun of Sl'l'l'ral I 'JO() Iwr,c 1)(1\1 c'r enginc..; of the Corliss typt' jor the i\lctropulitan ~trl'eL Rail · \lay C() .. at the I-()th Street and the 25th ~trl'l't pOlITI' staliolls, Xl'\I' \'urk, 18979::-\. ()n ~Iay Ii. 18l)8, hl' enlistecl with the :\C\l .Insl'Y :\al'al I~escnl', and ,crl'Cd through the war II ith Spain on hoard the auxiliar) cruiser" Iladgl'r," \I ith the rating of watertl'nder. lIc II as dischargcu from the scrvice (lctolil'r 8, tt-\(;~, and a fcl\' days later re ccil'l'd the position of drallghblllan with the .\J1ll'rican Bras,; \\'orb, l'\cl\'burgh, N. Y. The 1'0110\1 il1g :Cfarch he starteu \\'ork as draughtsillan with the Davis Calyx Drill


TIIE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECTT-;\OLOCY Co" and was located at the shops of that cOlllpa ny, at Tarrytown, in the capacity of superintendent. until 1902; when he entered

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the se r \' ice o f I:o rd , Bacon, & Da\'is, en g'inens, \"e\\' , 'ork, as draughtsman, He 1'0\\' holds a simi lar position \\'ith J. G, \\ 'h ile & Co" III C" e ngi neers and contractors, \"e\\ York, Il l' is a memher of the order of I:ree and ,\(repted ::\\asons, Bush, Samuel Prescott p r. E" '8..j.) , \\'as horn in Orange, \", J" Octoher ..j., ,863, ,\fter graduation he entered the employment of the l)ell ns\' I\'<lnia Lin es \V est of Pithhurg, South- \\ '('st System, starting ill the capac it y of ~pl'cia l ap prl'nti ce at the Loga nsport sh op, \\'here he sen'ed two years, doi ng a gene ral line of \\'ork in the locomot i\'e department. I;or two 1I10nt hs of eac h of the years [885 ;tnd J886 he \\'as engaged, in conjunction with a memb er of the Class of '83, in makin g a series of coal tests for determining the relati\'c \'alues of coals for loc011l0ti\'e purposes that were within practical reach of the railroad company, The r esult of this \\'ork \\'as exceed in g ly satisfactor y and \'aluable to the company, enahlin g it to detcrminc \\'hat were the most desirable and econom ical coals for usc at \'ar ious points, In the early part of 1887 he was detailed to some \\'ork of a spec ia l nature, and sh ortly afterward went into th e iron foundry of the

company at Columbus, Ohio, where he worked until the end of the year, In 1888 he was tra11sfcrred to the 11lOti ve-po\\ er draughting-roolll, and \yas from time to timc detailed o n special \\'ork to aid the assist ant to the supcrintendent of moti\'c power. During the year 1889 hi s work in the draughting-roolll ceased, and he was ell gaged in spec ial \\ork until in the l att~r part o[ the yea r , \\'hen h c \\'as made a~sistant enginecr, or ass istant to the superintendent of motin' power, which positioll he occupied ulltil til(' latter part o( 1890, at \\'hich time, O!l ae cou nt of the death of the master-mechanic of the Dennison, 0 .. shops, he \\'as tempora rily detailed to [leriorm the duties of that position: remaining at [)ennison as acting master-mechanic of the Pittshurg 1)i\' ision until January I, 189 1, at \\ hi ch timc he \\'as appoi nt ed maslcr- ll1echallic of the cOll1pallY' s general shops at Columbl1 s, 0, lie re mained ill this position ulltil ;\larch, 1893, \\'hen he was made acting superintendent of moti\'e po\\'er, as \\'e11 as retaining the position of ll1aster-ll1echanic of the Coll1ll1bus shop s, the supe rint endellt of lllo1i\'e po\\'er h 'l\' in g heen (ktailed til special \\'ork ill con nectio n with the \\'mld's l;air at Chicago, III ,1;llluary, , 8()..j, he was ;q)poillted sliperillll'nri

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enl of motiYe po\\'er, which position he held up to January I , J900, !lis duties herein cOll1prised the maintenance of the 10col1lO-


THE ALUMNI tive and car equipment, anc! the supen' lSlon of the operation of the four shops, which employec\ in the aggregate 3.100 men. The work was largely and necessarily executive, its principal feature heing that of economical maintenance and operation. and involving a careful study of locomotive and car construction as well as the care of the equipment after heing put into service, ancl much was done toward improving construction. \ \'hi Ie the work ill vol ved conti ;lUOUS in vent ion, its character was not such as to be specially significant il:di\' ic\ually, hut, taken collecti I路ely. accolllplished improl'clllelit of pcrformance and reduction of cost of main tenance. On January I. 1900. l\lr. Bush accepted the position of superintendent of motive power of the Chicago, i\l ilwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad. which position he resigned June I. 190 I. to become sccond vice-presi dent and general manager of the Buckeye :'II alleahle I rOll & Coupler Co .. lllanufact urcrs of llIalleahle iron castings and the .. Little Ciant" huckeye coupler. at Columbus. 0., where he is now situated. '?Ill'. Bush was active in his railroad work. and contributed largely to the <l(I\'<lnccmcnt of railroad engineering through his numerous writings :inc! addrcsses hefore the meetings o( the ~el'eral socic(ie . . 10 II'h ieh he belonged, and, through his sen'icc on many committees detailed by these organizations. to the development anc! perfection of special lines of \I'ork and mechanism. Ilis most pronlinent Iahor in this line was his service as chairlllan of the COllllllittee on Laboratorv Tests of Brake Shoes, appoi nted by th~ :'II aster Car Builders' Association. This committcc carried on its work for five years, conducting a long series of tests. obtaining some \'ery valuable information. and designing and building an apparatus for determini ng the coefficient of frict ion of brake shoes for railway service, l\l r. Bush also served as a memhcr of the Arbitration Committee of the Mast"!r Car Builders' Association. and as a mcmber of its Executive Committee from 1898 to 1901. He is a melllber of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. 1\1r. Bush is the son of James Smith and lIarriet Eleanor Bush. his ancestors being of Puritan and Ilugucnot stock. He married Flora Sheldon, June 27, 1894. Five' chil-

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dren, Prescott Sheldon, Robert Sheldon. :\Jary Eleanor, ?llargaret Li\'ingston, and James Smith Bush, arc the fruit of their unIOn. Bushnell, Douglas Stewart p I.l ~.. '96), \\'as horn in :\e\\' York city. ClL-tober 12, ]873路 llc was assistant ll1anager at the Snow Steanl Pump \\'orks, ~ew \'ork. 1896- 99. and spenl part of J899-1900 travelling in Europe for thc bcnefit of his health. aiter undergoing a sevcre operation which COlllpelled him to gi\'c up business. Ill' becalllc assistant engineer in the enginecring department of the Standard Oil Co .. sen'ing frolll 1900 to 1903. From thc lalier year to date he has becn assistant gClll:ral superin tendcnt of the :\'ational Tran:-it Co .. TrUllk Lincs ])i\路ision. :\e\\' \ ' ()rk. lie is a mcmiJn

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of the \\' ashington ,\ssoeiation of l'\eIV Jerse},. the Calulllet, i\[orristoll'n, and :\[orris County Coli clubs. and oi the Tau Bela Pi fraternity. 1[r. Bushnell is the son of Robert Gray and Ella J. (Stcwart) Bushncll. llis English ancestors. landing in Connecticut in 1629. mOl'ed to Pittshurg. Pa ..' in the early part of the nineteenth century. and his parents li\'Cd in that city until a fell' years before his birth, whcn they lllo\'l~d to J'\el\' York. lTe lllarried ITelcn l\Taude Applegate. c1aughter of H.cv. Octavius :\pplegate, I).n.,


TITE STEVENS I NST ITUTE Or. TECIINOLOGY October 5, ]90r , at N ew hurg h-o n-IIn<1son, They ha I'C one daugh tel', Eleanor Hay Bushnell. Butler, Pierce (i\J.E " '82), was born in Franklin Co unty, Ky" Septcmber 6, 1858,

ci nn at i. ]1 is great-grandfath er \I'as first adjut ant-gcnera l of Kentucky, and hi s grandfather was, for several terms, a member of the Kentucky legislature. l.lis fathcr was a ph ys icia n an d was on the staff of hi s uncle, (;eneral \\"ilii am O. B utl er, in the Mcxican \ \' ar, an d also a colo nel in the Co n fede rat e ,.\ rm y. 1\ rr. Butler married R obc rta Boyle, l\ la r ch 22, 1888. Butterfield, Thomas (i\ I. E., '95), ente red the R enss~' la er Polytechnic J nstitute in 1895, and grad uat ed frol11 thal in st ituti o n as C ivil Engineer in 1897. li e was in the service of th e Spa rtan Plaster & Ce me nt Co., Perth .-\mboy, 1\' . ./- , 1897 ; \I路it h the {\CIV J ersey P o rtland Cement Co., J 897-98; ciraughtsman in the Otto Cas-.Enginc \\'orb. 1'hiladclph ia . 1898- 1900: \I路ith the (;;ISl11otoren Fabrik Deutz, Koln - Deutz, (;crmany, uJoo; and in the engi neering de partm ent of the Otto (~as -E llgille \\'o rk s, Philadelphia, to dale.

PIERCE

BUTLER

lIe was draughtsman lI'ith the Ik1a\I'a rc, L ac LI\I'a llna. & \\ 'cs tcrn I{ailroad. J883; II'ith th e Brooks L oco lll ot i I'e \ \ ' orks. ])un kirk, ~. \ ' .. 188-+; ill the e mploy of the l'ullma n Car Co ., I'ulllllan, Ill., 1 ~85 ; in the mechani ca l departlllcnt of thc Un ioll Pacific R. R. Co., J886: chid designer of thc Ohio Falls Ca r Co., .I effe rso n I路ilk. Ind. , 1887-90 ; chief draughtsman in the mec h a ni ca l d"partm e nt of the r~o ui sl' ill e & ~as ll\ ' ill c Hailroad Co., Louisl'illc, Ky .. 1890-95: a nd h as bcen a co nsu lting Ill cc h;lIlica l e ng in ecr al Louis\ illc frOIll J895 to date. In 1894 he visitcd Europe for the purpose of in specting foreign shops . lie prese nt ed a pape r on .. Standard izing . \nl c ri call I{ai lll'a.\' (':11''-;'' to the Engi l1ee rs' and , \rchilcc to; ' Clull. of Louisl'i ll c, K y., of I\"hich club hc is a member an d was sec r etary for .1 897. lie is a Ill emh er of the Engineering ,\ ssoc iati oll of the South, and of the Beta Theta Pi fraterni ty. Mr. Butler is the so n o f John nu ssell and Jan e Shurt Butler. I I e is descended from Thol11as Butler, II'ho h a d fil 'c SO il S, all CO Ill mi ss io ned oAicers in the [{ e\'o lutionar y f\rm), and all l1le mbe rs of the Society of the Ci n-

Butterworth, Samuel Fowler (;"l.E., '96), was born in ;"[orristo\\"lI, 1\ . .I " Jul y 8. 187-+: the SO il of Th ero n JI. a lld Sel ina S. lJl1tlerworth. Il l' was empl oyed in the m ete r departmcnt of th c Edison Electric Till1minating Co., I)u;[n e Street Statio n . .0:C\\' , 'o rk, J8l)81~99; II'itll the Gas & Electric Co., of Ber-

S. F. BFTTf:RII'ORTII

gl'n CO Ullt y . .\J . .I .. as assistant chi d en gineer of thc gas departmcnt, 1899- 1900; in


THE ALUMNI the offiee of Public Buildings and Grounds. \Var Department, \Vashington. D. C, 190001 ; wi t b t he Post & l\]cCord hra nch of th c American Bridge Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y.. 1901: in the mechanical department of the \\ 'aldorf-.\storia Hotel. New York, 1901 02; and with the Traction Elevator Co., Ncw York, from T902 to date.

Buvinger, William Sherman (1\r.E .. '9[), was horn in Pittsburg. Pa .. July 22. 1866; the son of Charles \\'. and Emma P. Buvinger. Ilis family is of Cerlllan origin, and its mcmbers have had a tendency toward professional callings. lIe scrved in the engineering clepartment of the Pittsburg Iron & Steel Engineering Co., J891-92, being at first engaged in preparing plans and estimates for the construction of iron- and steelworking machinery, and latcr placed in charge as supen'ising engineer of erection of the new stee l-plate mill for the Carbon Steel Co .. at Pitt sburg. 1'a .. the most important of sel'eral contracts then held by the I ron & Steel Engineering Co. II e then becal1le chief draught sl1Ian with Thomas Carlin's Sons. engine-builders, 1\ Ilegheny, Pa., 1893- 95, hut (luring the latter year failing health necessitated a change of clil1late for recuperation. On resuming II'o rk he entered the engineering department of the Carnegie Steel Co., at their works at Besselller, Pa .. as mechanical engineer. Here he was closely identified wi th the \\'ork of providing the blast furnaces of the Edgar Thomson Steel \Vorks with automatic charging-machinery, which later has proved so economical in usc and has permitted exceptional records in tonnage output. Evidence of impaired health inclucecl 1\1r. Buvinger to give up this work for an extended season of t ra vel i 11 Europe. from wh i ch he returned in the fall of 1899 greatly benefited by his tour of I'rance, Switzerland. (;er111aI1Y, and England. At the present time he is employed as Illechanical engineer in a corps engaged in the construction of new blast furnaces and equipment at the Eliza furnaces, of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 1Je is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Calisch, Julius C. (M.E .. '87), was born in New lork city, Octoller 18, 1867: the

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son of Charles n. and Servillia Calisch, hoth born in Denmark. After a yery short experienc~ in the draughting-rooll1 of the Edison Central St!ltion, construction department,

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C.

C .ILJSCIi

i\ew York, he entered the service of the Electrical j\ccull1ulator Co., New York, whose lahoratory and works were located in :\Iell'ark. :--J . ./. lIe began in the laboratory, and later went out on installation and general construction \\'ork: finally locating in Detroit as superintendent of one of the rll'st central-station storage-battery systems. This plant was sOlllewhat unique in that it consisted of a central power plant for charging a number of storage-battery sub-stations, which were connccted up in series on the charging sidc, discharging in Illultiple; fur nishing current for lighting, etc .. to subscribers in the neighhorhood. After two years' service with the Electrical Accul1lulator Co., he entered the employ of the Edison United :\Ianufacturing Co. in the capacity of fore man of construction, being placed in charge of various lighting instal1ations,-isolated, central station, and marinc plants. , \ftcr serving in this capacity for about three years. he was detailed on general commercial and cngine-ering \\'ork. During this period the Edison Unitecl Manufacturing Co. changed names ~e\'cl-al times, until in the spring of 1892 the CCl1eral Electric Co. was organized. [n Angnst of that year he was detailed to


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TJ] I;: STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY

thc Pittsburg ofticc, where his duties compriscd hoth engll1Certng and commcrcial work; and cycntually in 1895 he was placed in charge of thc Pittsburg officc, where he remained until J 898, being thcn transferred and placed in charge of the BuFfalo ofiice, where he is at prcscnt located. I11r. C;t1isch's thcsis, writtcn in conjunction with I1Ir. B. F. liar!, Jr., on "ChroJlle-Steel History and Chemical j\nalysis," was printed ill the Stevells illilicalor, IX, -+9, and quoted in iron Age and sCI'cral other journals. I Ie is an associate memher of the .\merican Society of Elcctrical I~nginecrs: it memher of the Buffalo, l-;:'llicolt, L'nil'crsity, Park, and Kiagara clubs, ,111d of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce: and is a thirty -second dcgree 1\[ason. Cameron, Barton H. (i\1.l~., '9-+), was an apprentice wilh the l\orfolk & \Veslcrn l{ailroad, Radford, \'a" 18)5- 98; draugiltsman \\路ilh the Richmond '_ocon1oti I'e \ \ ' orks, Richmond, \ 路a., 18y8- 99; and has been gcn eral n1anagcr and treasurer of thc CamcronTCnllal1t :'Ilachinc Co., l<.ichmond, \'a .. from 1899 to dall'. I k is a memher of the ,\meri can Society of :'Ilechanical Engineers. Campbell, Donald (:\ I.I~.. '(7). \I'as born ill J\e\\porl. J<.. I.: the s()n of Col. John

lhe finn of \\T. D. Forbcs & Co., Hoboken, ~ . .I .. he took thc course at the New York Law School, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1899. ]n J898 he entered thc offices of Dickerson, Brown, RaegeneI', & Dinney, New York, and practised there as patent attorney and counsellor-atla\\' until 190-+, when he established an office of his own at Boslon, 1\fass. lIe is a member of thc Delta Tau Delta fraternity and of the New York l\thletic Club. Campbell, Edward (?1l.E., '96), was bof'll in Liverpool. England, September IS, 187-+; the son of Ceorge and Rosalie II. Campbell. lie sen'ed in the shops of the Southern Railway Co., Alexandria, Ya., 1896-98; in the same company's draughting-room, \Vashington, D. c., 1898- 1900; and with the Gennania Electric Laillp Co., llarrison, N. J., 190103: since which period to date he has been its secretary and treasurer. lie is an associate member of the American Inslitute of Electrical Engineers, and a member of the Alpha Xi chapter of the Chi Psi fraternity. Campbell, Gordon (~LE., '88), acted as .\s:;istant ] nstructor in l<:xperilllental Mechanics at Ste\'ens Institute dming the Supplementary Term, J 888; was draughtsman ill the master-mechanic's ofiice, Colorado DiI'isioll of the Union Pacific Railroad, and later in charge of the draughting of that office, 1888-91; superintendent of the Colfax Avenue Electric l~ail\\'ay, Denl'er, Colo., J891 - 93; assistant to the general \Vestern sales agellt of the .Illinois Steel Co .. at their officc in Denver, Colo., 1893: purchasing agent of the Consolidated Traction Co., of NC\I' Jersey, 1893- 97: mechanical engineer in charge of maintenance of rolling-stock, and also purchasing agent of the same COI11pany, 1897- J900: and has since been general superintendent of the Union Railroad Co., Prol'idencc, R 1.. and master-mechanic of linC';s controlled by the \\' ashington Traction & Electric Co., \\'ashington, D. C. He is a junior member of the l\l1lerican Society of l\lcchanical Engineers.

DON.\LD C .\:\fPBELL

C;:I111phell, C .S.,\ ., and '\fary (Price) Campbell. .\fter graduation, and a season with

Campbell, Grant (1\l.E. '99), was born in :\e\\'port, Ky., February 19, 1879; son of Col. John Campbell, U.S.A., and Mary


THE .\LL\lXI (Price) Camphell. TTl' was ,\ssistant 1nstructor at Ste\'ens Institute during the

GRANT CAMPBELL

Supplementary Term of 1899: was next em ployed in the draughting room of the firm of \\' estinghouse. Church. Kerr. & Co., ~c\v \'ork, and in a few months on installation of work for the company. in Co\'ington, Va., for the "Vest Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. From . \ugust. '900. his work was entirely in the stoker department. \\ ith headquarters at :\ew \ ' ork. until l\pril, '902, when he \\'as transferred to the ne\\' lIanchester (England) works of the British \Vestinghouse Electric & ?Ianufacturing Co., Ltd .. whcrc he continued in the same line of \\'ork. From this he was transferred hy the company to Birkenhead (I~ngland), where, from i\Ugtlst. '902, until .\pri!. '903. he was in charge of stoker and general powcr-house work in conllection with the electrification () f the :\1 ersey Tunnel. On.\ pril ] 5 of the latter year he was again transferred to Bath (1~llgland). being placed in charge of the construction of a powcr statioll ancl car harJls for the Bath Electric Tram\\'ays Co., Ltd. lie is no\\' located in the :\ew \'ork offices of \\restinghouse. Church. Kerr, & Co. I Ie is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraterJlity. Campbell, N. St. G. (?r.E .. '88), on graduation, entered the works of the \Velsbach

lncandescent Light Co .. Gloucestcr, ~. J., and \\'as assistant cnginccr at the cOl1lpany's Philadelphia office in J888. Later he was (:ngaged ill se\'eral departl1lents of the Baldwin Locomoti\'e \\'orks. during which period he designcd new oil furnaces and hurners wh ich reduccd the oil hill ahout one hall'. and increased the life of the furnace from about threc days to a l1lonth. Ill' abo con structed a t\\'o- foot sheet-steel pipe line. 2,)0 feet long. across the yards at a height of 45 feet. .\s scaffolding could not he used. an original plan of stringing a cahle alld draw ing the pipe anoss. length hy length, prc)\'ed successful. .\fter this he \\'as placcd in charge of the spring contract: hut after Ii\'<: l1lonths his health hegan to show the elrect (,f the heat, so he \\'as put in charge of one of the shoJls as night foreman. Si,ICC then he has filled an engagement \\ ith the fin11 of \\ '. D. Forhes 8:. ('0 .. rcpresl'ntin,l!: interests of Col. I~. ,\. Sten:ns: has conducted a busi ness as consulting engincer and manufaclurers' agent. together \\'ith some personal interests: and has becn associated with the I.ightning Wage-Calculator Co .. the .\mcricanllllplllse- \\'heel Co .. and \\ ith the firm of J lalsc), 8:.lllldnl1t .. all of ~ew York. Carey, Paul C, (:\I.I~ .. '0'). was hOrJl in .\c\\ark. S . ./ .. January '7. ,87<). Since

graduation he has heen employed ill the department of tests of the (;eneral Electric Co.,


• TIlE STEVEKS IKSTITUTE OF TEC[JNOLOGY Schenectady. -:\. Y .. 190J-02; and " 'ith the United Electric Co. of Xe\\' Jersey. Newark. -:-.:. J.. frolll 1902 to 1904. in charge of the consumers' end of their power husiness throughout the -:\e\\'ark division. Tn the latter year he heeame a member of the firm of Runyon & Carey. mechanical and electrical engincers. Xc\\'ark, -X. J. Ill' is a Illclllber of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Carll, Benjamin Wainbirg (:\ r. E.. '91), was horn in Northport, L. 1., November 28, 1868. lie ,,'as the New York representative of the Buffalo Steam Pump Co., 1891 - 92; inspector for the Lancashire [nsurance Co., J892- 94: and held a like position ill the tanncry dcpartment of the (;erman .\meri can Insurance Co .. 1 894- 9.l. lie then served with the Chroille Steel \\'orks Co .. of Brooklyn. X. Y., introducing their mining-sted into l\icxico. South 1\merica. South ,\[rica, Australia , f\el\' Zealand, etc .. 1896- 99; alld from 1899 to date has heen engineer and assistallt 1l1allagcr of the Ccneral Power Co., of Brooklyn. manufacturers of kerosene en gl1les. :\11'. Carll is the son of Jesse and . \1111 Eliza Carll. I lis father's family settled at "orthporl. Long Island. -:\. Y .. in 1670. Seyeral of the family held cOl1JllIissinns dur-

larll was in Johannesburg. South Africa, during the JalllesonRaic1. and wa s in the second party that crossed the desert of \\' eSL . \ustralia on camels. lIe has been around the world twice, and travelled all over the . \merican continent frolll l\laska and Greenland to Patagonia. lie married [lenrietta \ '. Schlil11, -:-':ovelllher 22. 1900. Carlton, Newcomb (J\I.E .. '90). was born in Elizabeth. t\ . .I., February 19, 1869; the

N EII'COIJ Il

CARLTON

son o[ \\ ' illiam lames and Helcn (Newcomh) Carlton. lie was eng-ag-ed in the practice of lllechanir;il ;]lld electrical engi neering at Bu(falo. ,~. \ r.. 18921900, from 189.l with J\lr. 'J I. C. Meado\\'s. 1Te was Di rector of \\ 'orks for the Pan- ,\1l1erican Expnsition held in Buffalo in J901: then vicepresidcnt and executive officer of the Bell Telephone Company in that city; and in 1904 was appointed to his present position as fourth vice- pre-sic!ent of the \Ve-stinghouse Elcctric & l\fannfacturing Co .. with offices in "e\V York city. Ill' is an associate melliber of the l\merican Society of Mechanical Engineers. and a memiJer of the Engineers' Society of \\'estern J'\ew York. B. W.

CARLL

ing the Re\'olutionary \\ 'ar, and one member sat in the tirst Continental Congress. Mr.

Carroll, Lafayette D. (M.E., '84). has tilled positions. since graduation. as follows: In the department of installation, and afterward as assistant superintendent of machin-


THE ALUl\INI ery at the \\'orld's Tndustrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, Xew Orleans, La., 1884-8,~: manager of the JcCfcrson Pressed Brick \\'orks, Birmingham, , \Ia., 1886; assistant engineer of the Coalburg Coal & Coke Co., Coalburg, Ala., 1887: assistant engineel' with the Sloss I ron & Sted Co" Birmingham. i \b .. 1888: engilleer and inspector for the laller company in charge of the COIl~trl1ction oE their blast fmnaces at Korth Birmingham, 1889: engineer \I'ith J. \\', \\' orthington & Co., Birmingham, J\la., 1890; assistant cngineer cngaged in ficld - work location of a line for the i,'erro Carril Nacional de Tchualltl'pec ill the State of OaxaC:l, ::\Iex., 1890- 9 I; mechanical and electrical engi neer at New Orleans, J 892- 95: general managel' [or the Automatic l\Iachine Co., 1892- 94: manager of the Louisiana Machin(' Co., Ltd., J895: engineer on construction and operation of carburetted water-gas works in EngJanel and on the Continent for Messrs. Humphreys & (;lasgo\\', London, 1896- 98: anc! as engineer and manufacturing expert for the latter named firm, 1898 to date. Ill' is a Jl]emher of the J\llleric;/il Society of !lIechanical Engineers, and of the l\llleri call Institute of l\lining I~Ilgillccrs. ITe \I'as a llIemher of the J nternational Congress for Mines and l\fetallurgy held at Paris in J900. Carroll, Walter (l\r.E., 'Kj) , held the position of superintendent oE the departmcnt oE machinery at the Jnternational Southcril ExhiiJitioll, Nell' Orlealls, La ., \\'hich was in progress at thc time of his graduation. \\'ben the Exhihition closed he became associated \I'ith the Harely Machille Co .. Birmingham, ,\Ia . " ' hile located at Birmingham he II'ilS taken \\'ith rheumatism of thc hearl, which causcd his dcath Fcbruary ] 5, 1887. Carter, Lattimore Douglass (1\1.1:':.. '95), was horn in JelTcrson County, Ky. , NOI'cmher ] 6, 1872, ITe was i II the department of tests of the Southern Rail\\'ay Co .. 189.196; and cngincer and contractor for steam and electric plants and dealer in electrical supplies at Louisville, Ky" in 1897. But he \l'as compelled to abandon this \l'ork on ac count of ill health, and since 1900 he has been secretary and treasurer of the Cave Hill Cemetery Co., Louisville, Ky, He is a

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member of the Engincers' and Architects' Cluh, Louisville, Ky.; of the Benevolent Protccti\'e Order of Elks, anci also of the Fall City Lodge 1\'0. 376, Free and <\ccepted !If asons. i\Tr. Carter is the son o[ [(earslcy and Sally R Carter. He married [~llen J)ouglass ::'IJoore. l\ugllst J3. /896. and they have t\\'o children, Eleanor Rutherford and Cleon :\f oOl'e Carter. Carter, R. S, (l\LE., '00). during the SII/ll Illers o[ 1898- 19째0, ane! until Decemb.:r of the latter year, worked at the bench in the shops of the Tngerso11 -Sergeant Drill Co" of New York. In December, 1900, he was transferred to the Xew York ollice, and a fel\' Illollths later was gil'CII a position as assistant manager and engilleer of the New England branch at Boston, I\'here he remained until December, '902. \\'hen he took a similar position in the English house, with headfJuarters in J .ondon, Cartwright, James A. p I.I~., '99), has held positions with the l\lc.\daills & Cartwright Ele\' ator Co., at Ne\\' York al](l at Philadelphia, Pa. Cartwright, Wilmer Griffith (!lI.I~., '82), \\'as born in Philadelphia, 1'a., April 18, 1856, Immediately after graduation he was appointed principal assistant to Prof. R. H, Thurston, who was thcn at the head of the Engineering Department of the Stevens Institute of Tcchnology, and held this position until his death. De was eSJlecially interested ill chemistry, taking the Priestley Prize in J88r. During his \\'ork in the l\fechanical Laboratory 11e made some peculiarly interesting investigations, including a study of the distribution of heat, in useful work, and wastes in gas-engincs of several sizes and eli fferent makes; also in regard to the efficiency oE worm and spur gearing. IIe was a member of the American Society of i'lechanical Engineers and of the American Cas Light Association. In the Slc'0'cl!s Indicatar for l\Iarch, 1884, will be foullcl an account of ::\fr. Cart\\'right written by Prof. Thurston. ]\[r. Cartwright, who \\'as the son of \VilJiam and Eh'ira (Le\'ering) Cartwright, died in Jersey City, N, J., February 23, 1884,


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STEVE~S

IKSTITUTE OF TECIIKOLOGY

Chadwell, William Hall (1\ r. E., '00), \\'as born in Catskill. N. \ ' ., June 20. J878. lIe has bccn clllploycd in the \\'orks of the Pittsburg Plate Class Co .. Ford City, Pa .. IC)OO; in the I11ctcr-testing department of the Edison Electric Jlluminating Co .. 1900: as works clerk for the Essex & rTuclson (;as Co., :\e\\'ark. N . .I .. '901: and as superintendent of the Front Street works of the Public Service Corporation of ~e\\' Jersey. 1902 to date. lie is a memher of the Theta Xi fra terni ty. 1\lr. Chad\\'ell is the son of C;eorgc [1. and I~mma C. (Willard) Chadwcll. lie married I{osetta T. 1\lc~aughton. October I, Ig03路

Chandler, Richard Edward (1\I.E .. '93), \\'as born ill (;oderieh. Ont.. :\ ol'cllli>er 17, 1866. I'rC\,ious to entering- the Institute ill IRRg. hc sen'cd all apprenticcship in the

course at Cornell University, 1896-97, he recei ved from that institution the degree of l\laster of 1\lecha1lical Engineering. He then hecame .\djunct Professor of Mechanical Drawing and 1\lachine Design at the Uni \'ersity of X ebraska, 1897-98: anel from the latter year to elate has been in charge of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Oklahoma . \gricultural and 1\Techanical College, Stillwater. Okla. 1n conjunction with F . Bedell and R. II. Sherwood he wrote a paper on .. The Predetermination of the Regulation of Transformers with Non-Indtlcti ve Loads," which was presented at the Detroit meeting of the }\merican Associatioll for the /\.c1vallcelllcnt of Science. and \\'hich also appeared ill the Electrical fI 'or/d, .\Ug-llst -1-. J897路 1\1r. Chandler is a member of the :\Iontana Society of Civil Engineers, of the .\merican Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the Sigma Xi ~()cietr路

Mr. Chandler is the son of Libcrt and ;\Iarion Chandler. and great-grandson of Dr. Richard Chandler. of Oxford. I~ngland. He married Lena A. Luce, August, 24, 1897. Chapin, Warren Winthrop (M.E., '97), was horn in New York city, l\Iay 25. 1875; the son of I Iemy Judson and Elizabeth Christy Chapin. After graduation he was engaged for sOllie time as a draughtsl11an in :\ew York city. 11e then took an interest in, ami hecame an acti \'e lIIelllher of the firm of the Interstate Vending Co .. and was engaged in the husiness of this company for several years when he took the position which he now holds in the cngincering department of the American Bridge Co. He is it member of the /\merican Socicty of Mechanical Engineers and of the Chi Phi fraternity. R. F.

CIlANIlf.ER

shops of the I{oanokc :'.Iachine \\'orb. Roan 路 and \\'as draughtsman for t\\'o oke. years with the same company. ,\fter graduation he cngaged with thc Snow Stea1l1 Pump Co .. Buffalo. :-J. Y .. but in the same year hecanlc Professor of 1\lechanical Engincering at the -;-.rontana Agricultural College. a position he held until 1896, during which time he organized the mechanical conrse there and built and equipped the college workshops. Taking a postgraduate

'-a.

Chapman, Alexander (l\LE., '02), was born in Jersey City. N' J.. July 30. 1880; son of Samuel C. and Emma J. Chapman. and of Scotch descent. r rc prcpa red for Stevens rnstitute in the Stevens School. and after grarluation was for a short time in the department of tests of the Ceneral Electric Co., at Schenectady, N. Y., ancl then with the Bristol Co., manufacturers of self-recording instruments for pressures, temperatures, ancl electricity, at vVaterbury, Conn. Since 1903 he has been with the Continuous


TIlE .\LC\fNT Rail Joint Co. of .\merica, IIhose general offices are in ~C\\ark, ~ . .I.

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sis. prepared in conjunction with :'Ifr. TIo\\,ard \\ atkins. II as puhlishl'd in the S/'''i'CI1S fllsli/llle {1I<fi ca/(lr, ()ctoher 1901. lIe is a junior mell1hl'r of the .\merican Society of \\echanical Engineer..;. a ll1emher of the ,\t1lerican 1~lectrochl'lllical Socil'ly. and of the neta Theta Pi and Theta ~u Epsilon fraternitil's. Chatard, William Miles (\I.E .. '01). was horn ill I\altimore. :'I1r! .. June 20. IX7.::;: SOil of J)r. I;crdinanr! I':. and Josephine 1\1. (:'Ililes) (hatanl. L'pon graduation he ('ntert'" till' l'lllplo~ Illent of till' Carhondale :'Ilarhine ('0 .. at (路arhondak. I'a., ami aftcr a ,ilort tinll' II as placer! in cilarge of the Bos-

;\I.E\:.\~I'FI' CII.\I"L\~

Chasteney, Charles Dunton (:'I\, E., 01). lias horn in I'assair, :\. j.. :'Ilarril 2<). 18i7: son of Ed\\ ard \. ami ]{l'i>l'cca S. (\\'l'ster\'clt) Cha..;tenl'Y. lie II a,; \ssistant Instruc tor at Stn'l' ns 111';titute during till' Suppll'mentary Tl'1"In. 11)01. and has i>el'll II ith the

\\. ~l. CII.\TARP

路C.

D. CII.\Srt ~EY

De La,'al Steam Turhine Co .. Trenton, ;\ . .I .. from 1901 to date. Ilis graduating the-

ton oflil'l' of till' compiln.\' hl'coming later its :\1'11' I~ngland manager. and heing sl1hseqnentl} placed in charge of the ( 'hicago onice of thc same company. I{cccntly he opened a tl'nlporary 01-'11'1' for the Carhondale \Iachine Conlpany at ilaltimore. :'lId. I k is a junior nll'nlhcr of the .\ll11'ric<ln Society of \\echanical Engincers and a Illcnlher of tile I klta Ta\1 Delta fratl'1'nity. Ilis grad\1ating thesis, lI'I'ittcll ill l'olljunctioll lIith his class111atl'';. \iessrs. ilotl'h ford and Ilo\cOll1hc. 011 "Col1lpari,;on of Cost of Operating an Iron~nlelling Plant hy Cas-E ngincs Using \Vaste I\lasl -F\1rnace (;a;;. and hy Cas Fired Boilers and Steam-Engines," \\'as puhlished in the SIL"i.'CIlS illS/illite illdicator, January, 1902.


THE STEVEKS INSTITUTE OF TECHXOLOGY Chester, William Sidell pLE .. '86). \\'as born in Englell路oo(l. 1\. J.. Decemher 7. 1865. In January. 1887. he entered the employ of the C & C Electric Co .. II'ith Il'hich he II'as connected up to the ti111e of hi s death in ,goo. II is work with this company suggested to him the idea of hlowing church organs hy 111ean;; of electric motors. and he was the originator of this most succcssful ;;ys tem. .\[tcr the first in;;tallation he practi cally del'o tcrl all hi, time to putting in. and caring [or. J1lotors for operating organs. :'Ilr. Chcster wa;; a J1lusical genius. there heing no instru111ent on Ilhich he could not per-

Standard Oil CO.'5 II'o rk s at Bayonne. N. ].. from 1897 to date. Christy, Charles Roland, Jr., (l\T.I~ .. '(7). II'as horn in ::\[orristown, X . .I ... \ugust q. 1873; son o[ Charles Roland and Jennie Pierson Christy. JTe IVas engaged with the Blickensderfer :'II anufactl1ring Co.. Stamford, Conn .. from 1898 to 1900, the first I'ca r on experimental work and draughting. the second \'ear as assistant superintendent. From 1()OI to date he ha, ilecn a mcmhl'J' of the firm o[ C. I{. Christy & Son. Sahattis. X. Y., manu facturns of ,oft-wood lumher. Christy, John Lundy pLE.. 路()o). II'as horn in Stamford. COlln .. ,\ugust I I. J 87..J.; SOil of Charles H.. and Jennie P. (Lundy) Christy. 1 Ie is a descendant of the Pierson ;111<1 Lundy families of H.el'()lutionary fame. lie was draughtsman with the Newell UniI't'rsal :'Ifill Co .. XCII' York. 1896-99: secretary to the same company 1899- J900; and its t rcasurer from 1r)o 1 to date. His graduat ini-i thesis. prepared jointly with AIr. S. A. I [ashrouck. on .. The Dctermination o[ the ( 'o,t of Electric Lighting ily Cas- Engine." was puhlished in the Stl"i'('IIS Illdicator, XI\" 12. lie i, a memiJer of the Sel'Cnth Regiment

.\. C. S. X. Y.

\\'. S.

CffESTER

[orl11. and he ;;11011'ed wonderful musical ahil itl路 at a \'ery early age. lIe II'as particularly fond of the organ. Ill' was appointed organist and choir-master at St. Ceorge's Church. XcIV York. in 1888. and left Illany compositions for voice and organ. lIe was a Illcmber o[ the following societies: The Players '. Clef. :-Iarine and I路ield. and :C;t. (;eorgc's :-Ien's cluhs. and of the .\merican Cuild of ()rganists. and the Brotherhood of :C;t. . \ndrell'. The son of Charles T. and Lucrctia L. (Roberts) Chester. he II'as a dcsccndant of Baron Leonard Chester. II'ho died in \\'cth ersfielc1, Conn .. in 16-1-8. TTe married Jeanne F. Constentin, .\'o\'ember 29. 1897.

Chew, Roger (l\T.E., '(7). has heen engaged in the chemical dcpartment of the

Church, Austin (l\r.I~ .. '<)5). was cheillical engineet' for the firm of Church & Co .. at their ammonia soda plant. Trenton, \\'ay ne County, l\lich .. IR9.:;-90; and has heen secretary of the Sihley Quarry Co., Sihley, .\Iich .. since 1890. Ill' is a junior nll'mher of thc .\merican :C;ocicty of l\fcchallical Engineers. Church, Charles Thomas (1\1. E .. '95), was born in Brooklyn. ~. \ T.. Fehruary 17, 1873. lie was mechanical engineer at Church &. Co.'s ammonia soda plant, Trenton, 1\1 ich .. 1895 96; his l\'Ork heing principally in the line o[ chemical engineering. such as the manipulation of machinery for handling large quantities of chemicals; and in charge of the Brooklyn plant of the Church & Dwight Co .. manufacturers of hicarhonate of soda and sal-soda fr0111 1896 to date. ITe ha s heen director and assistant trea ' lIrer of that company since ]903. 1 Ie is a junior member of the American Society of l\Techanical Engi-


TIlE "\ LUMNI ncers ;]nd a nlel11her of th c i'r;]nklill In st itute. the :'I l ayll(l\\cr ~ocil'ly. and the Thda :,\i fratemity.

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Portcr ('0., 1899-1900: and has since hecn Il ith Kcllogg & ,\ lcxa nd er and l\I. \\T. l"::c ll ogg 8.: ('0 . . first as in s pector on constr uction II (lrk In co nn cction Il'ith fertilizer plants. and nO\I cngaged in estimat in g and "upcrintcIHling contract work. li e is a 111 enlIll'\' of thc Cn'sccnt ,\thlct ic Cluh, Brooklyn, and oi the ( 'hi Psi fraternity. Clark, Baylies C . Cd. E.. '<)6). was located in ::\ell' Yo r k city. 189798: and has been a 111C111hl'1' 0 f t he Thurston-Clark IT osiery Co ... \Ikndalc. :\ . .I.: and of the Dolores :'I linin g Co .. :'Ilinaca. Ch ihu ah ua . :'II ex., from 1898 to date. lie is a l1Ie111her of thc Delta I"::appa I': psilon and Tau Heta Pi fratemities.

C T. Cil l

Rell

!'Ilr. Church is the SOli (If 1':lihll I) wight and Ikkn \ ' ictoria (Cooke) C hur ch . lie l11arried Cltarlott1' ~. :\iclwls, of Ih,troit. ,\ Ii ch .. .1 11111' 3. 19 0 3. Church, Warren Demarest (:'11 .1 ':.. 'I)!)) , \I as horll In f1rookly 11, :\. ~ .. \pril.=;. 1~77;

W. D. CHURcn

so n of Frank ;\Id en and Alice (Demarest) Church. Il c \I"as draughtsl1Ian \I'ith thc Isbell-

Clark, Francis Morton (:\1. E., '02) . was hOrll in :\ell' ~ ' ork. Fehruary 22. 1880; son of I:ram'is Uaylies and :'I lan' Catherille ( Il ill) Clark. l ie took the postgraduate course at thc ('olu111hia School of :'I l ines, and is 11011' at thc .\mador Reduction \\'orb, Suttl'!' (路r,'ck. ( 路al. lie is a 111emher of the Delta I"::appa I ~psilon C' lnh a nd of thc Delt a l\:.appa l~psilO1I and Theta :\u l ~psi l ()l1 fratl'!' niti es. Clerk, William Thompson (l\ I.E.. 路8S). lIas hor ll ill .Il1路Sl',1 C it y. :\.,1., JUl1C 13. 1 86~ . li e II as draughtslnall II ith Post 8.: :'I lcCord, Lngincers. 1 ~85 ~6. and from :'I l a)' to D ecemher in the latter ycar he s('n'cd in the sa111e capacity for ":\[r. Henry J. llarden herg. architl'ct. "'hile thus engaged his health hecalm' so i111paired that he II'as COI11pelled to g i n' up hi s position. ;\ ftcr trave llin g ior nearl} tIll) years he entered Co ll1mhia Co ll ege to take the postgraduate cou rse in archill'cture, which h e c0 111pleted in Jl1n e. 18<)0. Il c aga in e nt ered the e mpl oy of :'I II'. Il ardenherg. and II"as engaged upon calcu lations for the iro1l\Iork of t h e \\' a ldorf-. \storia Il otei. 1890 9 1. , \t t hi s ti111l'. his health not h al' in g hecn satisfactorily restorl'd. he decided to estahlish himo.;cl f as an arc hi tect in Santa Barhara, Ca l .. II h erc he re11laincd until ,\pril, 1895, and thcn spent sel'l'ral yea rs t r al'ell in g for hath study and pleasure. 1n 1898 h e remOI'cII to \\' ashington, D. C .. and resumed hi s practice as an architect. Tn J893 h e in I"ented a nd designed a h o ist for lifting a nd tran sporting large li \'e trees.. and in th e same year erected the then largest lemo n-


TIJ E STEVENS I :'\STITCTF OF TE(,11 i'\OLOCY curing lIalThousc in ,\mcrica. In 1894 hc dcsigncd and huilt a modcrn gcnuillc adohc //(/eiclli/o lin the lines of the }Jcxic<ln stru(:-

nll'chanical cngllle'er for the Intcrnational Conlracting CII .. :\l'lI \ ork. IS()2 1<)00: and has heen presidcnt IIi the Suhlllarinc Con tracting CII .. jmnl l(jOI til datl'. lie has also hecn assllciatl'fl "ith :\11'. I ~dll in Ilurhnrn. :\I.I~ .. as cngincl'1' and contractor. :\ell York, frlllll [()OO to date. ,\1 r. Col'ley has taken out

patents

fCir

a gas

l'11g-tlll'

and

g-as-cngit1C'

"alrc gear. IR94, and illr a suharpll'()US rock hreaker. ICjOO. Ill' is ;1 1l1l'mhl'r oj lhe Engi nccrs' alld l Tni\'l' rsity (·Iuhs. of I'hilarklphia. the :\'ational .\rts and I'\' nrl'rs' cluhs. of ;\c\\' York. and IIf the Chi I'si jratl'rnity.

\\' . T

CLERK

llircs of a ("<"111Ilry agll. h ;I\' ing an l'IH"I'"erl folio: an allnosl unique spl'Ci1l1ell IIi an'hi Il'rlUI'l' in II hil'h lill', m;uk ill the 1I1d :\lcx iran days of ('ali iornia IIl're uq'd. lit: lias flll'lneri.' a Inl'lnher of lhe l 'niHT,ily ('Iuh flf :\CII York. the :\e\\' "ork \thktic ('Iuh, I';dnla Cluh of .Jersey City. and the Sanla I~arh<lra and Santa l1arhara ('ountry cltd". I k is a ull'nlhl'1' of the l.'ni, ersil,' ami J)U1l1 harton rluhs. 01 \\·ashing-Illn. I). (' . .\Ir. Clerk is the ,lin oi \ndrc\\' alHI I.ouisc Clerk. Ill' 1l1arricd 1':k;l1lflr I )ollhle da.,·. I;c hruar., -1. IX<)7.

Coffey, Barton Haxall (,\1.1': .. 'X.;). was hlll'1l in I.ondlln. I': ngland. January 31. I go.; : ""1 of Edllard I .cl's and Lucy I ~ . (I laxall' (·l1l'1cy. Ilis fathcr. IIho is IIf Irish dcsccnt, \\'as an II111Cl'r of the I~ast India ('o1l1pany and aftl'l'lIard IIf the I1ritish al'llly. a "cteran IIf lhe CriI1ll'an II ar and IIi the Indian I1Il1till\·. Ilis n!flthl'l' is a I1Il'nlhl'l' IIf thc Ilaxall faI1lily. of l~ichI1lond. \ ·a. Ill' \\'as draughhman fllr Ottll C. \\ 'o lfT, Inill cngineer, I'hiladelphia, 1XX7: \\'itli the Ilyatt Filter Co .. :\'e\\'ark. :\' . .I., 1887: I knry \\'ardcn. Philadelphia. ISR790: the Pennsy"'ania lronll'orks CII.. Phila(klphia. 1890; Joseph I~d\\'ards & Co., ?\lew York, 1891;

Cohen, Frederick William p 1.1 ':.. '()2)' II as hllrn in ()rallgl'. :\ . .J .. :\mTnlhcr :\. 1R7o: Sllil 11111('1'111;111 (·lIlil'll. oj (;l'1'1l1an.l', and I klt-nl' \. (1IarrislIll) Cohell. of Philadelphia. I k h:I" h\,l'1I l'llgaged II ith tlie Pellnsy h allia ~tl'l'1 ('0 .. sillcc his gradtlatioll: as dratlghtslliall ill the hridge alld cOllstrtlrlioll departllll'lIl. IRr)2 r)4: ill the desigllillg roolll oi lhe sa mc departmcllt, IS94 90: residellt ellgill('l'r ill !hc crectioll oi the :\iagara \rch hdlll'cn ~IISpeIlSi()1l Ilridge. :\'. Y .. alld eli ftOll, Callada. IS(if) ()7: ill the dl',igllillg mOil 1 at ~tce1toll. I'a .. IR97--9R: cllgilll'l'I' of l'I'l'ctif)n ill the ilridge :tI1d cOllstrllctioll (il-parlllll'llt. Iia"illg chargc of all the l'I'ectioll, IX()R to datc. illcltldillg

F. W.

COJll-;~

the (;okteik \ iadllct. !1l1rllla. :111(1 the ap proaclics alld sllspl'lIded spall of the :\e\\'


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TIlE ALU}'lNI East River Bridgc. ;\CII' York. and many othcrs. lie i,; a mcmher of the ,\merican Society of Ci\'il Engineers: the I~e£orm ('Iuh. of \CII' York: the llarrishurg and Country cluh,;. of Ilarrishurg. L'a.: the I'enns) \\ ania I,'orestr), i\ssociation: and the Ilarri,;hurg ;\Iunicipal Leaguc, Coker, J. L., Jr. (l\I.E.. '88), is treasurer of the Carolina Fihrc Co .. nlanufacturers or manila paper. 1 [arb\·ille , S, C. Ill.' has takcn out two patents l'l'lating to the producti()11 of sulphite pulp. \\'hich arc in suc-

cmploycd as weight-clerk in the melting and relining departmcnt of thc nitcd States :'Ilint, \cw Orleans. La .. fro11\ 1900 to January 1905. IIhen hc \\'as a(\\'anced to thc position of mcltl'1' and refincr hy direct appointlllcnt from President Roose\'elt. III.' is a memher of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. :'Ir. Coleman is the son of rTamilton Dudley and Jessie (Prague) Coleman. 111.' married Isahelle Baquie. i\pril 16, 1902 . Coley, Clarence Tallman (roLE .. 'ot), was born ill .Ialllcshurg. :\, .\ .. Ikrc1I1ber l. 18 77:

cessful opl'l'ation, Coleman, Hubert Dudley, Jr. ptE .. '9~), lias horn in :\l'lI Orlcans. La .. Octoher 2. 18 7 1. I k worked during one grinding sea son as assistant cngineer ami oiler in a Louisiana sugar-house. and then hecame c1raughtsman. inspector, and estimator with the I L j)udley Coleman ;\Iachincry Co., Ltd., of :\CII ()rleans. of II hich cOlnpany he was a stoekholdl'l' and director. his father heing pl'l'sidenL Thc company made sugar-. rice -. cotton. and COl'll mill machilll'ry. and did repair lIork of all \·aridics. hesides doing a Jar!!;e manufacturers' agent's husiness. and carrying a largc stock of their own and (on "igne<1 machinl'l'Y. " 'hile II ith this conl-

C.

II. [).

COLUL\N , JR .

pan)' he lias ior til [) years local inspector for the L'nited States Casualty Co. 11e was

T,

CULEV

son of Frallk \\ ' . alld :'I\illnie 1[, Coley. llis early educatiol1 was )'l'cci\'l'd at a ;\c\\· Jcr scy country district schoo\. ,\t the age of 13 he spcnt one year at the Colul1lbia Institute ~Iilitary Schoo\. :\cw York: then. after four years. graduated with gold medal [roll1 (;ral1lmar School 69, ~ CI\' York: cntered Ste\,ens Preparatory :';c\1001 ill 1895. and the Institutc in l~lc)7. ILl' was employed in the (lcpartll1ent of tcsts o[ the (;cneral Electric Co.'s works. Schcnectady, ~. Y., 19° 1 - 02 ; foreman of a scction o[ the testing departmellt. 1902- 03: and has been Instructol' in ;\Iechanical and Electrical Ellgineering in Ullion UlliYl'rsity. Schenectady. N. Y., 19 0 3 to date. llc i~ taking postgraduate work ulldel' Prof. C. p, Stcinmetz in the 1110dern theory of electrical engineering, and the


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TTlE STEVENS IKSTITUTE Ol; TI':CTlNor.OCY

phcnolllcna of alternating Cll rrcnts. l\ fr. Coley is an associate member of the I\llleri can ln stitllte of I ~lcctrjcal Engineers, and ;1 membel' of the Mohall'k Lacrosse Cluh, of Schenectady, ~ . Y. LTe is also a !1lemher 01" the Thcta .,\i iratertlity and an honorary member of the society of Sigma Xi of Union Uniycrsity.

Colles, George Wetmore (lIf.I~ .. '9-1), was horn in Nell' York city February lei, 1871; son of (;corge Wetmore and JlIlia J"ccse Colles. Ilcfore clltering Stel'ens In stitute h e received the degrce of Bachelor of .\rts at Yale Unil'crsity in 1892, and in J900 hc took the degree of Master of Science at COIUlll bian LTni\'ersity, \\'ashington. ITis occupations sincc graduation hal'c hccn: machinist In the Ilol1okcn shops of the l'enn~I ' 1

G. \\'.

COLI ES

"ania I~ailroad Co .. suhscrjtlenlly hecoming riraughtslll<ln and designer, J89-1- 95: in the shops 01" thc \\ ' ,' st in ghouse Electric & :\I<ln ufaCluring Co., Pittsburg, 1'a .. 1895-96: L'n gaged in dCleluping a nell' process for ekctrolysis o[ salt, Boston, Mass., 1896: c1raughtslll<ln and designcr II'ith Stonc & \ \' ebstcr, i\ 1assacilusd ts Electrical Engincering Co ., 1896- 97; engineer in the isolated lighting departlllent of the Edison Electric Tlluminating Co., Boston, J897- 99; assistant examiner of patents, 1899- 1901; engincer for the Crabtree Creek Mica Co., of 1\orth

Carolina, II itil ol/ices at \\ ' asilington, D.C., 1900- 01; 11lechanical engineer and chief of the technical force ()[ the lirm of 11arion & :\larion, :\Iontrcal, Canada, 1902 until reccntly; and he has \lOll' an ofiice as consulting c\lgi\l ecr in :\[ilw;tukcc, \Vis. Por about t 110 years, I R97 99, he II as corrcspondcnt 0 f the i<.uilroud C;lI ::;cl/c. :\ Ir. ('olles was grantcd it patcnt in ]895 f()r :tn elect ric rl'gulator,- a g(lI'Crnor for primc \1111\'crs dri I'ing dynamos and for sOllle other JlurpWies. lie has other patents pending. i \n article on .. The Distance of thc ~tars by Doppler's I'rin cipk," hy ;\[r. Colles, ;Ippcared in the .ilJl<'ricIIII.lullrlfrll 0/ Scicllce, .\pril, 1893. It consisted of a IlCII" method of calculating stellar di,.;tanct' s and in\'ol\'ed higher mathematics, thc theory of mcan \'al lies and of probahility; by its application the mean distance 01" <)S stars is gil'Cn as from ~o (0 ISO ligh( -Yl'ars. II I' Jlllhiish,'<l .. Opporlllllities for Improl'Clllent in 1\ 1ica-;\[ining" in (he lillgilltcrillp: Jlog(/ ::; illc, I'cbruary, 1902. Ili s gr;ldliation thcsis at Slel'ens In stitlltc II'as "RcporL of a Test on a Nell" Dcsign of I~kclric Railway 1'0\\"l'\" Station," preparcci j(lintly with 11 r. I ~. H. (;;t1laher. This thesis was all'arded lirst prize in the filLgillccrillg .\'C路:,IS thesis competition 01' J~9-1, and II'as jJuhlishul in (hat jourtl:tl :\Iarch 7, J895. J Ie presenlcd a paper, Decemiler, J896, entitled" The :'Iletric \ -crslls the Duodecimal Systenl," t(l (hc llleeting of the , \lllerican Society of l\ lechanieal EngiIII'ns; this papcr \\'as lavorahll' noticed hI' thc engincering jourtlals of (his 'collntry, and by J~llgillccrillg of London. Ili s thesis for the l\laster of Science degree was" Eotar) TransforJ1lcrs,"- thc lirst cOlllplete treatmcni o[ the suiJjl'd,- pliblished hy the .Iullrllal of Ille Fnlllklill 111Slillllc, lI larch, July, 1901. \1 r. Collcs is a lnelllhcr of the ,\Illerican SoI'il'ly of l\lecltallical Enginecrs, amI of tlte I'hi neta Kappa fratcrtlity, of Yale. lie was formerly an associate nlcillber o[ the .\lllcrican Institltte o[ I ~k<.: trieal Engincers.

Collins, C. R. (l\I.E., '86), a[ter gradu ating, elltnl'd the sen' icc of the United Cas Improl'C11ll'nl Co .. 11hi1ar1clphia. as draughtsIllan. During thc lirst year he was detailed to carryon thc first lcsts of the original inI'cstigation of the \\'c1shach incandescent lamp, which later ill the year \Vas brought


THE ALUMNI (0 this coulltry and the rights for the United States offered to the United Cas Improvement Co. During his sen-icc for the \Velsbach interests he held the position of engineer 0 E the first company organized, and was later made acting superintendent of the factory at Gloucester, N. j., and finally placed ill charge of the 1I'0rk of making the first practical installation for the sub-company organized in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1888 he resignee! frolll the \\ ' elsbach Co. ane! re-e ll ten::<1 the sen'icc of the United (~as ImproveIllent Co. lirO Ill 1888 to J 895 he served on the staff of the constructing force, finally taking a position 01\ the home office stafe as one of the cO\1)pany's inspectors, his special detail heing the supervision of manufacturing resl\lt5 . In 1895 }\I r. Collins accepted the position of gencral manager of the l\Janhattan Incan descent Light Co .. organized to take the agency for :\ ell' \' ork city for the sale of \\'clsbach 1,\I\1ps, being also vice-presiclent. This c()mpany \\'as hllall)' absorbed by the \\'elsbach Commercial Co. 1\1r. Collins resigned in '1896 and opened an office as conoulting engineer ill ~e\\' 1-ork. In the same year he hecame general manager of the Seattle Cas & Electric Ligh t Co.. Seattle. \\ 'ash., and in 1900 opened offices in Seattle as consulting and constructing engin eer, having sel'ereel his official connection \l'ith the Seattle Cas & Electric Light Co. 1 lis chief \\'ork outside of the consulting business I\'as the construction of the 1I'0rks anel distri bution systelll for the city of Everett, \Vash . From 1900 1\Ir. Coll in s also occupied the position of general manager and chief engineer of the Citizens' Light & POlI'er Co ., of Seattle. the \l'orks alld street mains being laid out and constructed uncleI' his direction. In 190-1- the gas cOlllpanies of Seattle lI'ere consolidated. and .'\11-. Collins assumed the position of manager and engineer. at the sallle time continuing his consulting business. 1\11'. Collins has taken out patents for oil "pray (or water-gas apparatus. process and apparatus for the continuous generation of carburetted lI'ater-gas) and a carburetter for vaporizing oil in the manufacture of watergas, and has contrillllted several papers to the American Cas Light Association, of II'hich. as also of the Pacific Gas Associatiol\, he is a member.

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Collyer, Charles F. (]\LE., '96). has since graduation been employed in designing hydraulic and pneumatic machinery for operating balanced canal locks for the Dutton Pneumatic Lock & Engineering Co., ~elV York; as computer and draughtsman with John J. l\JcLaughlin, county engineer of Queens County, ;,J. Y.; as assistant mechall ical sl1p~rintendent of the Clark Thread Co,. of l\el\'ark, N, J.: anc! I\'ith the \Vatts Camphell Co., Nell'ark, N. J. I Ie is a member of tile Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Condit, Edward Ager, Jr. (1\I.E., '02). \\'as horn ill Hoboken, 1\. J .. Septcmber 17, 1880; son of EJ\l'ard ÂŁ\ger and Addie ]\1. (Dc

E. A. Co"nrT,

JR.

Ronde) Condit. 11 is ancestors are first recorded as purchasers of land in Nell'ark, ~ . .I., in 1678. llis great grandfather was Col. Dal'id Condit. of the l(l'I'olutiollary arlll)" II'ho died in 1777. Sillce graduation he has becn cngaged in draughting and designing \l'ith the COlltinuous Hail Joint Co. of America, at Newark: later being gil'{::n charge of the inspectioll of a certain line of I\'ork. He is at present residellt inspector of the Albany Iron and Steel \\'orks department of this company at Troy, N, \ '. Connet, Frederick N. (M.E., '89), in the fall of 1889 became chief draughtsman with the Builders' Iron Foundry, Providence, R 1.,


TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY anel

111

connection with Mr. A.

1\.

Fuller

PI.E., '88) desiglll:d special metal-working machinery, part of which ",as used in the construction of 12- i nch mortars and thei r carriages for the lTnited States (;o\,ernlllenl. In conllection lI'ith :\lr. Fuller and ;\1r. \\'alter \\'. Jackson PI.E., '89) he (Ic-;igned, and patented in the l'nited Statl's, an integrating and registering instrullleJlt iorming part of the I\"lJl-kno\\"1l Venturi water-meter for large water- mains. Patents have also been i~sued on this invention in England and f'rance. Ill' ,,]so designed, and patented in the United ~tates, a three -motor electric tra\"(,lling cranc, tll'O of \\"hich, each of 25 tons capacity. lITre huilt; and he designed, alld patented in the l'nited ~tates, France, alld EJlgland the "Pull to Start and Pull to Stop" helt-s hifter ior use in connection II ith countersha its, hei ng attached thereto directly or to the ceiliJlg. :\Ir. Cmmet repres(,llIcd the Buildns' 1ron Foundry on the C01l1nlittce on ~tandardization of Extra I lea\')' Flangcs, whose report, as pllblished in the Sln'ells illliicalor for Janllary, 1902, has hcen II'idel)' adopted, :\Ir. COllnet nOlI hold, the IJOsIlioJl oi (,Jlgillecr at the Builders, I ron Foundry, I'rol' idclICC, It I. In con lIertion Il'ith :\11', I:ulkr he II rote for the Illdical or of July alld ()ctoher, 1890, (,,'0 ,tnicks relating to the matlufacture of I2inch mortars: and a tlumher of articles by :\fr. COimet also appeared in that puulic;;tiotl, as follo\\"s: " ,\mateur Photography," V I, ..tT; ., Design for LnCOtllOt i I'e Combus tioll Chamber," \' I, 190; and "\'otes on 13ook- l\faking," \ ' 1, 20C), The JOIl/'lla/ of Ihe Frail/dill illslilllle, C:\:L\'II. ;\0,2, said of the \ 'ent uri water- Illeter: "Its in\'l'ntion, design, ;lJ1d perfeC'tion arc till' fruit of great ingenuity and of much kno\\'kdge anu painstaking lalHlr, and th,'," [the inn'ntors) IUl\'l' been of ,'ast 1"'lwtit to the c(Jll1lllllnitl' 1,,' making the \'elltllri nwtl'r a practical \\,ol:king tool. Its in 'Tn tors, ,\ kssrs, Fretll'l'iek S, Connel and \\'altl'r \\" .I ackson o[ l'rOl'idl'nlT, are thel'c[ore entitl"d to distinguished honol' at thc hands of tilt' Franklin Jnstitult', anci Wl' lal<[' pleasul'e in recolllnlt'nding the award to them o[ the .Iohn Scotl Legal',l' Premium .'I1cdal [01' their regi ste ring apparatus," Thi , meter lias also described in Cassia's fur ~rarch, 1899, by l\fr. Clemens Ilcrschcl. II bu gil'es Messrs. Connet and .1la,~a::;ille

Jackson high praisc for their invention, l\Ir. Conner's thesis suhjccts \\'ere, " J)esign for a l.oc[)lllotil'C \ 'a ln' (;ear" and" . \ ;\el\' System for Compoullding LoconlOtil'es ," The tirst consisted of a valve gear that requires I i[) eccen t rics, OI'Crh ling crall ks, or cams, lIeither is thc mOI'l'Illl'nt derived frolll a point on the ctlnlll'Ctillg-rod, The second de,ign, relating to cOlll]lotlll(ling, inl'oh'cd the l'se of three l'} lilltlers of ahollt equal hurl', but requires no rrallkcd axle, Cook, Edward Jerome (:'ILK, '86), was I,orn ill ~pringfiel(l. 0 .. January 4, 1865. Ill'

E,

J.

COOK

lias l'lllploycd in the shops and draughtingmom of the 1':llgine & Thresher Co .. and tilt: \\ ' biICk,I' ReaplT \\ 'orks, r~8G 88: alld hccanll' slIcccssil'cly assistant engIneer, suj>l'\'intellrient of stealll plant, and slIperintl'IHlellt of (he Edison I~lcctric & 1Il lllll inating Co .. Brooklyn, :\, y" 1888-9! ; and ronstrllcting engincl'1' and \'ice president of Ihl' Fidd Engineering Co" ;\ell' \ "o rk, I89194, II e Il'as engaged in desig'ni ng the plants of the Ciel'Ciand Ekctric Illuminating Co" ('ll'I'eland, 0" and of the Detroit Citizens' ~tITl't Railway Co .. Detroit. :\tich .. 1894-96; as clectrical engincl'1' II ith the Cleyeland Electric H,ailway Co .. 1896 1900; in the sa1l1e capacity lI'ith the Cle\'eland City Rail way Co" 1900 03: anci has hcen chief engincet' of the consolidated companies since


TIl r<: ,\LUl\fNl 1903. 11e is a memher of the American Society o[ 1fechallical r<:.ngincers, all associate memlier of the ,\mericanlnsti tute 0 [ Electrical I~ngineers, and a mcmber of the Sigma Chi fraternity. :'Ilr. Cook is the son of Jerome \\ ' . and r Il'ltie i\. Cook. Ill' married l\Iary Ilertzler Rubsam, October LJ., 1894, and they ha\'e one child, :'IJar)' Katharine Cook .

Cook, Herbert Bloomer (:\l.E .. '93), was horn in l\ liddl eto\\"n, Conll ., :\o\'ember 5, IR70; so n of Ceorge Har\'ey and Addie 1\1. (Sil liman ) Cook. After graduation he entered the llIachinc-s hops of the Pl'l1coyd I ron \\' orks and then becaml' assistant engineer ",ith C. II. (;i fford & Co., agcnts for thc n. F. Sturte\'ant Co .. in Philadelphia . . \fter the death of :'III'. :\ndre\\' Shiehlcr ('\I.I~ .. '()2) , \I'ho had becn his superior, he \\,;\s promotcd, in ,\ugust, 1895, to thc position of chief engineer .. in which capacity he \\'as cngaged until the time of his death, ,\ugust 23, lRg6. Thc graduating thes is of '\Iessrs. Cook an d ,\. II. Lord on the" Dctermi na tion of the \\'a ter-Co nSluliption of a

1\jachinc Co ., o[ Patcrson, X J., 1886 1902; and has iJcen \'in>prcsident o[ the '\ l11crican Locol11otil"l? & 1\rachine Co .. Paterson , N. J.. from 1903 to date. Cooke , John S, (i\ I. E .. '79), \\'as \\路i til the Danforth Locollloti\'e & .\lachine Co., Paterson, \'". J., 1R79 82: \'ice-presidcnt and general manager, 1882 RG, and president. 1886- 1902, of the Cooke LoconlOti\'C & '\fa chine Co., Paterson; and has heen pre ~ idcnt and general manager of the .\l1lerican Lo(omoti\路c & l\ lachinc Co., I'aterson, from 1(j03 to date. Cooper, Stuart (;\I.E., '95), ",as horn in \'ice, France . . \pril 17, IR73. lI e ",as with

STU .\!<"J"

II. B. COOK

Hall & \\'ood Engine when Running Under Light Loads," was puhli shed in the Sln'('l/s [ lldicalor, X, 278. Cooke , Frederick W , (l\f.E., '82), \\'as \' ice-p resident of the Cooke Locomoti I'e &

COOPER

the ])ean Linsel'd Oil Co., Port Hicll1lloll(1. Staten Island , l\. Y .. ior on(' year, as ass ist ant lo the ,u]ll'l"in\cndenl. :\c:-;t he ttlo\; chaq~e of the reliner), of the :\orthlie ld Oil Rcfini ng Co., as superintendcnt [or produc ing a special \'arnish oil. 1896 [900: ",as \\路jth [he I'l'nnsyh'a nia & ])e!a\\'a re Oil Co., of :\"e\\' \ 'o rk, I C)OO 01: master at Sl. I'aul"s School, Concord, :\". I r., J901 -02. J Ie was next located in i\nn apo li s, Md., as halfO\\'l1cr and manager of the .-\Ilnapolis Storagc Co., during the erection oi a ferro-co ncrL'lc-con:;truction \\ arl'hOllSe for that compan)" and getting the husiness undel' way. In addition to this duty he became, on i\lay


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INSTITuTE 01' TECIlXOLO(;\,

7, '903, treasurer, sc<:retary, and ll1anager (being also thl' largest stockholder) in the Bernhard Dietz Co., of 13altill1ore, manufacturers of printers' rollers and roller-composiI iOIl. lie is a mcmbcr of the Dclta Tau Delta frall.'rnity. 111', Cooper is the son of Rear - Adm. Philip 11. Coopl:r, V,S. ~., and Sarah Stuart Cooper. Ill' married Elizabeth McDougal, Septemhl:r I, 1898. Corbett, L . B. (:\I.I~., '92). is engaged in the manufacture of chcmicals at Brookdale, I)a., under the nal11c of the Susquchanna 11anufacluring Co. Corbett, William H. (:\I.E., '95), became, after graduation. assistant superintendcnt of the Carl'in 1\lachille Co., New \'ork. and later su<:cessi,'cly superintendent of the bicycle department of the F. F. Chase 1\lachine \\'ork5 Co .. Plainfield, ~. J.: chief draughtsman for the Ball & \\'ood Co" Elizabeth, 1\. J.; chief engineer at the Bayonlle (N. J.) works of the Martin I,albfleisch Chemical Co.; superintendent of the New Era Metal Co ., Garwood, ?\. J.; and from 1898 to 1900 consulting and contracting enginccr, in conncction with B. C. Ball, New York. During the latter period he assisted in the organization and bccame prcsident 1)£ the \\'hitll1an l\lanufacturing Co., incorpo rated for the manufacture of tools and special machinery, with the Ball & Corbetl friction clutch for gas and gasoline engines, a new wrench for iron pipc, and one for polished or nickeled brass pipe, as specialties. Associated with 1\lr. Corbelt in this enterprise II'crc his college mates, l\Jessrs. R C. Ball and Allen E. \ \'h itman. Tn J 900 hc \Venl to Portland, Ore .. to takc the office of I'icepresidenl and gencralmanager of the \Villan1('lle fran & Steel \\'orks in that city, and later the office of vice- president of the \Villalllcltc Boiler \\'orks, also of Portland. Reccntly Mr. Corbetl has become prcsidcnt of each o[ these companies. SOW)

Corbin, David (i\ U;:., '9-\-) , lI'as born In Brooklyn, J\'. Y .. ,\pril 2-\-, J869: SOil of Job and i\faria I r. (Weaver) Corbin. His ancestors were nativcs of t\ell' England. On graduation he cntered the cmployment of the East Ril'cr Cas Co .. Long bland City, N. Y.:

lI'a, then engaged in the students' course at the \I'orb of the (;cneral Electric Co., Schc ncctady, X. Y., J895- 97; draughting for the \\'estern Electric Co ., Ncw York, on telephone and pOWl:r switchboard work and shop l1Iachine design. 1897- 98; in the shop of \\' . \). Forhes & Co .. Il.ohukcn, ~. J.. J 899: with thc Faync I~ngjnc Co., EIJIlira, N. Y., I~<)<) - I900; in the engincering corps of thc Dicscl l\!otor Co .. Nell' \ ' ork, 1900 01: lI·ilh the De Dion Bouton Motor Co.. lhooklyn, ;-.J, Y.. '901; and has heen cngaged in pro[cssional enginccring \l'ork fnJlII I()Ol to dalc Corwin, William S. (:\f.E., 'R.:;), has sincc graduation had the following cxperience; as clcctrical and n)(.:chanical engincer, at 0:cII'ark, ;\. J., 1885 88; lIith John l<. Bahr & Co., manufacturers "r electrical and tclegraph instruJIlcnts, Ncw \"01'k,I888 89: with thc Daft Electric Railway Co., i\larion, 0: . .I., 18<)0- 92; in thc railway dcparlnlcnt o[ the (;eneral Electric Co., f\ e\l' York, ]893- 9-+; and in the firm of Tucker & Corwin, consultillg- alld Sllpl'I'I' i~illg eng-inL'l'I's, \'clI'ark, N. J, [rom 1896 to dalc. Cosgrove, James Edward ( j\J.I'~ .. '00) , was born ill Brooklyn, :-J. Y. , July 20. 1879. TIi s

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prepar:1tory education \\'as rccei l'Cd at the 13rooklyn grammar and hig-h schools. He was assistant superintendellt of the :\lon'i~

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TIlE 1\ & Cumings Drcdging Co., 1900; superintcndcnt of the 0( ew York shops of the ,\meriean 1~lcetrieal & l\[aintcnance Co., 1<)00- 01; superintcndent of the Columhian I"oundry & ;\Iaehine \\ 'orks, Brooklyn, ~. Y., 1i)01 02, and its secretary and treasurer, IC)02 03. lie \I'as superintendent of the \Iorris & Cllmings Dredging Co. at the time o[ his death, \I hich resllited from an operation ior appendicitis, .\pril II, J()04. 1\1r. C{)sgro\'\~ \\'as the son of .Iohn Nicholas and Catherine E. CosgrO\'l', both of whom \\'ere bOrtl, in 1\C\l' York State, of I rish parents II ho had settled in Canada in the carly part of last century. lie married llelt'n Wallace l\lcCoy, January 7, I903路 Coster, Maurice (M.1<: .. 'n), was born in Paramaribo, Surinam (I )Illch (;Iliana), "\ugust 4, IX50. lie \\'ent to Boston, i\fass., in .Illne, IX73, and shortly afterward hecaI1le night clerk in the Congress Iiall hotel, ,\lhany, :\. 1'., during the day attending the :\lban)' high school. j fe entered the SophoI1Iore class of Ste\'ens Institute in 1874. lIe was naturalized in 1880. iJe bceamc an apprcnticc in the shops of the Central l~ail\\'ay of Iowa, l\Tarshallto\\'n, ]o\\a, in IR77; was instructor of mcchanical drawing to the apprentices of the Lake Shore & ;\Iichigan SOllthern H.aih\'ay, at CIe"elancl. () .. 1878- 80; manager of a ~Ilgar refinery at .\nna I~egina, and conslllting engineer for sllg;I1' estales in British Cuiana, 188r- 87; enginecr with the \Vestinghouse Electric & l\lanufacturing Co., Pittshurg, 1'a., 1888 91; manager of the Pittsburg agency of the same cOI1lpanYI892- 95; and manager of its Chi cago agency 1895- 99; sOlls -dircclclIr of the Soci("te Inclustriellc d'Electricite, Procedes \\ 'cstinghollse, Paris, I'rancc, 18<)9 1901; and dircc/,'lIr of the Societe 1\non},llle \Vestinghouse, Paris, from 1<)01 to date. The Soci(,te ,\non),me \\'estinghouse, with a capital of 20,000,000 francs, took o\'er the hllsincss of the Societe Jndustriclle e!'Electri cite, Procee!es \\'estinghollse, and is the sole manufacturer of \\'estinghouse Elcctric ane! \Vesting-how;e ,\ir Brake 1\pparatus for the CfJt11ltries of I:rance, Spain. Portugal, rUdy, Switzerland, Belgium, and 110lland, their colonies and dependencies. 1\1 r. Coster has taken out se\'l'ral patents relating 10 the con struction of fUrIlaces for the bUrIling of

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tural Society, (;eorgclown, Ilri t ish Cuiana, and publishcd in the journal of that society. lle was honorary consulting enginecr to the Commissioncr-( ;encral of the Cnitcd States 10 the Unil'ersal InterIlational Exposition at Paris in 1900; and is a member of the , \ Illerica n Inst i t ute (J f Elect rica! Engi neers and of the Altlonlohile ('Iub de I'rance. 1\[r. Coster is the son of 1\. :;'1. and P. Coster. lie married Edith Beckett (deccased in r895) in IRR6. Thrce childrcn were born of this marriage, :\orman Beckctt, llclen Bcckett, and Kenneth Beckett Coster. He married i\ugusta Hlanche Jlennett in 19 02 . Cotiart, Emil Maurice (\I.E .. '86), \Va~ born in 11 a vana, Cuha, September 22, 1864; son of Jean Pierre and ;\c1elaide (del Campo) Cotiarl. J Ie studied in France for a time and is 'lIO\\, a consulting cng-inecr in l'<lris, lie is a member of Theta :\ i fraterIlity, Cottier, Joseph Germain Charles (1\l. E., '94), was born in Jerscy City, ;..J. ]., May 29, IR74; son of Jean (;ertnain Charles and Amanda l\lalcom (Luxton) Collier. On his father's side he \\ as descended from an old ] luguenot family, and on his mother's side


TTlE Srl'EVENS INSTfTCTE OF TECTl1\OLOGY of American extraction. lJ e showed remarkabl e ability in early life, being gifted as a musician, a IVri ter, and a photographer.

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C. C. COTTIER

,\t the age of cleven he cntercd a school in France and remained there two ycars. fIe graduated from Craml11ar School No. 7 Jersey City, at the age of fourteen. lie was then a stuciellt at Stel'clls Preparatory School. lie \\'on the scholarship and entered Stevens lnstitute, graduating in ]894. lie edited the journal of a literary society ill Jersey City, and wrote for various periodi cals, such as Anthony's .. Photographic Bulletin." etc. 1\ fter graduation he secured several pOSitIOns ill mercantile establishl11ents, none of which, hOll'cl'er, offered opportunities for him to pursue the studies for which hc still entertained a fond desire. Ac cordingly in the autumn of 1895 he made application for and securcd an appointmcnt as University Scholar in 1\[echanics in the School of Pure ~)c ience at Columbia University . The following account and estimate of "Ir. Cottier's ability is taken frolll a letter received from Prof. R. S. \Vooc!II'a rd, of Columbia University: " J Jl' ]ltIrSlled I11cchan it's as h is major subject, and chosc mathematics and education as minor SUiljl'cLS. .\L tht, end of the academic ycar 1895 96 he took the degree of 1\1 asler of r\ rls. At the sa111e lime he was appointed to a Univcrsi ty FclJo\l'~ hi p, one of the highest honors COll-

ferred upon graduate sLudenls 1).\' Columllia. Continuing his studics during the :1'<''11' I896 (n, he compkteu nearly all Lhe lecture \\"ork l'SSl'l1tiat for Lhe degree of Doctor of Philosoph.I'. By J'l'ason of hi s exceptio1l<1I lllCI'its as a slu(it-nt he was reappointed Fcllo\\' in l\JechaIlies for the .\'ear I ~(J7 ()~. I t was hi s l'~pl'clatio11 and our desire that he would hal路t路 this l'nLirc \'l'aI' to del'olc to the compleLion of hi s dodor:,te diss(' rtatioll 011 fluid motioll alld pressure" This career, so full of promise. was s ud denly terminated by th<.: death of 1\lr. Collier, which occurred in I'aris, ' \lIgli s t J8. ]897, while he was 011 a bicycle tour through l"ral1cc. lJe left [\\,0 illlp()J"tant papers ill Prof. \VoOc!wanJ's hand s for pulJlieation. One of these ... Oil the , \pplication of the l<:q llatiol1 ': of I lytinllliecha11ics to the Terre s trial 1\( 1lI0sphere." appeared ill the .l/ollthl\' /I 'catlicr He7';''''' for July. 1897. puhli shl:d hy the United Statcs \\'eathcr nllre:lll. The othcr, .. Oil the . \pplicatiolls of CUI'I'ilinear Coordinates to the Equations of llydromcchan ies," appeared suhsequently in the .1/atitcl/lot;ca/ Nf"i""l'. puhlished at Clark Univlrsity.

Cox, Frederic William (1\r.I~ .. '(0), was born in I1ridgeton, 1\. ,r., Septemher 20, 1877;

F. W. Cox

of Stephen Cox, .I 1'. , and Laura C. Cox. Ile was assistant foremall in the shops of the Cox & SOliS Co., foullders and 11lanu-

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THE i\U...Jl\fI'\I facturcrs. al Bridgeton. N. J" 19° 0 - 01 ; draughtslllan with the sanle company. 19 01 02: and has heen assistant sllperintendent o[ the factory and secretary of the corporation irolll 19°2 to date. lie is a nlemher of th e Theta ;(i and Tau Beta I'i fratel'llities. Cox, James McCullough (l\ r. E,. '9.+). \\'as hoi'll in f\c\\' York city January 19. 1873. lie has bccn ;]ssi stant w)lerintendent of the l'hiladelphia & l{eading Railroad Tcrminal at Philadelphia. fronl 1K9..j. III date. anei has charge of the llIarhillcry connccted with the terlllinal station. including arc and incan descent electric lighting, cold storage anel ice plant. air-compressors. elc\'ator llIachinery, storage hattery. hoilers. de. Since 1899 he has he('n elcctric;tI engineer in charge of ali eicctric lighting and power for the aho\'ementioncd road. Ile is a llIember of the Engineers' ('Iub. Philadelphia. and of the Iklta Tau Delta fraternity, :\Ir. Cox is a son of I~d\\ ill Marion and .\Iida C:\ld.·ulloug'h) Cox, lie married Nellie (;11)\'cr. July I..j.. J~9..j., and they h,[';e one child. I iarold Marioll Cox.

course in the Stevens High School. Early in the year IR8R he entered the employ of the fllidvalc Steel Co .. of Philadelphia, and ,hortly there;[ fter was made assistant foreman of the forge. Since ]896 he has been in charge of this dcpartment. which includes the ham111er. tilting. and hydraulic press shops. as \\'ell as the hlacksmith ~hop, roll ing-mill and shipping-departmcnt. I Ie has taken an active part in many of the improve111ents and extensions \\'hich ha\'e marked the phenol11enal growth or these works in recent ,vca rs, flrr. ('nx is a 111emher of the l Tni\'ersity Club of Philadelphia. o[ the Society o[ Coloni,tl \\';[I'S, the Ccographical ~ocicly of I'hiladelphia. the ,\11leric<1n Ccographical Society, and of the Pennsylvania Acadcmy of Fine .\rts, Coyne, Frank Henderson pl.K, '9-+), was born in East Orangc. N . .r" Jnne 25,

Cox, John Lyman (l\I.I':,. '~7), \\'as born l'hiladelpilia, I'a .. in 1866: son of James ~. alld :\Iary F, (ilazard) Cox. lIe was

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educated in pri \';ltc sc hools, finishing his preparation for the Instit\lte by a special

I R73, II e allended Ste\'ens Preparatory School. IR88-90, Tic was superintendenl of the sulphite mills of the Remington Paper Co., \Vatcrto\\'n, X. Y .. 189'+-95; manager of the Carson Creek Gold-l\lining Co., l\ngels' Camp. Cal.. ]895-97; took a special mining cngincering course at l\Iassacbusetts I nslitute of Technology, ] 897-98: was engineer with Fraser & Chalmers, Chicago. 1898; sl11)('rintcndenl of Pecos Sulpbur Co" Pecos,


TIlE STEVE:\S I:\STITUTE OF TECIlNOLOGY Tex .. 1899; president and general manager of the .t\eIV Jersey & 1\Iissouri Zinc l\lining Co., and o[ the Standard Zinc Co., Webb City. 1\10., 1900- 01; general manager of the Wayerly (;old Mines Co .. \\'a\'erly, ;..;. S., ;111(1 the I{ose Blanche Cold :'I[ine5 Co .. ~c\\'足 (oundland, 1901- 02. From 1903 to date he has heen conducting a gcneral lllechanical and mining engincering husiness at Chicago, 111. lie is a memher of the , \merican Institute of :'Iiining Engineers, of the Uni\'ersity Cluh o[ San Francisco, of the Sew York .\thlctic. Orange Athletic. Chicago ,\thlctic, Iialifax. Union, and Orange clubs, and of the Theta Xi and Theta 'Nu Epsilon fraternities. 1\1r. C'o)'ne is the son of John and :\[ary Scars (Kendall) Coyne. His father \Vas born in Ireland of I rish-I'rench J I uguenot ancestry, and came to this country and settled in East Orange in 18-1-0. His mother was horn in Concord. :\lass .. of Scotch-English I)uritan stock whose ancestors came to ,\merica in the se\'enteenth century. lIe married Frances Smith 1\lolTetl. .\pril 22. '900. Craft, Morgan E. (1\ I.I ~ .. '95). \\'as born in ;\e\\' York city i\lay 15, 1869; son of

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Elijah R. and Julia :'II. Crafl. lIe was of old Re\'olutionary stock. and his father served in the l. Tnion arm)' from 1861 to 1865. \\,hile a student at the Institute he was

engaged as instructor in manual traliling and mechanical engineering at the high school at Montclair. After graduation he was appointed assistant to Prof. Lecds, in the Department of Chemistry at Sten:ns Institute. Owing to ill health hc was COlllpelled to relinquish his duties in 1897, and was unable therea fter to resume his work. I Ie died at Phccnix, ,\ rizona, ;..; o\'ember ] 8, 1899. lie \\'as a l11el11her o[ the Xc\\' Jersey .\thlctic Club and of the Chi Phi fraternity. Cremer, James M. (1\T.E., '76), was employed for nearly a year at the 1\fich'alc Steel \\'orks, Philadelphia, Pa., as assistant to the chief engineer all(l undcr the direction o[ the superi ntcndent and assi stant superi ntendent. llis duties included gencral work in draughting, testing of steel for tensile strength and other properties, and other special work. After lea\'ing the ),lidva1c Steel \Yorks he was for a time draughtsman for i\Iessrs. Taws & Hartman, Philadelphia, 1'a., on blastfurnace work and on thc Sicl11ens-CowperCochrane hot-blast stoyes. If e then took a position with \\'m. B. Delllent & Son, Philadelphia, where he remained ahout three years, being engaged upon hea\'y \\'ork which inc1udcd a great variety of machine-tools, also upon steam and hydraulic work. Tn 1882 1\lr. Cremer became assistant to \\' 111. ),1. Darr, then superintendent of the Cummcr Enginc Co ., Cleveland. O . I Ie was cmployed upon special work in conncction \"ith the design of a cf)mplete line of stcalll-cngines and of special tools and jigs fnr their manufacture. When 1\11'. Barr resigncd his position. :'I1r. Cremer assumed part of the duties of superintendent at the Cummer Co. Early in IR86 he rcceived an olTer from i\[r. Barr (then superintendent o[ the \\'orks of 11. H. \\'orthington) of a position similar to the (Jne he originally held with the Cumlller Co., which he accepted . ITe then hcgan designing special tools, etc .. making drawings for two large machines. from one of which designs a Ilumber of engines \\'ere built. Tlc was after\\'arc1 put in charge of the purchasing department ofl T. H. \\ ' orthington. IIe also had charge of the making of contracts for nc\\' buildings and alterations and C'xtcn sions of the works . Owillg to changes in the organization o( the \\'orthington Co. in 1893. ;\1 r. Cremer's cOllnection with it cnded, and

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TITE L\LUl\ 1N I he accepted, [or a short time, a s imil a l' position with th e linl1 of J. B. & J. 1\1. Co rnell , Nell' Y o rk . Sincc j\pril, 1Rl)6, he ha s been cngaged in the sa le and in sta llation o[ th e \'ash gas e ng in c for clectric li g hting a nd power, for the \'atio nal :\Ictel' Co., l'\ew York. lIe has IITittcn a 1lt1lnher of articles relating to th e .'\ash gas an d gasolin e eng in cs for "ariolls technical jOllrnahi. hesides at(l'nd ing to the gas-engi ne cata loglle work for the Xatioual lfeter Co. Crisfield, J ames Alfred Pearce (1\ I. E.. 'R7), was horn in l'hestertoll'n, :\rrl .. in \'ol'c ln!Jc r,

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they ha I'C three children, Lillie IIahe rsharn, 1\rthur \\'oodland, and Josep hin e Ney le CI-isfield. Cromwell, J acob Ellswort h (1\r.E .. '(7 ), was horn in Piedmont, \\' . Va .. Fehruary R, 1R7o ; son of ,\ndr e\l- Ja ckso n and ;\I;lrgaret .\nn Cro1llwell. Ili s pat e rn a l ancestors were residents of 1\larylan<l, and tho se on th c matel'llal ~ id c, of \ ' irginia . :'Ilaternally he is a hran ch of th e sa 1ll c family tree as (;eorgc \\'ashin gtoll. lie recei \'ed hi s carly ed\lcation ill th e public sc hool s o f Baltimore. .\ftcr Ical'ing the high sc hool h e se r\'('(\ as a ll a pprelltice in thc n:tltilllore & Ohio rail road shops, during which tim c h e attcnded and graduated frol11 the 1\faryland In st itut e of .\rl and I) cs ign . Since graduating fr0111 Stn'cll s he has hee ll handling general engineering \I'ork in the Baltimore & Ohio oraughting- nlolll, and is no\\' spec ial in spector in th e 1lIotive pO\l'e r departlllcllt of th c :\11. C lare shops of the company. Cronise, Ernest S. ( 1\1. E .. '8 1) , was born ill :\e \\' York, Octoher 16, 1861 . H e was all apprentice ill th c Fort \\ 'ay ne shops of th e I'e nnsyh'a nia I~ai l road ill the spring of 1882; e ngaged on expCrl work for th e 1ll0til'c-po \l'er departmcnt of the New \:ork,

J. A. P .

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186-/. I il' II as II' ith thc \\ 'elshach Inca nd escent (;as I.ight. Co., .'\cw York, 1887-89; ass istant sup eri ntend ent and secrc tary of thc :-Iutllal Cas Li g ht Co .. S;ll'a nn ;lh , Ca., 188<)9-~; super intend ent. for the LTnited (;as [Ill prm'l'llll' nt Co .. l)f the :-Iutual (;as I.i ght Co., at Sal'annah, 189-1-99 ; designing e nginee r for the l ' ni ted Cas Imp1'llI'l'mc nt Co .. Philadelphi ;l, 1H99-190-l; and is nO\I' eng in eer of constrnct ion for the sall1e compa ny. lI e is a nleillher o[ the All1erican (;"s Light Association and of the T h ela Xi fraternity. l\fJ-. C ri sfie ld is the so n of . \rthtll' and Charlo ttc ,\ . L. C ri sfield . [I is ancestors \I'c re 1;l\vyL'1's a nd physicians as far hack as anything is kn ow n of them. I fc nlarri ed Josephine )Joble Joncs in Dccclllber, 189-1, and

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T I IT;: STEVE;\"S I;\"STITUTE OF TECHKOLOGY construction of this road. at the Pl1llman shops. In I R~S he entered the shops of IT emy I{. \\路ortilington. Ihooklyn. ;"\f. Y., and at the cnd of a year \\'as cngaged in sl1perintending the erection of \'ariOliS \\'orthington pUlllping-c ngincs for watel'\\路orks. . \mong these nlay he mcntioncd t \\'0 vcrtical engi nes for the Cincinnati \\ 路a lel'\\,orks. of 2.1.000.000 gallons capacity. which was the first \'ert ical direct -act i ng pllnlpi ng-engi ne 0 [ any si ze e\'cr constructed. Later he \\'as confidential secn.:lary in Xcw York. and superintendent of branch onlces and agencies of l Temy H.. \\ 'u rthington. In Septemher. 189.+. he established himself in f\ew \,Ork as a consulting engincer alld rail\l'ay ex perl. His ccmtrihutiolls to the .. BOlld Record" received fa \'ora hie comment from leadi ng "\meri can and English linancial papers, and his reports OJ] the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad , and on the Erie Railway. which also appeared in the .. Bond I{ecord," were esteemed by prominent linanciers as relllarkaiJle for their scope and clearncss. I Ie was cngaged upon report s o[ othcr rail\\'ay sysll' ms \\'hen an attack (Jf lllalarial [c\'cr cal1scd his dcath, September 1-/. 1896. Crowell, Henry Walcott (l\LE., '99). was horn in Xcwark, :\:. ,I.. ScptemiJer 6. 1877.

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Ill' lVas assistant for e man and draughl sman with the Lamb e rt lloisting-Engine Co ..

:'\ewal'k, N. J., 1899-190I. Through C0111petitive examination, in which he took first rank, he securer! a pos ition in the equipment department of the electrical hranch of the ;"\few York Navy Yard, which he has held fro111 \'o\路emIJer. I901. to date. lIe was associated with ;\[r. \\'. D.Rainsford in the preparation of a graduating thesis on .. Experimental Determination of the Steam Consumption or an l\utomatic Engine at Exceptionally Iligh Speeds," puhlished in the Slc'1'eIlS Illslilute illdicalor, January, (900. t-Ir. Crowell is the son of Joscph Grover and Laura F . Crowell. Ill' married Blodwen Sauvage. December 10. 1902. Cuming, Thomas B. (t-I.E., '95), has been connected, since graduation. with the \\'orth ington Pump Co., and the illcycr-Sniffen Co., Ltd., bOlh of XCII' York. During the \\'a r with Spain ;\[r. Cuming se n'ed on board the U. S. S ... Yankee." Cuntz, Hermann Francis (:\l.E .. '93). was horn in I Toboken. N. J., July 21, 1872. Im mediately after graduation he spent a few months as assistant cnginccr of tes ts in the Department of ,\wards of the \\' orld's Columbian I ~x position. For ten months thereafter he was assistant enginecr in the lest i ng department 0 f th c Pope 1\ [anu facturing Co .. Hartford , Cunn., ill I\hich he had entire charge of all s teel analyses for a manu faetu ri ng establi s hment \I'll ich bough t strictly on specification, and also had charge of physical tests and inves tigations into hearings. friction. strength. and all parts under peculiar stress ill spccial articles or manufacture, and particularly work on very elaborate tests in the nla((cr of chenlical and phys ical qualities uf cold-drawll seamIcs~ stccl tuhing. For ele\'cn nl()nth s he \\'as 111 the bridge and construction department ot the Pennsylvania Stcel Co.. cngaged ii, draughting. bridge and structural 1\'01'k, esti1l1ate and cost. and erection work. Ill' then spcnt four 1I10nths in \'ew York, first in a pri\'a te undertaking. and then cxamining data concerning copper, gold and platinu1ll 1I1incs, and similar subjects; also assisting on ercclion II'ork for a steel huildings COI1traclor ill Xl'I\' York. III Deccmber, 1895, he entered the employ of the Pope Uallufacturing Co, as engineering and general assist-

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THE ALUMNI ant to the vice-president. Since that date his II'ork has gradually concentrated on the patcnt work of the company, specializing in the general subject of road propulsion, and he had the oversight of all the automobile patent mattcrs in connection with his other duties. Early in 1896 his attention was pa rt icula rI y attracted to the now famous Seidell gasmobile patent. and he i I11mediately started careful scarch, and historical, technical study, drawing his company's attention to the matter. This resulted ultinlately in their acquiring the control of these hasic automobile patent rights, through the considerate and broad-minded and able handling of which by the companies with which he was successively associated it formed a basis for broad patent protection for this nell' industry. This wholesome patent protection promises well for the rapid and healthy deYelopment of an industry, enjoyed by all the able manufacturers interl·stcd. as compared with the prel'a lent singlehead lllollopolies II'hich hal'e become so 11l1l1lCrOUS in our manufacturing enterprises in the la~t fifteen years. The Selden patent is noll' looked upon as marking the third great epoch in mechanical land propulsion. fIe is nolY del'o ting half his time to the I~lcclric ,"chicle Co., of llartford. and the other hal f to the ,\ssociat ion of Licensed .\utonlOhile ~Ianufacturers. and has his orfice in X ell' York. TIc is maki ng a specialty of what he terms" manufacturing patents managing." and is rendering services as an expert in this spec ial hranch of a combination of engineering and patent work. On December 14. 1R99. he lVas duly regiSlrred in the United States Patent Orfice as attorney. and entitled to practise before that otlice. . \ t the out hreak of the Spanish-American \\'ar. as an ortieer in the Second Division of the Connecticut ~al'al Battalion. he \'olunleered for sen·ice. and a fter examination at \'iantic was commissioned in June. 1898. lIe ,en'ed as ensign. including. besides Il'atch duty. cngineering and paymaster's II'ork on the U. S. S. ,. Syh·ia." The" SylI'ia" II'Cnt south in July. and was stationed at Key \\'est and on the Havana blockade. lTis service concluded in three months with an honorable discharge at the close of the war. Thereafter he was appointed naviga-

tor on the staff of the Connecticut Naval Battalion. II e resigned in October, 1899, after four years' service in the State Naval l\lilitia. Lie has patents taken out for the following: Design of crank-shaft bracket. 1897; velocipede, 1898; gear-cutting machine, 1899; device for indicating condition of storage batteries, 1900; a gear-cutting machi ne, 190 r. and automobile-con troll ing mechanism. 1903. 11 e has applications pending for patents for other inventions. Ill' is a llIembel- of the Engineers'. Transportation, i\utolllobile Trade. TTartford. and Tlartford Canoe clubs. of the Automobile Club of America. and of the Hartford Scientific Society. He was formerly a member of the New York j\thletic Club. l\lr. Cuntz is the son of Emil A. Tr. and l'rances (Cooper) Cuntz. ITis father's family II'e re all German, and were prollli nent in commercial. legal, educational. and also. to some! extent. in engineering affairs. TLis mother's family were scientists and merchants. His grandfather Cooper II'as an eminent naturalist, and his great-granduncle. San1l1el \\,ilson. of Troy. N. Y .. was probably the original" Uncle Sam." :\[r. Cuntz married Frieda Jenny Sophie l\[oldenhauer (now deceascd). l\farch q. 1900. One child. l-rieda Frances Cuntz. was born to them. Cuntz, John Henry (i\ L E.. ·R7). was horn in Hohoken. N . J.. ,\Ugllst 9. 1866: brother of the preceding. TTl' graduated [rom the 1 foboken i\cac1emy in 1881. Previous to entering the Institute in 1886. he was graduated from the H.ensselaer Polytechnic Tnsti tute. Troy. N. Y .. in ]886, with the degree of Civil Engineer. TIe was employed for a time at Edison's Laboratory at Orange. "N. J.. and then as graduate assistant at the Stevens Tnstitute. Later he entered Yale University as a graduate student. During the war II·ith Spain he sen'ed as cnsig'n in the United States Xav)'. TTl' is nOlI' with The Ellgillccrillg J!aga:::illc of :-\ell' York. lle is a member of the ,\merican ,\ssociation for the ,\d"ancement of Science. an associate memher of the .\merican [nstitute of Electrical Engineers. and a fell a I\' of the "\merican Geographical Society. Cuntz, William Cooper (l\f .E .. '92), was born in Hoboken, N. J., January 21, 1871;


THE STEVENS IN"STITCTE OF brother of Hermann Francis and John Henry Cuntz. lle \ViiS with the Pennsylvania Steel Co., at Steelton, Pa., as clraughtsman ill the hridge and construction department, 189293; in charge of outside construction, J 89396 (trai n-shecl of the Roston & ;\Tai ne Rail road station at Boston, ]\[ass., the Boston Subway. ilnd other work in New England) ; attached to the Boston oftice as engi neer for N elY England for the bridge and construction department during this period and until J897; assistant to sales agent in the Boston office. 1897- T900; attached to the London office, 1900- 0 r; and assistant to the gcneral t11i1nager of sales, with the same company, at rhiladelphia, 19째2- 03. Since January J. 1904. he has been sales agent in the office at Steelton. I'a. Ill' is a t11cmber of the Boston Socicty of Civil Engineers.

Dale, Orton Goodwin (M .E .. '93), was born at [Ielcnshurgh. Scotland, ~o\' ct11ber 8, 1870. Hc was draughts111an for the Na tional Sugar Refinery. Yonkers, N. Y .. 189395; in the >Jew York office of the B. F. Sturtevant Co., J895; inspector for the 1\lutual Fire insurance Co .. :\Jew York, 1895- 96, until the dissolution o( their inspcction department; draughts111an \I'ith the C. \V. Hunt Co .. 1896; salesman for J. \\'. Tlofflnan & Co .. New York and Philadelphia, 1896- 97; and has been engineer \I'ith the John A.

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is at Fr<: nchman's Iby, Me. (A view of thi s is sho\\'n herewith.) This plant has a storage capacity of 10,000 tons. ilJ1(1 a handling capacity hOJJ] collicrs to storage of 160 ton s

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DALE

jJcr hour for each WIITr. and a handling capacity fronl storagT to \I' ~lr - \'esse1s of 2:;0 Ions pCI' hour. . \ llot iln promi ncnt coal storage plant installed hy 11 r. Dale for the "[cad C()mpany IS that at the >Javy Yard, \\'ashingtoll. D. C. i\1r. Dale is a mcmber

NAVAL COALING - ST.\TlON AT FREKCHol.\N'S BAY,

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O. G. Dale

Mcad i\I<1nufacturing Co .. manufacturers of coal-handling machinery, from 1897 to date. j\ numher of prominent coaling-stations hil\'c heen designed and installed under Mr. Dille's dircctions, thc principal one of which

of the l\mcric<tn Society of :'Ilechanical En ginecrs, and of the Engincers' Club, of New York. Thc suhject of this sketch is the son of Jamcs Jeffrey and l\lary lJ. (Goodwin) Dale,


THE ALUl\INI of Scolrh and English desccnt. Ilc marricd \111)' Slade. Fchruary 12, 1896, and they hal'e threc children, OrtOI1 Goodwin, Amy Lalle, alld J7reclerick Slade Dale. Dalrymple, Francis Clewell (l\f.E., '02), was bom in JT0hokcn , N. ]., February 1 t,

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1~78: ,Oll of lalllcs 11. and Katc R. Oalrylllp1c.

Danziger, Jacob C. (~I.I'~ .. '89), \vas dralighlslIl<ln II ith 路the , \tlantic Refining Co., I"lint Ihec%c, Philadclphia. ]R89- 90; was l'llIployed in the php,ical laboratory, and later as lIight superintcndcnt. of thc blastfurnaces uj th~' Ikthlehclll Iron Co., Bcthlehelll. l'a .. 1R90 9':;: a consulting cngincer in Dclroit, 1895-97: conslilting engineer and cont rac\or 1R97 19掳0: and frolll 1<)00 to date has hecl1 a mcmher of thl' lirIll of Cowlcs & Danziger. manufacturers of steel hart'cls under Unitcd States patents grantcd to them.

Darbee. William (l\I.E., '<)7'). was assi stant clq:;illl'l'r \\'ith the Kings County I<:lcctric I.ight & Po\\'cr Co., Brooklyn. KY .. 189798: local managcr 0 f the Connccticut Lighting & Powcr Co., Suuth Xorll'alk, Conn., 1i'l9i'l '90t; ane! has bcell COllnected \I'ith the Connl'dieut Railway & Lighting Co .. Bridgeport. COlln .. frolll 1()OI to datc. Ill' IS a IlH:m iler of the Tau 13eta Pi fraternity.

Darby, John (l\LE., '9J), was draughtsl11an in the ordnance department at the Washington Xavy Yard, 1891-92; held a sil!lilar position with the Link-Belt Engineering Co., l\ ell' York, 1892; and later becaille a memher of the firm of \\Tolcott & Darhy, mechanical engineers, II arlford. Conn. Some of the finn work carried on under 1\[r. Darby's personal supervi,ion was the making of extensil'e topographical sur,'eys for the r lartforcl Park Commission, and making plans ane! estimates and drawing up specifications lor \\'ork in the park system, also the designing of special automatic ma chinCl'Y and the dCH' lopmcnt or inventions. III SeplL'lllber.1899, :\lr. Darhy went to IJarrisiJl1l'g. Pa .. where he took the position of chid draughtsman for the ] Jarrisburg Foundry & :\Iachine \\'o rks in that city. LTe held this post until Decemhcr, l<)OI, when he was trans[crreci to :\ew York. II' ith the title of chief engineer .. allached to the New York orliee. Dashiell , Will. W. (:\ I. E .. '79), II as l'nlployed in thc engineering department of the . \merican Steamsh ip and International X it 1'igation companies al Philadelphia and Jerscy City. 1~79 ~.:;: \I'as secretary and superintcndL'nt of the Il"yonne & Greetll'ille Cas Light Co., Bergell Point. N. J., r8RS -88; mechanical expert lI'ith the firm of Swan & Finch. XcIV York. 1888-90: cOllsulting engineer and mechanical expcrt in New York, 189091: and consulting engineer and expert in lubricati0n. XCI\' York. 1892- 9,'). I rc hecaille a mel11her of the firm of \\'. \\'. Dashiell & Co .. Xe\\' York. dealing in moti"e pOlI'cr and machinery supplies in 1893. and is still ellgaged in this husiness. TIe has been viccpresident anc! gcneral tlIanager of the ~e\\' York Lubricating Oil Co. since 189,'). and vice-president of the Ha)'I\'ay Refining Co. since '900. J lc is a 11I(,11Iber of the , \ll1crican Socil'ly of ;\lcchanieal Engineers and of the Enginecrs' Cluh. of ~ell' \ 'o rlc Dates, F, D. U,LE.. '97'). II'as elJlployed in the con,,,li<iated 1I'0d,s of the (;as Engine & Power Cn. and Charlcs L. Seahury & Co., yacht builders, at Morris Tlcights. ~. Y., 1897- T900: a 11(\ has heen with the Robins COI!\'eying Bclt Co .. Xe\I' York. from T900 to (Iale.


TIl E STEVEl\S INSTITL'TE (W Davey, Warren (l\LE" '(7), \Vas horn in Iersc\' Cit\" 1'\, 1., :'Ifarch 17, J!~7()' lie was ;Iraug'ht sn;an fo;' ('(l Igate & ('0" Jersey City, IR9? 98; forcman with \\'illi am I ~, Uptc gTo\'C & ilro" ;\l'\\' York, 181)8 99; ass istant l'ngineer \1 ith the lii lulla y, Fort \\ ' ayne, & \\ 'cstern I~ ai lr oad, I"indla y, n" 1899; superint c nd ent of the F indl a\, Cr u sh ed Stonc Co" 11-\99 IC)()O; and h as ],e:n s llp l' rintcndcnt for Ca rl II. Schu lt z, Int'" manu fal'tmLT of artifi cial m incra l \I'akrs, Xl'II' York, from 1<)00 l() datc, ,l ie is a junior 111clllher of thc ,\ll1cril'an Soc iety of :'Iivl' h an ica l 1':ng'incLTs and a ml'nlbLT of the r lud son County L' nin'rsity and ~e \\' York I~ailro ad rluhs, :'III', 1)a\'C\' is the SO il of l ~d nllll l( 1 II. and I':nllna (St i les) Il anT lie 111arri l'd Cl'ks\l' ,\, , \hr an ls, February 7, ]()03, Davis, H, R , (:'I I.I ~" 'I}I-\) , \I'as an instructor in hoiler- testing dming the Supplemental') Tl'I'nl at Stc\'e n s In st itull' , 181)8; was in thc emp loyment of \\ ', S, l~o ckl\l'l l & Co" XCII York, designers and ]'uildl'1's of mdallurgi ca l furnaces, 181)1-\ 11)00; \'irc president of the 1~() ck\\TI I Engincering l'o, 11)00 0-+ : and is 110\1 \I' ith the Corham :'I[anu facturing Cu" l'n)I'idcnce, R T. r Ie is a memlllT of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity, Davis, Jesse Andrew (:\ I.I ~.. '9 ] ). \\'as born in South , \mho.", N, .I" Ikccnlber 6, 11-\70: son of , \ndr l'lI' J. and , \m anda \\ '0011hull ( il ouston) I);l\'is, lie sen'cd with the Baltimorc & Ohio Railroad undcr the gl'ncral stlpl'l'intl'ndl'nt of nlOti \'c power, llaltimore , 2\ ld " 189 1 -()7: was engaged for t\\O years in the draughting room, l'l'por t ill g to t h e nil" chanica l eng in l'cr o[ the road: two )'l'ars o n i nSpl'ct ion duty, rcport i ng to thl' cngi nel'l' of tl'sh, and till' r l'st of the time o n expl'rl nll'ntal work and inspectioll of ca r s iJuildingIly tlil' :'Ilicliigall i'ellillsula Car Co" and of IOCOlll()lin' s Inlildillg at the Ila ld will Loco Illotin' \\ '()rb , ll c was ellgaged 011 stl'1'1 illspl'cti()11 duty f()r th l' L' ni tl'd Statl's Xa\'y Ikpartnll'llt, IR97 11)00, dlll'ilig \\ liich tillll: lie was detailed tl) tlil' :'Ilid\'ale Steel Co, while mallufal'turillg the Illachiller), forgillgs for tlil' iJattlesliips Kearsargl'," " I,('n tucky ," and" , \lall alll<l:" tf) t h e S Ill'IIl\' Tulle ('n, ()Il sl'amiess stl'1' 1 tubes [or t()rpl'd() hoats and torpl'do ho;t! destr().ll'J's: and the 1)l'lln syh'an ia Stl'l' l ('0" and ( 'l'ntral In lll & Stl'l'i oJ

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hl' has hl'l'n in tlil' sait's (kpartml'llt III thl' 1\'nllsl'!I' <lnia Stl'e!. :'lIar) lalld StlT!. alld CClltr;~l 1ron &: Steel 1'()lllpallil's, \Iith head quarters at Baltimllrl', :'lId" ulldl'r the Illilll ag-l'll1cllt oi R, C, Il oCrmall & Cll" sale~ agcnts for tlie Southl'l'1l Stall's, I Ie is a llh: mill'r ()f till' I,'ranklill In stitutl', the , \ml'l'i can Society "i :'Ill'chanical I ~n~illcl'l's, the Ilarrislllll'g- l ' lull, Il arrisillll'g-, 1'<1" alld thc Ilaltil1lorl' Coulltry Clull, naltillltlrC, :'I[d,

Daw , William Lawrence (:\I.E" '01), lIas l>lll'1l ill XCII' York ill 1R7R: SOil of \\ ' illialll E, and I ~lllil) (i'arkl'l') i)aw, Ill' was all l'lel'trician 1\ ith tlil' (;l'lll'ral Ekctric Co" Lynn, :'l Ias,;" in 11)01: l'lectrician \\ ith the :\ l' \\' York & :\ l' \\ J l'rSl'Y Tl'il'pholll' Co" nrooklyn, :\ , y" 1901: draughbman for thl' \\ ', &: ,\, I'- letcher ( '()" Iiollokl'n, X , .I" 1')01 03: and is at prl'Sl' llt ilhpl'l'tor i()r tlil' :'I I id die States Inspl'l'ti()11 Illll'eall, ,'(e\\' York, I Ie is a 11ll'IlI1ll'l' of tlil' l'li i Sigma l,apP:l frall'l'1lit: ' Dawes, H, F, (:'IIY" ';IÂť), I\a s l'll1plllYI't! till' :'I iaSt III :'Ii'tchim' Simps , Taulltoll, :'lIa s,; .. IX79 Xo: \\'ith the I,' ail'lllllulit Shaftl'l' :'I l illing CI)" Idaho Sprillg-s, Colo" IRXo 82: as Supl'rilltl'llIil-lit o[ mine at l.(ill'Y, 111.10 ( 'OUllty, ('al .. 1882::;3; (llO record irum III

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TITE .\LC11NI IHH3 H.:;) ; located at l~ngkll路()()(1. :'\T. J.. IR8SR6: wa s chemist with the I'ort Ill'nry Steel & I ron Co., ) 886 X7; alld later chemi st at Englewood. 1\. J. lie is not no\\' engaged in any actil'e business. Dawes, Lewis C. (:'II.I~., '83), was from IH()1 to 1901 editor of the" .\Il'lal \\ 'orker," ;\ell' \ 'o rk, hal ing htl'll l'llgag('d ill an editorial capacity from the time of his graduation until his retirement III the last- named year. Ill' is not engaged in husiness at the present tillle. Dawson, Edgar R. (i\I.I~., 'RR). is not engaged ill actin' iIusilless. Ilis home is in Ilalti lIwrc, :'II d. Dear, William Yerrington pry .. '93). lIas born in ./l'I'Sl') City, ?\ . ./ .. DecemiJer 10, 1872. For a short time afkr graduation he sl'rI"Cd an apprcnticeship in a printingshop as feeder and pressman, and thell IITllt out to solicit business. lie has heen salesman for the Jersey City Printing Co., since 1893 and has heen secretary from 1901 to date. For the past three years he has gil'en special allent ion to the manu factming of memorandum cakndar pads, ior Ilhich he has designed, constructed, and patented a machine for collecting the il'al'l's into a pad. This machine II as huilt in the company's own machine shop under .\Ir. Ikar' s pcrsOllal supervisioll. J Ie has s illce becll engaged in the construction of another machine for feeding paper to a punch and delivcring the same . Ill' is a mel1liIer of the University Cl11h, of Jersey City. i\ lr. Dear is the son of Joseph .\. and Kate llariJer Dear. f Ie married May B. Burgctt, ?\01"C1l1hl'l' 29, 1899, De Bonneville, Arthur A. pI. E., '78), was born in l\ell York city February 15, 1858. Ilis carly education was receil'ed in 11ohoken . \ cadenl)'. i\1 artha Institute, and :-:tel'ens I figh School. Ili s first professional work was in the moti I'c- power department of the Erie Railroad Co., atllufTalo, 1\. Y. , and Su squehanna, I'a., 187H ~3; Ilith the De Lamalcr I ron \ Vorks, Sell' York; designing stealll pump s, hot-a ir engines, gasengines, and a general line of ma chincry, 1883 88; and in charge of thc gas-enginc

dl'partml'lll of the Dc Lamatcr Tron \ Vorks, IXR~; and II ith the (;l'orge F. make i\Ianufacturing Co. , as cngineer and salesman, IRX8 <)0. J Ic thcn studied law and wa s admitted as an attorney-at-Iall' in Ncll' J c r sey in 1896. Since that time he has taken out man) Cnited States and foreign patent s and has hl'cn engaged in expert mechanical I\ork. I Ie I \(l II practi ses as attorney-at lall and so licitor of palents in Al'II' ) ' orlc ll e is th e designer of special transfer cranl'>; in s uc cessful opcration for foundry 1I'0rk. Il l' con tribuk<1 all article on " . \rks iall \\'l'IIs" to the SIn.'I'lIs IlIiIiclIlor, XIII. 298. I J is the sis on .. The Theory and Tanufacture of Springs" was published in f ' ill! ,\ 'os lnl/Il!'.\' /: I/gil/ceril/g .lfaga:::il/ c, :\1 a)' and .Iunc. I R7R

I Ie is it nlemhcr of ~eredatha Lodge 131 , Frel' and \ccepted i\lasons, Jersey City, N. J. .\11'. I )l' Il00llH'l'i lle is the son of ,\rthur A . and I.a ura (i)l'cking) Ik l\oll1ll'l路illl'. lll' marril'd \\ ' ilhdnlina E . j luhhe , l\Ugu st 9, I H~R. (lne chi ld. \\ 'ilhellllina Iluhhc D e Illlnlll'l' ille, has hies sed this union. De Camp, Lyon (l\ f.E., '00), spent sevcral nlont hs ahroad a fter graduation, and upon his return engagl'd in his present occupation in the lumher husincss at Fulton Chain, Ill'rkilll er County, l\. Y. lie lnarried Beatrice Spraguc, March T, 19 0 5.


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECBNOLOGY

Decker, Edwin Lanson (M.E., '96), was born ill Newark, N. J., November q, 1873. JIe sen'ed with Frederick N. TalT (M.E., '95) as road contractor, 1896; was employed at the Lucy vurnaces of the Carnegie Steel Co., 1896-97; and is now secretary. treasurer, and g-eneral ma nag-er a f the U eh Ii ng- Decker Co., and of the Friction Door Check Manufacturing- Co., both of which have factories located at Passaic. 01 . .J. In ./une. 1898, he read a paper before the Franklin Institute, I'hiladelphia , on "The Flo\\' of Air Through

E. L.

DECKER

Small f\pertures as j\pplicd to the l\leasurement of r lig-h Temperatures and j\nalysis of ( ;as." ]\[1'. Decker is the son of Edwin B. and Mary Phillips Decker. ITe married Bertha Chedister Thompson, February 16. 1898, and they ha\'e t\\'O children, Le\\'i s Thompson ,11ld l\Tary Phillips Decker.

Decker, Rudolph J. (l\LE,. '99), was employed in the Philadelphia \\'orks of the Mid\'ale Steel Co .. in 1899: with the Buffalo Forge Co .. Buffalo. N. Y., in charge of the engine depa rtment. 1899- 1900; at the IIolley Pump \Vorks, Lockport, N. Y., 1900; as mechanical engineer for the mines and smelter of the Montana Ore-Purchasing Co., Butte. 1\1ont, 1900; and in the construction department of the new smclter of the Anacomia Copper Mining Co., Anaconda, l\font.,

1900-0 1. He has been a consulting and contracting engincer at Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1901 to date. ]n 1899 he was granted a patent for the drying of pulp, incident to the manufacture of beet sugar. lie is a memher of the l\Iontana Society of Engineers. De Gress, Francis Barrett (l\1.E., 路9J). was born in Iloboken. N. J ., June 22, j t\69路 lie lived in l\kxico from 187:; to 1881, and went to Donn, Cermany, in ]t\82, I'l:maining there at school for three years. J ie entered the employ of the Crocker-Wheeler Co. in ]891. The follo\\"ing year he was placed in charge of the testing and inspecting- department, and continued this work for four years, when he was transrcrrcd to the sales departmcnt as office eng-incer. ami shortly aftcr was attached to the 01e\\' \ 'o rk ofllce of the company. Ill' rcmained in New York for three years. \"hcn in J899 hc was placed ill charge of the Pittsburg, Pa .. branch oHlcc. On October 1, 1901, hc \\'as again transfcrred to thc New York officc, this time as manager. " ' hile acting as of'llce cngincer and manager he had charg-e of the clectrical equipment of sevcral plants whcre Crocker\\'hcelcr apparatus was used. among them the f\CW Jerscy Zinc Co., ] lazard, 1'a,: Post & McCord. Grcenpoint, N. Y.: the National Tube Co.. l\IcKeesport, l'a.: and the Collicry Enginecr Co .. Scranton, Pa. TIc has translated, from the C;crman. Dr. Arnold's ,. Armaturc " ' indings:" the translation being publishcd by the \ ' an f\ostrand Co. lIe is a mcmber of the Chi Psi fraternity. ~rr. De Gress is the son of Francis alld Tsabella Stafford ((;recnc) Dc Grcss, His family Ilame was originally Grcss, His great-grand father was chief justice of the Supreme Court ill \Vctzlar, and was created Baron of thc lToly Roman Empire, with thc prefix "von." in J774. Members of hi s mother's family were among thc IIrst settlers in Ncw England and Georgia. l\1r. De Gress married Edith Cornwcll Stodart, April 12, J894. and thcy have one child, Francis Barrett De Gress, Jr. De Hart, John S., Jr. (M.E., '90), was born in Jersey City, N . J" February J4. 1869. lIe prcparcd his graduation thes is 011 the results of tests made on coal-handling machin -

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ery as built by the Link - nelt Engineering Co .. and Jfter gracin:llion engaged with this c()lllpallY at i'\icet()wll. I'a .. as draughtslllan. I li s tillll' there was devoted exclusively to

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coal - handling machinery as applied to equipIllenls for railr()ads. Latl'r hc spent three nlOnth s \\'ith thc llenry \\'arden Co .. of (;('1'lllanto\\ n. I'a .. in the estilllJting Jnd testing dcpartlllcnt. Their work consisted in the manlliacture oi hoi leI'S and wrought-iron tanks. In the sp ring of 1891 he took a position with the Ishell - Porter Co. as draughtsIllan. Later he \\'as detailed to construction \\'ork in various parts of the country. and llOW holds the position of pre sident. lIe is a meillher of the Chi Psi fraterllity. 1\lr. Dc Ilart is the SOil of J. S. and 1[. F. lk llarl. J Il' married I,atilarine Seward. .\pril 16. 1900. and they have one child. lohn Sc\\'anl Dc Ilart.

Delamater, Oakley R. (~I.I~.. '98). ha s hcen cngaged in experimental \\'ork in Xl'\\' y OI'k si ncc graduation. Da la Rosa, Francisco U. pT.E., '9]), was topographical enginccr for the State of Oaxaca. :\lcx .. 1891 9:\: supcrintcndent of an electric-light plant in the city of Oaxaca, 1893-94: cngaged at thc Washington Tlolel. city of Mexico. lil()..f 95; and engineer for the" India /{lI!>her Co .. Limited. 1Iexico"

1895-1900. He engaged in engineering work, I900-0 J, and from the latter date to the present time has been employed ill milling work and as consulting engineer for the i\lexican Southern 1Iining Co. Demarest, Thomas W. (M.E., '88), was employed in the Department of Tests of the Stevens Institute with Prof. Denton, 1888, and with the Standard Oil Co., 1888-89. In j\ ugust of thc latter year he cngaged in the service of the Penn sy lvania Lines \\'est of Pittsburg, serving two years as special ap路 prentice in the Columbns) 0.) shops; three 1110nths as shop and moti ve-power office draughtsllIan; about six ycars in special work under the direction of the superintendent 0 [ moti ve [lower; one year as assistant to the master mechanic and one and a half years as general forcman of the locollloli\;e department at the rn<lianapoli~ shops of this company; five 1110nths as master l11echanic of the shops at Logansport. Ind.; frol11 Jannary. 1900. to ,\l1gUSt, 1903. as superintendent of llIotivc pOlVcr of the South\\'est Systel11, alltl since the laller date he has held the same office on thc N orth- \ Vcst Systcm. 1T r. Demarest has heen acti vely engagcd for several years ill special and pcrmanent cOl11mittee work for the i\fa~tcr CarI~uildcrs' Association and also for the 1[aster 1lechanics' j\ssociation. Dent, Edward Linthicum (l\1.E., '8..0, was born in the old family residence, Gcorgetown Heights. D. c., July 5, ]861. Iris early education was recei veel at (;eorgetown College and at Columbian University, where he was a student in both the preparatory and collegiate courses, recciving from the latler thc degree of Bachelor of Science. Ilc was an engineer and contractor for steam and power plants. 1885-90; manager and s uperintcndent of the E. L. Dent Iron \\'orks, \\ 'ashington. D. C. 1887-95; consulting engineer on structural and architectural iron work. 1895-96; estimator and des igner for the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., ]896-97; mechanical engineer and draughtsman with l\[orris, Tasker. & ('0., New Castle. Del., 1897- 98; with the \Vestingho\1se Electric & l\Tanufacturing Co .. Pittsburg, Pa., 189899. Jointly with n. P. IIayden, superintendent of the \Vater Department of the Dis-


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trict o( Columhia, hc took out a patent for a lirc hydrant in 1889. This hydrant is now exclusively uscd in the District. \Vhilc engaged as consulting engincer, as mcntioncd aiJove, he did Illuch for the government, includilig \\'o rk on the Unitcd States Observatory at \\'ashington, D. C. I Tc was a 111emher of the ,\mcrican Society of Mechanical 1~llgineers, of thc Metropolitan Club, of Washington, and of the Chi Phi fratcrnity. lie died of typhoid fever at Wilkinsburg, Pa., Uctober [9, 1899. I [is remains werc brought home to \Vashington and buried in thc fam ily \'ault in Oak IIill Cemetery. Georgetown. :\Ir. Dent \\'as the son of Josiah and :-fary K.atherine Dent. Iris ancestors, English on hoth sides .. settled in lower Maryland. Ilis grandfather. Edward l\Iagruder Linthicum. endowed the Linthicu111 lnstitute of (;eorgctO\\'n, a night school [or poor boys. in \\ hich the wbject of this sketch founded a class ill mechanical and architectural drawing, and taught it himsclf for a year, giving prizes for proficiency. I rc married Mary (;antt Taylor. J\pril 23. 1889. and they had

E. L. Dma

three children. Edward Linthicum, Jr., 1\1ary Katherine, and Jamcs Armistead Dcnt. Denton, James E. (1\1.1<:., '75), Professor of Engineering Practice at the Stevens TI1~titute of Technology. For biography, see page 240.

Denton, Waldo Emerson (l\f.E., '<)6), was horn in Roslyn, L. L, September 4, 1875;

\\I. E. DE)oITON

son of C;eorge \\'. and Emma P. (IIaskins) Denton . J Ie is descended from Robert Haskins, the lirst of the na111e (0 settle in th!' Colonics. John Ilaskins', daughter Ruth was the mother of Ralph \\'aldo Emerson. :--Tr. Denton in 1896 held a position under the city go\'ernment of f\ew York. and was employed in sun'eying streets in the upper part of the city. lie then hecame a draughts man in the machinery department of the Central Railroad of ;,.;C\\路 .Jersey, Jersey City. ,'J. J.. being advanced in 1900 to the position of chief draughtsman, having charge of the designing of ncw rolling-s tock, shops. etc. Ue became represcntative of the Midvale Steel Co., with headquarters at its New York office, 1902; and in 1904 resigned to take 'l similar position with the American H1o\\'er Co. TTe is a member of thc f\cw York Rail road Cluh. and of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Dickerson, Walter Howell (M. E., '96), was born ill Newark, N. J, December 8, 1874; son of Lemuel F and Sarah Jane Dickerson. IT c is of English descent, one hranch of the family being among the earliest English scttlers in America, and the other hranch coming over considerably later, but previous to the Revolution. Both branches ultimately settled in New Jersey.


THE j\LUl\lNI Young Dickerson rcceived his early education in the public schools of Xcwark. "X. ]., lcal'ing the high school then: to enter Stevens Preparatory School. A fter graduation he became mechanical e"ginecr with the At " las ~Ianufacturing Co., Xewark, X. J, 189697; lIas associated with ~lr. Charles E. Tripier, of 1'\CII York. in the investigation of compressed and liquefied air, 1897--98; II·ith the ('anaclian Hanel Drill Co., Sherbrookc. (jue., as draughtsman and enginecr, 1898 99; assistant forge-lliaster at the :'I[i(l\'a le Stecl Co.'s II'o rks, Philadelphia, 1899; II'as employed in the lal)t)rato[y of Thomas A. Edisoll. Orange, X. J" 1899- 1900; cngineer for the Tripier J .iquid Air Co. at the Paris I·:xposition. I~)()O: and was engaged in spccial engineering Ilork in England. 190001. lIe II'as m:xt engaged Ilith the .\merican Can Co. at their machine-shop in Brooklyn. :\. Y., J()Ol -02: as salesman with the International Steam I'UIllP Co., 1902; as engineer for the Consolidated Liquid .\ir ('0 .. Xc\\' York, in the same year: and during '903

\\'. J J.

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was engillcer for the TripIer Liquid .\ir Co., of Nell' l' ork. Dl11'ing the period 189698 he also did considerahle il1\'cstigation in the suhject of high pressure compressed air; among other work making a complete test of a three -s tage high pressure :lir-c\lJ11prcssor. compressing- air te.. 2,500 pounds to the square inch, and incllld -

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ing indications of a/l the stages. This test was the first olle of its kind made. .\t varIous times he also delivered sel'cral lectures upon the subject of liquid air. I rc wrote an article on ,. Liquid ,\ir.·· which was published in the SI'''i.'cIIS illslilllie Illdicalol", .\pril. 1898. ])uring the folloll'ing year he experimented ill the physical laboratory of Stel'ens Institute amI dl'tennillcd the latent heat of liquid air. Shortly after. he pre pared an article Oil •. I.atl'nt lleat of EI'apo ration of Liquid. \ir." \I hieh \\"a~ published in the S',"i.'CIIS illslilllic Illdicalor. ()ctoher, 1899. i'd r. I )ickcrsoll is a llIclllhcr 0 f the Franklin Institute, and of the :-.JCII' York j~ailroad Club. Dietz, Carl Frederick (M.I~.. '01), II'a, horn in Xl'll York Fehruary 12. 1~80: son of I;redcrick .\dolph and CarolillL' I)ietz. hoth sides heing origin;dly (;ennan. Ilc lIas <.'m ployed in the engincering departlllcnt of the Ilalllhllrg-.\lllerican Steamship Line, 11:1111 hurg, (;erman:. FroJll this department he lIas transferred to the S. S." 1'l.'nns)lvania" to do some practical II·ork. and shipped a' assist:lJ1t for a I'oyagc honl J IamiJurg to :\c\\' York and rl'lurn. lIe then resigned his position anrl II cnl to Ikrlin. \I'here he enrolled in the I~oyal Technical Iligh Schoo\. takin!(' a COllr-;c in land and marine enginc and hoiler designing.llal·ing taken a Yl'ar oj postgradu:lte Ilork. he returned to . \merica, and for thrcc months II'as with the United Tclpherage ('0., at their factory in \\ 'est fil' ld. 'J. J. Tn January, 1903, he took a position Ilith :'IIr. E . . \. Lehling, :'If. E .. (Stevens. ';-7) c()nsulti ng enginccr, X ell York. Iyhich position, as assistant to :'Ifr. l 'chling. he holds at the present time. heing engaged principally in metallurgical enginecring \l'ork. , \n article Ill' him 011 .. The Technical S,hollls of (;erm:lI;Y" appeared in the .',1,' 'i'CIlS illslilllie iudicalor. Octohl'r, '902. ;lJId lIas reprint<,'d in Elcclricil\', XOIl.'mhn, J()02. :'Ifr. Dietz is it l11cm\)el' ;)f the "Verein Deutscher lngenieure," a jUllior mcmher or thc .\Illerican Society of :'Ifechanical Engi neers, anc! a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa allt! Theta "Xu Epsilon fratl'nlities. Dilworth, Walter G. (:\I.E .. '7<)). was with .\[r. C. S. l\forrison, chief cngillcer of the Chicago, Burlington. & Quincy Railroad,


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1879-80, acting as assistant engineer in charge of the construction of the bridge of this railroad over the Missouri Ri\'er at Plattsmouth, Neb. He then became assistant engineer (l880-8r) on the Yellowstone e1i\,ision of the Northern Pacific R'lilroad, in charge of the construction of the scction of the roael running from ..\[iles C'ity to Bozeman. III the latter year h e cstabl ishc,l a real estate and surveying business, under the firm nallle of Dilworth-Yerkes, at Bozeman, l\Iont., and was elected county surveyor for Gallatin County, Mon!., and laid out the streets in the town of Bozeman. \Vhil e engageel in this \\'ork, an accident, due to a runaway horsc. caused injuries which resu lted in his death in October, 1882. I Je was the eld est son of William H. and ..\Iary D. (Skinncr) Dilworth, allCl was born in Hoboken, N. J., October 24, 1858. Dilworth, William S . (l\f.E., '85), was born in Hoboken, N. J. . l\Iarch 9, 1864. He has been connccted with the firm of Gordon & Dilworth, manufacturers of table dclicacies, New York, since 1885. lJe is a memher of thc Roseville Athletic Club, Newark, N. J.: past-regent of the H.osc\,ille Council, Royal Arcanum: a vestryman of St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, N cwark, N . J., and a member of the Sigma chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The son of William IT. and Mary D. (Skinner) Dilworth, he is a direct desccndant of Capt. John Dilworth, R. N., who piloted the British fieet through the Dclaware Ri\'er to Philadelphia whcn that city was captured by the British, and soon after marriedl\Iiss Aldrich, daughtcr of the Dutch go\'ernor of Delaware. l\Ir. Dilworth's mother is the daughter of Dr. Joshua Skinner, of North Carolina, and a descendant of \Villiam Bradford, printer, and contemporary of Benjamin Franklin. l\ir. Dilworth married Ida J. Crevier, December T5, r886, at ..\[ount Holly, N. J., and they have one boy, William Lee Dilworth. Dinkel, George (i\I.E., '88), was born in Boston. Mass., l\ ovember 29. 1866. He was educated in the public schools of Jersey City, 1\. J.. and after attending Stevens High School entered Stevens Institute. He entereel the ser\'ice of F. & O. i\Tatthiessen &

\Vi echers in 1889, anel has advanced to his prescnt position as chief engineer with the American Sugar J{cfining Co., ~elV York. lIe has taken out sc\'cral important patents on sugar machinery, and is a member of the American Socicty of Mechanical Engineers. i\lr. Dinkel is the son of Ceorgc and Barhara Dinkcl. lIe married Bertha Bauman

(since deceased), February 1<). 1899. Om: chilel, Ilelen Dinkel (decca,;ed). was the fruit of the union. Dix, Walter S. (i\f.I': .. '87) , was born in Forest\'ille, Chautauqua County, l\. Y .. June 15, 1866: son of Jamcs Morse and Ophekl (King) Dix. lIe was e111ployed in the shops and e1raughting-room of the E. \V. Bliss Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1887- 89; as chief draughtsman for the C & C Electric Co .. ~ew York. 1889-93: in miscellancous engincering work, 1893-94; as head-ciraughtslllan with the Stanley Electric & Manufacturing Co .. Piltsflelcl, Mass .. 1894- 95: assistant to the works cngineer of the l{oyal Electric Co., Montreal, Que., manufacturers of Stanley apparatus under royalty for the Dominion, 1895-99: with \Vestinghouse. Church, Kerr, & Co .. New York. 1899- 1901: and fr0111 190r to e1atc on the engineering staff of Sanelerson & Porter, engineers and contractors, New York. He has dcveloped many patentable ideas in connection with his work, but has


1'1] E i\LUl\H\, I taken out no patent s. Sel'cral articles Oil I1Icchanical and electrical suiJjects ha\'e been

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assistant engineer, and for sCl'cral 1110nths was engaged ill the cOllstructioll of special oil-gas plants. Early ill 1892 he was made superilltenden! of the company's plant at Boston, where he rcmailled for a year. and in 1893 succceded to the position of engineer. 1n this capacity his duties included the designing and su]>en'ision of nell' plants, with their apparatus and machinery, and the operation of those already buill. In 1902 he was appointed general superintcndcnt. Ill' is a memher of the . \meriean (;as Light, and \\'estem (;as Light associations. 111'. Dixon married in the year 18<)8. Dixon, Robert M . (i\J. E., '8 [ ), was horn in Ea.st () ra nge. "\-. Sept . I (). I ~lio. I Ie

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contrillllted hy him to tcclll1ical journals. Il l' is an ass<lciatc IlIcmher of thc . \l1lcric<ln Institute of I]ecirical Engincers. Dixon, J. Alfred ill I':ast Orange. :\.

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(;\/.1-: .. '<)1). was born /n Jllly. immediately

DIXOX

after graduation. he entered the employ oi the Pin\sch Compressing Co., New York, as

was draughtsman for the ])cl;(II'a re Bridge Co. until 1883, \l'hen he entl'red the employ of the Pintsch Lighting Co. [n 1888 he l>e came engineer of the Safely ('ar llcating & Lighting Co .. and manager (II the I'illlsch Compressing Co .. and ill 1902 I'ice-presidcnt of hoth companies. Hc has taken out ahollt 50 patents for in I'cntions. His lecturc 011 .. Railroad Car Lighting" heforc the Stcvens Engincering ~ociety, JUIlC 3. 1898, was published in the S/evclls f IIdicu/or. Octoher, [890. Ill' contributed all article 011 "The Combined Gaslight and Bell Buo)''' to the S/(TCIIS IJldicu/or, January, J900. He is a member of


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the l\lllcrican Society of l\[cchanical Engineers and o[ the American (;as Light Association. Dodge, Robert M. (i\f.E., '99), was with the Brooklyn Hapid Transit Co., Brooklyn, \(. Y., 1899- 1902: and frolll thence to date has been in the draughting dcpartment of the (;enl'1'al !':kctric Co., ::'chenectady, N. \ '. Doty, Paul ptE., 路8S). \\'as born in Hohoken , N. ,I.. l\lay 30, 1867. lie entered the ,en'ice of the United Cas Jmprovement Co., I'hiladelphia. in July. J888. as cadet engiill'cr, and was assigned to the Paterso n (N. l) (;as \\'o rks in January. 1889, as as-

,istant engincer, heing also. during the same year, assistant engiilClT at the Jersey City (;as Works on 'pecial \York in distribution and construction. lie returned to the Paterson Cas \\ 路o rb. and \\'as appointed assistant superinll'ndent, in January , ,890, continuing at Paterson until J)eccmbcr. 1895. \Vhile with the L'nited Cas Tmpro\'(:mcnt Co., he prepared reports and discussions all the following subjects [or the annual meetings of the superintendents of the company: "The (;o\'cnwr l3urtler;" "Sen'ices and rheir ,\ppurtenilnces; " ,. Steam ill a Lowe Set;" " Care of Boilers ancl l\1aehinery:" "Handling a Distribution Force;" .. Locating and Repairing Street J\Tain Leaks;" "Notes on

the l\fanufacture of Oxide of hon,"-a nd other special tests and reports. ] n December, 1895, he \\'as appointecl general manager of the ne\dy organized Consolidated Gas C路o. of New Jersey, a corporation controlling the gas and electric interests in Long Branch and vicinity, including Red Bank and l\sbury 1'ark. The plan o[ consolidation required the erection of a complete gas-manufacturing plant, also a novel distribution system. This \\'ork was ;;ccomplished and put in successful operation under l\Ir. Doty's direction in路 ninety days from the begi nni ng 0 [ the \\'ork, and included man)' important contracts. Ile conti1lued as general manager of the Consolidated (;as Co. about two years, when he was called in Decelllber, J897. to represent l\Jr. Emerson l\lcl\Jillin, of the Consolidated Gas Co., in the organization of the gas companies at BulTalo, N. Y. His work having been satisfactorily accomplished in the latter city, he went to Crand Rapids, Mich., l\Iarch 1, ,898, as general manager of the Cas Light Co. there, and in j\pril, 1901, he accepted the position of general manager of the Detroit City Gas Co., Detroit, l\1ich., and the following month he was elected to the offices of secretary and director of the company. 'W hile at Detroit J\1r. Doty planned and directed the building of a ne\\' works having a daily capacity of 2.500,000 cubic feet of carburetted water-gas at Station B; a Ilew works at Station A, with an ultimate daily capacity of 4,000,000 cubic ieet of coalgas; and a puri fying and pU11lplng plant at I)elray. with a daily capacity of 6.000,000 cubic feet of coke-oven coal-gas. Thl' completion of these \\'orks, toge ther with the task of laying street mains incident to thc development of the propert)' of the Detroit City Gas Co., required the disbursement of upward of $2,000,000. Since September J, '903, l\lr. Doty has been "icc-president and gencral manager (as \\'ell as managel- for the rccei vel') of the Denver Cas & Electric Co., Denver, Colo. The subject of l\1r. Doty's thesis, "Report of Test o[ Naphtha Engine," was published in abstract in the Iron Age, July, 1888, and was also included in Prof. \Vood's ThcrIIlodYIIOlllics, pp. 2-1-6-25-1- (second ed., 1888). The Progrcssi'i'c Agc for December, 1895,


cont<lins <l COl1lment hy l\[r. Doty on "The CO!11!11ercial \ ' alue of Photometry," <l paper presented hy :'Ilr. ,\kxander C. ] IU!11phreys, 'RI, to the ,\l1lcriciln (;<lS Light Association. In iI~()7 ;\1 r. \Jot)' read a paper on "Burner ~toppages .. hefore the . \nleriean Gas Light l\ssociation; in 1R99, a paper on ,. The Callses L' ndcriyillg the FOrt1I<ltioll of ,\'"aph thalenc, and Their Pre\'cntion." before the \\ ' estem Las ,\ssociation; ill 1900. a paper {)n ":'I!etcr Testing," before the l\lichigan (;as ,\ssociation; and ill 1901. a paper on the .. .\lIalysis of (;as ,\ccounb." for the l\merican (;as i.ight ,\ssociation. lie is a 1Ill'!11her of the ,\lIlerican (;as Lig'ht .\ssociatioll (lIle!11ber of the Council

DETROIT

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tioll, [902 (re-elected l()03); llIemher of the Detroit Clllh, of the Municipal League, and Chamber of ('o!11ll1erce; deputy gO\'ernor of the Society of Mayflol\'er Descendants in :\Iichigan. o[ the Society o[ Colonial \\ ' ars. ami o[ thc Caledon l\fountain Trout Club. lie is permancnt secretary of the Class of '8R, Ste\'cns rnstitute. i\lr. Doty is the SOil of \\'.11. If. and .\nna (Lange\' in) Dot)', and is sl'\'l'nth in descent from Ed\\'ard I )oty. l'il.~Ti!11 passenger in the " ;\[ayflo\\'Cr" in I ()20, I\,ho tnok p<lrt in the " I; irst Encounter" in I 020, and II as a !11('III her of Capl. :\Iiks Standish's lirsl military cOlllpany. at l'IY!11outh, ;\I<lss" in 1021. Thc suhject of this sketch !11arried Theodosia

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ST.ITIO" . \.

Paul Doly

1900 0 I ) ; di rector of the \ \ ' estern Cas ,\ssoeiatiol1 during the years 1902 and 19 0 3, and second I'ice-presidcnt J903 04; associate memhcr of the .\llIerican Institute of Electrical Engineers; member of the .\merican l\ssociation for the [\dvancel11ent of Science and of the American l\cac\emy of Political and Social Science; ex-president uf the ?lIichigan Gas i\ssociation, 1902; llJemher of the American Society of i\Iechanical Engineers, and of the St. John'S Protestant Episcopal Church, Detroit; ex-trustee of the Union Bcne\'olent .\]ospital, Grand I~apids, :'Ilich.; ex-director of the l'\ational ('it)' Dank, Crand Rapids, l\Iich.; president of the l\Icl\lillin Gas Companies' Associa-

Stiks, only daughter III (;CII. I. :\. Stiles, L' . S. \'. (ISOl 65), Fcbruar) 10, 1892, at Chicago, J II. Dougherty, Wm. M, (n.s" '78). has been engaged in the profession of lal\' since graduation, in Jersey City and Iloboken , ~. J. Doughty, William F, (.\l.E., '()7), ",as draughtsl1lan with the Nel\' York Sugar Refining Co., Long Island City. :\. Y., J89799; \I,ith the Intern<ltional Paper Co., New York, 1899- 1900; and ha s hecn I\'i th the N elV York & Boston D)'c\\'ood Co., Brooklyn, :\'. Y., 1900 to date. lie rcccil'ed the degree of LL.B. from i\e\\' York Unil'ersity in 1902.


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Douglas, Edwin Rust (l\I.E., '93), was born in Brandon. \'t., September 26, 1872. lIe attended school in New York city, at \Vhite [)]ains. 1\. '1' .. and at "\]fred Univcrsity, .\1fred. N. Y., hdorc entcring Stc\'cns School in 1888. lllllllediately on completion of his thesis in 1893, and before graduation. he began work for thc I rowc Scalc Co., Rutland, \'t.. as hlue-print boy and hclper in the draughting-roolll. and in a short tillle bccame draughbman. a position hc retained for two years. In the winter of 189-1--95 cycsight troubles forccd him to givc up draughtillg. and he undertook a postgraduatc coursc in physics and Illathcmatics at Ilar\·ard. entcring the (;ra<luate Schoo! in the following fall. During the SUIJlnll:r of IS!)7 he obtained a position with thc Crocker\\'hceler Co .. manufacturers aIHI electrica! enginecrs. ,\mpere. :\. J. which led to a lalcr permanent alliance. I)uring his last year at Ilan'an! hc ga\'e instruction, as an assistant. in the lelTerson I'ln'sical Lahoratory. In the "ll1:ing of 1~()8 ';\Ir. Douglas decided on a line of special stuc\\' to he mack the subjcct of a thesis for the de,gree of Doctor of Science. <tnd de\'ised a method for determining the specific heats of gases at high.

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though constant, pressure, and at temperatures approaching the point of dissociation. Owing to the expense of nccessary apparatus, thc danger invol \'ed in thc experimcnts,

which would ha\'c occupicd a pcriod of two ),C:lrs, :lllcl also to the fact thM he was offered a dcsirable perlllanclIt position with thc Crocker-\\'hecler Co., and that hc desircd ultimate!y to enter the lieltl of engineering rathcr than that of purc physics, he relinquished his hopes of the doctorate, but presented more than the full requirements for, <1IHI obtained the degrec of. Master of Science, gi\'cn for the Ilrst time that year. During th,c summer of 1898 he was engaged in draughting and similar \\'ork for the Crocker-\\'heder Co .. and in thc fall he cOl1llllenced ill its laiJoratory a series of exIlel-iments on the properties of armatures ;;Ilcl 011 C011l111utatioll, on \\'hich he was eng';Jged for ahout t\\·o YC;lrs \\'ilh occasional intcrrupting pcriods gil'l'n to other matters. such as the design of motors and generators, ,1 detailed investigation into the cost of manufacture of the company's product, helping to devise and put in operation a ncw stockaccounting and cost-keeping system. etc. ~incc the beginning' of 1901 his attention has becn increasi ngly gi yen to shop i ns\allations and electric powcr for factories. J fc has bcen closely identified \\'ith mcchanical and electrical equipmcnt. from the power side, of the shops of the ,\ll1erican Locomotil'c Co .. Richmond \\'orks; the \\'illiam R. Trigg Shipbuilding Co.; the Lake Shorc & l\lichigan Southern Rai\\\'ay, at Collingwood; the Pittshurg & Lake Erie I::'ailroa(\. at Pittsburg; the ,\1llerican Rridge Co .. at ['encoyd; the Je<lnesyille Iron \\'orks at Jeancsville. ['a.; the Tllgersoll-Sergeant Drill Co., at Easton. I'a.; thc ;\nsonia Brass & Copper Co., at .\monia, Conn.; the ,\lIisChalmers Co .. at (-hicag'f): and others. Tn (hesc the Crocker-\\'hee1cr systelll of factory dri\·ing. wi(h the dC\'l'lopment of which :'fr. Douglas has becn closely connected, has been cmployed. Of the articles c(l1ltril)lJted hy :'fr. Douglas to the technical jOtlrnals. the following are thc most important: ".\ Jl istorical and Deseriptin' f<c\-jc\\' of ,\cetYkne." Slcl'ells illslilllie ]}I(iicalal', luly. r897·

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"The Design of Oil Slings," ,llllerican jiJachillisl, june' 21,1900. "Some Thermodynamic Formulrc, Considering the Speeifle lIl:at a Func( ion of t11C Tcmpcralure," .<'Iel'ells Illslilllie Illdicalay, Oetol1cr, 19°0.

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THE ALU1JNI "The Heating of Electrical ~Iachinet'.v Under Two Ot" :'Ilol"e I~('gularly l\/ternating Condition,; of Load," Elcctrical lI'orld alld Engillccr, May It. '901.

"Theorv and D('~ign of I\lccl1anical Brakes," ,-11I1crican 111ac/zill ist, Deccmhcr '9- 26, J9or.

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I903, he was general forelllan In the Lancaster shops of the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad, Lancaster, 0., and later general foreman in the loco-

:'II r. Douglas is a member of the Harvard (;raduates' and TIL P. Clllbs, of Boston. The son of Orlando Benajah and l\Iat"y ,\nn (J{ust) Douglas, on his father's side. he is ninth in descent from \\,illiam Douglas, English, of :-;cotch descent. \\"ho landed at Boston in 16-1-0. On his mother's side he is ninth descendant from 1 Tenn' Rust, English, of 0:orse descent. \\"ho landed at Hingham. Mass .. in r6:B. 1\lr. Douglas Illarried Cat"oline Estelle Sleeper, July t 2. 1899, and they have one child. Dorothy Douglas. Dow, Alexander collnected \I'ith the Co .. :--.reI\" York, and cal engineer in that

(TILE.. 91 . has been Dol\' Type Composing practises as a mechanicity.

Dow, B. P. pl.l~., '76), died in 1878, and no I"ecord of his career frOI11 the time of his gracluation has been obtainable. Dreyfus, Theodore Frank (l\ r. E.. '98), \\"as born in Brookhavell. l\(iss., l\larch 22, IR78: son of l\Taurice a!l(l Pauline Dreyfus. II is parents and ancestry arc (;erl1lan, At the outhreak of the war with Spain he enlisted as a lirst-class nreman (May J7. ]898) ill the Xc\\' Jersey Naval Reserves, and soon a fter\\'ard n:cei I'ed a \\'alTant as nrst-class water-tencler. I rc sen'ed during the entire \\"ar. sceing considerahle sen'ice in Cuba, and was I\lustered out October 7, 1898. In the [ollo\\'ing Decemher, he entered the employ of the TlIinois Ccntral Railroad Co. at Chicago . 111., as draughtsman ill the office of the superintendent of 1110tive power. The following year he was transferrcd to the Burnside shops of the same company where he began a special apprenticeship of two -"ears, During the year [901 he was employed as a machinist in the backshop and rOllndhollse of the Illin ois Central Railroad Co .. at Burnside. Fr0111 September I, I90r, to .T uly 1-1-. 1902. he was 1110ti ve-power inspector with the Pittsburg, Cincinnati. Chicago, & St Louis Railroacl. Columbus, O. From July 1-1-, 1902, to February 16,

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t1Iotive and car departlllent of the Pcndleton shops of the Pittshllrg. Cincinnati. Chicago. & St. Louis Railroad. Ci ncinnati , O. Since .\ugUS! I, 1903. he has heen general foreman of the I ~ril' and Ashtabula I)i vision of the ;\!orth\ITst :-;yste111 of the Pennsylvania Lines \V est of Pillsl>t1rg. Jle is a lIlember of the \\TestcrIlRailway Club. the Railway C luh of Pittsburg. of the Tall Beta Pi fl'atentit)' . and a junior mCl11ber of the Amcrican Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dreyspring, Ernest (,\I.E .. '8.1), \\'as with the Xc\\' 'Y ork Plough Co .. Yonkers. ~. Y., 1885-86. anel frotll the latter year to elate has iJecn connected with the \\'illiam son Iron Co .. Hi rmingham, i\ la . Drummond, Edwin May (l\LE .. '88), was horn at Louisville. Ky .. :\Tay T. ]867. Since his graduation he has had charge of the mechanical department of the Drutllmond 1\fanufacturing Co .. Louisville. Ky., whose product consists of high-grade wagon and buggy axle~, Under his management quality has been developed and improved. and cost of production materially reduced, and


TIl E STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECTTNOLOGY a steadily increasing demand has grown for the company's product from local to national proportions, \"hile in college 1\1r. Druml110nd displayed an acti,'e interest in practical engineering ~ubjects and was one o( the 11"e founders of the Stevens Engineering ~ociety. lie is also one of the original l11el11bers of the l\merican FOl1ndrymen's :\sso ciation, organized in Philadelphia, 1'a., in l\lay, ,g<.J6; a charter mel11ber of the Engineers' and ,\ rchitects' Club of Louisville, Ky.: a Ii Fe mcmher of the Polytechnic Society of Kcntucky; and a memher of the Bcta Theta Pi fratcrnity. :-lr. Drummond is thc son of \\' illiam \\'hytc and .\lice Thompson l)rull1mollcl. Ilis fathcr was born in Paisley, Scotland, of Scotch parcnts: his 1110thcr, of English parcntagc, "'as bonl in Louisvillc, l(y. J lc l11arried Carric Dcnt ;\loon, :-la)' 2, ISS9,

Cambridgcport, l\Jass .. 1890-9 I ; in the l11achine-shop and crecting departmcnt of th c

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]lenry I~. \\ 'o rthington Ilydranlic \\'or\;:5, I1rooklyn, S. Y., ,891 -93 : and has been assistant engincer for the , \merican Sugar Rclining Co., Jerscy City,1\". J., ,803 to date. I Ie is a member of the ,\ l11erican Society of 1\ rechanical lingi neers. 1\11'. DnCOllllllllJl is the son of Jules and lTenrielte (.\trel) Dncollllllnll (Frcnch on both sides). ttl' married :\l11elia E. 1\10ntague, l\pril 26, 1893. and thcy ha,路c 011(' child, :-largllerilc Ducommun.

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and they hal'c four children, \\,illiam Russell, Jam('s ,\inslic, Rohert Pearce, and .\Iicc :\1 ay Drullll11ond. Ducommun, Edward (:'II.E., 'SR), was born in 110iJoken, ;\. J., 1\lay 8, Ig68. TIe was engaged UpOI1 lubrication tests for the Canadian Pacific Railroad, in the interest of the Standard Oil Co.,, 888-89: as dral1ghtsman with the firm o( Watson & Stillman, New \'ork, IRR<.J: with the Rikcr Pump Co ., 1890; as dranghtslllan "'ith 1\1r. E. D. LC;l\'itt, Jr. ,

Durfie, Clarence Nicoll (:\ LI~., '00), was horn in Jersey City, ~. J., Oclohcr ,\0, 1879: SO li of \\'illiall1 . \llgllstns and Stella ElizaiJcth (Nicoll) DnrJ'ie. On his (ather's side he is a direcl descendanl of William Bradford, first gO"ernor of PlYlllonlil Colony. On his mothcr's side hc is a direct desccndalit of Col. I:ticharc1 ;.Jicoll. firsl English governor of N CIV York. 11 e was assislant to Mr. \\'altcr K. frecman, consulting engineer Oil moti \路c power, 1900, and npon the organization of the lIerclllcs 1\[otor Co. by ;-liI-. freeman, ;\Ir. Durrie cntered thc shops and was 50011 made forelllan in charge of the antomobile work in all its brallchcs, I90oor. ric was head draughtsman with thc Model l\Iachine Co., New York, I90I -02; and has held a s imilar position with the


THE .-\ LCI\r~I Pierson Sefton Co .. .Terse}' City, X. J., clemanu facturl'rs and huilders of hor ticultl1ral structures. frnm 1<)02 to elate. ITe is a J1leJ1lher of the Unil'crsity Club of 11l1r1son ('ounty. :\. J .. of the Signal & Telegraph Corps. X. (; . :\ . .I., the Jersey City ~ig-ncr~.

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ter) East 110011. lIe married T.ouisl' :\ eer \\ 'oodl\路arcl. Scptcmber q. 18f)8 . and tltcy

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t ;nli l路lull. tIll' .Inscy City Tenni s Club, and of the l'hi Phi fraternity.

Eastwood, James (:\I.I~ .. '~<)), lIas hom in I'atnsoll. :\. ,I.. Ikcenliler II. IR()7. lli s early education Ila, rccein'd in the pl1hlic schoois of Paterson. I [e prepared for colkge at Steye:ls II igh School anc! secured nlll' of two schnlarships which were coninrcd in J~~.'i. lie has heen II ith the n. 1 ~;lstwo()d I'o ullrlry & :'Ilachine \\ 'o rks, Paterson, X . .I .. irolll IK89 to date, heing sl1perintl'ndent froll1 1:-;9J to 1899. In ,Tunc of the lalln year he organized the Benjamin EaslIl(lOrl Co .. and II as elected its president and treasurer, positions I\hich he still holels. His \I hole time since graduatioll has heen taken lip in organization and impnll'clllcnts at the aho\'(! works, including- the design for a large IIJ(Hlcrn fOl1ndry huilding anrl its eql1ipment, Ilhich II'aS hl1ilt ill 1~99. Ill' is a dirCClor of the Citizens Trusl Co .. ['atnson, :\. J., and a memher of the l l amiiton C1ull. of PaterSOil, and of the Chi I'si fraternity. :\11'. l~ast llood is the son of natil'e-horn English parents, Bcnjalllin amI Sarah (Bax-

E bsen, H enry L. pI. E., '89). \I as ellgaged ill the superilltcllding ellgincer's departillent of the Intl'rnational :\al'ig-ation Co .. :\cw York. I~X9 9R: with thc \\' . & .\. Fletchcr Co .. I loiJokcn, :\. J.. 1898 1900: alld ha, i>cl'n consulting cngineer in Xell York cit) f!'flll! I()OO to date. lle has cOlltrihuted the following articles to technical jOllJ'nals: "Thl' Indicator as . \pplied to :'Ilarine I ~ n gi nes," .l[(/rillc J?lIgillccrillg, . \ pril, :'I lay, ,Ind .IUIIC, 1897: " . \uxiliary l\fachillery of all (lecan (;reyhlltJnd." Cassin"s .1[lIg(/::;illf', \'f, 369; "I l igh - l'rl'~surc Indicator I)ia grams, .Horinc Ellgill eaillg , .Iune. 1898. Ill' is it mellliJer of the Society of .:'\Taval . \rchiteds alld :'Ilarinc Engincers. Ebsen, W m. A. PI.E., '90), lI'as assn ciatcd with Col. E . . \. Stel'l'ns, president of the IloiJokcn Ferry Co., on the design of the douiJle -serclI' ferryhoats "l1rcml'n" a nd" I lamhurg." 1890-91. In this connel' tion he made experiments on ferryhoats ill clJJllmissioll. ill order to determine IIhether they possessed sun1cil'nt stahility fill' douhle deckillg. Ill' II as nexl in lhc cillploy ()( the \\ '. & .\. Fletcher Co., IloiJokcn. nlak -


THE STEVENS H,STITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY ing drawings of engines and boilers of the new fcrryhoats mcntioned above. and was engaged upon other work of the samc char8cter 1891 -9-1-: \\'a, with the Ceo. l' . Hlah~ Manufacturing Co .. :\'cw \'ork .. as consulti ng and corresjlondi ng engincer . .I 89-1-- L902 ; 8nd has been manager of sales for that company and for thc KnO\des Steam L'ump \,"orks from 1902 to datc. Echeverria, Ricardo Jose (i\ I.I ~ .. '8<)) , was born ill San Jose dc Costa I{ica. February

Edmunds, James Fornance (l\T.E., '99), was horn ill :\'orristoll'll, Pa., Decemher J, J87-1-; son of Frank II. and Kate (Fornancc) Edmunds. I1c was with Burhom & Granger. cng路inecrs. ~ew York and Philadelphia, J899-.l90J, and has heen cmployed in the testiug d('partmcnl of the C;eneral Elcctric Co., Schenectady. 1\. Y .. from 1901 to date. Eicks, Carl Fanning (M.E., '02), \\'as hOr!1 in Xcw York city, ~larch 23. 1880: son o[ Ca"perll. and Joanna Fanning Eicks. lIe \\'as cmployed for a sh ort timc \\'ith the Underfeed Stoker Co. at ='J CI\' York and 'dontrea1. ami then with thc C. \\'. lIunt Co .. \\'est Xew Brighton, 1\. Y., until the tilllc oi his death. September 25. H)O-1-. Ill' was a junior J11eJ11hcr of the l\J11erican Society of -:'I]cchallical Engineers. all associate o[ the Canadian Society of C ivil Engineers. and a member of the Tau Beta Pi fratcmity. Elleau, Louis Antoine (i\I.I~ .. '97), was born ill Ilohokl'n. :\'. J.. l\lay 25. 1876: SOil oj Louis II. and I [elena Elleilu. lie studied in the Columbia School of :'Ilincs. 1897-08 ; \\'as with the Safety Car Ilcating & Light ing Co .. ;\"e\I' \ 'o rk. 1898-99: and with the Essex & Ilud ,;on (;as Co., :\ cII路a rk. 18()!)

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1-1-, 18()6. I Le ha s hccn a dircctor of the . \ lllcrican Bank at (;uatclllala. is no\\' engaged in coffee and sugar planting, and is president and general manager of thc Street Railway Co .. of (;uatelllala, of which he is principal OWlh.'r. I Le is a junior member of the . \Illcrican Society of j\lcchanica l Engi neers; and a member of the International Club. Costa I{ica; of the ,\llIcrican and (;uate1l1ala clubs in (;ualelllala, and of the Theta Iklta Chi iraternity. ?IlL Echcvcrria is the son of Francisco and Juana Agui lar de Eche\'erria. Both his father and his grandfather were respec ti\'ely Secretary of \\'ar and S~cretary of the Treasury in Costa Rica. li e married Isa hel Herrera. April 2, 189-1-. and fLve children. :'Ilaria I sahel. Hicarclo :\Icguil, j\[argarita, :\[arta, and Eduardo i\lberto Echcverria, have been born to them.

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'902. lie died at Xe\\路ark. X . .I .. October 9. In the latter year.11c \\'as a Iliember o{ the Tall Beta Pi fratern ity.

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THE ALUMNI Ellinger, Edgar (:\L E., '01). was employed in the works of the Genl'l"al Electric Co .. :-;('henectacly. N. Y .. 1<)01: with the Ceo. i\. htller Co .. 0-Ic\V York. ](,01 04: and is noll' a l1lel1lher of the firm of L. K. Comstock & ('0 .. ~ ell' \" ork. II e is a IIlcmber of the Tau Ikta Pi fratcrnity. Elliott, Theodore Arthur (:\I.I~ .. ·So). \l'as horn in Orange, 1\ . .1-. :'Ilarch 3. 1858: son

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machinery scnt to different parts of the world, including sOllle of the most efficient machines for bolt-making known to thc trade. and ranging in size frolll slllall automatic to heay), heading-machines. Frol1l ]8<)7 to date he has been with the Buffalo Holt Co. as mechanical engineer in charge of const rucl ion and operation 0 f lIIach i n('l"Y and plants. [Ie wrote an article on .. l'lour :'Ilill :'ITachinery" for / ltplctoll's Cyclopedia of Applied Jlcc/!(lIIics. He is a memiJer of the Delta Tau Della fraternity. Ellsworth, Oliver pf.E .. '94). was ill the lInployl11ent of the East Ri ver Cas Co .. ~ ell' York, 18<)4 9.1: with the Ingersoll - :-;crg-eallt Drill Co .. ~el\, York. 1895-97; with the I)calle :-;tc<lm PumJl Co., Ilolyoke. l\Tass .. 1898: II·ith the Kllowles :-;te:l111 PUI1lJl \\'orb and the (;l'o. I'. Blake :'IIanufacturing- Co .. I~ast Camhridge, :'ITass .. 1899- 1<)00: and ill ~ew York from 1<)00 to date.

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t)f Theodorl' C. and :'I[artha 1~lliott. Ilis g-randparcnh 11'('I"e hoth of ~l'II' I~ngland hirth and of I~nglish descent. In early life he lI'as greatly interested in the construction of mechanical devices and utilized all ,;pare time from school and othl'l' duties for such p"rposl's. lie was draughtsman with the John T. ~ol'e :'Ilanufacturing Co .. l1ul'falo. ~. Y .. huilders of flour -mills and flour - mill lIlachinl'l"Y, IS80-8.; , heing cmploYl'd in Illaking plans of the largest flour - Illills and de ,;igning lIIost of the special del'icl's used on the machinery made hy thc cOlllpany. I [e l'ngaged in profe,sional \l'ork at TIullalo. sl'il'cting as his particular line the desi~~'ning (,f special lIIachinery and appliances, IS85 91: and II'as with Plulllh. l1urdict. & Barnard, Buffalo. manufacturers of holts and nuts and of holt a!ldnut machinl'l"Y. IS()1 - 97. \\' hile ",ith this firlll he had charge of Illat(ers pertaining to (he construction of the 11l<lchilll'1'Y lIsed in its 1I'0rks, and abo of the

Elson, Louis Edward (:\ E.. '<)1). was iJorn in Rcd \\·ing.. :'Ilinn .. March 28. 18()8 : son of Julius alld Lottie Elson. l.Ic II'as superintendent in the shops of \\'. n. ForiJes & Co., J 10iJoken, ;\ . .I .. 18<)J - 92: with the Beckll'ith Foundry & i\Tachine Co .. . \r1illg-ton. ~. J.. IS<)2 93: with thcElsoll & I~rew ­ stcr Engineering Co .. X eIV York. 18(J.'~ <)6; and has heen superilltendent of the Ignaz :-;trauss Fan Co.. East Brainlree. Boston, :'Ilass .. from 1896 to date. Tn 1<)01 he hecame a Illcmher of the firm. still retaining his position as superintenclent of the II·orks. II'hich were thell remol'e([ to ::\ CII' York. The product of this company is chiefly ladies' fans, an illdustry newly deHlopl'd hy the Ill'1n ill this counlry. :'ITr. Elson has patcllts pending on a m:ll'hinc for folding fall-lops. and another Oil a machine lor pasting fall-(op,; (0 fan-sticks. lie is a memher of the .\l11crican :-;ociely of :'ITechanical Engincers, and of lile Frcullclschaft C1ull. of XCII' York. :'Ifr. Elson Illarried Jennie :-;charpes. January 2. T90S. Emmet, C. Temple (:'If.E., '91). was in the employ of the Eclison Cencral Electric Co .. and later of the Ceneral Electric Co .. un(il 1'('hl'llary. T893. \I·hen he comlllenced the study of lall' in the orlicc of i\lartin J. Keogh. ;\CII' Rochelle, ).I. Y. TTe was graduated frolll the Yale .Porest School in 1902.


-THE STEVENS INSTITPTE OF TECIINOLOGY Ennis, William Duane (1\1.E., '97), \Va, born in Bergcn County, 1\ . J. J [c served a machinist apprenticeship with the Rogers I_oco moti\,c Co .. and spent a ycar in the ellg-ineering department of the I'assaic Rolling :-rill Co.: and from t897 to 1898 \Vas employed in the works of the Consolidated Ca~ Co. of 1\CI\' Jersey, at Long Branch, N. J. lle wa s mechanical engineer \\'ith the \\ 'a lworth Construction & Supply Co., Boston, ~Ia~s., J898- 190o, during \\'hich time he designed and in stalled steam ancl electric power plants and seH~ral representative steam-pipe equipl11ents throughout Xc\\' England. lIc was next in charge of the mechanical depart!llent ill the oflicc of Towcr & \Vallace, mill architects, l\e\V York, for whol11 he located, de s igncd, and installed an 8.000 horse- powcr phnt for the Oxford Paper Co .. Rum ford Falls. ?lIe., together \I' ith water- piping, firc protection systelll, and piping for handlingpulp. aggregating $2'=;0,000. [Ie also <Ic~igned hrick chimneys for the Champioll Coaled Paper Co., I rallli Iton, O. (lOX 225 leet) and the Toronto Paper :-[anlltactllringCo .. Corl1\l'all, Olll. In Fehruary, 190r, he lI'as scnt to the State of \\'ashington by XCII' ~ 'o rk capitalists to rCI'a J1lp the pOII"l' r ancl llIechanical cquipment of hl'C associated industries, including a railroad, lead -s melter, sirecl railway, conccntrator, and paper-mill. Ill' lias recalled ill ,\ugust to ulldertake for the S:lllle parties the I11cchanical sllpcl"l'i" illn of the 60 odd mills of the .\l1lerieall Lillseed Co. III J tlne,t 9掳2, he was a<II'anced to the lIIanagcllIellt of that cOll1pany's mallufacturing intercsts cast of Chicago, now having el1tire charge of the productioll of lil1 secd oil in the largest mills in the country. :-lr. Enllis is a llIemher oi thc .\llIeric;[1I Society of :-Icchanical Engillcers. J Ie has written lI1allY articles for the technical press, ~o llle of the more importallt of which arc the following:

"Cenlral Station [conoll1 irs," Po ilro,l,! GaSeptember 2 ,lnd T6, 18<)8. "Variation in Boilel' [ffiricn ey." !'"wer, .\l1gust, 18<)8. "T he Selection of a Steam-Engine ," . \ mcri-

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"'I'll(' Futl1n~ of POlI'er Del"l'lojlll1 l'nt." F:lIglneerlng ,\Jagazillc. ,goo, 1'. 278. "Stl'all1 Enginccring in Paper and Pulp Mill"." Ellgillcallig .1fagazillC', rqol, p. S,.s.

"Enginecring ~ranagcment of IIl<ll1 ,;trial 'Yorks," F.IIgi'lccriJlg ,\[U{!,11ZiJlc, ")01. "Specilic I kat of .\nhyc1rol1s Liquid .\111monia" in collaiJoratioll \I路ith ~rL L. i\ . Elleau), .10IlrJ1<1/ /:r,li1klill IIISlilll/C, :\lalTI1 anl\ ' \I'ril , Illgil .

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"Stl'all1 Piping [or ('el1tral Staliol1f," :";/I'l'1'i J\uiht oy HC7.'ic7..l'. "('cl1lm\ Station Pil'ing, " I'JlCrinlll /~/",/ri eillll, XII, Xos. 6 and 7. "Opcn and Closed l'I'l'tI- Water I k"tl'rs," 1

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"Flangl' Joint s for Sll'anl I'il'<'s." .'olellll1 /~lIgi lIetTillg, .\,-,gust and Sl'ptl'111I'I'I". ") 00. "Brick l'hi1l1l1cys for /'OI\"('I' Stations." . \ lI1<"1'icall /':/,Ylrl, lUll. :\Ir. 1': lIllis, IIhn is the SOli oi \\'illial11 C. alld I'athcrine (Ilurrotlghs) Elllli,'. IIlarried ~1;\1'garet B. Schuyler, Dccemher 2g, ,g9t-\. Erben, Hermann F . T, (l\r.I~ .. 'gi). ha s heell with the Edisoll l\[aeiJinc \\forks, Schcllcctady, :\. Y.. 11011' till' (;cl1cral 1~\Cc tric Co .. fro11l 1887 to datc. Erdman, Albert Wm, (~r.I~., '91). was ,tssistant electrician with the .\lIIcrican Tel cpliollc & Telegraph Co., .\CII' ~ 'ork. 1891 . 98; Sl1pCrilltl'nticllt of the 1higgs-Seahury GUll & ,\lIIlllt1l1itioll Co., D e rhy, COIIIl., 1898 1901: anti ha s bccn sl1pe rintl'lHlent of thc Randolph -ClolI'e r Co.. \\ 'atedJltry , COIIII., from 1901 to date. Estrada, Esteban Duque :\I.I': .. '83), \\"as horn at Puerto Principe. Cuba. XOI'etllher 22, t S'=;G. He \\";\s a mcmber of the cngineer corp:, of the ,TlIraglia rron Co., ~antjag(), Cuba, 1883-8,; : I\";\S employed in the dil路isioll of sfeam supp ly of the Yell' ~'ork Stea11l Co .. 1886: w;tO' as:;istant ill spector of hridges for the Southwest Systclll of the l'cIIllsyl-


TIlE l\LUMNI vania Co., 1886-90; a mcmber of the firm of Estrada. Kcnyon, & (;ray. in spcc ting cngincers, Pittshurg. 1'a .. 1890-93 ; consulting and contracting enginecr. Pittsburg, J8931900; and has bccn chief engincer of public works. J'nJI路in ce of Pinar del I{io. Cuba,

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from Igoo to date. Tie ha s heen grantcd a patent for all impact-tcst ing machine. He ha s prcsented two papers to thc Engincers' Soc icty of \\ 'eslL'1'1l P enn sy h 'a nia; the first on .. The Effect of Impact Upon thc Strcngth a nd (hher I'roperti es of Iron and Steel," read .Iune. 1892; and the seco nd on "The I ~xpa n s i()ll of Cast I ron at the i\lomcnt of ~olidification." read at the meeting of 189-+. 11 e is a mcmhcr () f the i\lllcrican Socicty 0 f i\1cchanical Engineers; of the Enginecrs' Society of \\'este rn Pcnnsylvania; thc International Association for Testing i\[aterials; the LTnil'ersity Club o[ Pittsburg. Pa., and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. ill r. Estrada is the so n of Esteban Duque ami Lorcto CastiJlo Estrada. lI c marri ed Isabe l i\rnold I{cynold s in 1892, and they h ~II'e two children. Sarah I sabel and Esteban Estrada. Everett, Charles J., Jr. (M.E .. '90). was born in Tenany. N . ./ .. i\farch 2[. J868 ; so n of Charles J. and Constance 17. Everett. lIe was in thl' employ of I Jcnry R. \Vorthington , manufacturer of steam pumping machinery,

first in the shops, and latcr as supervising cnginccr for installing pUlllping and condensing machinery, including a 5.000-horsepowcr condensing-apparatus for one of the Buffalo street railroads, and others of less powcr on somc of thc largc Lake steamships, ]891 -93; and from the latter ycar to ]899 was consulting engineer in Ncw York city, doing general de s igning and construction work; dc s igning special machinery; testing work; investigating invention s for prospcc tive investors; and acting as expert in patcnt and apprai sc mcnt suits. lIe was engineer of water works for the town of TOl11s l{i ver, N. j., th e plant consisting of well s, main s, tank, and gasoline pumping-s tation. rTe also engaged in fir eproof building engineering for th e Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co .. and prepared an claboratc cataloguc for that cOlllpany . lIe was with th e De La Vergne Hefrigerating i\Iachine Co., of New York, redesigning and reducing cost of production of the Horn sby -A kroyd oil cnginc, 1899190r; with Stephcn T. \Villialll s, bu s incss economist, New York, 1901-03, bei ng also cngaged in work for the 1\ ew York Li fc lnsurance Co. and thc Greenwich Firc In surance Co., of 1\ew York, effecting savings in the cl e rical work of their re spec tiv e offices. For the former company, in connection with i\Ir. Ilenry \V. H e rrman , he dcveloped and patented special method, and ap paratus for producing, by electric light, bluc-print copies of card record s with such rapidity that thi s method ha s entircly superseded the old mcthod of hand-written transc ripts in that office. In 1903 he opened an office in New York as a spec iali st in factory cost-rcducing method s and general engineering work. Everhart, Henry B. (M.E., '86), was with th e Louisvill e & Nashville Railroad. Loui sville, Ky., 1887-89; with the United States Rolling Mills Co., Anniston. Ala., 1889-9 1; with the United Gas Improvcment Co., Philadelphia. 1'a., 1891-92 ; with the Hardic Tyne ilIachine Co., Birmingham, Ala., 1899-190-+; and with the F. H. Lummus Sons Co., manufacturcr s of ginning machinery, Columbus, Ga. Everitt, Frank Conger (M .E., '99), was born in Hackettstown, N. J., I<ebruary 19,


TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECI1NOLO(;Y 1876. He attcnded the public school at I laekettstoll'n, N. J., graduating in ]893. Il l' entered the Steyens Preparatory School the same year. and graduated from the college course in 1899. Frolll 1899 to date he has been assistant to the superintendent of the jordan L. 1[ott Iroll \\ 'o rks. Xe\y York. I Ie joined the ,..'\ssociatcd Founclry l'orcJllcn" in Fcbruary. 190..j.. at \I'hich time he \\'as elected seL'l'etary and treasurer of the \'C\\' York branch. thell organized , He is iI IIIClllill'r oj the Thcta .xi fraternity. \1 r. E\'l~r i ll is the Slln of Ccorge T. and ,\!lna l(. E\'cri(t. TIe married Carric E .

a partner in. and engineer of, thc Uygeia Icc Co" at Cura~a(). operatillg- onc ..j.- tOIl P()n -

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\hL· I.ean. Oc(ohl'r 10. 1900. and (hey ha\'e (JIlL' child. il larion E\'eritt. E v ertsz, J ohn Fred eric k (~LE., '96), was hom in Cura,ao. I). \\'. I .. i\larch 31, 187S; Siln of J. 1'. and J. C, E\'l'r(sz , I rc \\'as assistant l·iL-ctrician with thL' :'IlaracaiiJo Electric Light Co .. \laraeaiilo. \ 'c nczucla. 18<)697, and superintendent of the installation of thl' elll'uta Electric Light Plant. CUClItil. Col(·mllia. lR97-98. Thc latter \york includcd thc construction of a flume 6.000 fcet long; thl' l'I'ection of a Leffel turbinc ane! a Ccnna l I ~lcctric singk-phase gencrator; the construction of a high - \'oltagc transmission line ~ix Illilcs long; and the transformation and distri lJlltion af the current in the city of Cucl1ta. Fram 18~8 to date he has he en

tifex & \\'ood ahsorpti()1l icc- machinc Illak ing icc Oil the plate systelll, alld frolll ll)OI t() datc he has heclI supcrilltcndent of .the" Curat;aoschc Jnrichting \'\)Ilr I~lcktricitcil.·' This plant consists () f t \n) roo-llOrsc - po\l'n tubu lar boilcrs. OIlL' 2oo-liorsl'-p()\\lT (;,dlo\\'ay hoiler, olle 12S -ilorsc - p()\\'L' r Ihll dnpkx COIl1pound cngi ne. (lne loo-ilursc- po\\l'r :'Ifc Intosh & ~l'yll1()ur 1'IIgi IIC, t \\'I) \\ ' hceler .\dmiralt)' ,urfacl' ct>IHicnsl'1's. t\l'l) \\ 'I) rth ing-loll duplex hoikr -fccd Plllllih. onl' <)()kilowatt alld t\l'O 3n-kilo\\'alt Fort \\'ayllc single-phase alternators, lie is a IllL'llIl)l'I' of the Theta .:\U Epsilon fraternity, F a ber du Fa ur, A., Jr. (:\LE,. ·H..j.). \\'as llllp l"yed by \'an Sant\'lH)rd & I l;lId":'. patent la\l'YL'rs, IH~..j. kk: and practised as cOllsulting eng"1Cl'r and patent a\lol'Jlcy. '{C\I' York, frOlll 1t\t\X until the time of his death . July 12. 190..j., lie handkd mallY patent C;ISL'S lor Charll'" Cooper & l'o.: the Chemical \\ orb of \'c\\'ark. 0: , .J.: the Dil'sel :\ Iotor Co", of '{l'\\ York; Fried. I(rllp[1. of 1':ssL'n, C l'1'1ll allY ; I'rof. Brist()1, of Stc\'l~ ns Institutc; ane! lIlall), others of L'qual promillencc . Fr0111 l~l)~ ulltil his death he \\'as a lllclllber of the linl! of Faber <ill [~aur & Donncl)" ?\c\\' York, consulting ane! constructing engincers. which prL'pared plans for thc 10.OOo-ton fluating dry-dock far the Tietjen & Lang- Dry Dock Co.) lIobokcn, .'\. J .. in 1899. the dock ha\'ing since hel'n in ~\ICCL'SSflll operation. The linn also CO\11-


, TIlE .\ L Ci\JNI pletcd a plant ncccssary for the rcpair of I'esscls at the same place: perfected the \\'cstlake Powdered FucJ Burner; lVas also engaged on down-draught furnaces for the Smoke less Combustion Co., \Valhridge, Berwind, ant! others; erected a g lass -sand plant for the \. alley TI ill Sand Co., and \\'as connl't"tcd with the dcvelopment of the Jacger rotary engine. lie acted as purchasing agcnt for large amounts of machinery, and also dcsigned and equipped large plants for hoisting and c()111'eying material. Falk, Myron S. (l\I.E., '00), entered StcITns ill the Sellior year, h aving prel'iow;ly reccil'ed the degree of Civil Engineer fronl l'olu111i>ia University in J899. J Ie was an assistant in the summer schoo l of geodesy, ('ollllnbia L'niversity, at Ostel"l' ilk :'Ila5s .. 1899; assistant in the department of civil cngineering, Colu111bia University, 1900- 0 1, tutor in same department. ]901 03; and instructor, 1903 to date. lie is assistant to \\,illia111 It. Burr, consulting engineer . lie is a 111e111her of the commission of live appointed by (;overllor Odell, of -:Jell' York, to investigate the threatened pollution of -:\ell' York Bay hy the trunk sewcr planned to drain a large portion of north ern Nell' Jerscy, and cmptying into the upper bay. Il l' is a junior nle111her of the ;\111criean Society of l 'i vii Engineers, and a memher of the Sigma :\i fraternity. Fanning, Winthrop Salton stall ("LE., '93), lias hO]"11 in Ilrooklyn, X. Y .. -:\ol"l'mher 2(), 1 ~70. Il l' was in the emp loy of Xo r lon Ih os., Chicago, Ill., makers of shccl- metal goods, I ~93 -c)5; assistant super int endent or one o[ the facturies of this linll, the 1\orton Can Co., at \\'hitl'stone, L. 1 .. 1895 98; and has heen with 1\lr. I'rancis II. Richards, Nell' York, in thc capacit y of mechanical cng lneer, from 1~98 to date. :'II r. H.ichards is a sol iei tor 0 f pa tents, lllechan ical engi ncer, and expert in patent causes, and has had issued to him the secone! largest nUlllber of patents in thc Cnited States. :\Ir. Fanning lI"as instmctor in advanced mechanical drawing in the Mechanics and Tradesmen's School, of XCII" York, during the schoo l year 1~91 -92. lIe wrote an article on "Graphi c 1\ lethods 0 f Figuring" for the A III criclI I! JI/1cltillist in 1902.

The son () f Da I'id Grccn and Elizabeth (Buckingham) Fanning, h c is of lri sh c1c,ccn t 011 hi s father's s id e and English o n hi s m ot h er's. H c m a rri ed l\raric T a li>ot ]\[etcalf e, Fehruary 2, 1897, a nd they ha ve tlVO childrcn, :\ Iar ion Tali>ot anc! Sta n ton l\[ctca l fe Fanning. Farrar, William Matthew (M.E., '90) , \\'as horn in :\Iilton, Florida, August II, 1867. Ill' lias educated in the public schools oj I.ynehhurg, \ ' a .. and Xasll\'illc, Tenn. IJe was draughtsman with the Link-Belt Enginecri ng Co.. :\ CII' York, 1890; assistant to the furnace manager of the Sloss Iron & Steel Co., Birmingham, ;\Ia., r890- 9[, In

\ \". :'II. F,\ R R.\R

this connection making designs for r ehui ld ing and cquipp ing tll'O hlast furnaces and designing a coal - handling plant and machinery: with the L'nion I ron Co., Hrooklyn, and the \\'allis Iron Co., Jersey City, in de signing and detailing ironwork for huildings, IR91: instructor in mathematics and dralling, in the College of the City (If :\ew York, J892: and II ith John J. Raelley & Co .. Inc .. XCII' York, from 1892 to date, nOli" holding the position of secretary and chief engineer. lie is engaged in elesigning, de tailing, and superinteneling the manufacture of ironwork for huildings, and has had charge of a lllU11hl'r of important buildil;gs in :\ ell' York city. Ill.' has also designed and


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE 0]7 TECITI\OLOC;Y sup crint cndcd thc crcction and cquipment of a new pbnt for this purpose, and has installed a c01llpresscd-air system with numerous spcc ial mach i nes. An ill ust ra ted account of this system appeared in COIllpressed / / ir, December, r898. He II'as granted a patent in 1898 for a method of "upplying compresscd air to moving motors, and .i n ,\ugust, I 90-1-, hc made application ror a patent on a spec ial form of T-beam colul11n. 1fe IS a past-regent of the Royal ,\rcanul11. 1{r. l'arrar is the son of Matthew S . and 1\1artha A. Farrar. ITe is descended from \\'illiam Farrar who came to Virginia from Yorkshire in 1618 and was treasurer of the London Company and a [terward of thc Colony. l\lcmbcrs of his family took part In the \\'ar of l\merican Independence . War or 1812, and Civil \\'ar. TIe marricd Elizabeth L. \\' atson, NOI'ember 23, 1892, and they have four chi ldren, \\'illiam i'datthew, Jr., Anna Virginia , Catherine Elizaheth, and Benjamin Randolph 1<arrar. Faulks, James Buckley, Jr. (l\I.E., '96), was born in East Orang-c, ~ . .I., Dcccmber 13. 1873. I] e recei I'ed a common-school education supplemented by four years at the [lordcntoll'n l\lilitary Institule, N. J., and one year at Stevens School, before entcring Stel'ens J nSlitute. Tic has held many positions since graduation with a vicw to obtaining a broad practical experience. To thal end he has secured employment in variOtiS works, shops, factories, draughtingrooms, etc., in Pcnnsyh'ania, Ncw Jersey, :-\ ell' York, N cw England, and the N orthwest, and has studied gas-engines, steal1lcngines, electrical machinery, cOl11pressedai r mach ines, etc. lIe taught mechanical drawing and geometry for one terl1l at an el路ening trade-school in Newark, N . .1., and was also instructor in mechanical drawing at Cooper Union, New York. From 1902 10 [90-1 he was employed in the engineering department of the New York Safety Steam Power Co., N eIV York. ITe is now an instructor in the College of Applied Sciencc at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N . Y. IIe is a junior mel1lber of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the body of Free and Accepted Masons.

1\11'. Faulks is the son of J<llncs B. and Jennie E. (Eveland) Faulks. Ile nnrried "'If. Emma Smack, March 20,1902, and they ha I'e one child, Russelll{eid Faulks. Fearn, Richard Lee (l\T.E., '8-1-), was born in Mobile, ,\Ia., I\Ugust 31, T862. lie attencledthe Unil'lTsity of the South, Sell'anee, Tenn., 187-1--79, and the Unil'Crsity of 1\labama, 1879-80. Ile is establishcd at Wash ington. D. c., as an authoritatil'c specialist in news and COlllmcnt on army amI navy and interllational alTairs. ITe has had a complete training in diplomatic and newspapcr corrcspondcncc, treating specially of tech nical matter in popular form. lIe was on

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the staft" of the" BrooklYlI Eagle," J886-9 1; Secretary or [<orcign ,\I'fairs at the \\'orld's Columbian Exposition , Chicago, TIl. , J891 93; \\'ashington correspondent of the United Press, ]893- 97, and in t896 its London correspondent. Since 1896 he has been on the \\lashinglon starr of the New York "Tribune," and since J902 has been chief of the \Vashing-ton bureau of that paper. lIe was a war correspondent in 18;;8. Ilc is a member 0 [ the Bela Theta Pi fraternity. "illr. l<earn is the son of Richard Lce Fearn and Elizaheth (Spear) l<earn. IIe lIlarried Eleanora Egerton at Baltil1lore, 1\1d., April 2T. 1887, and they have two children, Richard Lee and l\lildred Fearn.


Fechheimer, Solomon (i\l. E., '90) , was born in XcI\' York city ./uly 19, 1868: son of Sigmund and llenriella Fcc hh eimer. 11e was assi~tant l11anagn uf the Culumbia Typewriter i\lanufacturing Co., l'\ew \'ork, 1891-92; \\as located in i\cw York, 1892- 9-+, was engaged with the Columbia Typewritcr :'Ilanufacturing Co .. Xew \ 'o rk. 189-1--95: and \\as located in -"e\\' York, 1895-97. In ;'lay, 1897, he rccein:d the degrces of 13acheluI' of Sciencc and :'Ilining Engineer at the :'IJichigan Colicge of :'Ilines. Iioughton , :'II ich., and practi:icd a~ mining cnginecr at Eureka , Utah , fro1l1 1897 to 1898. J Ie was lucatcd in ~'el\' York, 1899-19°2; was el11ployed in the construction departmcnt of thc Schwarzschi ld & SulziJcrger Co., Ch icago, 111.,19°2-03 : was again locatcd in ~e\\' York city for a s hort tillJc. and is no\\' IIlsurancc engincer with the Louisiana Fire Protcction Bureau, XCII' Orlcans. I~a .

Ferris, H enry Carr (l\J.E., '88), was born in Sandusky, 0., :'Ilareh I, 1865. lIe was draughtslllan with the Massillon Bridge Co., I 88g-89 ; instrumcnt -man and di vision engineer on construction wilh the Toledo, Co l-

Fellheimer, W, J. (:\I.I~ .. '89) , is a mellliJer of the finll of 1,' cllhei1l1CJ' &: i.indaucr, manu facturcrs and i Illj>ortl'1'S, .\ C\\· \ ' ork, 11. C.

Ferguson, John (i\I.K, '00), was special agcnt at ./acksonville, Fla" for the Pcninsula & Occidcntal SteallJ s hip Co., opcrating a lin e of steamers between l1a\'a na, X aSOi<lll , L'ort Tampa, amI Key \\ 'cst in 1901; and frolll that time to date has beell cillployed in the Fox 11 ill Foundry, conducted by F, Ferguson & Son at llohoken. :-:. J. lie is a J11ember of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity, Fernandez, Lucas (:'II. E., '92), \\'e nt to Costa Rica after graduation and was appointed Secretary and Professor of :'Ilathematics at the In st itut c of Cartago, Il l' next recei\'l'd all appointJ11cnt as fourth assistant ellgilleer ill the ollice of Public \\ 'o rks, a g'O\'l'rlllllCllt position, \\hich he held for t\\'o years. lie was abo gcnera l managcr, ar Esparta. of the Pacific Railroad, In 1895 the office of Puhlic \\'orb was rcorganized, and :'I[r. Fcrnandez returncd to it as assistant cngillcer of the Technical Scction. which position he no\\' holds. For six months, during a lea\'!: of absence from the government of Costa Rica, he was general manager for the Costa I~icall Telephone ('0. and the 1\la plila & llered ia Electric Light Co, IIc is located at San Jose, Costa Rica.

FERlll S

limbus, and Cincinnati H.ailway Co,; e ngi neer of lIIaintenancc of way, 1890, and superintendent and cngineer of maintcnance ot \\'a y 0 [ the saJ11e Ii nc, 1891-92 . r\ o\'cmber I, 1852, wh e n the ai)()\'e railway was absorhed by th e Toledo & Ohio Central Railwav Co" h~ retained the same positions \\'itl~ this company a nd \\as placed in charge of the \\"estern I)il'isioll, In December. 1893, he \Ias rclil'\'cd of the duties of l'ngineer of maintenancc of \\';]Y and made supcrintendent of the \\ 'es tern Di\'ision of the Toledo & Ohio Co., which position hc hcld until 190 I. \Ihcn he was tnade assistant chief engineer of this conlpan)' and of thc Kanawha & :'II ichigall /{ail\\'a)" I Ie resigned in the year 1902 , and acccpted thc position of assistanI superintendent of the L'nion Pacific Railroad, bcing locatcd at Omaha, :-\eb. I1c was appointcd superintendent of the Colorado Di\' ision \\'ith head<juaners at DCIl\'er, Colo., in 1903, also presidcnt of the Union Depot & I~ail\\' a\' Co, of Den\'cr. He is a mcmber of the ,\1llcric<tn Railway, Engincering, and :\Iaintenance 01 \\ ' ay .\ssociation. and of thc Brta Thda Pi :\lld Theta ~'tl Epsilon fraternities,


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THE STEVENS [:\TSTIT(]TE OF TECHNOLOGY

1\11'. Fcrris is the son of Jamcs M. and ).Iary Ellen (Dicki nson) Ferris. He married Clara E. Shingle, March 18,1893.

Fezandie, Joseph Hector (]\Il.E., '75), was iJorn in Paris, France, August 22, 1856. He

came to this country with his parents in ]861, and attended a public school in XcI\' York city for a couple of years, then studied in a private school founded by his father until 1872. \\'hen he entered Stevens in the Sophomore yeal'. lle engaged in teaching mathematics at the Fezandie Institute, :t\ew \' ork, 1875-77; attended the Paris Exposit ion in ]878 as representati ve of "The Iron i\gC." andll'as a regular member of its editorial staff until 1880. Although afterward engaged in other occupations, he maintained his connection ",ith that journal until 1903, being employed upon its French Supplement. From 1881 to 1891 he was in the eJl1ploy of the firm of John l\Iatthews. manufacturers of soda-\I'ater machinery and apparatus, and when this firm sold out its business he returned to teaching. and has since then been instructor of 1l1:lthematics and physics at the Cutler School, l\ell' \'ork. lie is the patentee (1887 and 1891) of t\\'o improvements in card lists, or catalogues. and has contributed to technical journals articles (published under yarious llOIIIS de plllllle) relating chieAy to the construction of soda-

water machinery and kindred topics. His more recent writings have been in quite another field, entirely unconnected with science or technology. Ile is a member of the Schoolmasters' Association of New York, and of the Physics Club of !'\elV )'ork. 1\1r. Fezandie is the SOil of Eugene F. G. and Marie (Bardin) Fezandie. J lis father was a Professor in the College of Bordeaux, and came to the United States because of political persecution during the reign of Napoleon Jl1., bei ng an ardent Republican. His grandfather was all o ffice l- uncler ::-.Japoleon 1. in the Spanish and German campaigns. ] lis paternal allcestry was Huguenot. lie married Margaret Alln Phillips, July 15, ]886, and they have three children, Dorette, Eugene II ector, alld l\Iargaret Fezandie. Field, Cornelius James (1\1.E " '86), was born in Chicago, JII., January 4, 1862. At the age of thirteen his parents moved from Chicago to 1\lontreal, Canada, where young Field was engaged in business, all the while devoting his spare time to study. \Vhen nineteen years old he moved to New York, where after one year's study, he entered Stevens Institute. He paid his own college and Ii ving expenses through the Institute. lIe was employed in the engineering department of the Edison Electric Light Co., ~ew York, 1886-87; was chief engineer for the Edison United l\Ianufacturing Co., New York, in charge of all construction work for isolated electric light and central station \\'ork throughout the United States, r887-89; and general 1l1anager and chief engineer of the Edison Electric Light Co., Brooklyn, having charge of the designing and building of the plant and system of this company and organizing its business, r889-90. This plant, which included a 4,000-horse-polVer steam electric plant and a loa,ooo-light underground system, marked a radical departure from fortner practice and developed the highest economy. He was president and chief C"ngineer of the Ficld Engineering Co., New York. engineers and contractors, in the designing alld construction of electric railways, 1890-95. In this conncction he designed and built over 500 miles of electric railways and ovel- 50,000 horse-power of steam and electric central power stations, at Buffalo,


THE ALUMNI Philadelphia, Newark, Paterson, Trenton, \Vorcester, Bridgeport, Boston, Elmira, Detroit, Towanda, Lancaster, Rutherford, etc. He practised as consulting engi neer and contractor, J 895- 98: was general managel' and chief engineer with the American Vitrified Conduit Co., New York, 1898-99, contracting for over 7,000,000 duct feet of ~ub\\'ay systems in New)' ork, Brooklyn, Providence, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Boston, and other cities, in one year. He was vice-president and general manager of the United States !dotor Vehicle Co., New York, J899- 1900, alld vice-president and general l11anager of the De Dion-Bouton i\Iotorelte Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., I900- 02. From the

C. J. Fu:w

latter date to the present time he has been engineer for and manufacturer of vitrified glazed clay conduits, and owner and patentee of conduit and subway systems. He is president and chief engineer of the Field-Foulks Co., engineers anci contractors in the abovementioned lines of business. In 1904 he took up, in addition, consulting engineering work He has delivered several talks before the undergraduates of the Electrical Department, Stevens Institute, on ccntral-station practice and electric railways; and before the undergraduates of Sibley College, Cornell Univcrsity, on the same subject. He has presented papers before the AmeI'ican Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Street

Railway Association, the Edison Electric Illuminating Association, the National Electric Light Association, and to the following technical publications: .. The Street Rail\I'ay Journal," "Cassier's Magazine," "Steyens Indicator," "Electrical Engineer," .. Electrical World," "Sibley College Journal," .. Power," "\\' estern Electrician," etc, He is a member of the American Society of i\Iechanical Engineers, the AllleI'ican Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Society of N a \'al Engineers, the Society of Naval Engineers and Marine Architects, and of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Mr, Field, who is the son of Cornelius R. and Sarah E. (lIenry) Field, is connected with the Field family who came to this country in the seventeenth century. He married Agnes 1\1. Craven, of Montreal, Canada, June 7, 1888, and they have four daughters, C;ertrude Craven, Edith 1\1ay, Lucia Ethel wynne, and Agnes Olive Field.

Field, William Alexander (M.E., '9I), was born in Dixon Springs, Tenn., September 27, 1869. During the Freshman year in college Mr. Fie1cl"s father met with business reverses, Instead of giving up the course, young Field set about resolutely to raise ~ufficient funds to complete the three years' study. In this he succeeded, and in due time after graduation repaid the entire sum. \ Vhile in college he was a member of the football, baseball, and lacrosse teams, and of the glee and banjo clubs. On graduation he entered the employment ot the Illinois Steel Co ..' South Chicago. Starting in at the bottom, he served in various capacities until the latter part of 1896, at which time he held the position of night general superi ntenclcnt. Between October, 1896, and -:\Jarch, 1897, he was superintendent in charge of the rod-mills at the company's Joliet plant. ln ]\larch, I897, he severed his connection with the Illinois Steel Co., taking the position of mechanical engineer for an electric welding company in Detroit. After se\'eral months as designing and constructing engineer for this COIllpany, he joined the Michigan Peninsular Car Co., of Detroit, as assistant superintendent of their rolling-mill, which position he helel until September, r898. He then became general superintendent of the Sim,


'I'll E STEVENS L\TS]'lTUTE OF mons Manufacturing Co ., Kenosha, ,Vis., with \l'h ich company he remained until] uly, 1901, imlllcdiately thereafter assuming the duties of assistant general superintendent of

TI~CIL\10LOGY

juintl)' with ?Ilr. Jamcs T. Wallis, was published ill the SIC7'L'IlS indicator, IX, 318. Mr. ['ield is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The son of llenry Philip and i\lary Alexaneler Field, he is a descendant of Zachariah Field, one of the first immigrants to this country. On his mother's side he is descended from the j\lexander family (Scotch), several members of which were signers of the l\f ecklenburg Declaration of Independence. [1e married Bertha Phillips, April 25. 1900, and they have two children, Willia!1l l\lexalldcr, ]r., and Harriet Phillips Field. Field, William

\\'. ,\. hELD

the South \\'orks of the lllinois Steel Co.; in July, J903. he was appointed general superintendent. \\'hile occupying these positions he has given his spare time to the develoPlllent and institution of new methods of conducting business, including shop organization, piece-work and premium systems, labor-saving devices, condensed and quickly available records of cost of manufacture, etc., ill which lines he has had a large measure of success . In 1902 he took out a United States patent for an improved tuyere, for use in the Bessemer process of making steel. The design dillers from the ordinary tuyere in that the air-passages, instead of bal'ing a uni form cross-section throughout tbe lcngth of the tuyere, can form approximately to the path theoretically assumed by a nuid uncleI' pressure escaping through an orilice. The theory is not new, but its adaptation to a con\"el-ter tuyere is. By actual test this tuyere has shaWl! al! increased efficienc), of from 15 to 25 per cent over the old design, all other conditions being cqual. lie has now on file an application for letters patent on a machine to manufacture the abol'e tuveres. 1\11 abstract of i\ll". Field's thcsis. pre'parcd

Bradhurst Osgood (M.E.,

'9-1), was born ill Ceneva, Swi tzerland, September 16, 187l. I Ie was assistant engineer in the chief engineer's office of the New York Ccntral & I ludson Hi ver Railroad Co .. l\ ew \' ork. In December, 1898, he wcnt on a hunting-trip to India. Upon his return a year later he organized the Iloiophane Class Co .. lJecomi ng its president. I Jc reti red from this position in 1901. and has since iJeen a InclilIJcr of the finn of ]\f. \\' . Kellogg & Co .. :\C\\¡ York. Hc is a memher of the Automo-

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bile Club of Fr;lIlce, the ,\utolllolJile Club of America. the University. Unioll. I)Iayers', and Lawyers' cluhs. and of the Chi I',i fratcmity.


TrIE .\LUl\l Kl l\1r. Field is the SOil of \\'illiam lTazare! and Augusta (Bradhurst) I;ie ld. I [e marI'ied Lila Vanderbi lt S loane, July 8. 1902.

intendent. .\t present he hold s th e positions of yice-pres id cnt and general superint e nd ent.

Fielder, George S., Jr. (l\r.E .. '94), wa~ born in Rocky IIill. N . J., April 27. J870; son of George E., and Eleanor "\. Fielder. I [e was draughtsman I"ith the Sprague Electrical EIe,'ator Co,. 1895: chief clerk of the ()rdnance Department. :\ ell' York :\ a I'y Yard, 1895-96: foreman for the I'. Lorillard Co., .r ersey City. 1896-99; and has hecn paying ane! receil'ing teller with the Trust COI11pany of :\lew ,lersey. ll ohoken. frol1l 18<)<) to

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FJRESTOXE

r Ie ha, read papers before the Engin eers' Club or Colul11hus o n the .. Horseless Carriage." and the •. Purification of Boiler Feed \Vat er." TT e is a memher of the American Society of :'feehanical Engineers, th c Columbus Cluh. the E ngi nee rs' Club of ColumhUS (of which he \\'as president in 1897) , and of thelndcpen<lcnt Onler of Odd Fel1011'S.

G. B . FIELDER, JR.

date. flc is a mel11her of the Un il'ersity Cluh o[ Ilud son Co unt y. N . I .. ane! of the Chi Psi fraternity. Firestone, .r oseph Frederick (l\ r.E. , '87), \\'as horn in l\ lidd le Branch. Stark Cou nty. () .. ~Iay 30. 1862. Il l' attended the country schools and was for two wi nters at \\'orley's pril'ate school in Canton: then took tl\'O years preparatory course in the Ohio State L'nil'ersity. and. after completing the Freshl11an and Sophol11ore years at the L'nil·ersity. entered the Stel'ens fn stitute in the fall of 1885 and graduated wit h the Class of 1887. TIc h as heen connectee! with the Columbus Buggy Co .. Columbus. 0 .. since gracluation, first as foreman of the ~hops. then as assistan! to the superintendent, and ncxt as super-

;.rr. Firestonc is the son of lIellry a nd Barhara ( l ~oll' l and) Fircstone. He married Josephine Leas. \'ol'elll!Jer I-f.. ISSRo and the,)' hal'e one chi ld, .\ nit a Firestone. Fischer, Frederick K . pJ.E.. '8)). h as heen with th e Hirmingham f'oundn' & Machin e S hop Co .. of Pittshurg. Pa .. sin ce graduation. 1'01' a numher of years h e has held the pnsitioll of contracting agent. Fitch, Mallory K. ptE .. '00) . was c ngaged for a timc on experime nt al work on a refrigerating-machinc: II'ith ;.rr. E. F. Ferguson. XCII' York. 19°1-02: and with the J I'es Process Co.. X ew York. from 190 2 until Ili s death. Septemher 25. 1904. Flack, Jacob Day (i\ r. E .. '87). was hoi'll in Baltimore. ;'Id .. .Iuly 26. J86-f.. lli s ca rl y education \\'as n:ccivcd in the public sc hools


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and in the Friends elementary and high school, Baltimore, l\Td .. up to I88r. He was a machinist apprentice in the PenllS)lvania Railroad shops at Baltimore, 11d., in 1883, and in May of that year he won the mile handicap and mile scratch races at the meet of the Capital Bicycle Club. \Vashington, D. C. In the following July he also won the ten -mile 1Iaryland State Bicycle championship. He was with the Edison Lamp Co .. East :-!ewark, N. J., 1887-88; with the \Veston Electrical Instrument Co., Newark, N. J., J888- 89; assistant electrician for the Edison Lamp Co .. 1889-91; superintendent of motive power and construction of the same com-

States Government. He conducted expenmental work for the International Lithoid Co., Philadclphia. in 1903; and has been superintendent and engineer with the A. D. Granger Co., Ncw York, from J903 to date. He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; of the Orange, Essex County Toboggan. and Maryland Bicycle cluhs: and of the Sigma Chi and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities; and director and treasurer of the Orange Athletic Club. lrr. Flack is the son of John Sims Oliver and l\[artha Ann flack. lIe man'iec! Helen Finney, April 19, 1892, and they have two children. Jacob Day, Jr., anc! \V alter Gillette 171ack. Flannery, William (i\r.E .. '02), has, since graduation. been a special apprentice in the shops of the "t\'cw York Central Railroad at West Albany, N. Y.

J.

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pany. 189J - 95: consulting and constructing electrical anc! mechanical engineer, N eIV York, 1895- 97; superintendent and mechanical director of the Home Ice Machine Co., Baltimore, Md., 1897-98; \I'ith Burhom & Cranger. engineers, New York. 1899: engineer and salesman with Steele & Condict, manufacturers of refrigerating and ice-making machinery. Jersey City, N . .T., 1899- 19째0; anc! in a similar capacity with the IsbellPorter Co .. Newark. N. J., 1900- 01. As superintending engineer of the International Smokeless Powder & Dynamite Co., 190103, he reconstnlctec! the entire plant anc! put it in successful operation for the manufacturing of smokeless powder for the United

Foppes, Alfred M. C. H. (i\J.E., 'o r), was born in ITamburg, German)" April 22, 1879; SOI1 of Gustav and Emilie Foppes. His parents left Germany to engage in business in the Unitcd States ",hen he was four years of age. Since thcn he has spent most of his time. with the exception of frequent visits to Europe, in Kew York and New Jersey. The greater part of his school education was received in the grammar and high schools of Montclair, K. J., wherc he was graduated and honored with the gold medal for scholarship in 1897. He spent several months on a vacation trip in the Black Forest of Germany, and through Switzerland, after which he entered the machine-shops at Harburg-on-the-Elbe. rre was employed as engineer in the lIalllburg house of the Rudolph Otto l\Ieyer firm (a lal'ge heating and ventilating concern having branches in Berlin. l\Tlinchen, Bremen. Kiel. and a separate manufacturing hranch in l\lannheim) in 190r. He is at present with White, Child, & Beney, Ltd .. London. England. agents for Creat Brita in of the Strebel hot-water and low-pressure steam hailers manufactun'd hy the house of Rudolph Otto 1Teyer, at Mann heim. ML Foppes is a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Foster, Ernest Howard (M.E., '84) , was born in Springfield, Mass., May 5, 1865. His

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THE .\ Lu~rNI first summer vacation in collcgc hc spent as fifth engincer on thc S.S. "Grccian Monarch:' betwcen New York and London. TIe

E. II.

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\I'as employed at the \Vorthington hydralllic works. 1884-1900. sen'ing in thc lllachinc~hops, drallghti ng-room. outsidc erecti ng, dcsigning. cngincering. and contracting depilrtments of the firm of Henry R. \Vorthington and thc \\' orthington Pumping-Engine Co. In the intcrest of Uenry R. \\' orthington he constructed the pumping-plants for the watcr supply of thc Expositions at Paris in 1RR9 and T90o. ane! was also in charge of the machinery on the Trans-Caucasian pipe line for transporting refined petroleum from thc refineries at Baku to the seaport at Batoum in southern Russia. Since 1900 he has been vicc-president of the Power Specialty Co., a :\ C\l' York corporation en gaged in manufacturing steam superheaters and hydraulic apparatus, and contractors for the general improvement of power plants. lie has contrihuted papers to scientific hodie, as follows: On "The \Vater-Supply of Memphis, Tcnn.," to the Brooklyn Engineers' Club. 1897: on ";\ Pumping-Engine Test with Superheated Steam," to thc American Socicty of l\lechanical Engineers, at the Cincinnati meeting. j()00: and on "Superheatcd Steam," at thc l\filwaukee meeting of the same society in I90r. lIe is a member of the American Society of l\Iechanical En-

ginccrs, of the American Socicty of Civil Engincers. thc British Tnstitution of l\Icchanical Enginccrs, thc Amcrican \Vatcr \Vorks Association, thc Enginccrs' Club, thc ;\"ew England \Vater Works ,\ssociation, and of the Dclta Tau Delta fr<lternity. ~[r. Fostcr is the SOil of Edwin Dcxtcr and :'Ifar)' ÂŁ\. (Phipps) Fo,tcr. and grandson of Dcxtcr Foster. engincer of construction for the Boston and :\IIJan)' Railroad. and the lirst man to run a tunnel on a curve. Ilc marricd :'Ilargaret Willard l\Iartin, May 2R. 1902, and they havc onc child, l\Iargaret Fostcr. Foster, Frank W. (:'I1.K, '84), was born in )Jew York city: son of 1\lon20 A. and IIc1en 11. Foster. lIe spent some time in the shops of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad at Aurora, 111.. hUl found the manual labor too much [or his strength and returned to his home in Brooklyn. wherc he assisted his father in lighl office work. 1laving a fondness for music. hc practised much. and upon the death of his father gave his entire time to settling uJl the estate and

F. W.

FOSTER

giving lessons in music. Encouraged with his success in this line, he made it his profession. and is still following it. Fox, William Ol.E .. '86), was born in Bohcmia , Septel1Jber 18, 1864. His early


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education was recci\'cd ill Praguc, Bohe11lia, but he graduated from a jlublic school in New York ci ty, and also from the College of the City of J\ew York, at which institution he

\VILLlA;l1

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was ,\ssistant Professor of Physics and with which he has been connected since 1889, Previous to that year he had bcen instructor ill mechanics and dra\\'ing at the \Vorkingman's Tnstitute. Xcw York. In 1898 he contributed an article on the .. Craphics of \Vater \\'heels" to the October issl1e of the StCZ'CIiS Ilidicator, and in the January. T899. issue of the same journal he pre,ented an article on .. The Application of the Graphics of \\'ater \\'heels to the Faesch & Picard Turbines at :\iagara l'alls." TIe also contributed an article 011 .. The Fallacy of Liquid Air" to the i\lay. 1899. i SSl1e of Jfachillcry. and one on .. The Solignac Boiler" to Power, /\pril, 1898. Besides. he contributed articles 011 '. The Graphics of Thermodynamics" and "The Zeuner Diagram" to the JOlIl'lla/ of tlie r:ralll~lill Jilstitilte. 1898. Together with C. \Y. Thomas. '8-+. he wrote "Elements of l\lechanical Drawing." published by the Van Nostrand Co ,. l\ew York. lie is a member of the ,\merican Society o( l\fechanical Engineers, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science. the Electrical Society. ancl of the Phi Beta Kappa and Chi Psi fratel'l1ities.

OF TECII:\fOLOGY

1\11'. Fo, is the son of Joseph K. and Barhara vox. 11e man'ied Madeleine Arnaud, !"ebruary 18, J 889. deceased l\larch It. 1899. LIe has two children, \Villiam Arnaud and I\Iacleleine ,\rnaudFox. Fraentzei, Frederick C. (:\ r. E .. '83). was born in Ne\\'ark. N . .1., Junc -+.1862. 1 Ie was assistant in the department of maintenance of ways of thc Pcnnsylvania Railroad . .Jersey City, J883; in the shops of the Pittsburg. Chicago, & Sl. Louis I<ailroad. Logan,;port. Ind., 1883-8-+; and first assistant enginccr with the Celluloid l\Iallufacturing Co .. \!c\\'ark. N. J., 188-+- 85. lIe has been a mel11ber of the firm of Call1pbell & Co .. :\ewark, 1'\. ,I., mechanical engineers. solicitors of patents, and experts in patent causes. frolll 1885 to dale. Since the cleath of i,[r. Call1pbell ill 1887 l\fr. vraentzcl has continucd the IJt1siIlCSS alonc at thc sal11e place. lie has a large nUl11ber of prol11inent clients. and hc has ~cted as patent agent for James E. Sague . .\. ] r. II ickok. ami I~. D. I~strada. all of thc Class of '83. in securing United States and foreign patents for thcl11. lie is also secretary and treasurer of the Electra l\Ianufacturing Co .. Xewark. anci a meillber of the

F.

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FR.\ENTZEL

Board of Tracie, the )J ewark Club, the /{c ' pllhlic<11l Club of Newark, N . .1., ancl of the l'reylinghllysen Lancers. l\Ir. Fraentzcl is the son of H. I-lugo R.


THE ALU1fNI and

T~egil1a

Fraentzel. He married Lillie (deceased). l'ebruary 5, 1885; and \Villmia Blewett, September 30, 1890. He has one child, Frederick] 1. \Y. Fraentzel. I~lc\\'e!t

Frank, Emil H., Jr. (i\LE .. '98), was with the Edison Electric I11uminating Co., New York. J 898-99; and with the :\ merican Paper {;oods Co .. Kensington. Conn .. 18991900. lie has been constructing engineer and draught sman for the Electric Launch Co., Bayonne City, N. J., from 1900 to date. Frazar, Everett Welles (i\LE., '90). I\'as Lorn in Shanghai. China. August 17. 1867. l ie was laboratory assistant with Thomas Shall', Philadelphia. 189 0 -9 [ ; engaged in experimental work in the laboratory of Thomas .\. Edison. Orangc. N . .I .. 1891: and was as~istant manager of the Sims-Edison Electrical Torpedo Co .. 1891 -93. In i\larch. J892. he went to France. where he constructed and tested a complete torpedo plant at Toulon for the French government. Returning to i'Jew York in September, 1893. he installed a torpedo on the Brazilian warship" America." In February of the following year he wcnt to England, France. and Turkey. 011 torpedo survey lI路ork. Upon the completion of these surveys he returned to New York to organize the SimsDudley Defense Co., and com11lenced the de\'e1opment 0 f the Dudley pneumatic dynamite gun. Tn [\ol'ember. J896. he resigned this posit ion and went to Yokohama. Japan. to enter the employ of ~[essrs. l'razar & Co. as mechanical engineer. Tn this capacity he superinten(1cd. among other plants. the erection of the Yasuda \Vire Nail Factory at Tokyo. the first nail plant in Japan. Tn October. IR<)7. he was made manager of the , 'oko hama hranch of :\[essrs. [<razar & Co. In :--fay. 1898. he became chief engineer of the :'Iloyoro Sulphur l\Iine on the island of Etorufu. northern Japan. designing, installing. and putting into operation an extenSilT plant for sulphur-mining, including an aerial lI'ire-rope tramway three miles in length. a description of which will be founci in the l'ebruary, I90r, number of Cassier's iII aga:::iJl拢'. In J900 he resigned and again entered the offices of Frazar & Co. On January I, 1902,

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he acquired the firm name and business by purchase, and inheritance from his father, who died January 3, I90r. Thc firm is at present actively engaged in general import and export business, but more especially in engineering work, such as electric street-car installation, locomotives, and general machinery. a recent contract secured being the equipment of roo cars for the Tokyo street railways. lIe is also interested in various industrial cnterprises,. being managing director of the Tokyo Sa\\'mills and the Yokohama Dyeing & Finishing \\'0 rk s, Ltd. An abstract of his graduating thesis. prepared jointly with NIr. \Villiam A. Ebsen, 011 "The Measurement of IIigh Temperatures by the Electrical Resistance of Plat-

inum, Including a Design of an Electrical Pyrometer," was publishcd in the Sln'clI.> {lldicator, VIII, 1. TIc contributed an article on "The J'\ ell' IToboken Ferryboat 'Bergen'" to the same magazine. VT, 129. He is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. J\rr. [<razar. \\'ho is the son of El'erett and . \ nnie Lindsley Frazar, is a descendant of the Clan Fraser of Inverness. Scotla1ld. the name being changed to Frazar at the tim e of an ancestor's coming to America. He married Maude \VolcOlt, October 7, 1896, and they ha ve one eh ild, Anna Halstead l'razar.


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Freygang, Henry (l\I.E., '80) , was born in New York city l\Iay 17, 1861. Jle he came c1raughtsman for .I. C. Clarkc & Co., bridgc contractors, Baltimore. :'I[el.. later rcorganized into the Clarke Bridge Co ., with \\'hom he rcmaincd until J883. mostly doing construction work upon lIowc truss bridgcs and trestlc work in Virginia. Ilc \"as \\'ith the :'ITissouri \ 'a lley Bridge & Iron \\'orks. Leavenworth, Kan .. 18R3-R4; engincer with the California Bridge Co .. 1885; wcnL abroad on account of ill health. 1886: and joincd the ;'I[ issouri Valley Bridge & lron \\'orks Co .. aL Lca vcnworth, agai n, 1887-89 . He \\'as assistant cngineer at thc Texas agency of thc same company, I889-9 T, and took full charge of the agcnc:'. 1891-95. obtaining many largc contracts, ~,mong which may be mentioned thc Galveston Bay Bridgc. two milcs long, connccting Galveston Island with the mainland. 1Ic also obtained a contract from thc Texas & Pacific R. R. Co. for somc difficult foundation work on thc Atchafa laya Rivcr in Louisiana. lIe was in thc main office of thc l\1issouri Valley Bridge & Iron \\'orks Co., Lcavenworth. 1R95-96. and assistant enginccr with thc Schultz Bridgc & I ron Co., McKce's Rocks .. \lleghcn)' County. Pa .. 1896-99. In 1899 ;'Ifr. Frcygang. togethcl' with l\1r. ,\. ,"'. Trocon. cstablishcd thc l\fielland Bridge Co .. Kansas City, l\10 . This firm is still doing an activc business as bridge contractors. and as designcrs of bridges. viaducts, foundations. stcel structurcs, etc. Fridenberg, Henry L. ( I.E .. '94), was a studcnt in the School of ]\fincs, Columbia Uni,'c rsity, 1894-95: with the Stanlcy Electric Manufacturing Co., Pittsfield, Mass .. 1895-97, and became supcrintendent of construction in thc New England office of thc l\Ianhattan Concrete Co. in 1897. In the laLter part of that year hc was transferrcd to thc main office in :"{ew York, and in 1899, jointly with Mr. ,T. E. Sparrow, he purchased thc busincss and continued it, under the namc of Sparrow. Fridenberg, & Co., until I90r, whcn 1\1r. Fridcnberg engaged in profcssional work as consulting electrical engineer, and is now secretary and manager of the Electric Utilities Co .. New York. He is an associate member of the American In stitute of Electrical Engineers.

Fuller, Arthur Ames (l\LE .. '88), was born in Providence. R. 1., October 19, 1862. He was Assistant Profcssor of Enginccring and Physics at thc l\Iissouri State Uni,路crsity. for the collegiatc year 1888-89, but rcsigned at the beginning of his sccond ycar to takc chargc of the machine-shops of the Builders' J ron Foundry at Providencc, R. I.. which haclthen been awarded its first contract from the United Statcs govcrnmcnt for the fabrication of I2-inch breech -loading rifled mortars. Under his dircction the shops were Ilttcd for this work. and spccial tools werc dcsigncd and buill. Thc lattcr includcd a ri Ring-mach inc, a com bi ncd th rcad i ng- and slotting-machinc, a brccch -milling mach inc, and an adjustable furnacc to heat steel hoops of various sizcs by thc impingemcnt of gas flamcs against the hoops. Thc registering

A. A.

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instrulllent for thc "cnturi watcr-mcter \\'as dcsigncd and devclopcd under his direction. This instrument has madc practical thc util ization of the principles of Torricclli's theorcm and thc Venturi tubc for thc commcrcial purposc of mcasuring thc quantity of liquids Rowing through pipcs. In all of this work hc desircs to acknowledgc thc ablc assistancc of J\fr. l'. N. Con net and Mr. \\!. \V. Jackson. both Stcvens graduates. rTe has had charge of some largc machine-shop construction. including stcam-engines, mortar-carriages, printing-presses, etc., as well


THE :\Ll'1INI as {hc manufacture of small cr products. such as hot-a ir engines, II oocl-trimmer~, gri ndi ng and Jlolishing machincry, etc, Tn 1899 he resigned his position at the Guilders' Iron I ~o undry to accept the supcrintendcnce of the Prol'ideI1cc Engineering' \\ 'o rk s, II'here hc is now engagcd. ~Ir, Fullcr II'as president of thc Prol·i(\cncc .\ssoc iation of :'Ilechanical Enginecrs for thc first tll'O years of its existence, and is thc author of the folio II ing papcrs: "Fabrication of 12-illl'h /lIrli(lIlor, .lull' and Octo!",r .

",\nlerican ('oast-Dc'fense .1lugaziHc. ;'Ila~·.

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the Otis Elel'ator Co. 11 e is a mCl1lber of the Amcrican Society of Cil'il Engincers, anc! of thc Engineers' Club of New York.

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"Spccification "I' l~r1'Or I,imit s rOt· ~Iachinc­ Tool COllstructioll," . \ IIleri, <111 .1/ucliiHisl. SCI'temll('\' 16 , 1897. "Stanclard Fits in the ~\a c hine Shop," ,1[<1e liiHcr)" :\ol·cmller. I XC)/. " \\'ages and Production," J/(1(liillery, ~Iarch. I IlC)C) ,

I \(: is a mcmher of thc 1'1'01 idcnce .\ssocia tion of :'Ifcchanical Engilll·l'rs. the Prol'idCIlCe Puhlic Education ,\ss()ciation. a 11(1 of thc Religious Education ,,\ssociation (~a­ tional) . 1\1 1'. I~ullcr is the son "j Leonard F. and l\fary (fIunt) Fuller. lIe married .\nnic L. [de. Septemhcr 26. IRR<). Furman, Franklin DeR. pLE .. '93), Proil'ssor of Mechanical [)rall ing and Dcsigning at Stcl'l'ns Institute of Tcchnology. For hiography. see pagc 271. Furman, Job R. (1\LE .. ·R~). \\'as II'ith Otis I{[-os, & Co .. manufacturers oj elel'ators and hoisting-machincry. l\ew York, until I896. during the last tll'O ycars of which engagement hc held the position of acting chief engi ncer. He then re~igned to hccome secretary and treasurer for Charles P. Parker & Co .. engineers and contractors. N' ew York, until the fall of IRfJR. \\hen he wcnt to London. lI'here he conducted professional cnginccring work as consulting and contracting cngineer. [Ic \\'as Ol1e of thc sub-contI-actors on the $15.000.000 Central London Rail\\'ay. installing the" lifts." or eicvators. in connection therewith. heing also consulting enginccr to thc Spraguc Electric Elevator Co. of Amcrica. Hc returncd to Ncll' York In J90I, and is now assistant chief engineer of

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Gallaher, E. B. (~r. E.. '9-+), engaged in professional engincering work on his own ;lccount. in 189-+: lIas employed in the gasengine depart1l1ent of Patterson, (;otlfried. & TT unter. X ell' York, 1896-97; and \\'as gencral superintendent of thc XCII' York .\ir Compressor Co .. [897-98. dcsigning air-com prcssors. I Ie organizcd and i>ecame prcsi dent and gcneral managcr of the Keystonp :'Ilotor Co .. Philadelphia. Pa .. in 1898. and organized the Searrhmont :-lotor Co., which ahsorhed the Keystonc Co .. and hccamc its I'icc-pre"idcn{ and general manager. 1899J900. This company Il'as reorganized with douhle capital under the namc of the Fournier-Se;] rchmont "\ uto1l1ohiie Co .. :\[1'. 1.;111;]her bcing its first I·ice prcsident and gcneral manag-cr. HJOO 02. 1n Deccmher. 1902. he hcca Ille genera I manager 0 [ th,' 1\ I ohi Ic COIllpany of .\mcrica, II·ith offices in Xc\\' York. From 1898 to I903 hc designcd thc cntirc product of thc Keystone ~rotor Co .. the Searchmont Motor Co .. and the FournicrSearch mont Automohile Co .. clcl'en typcs of automobiics bcing constrnctcd by him dming this period. and he took full charge of the companies' afiairs, laying out an(\ opcrating their extcnsil'c shops. The output reached a production of one complete automobile per


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day. :tIIr. Gallaher is at present general sales agent for the United States for the Georges Richard-Brasier automobiles. Gantt, Henry Lawrence (:tI1.E., '8-1-). was born in Calvert County, l\Id., May 20, 1861.

ciet)" of :tIlechanical Engineers, on "Steel Castings," .. Recent Improvements in the ]\'Ianufacture of Steel Castings," "A Bonus System of Rell'arding Labor,"' and "1\ Graphical Daily Balance in i\[anufactme." A paper entitled c. ANew High-Tempera ture Furnace" was read by him before the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. r-:Ol'. 17, 1896. i\lr. Cantt is an associate l11em\)("I" of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. and a member of the American ~ociety of Mechanical Engineers, and of the BeUt Theta Pi fraternity . 1I1r. Canll is the son of \ ' irgil and l\Tary Jane (Stuart) Cantt. IJis ancestors on both sides came to this country about 1650 and ,('ltled in southern l\raryland, and members of both families have figured in l\1aryland history for o\"('r 200 yea rs. TIc ma rried !'Ifar), Eliza Snol\", Novemher 29. T899. and they have one child, i\fargaret lIeighe Gantt. Ganz, Albert F, (i\LE .. '95), Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stel'ens Institute of Technology. 1'01' biogt'aph)" see page 270.

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GANTT

llis carll, education II'as received at :tIfcDonough Scl1001, ncar Baltimore, and he graduated from ,1ohns flopkins University in J880. lJe was c1raughts11lan for Poole & rIunt, Baltimore, Me1., 1884-86; in charge of the man ual-training department of a technical schoo\. 1886-87: with the Midvale Steel Co .. first as assistant in the engineering department, and then as superintendent of the steel-casting department, 1887- 93: and lI'ith the American Steel Car Wheel Co .. 1893. [Ie practised as a consulting engineer in Philadelphia, Pa., 1894- 95. building during that time a number of glass furnaces: was superintendent of the . \meri can Steel Casti ng Co .. 1895-96: superintendent of the Simonds Rolling Machine Co .. 1'itchburg, 1I1ass .. 1897-98 : and with the Bethlehem Steel Co .. as engineer, 1899- 1901. From 1902 to elate he has been consulting engineer to the American Locomotive Co., Schenectady. N. Y. ]\fl'. Gantt has taken out a patent for heating and melting iron, etc .. also for a hightemperature furnace. ane! in conjunction lI'ith Mr. G. H. Chase has patented a process of casting armor. He has presented several papers at the meetings of the American So-

Garcia, Celestino (l\l. E., '96), has been draughtsman lI路ith the Dc La Vergne Hefrigerating :tIlaclline CO.,l\ew 'Iro rk. 189698: an instructor in mechanical drawing at Cooper lnstitute: and ,,,ith the firm of (;arcia, Pando , & Co., :\leI\" York. ITe IS a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Gardiner, F. W. (i\LE .. '92), entered the locomotive shops of the ~ ell' York CC'ntral & Hudson River Hailroad, \Vest Albany, :\I. Y., as drattghtsl11an, and after a short time was transferred to the erection shop as helper to a machinist, and later, frol11 the shop, to he assistant to P. fT. Dudley, engil1eer of tests for the road. The work under 1\[1'. Dudley consisted in making an exhaustil'e examination or the merits of the \Vestinghouse and New York air brakes. About the time these tests I\"ere finished the road began to introduce the block-s ignal system, and l\T1'. Cardiner I\"as transferrecl to the office of superintenclent of signals on the Mohawk Division, extending from Albany to Syracuse. His work here consisted in laying an eight-wire cable frol11 Albany to Syracuse and in inspecting the electrical and mechanical work of the interlocking and


TIlE ALUMNI hlock ~ignals as it was installed by the contractor, \\'hen this work was finished he lI'ent with \11', Dudlc.:y to Scranton, Pa" to inspect raih. lie spcnt about se\'en months at the mill, and during thal lime inspected about Ho,ooo tons of rails of various weights, Fruit! Scranton he went to :\ e\I' , 'o rk to enter the steel building business, and has l'l'CIl \'onncclcd \\'ith the .\lla,; I ron Co .. Lewinson & _'ust. and the ,1acbon .\rchitectural lrol1 \\ 'o rk,;, In [898 he hecame associated lI'ith \1. l., \ '<l nclerkloot in consulting and ct)ntracting enginecring work, continuing in this line about a year, \I'hen Ite became assistant engineer for the :\[anhatlanRailway Co" of :\CII' York, \\' ith which lines he is still conncl'led, In IC)03 he lI'as made principal as~istanl engincer for th,' \Ianhattan Hailwa), I )i\i~i()n of the Jnterhoruugh Rapid Transit ('0, lie was elected it ml'lIliJ"r of the American Society of Cil'ilEnginecrs in 1899,

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{erred frol11 the Department of Tests to the Thompson & l3edford DepartJl1ent, continuing the experiments on marine engine oil. and acting in an adviwry capacity to the Standarcl Oil Company's agents in European countries until the end of 1894, Ill' then Jl1ade a special trip around the world, visiting especially India. Burma, Java, China, and Japan, The report,; prepared by him on this trip resulted ill his appointmelJt as bu~ines s managcr ill the F;tr East. with hl'adqllarter~ at \ 'o \';ohaJl1i1, Japan , \I'here he is at preselJt located, . \n abstract of 1\[r. Cause's thesis on .. Compressed .\ir" \\'as puIJlished in the Trallsactiolls of the ,\l1lcricall Society of' :'Irerhaniral 1~llgilleer" and reprinted in the .II/laical! Jlac/iillist, ,\n ailstract of hi~ re -

Gately, Charles L. (t.I.I~,. 'K.J-), was with the Cane l ' lllhrclla Co,. 188-\-88: with the l.omhard Inl'estment Co,. 18H8-89 : superintcndent of the heating ciepartnlent of the S;lfety Car Heating & Lighting Co., 188993: with the t:nited \\'ood Ca s Co .. 1896-98: I\lana~er (if the railroad departlllcnt of tht: :\Cll' York Belting' & Packing Co .. Ltd .. 1B98 1900: with the l{ ubber :\lanu facturing Co .. of :\e\\' \ 'or k, [900 02: and has heen \I'ith the (;old Car 11eating & Lighting Co .. :\ ell' York. frol11 1902 to da te, Gause, Frederick Taylor (r.I.E .. '9[), \\'as horn in l'l'nnett Square, Chester Count)" l'a .. i\1;lrch 16, 1866, Jh:tllccn the ages of r6 and 2t he took a regular course in marine engine huilding in the shipyard of the Harlan & Iiollingsworth Co" Wilmington. Dela\\arl'. of which his uncle lVas president. l ' pon graduation he lI'as iJllmediately engag-L'd hy the Department of Tests of the 1n stitull'. ami ulldt:r i'rof. I)l'lltOIl'S direction mack a series of tests for the Thomp 'oll & Iled ford Depa 1'1 ment () f the Stanc!a I'd Oi I l'o,. of :\ell' York, to determille the practicahility of luhricating the main engilles of the large .\tlantic steamers lI'ith pure mineral oil. This work was dOlle in the engilleroolils of a Iargc Ilulilher of steaJllers, anc! in all cOJl1prised about forty trips across the Atlantic. ,\ iler ahout one year he \\ as trans-

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port fr0111 I'aris on the .. POPIl Systetll of Compressed .\ ir" forms pan of the Trallsaclivl/s of the ,\mcricLlII ,\s~uciati()1J fllr tin: ,\dl'Ll nCl'Jllelll of Sciencl', :\1 r. C;:tllSl' is a member of the ,\1Ileriran Societ)' of \iI'cilan ical Engineers: the . \merican .\ssociatiull for the ,\dvancement of Science: the EngiIleers' Club of :\C\l' York: the .\Jlleric<lll ,\siatic ,\ ssoc iation: the Yokohama United Club: and of tile Sigma Chi fraternity, 1\Ir. Cause is the SOil of S, Irwin and Edith i\I. (;albe, Ilis anC\:~t()rs lI't:re of English and (;erlllall extraction, residcnt ill PellllsvlI'allia for st:\'I: ral generations, and generally


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memhers of the Society of Friends. He married Certrudc Grier. June 26. ]900, and they have one child, Sarah Boileau Gause. Gerdes, Henry Theodore (M.E., '02), was born in New York city August 17, 1877;

Telegrall/, {!arj>crs' TVecldy, anc! New York .1!irror. I Ie l\'fote several poellls and serial stories; including among the latter ., The Death of r larollll al Raschid," published in the Herald of Halifax. :-T. S .. and" Sweet :'Ilarjory. it Story of the l~e\路o llltionary\Var." lie \\'as in the employ of the United States lleveenoid Co., ;\el\' York, for about a year. ,\bout this time his health began to fail , and he went to i\[exico, and thence to London. England. where he accepted a position as clrallghtsIllan and gennal foreign correspondent for the firtl] of j ferberl & Co .. patCllt agents. 1 Ie continued in this position until compelled to leave it olving to his weak physical condition. Ill' returned to the United Statcs. and died in 1885. Geyer, William E . (Ph. D .. '77). 1'ro fessor of Physics at Stevens lnstitllte of Technol 路 ogy. For biography. see page 238.

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son oj John IIenry and Catherinc Tienken (;er<1es. lie was \\'itll ;\T. TI. Trcadwell & Co .. :\CI\' York. 1902-0-+: and is no\\' inspecto\' in the \lIechanical engineer's office. :-\ew York Celltral l.(ailroad Co .. :0:e\\" York cit~ 路. Gerdes, Theodore Richard Nicholas (:\1.E .. was horn in l\e\\' York city December 12. 18i(): so n of John Henry and Cath erine Tienken (;erdes. and 0 f C;ennall descent. lIe is inspector of electric sub\\'ays for the Interborough Rapid Tran s it Co .. :;'\ ell' York. JIe is an associate Illclllber of the American In stitute of Electrical Engineers.

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Gerner, Richard (;\I.E., '78). was associated \\'ith his father, under the firm name of [Iemy (;erncr & Co ., in the business of patent solicitors in \'e\\' York froi11 1878 to 1880. DlII'ing that time the finll issued a periodical callcd the 1'a/,'lIt Right Ga::clte, the nJattcr for which was principally written by :\h. Richard (;erner. I\'ho at the same time c(1I1trihutcd to Oh,'e!' Optic's 111Ilga::ille. Tlie rOil/lis' COlI/flllliOll, SciCillific Amatellr, VC'i.l' )'urk f{C/'uld. CUl/llllereial .,ld'i'cr/iser,

Gibbs, Alfred Wolcott (;\1. K. '78), was born in Fort Filmore. N. 11., October 27 . 1856. He was :I 11 apprell tice in the shops of the Pcnnsyh'allia Railroad Co .. al ,\I(oona. Pa .. 1879-8 1 : was employed as draughtsm:ln by the Richlllond & i\J1eghcny Railroad, at Hichmollcl. \ 路a .. 1881; as clrallghlsIllan by the Richmond & Dam'ille Railroad , at Rich /lIond. \ 'a .. 1881 86; as master mechanic or the ,\tlall!a & Charlotte Di\'isioll of the sall1c company. at :\tlanta. Ca .. J886-88 : and in

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THE l\LUMNI the same capacity on the Virginia Midland Division of that road, at Alexandria, Va., 1888-90. lle \Vas in the employ of the Central Railroad of C;eorgia as assistant superintendent and superintendent of motive power, at Savannah. (;a .. J890-92, when he re-entered the service of the Richmond & Danville Railroad as master mechanic of the ,\ tlanta & Charlotte Di vision. at Atlanta, Ca., and remained until July r, 1893. He then became assistant mechanical engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., at Altoona, Pa .. which position he held until September J, 1902, when he was appointed superintendent of motive power of the Philadelphia, Baltimore. & \Vashington Railroad, at Philadelphia.Pa. On January 1,1903, he was appointed to his present position of general superintendent of moti I'e power of the Pennsylvania Lines East of Pittsburg and Erie. Ill' I\'as a member 0 f the Committee un Locomotive Front Ends. which made its report at the recent meeting of the 1\Iaster :'IIechanics' .Association. In 1900 he presented a written discussion on the subject of ,. Ton-Mile Statistics" before the Western ]{ailway Club. rre is a nlcmher of the American Railway 1\Iaster l\lechanics' Association, the Master Car Builders' l\ssociation, the Engineers' Club. N el\' York, and of the Rittenhouse Club. Philadelphia. J\Ir. Gibbs is the son of Alfred and P. 1'. ( B1ai 1') Ci bbs. lie married Iarianne Skelton, March 12. 1890, and they ha \'e one child, :'Ilarianne Skelton Gibbs. Gibbs, George (1\1.E., '82), was born in Chicago. III., April 19, 1861: son of F. S. anel Eliza II. Gibbs. The Gibbs family ha\"{.: Ii veel in r\ ewport, R. 1., for many generations. His paternal grandmother was a daughter of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury under \\'ashington. and granddaughter of Olil'er Wolcott. Sr.. signer of the Declaration of Independcnce. Mr. Gibbs was assistant to Thomas A. Edison, in his privatc laboratory in i\ew \"ork, 1882; in charge of the l1leter department of the Edison Electric 1I1umlllating Co., .'\ ell' York. 1882-83; chemist to the Oxford Copper & Sulphur Co., Bergen Point. N. j., 1883-85; engineer of tests of the Chicago, Milwaukee. & St. Paul Railway Co., 188587; mechanical engineer of the same C0111-

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pany, r887-97, having charge of the testing and experimental work for the road, as well as of car, locomotive, and machinery design, and being also hcad of the signal department; consulting engilleer to the Illinois Steel Co., 189-+-97; and president of the Gibbs Electric Co., Milwaukee, Wis ., 1897. III 1898 this latter company was sold to the \\'cstillghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co .. and :-1 r. Cibbs remo\'ed to Philadelphia, becOll1ing connected jointly, as consulting en-

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gilleer. with the Baldwin Locomotive \Vorks, Philadelphia, and the \Yestinghollse Electric & :'IIallufacturing Co., Pittsburg, his special \l"ork ill both companies being in the field of heavy electric traction engines and locomotives. \Vhile engaged in the above capacity 1\lr. Gibbs visited Europe a number of times; acted as chief engineer of the British \Vestinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Ltd ., London: the \Vestinghouse Electric Company, Ltd., London; the Societe Industrielle d'Electricite Procedes \Vestinghouse, Paris; the \ Vestingholtse Electricitats-Actiengesellschaft. Berlin: and the Societe Anonyme \\"estingholtse, St. Petersburg; and made plans for the electrification of the Metropolitan and the 11etropolitan & District railways in London. and of the Mersey Railway, Liverpool. III 1902 he severed his connections with


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the abo,'c companics and became consulting cngineer to the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co. (afterward the Interborough Rapid Transit Co.)' Ncw \ ' ork; member of the Board of Enginecrs of the Pennsylvania Railroad, :\CIY York tunnel lines and tcrminals; electrical engi neer to the Long Island R R. Co.; memiJer of the Electric Traction Commission of the New '{ ork Ccntral & Hudson Ri "cr H.ailroad Co.; first \' iccpresident of \Vestinghouse, Church, Kerr, & Co.: and adviser ill cnginecring to the Carnegic lnstitution, \\ 'ashingtoll, D. c., all of which positions arc still held iJy him. The follo\ring is a partial list of patcnts takcn out by l\Ir. Gibbs for devices llsed in railway service: Steam-heal coupling, 1887; a firc-extinguisher for railway Drs, and an interlocking slI'itch and signal stand, ]888; an electric berth-lamp for sleeping-cars, and an electric car-lighting system. J889; a dumping-car for ore traffic, and a car-lighting system. 1891; a car-spring. and an electric connection for car- lighung, r892: an interlocking switch alld signal apparatus for rail\\'ay crossings, all electric locking for interlocked crossings, amI a derailing device for railll'ay tracks, 1896; a motor suspension, ] 898; a car vestibule, a systcm of train control, alld a signaling system, 1903. lIe is also the designer and patentee of the first all-steel incombustible passenger cars ever built, of which 200 arc 11011' in usc by the Interborough Rapid Transit Cu., of :\t:w York. i\fr. GiiJbs is a past president of the \Vestern I{ailway Cluh. a mcmber of the Amcrican Society uf Mechanical Engineers; the ,\merican ~()cicty 0 f Ci ,.i1 Engineers; the Institution of Ci"il Engineers of England; the Lake Superior Mining Jnstitute: the Master Car Builders' .Association; and of the Raihyay ~laster ~I echanics' Association. lle has been on a number of committees of the two last-named societics; was chairman of the i\Iaster J\Iechanics' Association C0111mittee to cietermine the economy, etc., of compound locomoti yes, wh ich carried on extensi ve road tests of locollloti ves; and was a member of the Master Car Builders' Association committee in 1896 to design a standard axle for forty-ton freight cars. lIe was also a mcmber of the Transportation Department Jury of Awards at the \Vorld's Fair, 1893.

To the Western Railway Club prucecdings ior the past eight yeal's he has contributed a number of papers, including: .. Steam Heating for Railll'ay Cars;" .. Tcsting Laboratories for Railways;" .. Purification of \Vater fur Locollloti ve Boilers;" .. Railway Signaling;" .. Locomotive Tests;" ,. Car-Lighting Systems ;" and" Equipment at the \\ 'orld's Fair, 1893." Be prcsented a paper to the New York Railroad Club in 1\1arch. 1898, on " Electric Distribution of Power," which attracted wide attention. It treated of the description of electric transmission systems, direct and alternating current apparatus. suggestions on tbe manner of laying out the s.,'stelll. and electric distriiJution at the J3ald win Locomotive \\'orks. lIe is also the author of an articlc on "Locomoti"es" in the 10th edi tion of the .. Encyc1op;edia TIri tannica. ?-lr. Cibhs is a member of the University. Century. and Do\\'n-Town clubs, ;\ew York; of thc Rittenhouse Cluh. l'hiladclphia; and of the Theta Xi fraternity of Stevens Insti tute.

Gibbs, W. E. (;\I.E .. '82). was located ~ell' York city. 1883- 89; in Elizabeth. \". J.. J889-94: in :\ew j ' ork, 1894-98: and

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Giberga, Ovidio (HE .. '86), after grad llation. took charge of work as sub-chief of scction at Emperador. on the Panama Canal. and in the di ,'ersion of thc scveral affilll'nts of the Chagres l~i,路er. Besides filling en gagelllcnts in severa 1 ci vi I cngi neeri ng 1I'0rks, he assisted in substitllting modern improved .\IIIeric<ln locolllotivcs anci drills for the low efTiciency Belgian locomotives and steam drills in use. introducing American ideas and methods wherever possible. From 1888 to 1894 he was in Cuba. installing sugar aM] electrical machincry on plantations, and de,igning electric lighting and tramway plants for sel'eral cities. In 1895 he took charge of the gas works and electric-light plant of the Spanish .-\mcrican Light & Power Co .. of Ilavana. Cuba, increasing their capacit)' and econoIllY of running by the introduction of modcrn machinery. Tfl' was engaged ill this work for a period of fivc ycars. when he look charge of thc \I'ater and sewer branch


THE ALUMNI of the Enginccring Departmcnt of the city of Havana and of its c1cctrozone plant. In J900 he was clectcd a dircctor of thc Albear Canal. At the samc timc, through competitive examination, he obtaincd thc Chair of 1~lcelricity at the School of Enginccrs and Architccts of Ila\'ana, alld was appointed director of that School, \\ hich position he holds at the prcscllt time. Gibson, \\'as born 1877: son ( ;or<lon)

Frederick Montague (l\I.E., '01), ill ])o\'cr, N, .I., Nm'cmber 16, of John Simpson and Ella Mary C;ibson. I [c lias been with the

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Cambria Stcel Co., .Iohn,;to\\'n, 1'a., as assistant to stcam engi neer, from [(yo [ to date. He is a mClliher of tlie Theta Xi fraternity, Gibson, William Loan (l\r. I ~., '<)-1-), was horn in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 22, 1873. Ilc was foreman in tlie erceling-shops and draughtsman for thc Snow Steam Pump W01'ks, Duthlo, N. \ ' ., 189-1-- 96; \"ith the Mcxican K ational Railroad, at lIexico City, Mcx., as forcman on gradi ng, draughtsman in construction departmcnt, and instrul11entman in enginccrs' camp, 1896-99: division enginccr with S. Pcarson & SOli, on thc reconstruction of thc National Railway of the Isthmus of Tchuantcpcc (Ferro Carril N acional del 1St1110 de Tehuantepec), 18991Q02; and has bcclI resident engincer in

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chargc of crection of the IIenry R. \Northington new pumping-engine plant at Han'ison, N. J., from 1902 to date. Mr. Cibwn is the SOil of George R., and l\lary ( I.oan) C;ibsoll, of New England anccstry. J Ie marricd Socorro Farias, Deccmber J3, J899, and they havc three children, l\Iary, William, and Robert Gibson. Gildersleeve, David H. (l\l.E., '89), was with thc United Gas Impro\'el1lent Co. of Philadelphia, 1889-90; with thc Archer Gas Fuel Co., Ncwark, N. J., 1891-9-1-; mcchanical engineer with the Yaryan Co., New lork, 189-1-- 97; Eastern representati ve of the Snow Steam IJ Ulllp \Vorks, Ncw York, 189798; and with the Blake-Knowles Pump Co., New York, J898. lIe also acted as con5ulting engineer for several firms and companies, Ilc was appointed first lieutenant in the 2d Regiment, U. S. Volunteer Engincers, in the war with Spain. After thc war hc remained in Cuba and took chargc of the installation of the electrozone plant in IIayana for the purposc of disinfccting thc strccts and se\\'agc system of the city, and thc hariJor. Upon thc completion of this work Mr. Gildersleeve rcturncd to the United States and becamc manager of the New York offlce of the Cleveland Pncumatic Tool Co., and he has since practiscd as consulti ng and contracting engineer ill N elY York. Gilmore, J. W . (l\1.E., '9-1-), was assistant cngineer \\'ith the IIall Signa l Co., 1894-95; assistant cngineer with thc l\lining & Dredging Powcr Co., N elY York, 1895; sccretary of thc C. J. Field Co., consulting clectrical cngillccrs, Ncw York, 1895- 96; enginccr in charge of thc constructio n of track, lin ework, powcr-house, ctc., of thc Union Traction Co. of NclY Jersey, 1896- 97; and chief cngincer ant! sllperilltentlcnt of this company, 1897- 98. In 1\1ay, 1898, hc enlisted for the Spanish war and seryed in the United States Kayy ill the capacity of assistant enginccr. In April, 1899, he again entered the scryicc of the Hall Signal Co. as engineer at thcir works at Garwood, N, J., and in the spri ng of J 901 was transfcrrcd to the office of thc company at Chicago, Ill. From 1903 to date he has been with the Crouch & Fitzgcrald Co., New York.


TliE STEVE~S INSTlTUTE OF TEClJI\'OLOCY Glasgow, Arthur Graham (1\1.E" '85), \\'as born in Buchanan, \'a,. ::'ITay 30, 1865. lIe was in the sen'ice of the u ni ted Gas ]mpro\'ement Co, from 1885 to 1891; as draughtsman ant! constructor. 1885-86; as

;\' G, GLASGOI\'

sccretary and managcr (in the Improl'cment Company's interests) 0 f thc Lell'iston C~1l c,) Gas Light Co " 1886 87; as personal assistant to thc Improl'elllent Company's gcncral super in tcndcnt, ] 887-88; as superintcndcnt ( in the Jll1prOI'eJ1lent COll1pany's intcrests) of the Kansas City Gas Light & Cokc Co., 1888-90; ancl as gencral inspcctor of the I1IJprovc1lJent Co" 1890-91. ]n Deccmbcr, 1891, 1\1r. Glasgoll' became cngincer and gcneral managcr of the Standard Gas Light Co. of the City of ::\ew York, and frol11 May, 1892, to clate, he has been m;tnagi ng partner in E urope of the fll'Jll of I IUllIphre)'s & Glasgo\\', co ntracting and constructing gas cnginecrs. (lnclcr his direction, t hi s firm has designed, constructed, and brought into successfu l operation carburetted water-gas Il'orks throughout thc United Kingclom and the contincnt of Europe. as lI'cll as in Australia, New Zea land, China. ctc ,. aggregating a total productive capacity of over 130.000,000 cuhic feet daily, l\Jr. ClasgolY g,Lve extcnsivc c\'idence before the \Vater Gas COl11mi ttee of thc British H01lJe Officc in IR98, and was president of the oAicial (\l:lcgation represcnting thc Unitcd States Go\'-

e1"11lllent at the \ \' orId's Gas Congress at Paris in 1900. ;,\Ir. Glasgo\\' is the author of numerous essays. among \\'hich arc the following: .. Practical Efficiency of a Carburetted \\'ater-Gas Setting," presented to the [\m erican (;as Light ,\ssociation, 1890; .. Carburetted \Valer Cas," and ,. Carburetted \ \ ' aler-Gas . \pparatus," presenled to the Incorporated Institution of Cas Engineers, London, 1891 and 1893; .. 1\otes on Ca r , huretted \ \' ate I' Cas," presented to the Cleveland Institution of Engineers, l\IiddJcsboro', England, 1897; .. Carburetted \\'al\.'r Cas and the ll oll1e Office IllCjuiry," a lecture hefore the J ncorporatcd Gas Institute, Lon, don. 1899; .. Carburetted \ \' ater Gas as a Coal-Gas ,\.uxi li ary," presented to the Allier .. ican Cas L ight Association, October, 1899. for \\'hich ;'\ 11'. (;Iasgo\\, received the Beal nledal, which is awardcd for" the hest paper" prcsclltl'd to the Associatioll during the year , The com1lJittee of award said: ":\I!'. Glasgo\\' treated his suhject in a mas ll'rl)' manner, The paper is broad in its SCOPL' and of great amI gcneral usefulncss to thc g~LS cnginccr. The deduclinl1s are feachell hy the author a[ter a thorough analytiealexaminatioll of all the un(\l'r1ying hases of gas-manufacture, The paper exhibits , in a marked degrec, the results o[ thc large and \'aricd cxperience o[ a gas engineer. ' 1

In 1903 hc prcsentcd to the Amcrican l;as Light l\ssociation o[ Detroit a paper cntitled .. Thc Policy of (;as Enrichmcnt; Illustrated 1,1' London Practice." J 1e deli \'cred thc addrcss to the Stcvens Craduating Class of

19 0 1. i\11'. (; \asgo\\' is a llll:\1lber of thc Institution of Civil Enginecrs of Creal Britain; of the I nstitution of l\lechanical Engineers of (;reat Ilritain; the . \m erican Society of 1\lechanical Engineers; thc American Society of Ci\' il I ~ng in eers; the ,\l1Icrican Cas Light ,\ssociatioJl; and of the \\' cstern Gas .\.ssociation. Ill' IS a lso it lllember of the \\'cstilloreland and COllllllOJ1\I'ealth clubs, of Hichmond. \'a.; the Lotos Club, of New York; the \Veiling-tOil, \Vhitchall. and Pilgrims' cluiJs of London; and of thc Delta Tau Dclta fraternity, ::'Ill'. (;Iasgow is the son of .franc is Thomas and ,\nnc .lan e (Cholson) Glasgo\\', and is of Sc()lrh - J rish, Engl ish, and Swiss desccnt.


TIlE ALUMNI I Ie Illanied ::\1 argarct Elisabeth Brallch, October r. 1901, and they have one daughter, :'\Iargarct Cholsoll (;Jasgo\\,.

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Gnade, Edward Richard (i\l. E., '(4), was hOr1l ill Rutherford, ?\. J., ,\ugust 23, 1874; son of Richard E., and Sarah I'-ranees Butler ( ;na(/e. . \ fter a fel\' lI1Onth; ~;ho[J-\\'ork in the Cooke Locollloti Ie \ \-orks he lI"as employed as draughtslllan, Ivith the Xalional :'Ilctcr Co., Brooklyn. X. \ -.. for ahout IS months, and then look a position lI"ith the I nternalional Correspondence Schools oi Scranton, 1'a., taking charge or the instruc tion in mechanical dralling. In July, 1897, he cntered the scn'ice of the I )ickson i\lanufacturing Co.. Scranton, 1'a., as draughtsman, and a year later took his present posi tion as mechanical t'ngillcl'r for the Oil \rell Supply Co .. Oil City. J'a .. IlI<lnufacturing g:b and steam engilll's ane! all apparatus ane! appliallces for the productioll (If petrolcuill. lie is a junior 1lll'lllht'r of the [\ml'1'ican Society of :'I1l'chanical I~nginl'('rs.

Paterson , X . .I., anu of the Reform Cluh, X ew York. ::\1 r. ColdsllIith is the son of Louis and Ilannah Fulkr (;oldsmith. lie married Kate :."Ilorse Price. September 13, 18CJ8, and they havc two children, Kathcrine Price and :'Ilargaret Fuller (;oJdslllith. Goode, Curtis Bates (M.I~., '01), I\'as born in Iks :'Iloim's. 1011'a, :'IJay 13. 1880; son oi L. \\-. and II. S. (Xel\'ton) (;oo<ie. lie lI"a$ a ~peci;d apprentice in the mcchanical de partl1lent of the .\tchi,on. Topeka. & Santa 1"(, j~ailll'ay Co .. San Bernardi no, Cal.. specializing in oil-huming II'ork [or locol11otilt and stationary practice. lie is a l1lel1liJer of tht \\'l'stern Railway C1uh. Grady, Charles Benedict plY., '(7). was horn in \\ 'est Orange, X. J.. .\lIglht 2<).

Goldsmith, James Alfred l:'l 1.1':., '(3), was hOr1l in XCI\' York city January 2<), t873. Ill' has hcen cOllllected with the linn of I less. (;ole!smith & Co .. silk manufacturers, \\,ilke5harre. 1'a .. from 1l-\<)3 to date; as general

C. B. (; R.\JJI

manager 1897, and as Il1cmher of the firm 1903. lIe is a ll1el1lhcr ot" (he I ramilton Club,

1876: son of Joseph B. F. and Frances .\. (Bl'nedict) (;rady. I [e II as draughtsman II ith :'II illikl'n TIros .. engineers and contractors, XCII York. 1i:;<)7<)9: lIith the Oxnard Construction Co., Xc\\' ,\'ork. cngaged in I recting and equipping hcet-sugar plants in I'arious parh of the country, 18<)<)- 190r: and has hcen in the engineering departmcnt of the ~ell \ -o rk I~dison Co., l\ew York. (iL-signing s!t:al1l 1)()\I¡tr plants for ciL-ctrlC lighting and trolle), sen'ice, frOI1l 1901 to date. fTe is no\\' resident cngineer of the


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company's \VatersJ(le Power Station in New \' ork city. 11e is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Graf, Carl H. (i\f.E., '90), was born il; Newark, N. j., January 23, 1869. lIe was with the l\tlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia, 1890; assistant to the manager of the Lawrence Gas Co., Lawrence, Mass., 1890-98, and in 1892 was made superintendent of its gas department, his work consisting of a general supervision of the process of gas manufacture and distribution as well as of work of construction and erection. Ile was in charge of the gas department of the Hackensack Gas & Electric Co., IIackensack, N. J., 189899; engineer of the gas department of the G3S & Electric Co., of Bergen County, N. J., a consolidation of fil'e lighting companies, l899-l903. In 1903 he became general superintendent of the Tilford-Lynn Syndicate. which controls some fifteen gas and electric companies in various States and has its office in r\ew York. ne is now located at Detroit with the J. T. Lynn Co. TIe is a member of the American Gas Light ,\ssociation, the New England Association of Cas Engineers. ami of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Mr. Graf is the son of Herman and Adol-

Graham, F. D. (M.E., '02), is with the Graham Transportation Lines, Seabright, N . .1. Graupner, Paul Charles Augustus (M.E., '89), was hom in Jersey City, N. J., March

P. C. A.

GILIUI'NICR

24, 1867; son of C. i\. and Emma Craupner.

IJe is a graduate of the Hoboken Academy. 1879. and of the Stevens School. 1885. IIe II'as one of the cngineering corps of the Union Iron \\'orks. l889- 9l; assistant enginecr to Alfred R \Vom, heating and ventilating expert, 1891- 9-+; with Macy & Mixer, as engineer and designer of their refrigerating-machines of the absorption type, and subseql1ently preparing plans of various classes of desulphl1rization plants of the :\[ <lcy sy~l(,ll1. ]89-1--96; consul ling engineer to Josiah J I. i\[ac),; the Agatine Shoe TIook & Eyelet Co .. and other clients; and supervising lllunicipal 1I'0rk, J896 to date. Gray, Charles B. (M.E., '99), has been with the Pennsylvania Railroad in the shops at Altoona, I'a.; and at Buffalo, N. Y.

C. H.

GRAF

phine Graf. lIe married Corinne Battell. November 18, J896, and they have two children, Madeline and Eleanor GraL

Graydon, Samuel D. (i\f.E., '75), Assistant Professor of Mechanical Drawing at Stevens Institute of Technology. For biography, see page 274. Greenebaum, Leon (M.E., '85), was in the shipbuilding department of the Onion Iron

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TIlE .\LUl\lNI \Vorks, Sail Francisco, Cal .. 1885 88; at the Atlas Iron \\' orks, San Francisco, 1888-89; associated with Mr. Paul G. Hussey (M.E., Stevens. '85), 1889-92; then in the employ of the \\restern Meat Co., in the erection and equipment of their packing-houscs and refrigerating-plant, ultilllately taking charge of their engineering and purchasing departments, ,892-97; and has heen located at San l<rancisco, Cal., 1897 to date, giving attention to mining properties in which he is intcrested. Since '903 he has iJeen president of the Bryan Elevator Co., San l<rancisco.

son of William N. and IIarriett L. (Ely) Criswold. He was with the Middle States Inspcction Bureau, as inspector of special risks for thirty-eight companies comprising the J3ureau, 1893-1900; special agent for ;"\1 ew Jersey for the Phcenix Assurance Co., of London, 1900; and special agent for New Jersey and part of New York for the Phcenix Insurance Co., of 1 fartforcl, Conn ., with headquarters in Ncw \"ork, from I90[ to datc. TIe is a memiJer of Squadron A., N. (;, S. ;"\1. Y., and of the Chi Psi fraternity. lIe married Elsie ).1. \Vhitney in June, 1904.

Greenidge, C. Austin (i\LE., '95), was n1(;chanical and electrical enginecr with thc l\Iount Morris Electric Light Co. of New York city, 1896-98, ami supcrintendent 189899; assistant superintendent \"ilh the :\e\\ York Edison Co .. 1899-1902; superi ntcndent of thc electrical departlllent of the Utica Gas & Elcctric Co., Utica., N. Y., from T902 to date. IT e is an associate memiJer of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and a mClllher o[ the Syracuse Technology Club.

Griswold, Howard Clifton (l\I.E., '88), was born in Louisyillc, Ky., l<ebruary 28, 1866. llis early education was receivcd in the puhlic graded schools of Louisville, Ky. \\' ith thc exception of eightcen months, during \\hich time he was with the Louisville

Gregory, Donald MeG, (l\LE., '00), was horn in Oakland, Cal., l\lay 10, 1877; only son of Silas \\'right and Crace V. Cregory. llis early education was obtainell in Cer路 man)" the \)rislcr School ill New York city, and the Ste\'ens Preparatory School. Upon graduating he entered the employ of the Pintsch Comprcssing Co., of New York, erecting gas-plants in various parts of the countr)', among which Illay he melltioned those at Los ,\ngc1es, CaL, and Shre\'Cport, La, Ill' \\ as just completing a plant for the compan)' at EI Paso, Tex., and was aiJout to engage in similar work in Mexico, WhCll his death occurred, March I I, 1902, Grelle, C. Edward (l\ r. E.. '98), was wi th the N c\\' ,\ msterdam (;as Co., l\" ew York, 1898 !)<); draughtsillan with the American Engine Co .. Bound Brook, N. J., 18<)9; with 1I1arkt & Co .. Ltd .. Paris, Francc, 1900. In 1900 hc hecamc secretary of the \Villamctte Boiler \ Vorks, Portland, Ore., ami he now holds the officcs of vicc-president and manager. Griswold, Harold Ely (M.E., '93), was born in N cw York city October 16, 1870;

11. C. GRISWOLD

& Xashville Terminal Co., in charge of terllIinal improYclllcnts at Nashville, Tenn., madc jointly by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. and the Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Hailroad Co., he has been in the cmploy of the Louisvillc & Nashville Railroad Co., h;\\'ing held during the past IS years the positiolls of draughtsman in chief engineer's office, 1888; roclman and assistant engineer in connection with terminal improvements, Cincinnati, 0., r888--89; assistant engineer in charge of masonry COll-


TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY strunion at vanous places on the Louisville & l'\ asll\'i lie system. 1889- 90; division engineer on the Louisville. Cincinnati, & Lexington cli\' ision, 1890-98 ; engineer in charge of terminal improyements, Xash\'ille, Tenn., made by the Louisville & Nashville Terminal Co., 1R98- '900; roadm<lster of the Knoxville di\'ision of the Louis\'ille & Nashville Railroad Co., J 900 to J903; and roadmaster of the Louis\' ille, Cincinnati, & Lexington divi~ion from 1903 to date. ~lr. Griswold is the son of Howard M. and Anna (;rant Gris\\路old. 11e married 1\Iec :\1. Young, Xo\'ember 16. 1898. Gsantner, Otto C. (?lLE ., '78), was in the Engineer Corps of the United States Navy, 1878-86. and since the laller year has been in the Examining Corps of the United States Patent Office. Gubeiman, Frederick P. J. (1\1.拢., '89), was horn in ] loboken, N. l, January 7, 1869; son of Theodore Franz and Julia Susanna Cubclman. Shortly after graduating he entered the employ of the l'hccnix Iron \\'orks Co ., of Meadville, Pa .. and had charge of the outside erection of steam-hoiler and engine plants, electric-light stations, etc., besides doing l1lore or less designing of compound engines. In May, 1890, he engaged with 1\IcKee & ;\filsoll. Paterson. 01. J. This firm had the contract for huilding a steel ri\'elled pipe line for the city of -:\'ewark, l'\. l i\fr. Gubelman had entire charge, as engineel-, of both shop and field work; and retained this pnsition until March, 1893. 1\1es5r5. McKee & Milson also huilt half of a pipe system at Rochester. 1\. Y. Up to this time these pipe lines were the largest ane! longest undertaken; and the systcm of conveying water by continuous steel ri \'ellee! conduits was practicall y ne\\'. Thc?\ cwa rk line consi sted of 22 milcs of -t8-inch pipc and .=; milcs of 36-inch pipc, all rivetted togcther in a continuous shell without expansion joints. This portion of the work cost $[,7S0.000. thc whole costing ahout $6,000.000. The Rochestcr linc consisted of 28 miles of 38- inch pipc of a similal' construction, and cost about $1.25 0,000. rn March. ,1-\93, Mr. Guhelman left this position to go into contracting on his own

account. This, howcver, proved unsucccssful, and he did some spccial work in thc Departmcnt of Tests of Stevens] nstitutc until Septcmher, 189-t. when he hccame principal assistant to l\Ir. Rohert S\\路an. supervising engineer for the new waterworks of Allegl1C'ny City. Pa. In this position, which he rctaincd until July I, 1896. he had cntire charge of thc designing and construction o[ thc waterworks. During this last period he was also employed at different timcs by thc East Jersey \\'a tcr Co .. to look after the designing o[ somc of its cxtcnsions and improvemcnts. including thc -t2-inch steel pipc linc connecting its systcm with the Jersey City waterworks. lle also practised to some extent as consulting cngineer in various legal controversies. etc. On July I. 1896, he engaged as chief engineer \\'ith the firlll of T. A. & R. (i. Cillcspic, enginecrs and contractors. of Pittshurg and Ncw York, which \\'as engaged in builcling a storagc resen'oir at Canislcar, 01. J.. \\'ith a capacity of 2.500.000.000 gallons, a water surfacc of ahout -t-tO acres. and four separate dams at a cost of ahout $3S0.000. This firm was reorganized. January 1. 1897. into the T. f\. Gillespie Co., a corporation. in which 1\fr. (;uhelman was elected a dircctor and also appointed as chief cnginecr and m<lnag-cr of the 1\"ew \ 'ork office. In Fchruary, lR90. he \\'as elected \' icc-prcsident of thc Company, a position which, together with those of chief engineer and clirector. he held until l'ehruary. 1903. During that time the firm constructed, among other enginecring works. the following: Portions of the Pillshurg. Besscmcr, & Eric Hailroad. , \liOut eight miles of 50-inch stcel rivcttcd pipe for thc city of l\Tinneapolis. including a double linc under thc -:\Tississippi Ri\'e r. :\c\\' lincs for thc Passaic \\'atcr Co .. including a crossing under thc Passaic River hy one -t2- i nch and two -tR-i nch pi pes. .\ largc pumping-~ tation and pO\\'l' r plant at Little Falls. X. J.; the new st-inch riveUed steel conduit running from LillIe l'alls to :\cwark. a distancc of ahout 9 milcs; and a large rescn-oir 011 Carrcll :'Ilountain, ncar Paterson. \\'hich is connectcd with this pipe line. Thesc three picces of work werc clone for thc East Jcrsey \Vater Co. and cost ahout $2.000,000 . Thcy were complcted in I899.


TIlE ,\LUl\lNI About $600,000 worth of 36-incll and 48路 inch water-mains for the I\ew York \\'ater Departtllent. 1898. A large power-developmcnt plant at :\Ja5sena, N. Y., designcd ulti mately to develop roo,ooo horse-powcr; commcnced in 1898 and cOtllpleted in 1902. A large filtration plant at Little ralls, N. J., for the East Jersey ,Vater Co .. costing about $3掳0.000, constructed in 1901. Large mains for the Pittshurg water system. at a cost of ahout $600.000. 190r. On February J, 1903, 1\fr. Guhcllllan severcd his connection with the Gillespie corporation and formcd the Eastern Construction Cotllpany of ~ ew Jersey, general contractors, 0 f \\'h i ch he is pre si dent. :\mong its contracts is one for the construction of part of the new waterworks for Jersey City. atllounting to about $400.000. l\fr. C;ubelman has taken out a patent for an alltomatic air-valve which permits air to escape frolll the high points ill a pipe line, but allo\\'s no water to escape. and, ,.'icc 'Z'rrsa, prevents the formation of a vacuum when lI'ater is drawn off. His graduating thesis, ,. The Performance of the Steamer 'llo111er Ramsdell:" \\'as jlublished in the StC'Z'CIlS Illdicator. VI, 296. 1\11'. Guhelman is a membcr of the New England \Vater \\'orks l\ssociation; of the l\mcrican ,Vater ,Vorks Association; the American Society of Mcchanical Engineers; the American Society of Ci viI Engineers; the T"ranklin Tnstitute, of Philadelphia; the University Club of Hudson County, N. J.; the Hamilton Club of Pater路soll. N. J.; the ,Tersey City Club; thc Deal (;01拢 Cluh, of Deal Beach, N. J.: ancl of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Guenther, Frederic A. (lVI.E., '99). has been i 11 the electro-chemical department 0 f the United Electric Light Co., Springfield, ~rass .. 1899; in the Carnegie Steel \Vorks, Duquesne, Pa .. 1899- T900; and draughtsman with the United Enginecring & Contracting Co., New York, from 1900 to date. II e is a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Gunagan, Richard Henry (M.E., '95), was born in Chicago.. III., December 2, 1872. lIe was graduated from the Rutherford, N. J., public school, and entered the Stevens Insti-

tute fro11\ the Stevells School ill ri-\I)J. lIe worked with his father. who was a carpenter aile! builder: was draughtsl11an for the Cooke Locomotil'e & Machine Co., PaLcrson, :\ . .I .. J895-96: in the S;1I11e capacity for the Carvin Machine Co .. ~ell' York, 1896, and ill the Eqllipment Departmcnt at the Unitt:d States Xa\'y Yard. Brooklyn, N. Y., 18961902. II'here also he has been master electrical machinist from 1902' to date. ?-Ir. (;llnagall is the son of Thomas C. and

R. H.

GUNAGA:-J

Mary J. (I rorne) Gunagall. lIe married I"lorence C. Shugg, Jalluary J4, r898. Gunnison, Albert Waldron (l\LE., '96), was horn in St. Louis, 1\10 .. August 12, 1873. i \t an early age he \\'as left an orphan and Spe]1t 1110::;t of his life in Brooklyn. I-Ie received his education at the Polytechnic Institute an(1 Stcvens Institute. I-Ie entered the employ of the Pncumatic Tube Co. of Philadelphia in January, r897, and was actively eng-aged upon work conllected with the installation of the jlneumatic tuhe mail system in Greater :---Jell' York when he was stricken \I'ith typhoid fever frol11 which he died, December T, 1897. The meritorious work performed by him upon this contract was rewarded by proillotion, but the information came too late to be impartecl to him. lIe ",as a member of Theta Xi fraternity. l\Tr. Gunnison was the son of George


TIlE STEV I~NS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Stuart and ;'liar)' Frances ( \Valclron) Gunnison. Ilc married Frances Gratia Olen a,

caillc president and gencral manager. Ill' is noll' manu facturing electric clevators, and is located at the New York branch which is conducted undcr thc firm naille of the Xational Ek\'ator & Const\'l1ction Co. IIc is

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A. W.

GUNNISON

f)ecember J6. IR96. and thcy had one child. \\'aldron Olena Cunn ison. Gunther, Charles O. (1T.E., '00), Assistant r'rofcssor of Mechanical Drawing at Ste\'ens Institute of Technology. For biography, see pagc 2 19. Gurney, Howard F. (l\J.E .. '92), was born in Jersey City, N. J., September 29. ]87 0 . I Ie is a graduate of the public grammar and high schools of Jersey City, and of Stevens School. TIc \\'as draughtsman with the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Elizabethport, ~. J., 1892- 93; draughtsman, shop foreman, and superintendent of constrtlction with the Sprague Electric Elevator Co., J893-96; at Lockport, T Y., " 'ith the Charles F. Parker Co., (~ngineers al1([ contractors, as superintendent in charge of canal improvement COlltract NO.3, \\'es tern Division of the Erie Ca na l, invohing the deepcning of the canal for six miles of its length, .1896--97: general superintendcnt of the Metropolitan Electric Construction Co., )Jew York, J&)7-98; gellera l superintcndent of the ~prague Elevator Co., ]898-99: and gcneral supcrintcndcnt of construction for the Otis Ele\'ator Co. 1899J904. JIc thell purchased control 0 f thc National Elevator & Machine Co., and be-

II.

F. GURNEY

all associatc membcr of thc Amcrican Insti tute of I ~ lcctrical Eng-incer~. and a mcmber of the Engincers' Cluh of New York. :\Ir. C;llrney is the SOil of \\'illiam I I. and .\Ilnie (;urlll'Y. lie llIarricd C'lara L. I) ear, .\pril 10. IR()5. alld they have one child, Ilo\\'ard I:. (;mncy, J1'. Gutierrez, Jose Rafael (l\r.E.. '00), was horn in Sancti ~[lirilus. Cuha. June J4, r878; son o[ Teresa allcl l\Tanllcl (~utierrez. For a short tillle' during 1900 he was draughtsrnan in the H(lgers Locomotivc " 'orks. Paterson, ~. J.. and then ulltil December, was in the City Engincering Dcpartmcnt at Havana, Cuba. Tl c next hecamc Enginecr of Public \\'orks. and \I'as engaged in the construction of a highway between Sandi Spiritus and rlacitos. a distance of .j.2 miles. In JUllC, IQOT, hc engagcd ill professional work for hilllsel f as a contracting engineer, his first \\'ork being on thc abovc-mcntioned high way, \I¡hcre hc complete(l fOllr bridges, onc heing the largest highway bridge in Cuba. rt is a Pratt stcel bridgc with spans of 20, 27, and 50 mcters, making a total length of 97 meters bctwccn abutmcnts. In addition

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THE A LUl\1NI to this work he has been connected with ,everal copper, iron. asbestos, and graphite mines; designer of the Sancti Spiritus electric light plant; and contractor for the Department of Puhlic \Vorks. lie is a member of Amor y Verdad, Sancli Spiritus. Guttin, Henry (M.E., '96). has been engaged in other than engincering \l'ork since graduation. During the \l'ar \I'ith Spain he \\'as commis,ioned assistant cngineer with the rclativc rank of acting ensign, U. S. N. Iris home is in Xcw York city.

On his father's side he is a direct descendant of George Ross, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. \Vhile a student at Stevens he was engaged in the compilation and revision of cyclop;-cdias. lIe was an Instructor at Stevens Institute during the Supplementary Term, 1902; with the lllinois Steel Co., South Chicago. Ill., in the same year; and si nce then he has been with the Continuom

Hackstaff, John D. (l\LK, '98), was with Evans, .Almirall, & Co., heating and ventilating engineers, Boston, Mass., 1898-99; ~ince which time he has heen with \V. S. Hockwell & Co., Kew \'or].;, later becoming a member of the reorganized firm, the Rockwell Engineering Co. :-Ir. lIackstaff's graduating thesis, written jointly with Messrs. 1\ riller & Lunger, on ,. The Efficiency of the T\I'i n-Screw Steam-Yacht' Sovereign,' " was published in the Sln.'ells fllsli/ute Inciicat01', .\pri!. r8()9. He is a junior member of the l\merican Society of Mechanical Engineers. A. p,

HAGAR

Hail [oint Co. of America, Newark, N. J I Ie i~ a memher of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Hagstoz,

J. R.

GUTlERREZ

Hagar, Arthur Percy (M.E., '02), was born in Newark, N. J., August 7, 1880; son of George J, and Emma L. (Hubbard) IIagar. IIis paternal ancestry is Scotch and Dutch; his mother's French and German.

Arthur

Thomas

(M.E.,

'99),

was born in Camden, N. J., OctOiJCI- 29, r876; S011 of Thol11as Bar\\'iss ami Emma Heed rT ag-stoz. On his father's side he is de~ce11de<i from a family which came to Philadelphia, Pa., from England, in J733. IIis maternal ancestors came to Philadelphia from IIeidenheim. Cerlllany, in 1802. He was in the mcter department of the Edison Electric ltlulllinating Co .. :t\ew York, 1899; and has hecn with the T. B. lIagstoz Co., Ltd .. Philadelphia. Pa., ,meiters and refiner" of gold. ,ih路cr. anci lead, from that period to date. \Vhile in this employ he was sent to the smelting department of the Courvoisier\Vilcox Manufacturing Co., Newark, N. J., and worked on their furnaces for about six months. IIe then returned to Philadelphia and superintended the erection and starting


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of thc nell' furnaces or thc T. n. ITagsloz Co., Ltd., at the nearhy ttJ\I'n of Ri\'('r~ide, Burlington Co .. :-.:. J. Tn .\ugusl. 1901, his work was transferred to the Philadelphia oflice, \I hcre hc helel the positions of sccretary and treasurer for ol'er a year. On October I. 1902. he located at Rin:rside, where he has

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IIIC STOZ

since be('n l'llgaged in general chart.:"e of the works. I Ie is a me111ber (If the Jewellers' Club of Philadelphia, 1'a .. and of the Chi Phi ami ).[asonic fraternities, and is prcsident or the Delanco .\thktic l\ssoeiation. J Ie is also an lltlnorarv member of the Veteran Corps, 1St Regim~nt, ~. C. r. Haight, Robert Stanley (i\I.I~., '<)9), was born in \\'estchcstcr, ~. Y. lIe was draughtsnlan in the engine draughting-room of the ~e\l'port :-':ews ~hipiJuilding & Dry Dock Co .. r899- J<)00: \lith the 1\'ew York Shipbuilding Co., Canlden, ~. J., 19掳0-0 [ ; and has iJeen assistant to the superintending engineer of the Old J)ominion Steamship Co.. :-\ e\l' \ ' ork. [rom I()o I to date. II i s graduatillg thesis. on ... \nalysis of th<.: Speed Trial of the Twin 路Screw Steam- Yacht' SO\'ereign.路 by I), \\', Taylor's :'I[ethod of Triai .\nalysis," \\'as Jlublished in the SI"','<'lls Jaslilll/e llldieolor, , \pri!. I ()OO, lie is a mem her o[ the ~oci<.:t\路 of :\;t\'al .\rchitects and :'Ilarine [nginet'rs, anel of the Delta Tau Delta and Tau Beta Pi fraternities.

Hake, August R. ()'I.E.. '<)2), was born in IloiJoken, S . :'Ilarch J7, 1872. 11<.: graduated frOIll the llohokcn Acadcmy in IR8S. I Ie was a mellliJer of thc cngineering corps on the Park :\ \'enuc IlllprO\'elllent , ~ew York Central J{ailroad. Nc\\' York, in laying out the preliminary sur\'(:y for o\'erhead plate girders, ]892: in the steel-rail rolling-mill of the I'enn sy h'ania Steel Co,. Ilarri<h111'g.l'a., IS().? 9~: and has been with the Ph. J lake Manufacturing Co" J\cw \'ork, frolll IRr)3 to date. I Ie is a llIember of the Deutscher Club of Iloboken.

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Hall, Arthur H. (l\f.E" '90), was in the shops of the ~piral-\\'e1t1 Tube Co., Bloom field, :-.:, J., 18 ~)0 <)[: assisted in redesigning and supcrintending thc constructir)ll of spiralwcld tube machincs in Germany, J891 - 92; with Spaulding. Jennings, & Co .. in charge of their cold-roll-steel and \I"ire-dra\\'ing ell' partlllent, ISr)3-94: with the Central Gas I,ight Co., Xe\\' \'ork, as supcrintendent of street 111ains, 18<)497: and has been with the ('('ntral l Tnion (;as Co, and the ~orlhel'll L' nioll (;as Co .. as superintendent of distri bution. frollllR97 to date. 1 Ie is a llIelllber oi the . \111erican (;as Light .\ssociation. Hall, Burton Pettinger (1\1. E., 'SR), was horn in Xc\\' \ 'o rk city, [\pril 19, 1Ro7. lIe has hecn engaged in stealll construction \\ork si nce graduation; as sl1perint<.:ndenl of the 1\'ew \ 'o rk Steam Fitting Co" has had charge of the designing anel construction of heating, ventilating-. and pO\l'e r plants \I'hich have been installe(1 in somc of the Jargest hotels. apartment houses, and iactories in XC\\" \'ork city anc! vicinity. Ill' has also done considerable consulting work in the linc of power transllIission and consu1llption, and at present is the trcasurer of the XCII' \ 'o rk Steam Fitting Co. TIc is a llIemher of the Theta Xi and Tau Beta Pi fraternities. :'1[1'. II'll! is the son of (;corge F. aud :'Ilary ~f. IIall. Ill' llIarried Bertha L. Packard, .\pril I(), IR9.3, alltl they have onc child. Clifford .\lden ] JaIl. Hall, Charles A. (l'Il.E., 'S7), \\'as with Price & llal!. deillers in harch\'are, clc., Mobile, Ala., ISR7-() 0 : ilnd then becamc general manager o[ the l\Iobile Phosphate & Chemi-

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TIlE cal l\1:ul\lfacturing Co., l\Tohile. Tn IR99 he was clected president of thc company. rctaining his position as managcr, ill II'hich capacity he had under his dircct chargc the management of the technical department of thc cOlllpany, \\hich was engaged in the manufacturc of sulphuric acie\. acid phosphates. guanos, etc. 1 Je also planned and lxecuted man) imprOl"Cments in the plant. In 1901 :'ITr. 11all sold out his interest in thi~ husiness to del'ole his time to professional \l'ork as consulting and contracting engineer, gil'ing special attelltion to examinatiolls and reports of industrial properties. crushing' and puh'crizing plants. fertilizer 1I'0rks, suI phuric-acid plants. etc .. at l\lohile.

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lieutenant) and sl'1'l'cd as chid euginccr of the monitor" Jason" until she was put out of conllllj,.,joll at the cOllclllSion of the \l'ar. Ilc is a junior mellll>er of the _\lllcrican Socid." of :'Ifl'ehanical Ellgineers; a mcmber of the Socidy of :\a\'al . \rchitects and :'Ilarinc Engineers: enginecr lieutenant in Ihe 2d :"\' ;1\' a 1 Ilaltaljoll . ..\. :'IT.. '\. Y .. and a nlenlher oi the Delta Tau Dclta frall'rnity. Halliday, William Reeder (:\1. E., '(2), lias hol'l1 ill S()uth Orange. '\ . .I .. '\(lI'cmhl'l'

Hall, Robert Everett C\I.I~ .. '().:;), II'as hoi'll in Brooklyn. X. Y .. :'Ilarch 13. 1~71: snn of Gcorgc F. and ;'Ilary 1\1. (Powers) IJal1. 1 Te II as in thc department of tests as in spect(lt' of materials used in the nlClliYepOller departmcnt of the BaltinlOrc & Ohio I~ailrnad, Baltimore. :'lTd .. IR()3 97: II ith thc llall Steam Power t '0 .• ~ell' York. holding successil'ely the positions of inspector and superintendent. IR()7 ()~; and has hecn s('crc tary of the ;\ell' York Steam Fitting Co. from lRg~ to date. lie is also a dircctor of the C. F. Ilall Co .. '\el\' York. Dnring the

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27. IR7<): snn of \\". S. and:'l\. L. (l'ierson) Iialliday. TIc I\'as an In,truclor ill Supplemcntary Term \I'ork at StcITns Institute, 1902: lahor foreman at the rail Illill of thc 111 i Ilois Steel Co .. I ()02 03: and has heen in the gTncral offices of thc Continuous Rail Joint Co., .\ewark, X. J., from ]()03 to date.

R. E. llALL

I\'ar Ilith Spain 11 r. 11all cntcrcd the navy as passcd assi stan t cngi nccr (wi th rank of

Hamilton, Alexander King (l\ I.E., '95). lIas horn ill Johnsto\l' n, 1'<1 .. Septemhcr 10, 1~73. ·lll' lias in the mechanical department of the Camhria Steel Co .. johnstolln, I~()5 1,)00. doing gencral experimcntal IUirk; \Ias draughtsman in charge of a squad. I()OO or: assistant to chief draughbman, IgOl 02; and dil'ision cngineer with the Lackawanna Steel Co., Buf(alo, N. Y .. in chargc of thc designing and cOl1structiol1 of new mills. 1902 03. Tn J unc of the latter year hc was appointed assistant cngincer


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to the same company, in charge of all engineering work, and he now holds the position of chief engineer. lIe is a junior mcmber of the American Society of l\Iechanical Engineers and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. ':\1r. Hamilton married, September IS.

1897路 Hamilton, James Brown (l\I.E., '95), wa~ horn in i'\orth Carolina Dccember 25, 1873.

po rated in I897 under the namc of the Bland Tobacco Co., amI since that time he has held the position of secretary and treasurer of the company. Hamilton, William ]uel (l\LE., '89), was born in Albany, N. Y., December I7, I867; son of William .\. and Amanda J. Ouet) I Tamillon. Tl is father's ancestors were of :\e\V England bil路th, and their forebears came [rom England, It'c!and, and Scotland. The first Hamilton in this country settled in :\lassachusells about the middle of the 17th century. I [is mother's ancestors were I'ronch Jlugl1enOl and English. Mr. Hamilton received his early education in the AIhan)' ;\cadem)'. I1e has been in the employ of the lfendrick Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Carbondale, Pa., from I889 to dale, holding the position of mechanical engineer until 1896, purchasing agent, J896 lC)02; and mechanical cngineer, J902- 03, in which latter year he ",as appointee! assistant secretary. Ilc is a 11Jemher of the Scranton, and Scran ton Enginel'l'~' cluhs, of the New England ~ocicly of Northeastern PCllnsyh'ania, and of the Della Tau Delta fraternity.

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Hammond, George Overton (l\1. E., '(8), was born in .l\CII' York city April 20. 1874.

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Ile prepared for Stevens Institute at the University School, Petershurg, Va. Ire was draughtsmall with the Baldwin Locomotive \Vorks, Philadelphia, Pa., I895- 97; with the \Vestern Electric Co., New York, 1897-98; ",ith "\. Faller flu Faur, consulting engineer, Nell' York. 18<;8 99; and has since heen with the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York. IT e is a member o[ the Royal Arca1Il1 III , of Euclid Lodge No. J36, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Theta Xi fraternity. Mr. Tiall1i1toll is the son of Hobert A. and Martha E. \ '. JLlIlJiltoll. He married IIelen C. K:napp, July 24, I899, and they have two SOllS, James, Jr., and Alston IIamilton. Hamilton, Robert P. (M.E., 94). imlllediately upon graduating became a partner in the firm of Bland Bros. & \Vright. tobacco manufacturers. The business was incor-

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l]pon graduation he entered the shops of the Eric Railroad at Susquehanna, Pa., as


THE ALUMNI special apprentice, and since then has been connected with the engineering work of the road successively as draughtsman, engineer of tests, general foreman of Meadville shops, assistant inspector o[ machinery, general inspector of machinery, and chid draughts111 all. IIe is a meillber of the New England lbilroad Club and of the Thda N u Epsilon fratl'rnity. 11r. lla111mond is the son of Charles Edward and Caroline Augusta Hamlllond. IIe married Agnes DUllphy, J\pril 10, 1901, and they ha\'c one child, [)orothy Dunphy Hammond, Handforth, Walter S. (M.E., '97), was engaged with Burhorn & l;rangcr, consulting amI contracting engilleers, until 1901. IIe is at present a tcacher of manual training in the public schools of New York city. Handloser, Robert Carl (i\1.E., '98), was horn i 11 Trcnton, :\ . ./., October 26, T875;

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ager of the Vienna house of Gustav Diechmann & Sohn, Berlin and Vienna, a firm holding the European agency for a great variety of American machinery and tools, rcpresenting some of the largest American manu [acturcrs, including the Brown & Sharpe IV[anufacturing Co., Providence, R L, and the Niles Tool \\forks Co., Hamilton, O. This position he held until J902. ] Ie is at present in charge of the eastcrn orticc in New York of the Dih\'orth, Porter, & Co., Ltd., rolling-mills, Pittsburg, Pa. IIe is a member of the Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity. Hann, Robert A. (ALE., '9 r ), was i 11 the railway department of the \Vestinghouse Electric & 1\Ianufacturing Co., Newark, ~ . ./., 1891-9-1-; and has been assistant mathcmatician for the Equitable Li fe ;\ssurancc Society, l\e\\' York, from 189-1- to date. Hansen, Johann M. (M.E., '91), devoted hilllsel f to tbe study of water-gas production. and was employed by the United ;as JIllPrl)\'clllcnt Co .. Philadelphia. superintending the construction of gas plants in various parts of the country. lIe had super\'ised the erection of eight of these plants at the time of his death, which was caused by consumption, Jlily 23, 1895. Ire was a mathcmatical genius and sho\\'cd cxceptional proficicncy ill chemistry. Jle \yon the Priestley Prizc while a stuclent at the Institute. \\'hile a student 1\Ir. Ilansen contrihuted a paper on " l1ari ne Go\'ernurs and the Causes of Their Failure," to the Stevens Engineeling Society; this paper was published in the SlcZlCiIS J /Utica/or, VIII, 47. Hardie, Henry M. (l\T.E" '96), has been with the ,1ohn T. [Tardie & Sons Co., New Orleans, La., from 1896 to date.

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IIANDLOSER

on of Thomas V. and Louisa Hanc1loser. He is of German descent. TT e was draughtsman with the \\Testern Electric Co., New York, r898; engineer with the Garvin Machine Co., New York, 1898- 99; and in the same capacity in the factory of the Keuffel & Esser Co., manufacturers of drawing and surveying instruments, etc., Hoboken, N. J., 1899; engineering salesman and then man-

Hardie, Lewis H. (1\I.E., '96), has been with the l\ew York Metallic Bedstead Co., Jersey City, f\. J., from 1896 to date. Haring, Max (l\I.E., '83), died Thcre is no record of his work.

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Harrington, Harry Garfield (M.E., '00), was born in Newark, N. J., October 27, 1877; ,on of Joseph and Anna Kathryn Harrington. On his father's side he is descended


TI-IE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY from an old Ellglish family: on his mother's side, from J{e\'olutiollary stock, his greatgrandfather sen'ill!?; ill the \\'ar of Independcllcc, and his grandfathcr in the \Var of 1812. I Ie has bccn an assistant in the engineering department o[ the XcII' Jerscy Zinc Co ., XCII' York . fronl 1900 to date. lIe is a memher of the ,\meric:tll Jllstitute of :'Iilling Engincers: a junior member of the .\merican Society of Mechallical Engineers

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and 0 r the i\ Illl'l'ican Society 0 f Ci \ il Engincers: alld a IlIl'nlbl'l' o[ the Tau Ilda 1'1 fraternity. Harris, Frederic R. (1\I. E., 'c)6), \\'as associated \Iith Ilenry ]). Steers, cOlltracting cngineer Oil harbor illlpro\,(~lllents, etc., N el\' \' ork, hei Ilg ellga!?;cd in dcsi!?;ning. preparing estinJall's. :lJ I! I super\'ising \l'ork, until J901. II hCIl hc bl'C<lmC superintendent for the negnoll :'IcLean Contracting Co .. :\elV York. In I()03 he was cOlllmissioned a ci\'il engilleer ill the C. S. Xa\·y. and is now statiolled at the :\al'Y Yard. CharlestOll, S. C. Harrison, E. Mortimer pLE., '95), upon graduation Wl'llt illto the manufacture of paper at Houall\·ille, COIlIl .. and has contillued in that business e\'er since. JJis graduation thesis. prepared jointly lIith :'Iessrs. Schmidt and Slipper, 011 .. Experiments \I'ith a Doiler \nanged to Sen'e as a Calorlmetcr

for Determining the lIeating Value of Fuel," was published in the Stevens institute indicator for July, 1900. Harrison, Harold (i\LE., '92), has since graduation been with i\[cl\rthur Bros" Chicago. Ill., railroad contractors, and in the engineering department of the American Tclephone & Telegraph Co. lle was treas· urer of the Carter Package Co., Illanufac·· lurers of woodenware, 189"'--99, and Sll1ce the latter elate has been principally con, cerned with pri \'all' interests. Hart, Benjamin Franklin, Jr. (l\l.E .. '87). was born in 1lolJokcn, [\. ,I., July q, 186.,. lie rccci\'cd the scholarship to Ste\'ens from the 1l0!Jokcn public schools. J Ie served Ji\'c years ill the Xinth Regimcnt of the Xational C;uard of Xc\\' Jersey, and hal'ing been chief engineer of the Battalion of the East, Xa\'al I~eserl'e of X e\\ ./L'rsey, for sel'Cral years pre\'ious to the breaking out of the I\'ar with Spain . he entered the United States )Javy as a passcd assistant cngineer with rank o[ lieutenant. I Ie sCI'\'Cd succcssfully as first assistant engineer of the U, S. S ... Badger," chief engineer of the U. S. S ... Saturn," and ;,ssistanl to the chid engilleer at the Korfolk (\'a.) )Jav)' Yard. ,\fter eight months' scnice in the na\'y, the war emergency ha\'ing passed. he was honorably discharged, and scemcd a position lIith the \\'heeler Condenser & Engineering Co.. becoming the superintendent of the \\'orks at Carteret, X . J. j\fter about t 1\'0 years at Carteret he became the company's engineer and was located at the Xc\\' York orfice. \\-hile in the cmploy of this cOl1lpany he su!>el'\'ised the crection of scyeral large installations, including a c()oling-tOI\l'r plant, complete with fan and pumping cnginl's, at Ccntral Sole, dad, ncar ('ienfuegos, CuIJa. and olle of the largcst cooling-to\l'cr outfits e\Tr constructed. complete lI'ith surface cOlldensers and pumps, at St. Louis, l\ro, Ire has contributed papers to thc engincering jomnals on the subject of cooling-towers, and has hecn employed as an cxpert witness in litigation. TIe left the employ o[ the \Vh eeler company in thc latter part 0[190T. and associated himsclf with Ed\l'in Bmhorn, l\1.E., tngineer and contractor, with whom he remained until 1904, \I'hen he estahlished the


THE ALUMNI firm of B. Franklin Hart, Jr., & Co., contraeling engineers and manufacturers of all manner of plate-steel construction. lIe is a member of the Chi Psi and Sigma Xi fraternities, and of the Benevolent ami Protec-

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tive Order of Elks; lieutenant ill the :0:aval Reserve of Nell' Jcrse)" and a yestryman of St. John'S Church, Sewaren, N. J. 1\11'. lIart is the son of Benjamin Franklin and Emeli ne AllIel ia (:\Ic Do\\'ell) IIart. I lis paternal ancestors were English, having cOllle to America froJ]] Engl.md in J832, ami his father (Col. 13. 1<. Hart) was an officer in the Union 1\\'111)' during the Rebellion. ilf 1'. IIart l11arriedFlorence Virginia Perry, /\pril 5,1899, and they haye one child, Benjamin Franklin ITart, 3d. Hartpence, Charles Clifford (l\J.E.. '9-1-), was born in Trenton, ?\. J., October 8, 187 r. Imlllediately a fter graduation he entered the ;-,crvice of the East River Gas Co., now the New Amsterdam Gas Co., at Long Island City, where he remained until I90I, serving during the last three years as superintendent of the Ravenswood works. In J901 he upened an office ill i\ ew \-ork ane! C0111llIenced practice as consulting gas cngineer, a husincss he still follows. He is a member of the }\merican Cas Light .t\ssociation, and of the Beta Theta Pi fraterllity. l\Tr. flartpence is the son of John and

Keziah IIartpence. IIe married Cora Luml1lUS, February 8. 1899. Harvey, D. Carroll (l\I.E., '90), was draughtsman with the General Electric Co., Schenectady, l'\. Y., 1890-9[, and was engageel in the same capacity with the Third Avenue Cable Road, .l\'ew York, 1891-94. 1<1'0111 the latter year to date he has becn with the Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Co., New York. Hasbrouck, Stephen Augustus (l\I.E., '96), II'as born in ?\ew York city, i\Ugust 9, 1874. lIe was with R 11. \VoW & Co., Ltd., manufacturers of the \ \' otrf-American High Art cycles and also wire manufacturers, New lork, 1896- 97, being employed in testing, laying out repairs in the factory, designing .. jigs" anc! several new machines. In 1898 he was engaged in developing a gasoline 1110tor of his oll'n design, and he later organized the lIasbrouck ;\lotor Co., II'ith factory at Piermont, X. Y., wbere he was engaged in manufacturing the 1I10tor for yachts, boats, trucks, and carriages. lIe was president of this company, 1899- J901. In the latter year the company \Vas re-organized as the IIasbrouck J\Iotor \Vorks, and in 1902 the factory was remol'ed to lonkers, N. Y., ami the firm confined its operations to marine 'I路ork. In August, J902, it turned out the 3S-foot launch "Cricket," equipped with Ol1e four-cylincler 16-horse-power gasoline 1110tor, which averaged 16 miles per hour in trials on the Hudson Ri I'er, its COIl1[Jlete machinery weighing about Soo pounds. The fl1'lll has recently establishecl its factory at \ V esl l\Iystic, Conn. ] n J899 l\Ir. lIasbrouck look out a patent Oil a eOIll'crtable compound explosivc engine intended for use ill automobiles where great powcr I\'as rcquired at times. For ordinary usc the 111otor runs compound anc! uses but little fuel. \\'hen extra power is required, the 101\'-pressurc cylinder is turned into a high-pressure cylinder by simply pulling a le\路er. thus douhling the power. The pushing back of the lever changes the motor back into a compouIle!. ] Il J 900 a patent was grantcd him on a "Regulator for Gasoline or Other Like Engines." This is intended to control the speed of the engine by a throttle as in a steam-engine and makes the motor


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very Aexihle. He has other patent applicat iOilS filed. Mr. lIasbrouck is a member of the Theta N u Epsilon fraternity, of the Stevens, Passaic River, and Yonkcrs yacht clubs, of the League o[ Amcrican \\,heelmen, and of the 1\ 11lerican l\T otor League. The subject of this biography is the son of Stephen TT asbrouck. i\[. I) .. and Anna l\L (Still'ille) lIasbrouck. The family is French Ilugllenot, desccnded from Abraham l1asbrollcq. a nati\'e of Calais, France, wh() came to ,\JJll'rica in r675 and settled in New Paltz, N. Y. 11r. Hasbrouck married Edith Auryanscn, June 26, 1902.

Land & \Vater Co., Concord, N. H., 189698: managing engineer of the Columbia

Haussling, Joseph H. (i\f.E., '02), was born inN ewark, N. }., j\[ arch 6, 1877: son of Andrew and Elllma (Schaefer) Haussling. rIe received his early education ill the public schools of Newark. Ill' has been elll \Y. C. ITAIIIO"S

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ployed in the testing department of the General Electric Co. from 1902 to date. Hawkins, William Clark (M.E., '89), was born in Orange, N. J., September 5, 1866. ITe was assistant engineer on the Third Ayenue Cable Road, New York, 1890-91; engaged in independent engineering work in Central America. 1892; manager of the Plymouth, Mass., Electric Light Co., 1893-96; superintendent and receiver of the Concord

\\'ater PO\\,l'r Co .. Columbia, S. C. 1898; engincer in cklrgc oi installations, etc., for (he General Ekctric Co., until July J, 1901; general manager and secretary of thc 1Ja Illi1ton Electric Light & Cataract Powel' Co., I [amilton, Canada, 1901 - 03: a"d has bcen gencral manager and sccretary of thc Hamilton Cataract Powcr, Light. & Traction Co., the successor (0 the aho\'e compan)', [rom 1903 to date. Hc is a junior mcmber of (he America" Socicty of 1\Iechanical Engineers. Mr. Hawkins is (he son of John Thomas and Mary O. Hawkins. IIe married Mary Elizabeth Chambers, Decemher 29. 1898. and they havc (11'0 children, Francis Chamhers and Elizaheth Chamhers Hawkins. Haworth, J. Frederick (1\1.E., '90), was with (he Pittsburg & Birmingham Traction Co ., Pittslm1'(;, Pa ., 1890-<)2, and has heen a member of the finn of Haworth & Dewhurst, Pittsburg. [rOI11 1892 to date. Haynes, William Leseur (M.E., '86), was born in \\Teston, N. ]., August 30, 1863. He was draughtsman in the Department of Public Works, New York city, 1887--88; dranghtsman ,,,jlh Henry \Varden, Philadelphia, Pa., 1888- 90; superintendent of the Ti-

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TIlE conderoga l\[ achi ne Co., Ticonderoga, ;\. Y., 189°-92; in the Crane department of \\'i!lianl Sellers & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, 189219°1: and has heen chief draughtsman in the mechanical engineering departlllent of the . \ merican Bridge Co., l'encoyd, Pa., from J901 to date. lie is a melllhel- of thc l'ni\'ersity Cluh of Philadelphia, of the I'ranklin Institute, and of the Chi Psi fratemity. :\lr. Ilaynes is the son of John S. and Sarah (Smith) j laynes. lie nJarried .\ugusta R. \ricker, October 2..J.. 1R9S. and they ha\'c one child, John Shields Ila)"nes. Hays, David (;\f.l~., '(2), was born in ~ew \-ork city l\larch 3. IRgl: son of Bcnjamin F. and _\nna II. I lays. lie \\as draughtsman. 1902 03, and assistant to the superintendent, 1903 0..J.. in the superintending engineer's olllce of the ()Id Dominion Steam~hijJ Co .. Xe\\' \ -ork. and is I!OW assistant superintendent of the L'nited Stall's (;auge Co. Ill' is a l11emhl'!" of the Society of Xa\al i\rchitects and :\Iarine I~ngineers, and of the Tau Beta Pi fratemilY· Hayward, Henry Selby, Jr. PI.I~ . , '00), \\as horn ill Elizabl'1h, X. I., Ikcl'lnher 25.

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1R7G; son of [lenry S. and Emilia 'P urviance ([lastings) Ilay\\;]nl. lk was Instructor at the Ste\'l'ns Institute during the Snpple-

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men tar), Term. J 900. and then iJcC<lnle nlechanical cngineer with the Franklin l\ir COlllpressor Co., Franklin. I'a., which was then iJllilding its plant. lie was placed in charge of designing and equipping the jJOWl'!" plant and power translllission, and on COI11 pll'1ion of this work he took charge of the tests and repairing of the Illachincry. In 1902 he spcnt two months in tra\'clling, re luming to I'ranklin to superintend the installation of sonle ne\\' llIachinery at the I'ranklin Steel Casting Co."s plant: aftcr the completion of \\hich he cOl11ll1cnccd practicc in OctoiJer, 1902, as mechanical cngi nccr, making pO\\'cr plants a spccialty and acting as reprcsentativc of scveral machinl'rY 11rms. In January. 1<)03, hc added to his other work thc duties of special I-cp]"('sentati\'e or trav elling engincer for the Franklin :\Ianufac turing Co .. and the I,' ranklin Railway Supply ('0., to look aftcr thcir goods and intl'rest~ on the I\~ nns} I\'ania, Ihitilllorc & Ohio, IAlng 1~land. Ccntral of :\e\\' Jer~ey. and the Xl'W York. Philadelphia. & :\orfolk rail roads. :\Ir. Ilay\\ard is a junior Illelllher of the I\ml'ric<ln Society of :\Iechanical I~ngi ­ ncers. of th e \fe\\' \ ' ork Railroad C1uh, and of thc Chi Phi fraternity. Hazard, Harry Williams pI. I~.. '7R), was horn near :\ ewcastle. Del.. I )ccemhcr J 2. IR.=;6. lie \\as appointcd chcmist at the \\'orb of the Dunhar Furnace Co .. Dunhar, I'a., in .\lIgllst. 1R7R and ahout six months later hecallle assistant supl' rinten{ient. Short ly after\\'anl he \\cnt to the Oliphant l'urnace as supninten{\clll. returning to \ )unhar in 1RR I, \\ hl'!"l' he sllccessi \cly lilled thc positions of sUjl("j"intenclent, vicc- prl'sident, and president of thl' Dllnhar I'urn<lcc Co., which latter jlosition he held until 1R95. In Iggo hc was eiectcd prcsident of the Crane Iron Co .. C"atas<lll<jua.I'a .. ser\'ing in this ca pacity IIntil 1R93. Dllring the construction of the works of thc T~adford-Crane Iron Co .. Radford. \·a .. in 1R90 and J891, hc was president of thl' cOlllpany and superintended the \\·ork. II is duties consisted of looking after all the dctails of C'nginccring and managel1lent of these various plants. including the pllrchasing of orcs and other sllPplies. and. at Dunhar. the mining and coking of coal in addition to thc regular furnace work. :'ITr. Ilazard has not heen


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TIlE STEVENS INSTJTCTJ<: OF TEeTl :\TOLOGY

in business since 1895. He is a member of the \Vestmore1and, Art, and Hermitage clubs, Richmond. Va .. the Bay Head Yacht Club, and of the Theta Xi fraternity. Mr. Hazard is the son of Albert Barnes and ]\[ary A. Hazard, and a descendant of Thomas Hazard who settled in Rhode Island in 1639. He married Catharine Dawson

inghouse Electric & l\lallu[aclurillg Co., San Francisco. Cal.

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Willson, April 19, 1882, and they have had six children, Jessie EI'ans. Alpheus Evans 'Villson, Erskine, Harry \Villiams, Rowland, and Norman (deceased) IIazard.

Healy, Raymond (l\1.E., ' 02). was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 7, 1880; son of Frank and 1\[abe1 C. (Raymond) Healy, and nephew of R. 'V. Raymond, secretary of the l \llIeric<ln Institute of Mining Engineers. and of Col. Charles Raymond, president o[ the Board of Engineers. of the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel, etc., and of A. A. Healy, president of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. IIe is in the employ of J. 1\L Delancy & Co., New York, and is a member 0 [ the K ell' York Electrical Society. Heger, William S. (1\tE., '79), was employed in the Edgemoor Iron \Vorks, \Vill1lington, Del.. 1879-87; was agent for the Edison Electric Light Co. at \Vilmington. and is di strict office managcr of the \Vest-

Heiskell, John McKinney (1\1. E., '86). was born in Hogersl'ille, Tenn., September 3. 1853; SOil of J. B. and Sal'ah . \. (l\LcKinlley) lleiskell. lie wa~ a rodman OIl preliminary slIn-ey,; for the l\lemphis bridge, 1886- 87; drallghtsman, with S. '\Thiner)" C.E., Chattanooga, Tenn .. where he plotted the line of railway up Lookout l\Iountain and designed ncw safety devices [or the incline previously buill. 1887; in the officc of the Illinois Central Railroad bridge, Cairo, 111., 1888; assistant engineer II'ith Ceorge S. l\Iorison, chief engineer, and , \. Koble, residcllt cngineer, of the Kallsas City & Memphis Railway & Bridge Co. , who had charge of the construction of the Memphis bridge, 1888- 92, resign ing this position in 1892, II' hen the bridge was about completed. lIe has been associated at different times with J. n. \Veatherford. mechanical cngineer and patent solicitor at Memphis, from 1896 to date; was a ssistant engineer on concrete work for bridges and buildings of the Tllinois Central Railroad, I898-I900; assistant engineer on tll'O bridgcs at the Kansas City stock yards, 1900- 01; assistant cngineer on a wharf at Tampico, 1\[('~., 190102; and assistant engineer on concrete \York fOl- the Nashvillc, Chattanooga. & St. Louis Railroad, at 1\Icmphis. 1902- 째3. l\Ir. lIeis-

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THE kell has taken a special interest in good road construction, and read a paper on the subjcct before the Road Congress at Chicago in 1892. lIc has also written several articles on the subject. He is a member of the 1'1C111phis Engineering Society, before which he has read a paper on "\Vide \\,heels, Economic Traffic. and Best Pa I'C I11Cnts.路' Hemminger, George Reverdy P,l.E., '98). was born in :;\el\'\'ille, Pa., ,\pril 25, 1872; son of George and Annie E. (Powell) Hemminger. lIe was engineer with the Atlanta Cas Co., Atlanta, Ga., 1898-99; with the Hudson & Essex Gas Co., Newark, N. J., ] 899- J 901 ; and fro\11 the latter year until recently was assistant supcrintendent of the Pcople's Gas Light Co .. 1'lanchester, N. H. lIe is at present with thc Unitecl Gas Improvement Co., Philadelphia, Pa. He is a nJcmber of thc Delta Tall Delta fraternity, and of the Dcrryfield Club, l'Ianchcster, N. H. Henderson, Arthur P. (l'1.E., '83), obta ined a large experience through employment with different firms, including the Delamater Iron \Vorks Co., New York; the Worthington Hydraulic Works Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.; the Collender \Vaterproofing Co., East Newark, N. J.; the Passaic Rolling-l\filI, Paterson, N. J.; the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., :;\ewport ~ews, \ 'a.; the Korfolk f\al'), Yard; the marine department of the Babcock & \Vilcox Co., f\CW York; and the Baltimore Electric Refining \Vorks, Baltimore. Md. After his retirement from the Babcock & \Vilcox Co. 1\Jr. Henderson was compelled to take a year's rest, owing to failing health. During the period of his occupation in Baltimore he was seized with appendicitis which resulted in his cIeath on February 19, 1900. Henderson, John Augustus (M.E., '73), was born in Philadelphia December 3r, 1853; son of Andre\\' J\llguslllS and ]\fary Virginia (Peaco) ]Jenderson. IIis father and maternal grand father, John Peaco. were both surgeons in the United States ~avy. His father, in addition to his professional duties, including service in sel'eral wars, contributed substantial work to the earlier geological survey of Pennsyl van ia. anc! to other natural sciences. ] Ie was also an inventor,

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taking out scycral patents, including onc on a hot-air enginc, one on a marine-eng-illl: governor, and another on an au{01l1atic rake for reapers. The last named Iyas sold to the Walter A. \\'ood Co. 1'1r. IIcnderson was the first graduate of Stevens Institute, and in point of high character and attainments as a student. as 1\"(:11 as of e"'idences o[ the best mental capacity. wcll merited the pre-eminent position in which he was in this way placed. On his gTadll<ltion in 1873 hc entered till' employ of the ])el:!I\'a re Hiver Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester. I)a., and in 187-1- took a position with the Baltic Iron

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Shipbuilding \\'ork s at St. Petersburg, Rus sia. The prospects of adl'ancelllcnt in the employment of this company not pro\'ing encouraging, he retumecl to .\merica and entered thc Engineer Corps of the United States ?\al'Y in 1876, in which he continued until 188-1-, when serious impairment of health necessitated his being placed on the retired list. and compelled him to lead a life of actual, rather than merely nominal, retirement. ] lc has remained in touch with engineering progress, but with an inclination toward general scientific and philosophical stucIies . lie has always been especially interested in evolutionary philosophy, not only in its biological aspects. hut as extended into social, historical. ethical. and other fields.


..po .\ 11 II'ho Iiave knoll'n 1\1r. Ilelllkr ~"11 agree that undcr ordinary cOllditons he would hal'(: accomplished wurk in his profession which would hal'e constituted a worthy nlonUlllent to his capacity and charactcr. Henning, GustavlIs Charles ()' I.I ~., '7(», wa s born in Ihouklyn, :'\. Y .. January J, 1 ~55. JJi s primary education was reccil'cd at thc lloboken .\cadelll)" l WJ I- (J9. and his collegi .. ate e!lm'ation at the II)"(H)ld)n J'olytechnic ln st itutl', frolll which he was g raduat ed in lH75· lI e lI'as in the elllploy oi the Nell' York 1 ~Ie\'atl'd Railroad, on the construct ion of fOlllldations, sllOlh. and track, 1X76- 77;

draught slll:I ll. calculator. and inspector on tlie 11)"C)(,I,il ll Ilridg", IX77 i'2: superintclHI cnl oj til l' I~a"t Ihlti'lH)re :'I1:lcliinl' & Iloiicr \\'orb, 1 :~H2 H3: con';trtlcting cngincer for tll e Ik:lll'r \\,ire .\Iills, Ik:llcr Fall s, I'a .. I ~g3; :111<1 In s hel'n inspl',·tor of 1II :ltl'l ial s and hridgl's, and consldtillg l'ngincer, :\l'lI York. 1'1'0111 1HX3 to date. 1\1r. I knllillg was the rl'presl'ntatil'l: of the Yak & To\l'lIl' :'I lanufacturing Co .. for E11Icry's testing lIIachincs. in l.ondon and Pari s, [rolll I HH7 HI). and special cxpert eng ine er [01' the /)epartlllcnt of Iluildill gs. 0:ell' York. JX90. lle repre se nted th e .\11Ieriran Society of ?lTechaui ca l Fn ginee r s at International Con-

ferencc s on Testing i\latcrials h e ld at Vienna in 1893. at Zurich ill JX95. and at Stock ho l11l in [897. at thc latter of which hc was chosen honorary president during the Conference, and appointed chairman of th e Sectiun on l\letal s, and at Dresdcn, in lX9X, lVa s c:lected 1\Iember of Council until 1900. li e was one of the 11Iost prominent workers in the I nlernational A ssoc iation for Testing ;'laterials. which originated in Europe, and he o rganized its ,\mcrican Section at a \\lecting of Al11erican scientists at Philadelphia. Junc 16, l X98. In 1900 the l1Jel1Jbership in the Intcrnational l\ ssociat ion included 2.000 na11les. and (kit of the ,\l1Jerican ,\ssociation 135 names . He wa s awarded the Edward Longstreth :\Tcdal of Merit by the Franklin In,titutl'. for his "I'ockl'l I{ l'c()rder for th e ' I\'sb of ).latcriab," in 1900. 1\lr. ] Ienning ha s takcn out patents on an apparat us for making a grit-covcred roofing ("Cranite Roofing") successfully. 1~96; a slVilTlIed adjustahle mpl' coupling which per1IIits adjust in g driving- ropes to uniform tcnsion and lengt h aftl'r stretching during serI' icl'. 1~9R; an indi cating recording apparatus u,ed in tl'nsion and crushing. a s well a s alternating or rcpctitil'c ll'sts of l1Jaterial s, 1899: an apparatus for l'el'l'1'sing propcllel-s of stcamships. with the cnginl' always running in onl' <Iircctillll. 1<)0] : a stl'am rel'ers ing-turbine \\' hich per11lit s driving hoats in either direction hy a si ngle turbine. in stea d of using sl'lTral turbinl's designed to run in oppos ite <Iirel'liollS. [902. J I is principal \Irit ings include the folloll' i ng- : ":\10«" ,<III

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",\.,tl·S on \\· .,rkiJ'g Stn'" in In>J1 and S«'cl." I hlel . \'111. 'i]. " 1 ~l'l'0r(s of C0111111itt(·(· (In Standard T('st, :111< 1 ~I( ·t hod s ()f 'I'<'sting :'Ila«'rial s." Ibid., X I. 3 2 7. )~7. ()O-l. "()n EI:l stie Cur\'(' and Treat11lent of Sll'el." II'i,/,. X llf. .)7 ' . " .\utographic Recording .\pparatus." Ibid .. X III . (,~o. .. I'm'h,t Recorder for Tl'sts of :\Iatcrials," II'id .. X\' I1I . ~23. ., :\Iirror '\PI':lI'<ltu S." Ibid, X \ · III . :-;.]<). " In\'('stigations of Hoi!!'r 1 ~.'I"o,i.,ns." I bid., XX. (q().

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'1'111'. "Rcport or Committce Oil :\kt h()ds ()r Testing :\Iat('rials," //>id. XX. "11011' i\iaterials ,\'T Testcd," ('(lssicr's .H"gel ::;iIlC, Oe(oi>er, I He) ,. "From an Insp(·('\or·s Xotl'-\)(l(,k.'· I/>ld .. :\\a.,', ISe)'i. ','Testing :\Iachines," .'Iei'ells lilili('"Ic>r, VI, 26.,. "The Pike's Pcak Rack Railroad." Ihid .•

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\TX:\I:\'l gansport. Incl.. 1'''99; lIa" Ilitll till: ,\\lto l110bile Compally of ,\lIll'l'iea. ;'larioll. ,\J. ,I., r899-19CJI: ;tne! has he en assistant l'nginl'l'I' at the Jl'rscy City lI'orks or the Safety Car I !eating & Lighting ('0. fmlll J901 to e1atc. l!e is it 111l:111I)('r of the Baltusrol Coif. the 1\;lSt ()rallgl: Col f. aile! thl' :\elV \'ork Rail-

\'111, r r 2. "1{l"'jC\\ of the Present Status of Ir()n ,\n:l'" Sl's." I hiel., X l! I. J C) [. Translation und condcnsation of artie-k on "Explosions of ,\ir,L'ompressors." fr()11l (~ltl('k auf, ,·1 Illcr iCeI 11 .1 [,,('II ill isl, ,1,l!IUar,' 2i. [SeIS. "Ten DifTl'1'l'nt :\Il'lhods of Distinguishing' SIH'cL Iron rrol11 Sheet Stecl," Ihid .• [ge)g. "The In ll'rnational ,\ssociatiol1 for Test ing :\Iateriais," 1~II[;ill('crill[; .11(1[;,,::;iIlC, '\I'ril, [gc)e), "1 mprO"('ml'nt on Pocket I{l'co['(krs," ,llIIeri {//II

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lll' also trallslatl'd and addl'd to thl: contellts of " j landhook of Tl'sting .\Iaterials for the ('onst rul'iOI'." hy authority of thl' author. I'mf. ,\doif :'.I:lrtcils. J)irl'rtor of thl' Ho~ al Tcsting Lahoratories at Hcrlin and Charlotll'nhnrg. in 1900, l\It-, Il enlling is a life memher of the ,\merican Society ot 1Iechanical I ~nginccrs. of which also he was a member of Council and one of thl' managers, 1R96-99. ric is a member of the American Institute of 1fillillg Engincers; the ,\meric<tn Society of :\a,'al Engincers; tlte International ,\ssociation fOl' Testing 1Taterials: the Institution of Mechanical I~ngineers of (;reat Ilritain: and of the Jron and Stcel Institull' of Crcat Britain, ~Tr. fll:nning is thc ~on c>f T1l'nry \\,illiam and Louise (Thomass) I lenning, The Tltom:lss family. which i, tracl'd hack to 1600. camc from Saxony: the I Jenlling famil y. frolll Billings in the I)uchy of Il cssia . 80th parents migrated to the United Stales hefore reaching thcil' 111ajority in IX..].X and tRt 9. :\Ir. I Icnning married Fanny Funk. Septetll her [, 1892, Henry, Jacob Schermerhorn DLE .. '(9). was born in South Orange. :\, J.. July 31. IR76; son of Lewis B. and Catherine F (Schermerhorn) Henry, IIe prepared at the ])earborn j'd organ School. Orange. N . J .. and later enterecJ Stevens Schoo/. TI e was a special apprentice with the Pittshurg, Cincinnati, Chicago. & St. Louis HailroacJ, Lo-

road cluhs. of IloJll' Lodgl' :\0. 12..].. Frl'c and ,\e<:eptl'd :'Ilasons. of I ~ast Orangc, and of the Theta Xi fratcJ'l!ity . Hewitt, George (l\L E .. '(6), \\'as horn in Paterson. :\ . ./ .. January .10. IX70. Ill' has di"ickd his tinle hl'lll'l'l'n tcchllical \\'ork and nIUSI('. ,\t prescnt he holds a position as organist in a i'aterson chllrch, ITe was drallghtsman lI'ith the Passaic Rolling' l\Iill Co .. Paterson. A. J.. IX(i) 97: with the firm of Post & l\1cCorc/. [XC)!: \\'ith thl' I'assaic Rolling-:\Iill Co .. IX97 C)X: witlt Bl'lljalllin Eastll'ood. machinist and fOllnder. I'atl'rsoll. :-\ . .I .. IRC)X: with thl' I'assaic Rolling :\fill Co .. J~9R IC)O]: :l11d has been assistant to chief c/t'aughtsman with the Passaic Stcl'1 Co .. Paterson. :\ ..1.. fronl 19°3 to date. II is graduating thcsis on "I~xpcrimcnts to Determine tlte Economy of Operating a AonConclensing Steam Enginc Using a Mixture of Steam and Compressed ,\ir." prepared jointly with J\lessrs . I lardin g Benedict and Rohert Lehcr. \\'<lS puhlished iT] the Ster'l'lIs fllilical!1r, Xfn, ..].1 r.


TIlE STEVENS INSTITCTE OF TECHNOLOGY Mr. Hcwitt is thc son of William and Mary (Raincy) Hewitt, his parents being

lications issued by the Trenton Iron Co. on wire-rope tramways, cable-hoist conveyors, wire rope and its application to thc transmission of power, and thc application of wirc rope to surface and underground haulage, ctc. Mr. Hewitt has contributed numerous papers to various technical journals. among which are the following: "Construction and Managemcnt of Roll Trains for the Manufacturc of IIea\'y Bars, Rails and Girders." l-ronAge.XVI: Oclober2J, 1875, p. r; October 28, p. 7; November 4, p. 3: Noyember r r, p. r ; November 25, p. J T ; December 2, p. r. "Efficiency of Roll Trains." Jouma/ of Franklin II1;titutc, cr, 302. "Construction of Passes in Rolls [or Reducing Metal." Engin('ering aud ,1[illing Jourllal, i\ ugust, 1888. "Transportation by \Vire Rope Tralllll"a.vs." 1~lIgil1c('rillg

GEORGE IIEWITT

respcctivcly of English and Irish descent. Hc married Ellcn Latham, April 1..1, 1903.

Hewitt, William (M.E., '74), was born in Trenton, N. J., October 26, 1853. He has been with the Trenton Iron Co.. Trenton, N. ]., from 1874 to uate: first as paymaster: later as assistant to the president and general manager, employed in remodelling and installing new machinery at the wo rks, and in 1879 was clel'leu vice-president, which position he held for 24 years, being employed since then in an enginecring capacity. When the company engaged in the manufacture of wire rope in J 885, he devised, patented, and installed machinery for the purpose, whereby the wires are laid into strands and the strands into rope simultaneously. pcrforming in one operation what by the common method required two. These machines havc bcen in continuous and succcssfu l operation ever since. He has patented numcrous other inventions. In J890-91 he planned and installed a wire-mpe tramway for the East Shore Terminal Co .. Charleston, S. c.. for conveying cotton. Since then he has been concerned in the laying out of many other wirc-rope tramways. haulage plants, and powcr transmissions, and is the author of various pub-

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"Cablc\\'ays for Unloading Vesscls." Cassicr's I1fagaz1'ne, VIII, 448. "Cable\\'a.vs for Handling IT cavy Loads." .<;'Iolle, IX, -1-73. "Transmission of Powcr bv \Vire Ropc." Ellgineering News, XXXV, 300: "Across the Chilkoot Pass bv ",\Tirc Cahle." Cassier's Jfagazillc, April, J898, p. 529. "Progress in J\i'rial Transportation." Ibid., :\pril. '900. p. 502. "Opemtion of a \Vire Rope in Multiple' Laps." Sle,'clIs 111Slillllc ] ndicator, October. J90T. p .."),,6. "Aerial Cable Trans]1ol'tation" (read before the Engincel's' Club of Philadelphia. l\[a.v 3, 1902). T 'ra IIsaclions of that Socict~" Octobel',

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"The Continuous Rod ]\[i11 of the Trcnton Il'on Co." Trallsacliolls of tlte .-1 lItericall .'''-ondy of ,Ueehallical Engil1(,crs, II, 70. "Novel IIammel'-TTead and Die." Ibid .. VI. 77路

"Wire-Rope Fastenings" Ibid .. IX, 67 r. ":\ l\lcthoc1 of l\Iaking Tubes from Solid Bars." by Gco. n. Baheock. (Discussion.) Ibid .. VIII, ,6-1-. "N otes ~n Results Obtained from Steel Tcsted Shortly l\ftcr Rolling," by Edgar C. Felton. (Discussion.) Ibid., IX, 38. "Steel Car Axles," by John Coffin. (Discussion.) Ibid., IX, 1.")5. Paper on the "Effcct of Bending on \Vire Ropc." Read before the Engineering Association of the South.

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111'. Hewitt was the first president of the Alumni Association of Stevens Institute and

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THE ALUilINI was again elected in r894. IIe was Alumni Trustee of the Institute in 1893 and r894. 1rc has been it member of the American Society of l\lechanical Engineers since its format ion ill 1880, and is a member of the Engineering ,\ssociation of the South and of the Theta Xi and Tau Beta Pi fraternities.

WU.LlAM HEWITT

:\ II'. IIl:will is the son of Charles and Anna (Conrad) ITewilt. ]jis grandfather was John Hewill. an English yeoman of Cannock, Staffordshire. who settled in :\ew York city in 17<)6 as the l-epresenlati\'e of the linn of Boulton & " 'att. and who was instrtll11ental in the const ruction o( the first steam-<:ngine h11ilt entirely in this country. TTis paternal grandmother was ,\nn Gurnee. it descendant of haac Garnier. a 1 [uguenot refugee, who ,dtled lirst on Long Tsland and moved in 172<) to Travel-straw, Rockland County. N. Y. II is l11aternal grandfather was Solomon \\' hite Conrad. of German extraction. a desc<:ndant of Thones Kunders. who came to America in r683 with a party of Mennonites 11nder the direction of Francis Daniel Pastal-ills (six years after \\,illial11 Penn). an expedition that inspired 'Vhittier to write .1 The Pennsylvania Pilgril11." and who was one of the founders of Germantown. Pennsyl\'ania. TTis maternal grandmother was Elizaheth .\hhott. a descendant of John Abbott, gentleman. of Noltinghamshire. England, and Anne Mauleverer, who emigrated to

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c\merica in r68..j. and settled in .\follingham (now [Iamilton) Township. Burlington (now l\Iercer) County, near Trenton, N. J. The l\Iauleverers arc of royal lineage, their pedigree having been traced to \\'illiam the Conqueror. For many generations they were the owners of the manor of Ingleby _\rncliffe in the Xorth Riding of Yorkshire. England, and of ArncliiTe IIall. the present residence o[ Sir J. Lo\\路thian Bell. The Conrads and Ahhotts were Quakers. 111'. lJewitt married Josephine Helen \\'alker (a descendant of the Re\,. George \\'alker, the defender of Londonderry, known as "The Fighting Parson "). Decemher 1 I, r878. They ha\'e three children living. Charles COlli-ad (graduate of Princeton Uni versity and winner of the Baird pl-ize of $100 for the best oration. 1903). \\'aldburg, and Helen Bradley I Tewilt. Hickok, Henry Addison (11. f<: .. '83), was born in Sanely llill. \\'ashington County. N. Y .. "2\' O\'elllher I. 1860. TIc was draughh man at the \\'allis Iron \\'orks. Jersey City. N . .1 .. r883- 86: draughts1l1an at the Morse Bridge Works. Youngstown. 0 .. 1'886- 87: assistant engineer at the Riverside Bridge \\' orks, Paterson. :-J. J.. 1887- 88: and has been an engineer and contractor at ~e\Vark, -:-:r. J .. from 1888 to date. A11long the huildings \\'hich he has designed. and for which he has furnished the steel structural work. are the following: The Peddie :-Tenlorial Church. Xewark. Y J .. a huilding TOO fed square. with a don led roof anc! groined ccil ing: the St. John's School and Theatre. Orange. N . .1 .. in which the halcony in the auditoriu1l1 is suspended from the roof trusses. thus leaving the main Aoor entirely free from colUl1lns; the E1l1pire Theatre. Newark. -:-:r. J.: St. Patrick's Lyceu1l1. Jersey ('ity: and the new $r.ooo.ooo Cathedral of tile Sacred ITeart in -:-:rewark. ~. J. TIc was al,o con sulting engineer in charge ()f the stccl structural work of the new Citv Hall at Newark. costing $I.250.ooo. TIe h;s patented an adjustable centro-linead. a useful instrument [or making perspecti\'e drawings. TTe is a l1lembel' of the American Society of Civil Engineers. of I-lope Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons. East Orange. and of the New England Society. Orange. N. J. ]\fr. Hickok is the son of Henry Franklip


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and ElizaiJetli TclTt (Cleavel-) Hickok. lIe married 1\[;11'Y SyiJelic \\'anl. ,\ugust 5, IR8S.

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HICKOK

and they have three children, Ilclcn \\'an l. 1\ l ary I liida. and Henry ;\ddison. Ir .. I lickok. Hidden, Charles P. (1\I.E., '97). ha s heen cmployed in the testing department of the Sprague I~lcctric Elcvator Co .. \\'atsessing. ~. J.. and is at present located in Nell' York. lIis graduating thcsis. written in conjunction \"ith :\Ir. Olaf 1\T. Kelly. was puhlished in the S/<'<'C/IS I/ldica/or. January. 1R98. Hill , Nicholas S., ] r. (1\T.I~ .. '92). was. after graduation. in the employ of thc Southside Elevated Railway Co .. of Chicago. and of the Sewerage COlllmission of the city or f{al timore. \Id.: was engineer to the Electrical Subway Commission. Haltimore. rR9-1 -95 . having under his supervision the construction and equipment of a system of suhways for (he police and fire -a larlll telegraph: engineer of an Electrical Commission appointed to prepare and rcport plans and estimates of cost for a gcneral suhw;)\' system to accolllmodale all (he O\'erhead lI' ires in Baltimore. This Commission suhmitted the plan s and est imates prC'parc(1 hy l\rr. TTili to the City Counci1., R95-97. Tie was chief engineelto the \\'ate r noanl of Baltimore. T897-9R. in which position he was engaged upon th e

extension of the \I'ater s upply into a newly annexed dis trin and in reinforcing the system in other part s oj the city. This system of extensions also included additional pUl11ping-engines, erection of standpipes, etc .. and entailed an expcnditure of $2.000.000. lIe also reorganiz ed thc \\'ater De partment and Jlut it on a sati~far tor)' ha sis. Mr. lIiI! cngaged in a general consulting engineering husiness with 1\1r. B. C. LIoward. undcr the fn-m name of Hill & fToward. in Baltil1l0rc. '1I9R 99· In 1899 i\Jr. .\Ifred 1\1. Uuick s ucceeded Mr. ] loward in this firm, which continucd its professional \Vork at Baltimore as hdore, 1899-1900. Mr. lIill was also chief (:ngineer and general manager of the Charleston. S. c., Consolidated Cas & I ~lect ric Co .. J1I99- '900: a member of the finn of I! ill. Quick & ,\Ilcn, consulting cnginccrs. :\ew \ 'ork. J900- 02; and ha s hcen practising as consulting engincer in ~ cw York do\\'n to date. lIe was chief engineer in the Department of \\'ater Supply. (;as.andEicrtricit." of the Cit." of ~c\\' York. '903- 0-1-. 1\lr. 11 ill ha s contrihuted to technical journal s articles relating to the \Vol'!, with whidl hI.' has hee n from time to tim e connec ted. and is an a'5ociate mcmber of the .\mcricanln st itull' of 1 ~ l ect l'ical EnginelTs. Hill, VIall ace M. (:\ I.I ~. . 'R9), was horn in r~ lizabeth . :\. J.. June 2R . 1868: SO li of Waitcr B. and 1 ~ ll e n Cardwc11 (Stock) Ilil!. 1 Ie is of Xew England I'uritan stock, th e first of th e nam e heing John llil1. a member of the .\ncient and Iionorahlc ;\rti11ery Compan)' of l\[assachusctts nay Colony in 16,)0. Tic is also a dircct desccndant of Edward I~aw se n. who was first Secrc!ary of the i\ [as sac hu selts Bay Colony. lie was draughtslll<1n \\'ith the .\l1ento\\'n Rolling-l\fill s ..\Ilcntowll, Pa .. J1IR9; assistant of -:'IIr. Edward \\'cston toward the end of the case ()f Brnsh ,'.I' . Pc rcival. conceming the storage-battery patent: and was engagcd in lahoratory \\'ork and general testing for thc \\-eston Ekctrical Tn strulll cnt Co .. Nc\\,ark. ~. J .. lR<)0- 93· POI' ahout onc year of this period he conducted some mcchanical and electrical te,.;ts for himself. .\t the time of hi s resignation from th e \\'eston Co. he had c harge of the ammeters. \'oltmctcrs. anri millivoltmeters in the lahoratory. TTe next engaged with the Gcneral Electric Co., at


TIlE

:\LU~rNT

Lynn. ior a fnl lllonths. and then rcturncd to :\e\I' York, II'herc hl' is IJO'" practising as expl'n on eicdril'al inslrullIl'llts, lie is thc author oi thrcl' hooks. with their question papcrs ami kl'Ss, which II'cre IITittell for the Scrantoll ('orrcspolldcnce School of Science: one on .. Telegraphing and thc Tekphonc," and two on .. I':kctrical ['O\I'c r Transmission." llc has aiso contrihuted articles to tcchnical journals as iolIo\\'s: .. The Standardizing of I ~kctr il'al f'nstrulllents." and" Temperature I':r rors ill I':lectrical Til -trtlIl1Cnh ." to the !:!cclrica! (('orld; .. Tests oi thc ] Iyatt Roller Ilearing," to thc Railroad (;a:::cl/l': ;lIld .. Otto \\'01 f's Standanl [{ c sistanccs ill I':lcctrical :\ieasurelll('nt." to the .')/,",'CI/S II/stitl/IC II/Iicatur. CklOiln. I ()oo . Hiller, Nicolai Henry (:\1.1':.. 路~9). Il'as hom ill :\ikoiail'\"sk . . \IJIlIr l~il'er. Siberia .

:\. tl.

HILLFR

,1uly 13. IK()K. Ill' was with the Il cnclriek :\lanllfal'lnring ('0 .. Carhondale. 1'a .. 1R89 92: manager o[ t h(' rn' <'\: ('olel Storage Co .. of l.os .\Ilgeics. Cal., 1i-l92 93: Ill!'chanical engineer with the I kndrick :'IlanuiacturingCo.. Ud .. ('arhollelak, 189-1- 9G: assistant supl'1'intendent of the same company . IR96 9R: and has hecn \'ice presiciellt and treasurer of the ('arhondalc l\fachinl' Co .. froI1l [.'199 to date. TIc has tal路;:('n out patcnh on a liquid Ic\'el gauge. 189R: an ahsorption refrigerating

apparatus (with II. Torrance, Jr., '90),1900; and on a distilling apparatus, J901. I] c is a memiJer of the .\l11erican Society of Mechanica] Enginecrs: of the I ~nginecrs ' ('Iui>, Ncw lork city; of the Scranton Enginecrs' Club, and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Mr. fliller married Oli\'ia llo\\'t's . .\'O\'CIllher 2 [, r89.3; they havl' \\1'0 childrcn, Paul \\'juans anc! i\jcoiai Henry. Jr .. IIillcr. Hinkle, Eugene E. (:\I.I~ .. '90), \\'as draughtslll;In. assistant engi Ilcer. and then chid engineer of construction of the Union TrOll \\'orks, Xl'\\' York. contractors and engineers for structural iroll work, 1R90-93, I fc cngaged in steam engineering in the South, contracting fr,r cotton-gin plants, in duci i ng l'ollon-gi ns, presses. fecelcrs. conciensers. lmilers and engines. ell'.. 1.'193 95: \\'as engilll'!'r for the Empire TrOll \\'orb . .\'elV "ork. [895; alld in the lattcr )'l'al' hc organized. \lith his hrother. the Ilinklc Iron Co" manufacturers of ornamental and structural irOnIH)rk. :\C\\ "ork. Ilr Ilhich h(' has hcclI the cngincer and scnior memher frail! rR95 to elate, Hod ges, C, B, (l\1.E., 'OT). \\'as in the elllplo)' of the [~apiel Transit COillIllission of the city of Boston. sun'cying and clraughting work. 1ROI: drallghtsman with I ~. D, Leal'ill . .Ir .. E.!) .. Canlhridgeport. :'Ilass .. 1891 92: with the ('len'lanei. Cincillnati. ('hirago & Sl. Louis l~ailroael, as assistant engincer in the chid c ngineer's dcpartment. in the l1lotil"l' PO\\'Cl- depart'lll'nt. and as special appn'nticc in the shops. IR<)2 -C).;: machinist in the Chi cago shops of the .\l'\\' York. Chicago. & ~t. I ,()l1is Railr()ad. 1R9S: and has since ilecll \\'ith thc n. K, Parler Co .. Imilders of light locoIlloti\'cs. Pittshurg. Pa .. at first as cngineer of 1('sts and nOlI' as assistant superintl'ndent. Tk is a junior I11cntllL'r of the .\nwrican ~(\cidy of :-fcchanical Eng-ineers, H odgman, George P erry (:\r.I~ .. '(5), was born in \\,iIIl1ington. Del.. \pril R. J!~6R: son of Slilman .\Ugustlls and Tk\cn Eliza HodgIllan. r I is paternal ancestors were aIllollg the early settlers of :\cw England. and have heen di,tinguio;hed in puhlic affairs and in the learnecl professions. TTi, great-grandfather was an officl'r in the \\'a r of lRT2. On the maternal sielc his ancestors were among the


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first Dutch settlers of New York and served in the \Var of 1812. After graduating from the public school system of \Vilmington with honors, he entered the shops of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad to learn the trade of machinist. Deciding upon a technical education. he entered Lehigh University in 1889, and Stel'ens Institute one year later. He was president of the Junior class in 1892-93, also of the Glee Club of the same year. Upon graduation he entered the employ of the Baldwin Locomotive \Vorks Co., where he soon worked his way up to the position of track foreman. During the fall of 1898 he was sent to the United States of Colombia. for the purpose of erecting several engines on the Ferro-Carril del (auca. with headquarters at Buena \'entma . Stopping at Panama, he contracted the fatal fever of

Margie (McRobbie) Hoffman. IIe married Julia Francese Fox . .I une 24, 1903.

• C. S.

UOFnlA N

Hoffman, Howard (l\f.E .. '02) . was born in Brooklyn, r\. \ ' .. September 5, 1880; SOil of Luther andl\[argie (McRobbie) I-Ioffman. He is a cadet engineer with the Essex & Hudson Gas Co., Newark, N. J., and is a

G. P.

HODGMAN

that COllntr~', from \\'hich he died at Venticas. Cololllhia,\'"O\'cmlJer 28, 1898. TIe \\"as a membcr of the Theta Nu Epsilon fratemity. Hoffman, Charles Swan (M . 1<:., '99). was born in Brooklyn, N. Y, November 9. 1875. lIe has been with Baker, Smith. & Co., heating and ventilating engineers and contractors, New York, from 1899 to date. He is a member of the University Club of Brooklyn and of the Chi Phi fraternity. Mr. Hoffman is the son of Luther and

HOWARD HOFFMA N

member of the Chi Phi, and Gamma Delta Psi fraternities, aile! of the Gamma Delta Psi Club.

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THE ALUMNI Hoffman, Samuel Verplanck (M.E., '88), was born in Brooklyn, N. Y .. i\lay 12, r866. Ilc was a special studcnt in thc Collcge of Physicians and Surgeons. :--J cw York, and a graduatc student at Johns Hopkins Univers ity, where he remained until r895. \\,hile at Baltimorc he was "Student Assistant ,. in Astronomy for one year ... Fell ow" in l \StronolllY for one ycar. and" Fellow by Courtesy" for three ycars in the same subject. IIi home is in l\ lorristown, N. J. Mr. Iloffman is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society ; president of the New York II istorical Society; trustce of thc Cen-

LINE OF TRE SIAM ELECTRICITY

a mcmher of thc Mctropolitan Cl ub, of \\"ashington, D. C. Mr. j loffman i!" thc son of Eugene Augustus HolTman. D.D .. LL.D .. D.C.L.. a nd l\lary Crooke (Elmcndorf) Jj ofilllan. lIe is descended from Martinu$ HolTman, who camc to Amcrica from 110lland in r640. 11 e marri ed Louisa "Y. Smith. April 17, 1895, and they havc threc ch ildren, Louisa Verplan ck. l\Iargarl't Elmendorf. and Eugcne ;\ugustus, J r .. Hoffman. Holberton, George C. (1\1. E., '91), was with thc Edison l\lachinc \V orks. Schcnec-

Co .,

LTD., AT BANGKOK, SIAM

C. C. Holberloll

era l Theological SClllinary. New York; sccrctary-gencral of thc Socicty of Colonial \" ars; and a mcmbcr of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; of the Astronomische Gesellschaft; and of the Grolier, Century. University. Seventh (New York) Regiment. and Morristown (N. J.) clubs; and of the Delta Phi fraternity. He was formerly also

tady. N. Y .. rR91 95; engineer with the Oakland Cas, Light, & Ileat Co .. Oakland. Cal. , 1895-97; chief engineer and elcctri cian to the Bangkok Electric Light Co. and the Siam Electricity Co .. Ltd., Bangkok. Siam. r897I90r; general superintendent of the electrical department of thc Oakland Gas. Light, & Ileat Co., Oakland, Cal., r90r to date. Mr.


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1Tolberton r e:id :i papel- on .. Di strihution of Alte rnating C'urrellts" hefore th c Pacific Coast Cas ,\ ssoc iation in June, I90r. Ire is ;tn associate IlIcmher of the Amcrican Institute of Electrical Engineers. Holcombe, Emley lVIentz (;\J.I~ . , 路or). was horn in Lamhert ville, :'\T. -,., i\Jay 29, 1879.

aftcr thc arrival of \Villiam Penn. }.tr. lIolcombe's father was COlllll1iss ionecl to rai se a company of \'olunteers during th e Ci\'il \\ 'a r, and in 1876 he was appointed aide-de-camp (with the rank of colonel) to C;o\,crnor 13edle, of ~ ew J erse),. ] I c married Ruth :\"ewlllan Coals, )Jo\'elllher 23, 1904. Hollingsworth, Samuel (l\ I. E.. '96), \\'as draughts man with thc Campbell Printing Press & l\Ianufacturing Co., Plainflcld , N . .I., ancl clraughtsman \\路ith the Potter Printing Press Co ., I'lainfield. Ilc has lately opened an engineering officc at Plainfield. making a specialty of printing-machine design and COIlstruction. lie is a memher of the Tau Beta Pi anei Theta i\u I;: psilon fratcrnilics. Hopkins, Guy (;\I.I~.. '95). was horn III

E. M.

IIOL CO~IUF.

lie was assi sta nt cngineer, for the erection of a moelern hlast-furnace, with thc \Varwick Iron & Steel Co., Pottstown. Pa., I9or: assistant hrielge engineer anel draughtsman for the Cuha Company, in their New York office, r90T -02: and has been elraughtsman for the Carbondale i\lachine Co .. Carhondale, 1'a .. in connection with which ,,-ork he was also engineer for the construction of a resen'oir dam for the Dclmont \\'ate r Co .. from 1902 to date. lTis graduating thesis. prepared jointly with his classmates. Messrs. \\'. l\'L Chatard and 1 r. .I. l1otchford, on "Comparison of Cost of Operating all Tron Smelting- Plallt hy Engines l Tsi ng \\ ' aste mast T'urnace Gas, and by Cas-Fired T'loilers and Steam-Engines." \\'a5 puhli shed in the .'-,'{C"CIIS flldic(] tor for January. 1902. [Ie is a memher of the Delta Tau D elta fraternity. Mr. Holcomhe is the son o'f ,\lexander H. and Mal\'ina Kay (i\1entz) Holcombe. TTi s fir st t\merican ancestOl', John Holcombe, came from England to Philadelphia, Pa ., SOOI1

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New Orleans, La .. January 15. 187-1-. lie has heell with the Southern Pacific Ibilroacl. Ncw Orleans. from lii95 to date, first as draughtsman. thell as chief drallghtsman. In 1902 he was promoted to the pos itioll of assistant master mechanic, and in \()04 was again ad\'anced to operating engineer. lie is also presi dent of the Biloxi Supply Co., ane! a memiler of the Nell' Orleans Chess, Checkers, and Whi st Cluh. Mr. llopkins is the so n of .\ri s ticle ane!

Gu\' I [OPKI :-lS

Mamie (i\Jc:--\eil) I]opkin s. IIi s ancestors on both sides were natives of Loui s iana for

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TIlE ALUMNI four generations. II e married Marietta \Viltz, January 30, 1902, and they have olle child, Corinne M. Hopkin s, Hotopp, Carl H . (1\LE., '92), was born at " Pen Park." Albemarle County, Va ., August

C, II. 11 01'01'1'

zR. 1869. Ilc was cll1ployed by thc illinois Stecl Co., South Chicago. for (\\,0 ),cars, after which hc hccame ll1anager lor thc Tani(e Co .. Stroudsburg. r'a., where he remained for rour years. during wh ich till1e hc designed and rellwdclled all their machincry for crushing and grading clllery. I Ie then took the positions of manage1- and trca surer of the l1otopp EIIll:ry Co .. Peekskill, i-J. Y. For scve ral years previous to his accidental death. l\lay 25. 190[, ;\ 11'. J lo(opp had been compelled to gi\'c up active engincering wo rk to act as executor of his father's estate. lie found time, howe\'cr, (0 dcvelop his interest in .. Coronet" stccl which had pro\'ed itsel E to be exccptionally hard and free frolll blowholes. J le had made ntlnll:rOliS (ests, along with the inventor of the process . at \'a rious steel milJ,;, and was con\'inced of its superiori(y. 11e was a lIlember of the j\meriean Chcmical Society. 1\1r. IJotopp was thc so n of \\'illi am II, and Emma (\'on [(<1mlah) IJotopp. He Illarricd l\Iarie Frincke. Septelllher 19, l894, and they had two childrcn, .\dalbcrl Frinckc and Emmanuel Reginald Hotopp.

Howell, John White, '81 (E.E., 1900), was born in i-J ell' Brunswick, 1\. J., December 22, 1857. lle joined the Class of 1881 in its Sophol1lore year and continued with it until graduation, pursuing a partial course i nclmli ng mathemClt ics, ph ),sics, mechanical drawing, engineering, and shop-wode He was placed in charge of the photometer room, and of experimental lamp-testing, by the Edison Lamp Co., 1\1enlo Park, N. J. After ohtaining In this manner a good knowledge of the performance of incandescent lamps, he worked to impro\'e the practical conditions under which they were operated. \\ ' hile thus engagcd hc took out t weI ve patents on s),stems of electrical distribution and electrical- pressure indicators, which have been very extensi \'ely used. 11 e ga\'e te stimony, as lamp expert of the Ediso n General Electric Co .. in all their suit s invoh'ing the Edison incandescent lamp patents, and in (hi s connection made very succes s ful lamps follo\\'ing exactly the specification s of the Edison filamcnt patent, after other experts in thi s country and in England had failed in their attempts. and the experts for thc defence had claimed that such lamps could not poss ibly he made. In] 892 the .. K ovak" lamp was placed upon the markct, \\'hich containcd in the bulb a very small amount of bromine vapor. 1n the litigation ovcr this lamp it hccame nec ,'ssary to know the exact amount of bromine \'a por which thc lamp contained. a \'cry diffi cult problel1l. but one whic h 1\ 1r. llowel1 ~;o h'ed by ohscn'ing t hc changc in cl"iiciency caused by taking out thc bromine vapor and making a good \'aCtltll11 in thc lamp . 11 c also obscrved in other l;l1nps the change produced by lelling d efi nite LllllOUII[,; of bromine \'a por into wcll-exhaustcd lallJps. Fro!lI these resul(s h e plotted a cun'c show in g the effect of the brominc vapor in changillg the cfllciency of the lamp. and frolll this curve found the al110unt of hromine in the )Jo\'ak lamps by noting the aho\'c change in their cfficicncy on rc-ex haustion. The flgtlrc given in his te stimony ha sed on these experilllents was exactly the sa me as that gi\'ell by the defend ants as the amount of vapor which they put into the lalllPs. In 1894 1\Tr. 1 rowcll \Vas appointcd engineer of th e lamp \\'orks of the (;cneral Electric Co. after (he consolidation of thc Thomson-


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Houston and the Ellison General Electric companies' lamp factories. \ Vhile thus engaged he made several important improvements in methods of lamp manufacture and developed the present type of the General Electric COlllpany's lamp, which is very successful. Be went abroad in 1395 to investi-

j. W.

l!O\\'ELL

gate lamp-manufacture in Europe. and made a report un a new Italian method of lampexhaustion which has since been adopted with great slIccess by the General Electric Co. Under his management improvements have been malle in lamp-manufacture which in the last year have improved the quality of the General Electric Company's incandescent lamp over 50 per cent. Between 1886 and 1901 he took out 18 patents in the electrical field. In the latter year 12 others were either pending or in process of preparation, some of which have since been issued, and several more app li cations are now on file or are being prepared. Mr. Howell is author of the following papers: "Function of thc Neutral 'V ire in the Edison Three-'Vire System," written for the Association of the Edison Illuminating Companies, r887路

"Development of the Incandescent Electric Lamp," Eng/Jlen/Jlg J1!Iagaziue, April. r89-+. "Radiating Power of Incandescent-Lamp

Filaments," Electricul Engillcer,

J anuar), 6,

18 97 .

"Conducti\'ity of Lamp Filamellts and of the Spaee Surrounding Them," IITiLLcll for tJ1C meeting of the ,\.mcrican 11l~tituLe of Electrical Engineers, Feuruar.Y 17, 1897. He has also presented several additional papers to the last-named society, and to the Association of the Edison llluminating Companies. lle is a member of the Al1lerican Institute of Electrical Engineers; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the Essex and Essex County Country clubs; and of the Theta Xi fraternity. Mr. Howell is the SOli of Martin A. and Abby Stout Howell. lIe married Frederica Burckle Gilchrist, April 23, 1895, and they have four children, Frederica Burckle, John White, Augusta Appleton, and Cornelia l\Iargaret Howell. Hoxie, William Dixie (1I.E., '89), was born in New York city July I, 1866. He is vice-president of the Babcock & \ Vilcox Co., ?\ ew York, and the patentee of several designs of marine water-tube boilers, some of which are used to the extent of over 405,000 horse-power in the American navy and 225,000 hOI'se-power in the American merchant marine. He has contributed several articles on marine boilers to technical journals. He is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; the American Society of Naval Engineers; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Engineers' and Lawyers' clubs; the Kitchi Gaml11i, Atlantic, and New York yacht clubs; and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Mr. IIoxie is the son of John and Isabelle Hoxie. The first 1Ioxie came to America in 1640 and settled in Sandwich, Mass. Mr. Hoxie married Vinnie Louise Brown, October 19. 1892, and they have one child, Isabelle Hoxie. Hughes, Robert S. G. (M.E., '98), was in the testing department of the Rogers Locomoti ve \\' orks. Paterson.1\'. J., 1898-J900; with Samuel Smith & Son, boiler manufacturers. Paterson, 1900-01; with John \V. Ferguson, builder and gene ral contractor, New York and Paterson. 1901-02; and has been located at Paterson, N. J., from 1902 to date.


THE ALUMNI Hulse, George Egbert (M.E .. '02), was horn in Bellport, L. 1., January 21, 1877; son

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young couple, accompaniecl by Mr. Humphreys' father, mother, and younger brother, left on an extensive pleasure tour. \Vhile ascending the 1\ ile to l\ssouan, Egypt, February 12. 1901, young Crolllbie Humphreys, II'ho was seven years of age, fell overboard, and llarold, in endeavoring to save the life of his little brother, lost his own. Both were drowned. The bodies were reco\'ered and brought to )Jell' York, where funeral services were held l\Jarch 23. 1901. At the annual meeting of the "\merican Cas Light Association in October. J 90T, l\Ir. Edward C. Pratt. the retiring president, ill

IluLSI

of Eghertlfampton and 1Iary Roe (lIoman) IT ulse. Ill' is a graduate of the Pralt Insti{ute lligh Schoul, Urooklyn. lle has been assistant engineer in {he engineering department of the Safety Car lleating & Lighting Co., )Jew York. since l\pril 17. 1902. He 15 a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Humphreys,

Alexander

C.

(;'LE.,

'81),

President of Ste\'ens Illstitute of Technology . For biography. sec page 195. Humphreys, Harold (i\1.E., '99), was born at Bergen Point, N. J., November 30, 1877; the son of Alexander C. Humphreys, of the Class of 1881, and the Grst son of an alumnus of Stevens to graduate from the Institute. He entered his father's office upon gTaduation, and look up a course of work to fit him to become his father's personal assistant in carrying on the business of the wellknown firm of lIumphreys & Glasgow, consulting engineers, of New York and London. J Ie was all associate member of the American Cas Light Association and a member of the ~\Jassau Country Clnb. He married - Lydia B. Bell, claughter of 11r. J. Lowrie Rell, general traffic manager of the )Jew Jersey Central Railroad, December IS. 1900, and, very shortly after, the

I [ARQLD IlUMPlJRI':YS

his valedictory address, paid the following tribute to t11e memory of Harold Humphreys: ''In this list of the dead of the ITilr. Illemhers o[ lhe .\ssociation I"ill O\)sl'I'\'e' t11l' namps of many veterans in the great enterprise whieh (JUI' .\ssociatioll represents. Th('~' haH' gone to their reward fllli of ~路ears. fllll of honors, ll'a\' ing untarnished nal11es hehind. However, there is one name, that of 11 LlIllphre.I's, whose 111el'<: mention will 1)ring [cars to 0](' e~'es of those present who will recall his tragic death in the Nile \\'hill' struggling to sa\'e his younger brother. lie died in all attempt to save a life. lIe paid his last full measure of devotion: he lai(l clown his life [or his hrother. .\ mere .youth. athletic and strong, educated and hrilliant, on his hridal tOllr, his (ll-ath could not hal'e heen more tragiC'. The world was all before him. 1 have deemed


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it propel' to make special mention of this l,rilliant youlh lah'n from us in lhe mornillg of Iifl-. \Vhil~ \\"l' mourn all our dead of lhe .ITar, "'l' cspecially mourn I IUlTlpbrcys, the promising son of our n~s l'e('led and valued mc>m ber."

Hunt, Charles Haviland (J\1. E., '96), I\'as horn in Brooklyn, X. Y., ,\Ugllst 13, 1~72.

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HUNT

mcmbcr of the c\merican Society of J\lechanical Engincers, and a member of the [Jelta Tau Delta fraternity. Hunter, Wilfred Kenneth ("J\I.I~., '93), was born ill l\e\\'ark, N. ]., J\Jay 13. 1~70' llis early cducation was rceeil'cd in the gramIllar school of I ~as t Urange . .1'\. J. lIe was obligcd to leal'e the high school, iJefore finish ing his course. on account of illncss, and was with the city enginecr of East Orange for aiJout a year and it half beforc entcring Stl'I'Cn~ I'reparat{Jry School i It J HRS. lie was employcd in the draughling- roolll of the Crocker- \\'hceler Co., ,\mpere. N. J.. and also in that o[ the \\ 'es tinghollse ('0 .. l'\c\\'ark, .1'\. J. 1 [e has becn connected with the Stanley Electric Manufacturing Co .. Pittsfield, :;\lass .. as assistant supcrinlcndent of thc l1lotor departlllent. 1895-1901: assistant to gcneral superintendcnt, 19掳[-02; and superintendent of production department. '902; in whieh year he organizcd and took charge of the cstimating dcpartment. lIe has helpcd to start a social and cducational club for the employees of lhe Stanley Electric J\Ianuiacturing Co. lIe is a member of i\lystic Lodge of :;\!asons, Pittsfield, l\fass.: of the .l'\ew York

Ilc I\'as drallght'il11<1n with the Rand Drill Co., Xorth Tarrytr)\\路n. X. '1' .. 1896; then located in husiness in XcI\' York: and has lJeen a mcmher of thc firm of Dal'id llunt & Co., XCI\' \ ' ork, from 1900 to date, operating c:tnlJing factories at Oswego and at Chcrry ("reek, J\. Y., called resJlcctil'c ly the Oswcgo I'rcscrving' Co. ancl thc Cherry Creek Canning Co. Ilc is a 1l1cmbcr of thc Alpha Tau Omega and Theta t\ uEpsilon fraternitics. :;\[r. llllnt is the son of Da\路id and ,\nna Pauline iJunt. lie marricd Katharyne Barlow Stcvcns, ,\prilIR, 1900. Hunter, James Francis (:;\f.E., '97), was born in Baltimore, ).fd .. Octobcr 10, rR76: son o[ James \\ '. and :Mary (Devereux) Iluntcr. lIe has hecn cngagcd at the I\'orks o[ the J\rarylan<l Steel Co .. Sparrow Point. J\Id .. frOlll 1R97 to date. being apprentice for two years and mastcr lllechanic for four. Ile no\\' holds the position of assistant superintendent of coke ol'ens. llc is a junior

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Electrical Society; and of the I':ast Orangc Repuhlican Club. East Orange. :\ . .I. Mr. IIunter is thc wn oj RoIJl'rt ;lnd i\lary


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(Kean) lluntcr, both of Scotch dcscent. ITe marricd Rosc fdar)' Harding. Octoher 25. 1898.

contractors, Little Falls, 1\ . .1.. ,R96- 1900; and consulting and contracting l'nginecr, ~ew \ -ork city, fr0111 1900 to date.

Hupfel, Adolph G. (lYl.E .. '93), was horn in Ncw York city Ikcembcr 14. IR70. lle has bcen with thc J. Chr. (~. llupfel Brcwing Co. fmm 1R93 to date, being now its sccretary. I Ie patcntcd the Trim sail-fastenCf, IR99. lie is a memhn of thc New York Athlctic Cluh and of thc Chi Psi fraternity. l\iI-. Ilupfel is the son of John Chr. C. and 1\nna Ilupfei. lIc married 1\Tatilde ])oclg-l'I',

Hussey, Paul Gordon (;\1.1~.. 'R.=;). lI'as born inlloston. :'IIass., May '9. IR64 ; son of

A. C. 1111'1'1'1.

:"Ila)' 3, lX<)X, and thcy ha\'e !I\'O childrcn, ,\dolph 1'. C. and John C. Ilupfei. Huppertz, Edward Alfred Vail (:'If.I~ .. '93), was horn in Frankfort. (;erman),. Ilc was in th c genna I ofiices 0 f the . \ mcrica n Telcphone & Telegraph Co.. ~ l'lI York, ami Chicago. Ill., from lRl)3 until l()O.?, and is nOli in the gTIlt'ral oOice of thc :\ew England Telephone & Telegraph L路o .. i1os10n,1\lass. TIe is a memher of the Theta :\i fratel'11ity. Mr. I [upperlz is the son of \\'illiam and Mary Louise (\ Tail) Iluppertz. IT c married l\Iary Stu:1rl Krnehl. ,\pril 4. IR9<). and they have onc child, Loui sc \ ' ail TJuppertz. Hussa, Theodore F_ (l\1.E .. '96). has iJccn with the T. A. Gillespie Co .. cngineers and

John W. and Clara .\. Ilussl'Y. Ill' was with the l\lidland I~kctric Co .. Omaha. ~eh .. until ,XX7. and during the fJ\'l' years prl'ced ing his death. \yhich occurred in ,X9.? he was connccted with the Remington Standard Typewriter Co .. ~ew York. Hussey. William Edgerly (:"II.E .. 路9X). lI'as horn in :"\ell' York city OctoiJer 'S. ,R73路 Before graduation he sen'l'd as engineer in the L'nitl'd States \,"a\')' during the Span ish -. \merican \\ 'ar. lie has Since heen draughlsman with the ;\lctrnpolita:l I~kctric Construction Co .. :\e\\' York: chief draughts 111an \\' ith the ('Ionlirock Steam i10iler Co .. l:roo];lyn. ':'\. Y.: in the Iahoratory and erection department of the firm of Uehling-. Steinhart. &: Co.: engineer in chargc of construction and operation for the I'hccnix Dredging Co .. Toledo. 0 .. I R99 19掳0: assist ant to the manager of the ':'\l'W York office of McIntos h. Scymour. &: Co .. cngine-huild ers, .\Ulillrll. ;.J. Y .. 1900 0-l: and is at present manager of thc ;\C\\' \ ' ork officc of the Prm' idcncc Engineering \\ 'orks. Tf (' is a mcmher of the Tall Beta I'i fraternity.


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Mr. IIussey is the son of Levi and Mary A Husscy. He married Florence A. Becker, November I..j., I901.

superintended the erection of a number of plants, among which are thc following: The steam plant of the Cooperst.own Electric Light

Hutchings, Clifford F. (1\1.E., '02), has iJeen with the )Jew York & X ew Jersey Telephone Co .. Brooklyn. :\. Y., ane! is now lI'itll the Crnl';'al Electric Co ., Lynn, 1\la55. Hutchins, Gordon Lines (1\ I.I~., '97), was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 7, 1875; 5011 of l\lexane!er and 1\lar)' Franccs llutchins. lIe took a post-graduate course in the Colu11\hia School of 1\lines, graduating in 1898 with the degree of ]\lining Engineer. He was forelllan of thc cyanide mill of the De Lamar :\evada Gold Manufacturing Co., 1898- 99; manager of the Bingham 1~lectric Co., Bingham Canyon, Utah, 1899- J901; superintendent 01 the Blackbird Copper & (;old :-lining Co., Ltd .. Frisco, Bea vcr County, and of the Bluebird Copper l\lining Co .. l\lilford, Beaver County, Utah, 190l- 03; supcrintendent of thc Southwcstern Electric Power Co ., Salt Lakc City, 1903-0..j.; and is now \Vcstern engineer for thc l\merican Stoker Co., at Salt Lake City. lie is a IIlcmber of t.hc Unil'ersity Club (}f Salt. Lake City; t.he Indcpcndent Ordl'r of Forcsters; thc Knights of Pythias; t.he Knight.s of the :\laccabecs; the Benevolent. Protecti I'e Order of 1~lk5; and of t.he Beta Thcta Pi fratcrnity. Hutchinson, Edwin (1\ r.E., '95), was first. employee! with the \Vcst.crn Union Telegraph Co., and then ill the Townsend l'urnacc ane! l\Iachinc Shops at Albany, N. Y. ,\ Itn an illness of ten 1llonths he e!ied at his hOlllc in Brooklyn. N. Y., July 7, 1897. \\'hen in thc cmploy of t.hc \\'est.ern Union Tclegraph Co. he drcw a creditable set. of plans for a dredging-machinc for one of t.he st.ockholders of that cOlllpany. Hyatt, Henry R. (:\I.I~., '00), was wit.h the Oxnard Const.ruction CO .. l\CIV York, I900; with the firm of Adam \Veber's Sons, )Jcw York. from I900 unt.il J903; and is nolV cmployed with the Alphons Custoelis Chimney Const.ruction Co., New York. Idell, Frank E. (M.E., '77), began his professional carecr as consulting engineer soon aft.er graduation, ancl, as such, planned anel

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& Power Co., Cooperst.olVn, N. Y.; the Scashore Electric Railway Co., j\shury Park, N. J. (including tests); a refrigerating plant f01' F. J\. verris & Co., N elV York; and factory, building. and pOlITI' cquipll1cnt. for \Vil liam Campbell & Co., I [ackcnsack, )J. J. J Ie also t.est.cd thc st.cam plants of t.he elect.ric light companics at Union IIill, N. J., and at Jamestown, N. Y., to det.erminc if engines came up to guarantee, and made an examination of. and a report on. the condition of the electric railll'av at Richmond. Va., for t.he city council. Ill' has becn engagcd in a professional capacity by t.he II cydl'n Chemical \\'0 rks , Carficlcl. 1'\ . the Terminal \\'a rehousc Co .. the Durant. Land 1nlprol'ement Co., t.he l\larkct. & Fulton Bank (in conncction with R. N. Baylis. Stevens, '87), thc Phcrnix Iron \Yorks Co .. ,\. L. Marvin, Esq., and t.he N elV York Ilerald, of N elY York; and for the San Francisco Examiner. San l'rancisco, Cal. Ceneral work on refrigerating plants has taken him t.o 1\10nt.I'eal, Canada . and t.o Cuha. He is cOl1sult.i ng engineer for Charles C. Moore & Co., San l'rancisco, Ca1., and for t.he Guaranty Development Co., N CIY York; and is the New York rcpresent.ative of the Harrison Safety Boiler 'W orks, Philadclphia, Pa.

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TIlE ALUMNI Mr. Idell has rcndcrcd cxpert scrviccs in the cascs of Stcvens 'i'S. L.: ni ted States Desiccated Cocoanut Co.; Durant Land Improvement CO. V.I'. East I~iver Electric Light Co.; and Durant Land Improvement CO. V.I'. T, & H. Elcctric Co. lIe has editcd the following books for the Van Nostrand Sciencc Series : .. Chimncys for Furnaces and Steam Boilers"; .. Boiler I ncrustation and Corrosion"; .. Thcory of thc Gas Engine"; "Compressed .\ir"; .. Triplc-Expansion Engines and EngincTrials." l\Ir. relcll is a membcr of the Amcrican Socicty of 1Icchanical Engineers; an associatc mcmbcr of the Amcrican Institutc of Electrical Engincers; anel a mcmbcr of the Tau Bcta Pi fratcrnity. In 189-+ hc was electcd to represent the Alumni .\ssociation on thc Iloard of Trustees of the Jnstitntc, and served until JII<)7. Id ell, Percy Child (11.E., '99). was born in lIobokcn, ~ . .1., Dcccmbcr 30. 1:)78; son of David Beatty and Emma Hcrtha Idcl!. Hc is Amcrican on both sides of thc family S1llCC the carly part of thc eighteenth ccntU1'y. lIe was educated in the puhlic schools

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of Hobokcn, and cntered thc Institutc on a scholarship of thc ] Iudson County schools. IT c was draughtsman in thc cngineering dcpartmcnt of the Babcock & \\' ilcox Co.,

~ew York, manufacturcrs of forged steel water-tubc marine uuilers, 1899-1900, since which time he has uecll assistant enginecr in thc departmcnt of tests. lle is a junior mcmber of the l\merican Society of Mechanical Engincers, and a member of the Delta Tau Delta and Tau Beta Pi hatcrnitics. Mr. Idell married Alice E. l(etchaill. o[ lIoboken, October 25. 190-+.

Inglis, Beattie Andrew (.i.\I.E., '93), was born in Madison, Fla., .\pril 20, 1871. Ile attended public schools in Madison until 15 years old. and in 1880 entered the South Carolina Military .\cademy at Charleston, finishing his preparator)' education at the Stevens School and entering Stel'ens In stitute in 1N1I9. Since graduation hc has hecn in the employ of the Florida Manufacturing Co., l\lad ison, 1'la .. and at times with the I)unnellen Phosphatc Co .. Dunnellen, l'la., which was undcr practically thc same management for some years. llis work with thc latter company consisted principally in designing and constructing phosphate plants. During his Junior vacation he designed a storage lI'areIHluse for pllO-;phalc. -+00 feet long hy -+0 fcet lI路ide. huilt on columns to alloll' rars to he loaded from c h utes. l \ fter thorough I)' learning the details of the plant of the [,'Iorida l\lanufacturing Co .. and its operation. he lI'as gradually promoted. and in 1 ~9N was made superintendent, a position he still holds, as IITII ,IS heing on thc hoal'{l of direc tors. l ie has completc charge of the plant and its repairs, operation. changes, and addilions; has designed sel'eral storage lI'archouses and superintended their construction; also a system of water-works for fire protection. electric-light plant. hattery oi 72 in. X 20 ft. rl'lum tuhular boilers with selisupportcd stcel stack, and othcr \\'ork. The I<lorida :\[anl1facturing ('0. buys Sca J sland collon for its thread-mills, and a large portion of this cotton is hought in the secd and has to he ginncd. Thc ginncry is thc largest ill this country-prohably thc largest in existence-using roller gins, of which thc eompan), operatcs -+0. On cold dry days a pcculiar prohlem prcsented itsel f; thc rollcrs, which arc cOI' cred with rubber and canvas piston-packing, would berome


TIlE STEVENS H,STITUTE OF TECJJNOLOGY electrically charged by ruhbing against the lint, which \\'ould thus stick to the rollers and break the gins. After some experiments,

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remembcring that on \\'arm damJl days the late l'rof. l\Tayer could do nothing toward his experiments in frictional electricity, he arranged perforated pipes under the rollers, and, h~' means of a centrifugal hlower and a stearn heater \\'ith a jet of steam in the air pipe, forced warm, moist air on the rollers, which not only solved the difficulty of the cotton's sticking, hut hie\\' it inlo a lint iJasket and warmed the building at the same tillle. The cotton seeds arc carried to the oil mill as they drop frOIll the gins. and arc thcn crushcd, making crude cotton -seed oil and coUon-seed cake ane! meal. nil'. Inglis is a member of Ihe Kappa j\l pha (~()uthern) fraternity, and of i\[ae!ison I_odgc of the ((nights of Pythias. Mr. lnglis is the son of John Livingstoll and Louise Olive (Thomas) Inglis. Ilis grandfather, ,\ndrew Inglis, a ~cotchillall, came to Amcrica ahout 1R.10, and became interested in the People's Tron \Vorks of Philadelphia. J Ie was among the first to acivocate the placing of tuhes in boilers. Beallie ,\ncire\\' Inglis married Katharine Eugenia Livingston, January 2.1, 1899, and they ha\'e three chilciren, John Livingston, 2d : Beattie 1\ ne! reII', J r., a ne! CI i fford Thomas Inglis.

Inglis, Robert Napier (M.E., '02), was born ill Jersey City, N. j., Augllst 10, 1880, son of William andl\Iary Allan (Macaulay) Inglis. Ill' is a graduate of the public schools of .I ersey City and of the Stevens PI'eparatory School. He is engaged in general engineering construction work with 1\I. \Y. Kellogg & Co ., engineers and contractors, New York. Ill' is a IllCmiJel- of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Irwin, Franklin Kilshaw (1\l.E., '83), was born in 1\lobile, Ala., December 4, 1859. Ill' prepared for college in 'fowle's Collegiate Institute at 1\lobile. and was a student at Ceorgelo\\'n Collegc, D. C., in the Class of J 882 for the freshman year only. 11 c was draughtsman with the j\lllerican Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, 1'a., J883-84: chief clrallghtsll1<ln and ll1echanical engineer in the Illotive-powl'l' department of the \\,isc()nsin Central Eailroad, \\'aukesha, Wis., 18841900: superintendent of car construction for the Inlernation:t1 Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa., f()r II'hOI11 he planned and built three air-brake instruction cars, J900; assistant engineer in charge of the designing and constnlL'li()n of I'cpail' shops and eqllip-

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mcnt with thc Union Pacific Railroad Co., Omaha, Neh., 1900-04: and is now mechani cal engineer with the Calena Signal Oil Co., Pranklin, Pa. He is a member of \Vaukesha


THE ALUl\lNI Lodge 37, Free and l\ccepled l\J asons; \ Vaukesha Chapter 37, Royal Arch J\lasons, and of the Dela Theta Pi fraternily, 1\1r. Irwin is the son of Thomas Kilshaw and J\lary (Ketchum) Irwin. llis father, an American born of Scolch-English parentage, traces his desccnt (on his mother's side) frol11 C;cnerals 1 Iowe and (;rcene of Revolutionary fame, amI was an oflicer in Cen . J. E. Johnston's Confederate army. 1\1r. [rwin lIlarried J\lary ~ \. Mcl lemy, SeptemiJer JI, 1R90, and they hal'e one child. I(ilshaw J\lcIlenry Irwin. Jackson, Bethel Howard (1\I.Ii., '95), was horn in I~ast Orange, X. J .. ;\ugust 30. J87-1-;

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son of I'ram'is \V. and ~ \deline (Eghert) Jacbon. lIe was an Instructor during the Supplementary Tcrm at Steyens [nsti ~ tute. I895; was employed in the l\[ounl Clare shops and as inspector in the department of tests of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bait imore, 1\1 <I ., 1R95- 96; and was general as~ sistant to 1'. J. I'alding, consulting chemical engineer, New York, for whom he was engaged in designing and constructing, in I'al'ious parls of the United Stales, chemical plants and apparatus chieDy for the manufacture of sulphuric acicl, I896-98. OlVing lo failing health he left for Europe in July, I898, inlending to sludy lechnical chemislry;

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but after some months of work with Prof. Lunge al the J'ederal Polytechnic School , Zurich, Switzerland, he was compelled to seek further change, and spenL about fOllr years in (;erman)" Switzerland, Italy, and Fra nce. j\, I r. Jackson retu med to ,\merica in October, 1902, and is al present in the \ \' cst. Jackson, Francis Egbert (1\J.l':., '86), was born in Brooklyn, N. \ '., June 27, 1865; SOil of Francis \\"hiting and ,\deline (Egbert) Jackson. ] Ie was with the Edison Lamp Co., Harrison, 1\ . ./ .. 1886- 9-1-; at first in the testing and standarciizing department, and a fterward as inspector of electric lighting plants. ] Ie then became a member of the firm of L:. I~. Jackson & Co., which later was changed to the Essex Lamp Co., manufacturers of incandescenL lamps. Upon resign ing his active intet'est in thaL company he iormeci a partnership lVith J\fr. J. \\'. ,\ylsII'orth, under the firm name of l\yisworth & Jackson, ancl became the managing partner of the firm, 1H9.t- 9H. The chief business of this firm was the m;\Ilu[aclure of incandescent-lamp filaments . Through its experi111ental department the firm became interested in the X - ray after Prof. Roentgen's discovery, and took up the manufacture of fluorescent screens. Si nee ]'day 1. lR98, 1\ Ir . .T ackson has heen sole proprietor of the business, which he conducts under his own name. '1lis graduating thesis, on " Crank Pin Stresses," was published in the Fr(llll.'lill fllstitllte ./ollrllal. rH86. TIe has also wriLLen several articles of a comll1ercial nature for technical journals. lie is a member of the ,\merican Institute of Electrical Engineers. Jackson, Henry Whiting (1\l.E., '92), was horn in East Orange, N. J., July 8, 1872. 1 I e held several positions in di ['ferent COI11panics from J892 Lo 189-1-, and then started husiness in the manufacture ane! sale of incandesccnt lamps. 1 re was connected wilh the Essex La\l1p Co .. of Newark, N . .1., frOll! rR9-1- Lo J900; and in the latter year hecame connected with the Sawyer-l\lan Electric Co., l'\elV lork, being made assistant superintendent in 1901, and aCLing superintendent in I902. 1\fr. Jackson is the son of I'rancis \V. and Adeline (EgberL) J ackso11, lIe married IIar-


TUE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIJKOLOGY riet l\ r. Eghert. Octoher 23. 190 l. and they have one child. L~lisabeth Eghert Jackson.

Franklin Institute, and \I'C take pleasure ill recommending the a\\'anl to them of the John Scott Legacy Premium :lledal for their rL路gistering apparatus.

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In 1899 1Ir. Jackson patcnted a controller for filters, which is dcsigncd to maintain an absolutely unifor1ll rate of discharge from it filter unit uncleI' varying conditions of the hed. ITe is a mcmher of tlte l\merican Society of l\rcchanical Engineers: of the ,\merican f'oundrymcn's , \ssociation: and of the Chi Psi fraternity. :'Ill'. Jackson is the SOlt of Francis \Y. and .\deline (l~ghcr() ,Jackson. lie married

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Jackson, Walter Weldon (1I.E., '89). was born in East Orange. N. J .. January 4. 1R70. lle was in the employ of the ~a fcty Car llcating & Lighting Co .. New York. 1RR9: and with the Iluilders' Iron I'oundry, PrOl' idencc. n. 1.. lRR9- 99. first as c1raughtsl11an. next as machinist. and later in charge of the \ ' enturi meter department. alld conducting tcsts. In -:'If a:--. 1 R99. he joined the I'ro\'i <knce [ngineering \\Torks as assistant superintendcnt. and in March of the following year rcsigned to accept the position of su perintendent of the \\'hecler Condenser & I~ngineerillg Co .. Carteret. ~. J. This posi tion he held until Fehruary. 1904. \\'hen he resigned. and has since hcen eng'aged in consulting and expert engineering work. Jointly with -:'Ifr. F. N. COllnel pLE .. 'Rf)) he took out a patent for an integrating-machine for the \ ' enturi meter. Of this inven tion the .Tourual of tile l-ral/hlill II/stilute states: "Its inn路ntion. design. and pcrfection arc the fruit of great ingenuity and of much knowledgc and painstaking lahor, and they ha\'c hecn of \'ast Iwnd'it to the communitv h.,- making the V('nturi meter a working tool. Its il1\,cntot's , Messrs. Ft-('(kriek :\. ConncL and 'Valler IV. Jackson. of l'rm-idcncl'. I~. 1.. an:o therefore cntilled to distinguished honor at the llltnds of

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Ellen W. llalton. October 31. lR9-J.. and th<.:y Itave one child. Frances I lalton Jackson. Jacobs, William Egbert (l\LE. , '79), \Vas born in Brooklyn. N. \ T.. February 18. JRSS. For the bst fi [tccn years he has been in the business of selling mining-machinery anc! contracting for the erection of mining and milling plants. Tle is it member of the firm of Jones & Jacobs, engineers ancl contractors. Salt Lake City, Utah, whose plans for the construction of mills and hoisting works are largely his personal \I路ork. ITe is also in general practice as a civil engineer. ITe was at one time engineer of the Diamond Coal & Coke Co .. the erection of whose works he planned and superintenclecl. 11 1'. Jacohs is the son of Egbert CUlllstOIll


TIlE ALC'l\lNI and Carolinc Elliot Jacohs. l\fa)' Fryc, Junc I. 1903.

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Jacobus, David S. (l\I.I~ ... ~-+). I)rofcssor of Experinlcntal l~ngim'l'1'ing at the Sten:ns Instit u(e of Technology. For hiography, see page 2~7.

old Iludson Ri\'er Dutch ancestry, from Athens <lnd Jludson, ~, y, lIc is also a clescendant of (;cn. Nathaniel (;reene, of Rcvolutionary famc. 111'. Jennings was a cadet cngincn with the United Cas ImprO\'e111ent Co., Philadel phia. [~()<) l<)or, first in the Jerscy City plant; next in charge of thc Bayonnc works of thc Iludson County (;as ('0., and () f thc distriiJution work of the company. during which ti111C se\'eral miles of JO ill. and 2-+ in. (runk mains were laid; ill charge of the l 'onsu111ers' works of thc III](j,;on ('!lunt), (;as Co., and of experimental \\路urk. illlprOlTmcnts. clc. Owing to ill health he resigncd his position with thc gas company in the I'all of 1901. ;11Jd formed a p<1rtncrship \\ith .\. I~. Ilanks under the name of Jennings & llanks. and wcnt to :\1 exico. \\'here he reprcscnted ., Thc LoconlOiliic Company of .\mnica." with of/iccs in Monterey. lie is no\\' als() l'ng-aged in gennal engincering and mining in :'Ilexico, fie rcad a papcI' at (he annual Ineeling of the supcrintcndcnt..; of tIll' LTnited (~as

Jenkins, Matthew C. P I. E.. 路K7). was in the sleel mill of the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Co .. lK~7-K~ : was tlraughbm<ln on hridge and structural iron\\'ork with I'ost & :;\1cCord. Xc\\' York, 1~~~-93 ; general agent and mechanical engineer with the ('oxe Iron :\lanufacturing ('0., Xc\\' York, heing elllployed at the same time upon engineering work for Coxe 11ros. & Co., Inc., and for the Cross ( ' reek Coal Co., J K9,) 97; Eastern sales agcnt fm' the I\hendro\h & I\oo\l\lanufaduring Co., for sel'eral years; and is now gencral man ager of the Spiral Ri\'eled Tuhe Co., :\e\\' \' ork. II e read a paper 011 ., Smoke PrC\'el1 tion" hefore thc l:ranklin Institute of Phila delphia ill IR97, and is a member of the ,\mcrican Society of :\ [echanical Enginecrs and of the Franklin Institutc. Jennings, Randolph Parmly (l\LE., '99). was born in Jcrscy City, N. J., l\tay J2, 1877; son of Ernest F. and Alice Clough Jennings. II is father (horn in N cw \' ork city) is of old Connccticut stock, tracing hack to " Mayflower "days. IIis mothcr's parentagc is of

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Impro\'c mcnt Co., February. J90I. on .. Somc Expcriments in \Vatcr-Gas Manufacturc at iersc\' Cit\" . ?-oJ. .r." TTl' is a lllellIher of the Theta Xi and Tau Bcta Pi fratcrnities; of thc Theta Xi (;raduatc Club of Ncw York; the Palma Club of J crsey City; the Uni\'crsity Cluh of IIudson County. N. J.: the ~

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tountakah Country Club of Nutley, N. and of the Casino of l\Ionterey, l\lex.

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jennings, William H., jr. (l\I.E., '96), was horn ill South Orange, N. J., July 15. IR74: son of \\'illiam 11. and l\Iarion A. Jennings. J Ie was in the employ of thc Standard Oil Co .. :-Jcw York. 1896-98; with Robert F. \\'cntz. ~azareth, 1'a., 1898- 1901; was located at nay City, ~l ich., J 90 1- 02; and from the lattcr ycar to date has becn erccting cngineer for the . \lIis-Chalmcrs Co., at Barcelona, Spain. jennings, William james (l\I.E .. '00), was

bom in

I~l'druth,

Cornwall, England, January

\V. lIunt & Co. , Chicago. IIe is a member of the Theta Xi fraternity, and of its graduate club. l\lr. Jennings is the son of \Villia1l1 and Martha J el1nings. His father was for 18 ycars superintendent of motive power of the :'IJexican Intcrnational Railroad; he is now gcncral supcrintendcnt of the Pacific Electric Traction Co., Los i\ngcles, Cal. \V. J. Jennings married Edith Allison, l\[arch 27, 1901, and thcy have onc child, \Villiam i\llison Jennings. j ewell, Theodore E. (l\ L. E., '95), has been with the J Icckcr-Joncs-Jewcll l\lilling Co., l1rooklyn, 1\'. Y., from 1895 to datc. jobbins, William E. (l\I.E., '82), was 10catcc! at ,\mora, 111.,1883- 85, and at Chicago. 111., 1885-87, in which latter ycar he died . johnson, Lnther Halsey (l\I.E., '98), was born in Newark, N. j .. October 12, 1877; son of J. William and Josephine P. Johnson. I ris father's family was one of the settlers of ""elVark, N. J., in I660. His early education was received in the public schools of Newark and Summit, N. J. Ill' was in the Stevens Preparatory School one year before cntering the Institute. lIe was in the cm-

\Y.

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JENNINGS

6, J 874, wherc he lived unt il he was sevcn years old, thell c01lling to ,\few York State. where hc rcmained for three years, next going to :.\Iexico. wherc he lived until he was t II'cnty-onc. J Ic attended a pri vatc school at S:lll , \ntonio. Tcx., and servcd as machinist and draughtslllan in thc shops of the :'Ilcxican international Railway. fTe obtained a scholarship from thc l\laster Mcchanics' Association, and entered Stevens Institutc with the Class of 1900. IT e was with the Standard Pneumatic Tool Co .. of Chicago, as manager of its Pittsburg office, I900: was then made foreign manager, with officc ill Paris, a position he resigned in June, 1902. He is now inspccting and testing engineer with R

L. II.

JOHNSON

ploy of the Derby Gas Co., Derby, Conn., 1898-99; ancl has been with the Unitecl Gas


THE ALUMNI Improvement Co. from the latter year to date, as follows: At their works in Omaha, Neb. , 1899, where he was the clerk of works, r899- I900; with the Sioux City (Iowa) Gas Light Co .. 1900; foreman of works of the Sioux City Cas & Electric Co., 1900-03; and superintendent of the Consumers' works of the Iludson Coullty Cas Co., Jersey City, N. J., from 1903 to dale. IIe is a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. johnson, Theodore Woolsey (1\I.E., '96), was born in Owego, N . Y ., June 4, 1872. lIe graduated as 13achelor of j\rts in classical suiJjects at Johns Hopkins University in [892, and was for three years a graduate student in science at the sallle institution under Prof. Henry Rowland. 1.Ie was in the locomotive crecting shop of the Haltilllo1'C & Ohio Locomotive Works, l\lOUllt crare, 8altilllore, for three tllonths, as an apprenticed mechallic, and ill January, 1897, he was appointed. after civil-sen路ice examination, assistant inspector of steel for the United States )Javy. This position he held until June, 1898, being stationed at the Bethlehem Iron Co., South Bethlehem, Pa .. at the Midvale Steel Co., Philadelphia. Pa.; and at the American Steel Casting Co .. ThurlolV, Pa. In J~98 he entered into partnership \I路ith 1\11". Jay 1\I. \Vhitllliln and conduded professional engineering \l'ork at Phlladclphia. In January, 1900, in a competitive examination. he won the Professorship o[ Drawing at the {>Javal ,\cadeI11Y, l\nnapolis, a position which he now holds. 1\ [r. J oh nson'5 graduating thesis, written jointly with 1\11'. i\. ). Wood, 011 "Efficiency and Capacity Test and Comparison of the Effect of 'Statical' and' Sliding' Ilead in I)ril'ing the Ilydraulic Ram," was published in the Sh"l'<'IIS fllslilllie illdicalor, l\pril, 1898. lie is also the author of chapters" On the Theory of the Connecting-Rod," and" On Designing Connecting-Rods" (38 pages), ill the" :'\Totes on the Design of Propelling l\Tachinery for Nal'al Vessels" published by the U. S . :.laval Institute, i\nl1apolis, l\Iel., 1902. He is a member of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia; an associate member of the American Society of l\1echanical Engineers; and of the ,\Ipha Delta Phi and Phi Beta I(appa fraternities (Johns Hopkins Chapters) .

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1\11'. Johnson is the son of 'vV. \Voolsey and Susannah Leverett (Batcheller) J ohnson. IIis father is descended fr0111 the Strat-

T . W. Jorn:sos

ford (Conn . ) Johnso11, and the \\'ooIsey, Lil'ingston, and Baya,'d fanlilics of :r\elV \ 'ork. His mother is clescended fronl the Batchellers of ;.(elV ITalllpshir~ and the Levere[(s (Colonial Governor Sir John Leverett) of l\Iassachusetts. lie married l\[ary Carter era ven .. \prilI9. 1902. Jones, Edward Lathrop (l\I.E., '92), was I)ol'n in [<'ranklin. Con11., June 12. 1868. lie II'as draughtsman with the Link-Belt Engineering Co., ~ ell' York, 1892; held the same position with the Crowell Clutch & Pulley Co., \Vestfield, :-J. Y.. 1892- 1902; and with the Lackawanna Steel Co., Buffalo. N. Y.. frolll 1902 to elate. lIe was grantcd a patent for an improvement on a friction clutch in 1894. Ill' is it lllember of the Royal ,\rcanulll. 1\lr. J011es is the son of Franklin Chappell and IJarriet L. \\'urts Jones. lie married Lizzie J. Thompson, ,\llgllst 9. 189+ jones, Frank Cazenove (i\l.E .. '18), was engineer and c1rallghtsman with the i3aldwin Locollloti I'e \ \' orks, Philadelphia, Pa., 1R7879; assistant engineer with the Delaware l3ridge Co., in the field, erecting bridges, and late" on in charge of inspection of work and the clraughling-room at Trenton, N. J., 1879-


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in the works of the 1'\ ew York Delting & l'acking Co., in Connecticut and New J erse)" Ji~81-93, during part of this time being also general manager of the factory of the Okonite Co. and of the International Okonite Co., Passaic. K. J.. and building and eCJuipping two rubber factories and one insulating factory. lle has been president and general Illanager of the l\J an halLanR ubber l\ [anu fact uring Co., from 1893 to date. This company built and eCJuipped its own \\"()rks at I)assaic. :\ . .1. Mr. .Jones is a memher of the .\l1lcrican ~(Kiet.l' of :\rechanieal I~ngineers. and of the Engineers' Cluh. Jones, Henry Parsons (:\I.I~ .. '90). was horn in Hoosick Falls. X. Y ... \pril 27. 1~6R I Ie receil'cd his primary education in the grammar and high schools at TToosick I·'alls. I le was employed in draughting II'ork on automatic serew machinery for Russel & I~r\\'in. Xc\\' Brilain. Conn .. l~m~; in the civil enginecr's oflice at the United ~tates :\al'Y Yard. Portsmouth. :\. J l.. engaged

XcIV Britain, I892; with the Pennsylvania Steel Co .. Steelton, Pa., engaged in plantconstruction. [892-93; in business ill New York. 1893-9+; with the Pennsyl vania Steel Co .. 189+-97, as engineer of surveys, street railway department; IVas engaged on engineering work. principally in J\'ew York city, I ~97-9g: associated with C. A, Wright, CE., designing waterworks at Lindsay, Pa., I89899; with the Planters' Compress Co., Boston, engaged in developing and placing in the field a 1'Ound-iJale system for pressing colton. IR99-T901 : with the Fore River Ship & I~ngine Co .. Quincy. Mass .. 190J-03; as,ociated with the huilding committee of the United Shoe :\fachincry Co .. 1903: and is now with the industrial and pO\I'er dcpartmcnt of the \\'eslinghousc Electric & 1\lanufacturing Co. in Xl'\\' York. :\11'. Jones Ins written the [ollowing articles for technical journals:

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"Comparison of Bal1,\utol11atie CttL-Orf Gear and Stephcnson Link ~I()tion." Trallsadiolls of llie .llliericall .lss,,('ialioll t(H'llie . 1<l1'all('elllL'111 oj .':('iell(,c, lRqo: :";lel'cIIs I IIdi('a iL,,', October, I

R()o.

d,\ \Ion-Oxidizing Process of .\nllcaling." 1"lIgillccrillg XC7.l'S, ,Bcp. I. 5: 1~lIgillc('rillg all.! .II illillg jclllrllLl/, I Rcp: /{Cllt'S ,lIcc/lLlllica/ J~lIgi­ Ilcer's I','ckcl-no"k, p. 3R7.

"(;irdl'r 1~'JIgiJ1('crillg

I~ails

in Building Construction."

I«'(on/ . . \ugl1sL ..J-, lRc)-l-.

",\ Protractor fo!' Compound CttnTs."

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lIeerillg .\'elL's. IIl,)S, ". 2~6.

"!'!'('sl'nt Status of the Centrifugal Pump." /hid .. lRL)C), I. '.,.1.

" Importance of Economizing Tonnage Facilitil'S h.\' Compact Stowage of Cargocs." Jbid .. I ()O r,

1) 'SO.

"Thc 1)l'\Tlopnll'nt of Shipyard Crane SC'r\·ice." Ibid., IClO), If ... 02. "The Se\'cn-~Iasll'cl Schooner-ln Gencral and in OcUli!." Ibid .. NO\'l'mlll,], 26. 1<)02.

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JUXES

upon construction of buildings. X a I'y llospitaL reservoir and \I'aterworks system, elc.. 1890-9I; with the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., 1891-92; was associated with II. K. Tones. of IIartford anc! ::\Tew Britain, Conn .. 'in the development of an annealing process, also with the Russel & Erwin Manufacturing Co ..

II e has also compiled" Cost Tables for Seed Colton and Lint," copyrighted in 1901. lle is a junior llIember of the ,\mcrican ~ociety of l\lechanical Engineers and a member of the Delta Tau Delta fralernitv. :\[r. Jones is the son of E~lwarcl ?-1. and Hlanc!ina (Burtis) Jones. lie married Caroline Seymour Trull. June 20. JR99. and they ha\'e one SOil. EdlVard l\Jillon Jones. Jones, Robert R. (M.E .. '01). was employed for sOll1e time in the Riverside department

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Mr. J oncs is the son of Anthony and Emily Johnson (Tremaine) Jones. His father, Anthony Jones, a civil engineer, was born in London, and on his mother's side he comes from Rel'olutionary and French and Indian \Var stock. IJe marricd Sallie Pringle Fisler, Dccember 2-1-, r896. Joubert, Frederick L. (1\I.E .. '9I), was engageel in the il'OnlVorks of John II. l\Iurphy. ~ew Orleans, La., as draughtsman and chief draughtslllan. 1R91-9S: and has been a mem ber of the firm of Payne & Joubert. KelV Orleans, La., frOI11 IS9~ to date. This firm makes a specially of sugar machinery. contracts for the ('oll1plete erection and furnishing of refineries and sugar-houses . and has a patent OIl improl'ed hollol\'-blast bagasscburners, which they build.

Keepers, Edgar S. (l\J. E., '02), is lVith the 1\1 iddle States Inspection Bureau. )lelV York.

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JONES

Septcmber 21. l~72. r Ie attendee! the Adelphi l\cadcm),. Ilrouklyn. {or scvcn years previous to entering Stcl'ens lnstitute. Hc was Instructor during the Supplementary Term at Stevens, 1 ~9-1-; drallghtsman with Bement, Miles, & Co., Philadelphia, machine-tool builders, 1R9-1--95; Instructor at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, teaching mechanical drawing, descriptive geo1l1etry. ane! applied a neI expcri mental mec han ics. 189 ~ -98; designer with the Bctts ~Jachine Co., \Vilmington. Del., in the summer of 1896. during which time a J j-inch slotting-machine, designed by him for this company, was describecl and illu strated in the AlIIerical! .1[u(It ill ist: designer for the C. \ \'. I runt Co., \Vest ~ew Brighton, N. Y.. huilders of coa1handling and com'eying machinery, 18981900; and in the engi neering department of the Babcock & Wilcox ('0., employed in building its new plant at Bayonne. N. J .. and since in designing special machinery, from 1900 to date. During the year J903, he spent two 1110nths at the Renfrew (Scotland) works of the Babcock & \\'i1cox Co.

Kellogg, Ernest D. (1\I. E., '98), has been cmployed in the lahoratolT of Thomas A. I~dison. Orange. 0.'. J.; and is at present enginecr at the Post & l\IcCord bl'anch of the ,\merican Bridge Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Kellogg, Morris Woodruff (l\J. E.. '9-1-), was born in Elizabeth, N. J.. January 16. 1873; son of Jamcs Crane and Elizabeth L. (Woodruff) Kcllogg. TIc is a direct desccnclant of John Rogers . the l\Iartyr. lIe assistecl 1\Ir. Charles Emery. the well -known engineel-, upon some scientific tests on the efficieneics. economics. etc .. of a fuel-pulvcrizer in connection with boiler-practice; and was later with i\Tr. W. T. IIiscox (Cornell. f1iscox. & Underhill. and \\'. T. Hiscox & Co .). ~ ew York. whose firms macle a specialty of all kinds of power-house and factory construction \\'ork. In this connection Mr. Kellogg had complete charge of the Middlesex \\'ater Co.'s plant. running fro1ll South Plainficld through l\retnchen and \Vooc1hridge to Carteret. ~. J.. and also of the erection of the power-housc. containing 1.250 horse-pO\\'er of boilers, for the At lantic branch of the :'\ational Lead Co. Brooklyn. Tn 1899. in conjunction with 1\11'. James L. Alexander. he established the firm of


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Kcllogg & Alexander, Ncw York, as engineers and contractors for factory and mill COIlstruction, making a specialty of the construction of high-pressure steam-piping, and of conveying-lines for coal, orcs, phosphates. etc. In 1902 this firm was succeeded by that of .r.J. W. Kcllogg & Co., consisting of the subject of this sketch and Ur. \\,illiam l3. ()sgood Field. . \mong other work the finn has installed a plant for handling fertilizer material for thc largcst fertilizer works in thc United States, handling 125,000 tons. The firm's business also includes thc improved perforated radial hrick chimneys built hy them. Mr. Kellogg is a mClllher of the L'niversity C1uh of Xcw York; the Suburhan Riding and Driving Cluh; the Engineers' Cluh of ~e\\' York; the Elizaheth Town and Country Club; Squaclron A of .\CW York; and of the Chi Psi fraternity. Kelly, James Forrest C.r.r.E., '79), was horn in Ireland. Octobcr 16. 1860. lie was with thc Cold & Stock Telegraph Co., New 't'ork. IR79-Ho; in charge of the testing-room of the Western Electric Co., New York, IHHr- R2; electrician with thc Electrical Supply Co .. ~cw York. 1R83-87; manager of the wirc departmcnt of the Edison .r.lachine \\'orks and its successors, thc Edison General 1~ledric Co .. the Ceneral Electric Co., and the United States \\,ire & Cahle Co .. IR87- 94; and has been \yith the Xcw York [nsulated Wire Co., ~ew York, from 1R95 to date. Mr. Kelly is thc son of Jercmiah and Kate (l~ort-est) I.(ell)'. He marriecl Julia Kennedy, Octohcr 27, 1885. and they have two children. Forrest and Gcrald Kelly. Kelly, John Forrest (Ph.D., '78), was horn in Carrick-OIl-Suir, Ircland. March 2R. 1859. lie was a chemist in the laboratory of Thomas ,\. Edison. lR79; electrician with the \\'estern I~leclric Co .. Ncw York. lR79-82; assistant to Ur. I~dward \\'cston, then chief electrician of the United States Electric I-ight ing Co .. J 882; with the I'arker Electric Lighting Co .. afterward known as thc Remington Co .. 1~82-8.t; and with the United States Electric Lighting Co .. t884-86. During this period hc was closely identified \\路ith the now historical work of the old United States Co .. covering not only the field of

electrical-machine design, hut also those of the incancle~cent and arc lamps. 11e was chief electrician. remaining in charge of all the electrical work of that company, until

lOll>! F. KEU .\'

its ahsorpt ion hy the \ \' e~t i nghouse 1~lect ric Co .. with which latter company his position remained suhstantially similar. except in title (as he was the electrician of the ;\ewark shops of the \\'estinghouse Co.) until his resignation. in January. 1892. to join the Stanley Lahoratory Co .. which had just heen organized in Pittsfield. Alass .. and with which he was actively connected until January. 1~9j. During this period he and his associ ates designed the now well-known" S.K.C." alternating current inductor generator. and arranged with the Stanley Electric Manufacturing Co. to place on the llIarket a cOlllpkte system for the translllission and distrihution of power hy alternating currents. 1n 1H95 he resigned frolll the Stanky Lahoratory Co. and took a position as consulting ekctrical engineer to the Stank), Electric l\\anuhcturing Co., Pittsfield. and the Royal Ekctric Co. of .r.lontrcal. Canada. which companies \\'ere at this tillle acti\'ely entering the field of alternating-cnrrcnt work. 1\[r. Kelly still holds this relation to the Stanley Electric :'Ilanufacturing Co. For about ten years hc had entire charge of the patent affairs of the Stanley Lahoratory Co. and the Stanley Electric Manufacturing Co., and in all the

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THE ALUMNI important litigation between these companies on the one hand, and the \ Vestinghouse and General Electric companies on the other, he was uniformly successful. He is also consulting engineer and director of the Stanley Instrument Co., of Great Barrington . .Mass., and consulting engineer and president of the John F.l-':.elly Engineering Co., consulting and contracting engincers, Kcw 路York. 1\s an inventor 11r. Kclly's carecr has becn activc and brilliant. Early in 1891 he showed the prej udicial elYects of lagging currents on alternating-current power and lighting circuits, and, in conjunction with his associatcs, at that time patented and developed an alternating-eurrent induction llIotor having a condenser in parallel with the Illain Illotor circuit for furnishing the lagging component of thc 1lI0tor current. In J!$92 he pointed out the value of synchronous motors on alternating-current circuits, and showed that, by a proper adj ustmcnt of the field. the arllIature current of a synchronous Illotor can be made to lag or lead thc c. III. f. of the line as desired, and in consequence can be made to correct, not only the lagging or leading currents of the circuit, but used as a voltage rcgulator for an entirc transmission system. A patent for a synchronous motor used as a condenser was issued to him in 1893. During the samc year he pointed out that in the operation of alternating-current motors and also of transformers, and in the general transmission of [lower by alternating currents, it is of considerable importance that the currents and magnetic tluxes should vary sinusoidally, {or experience had shown even at that til1le (hat the 11I0re nearly such a condition is approached the less are the losses and idle currents. A lirst step toward obtaining these conditions is the making of the impressed c . /II. f. of the gcnerator sinusoidal. To accomplish this it is necessary and sufiicient that the magnetic Aux through the armature coils should vary sinusoidally. In order to accomplish this latter result and obtain a sinusoidal c. Ill. (., p,lr. Kelly. in 1893, designed alternating-current generators in which the poles were shaped so that the cleClrance or ait'-gap varied in an inverse sinusoidal manner, and consequently the flux and generator c. 111. f. varied sinusoidally. This was probably the first atlempt to shape scientifically the poles of alternators to obtain a

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predetermined c. 111. f. wave, and was the basis of a United States patent issued to him in 1894. Among his later inventions may be mentioned the .. non-hysteresis growth" transformer iron, the static ground-detector, and various measuring-instruments. It is pertinent here to remark that he has always been an advocate of extreme voltages in transmission work, and is recognized as the original" 60,000-volt man." lJe has devoted much attention to the protection of electric plants from lightning, :lnd has introduced two no\'cl and clTective types of arrestee One of these is similar in principle to the cohcrer of the wireless telegraph. The other is a sort of electric siel'e, shutting out wavcs of the normal frequency while allowing the high frequency electric waves due to lightning to pass with the utmost freedom. In co-operation with Mr. Stanley, Mr. Kelly has recently introduced a new form of alternator in which the principle of the transfortller is combined with the ordinary dynamic action. The exciting current in this machine I'aries spontaneously whenever the load is altered either in amount or character, so as to maintain the induced electromotil'e force constant. One of the most recent and at the same time largest of installations designed hy 1\1 r. I(elly is the Bay Counties power plant at Colgate, Cal., where was placed in operation in 1902 three dynamos of 3.000 horse-polVer cacho These dynamos arc connected to Risdon water-wheels driven by a colullln of water with a 700-foot fall. CUlTent is transmitted to San Francisco, 142 miles away, at a pressure of 40.000 ane! 60,000 volts, or twice and three times the transmission pressure used at Niagara. This plant was described and illustrated in " Hat-per's \Veekly," and in the" New York Herald," December 1, 190I. J Ie is widely known as one of the foremost of the worlel's electrical engineet-s, being qlloted largely in Thompson's "Polyphase Alternating Currents" and in Niethall1tl1et-'s " Ein-und-Mehrphasen \Veehselstrom-ErzeLlger." At a recent hearing of the case of \ \' esti nghousc Elect ric CO. 7/S. Stanley Instrument Co., the complainant's counsel spoke of Mr. Kelly as "an electrician of


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high scientific attainments," and as "probably the best-informed person on the subjectmaHer of the suit;" while the defendant's counsel characterized him as having .. a practical experience in regard to alternatingcurrent apparatus that is perhaps unequalled by anybody in the country." IIe has becn instrumcntal in taking out a largc number of patents in his line of work. Of thesc 26 have been issued in his own name, 32 in conjunction with 1Jr. \\' illiam Stanley. 7 in conjunction with i'llr. C. C. Chesncy, and 2 others in which he was associated II'ill! :\Iessrs. Stank) <tnd Chesney. and one with Messrs. Chesney and R. \\'. Power. Of these patents 39 hal'c been issued by the United ~tates, and the remainder by foreign coun tries, including England, France, Belgium, l;ermany, ,\ustria-llungary, Italy, and Canada. Mr. Kelly is a member of the l\merican Institute of Electrical Engineers; the Engineers' Club; the American l\ssociation for the Advancement of Science; the Societe Internationa1e des Electriciens; the Institution of Electrical Engineers (England); the ,\mel-iean Economic Association; the American Electrochemical Society; the Ameriean 1\cadell1v of Political Science; and of the l\mcric;n Statistical Association. i'llr. Kelly is the son of Jeremiah and Kate (Forrest) kelly. I Ie man-ied !Jelen Tischer in 1892, and they kt\'e tl\'O children. Eoghan and ])omna!1 Kelly. Kelly, Moore (i'lLI<:., '99), lVas born in 1'\e\\' York city September G, 1877; son of Thomas P, and .i\J ary J. Kelly. lle was cngaged as chain-1evel-man, transit-man, amI head of party, in the field engineering corps of Saughton & Co., contractors (who were at that time changing the motive pOlVer from horse to underground electric on the Third Avenue lines in New York), in 1899- I900. Later he was employed in the testing department of the Bristol Co., \\-aterbury, Conn .. and as draughtslllan and assistant to mechanical engineer with Colgate & Co., soap-manufacturers, Jersey City, ;.J. J.. in I900; in which year he. together with a classmate, Charles \ V. O\\'ston . .T r. , established and condueted a sales agency as Eastern representatives for the C. II. Shaw Pneumatic Tool Co., Denver, Col. The Eclipse Co .. of New York,

was then organized to do a general agency business, making a specialty of matic appliances; 1\J r. OW5t011 bcing president, and 11r. Kelly one of the

sales pneumade board

of directors, 1900- 02. The company subsequently established branch orficl's in Pittsburg, Chicago, and I\oston, :'Ilr. ['ell), lirst opening up the Boston office and territory. later assuming the managcment of thc Pittshurg office. I fc was also associated with :'Ilcssrs. I<:dwin S. (;Ieason and J. J. McQuade. of :\ ew York. who in 1901 wcrc granted a franchise for an electric street railway in the city o{ l\llJuquerquc, N. 1\1.. an enterprise which , however, was not carried out by them. although a company was organized and incorporated. In the fall of 1<;02. associated with 11r. C. I I. Shaw, ,1r .. he organized the Shaw- Eclipse Co .. taking over the Eclipse Co.路s husiness, 1\fr. Kelly being elected secretal-y and treasure!'. 1\11'. Kelly has since hecome the Central States representati\'e of the _\jax Mctal Co. TIe is :t memher of the PitbiJurg Rai[way Club and of the Knights of Columbus. Kelly, Olaf M. (i'lLE., '97), was on the engineer's staff of the \Villiamsburg Bridge, ;.Jew York, I897- 1904; and is now in the Depal-tment of Bridges of the City of New York. Mr. Kelly's graduating thesis. written with Mr. C. P. IIidden , on " Experiments

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THE ALUl\INI on thc Disruptivc Strength of Insulating Materials," was published in the StCZ'CIIS illstitute indicator for April, 1898. Kemble, Edmund (M.E., '95), was with the Western Electric Co., Ncw York, 18951900; assistant supcrintcndent and, latcr. superintendent of thc Electric Fireproofing Co., )Jew \'ork, JC)00-02; and has since hcen Iyith 1\lr. Charles J. Tagliabuc. l\cw York.

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Kennedy, Anthony (l\LE .. '91), was born in \Vye Hall, Queen Anne's County. Md.,

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sidcs several patents on the construction of vaults of armor platc, and a numbcr of patents 011 improl'cmcnts in locks and locking apparatus. In 1898 hc made a series of experiments for thc Carnegic Steel Co. to determine the I'aluc of armor plate for vaultconstruction. lIe designed and patented the first round-door burglar-proof vault cver built. ( l\n illustration of one of ::-'1r. Kcnnedy's hank \'altlts is here shown. Its wcight is 222.8 tons; that of the door 16 tons.) lIc \I'as cmploycd in the hull departmcnt of thc ~e\I' York Shiphuilding Co .. in charge of stanclardization of small tools and pneumatic apparatus. ]()OO-Ol; and was the general Ill,wagel' of the L. j I. :'Ililler Safc & Iron \\'orks. Baltil1lore. manufacturers of fireand Ilu rgla r-proof sa fcs. hank \'a ults. etc .. f!'Om 1901 to ]904. In January. 1903. he

September 12, 1870. 11 e was engaged in the 1110tive-p 0 weI' department at thc Mount Clarc shops of the BalLimorc & Ohio Railroad, testing materials at thc various steel mills. superintcnding the construction of 10comotivcs and cars. locomot i ve tcsting. cxperimental work. lJUR(;L.IR A:-1D ]\[OB PROOF \'AULT (DOOR OPEK) etc., 1891-93; and .1111lto1lY Krllilcdy was chief engincer with thc Ilollar Lock Inspcction & Guarwas clcctcd first vicc-prcsident and gencral anty Co., enginecrs of bank-I'ault construcmanagcr of thc abo\'e company, and bad ention, 1893-1900. ] Ic patcnted numerous intire control of its busincss and operation ventions relating to this work, among them, lip to the timc of his cntering business on two electric rc-winding timc-Iocks and an his own account as consulting engineer. in electrically actuated combi nation lock, be<...'amdel1, N. J., in thc sllmmcr of 1904. He


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has made several addresses on "VaultConstruction" before bankers' cOlwentions.

ANTHONY KENNEDY

He was with the Illinois Steel Co., Chicago, Ill., 1896-97; and has been engaged on construction work with Humphreys & Glasgow, gas engineers. London, England, fr0111 1897 to elate. Ire is a memher of the Tau Bcta Pi fraternity. Kent, Robert Thurston (M.E., '02), was born in Jersey City, 1\. J .. July J7, 18~0; son of Willia111 and l\larion (Snlith) Kent. I Ie \\,ilS educated in the puhl ic schools of Pas';lic. N. J; apprentice in the Cooke Locomotin: Works. Pater,.;on. K . .1., 1896-97; ilnd attcnded Stevens School one year (1897-98). before entering the Jnstitute. lie spent his college vacations in the draughting-rool11 of the Robins Conveying Belt Co., New York, with whom also he was engaged in erection \\'ork. draughting. and tcsting. 1902-03; was draughtsl1Ian with the Link-Iklt Engillcering Co .. Philadelphia. 1903-0-1-; and is now associate editor on the .. Electrical ({eview." New York city. He is il junior member of the Americiln Society of Mechanicill Engi-

r Ie is a mcmher of the Franklin Institute; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Merchants' Cluh of Daltimore; and of the Ikta Theta Pi fraternity. nlr. [(ellnedy is the son of Edmund Pendleton and .I uliil Chew (Paca) Kennedy. r I is filther's family is of Scotch origin. heing desccndC'rl from Cilhert Kellnedy. third Earl of Cassilis. II is mother is of English and Italian desccnt. Both falllilies have been in l\meriCil since ahout 1600. and have taken prominent parts in the early histol'Y oE the country. as signers of the Declal路ation. Colonial Cahinet officers. etc. TIc lllilrried (CMharine \'on Lilnderothe Conrad. ,Tunc JR. 1901, ill1(1 they hilve two sons. I\nthony and Joseph Conrad Kennedy. Kennedy, F. D. (M.E., '9R) , was in the meter department of the Edison Electric III u1l1inating Co., New York. 1R98; later engaged in experi1l1ent;1l \l'ork and assisted Prof. Jilcohus in the Department oE Tests, Stevens [nstitute; and is at present located in New York. Kennedy, John Pendleton (M.E., '96), was horn in \Vye ITil 11 , Queen Anne's County, l\f d., March 21, 1873; son of Edmund Pen(Ueton and Julia Chew (Paca) Kennedy.

R. T.

KENT

neers. ;]Ild a melllber of the Jkltil fraternity.

Till!

Deltil

Kent, W illiam (M.E.. '76), was born in Philadelphia. Pil., Milrch 5, 1RST. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphiil. ilnd graduilte(l frolll the Central nigh School in IR68 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts (receiving Master of Arts in 1883).

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TIlE ALU rNI lIe was clerk and bookkeeper in a coa[shipping hOllse in Philadelphia, I 86R-69, and in J)eeelllher of the lauer year moved to Jersey City to hecomc bookkeeper in the office of the Jersey City Cas Light Co, In 1870 to 1R72 he took the 1\1'(1 higher elasses in Illathematic~. engincering. elr.. at the night school in Cooper UniD11, ~ C\\路 York. graduating with thc Class of IR72, l Ie was iJookkeeper (and for a few months stnn:keeper, and assistant OIl land :tlld callal sl1rn:ys) with Cooper, I lewiu, & Co " Rillgwood J rOil Works. J\, J., IR72-75 , In lR73 7-/' hc took a special course in che111istry. under I)r. ,\lhert Callatin, at ('ooper Union. :-\c\\' York. and at the same tillle was pri\'ate tutor to illr. .\, S, Ile\\"itt's eldest son. Peter Coo[ll'1' II.c\\'itt. lie cntered Stc\'ens Institute in January. IR7S. as special studcnt in iron chenlistry. and also took the work of the Junior class in engineering, 111echanics. and Frcnch, II c "ecallll' a regular 111cnl/)cr oi the Senior class in Septe111iJcr. 1875. and gradllall'd with the Class of 1::\76, In Junc. 1875. :\1r.I\:ent was 111aek assistallt to I'wl. I{, II. Thurston on the LTnitcd States Iloard appointed to ll'st iron and stel'l and othcr metals. and was put in charge of the rl'sean:h on lnctallic alloys, lie continlied on this work. as far as time pcr111itll'd. while he \\'as a student. and a ftnward re mained in charge of it until , \pril. r877, C0111pleting the work Oil copper and tin. anel copper and zinc alloys. and \\Titing the report on it. I J e has had an extcnded cxpericncc in practical \Iork in I'ariolls "ranchl'~ of engineering. as will he indicated hy the [o"o\\'ing COlldenseci statcmcnt of his professional record: j)raughtsllIan at the Pittshurg Car \\'heel \\'orks, and for \Vitherow. Shepard. & La mond. hlast-furnace engineers. Pillslll1rg. Pol" IR77: eelitor of the" ,\merican Malltlfactul"Cr ;\11d Iron \\'or1<I," f'itblmrg. and correspondent of other engineering papers. IRn 7<): with Shol'nhel"ger & Co .. iron and slecl ma11l1facturers. Pittshurg. 1R7C)-ib. being superintendcnt of the open-hearth steel departnlcnl. JRRI -82, TTe resigned on account of ill health, and during l\fay. Junc. and July. IRR2. visited iron and steel \l'orks in Englanel. Scotlanel. and BelgiuJ1I, Returning. he entcrcd the cmploy of the TIabcock & \Vi1cox Co,. water-t uhe steam hoiler manufacturers,

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heing manager of the Pittsburg office, 188283. and superintendent of the sales dcpart l!lent and engineer of tests. with onice in Xew York. JRK3-85, In JR82 he fOllnded. with \\,illiam F, Zimmermanll PI.I':,. '76). the I'ittshurg Testing Lal)()1"atory, his intercst in \\'hich he sold to ]\fessrs. 1 [unt & Clapp 11l J8l:\6, lie \\'as secretary and gcneral manager of the Springer Torsion Ilalancl' Co,. Jersey ('ity. ~, .I .. 1KR3 90. de n'loping thc inl'l'ntitln of tile torsion halance

and iJuilding" and equipping a factory for its lllanufactul'l', I Ie pradisl'd as a consulting l'ngincer in ~l'\\' York city IR<)o - 1C)03: was gencral m;\nager of t'he I'ass;\ic "\rt Casting ('0,. Passaic. :\, .I,. rR<)3-9-1; and \\'as associate editor of "I':nginecring News." Nc\l' , "ork, from 18C),; to lC)o3, In l\Tay. 1903. he \\'as appointed I'rofessor of l\fechanical Engineering and l)can of tlle Lyman Cornelius Smith College of l\pplied Science in Syracuse Unil'l'rsity. and entered upon his duties there in Septemher of the same year, fn connection with his office practice as consulting engineer he has designcd and installed power pbnts. heating and \'Cntibting ;Ipparatus. and other machinery; designcd an ironworks erecled in l1razil in ]892: made tests of fuels. hoilers. cnginc5. materials. and machincs: gi\'en aell'ice and made reports on mcchanical and metallurgical proccsses. inventions. and projects: and in\'estigatec1


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causes of accidents for lawyer s in connection with damage suits. 1J e has also been employed as cxpert in a number of law cases, among which are the following: P age, Newell, & Co., 7'S . Collecto r of Port o[ B oston (U nited States Court), go\'el'llmcnt expert in tariff case, involving questioll, " 'Vhat I s Stee!?" 1881. Babcock & 'Vilcox CO. 7'S. Kidd (S up erior COli rt of New Y ork), steam uoiler case, 1882. H ewitt vs. P ennsylvania Steel Co. (U nit ed States Court), patent infringement CGse i11\,oll·ing validity of the J\I artin patents on opcnhearth steel process, metallurgical cxper t for defendants, 1883-8 ... , B abcoc k & 'Wilcox CO. VS . Dushane (Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore), steam boiler case, 188 .... K cnt vs. Pratt (in Patent O!llcc), patent interferencc case, 1886. Dubois t'S. C0111missioner of P atents, lead irap ease against t he Cit~, of \Yorceste r , 1889. F acto ry Owners on Blackstone Hi veI' ( ~Iass.) 7'S . City of \\T orcester, expert for ow n ers in watcr-divl'rsion casc, 1898. Town of Blackstone 7 '.1'. Blackstone Manu facturing Co., expcrt for to\\'n in walcr-c/i\'Ct'sion case, 1900. Schlicht t's. h:olipyle Co., expert for defendants in infringcment case, 1902. Scvcral suits urought by Long Island farmers against the City o[ New York for alleged damages done hy Brooklyn pumping-stations in lowerin g the und crgl'Oulld waleI' on their farms, expert for the city, 1901. In 1892 he spent over two months in Birmingham, Ala., auditing th e books of the Sloss Iron & Steel Co. In 1896 h e made 75 complete boile r tests at Aurora, Ill., for the Babcock & \\ ' ilcox Co., to determine th e r elati ve value of seve ral furnaces for burning different varieties of bituminous coal. H e was for one year a m ember of the New Jersey State COtllmission on Pollution of Streams. In 1890 lIfr. K e nt was elecled to represent the Alumni Association on th e Board of Trustees of the Stevens In stitute of Technology, and se rved until 1893. From 1888 to 1895 he was lecturer on steam engineering at the Newark Technical School, d elivering a course of ten lectures in each year. In 1902 he d eli ve red a course of s ix lectures on engineering subjects at Purdue University. H e has also lec tured at Brooklyn In stitute; Pranklin Inst itute, Philadelphia; \Vorceste r

Polytechnic Institute; Clarkson School of Technology, Potsdam, N. Y.; University of W es t \ ' irginia; Uiliversity of Illinoi s; Corndl University; and at S teve n s Institute. Pollowing is a list of Mr . Kent's contri ·· hut ion s to the soc iclies of wh ich he I S a m cmiJcr. and to the tec hni ca l j ournal s: "The R.apid Corrosion of Iron in I.( ai l\\,ay Bridges." IrolL . Igc, ]\fay 27 . ]875; Jour. Franl~. IilS!I, Jun e, 1875. " Project for thc Ercctio n of a Blast Furn ace in Northern New J erscy" (gntduating thesis, Ste\'ens Institute, J876). E ng. and .'I fin . jOllr. 2, ] 87 6 . " Til e Usc of R ed Charcoal in the B-last Furnace." Trans . . lm. JilS! . Jllin. Eilg.', VI , 207, ] 877 · "Graphic Method of K ecping t he RecOl'd of 'W orkin g of a Blast Furnace." Ibid., VI , SST, 18 77. "An Apparatus for Testing t he Hesist;:l11ce of :\il'tGis to Rq ll'ate <l S hocks." ibid., VIII, 76, J

87 9· "Som('

Cu rious Phenomena ObselTecl in ?llaking a T" st of a ])i ece of Hcssenll'r Steel." Ibid., V[II , 8 ] , J 87(). "}\11 i\utog raphi c Tnlllsmission Dynamo meler." fbid., Vll[ , ]77,r879. " Th e 'Yea ring P o\\'cr of Steel Rails." fbid., IX , 55 ... , 188o. " The :\I etrie System ." Tn1lls . Eng. _\oc. W est. iJa.'r, I . 1880.' "M,mganesc Determinations in Stee1." Tnllls. . Im. ins!. 1<Iill. [Ellg., X, ro T, ]881. " E vaporat ive Tests of Steam Boilers." TrailS. Ellg ..';oe. If 'cst . Pa., ] 883. " E vaporat i\'e Po\\'cr of Bi tum in oLls Coals." TT<7J/s. A. S. Jr. E.', IV, 2-1!J. , 883. "E\'aporaL i \'e [>o\\'er of ,\n thraeite Coal ." 1'''1£ J\'os tralld's E ll g. jI(lgO, 188-1. " H Ull'S for Conc1uctill~ Boikr T ests ." TrailS. . 1. S. M. E., V, 260, 1884. "'Vater-Tubc B oilers at t h e Lu cy l'urnaee." TnlJls . . Im. inst. 1<1ill. E llg., X11T, '... 5, 188 .... "Proposed j\l'pm'at us fOt· Dd crmin in g the JT eating P owc r of Diffcrcnt Fucls." ibid., XIV, 727, J885· " R cce nt F ai lures of Steel Boiler Plates," I hid., XIV, 8I2, J885. "Spcci fi e C;ravity of Open-Hearth Steel" (prepared discussion of paper hy another author). Ibid., XIV, 585, 1885. \" Journal of the Franklin Institute." :1 ((

Engineering and

~\ linin ~

Journal. "

, " Tran sactions of the American Institute of Mining Enginocrs. " 4"

Tran sactio ns of the Engineers ' Society of \Vest-

ern P cnnsy1van ia ."

Transactions of th e American Society of Jlfelhanica\ Engineers." ti U Van Nostrand 's Engineering 11agazine." 5"


THE ALUMNI "Table of Sizes of Chimneys ."

Trails. A. S,

"l~opes

45 1 Pass, Texas."

lillgillcerillg ,1Iaga-

M. E., VI, 8I, I885.

ziJte, June, 1892.

"Tables for Facilitating Calculation of Boiler Tests." Ibid., VI, R-I, J8~5. "Report of COllllllittet' on Standanl lI[ethocl of Steam Boilel' Trials."1 Ibid., VI, 256, 1885. "The Torsion Balance." Ibid., VI, 636, 1885. " Engineering as a Profession" (Prcsi<lenlial Atldress to the Alumni , \ ssoeiation of the Stevens Institute of Technology). Fall ,\'vslraml's Bllg. ,Hag., "\ugust, r8RS. "Proposal for an ,\merican . \ cadclll)' of Engineering." 1bid., Octoher, I R86. "Classi iicatioll of Iroll and Steel." Ha ilrvad alld Ellgillccrilig jVllrlllll, ,\[>ril , ,887. " I s ",Vater-Cas an I ~conomieal Fuel?" TrailS. A.:i. 1\1. E, Vlll, 225, 18R7. ",\ Prol)lem in Profit-Sharing." ibid., V lII , 63°, 188 7. "The Future IVater-Supply of Northern New Jersey" (reael before the Citizens' .\ ssociation of Passaic, N. J., January 12, 188S). 1'assaic lJaily News, January, ISSR. "\Veighing-;\faehines." jOllr. Frllllk. 11151., September, IR88. "The Iron Industry of the United States." SIC7'CIIS illelimlor, Ocl;,l)('r, ISS.'\. "The I fcating \'alm' of Coal." ,ll illeral 111elllslry, r, <)7, J 8<)0. "Tests of Recen t FOl'lllul:e for Chi I11ne,-Draught." TrailS . . 1. .'j. ,11. i~., XI, <)1>'1,18<)'0. "r\merican Blast Furnaces" (I'repal'ed discussiolJ of paper IJ.\' itnothtT author). TrailS. Am. illst. Jlill. Ellg., XIX, <)Sl, [890. "Designing a Toggle-Joint Press." . llII ericall ,Uachillisl, ~Iareh 27, 1890. "Testing the Relati,-e Valut· of Different Fuels." r~lIg. (/Ild ,Ifil l. jOllr., .Iul.,- II), 18<)0. ".\ Thirl." Yl'ars' Rclrospl'e( of the fron Trade." / bid., Sl'ptclll her 27, ()l'loher -I,

"The Ideal Preparatory School for Engi1Iee rin g Students." Cassicr's .Hag., ;I.ugust, , ~9-1· "The Relation of I ~ngineering to Economics" (Vict'-l'residcntial Address bcfore Section D of the American Association for the Atlvance1l1cnt of Seicnce). ]'rvc . . 1111. ,Issoc .. -Idu. Sci., XLIV, 18 95. "Some Preventable \Y asLes of .I [cat in the Generation and Usc of Sll'am." jvnr. Frank. 111.1'/., D ecemIJel', 18<)5. "Coal Dust in ~l inc Explosions" (prepared discussion of paper by another author). TrailS. ,11Il. illst. JIiJl. ElIg., XXl V, 9I3, 1895. " Industrial I~ducatioll the Necd of the Commoll\\'ealth" (address at the 39th J\nnual Commencement of the i\liehigan Agricultural College, August q, 1896). JIidt. , Igric. CoLI. Record, ,\ugust IS, 1896. "Notes on the Proposed Removal of Scwage [rom the l'a,;saic Rin'r" ([lre~ented to t he New .I ersc.v State Coml11is~ion on the Pollution of Streams). l'assaic lJail)' Nc'Ws, J8l)<). "Fuel and Lts Ecollomical Utilization." ,11 inNal Illdllslry, V LII, 1Sl)l}, "The :\jaJlufactun~ of Iron and Sted" (tt lecture delin'red at Sibll'y Colll·ge, Cornell Uni\'ersity) . .'.ib. JOltr. Eng.', FeIJn,ar~', J(IOO. "j leat Resistance, the Reciprocal of !Teat Condueti"ity." Trans . . 1. ,S . .\1. E., XXIV, 19°3· "University Education of I ~ngincers." Sib. JOllr. I~ng., Decembel', 19°3.

18<)0 .

"(}old and Sil"l,}, Statistics." sOllrccs vf the Ullilcd ..... Ialcs, 1R.'\9

.l! illeral Hel)0.

"('ri tical ({e"iew of I ~flil"it'nc ,' Tests of Coals." l~lIg. alld J1Till. joltr., Octo),,';' ' 0, '7 , 2-1, 3 I , 18<) I. "Limits of the Batlle Ship." ('assicr's .1 Tag. , November, 18l) I. .. Tests of Structural \V!"Ought ] ron anel Steel " (preparcd discussion of papcr h,' anot her author). TrailS. , 1111 , 111.1'/. JTill. /~lIg., XX, 700, 1891. .. Influencc of the Steam-Jackets of the Pawtucket Pumping-Engine." TrOllS. , I . .<' . .11. E., XIII, 176, 1892. "The Efllcieney of a Steam Boiler. What I s It?" Ibid., XlIi, 6-15, IS<)2. 1 The committee consisted of William Kent, Chairman, John C. Iloadley, R. If. Thurston, Charles E. Emery, and Charles T. Porter. Each of the members participated in the writing of the report.

1\1r. I(ent also prepared a large number of discus sions 011 papers by other authors 1Il the societies of which he is a member. In 1~90 h e was s pecial agent of the U. S, Census as assistant to R p, Rothwell, anc! had charge of the collection ami compilation of the stat istics of Gold and Silver for the Census Report. In 1891 h e contributed 300 pages to Appleton's" Cyclopedia of 1\1echanics." lI e is the author of "The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book" (John \V iley & Sons, 1895). The compilation of this \\'ork occupied a large part of hi s time from 1891 to 1895. The book has been revised each year, and is now in its sixth edition, over 30,000 copics having been sold. IT e is also the author of "Steam Boiler Economy" (John \Viley & Sons, 190r). Mr. Kent has taken out over twenty patents for hi s inventions, including several 1 "

Sibley Journal of Engineering."


TIrE STEVENS ] NSTITUTE OF TEeIl NOLOCY from 1885 lo 1887 for watcr-tuhc hoilcrs and for machincry for forming their spccial parts, which werc purchased hy thc Bahcock & Wilcox Co. In 1887 and 1888 hc patcntcd improvcments in torsion halancc scalcs and automatic wcighing-machincry, the rights in which \\'ere assigned to the Springcr Torsion Balancc Co. 11c has also taken out two patents for smokeless furnaccs [or stcam I,oilers, onc in 1898 ane! anothcr in J90 r. Thc later furnacc was tcsted in St. Louis, in January, 1902, hy 1\[1'. \\'illiam 11. Bryan, ;ind according to thc smoke scalc used in Sl. Louis lhc smokc was I-educed to 0.6 per ccnt, a practically pcrfect rcsult. 1\Ir. b::cnt is or has heen a mcmber of thc following engineering societies, in which he has heen \'ery activc upon committees, and a frequent contrihutor of papers on a variety of suhjects. as shown ahove: The , \merican Institutc of 1\1 ining Enginecrs, 1876 lo datc (memhcr of thc board of 11Ianagers. 1901 (3) ; American l\ss(}ciation for the ,\(l\-anceIncnt of Sciencc. 1877 to date (vicc-prcsident and chairman of Scction I). 18(5): Engi necrs' Society of \\' cslern Pcnnsylvania. 1880-8-1- (treasurcr, 1880- 82): , \merican Society of 1\ 1cchanical Eng'ineers, J 880 to datc (nlallagcr, IRRS-R8; vicc-president [889- 90; chairman of committec on steam boilcr trials, 188-1-- 85: mcmher of exccuti\'c committec of European trip of joint socictics, 1889; of ncw committec Oil hoiler trials. 1896- 99; and of committee to report Oil the mctric systcm, J9(3); Amcrican Socicty of rleating and Vcntilating J<:nginccrs, J898 to elate (mcmbcr of boanl of governors. 1901: vicc-presidcnt. 19(3): Socicly for Promotion of Enginecring Education. 189-1- to date; and o( the Enginccrs' Cluh. 1889 to date. TIc is also a mC11lher of the Delta Tau Delta and Tau Beta Pi fratcrnities, 1\ Ir. Kcnl is thc son of Jamcs and Janct (Scoll) Kcnt. TTis father was a nativc of Bothwell. Scotland, wherc his anccstors had lived fOI- many gencrations. TIc was a norist and landscapc gardcncr. as wcre his fathers beforc him, II is 111o(hcr was the daughter of a schoolmastcr in I\nnan. Scotland, who was an intimate friend o[ Thomas Carlyle. Mr. Kcnt married Marion \Vcild Smith. February 25. J87<). and thcy havc three children. Rohert Thurston. Agnes Scott. and Edward Ravlor Kent.

Kenyon, Charles C. (M, E., '9-1-), has been a 1I1emher of thc firm of R. D. Kcnyon &

Son, 1I1anufacturcrs of woolen 1I1achinery, Raritan . .0J . .1 .. [rom d~9-1- to dale. Kerr, Charles Volney (M.E., '88), was hom in l\[ia1l1i County, 0., March 27, 1861. IIc was hrol1ght up on an Illinois whcat iar1l1, attending district school. high school, and collcge. J [e stood forcmost in studies and showcd an aptitudc in mechanical 1I1attel'S relating to farming. PrcviOl1S to entering Stcvens Institute hc gradl1a(ed. in 18~..J. irom the scientific COllrsc o( the \\'est-

C, \ ' .

KERR

ern L1nin'rsity of I'cnnsyh';)nia with the de ,(;Tec of llachclor of Philosophy. 11e was Tcachcr of :'Iialhcmatics and Scicncc at Pratt Institute. Ihooklyn. r88R- 89: Assistant Profcssor of Mechanical I~nginccr足 ing at \\'estcrn Uni\' ersily of Pennsylvania. r890; Professor of 1\Iechanical Enginccring, and Sl1perinlcndcnt of Mcchanic Arts, at l\rkansas Industrial University, Fayetteville. ,\rl<.. 18<) [- 90: and ])irector of the Dcpartment of 1\fcchanical Engincering at I\rmour Insti(l1tc of Technology. Chicago. JII., rR9619 02 . In thc coursc of thesc changcs hc hclped to plan the course of instruction for Pratt Tnstitl1te: planned thc COl1rse in mechanical engineering and equipped thc shops for thc \\' estern lTni\'ersity of Pennsylvania; or-


Tll E _\I, l' \ J N I gaJlized the dCI)artJllellt of electrical engi neering at Fa."elle\路ilk. and rehuilt the shops and equipped the lllel'hanicaI Iahuratory there; and built and equipped the shops u[ the lllechanical dcpartment of the Ilranch :-\ormal College. i'ine Bluef . . \rk.. and organized the instruction. \\'hilc at .\rlllour lnstitute hc dc\'cloped the course in Illechanical engincering. illlpro\'cd the e<juipIllent of the laburaturies. and planllcd the arrangenll: nt and c<Juiplnent of the ne\l' shop iluilding. Ill' also did S()llll' \l'ork as conslIlting l路ng"ineer. especially making a seric., of tests to delcnllillc thc relative merits of iJrass and rolle-r i>l'arillgs at various loads and speeds. and equipping a dccp-well [lUIllPing-station for the village ()f Riverside. Ill. llc has also engaged in spccial in\'l~stigations such as displacclllent cur\'l'S f(lr pist(lll ellgines. parallel opcration of alll'l'Ilators, theory and practice of slIjlerhcall'd steam. developnl<: nt of Holly gravity return system. dc. lie is no\\' with lhe firm of \\ -estinghouse, Church. Kerr. & Co. All10ng the articles contrillltled by Prof. I(crr to teelllJical papel"'; perhaps the 1110st important arc those on "The .\rkansas Tn-

the following papcrs at ll1eding~ of the American :-;ocidy of Mechanical l ~lIg-illeers:

SUOPS OF 4\IDIOUH. l:S-STITUTE, CI11C;\(!O, ILL.

C _ I '. l,crr

"Thcory of thc :'I]oment of Inertia," Jt-\9-L " Momcnt of Rcsistance," 1896; "Theory of the :'IIO[IIl'lIt of 111 l'rtia," 1899: .. The Herlhicr l\[elho<l of Co a I Calorimetry ," J900; "Efficiency of a (;as E.llgine as :'Ilo<lified by Point of Ignitioll," I901. Prof. Kerr lectured hefore lhe an nual meeting of the ,\ssociation of Cas alld Gasolinc Engine Mallufacturcrs in Chicago, Fehruary IS. J R90, on the subject, ,. The Development of the Gas-Engine." This lecture was widely published ill the technical press. lIe also (\clivcrec1 a lecture in one of the DEEP-WELL l'U111'I:'>lG - I'L\NT FOR VILL,\GE O}' RIVER SIDE, lLL. e. 1'. Kerr regul a r Cotl rses at the Pield Columbi an dust rial LTni\'Crsity." Cassia's Jfaga:::illc, V, ;\IIISel1nl. 011 ":-;tealll-Ellgillc Dcn:lopl11cnl." 40~: and .. [' Iy - \\,hcel , \1"111";," .11IIL'riulJl 1 fe prescnted before the " {estcrn Railway .1 [<left ill ist, ,\lIglls1 8.IR<)S. lie has presented Clull, ill 1900. a paper on 芦 Bending Test of


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an 1\L C. B. Arch Bar Truck." which was puhlished in the Raihl'ay Jiasta Jlcc/l<lIIic; and in 1902 he read a paper before the same association on "The Education of Railway Mechanical Engineers." IIe contributed an article on " Successful Compounding of GasEngines Improbable" to J\Iodem Machillcry in 1900. In r894 he took out a patent on a boiler-setting. He is a member of the i\merican Society of Mechanical Engincers: thc :\ew York Railroad Club; the \ \' estern Society of Engi neers; and of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Prof. Kerr is the son of Ceorge I\'. and ~ allcy Kerr. JJ e married Libbie Applebee, December 25, 1888, and they have four children. Vida c\ .. Delia .\., Volney A., and :\ rarion .1\. Kerr.

Ketchum, Samuel (M.E.. '02), was born in l\iontclair. X J.. 'i\ovelllhcr 1-1-, 1879. lIe was cngaged in the engineering and COllst ruction department of the Chase Rolling 1\1 ill Co .. Waterhury, C011n .. in 190.2. mainly on work in conllection wiLh the brass furnace and cOllcrcie work of a new castingshop. Since 1903 he has hccn cmploycd in

SAc.! U E1. KE1'C11 U/J

the machine shop of the IV. D. Forbes Co., Hoboken, N. J. lle is a member of the Sigma f\U fraternity and of the Tau Beta Pi association.

1\lr. [(elchutn is the son of \Villiam II. and Ella (Gowan) Ketchum. IIe married Cornelia C. Stevens, of J\Iontclair, N. J., January 7, 190 -1-. Kidd, George F. (M.E., '98), was born in Boslon, l\f ass., in 1874; son of James B.

G. F.

KlDD

and "\nnie (BrallliJlc) Kidd. and of Scotch and I~llglish descent. I{y reason or exceptionally high standillg throughout the course, he was honorably graduated without examination from the Newark, N. J., public high school. lIe undertook to pay his own way through the Institute, but suffered financial reverses when half way through, and hecame a beneflciary of the Vreeland I'und, in order to finish the coltrse. lIe was engaged as electrician in the incanclescent departmcnl of the Mount Mon-is Electric Light Co., New York, at intervals between r892 and 1898; was electrician in the equipment depart111el1 of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1898-99; ill the testing-department of the General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y .. r899- 1902; in the electrical dcp;11'tlllcnt of the Bristol Co" IVaterhury. COli II " I()02 03; and has been mechanical ellg'ineer with the \Vestern Engineering & Construction Co., San I'rancisco, frol11 1903 to elate. Kidde, Walter (M.E., '97), was born in IIoboken, N. J., March 7, 1877. Ire was


TIlE l\LCMNI constructor with Burh()rn & (;ranger, contracting engineers, :\ew York, 1~97-1900, 1llaking a study of electricity and powertransmission as applied to factories; and has practised as engincer and contractor, .:-J cw

\V,\LTEIl hlJ>DF

York, from 1900 to date. His first independent work was the erection of a factory for the manufacture of a special roofing paper. the (lesign of the machinery and system of operation bcing original. This factory plant is the first of its kind in which the paper is so treated as to gel the desired result in onc continuous operation; whcrcby both output and effieie11cy havc hecn greatly incrcased over old mcthods, marking a distinct advancc in this linc of manufacturc. ,\1ternating current transmission of powcr is \1sed thro\1ghout thc works, and thc C011trol of thc motor speed's has contributcd to thc successful operation of the plant. Since the completion of this work ]\1r. Kiddc has had chargc of changc-over to electric transmission and motor system of ,e\'eral mills in and ahollt N"cw York alld in Ncw Jersey. l\fr. Kidde is the son of F. E. and Mary (Oberdoerfer) Kidde. His rathcr came to this coul1try frolll Dresden, Saxony. in the early 'sixties. IIis mothcr was a resident of \Vcst Virginia. He rcccived his early training in German-American private schools. He J1larried Louise Carter, daughter of Rev. F. n. Carter, Montclair, N. J., Octobcr 22,

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1902, and they have one son, \\'alter Lawrencc Kidde. Kierhan, Eugene H. (l\LE ., '87), was with \\' aterbury & Co., Brooklyn, N. '1., 1887-90; vice-principal of thc high school at Hoboken, :\. J.. 1891-93; and principal of a public school at Hoboken, 1893-1902, since which (i111c hc has becn located in Hobokcn. King, Harry De Golier (l\LE., '92), was horn in Joliet, Ill., July 26, 1870. lIe was with the King Enginccring Co., Ncw York, 1~92-9 4; mechanical cnginecr and draughtsman wit h Ihol11ell, Schmidt, & Co., York, 1'a., 1 ii94-f) 5 ; supen'isor of thc .North Jersey Street Railway Co., 11\95-96; gencral manager and superintcndent of the Middletown Light & Power Co., l\liddleto\\"ll, :-\. Y., 1897; with the 1'eoplc's Light & Power Co .. ~cw颅 ark, ~. l, 1~97- ] 900; and has been superintendent of thc Hoboken Division of the Ullited Electric Company of ::\cw Jersey, llohoken, X. J.. from 1900 to elate. \Vith referencc to this lattcr position thc " Strect Railway Journal" of March 23,1901, states:

"This stati()n has heen recenLlv overhauled, and practically re-e(luippcd with' hoth rail\Va~' and lighting apparatus. The changc from a helted plant containing cngines and generators of Yariol1s typcs and capacities to modern direct-connccted units. emho(\\-ing the latest itnpro\~('tnl'nts

in

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pt路acticc,

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accomplished \\'ithout shutting down on any circuit. .\\1 the work \\'as done under the direction of II. D. King , Superintendent of the llobokcn Division." Thc United Electric Company was absorhed hy the Puhlic Service Corporation of New Jerscy in 1903. since which time Mr. King has heen superintcndcnt of the elcctrical department of the TTohoken division of that corporation. including all power hotlses and suh-stations of thc old Jcrscy City. Hohoken , & Pater~oll Street Railway Co., in addition to the Tl ohokell station. l\fr. King is the son of Edwin C. and Ella T. (Dc Goli('r) King. He married Beth Lothrop Towel". October 7, T896. and they havc one child. Dorothy Dc Golier King. King, William Roberts (M.E., '86), was born in New York city in 1864. Ill' held a clerical position in, and later bccame assist-


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;Int ~u[>eril1lendl'nt 0[, the works of R. lIoe & Co .. nlanuf;u:tuITrs of printing-Illachinery. \( l'W York. J ~:--\6 <)0: and in the latter year he took charge uf the mines of the Florida I{ock Phosphate Co .. Florida. in the capacity of eng路ineer. later hl'conling gelleral llIanager

;llld engilleer. \\'hen the company was su1Jsequently Illerged in the Empirc ~tate Phosphate Co., a New York corporation which did hll"ine~s ill ;\lari()11 amI ('itrus counties, 1;1a., i'lr. King c()ntinucd in the same position with the IlC\\' company and successfully clrried Oil thc exploitatioll and dc\'eloplllellt of its cxtcnsil'c mining propnties and the desigllillg alld estahlislllllcnt o[ the mining plallt. lie ncxt hccame chief ellgincer with t he Illinois Phosphatc Co., Marion, '1 rcmando, CitrllS, alld Lcvy counties, Fla., where he rcmaincd frolll JR9-~ to l~<).=i, cOlllplclcly rcorgallizing the mining plant, as wcll as del' cloping and estahlishing ncw and improved nletlwds of handling and treating thc orcs. ,\s a consulting and COllt racting mcchan ical enginccr. Ncw York. 189.1 98, hc Illade and dcvclopcd sevcral improvcmcnts in thc hrewing industry: made extensivc invcstigations of artificial processes for the manufacturc of malto-dextrin, etc., and elltcred thc ficld of rcscarch surrounding thc (hen nel\' illllIllillating agcnt. calcium carhide and acetylene gas. .\ fter an exhal1stil'e scrics of expl'I'imcnls he sllccceded in

devising <In enti rely ncw system of electric iuruaces for the manufacture of calcium carbide and thc reduction of highly rcfractory compounds. A number of patents, in this and foreign COUll tries, were granted him on his inventions. which are now the properly of. and form the iJasis of. the Calci lllll Carbide Co .. o[ i\C\I' York. , \tthe beginning of l~<)~ he gave up his professional practice to becol1le superintendent of constructiOIl and engineer o[ thc Oxnard ConstructiOIl Co., Xc\\' \ ' ork. constructors and huilders o[ Ilect-sl1gar houses and refineries; and whilc ill their employ hc crected [or thc l\mcrican Ilcct Sligar Co., \ ' entura COUllty, Cal., a hcet-sugar plant of 2,000 tons daily capacity, and at Rocky Ford. Colo., a 1,200-ton plant. Ill' also erected a I.OOo-ton plant for the ~tandarc! Heel ~ugar Co .. at l\mes. Ncb. In the spring of l<)or hc again resuillcd his pril'ate practice anc! is ]lOW located in Ncw York. Besides thc patcnts for the manufacturc of calciunl carhide. ell' ., mcntiolled abovc, hc took out onl' for all acetylcne-gas generator, also the propcrly of the abovc company, and one for an imprcll'cd triplc valvc for autol1latic air hrakes. Ill' is a memhcr of thc . \ lllcrican ~ocicty of '!\ I echanical Enginccrs, and of the Society of ('heillical Industry. 1\1 r. I, in g is the son of John \V. and Anna :II. ( 'lark) "ing. desccndcd frolll ~ew England stock tracing hack to 16.+6. He marricd Linzec n. \\ 'atson in 1~~9, and they havc one child.

Kingsford, Russell Thomas

(l\f.E., '96),

was b()rn in Jcrscy City, N. J.. 'February 12, lX7.=i. son of .\ Ihert 11. and Clara A. (Aldridge) I'in gsford. huth of English parentage. Il l' was draughtslll:tn in the Rushmore Dynal110 \\'orks, Jerscy City, r896- 97. \ Vhile there he designed a completc line of multipolar dynamos and lllotors of hoth belted and direct -connectcd typcs. and l1laclc l11any illlprovements in the search -lights and mirrorlens projcctors made at thc works. In April, 1897, hc entcred the cmploy of the Amcrican Impulsc \\' hcel Co., N'ew York, as assistant to the consu lting engincer, at the same time acting as consulting engincer for thc Rushmore Dynamo \Vorks. In Septcmbcr, 1897, he bceame chief cngincer of thc latter works, and with Mr. S. \V. Rushmorc brought out


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THE ALUMNI the new" multi-voltage" dynamos. The arc dynamo supplies any numbcr of scparate and parallcl circuits of arc la1\1ps, being the only one of thc so-callcd multi-circuit arc l1lachines in which the circuits arc 110t really in serics. The 111l1lti-voltage dynamo does it way with thc troublcsome and cxpcnsi ve .. booster," as fccdcr-circuits can bc takcn at higher potent ial from the same dynamo. In r~9S he again entered the enginecring dcpartlllent of the l\lllcrican Impulse \\'hccl l'o .. ilnd dllring the Spanish-.\l11eriean \Var he had charge of the draughting-roolll of the Rushmore Dynamo \\'orks, which were so crowded with governillent work that his health was considerahly impaired. In rR99 he (ksigned for these worl,s the largest dynamo for D. C. arc lighting that had ever

R. T.

Kl'1CSJ'OlUl

been huilt. carrying two parallel and independently rcgulated serics ci rcuits of 150 lights cacho In J900 his health was so poor that he was compelled to give up work and spend a year in the Adirondacks . In April, 1901, he lI'ent with the Ncw York Safely Steam Powel' Co .. New York, as chief enginecr and engine-desig¡ncr. but after a few months he returned to thc Adirondacks. For tcchnical journals JUl'. King-sford. in eonj unction with' 1\1r. II. MacGregor (M.E .. '96). has written the following articles: "Test of an Otis Electric Elevator \\'ith Leonard Motor Control Systcm," Elcc-

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Iricrd EJlgilI('er, 1896: "1\fcthod of Determining the Indicated IIorse-Powcr of an Eng-ine under Varying Load," Power, 1896, -both cxtracts from the graduating thesis of 1\1 essrs. Kingsford and 1\J acGregor. 111'. Kingsford has also written "A Completc Thcol-Y of Impulsc \Vater \Vheels and Its .\pplication to Thcir Design," Ellgillccrillg _V<"il'S, J ul y, 1898. Kingsland, Charles S. (1\1.E., '79). was CI\1ployed at the Kingsland Paper Mills. Franklin, ~. J., for several ycars, and was thell ohliged to abandon his work owing to ill health. He is 110W located at ?\ lItlcy, N. J. Kingsland, Joseph (1\J.E., '76), has, since graduation. bcen in thc cmploy of the Yantacaw Icc Co. and thc Kingsland Papcr Mills; was mining- engineer for a company at Batapolis. 1\1ex.. 1880-83: anc! was with the King,;!ancl Papcr Co .. 1885- 93. becoming enginccr in 1890. and presidcnt in 1893. For a nllmber of years Mr. Kingsland was in poor health. which he ovcrcame by avoiding activc business duties and spcnding scveral years in California. ITc is now locatcd at Nutlcy, N. J. Kirby, Chapman M. (1\1.E .. '99). was born in Jamaica. Long- Island, N. Y .. July 1. 1877. IT c ",as drallghtsman with Post & l\kCord. cnginecrs in structural iron work, 81'00kl)'11. N. Y .. 1899- T900; with the Locomobilc Co .. Ncwton. }\Jass .. 1900; thc Stanley 1\lanuf:\cturing- Co.. Lawrencc. Mass .. 1901: at the works of the Kansas City (Mo.) Gas Co .. T90T -Oj: and has been at the Northern Libertics Gas \\'orks. Philadclphia. Pa .. from 1903 to date. lIe is a mcmbcr of the Chi Phi fraternity. Kirkland, William A . (M.E.. '97), has been employed sincc graduation in the United States Navy Yard. Marc Island. Cal.. as ship draughtsl11an in the Construction and Eepair Department. tl!ltil [899. whcn hc was appointed chid clral1ghtsman ill the Dcpartment of Ordnance, a position hc still holds. Kirsten, George Emil A dolph (M.E.. '00),

was born in Hoboken. N. J., Scptcmbcr 29. rR79; son of Emil and Gesine (Heinz) Kirstcn. After fOllr months' expcrience as


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draughtsman in the Newburgh steel works department of thc American Stcel & \Vire Co., Clcvcland. 0., in 1900. he was transferred to the master mechanic's staff, in which

G. E. A.

K1RSTEN

he rosc to the position of assistant master lllechanic of thc 1\ cwburgh \I·irc mill of the ~all1e company, a branch cmploying 1,000 llIen. In Junc, 1902, hc became inspcctor in thc :\liddle States Inspection Burcau, New \ ' ork city. Hc is a member of thc German Club, Hoboken, N. J., and of the Sigma Nu fraternity.

was in chargc of thc Mcchanical Laboratory at Stcvcns lnstitutc, under the directorship of Prof. Thurston, until July, 1885. lIe resigncd in ordcr to givc assistance to his father in the managemcnt of the "Republican IIonsc " at Milwaukee, \Vis. In 1889 he formed the Charlcs F. Kletzsch Co., and has managcd the hotel for the corporation sin cc that time. In ]897 hc was elccted to thc prcsidency of the \\'isconsin State SemiCentennial Celebratioll, and in 1898 and 1899 was president of the ]\[ilwaukee Carnival .\ssociatioll. all outgro\\·th of the Celebration society. \\'hich had for its object thc advancement of the intcrests of the city of :\Jilwaukee. Ilc has also, sincc 1R98, bccn sccretary of the Badger Oil Co., operating in J 1ancock County, 0., for oil and gas, and since 1902 has bcen sccrcla ry o[ thc Scpticidc Co., of Chicago, III .. a concern organized for thc Jlurpose of trcating tuberculous patients by means of ozonc passed through essential oils. 1 Ie has bccn president of the Citizcns' Business Lcaguc of l\lilwaukee sincc J902. He is a mcmbcr of the University, Dcutschcr, Calumet, and Milwaukcc Count ry clubs; Lafayctte Lodge of Frec and

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Kissam, W. W. (1\T.E., '90), was cmployed in thc South Chicago Tron \Vorles, South Chicago, 111., 1il90-9..J., and with the \Vcstinghouse Elcctric & Manufacturing Co., Pittsburg, Pa., 189..J.-95. I-lis prcsent location is unknown. Kletzsch, Alvin Paul P L E., ·8..J.) , was born in;-Jcwhurg, \Vis., August 21, 1861; lion of Charles F. and Erncstine 1\I. Kletzsch, \\'ho \\'cre hoth born ncar Dresden, Saxony, and cllligratedlo this country in 1853. }\ftcr graduating frolll the 1\'1 illl'aukcc high schoo l in 1877, Alvin took a coursc of drawing with a Icading architect of 1\Iilwaukce for the purposc of studying architecture, but, being fond of mathematics, was induced to takc thc enginccring course at Stcvcns and matriculated at that Institution in 1880. He

A. 1'.

KLETZSCli

Accepted l\Iasons; Ivanhoe C0!1l111andery No. 2..J., of which hc was cmincnt cOlllmander in J900; of thc \Visconsin Consistory; and of thc Benevolent amI Protecti vc Order of Elks.

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THE ALUMNI Klumpp, J ohn Bartleman (M.E., '94), was horn in Jersey City, N. J., JUlle 2, 187 1. lIe has been with the United Gas Improvement Co., Philadelphia, from 1894 to elate. Until 1899 he was assistant engineer in the general 5uperintendellt's department. 1 rc was then aell'anced to the position of executive clerk to the company, and in 190T was appointed superintendent of the Omaha Gas 0., Omaha, "N"eb. Tn 1902 he was made as~istallt inspecting engineer, and in 190-+ inspecting engineer, of the United Gas IJlIproveJllent Co. at Philadelphia, where he is now locatcd. lIe is a Illclllher of the L\merican Cas Light .\ssociation: the .\J1Iericall Institute of Electrical Engineers: the "'ational Electric Light l\ssociation; the LTnil'crsity Cluh of Philadelphia: the Germantown Cricket C1uh: the .Ter ey City Cluh; and of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. 1\1r. Klumpp is the son of John Freder ick and Ellen (Barlleman) Klumpp. TJis father's parents came from Stuttgart, Germany, in 183 r; his mother's were of English descent and lived in /\ugusta, Ga. IIe married Theodora E. 1[eyer, May 12, 1896. Knapp, Edwin R. (M.E., '97), Assistant Professor of 11echanical Drawing at Stevens Institute of Technology. For hiography, sec page 276. Knapp, Isaac Newton, '75 (M.E., '01), was born in Greenwich, Conn., June 6, 18SI. At the age of 13 he went as cabin-boy on a voyage to Santiago, Cuha. At the ages of 17 and 18 he went to England and the \Vest Indies as ordinary seaman . lIe learned the machinist's trade, and entered Cornell University with the Class of J875; then entered Stevens Institute in January, 1873, with the Class of 1875, hut left college at the end of the Junior year to install an outfit of \Vood's rock-drills and an air-compressor in Plumas County. Cal., where he ran a sl11all tunnel. lIe remained on the Pacific Slope until 1883, working- at tunnelling, shaft-work, hydraulic mining, and general mining work in various capacities, fr0111 British Columbia to Mexico. In 1885 he became a member of the firm of Denton, Brellchaud, & Co., contractors on the new Croton Aqueduct, New York, 188586; next was constructing engineer with the United Gas Improvement Co. and other gas

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companies. also acting as expert on gasholder-tank masonry, 1887- 92; assistant superintendent of the Omaha Gas 1Ianufacturing Co., 1892-97; and superintendent of

the Omaha (;as Co., [897- [901. Since [899 he has spent part of his time prospecting for and de\"c1opi ng a product ion 0 f pet roleum in southeastern Kansas, where he became a successful oil-producer J899- 1902. lie was assigned to the task of making a valuation of the g-as plant of the Peoria Cas & Electric Co .. Peoria, in their suit in the United States District Court agai nst the city of Peoria, J901. Tn 1902 he was appointed engineer for special work in the general superintendcnt's departmcnt of the United Gas Improvement Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Tn December, 190I, the Stevcns Institute confcrrcd upon 1{r. Knapp the full degree of Mechanical Engineer. lIe read a papel' on "Notes on CC111ent 1[asonry" before the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Gas Light Association in October, 1<)02, in New York. This papcr was printed in the Ste7.'eIlS illtiica/or fOI- January, 1903. He is a member of the l\l11erican Gas Light Association, the \\-este rn Gas Association, ami the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Mr. Knapp is the son of Isaac and Theodosia (11 cad) Knapp. Ire is descended from Nicholas Knap, who came from Sussex, England, and settled ill \Vatertowl1, Mass.,


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in ]630. His third son, Joshua, settled in Stamford. Conn., ane! afterward moved to Grecnwich. John ::'-Ieacl 2d settled in Gn:enwich, Conn ., in 1660. The 1'lIead anc! Knap families. (a [lerw<1nl Knapp) were among the pioneers of the to\\'n of Creellwieh and acquired title to lands direct from the 111dians. The mother of the suhject o[ this ~kctch was o[ l<: nglish origin. 111'. Knapp IJlarried S . "\nna Dickinson, Decemher 5, 11\1\3, and they hal'e live children, , \rthur, llessie, \\ 'a lter, Ralph, and Paul Knapp. Knox, Samuel Lippincott Griswold (M.E., '()I), was horn ill ;'I)CII' York cit)' in 1870. lie was employed at the Camden Iron \Vork s, Camden, ~ . .I., 1891 -9+: successively as draughtslllan : engineer in charge of the erectioll of a large gas-holder, Cleveland, 0.; ;llId in charge of the designing of hydraulic travelling cranes at the \l'orks ill Camden, One o( the cranes designed hy him lVas exhihited in practical operation at the World's F;lir, Chicago. While on this work he designed a three-cylinder hydraulic Illotor working under 1,500 pounds pressure per :;quare inch. Sel'eral years later he designed another motor to 1I'0rk under 3,000 pounds pre:;SUI'l', I\'hich also gave entire sa tisfaction ill practice. I Ie was Senior Tnstrllctor in "'Icchanical Engincering at Lelligh UniYl'r~it.", IR<)+-<)6: with the Crocker-Wheeler I~ketric Co ., 1?\<)6-<)1\, fir st as chief drallghtslIlall, and lakr as fir st assistant engineer and in charge of sta rting a cost system and other II'ork of an cxcclItil'e natllre: cngaged ill re organization of shops of the IkthleheJ11 :-ikcl Co., 11\<)8: mcchanical cngilleer with tlic Stihl'ell-llieree alld Smith-Vail Co ., having charge o( the design of turbincs, airCOll1prcssors, and general engi nceri ng work, 1899- 1<)00: engJlleer in chargc of the drallgliting department, and chairman o( the committee Oil mcchanical design, of the General Electric Co., at the Schencctady works, 1<)00- 1<)02. . \t these works he had charge o( the largcst drallghting department in the world, employing 250 drallghtsmcll. In 1902 he hecal11e manager ane! chief cngineer of the DucyrLl s Co., South l\lihl'aukee, \vi s. , buildcrs of dredges, steam shovcls, wreckingcranes, elc. l k is a mcmber of the Amcrican Society of l\lechanical Engineers; the University, COllntry, and Towl1 clubs, of

l\Iilwal1kee; and of the Kappa Alpha frater nity; also an associate member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers . i\lr. Knox is the son of Andre IV and "\nnabella Grace (Douglas) Knox, both of Scotch desccnt. He marriccl Edith SOJ11erviJle J(lIlison, September 16, ]8<)7, anci they liave two children, ~c1son Rulison and i\lexander Dougla s Knox, Koch, Frank Alexander (i\LE., '97), IVas horn ill N elV York city September 7, 187+; SOil of Frank and Tsahella Koch. lIe graduatecl from the l\elV York public schools, took a coursc in hookkeeping and banking in Packard's Bu s incss College, and was an apprentice (or tIVO years in a machine-shop and electrical manufacturing business. lIe attended the Stel'ens Preparatory School t\\'o years hefore cntering the Institute, lIe has been mechanical engineel- (or the Departll1ent of Parks, N elV \ -ark, from 1898 to date, his eluties consisting in testing all cements. iron, and other J11aterial uscd in park \l'ork: inspection o( sewer \\'ork and the laying of water- pipe for irrigation purposes: inspection ami repairing of walks and road \l'ay 1):II'enH' nts under Park jurisdiction in thc boroughs of i\lanhattan and Richl11ond: <lnd field-survcy work. Ill' was employed for two scasons hy the City o( N"e\\' York to organize life -sav ing stations in and arounci NelV \ "o rk. Ill' is l'oJ11nlOdore of the Nell' York Volunteer Life-Sal' ing Corps, a1ld a 111e111\)er of the \\' al'erley I~oat Cluh and of the l\lunicipal Engincers of the City of Nell' York, Koezly, Theodore F, (1\f.[;:., f:;), was ('nlployed by Prof. RII. Thurston to keep the record - hooks and accounts of thc i\/cchani cal Laboratory, Stel'ens fnstitulc. 1875-78: ~,nd was with the steam-heating firm of Gillis & (;coghegan. New York, 1878-85 . Under his superintendence the heating and I'entilating plants of SOJ11e of the largest huildings ill :-\CIV York at that time were lCrecled. In 1885 he bccam(' seriously ill and \Vas incapacitated for \l'ork. \\lhen his health was partly restored he cntered upon a short engagement on the llelV CrotOIl Aqueduct, N e\V York, a 11(1 then \I'('nt abroad. Upon his return he was employed in the DepartJ1lent of Tests of the Stevens I11stitute,


THE ALUMNI until Novemher, 1889, when he took a position in the steam-heating department of the Supervising- Architect's Bureau, \Vashington. D. C. \\'hile thus engaged he contracted pneumonia. fmm which he died May 20, 1890. Kollstede, A. G. (1\1.E., '94), has been manager of the Champion Extractor Co., N ew York; general manager, secretary, and treasurcr of the Long Island J\gricultural Chemical Co., Long Island City, N. '1'.; and has lately been located in Ncw \ ' ork. Kollstede, George (M. E., '96). entered the el11ploy of thc Long Island Agricultural Chemical Co., Long Island City, N. Y.. as chemist. During the war with Spain 1\Jr. Kollstede was a gunner's mate on the U.S.S. ,. \ ' ankec" and was engaged in the bombardment of Santiago. In 18<)8 he rcturned to the In'ititute for a special course in chemistry l1nder I)r. Stillman, and then rc sumed his professional dut ies with the Long Isl;l11<1 l\gricult ural Chemical Co. In 1900 he was a(l\'anccd to the position of superin tendent of the company. which position he helel until 1903. Ill' thell located at Pro\' i(Ienec, R J.

Co., New York, J90f. During the months of l\'oVell1bl' r and DecemiJer, 190[, he filled the tell1porary vacancy caused by the illness of Mr. C. O. (;l1nthel", ] nstructor ill j\f atilcmatics at S[e\' CIIS Institute. He h:ls been dr:lughlsman with tilc (~eo. A. Puller Co., :'\ew York. fmnl 1902 to datc. Tfe is a l11el11her of the Tau Bcta Pi fraternity. Kursheedt, Roland Simeon (l\T.I~.. '80), was horn in f\CW \'ork city F..:hruary 24, IRoo; son of J\shel- and J\higail (Judah) Kurshccdl. ] fc was cmployed in the l\forg:ln Iron \Vorks, Ncw York. lRRo 8f; and has heen connectcd with the I(urshccdt l\Tanl1facturing Co .. Ncw York, in managcrial positions, from 18Rr to dale. Ladd, James Beach (:\l.l~., 'RI), wa s hom in Throgg's .\'eck. ?\. Y .. June 27. IRoo. I Ie

Kopp, Henry (1\1. E.. '93). has heen el11ployed hy the l\mcrican Sugar l.t.clining Co .. Hrooklyn. X. Y .. ,.illec gracluatioll. Kornemann, Henry A., Jr. (M.E., '99). was in the employ of the l\merican l\lotor Co .. New York, 18()9; with the New York Air Compressor Co .. Arlington, N. J., 18991900, and the Franklin l\ir Compressor Co .. l'ranklin, 1'a .. 1900 0[; and has hecn in the patent dcpartmcnt of the Singer l\Tanufactllring Co .. Elizaheth, N. J., from J901 to date. Kreischer, John B. (1\1.E., '96), was connected with B. Kreischer & Sons, manu factmers of lire-hrick, front -hriek. and terracolla, Kreischcn路ille. Staten Island, N. Y., 1896-1901. Ill' then studied law at the New '{ ork Law School and was graduated in J903, since \\'hieh time he has practised law in New York. Kuper, George H. (l\1.E., '00), was 111spector with the National Conduit & Cable

J. B.

LADD

was in the cmploy of the Southwilrk l<oun dry & l\lachinl' Co., PhiladelphIa. 1RSr 86; for five years as draughtsman and designcr. and one year as assistant engineer in charge of (Iraughting- ro()11l antI all cnglncering work. During this time he designed Portcrl\llen engines, blowing-engines, hcavy 1'011 i ng-lll ill reversi ng-cngi nes. pUlllpS, etc.. a II of which were huilt at the company' s shops, and also a great variety of rolling-mill, fur nacc, and steel works. Ill' also allelltled to a considerahle portion of the outsicle engineer-


TITE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ing, estimating, etc. From ]887 to 1891 he was with the l'enllsyl vania Steel Co., being chief engineer of the Maryland extension of their II'orks, which are now owned by the l\ laryland Steel Co. Two years and a half of this period was spent in designillg at Steelton, Pa., and the remainder at Sparrow's Point, l\Jd., in charge of construction. ])uring this time he designed and erected [our complete blast-furnaces, of 300 tons daily capacity each, together with blowingengines, buildillgs, and all accessories. He also designed and erected a machine shop, foundry. etc., and erected a Bessemer-steel plant and rail-mill. From 1891 to r898 he was engaged with the Robert Poole & Son Co., Baltimore, as chief engineer, designing special machinery, developing shop methods, etc., but in the latter year he was forced by ill health to take a Illuch-needed rest. In 1900 he again entered the field of engineering in his present capacity as consulting engineer at Philadelphia, Pa. JTe is a memiJer of the j\merican Society of l\Iechanical Engineers, and o[ the Delta Tau Delta fratcrnity. Mr. Lade! is the son of ,Villiam ,V. and Sarah II. Lade1. JIe married llebecea Serrill, October 29, r889, and they have one child, Frances Sen'ill Ladd.

IIe received the free scholarship from Hoboken (N. J) high school, of which later he was vice-principal. IIe was superintendent of the trades school at Elmira, N. Y.; machinist at the Delaware, Lackawanna, & \V estern H.ailroacl shops, Kingsland, N. J; assistant postmaster at Hoboken, N. J; storekeeper and assistant superintendent at tbe Hudson County Electric Light Plant at Snake IIill, N. J Until recently he was a member of a firm of electrical engineering contractors, Hoboken, N. J, but is 110W doing business under his own name. IIe is a member of the National Association of Stationary Engineers. 1\11'. La Pointe is the son of Charles and I1Iary (I'IlcCarthy) La Pointe. IIe married Sarah E. Belanger, September 10, ]890, and they have two children. Justine Belanger and Frank Belanger La Pointe. Law, Frank Everard (]\T.E., '92), was horn In Brooklyn. :-:J. Y .. Octoher 2S. r869; son

F. E. LAW

F. A. LA

POINTE

La Pointe, Frank Augustine (M.E., '86), was born in Oswego, i'\. Y., April 9, r864.

of J J\dnms and Mary J. (Burroughs) Law. IIe attended the public schools in Brooklyn, N. Y., and East Orange, N. ]., and Stevens Preparatory School, IIohoken, N. J. lIe was in the machine-shops of ,V. D. Forbes & Co., Hoboken, N. J., r892; and has been with the Fidelity & Casualty Co .. ~ew York, from r893 to date, occupying successively the following positions: assist-


THE i\ L UMNI ant superintendent of inspection department; assistant in liability and steam-boiler depart111ent; acting superinte nd ent of li ability departmcllt; assistant superintencient of steam-boiler and elevator department; actuary of liability lines, anci second assistant secretary of the company, which latter position he no\\' holds. During his connection with this company he has contributed largely to the dcvc10plllent of the actuarial side of li ability illsurance, thus [lutting it on a scicntific hasis. and has originated fly -wh eel in~urance.

Lawrence, Frank Vinton (M.E.. '95). was horn in f.ondon, England. in J87-1. TI e

wherever the concrete is subjected to tensional strcsscs. lle was engineer with the Ransomc Construction Co., PhilJdclphia, 1901- 02; anci is now engin ecr with thc Ransome Companies, 1\cw 'lork, designing and supervisi ng the construction of rein forced concretc structures, a speciJ lty being II1Jde of factory buildings. Notable among thcse is that for the United Shoe 1Iachincry Co. at Be\'erly, MJss. IIe is a mcmber of the Chi Psi fraternity. Mr. LJwrence is the son of R. B. JncJ Susan (F reeman) Lawrence, and h is ancestry dales hack to the early English sett lemcnt of this countr y. IIe married Margaret \<;tllSOme, Octoher 25, J902. Lawrence, Wilder F. PLE., '90), was with the Xatural Gas Fuel Co ., Philac1elphia. [la., 1890- 9J; cngineer with the Derby Gas Co .. ])crhy, Conn., J 89r- 98; superintcndellt of thc Trenton Gas Co., Trenton, N. J., 1898()(). during \\ hich period he entirely remodelled the \l'orks: enginccr with the New York & Queens Cas & Electric Co., F lushin g. :\!. Y., ]X99- I<)or: a nd has been superin lcnd ent of the Ra l'e nslI'ood works of the N CII' . \msterda111 Cas Co., Ravenswood, Long Island, N . \ ' .• [1'0111 1902 to date. IT e is a membcr of the "\mcrican Gas Light l\ssocia tion, and of the :\e\\' England ,\ssociation of (;as Engi neer5.

F. \'.

L.\\\REN CE

was \11 the emp loy of the Pope 1fanufacturing Co .. maker,; of Columhia bicycles. lIartford. COlln .. IXl):; 9R, as designer of special machinery, ri,ing to next in rank to the chief draughtsman: dcsigner and c1raughtsman at the llenr}' H. \\' orthington JJydraulic Works, Brooklyn. X. \ '., 1898- 99: and ch id c1raughtsman and assistant engineer with the Ransome Concretc Co .. New York. 1899190r, during which time the Mineola (L. I.) comt house was designed ancl built under the Ransome system of reinforced conc rete construction, in which all the foundations, wa ll s, fl oors, roof. and dOll1e arc a c01l1bination of concrete and squarc steel bars twisted. the steel klrs heing introduced

Lawton, Henry Douglas (M.R, '9-1). was horn in I [avana. Cuba. l\Ugl1St 17, 1872; son of Benjamin E\'ans and Sarah Douglas (Crc('n) Lawton (both Americans). He was in thc el11ploy of Uehling. Stein bart. & Co .. manu (acturers of pyrometers. 189-1- 9:; . and with Ludlo\\' & Va lenti ne. arc hi tects. :'\TCII' York, 1895- 99. \ fe IIl'came a student in architecture under ?-rr. fohn C. 1Toward. preparaton' to a trial for l:ntrance to tlte "Tfco\e des-Beaux "\rts" in Paris 1899. Ill' \\'enl to Paris \\'ith the intention of rcmaining for three years. hut was obliged to gi\'e up his plans. Rclurning to NelV York. he \\'as in the emp loy of La\l'ton. l'Iint, & Co .. stock-brokers. Xl'\\' York. in 1900 : and has heen with F. S. Mosely & Co .. notc-brokers. NelV York, Boston. ~l1d Chicago, from 190T to date. TIe is now engaged with the New York house. ITe is a 1l1cmher of the City Club, of Squadron A


TI-IE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECTTNOLOGY of the National Guard of the State of 1'\ elV York, and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Layat, Felix (l\1.K, '01). was Instructor duri ng the Supplementary Term at Ste\'Cns Institute, 190]; engaged at the Deane Linseed Oil Works, Port Richmond, N. Y., 1901; with the l\merican Sugar H.efining Co., Jersey City. 1901- 04; and since November, 1<)04, has been in the draughting room of the Campbell Printing Press J\fanufacturing Co., Taunton, Mass. TT e is a member of the neta Theta Pi and Tall Beta Pi fraternities. Leavitt, Frank McDowell (i\I.K. '75). was horn in Athens, 0., ]\larch 3. 1856. 11e was

F. M.

LEAVITT

engaged in designing steam steering'-gear with 1\11'. F. E. Sickles, 1876; as head draughtsman with Bliss & \Villial11s, 187781 ; master mechanic for the Texas l\ rexican Railroad, 1881- 82, and as manager of the Craydon & Denton l\Janufacluring Co .. 188284. Tn the latter year he became assistant ~uperintendent with the E. \V. Bliss Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., taking the management of the \\'orks as chief engineer about 1888, and holding thal office until 190r. In 1890, on behalf of the E. \V. Bliss Co., he undertook the inlroduction of the \Vhiteheacl torpedo into the Ullilecl Slates na\'y, and also installed the plant of the Unitecl States Projee-

tile Co. for the manufacture of forged-steel sheJ[ and sluapnel. In 1900 he perfected an improvement in the \Vhitehead torpedo, ill which, by means o[ a superheater, the air is heated before passing to the engine, increasing the efllciency about 40 per cent, and adding to the speed of the torpedo about five knots per hou r. In 1901 he opened an office in N elV York for general engineering practice. lIe has taken outman)" patents for sheet-metal working and other machinery, and received the honorary degree of l\Jechanical Engineer frolllStevens Institute in 1899. Ifc presented a paper on .. Tests Made to Determine the Power Consumed in Propelling a \Vhiteheacl Torpedo at \' arious Speeds," hefore the Societ), of )Javal j\rchitects and J\Tarine Engineers, )Jo\'emher q.190r.lle is a memher Ilf the ,\ml'l'ican Society of l\lechanical Engineers; the l\merican Society o[ Ci\路il En gineers; the Society of Naval Architects and :\larine Engineers; the l\merican Association for the ,\d\'anccment of Science; and o[ the Engineers' Clull. Tie \\'as formerlv a memher of the Crescent 1\thletic Cluh ' of I~rooklyn. N. Y. Mr. Lea\'itl is the son of Re\'. john l\fcI)o\\,ell Lea\' itt. D.D .. LL.I)., al~d Bithia Ihooks Le;l\路itt. II is first ,\merican ancestor, john Le;l\路itt. born in England in 1608, came to Amcrica in 1628. was a memher o[ the ('olonial Legislature, and died at I [ingham. :\fass .. in IOr)l. His grandfather. Tf. II. Leavitt. LL.D .. sixth in descent fmm Tohn I_cavitt, was for nearly forty years .i~tdge of the United States district conrt in Ohio. The suhject of this sketch married Gertrnde Mitchell Coodsel!. Novemher 8. 1893. Leber, Robert (i\f.E .. '90). is with Leber & J\feyer. 1\e\\' York. Lederie, Frank (l\f. E., '8 r), wa~ located in }\t1anta. (;;1. , in 1882. as consulting engineer, making a specialty of steam and electric plants: was t'esidenL engineer for the Southern department of the Ceneral Electric Co., 1889- 93; anci has been practising as consulting engineer at Atlanta, Ca.. from 1893 to date. Lembeck, Otto A. (l\1. K, '02), was born in Jersey City , N. J., aud is connected wilh


TIlE .\LCillNI the Lelllheck & Betz Fagle Brewing Co., Jersey City. :\. J. Lenone, Jose M. (M.E .. '02), is with the firm of M. \\'. Kcl1()gg & Co., New Y('rk. Lenssen, Gustave Arthur, Jr. (;\I.E .. '95), was born in Elizabeth, X . .I., Ikcemher 23. 1874: SOil of Custa\'c ,\rthur and Emily Huloll (\Vilson) Lenssen. On his mother's side he comes from an old :\ ell York family. being a descendant of the original l'eter (;oclet. II is father, a silk-importer, camc to the L'nitcd States from Rheydt, Rhenish l'ru,;sia. in 1~70. Young Lcnssen's early edl1cation lias received at home, al \Vilson & Kellogg's School, :\ew York, and at the Ste\'Cns lligh School. Ill' was mechanical engineer with the Ansonia Brass & Copper Co., Ansonia, Conn., J895-98; being employed upon designs and the construction 0 f \\ i re-d ra \\路i ng machines. Ill' introduced an impro\'l'd system for automatically oiling the hearings of the machines in the cahle 5CreW-\\ ire department. The company patented a \\路i re disk 0 f his invention, II'hich is special1y adapted for continuous wire-d rawing machincs. I Ie wa5 in the inspection departmcnt of the I;:dison Electric Illuminating CO .. 1898- J901 : and i, now of the firm of Lcnsscn & Thompson,

insmance brokers, :\cw York. Ill' is a junior membcr o[ the .\nlerican Society of

:'IIcciJanical Engineer,;: a IllCmbel' of the Bl1ffalo Club. nuffalo. :\. Y .. and of Company K of the Sncnth Regiment, Natiol1al Cuard of the State of New "ork. Lent, Leon Brewster p1. E.. '97), was hom in Brewster, K. Y.. July 22, 1876; son

1.. B.

I.. " r

of Leancler Jl. and Hosclla (Bre\\'stl'1') Lcnt. lIe \\as \\ ith thc Coulter &:. ~IcKenzie i\Iachine Co .. Bridgeport. Conn .. 1897-98: with the Dcanc ~teal11 PUI11P Co., llolyoke. :'IIass .. 1898: spL'nt 1110St of 1899 (on account o[ ill health) in the \\oods: \\'a~ in the ~I idd1c States Inspection Bureau. :\ ew )' ork, J900; engaged in l11illl'-s ul'\'cy ing and construction \\ork. 1<)01; and has been associate editor of "07l'Cr frol11 1902 to dale. I Ie has written ,e\'L'ral articles for /'07l"'r. al11ong' thel11 being: .. l'roducl'1' (;as and (;as l'roducers" : .. The Usc of Blast FUrI1<1cl' (;as ;111c1 Cokc ()\,en (;as in Cas l~ngil1l:s" ; .. . \ l\kthod of Calculating ('rank Effort Cun'es"; a 11(1 .. The Dicsel 1~J1ginl'." rcprinted in lillgillccrIIIg (London), Til,' .1/ccilallica/ /I'or'd (LondOli), and otliel' papcr~. Leonhard, Theodore S. (i\I.I~.. '93), was dral1ghtsl11an at the Raub Locol11oti\'c\\'o rks. ~Iay\'ille, X. "., 1893-9-1-; \\ith l\Iitchell & Co., :\CI\' York. candle manufacturers. J894; the \\'. & ,\. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, N. J., 1H9-1 95; the :\ational Sug-arRdining Co.,


TIlE STEVENS [:\'"ST[TUTE OF TfcCrrJ\!OLOGY Yonkers. N. Y., 1895-1900: the I [ohmann & Maurer Co., manufacturers of high-grade thenllOmeters for engineering purposes. 190001; the \V. & A. ]7letcher Co .. Hoboken, N . .1 .• 190T-02: and with the 1\Tunoz Boiler Co .. New York . from ]902 to date. ITe is a juniol' member of the l \merican Society of mechanical engi neers.

Le Page, Clifford B. (1\r.E .. '02). IllStructor in Physics at Stel'ens lnstitute of Technology. For biography. see page 28 r. Leverich, Jerome W. (1\T.E .. '02). is II'ith the Scranton l~olt & NuL Co .. Scranton. Pa. lie is a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Levie, George Henry (1\1.E., '02), was bon, in Paterson, N. ]., June 3, 1880; son of

Lell·is. Trc entered Sibley College, Cornell University, in the fall <if 190[, as a candidate for the degree of Master Mechanical Engineer in the post-graduate course in Marine Engineering ane! Naval Architecture, but, being stricken with typhoid fever, withdrew from the Unil'ersity. IIe is at present employed in the Department of Construction & Repair of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. TTe is a member of Phi Sigma 'I,appa ane! Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities. Lewis, Edward Dayton (M.E., '93), was born in Brooklyn, N. 'I'., September 6, 1871; son of Theodore Frelinghu)'Sen and ElizaIJeth Clement Lewis. Ilis ancestors. from both sides. came to America [rom England and \Vales about 1672. J Ie IVas draughts man and computer in the Department of Tests at the StcI'ens [nstitute, 1893--95; draughtsman Ivith the American Reduction Co., Brooklyn. 1'\. Y .. 1895: II'as again employed in the Department of Tests. StcI'ens Institute. 1895- 96: was assoriall:d with l\1r. Charles J. Evcrett. ;\I.I~ .. ="Jell' York. as COIll puter on structural steel 1I'0rk, 1896; draughtsman with the Dutton I'nelllllatic I.ock & Engincering Co .. 0.'CII· York, 189697: in the Dcpartlllent of Tcsts. Stcvens In ~titull:. 1897- 98: ,11 ~ d from d398 to date hao

G. li. LEIII':

lames and I\'ittie E. Lel·ie . lie cntered the employ of the Providence Engineering \\'orks in April. 1902. and served for a short time in the draughting-room and then in the sales department. In JlIly he was taken ill, and he died .\ugust l-t. 1902. lIe II'as a member of the Sigma ;\U and Tau Beta Pi fraternities. E. D.

Lewis, Arthur Schultz (1\I.E., '01). was bom in Rrooklyn. 1\. \' .. I)eccmber 27. 1880; son of Osbom 1 I. and Emma (Schultz)

LEWIS

been clllployed with the Continuous Rail loint COlllpany of 1\1l1l'rira. I\ewark. N. ].,


TI1I ~

draughtsman. 18<)8-99. and assistant engineer. in charge of the order department and the draughting room, ever sincc,

.\Ll:i\INl the COllstrl1ction ;11](1 operation of the I~(lison station in that city, On the organization of the Italian Edison Co, he became chief e1cc-

Lewis, Nathan E. (i\f.E .. 路or). ha s Dcen \\'ith thc Babcock & \\ ' ilcox ('0,. Bayonne. N, J., from 1<)01 to datc, Lidgerwood, James Graeme Onslow (:\ 1.1 ~,. '01), was born in i\lorristo\\'ll, ~, J. Jan uary, 1877; son of John] ledges and Ilarriel Bcthia \ 'a il (Cutler) Lidger\\'ood, Ill' has heen at the shops of the Lidgerll'ood :\[allllfacturing Co,. Brooklyn. 1'\, \',. from U)OI to elate, 11e is a member of the Ikta Theta Pi and Tau Beta Pi fratertlities, Lidgerwood, John Hedges, Jr. (;\I,L 99), was born in i\[orristoWlI, :\, J " Septemher 6. J875; son of John II, and Ilan'ict B, \ 'a il (Cutler) Liclgerll'oo(1. lie took the postgraduate course at the School of Mines, Columbia University, J899- 1901. recciving the degrec of Engineer of ;\Iines, lie has becn in the shops of the Lidgcrll'ood i\lanufacturing Co" manufacturers of hoisting-en gines, etc" Brooklyn. :\, y,. from 1<)01 to date, Ill' is a memher of the .\merican Institute of i\lining I~ngineers. of the Beta Theta Pi and Tau Ueta Pi fraternities, and of the Alumni i\ ssoc iation of thc SteH~ns Institutc of Technology, and of the School of Sciencc of Columbia Uni\'ersity, Lieb, John William, Jr, (l\1.E" '80), \\'as born in Newark, N, J. Fehruary 12. J860, llc was draughtsmall with the llrush Electric Co" Cleveland, 0,. 18808r; in the engineering department of thc Edison Electric Light Co .. Newl'ork. 1881 -82 ; and was subseCjuently transferred to thc testing de partment of the Edison :\lachine \\'orks and engaged on experimental \\'ork for i\lr. Thomas j\, Edison, I] e was next placed in charge of the electrical installation of the historic Edison Pearl Street station, thc pioneer central station for thc general distribution of electric light and pOll'er through an underground system. and on the inauguration of regular sen'ice became the first electrician of the Edison Electric llluminating Company or New York, In ]883 Mr. Lieb was scnt to Milan, Italy, by Mr. Edison, to represe nt his intercsts in

J, \\',

1.11 'B. JR,

trician, then chief engineer and manager of stations. in charge of the construction and operatiun o[ the ccntral stations and ISO lated plants crected throughout Italy by that company, The accompanying illustration shOll'S a part of the /a('ac/c of the cathedral and the (;alleria \ ' illorio 1~lllanuc1e. in :\Iilan, The \'iell lI'as taken at the tinle of the inauguration uf the electric trolley line equipped under i\lr, Lieb's direction in 1893, for thc purpose of exhibiting to the Milan puhlic a 11lodel trolley equipment. on the succcssful perforlllance of lI'hich the i\Tilan Edison Co, lias a\\'arded the franchisc for the transformation to the trolley system of the entire horse car system of the city, with an equipmcnt of 300 cars, :\lr. LieiJ returned to the United States in 11)93 to hccoille assistant to the first viccpresident of the Edison Electric 1I1ulllinating COlllpany of :\ell' York. and lI'as subsequently appointed assistant general manager ami later general manager. ()n the consolidation of the "arious electric lighting and po\\'cr interests ill Nell' York cit)' under the auspices of the ACII' York Edison Co .. l\fr. Lieh \\'as appointed third "ice-president and associate general Inanager. lle is also presidcnt of thc Ekctrical Testing Laboratories,


TllE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY and a director in a number of electrical corporations. lIe was appointed by President Elihu Thomson (President of the Committee

the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (ex-president and member of executive committee); the Associazione Elettrotecnica Italiana; the Franklin Institute; the New York Electfical Society (expresident); the Engineers' Club; and of the Delta Tall Delta fraternity. He was president of the Stevens Institute Alumni Association, 1897-98, and Alumni trustee of Stevens Institute of Technology, 1898-J90r. In 1904 Mr. Lieb was honored by II. M. the King of Italy, with the decoration of Knight COlllmander 0 f the Order of the Crown of Italy. Mr . Licb is the ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY AT MILAN, ITALY son of John William J. IT'. J.ieb, Jr. and Christina Lieb. He married 1Jinnie F. Engler, ,luly 29, I886, of Organization of the St. Louis Interna .. and they ha\'e three children, Julia C, Mintional Electrical Congress) chairman of Secnie E., and Adolph \\'. Lieb. tion E ., Electric Light and Distribution. J I is writings comprise the (olIo\\'ing: Lienau, ]. Henry (1\1.E., '91), was with "Underground Elcctl'ic Light ,Vires," iudllsthe Robert Decly & Co. Ironworks, 189I; tries, (London), '.larch 30, 1888. tlraughtsman at the Creenpoint lZefincry of "The De Land Steam Turbinc" (discllssion), the American Sugar-Refining Co., 1891-93; jll'cscnted at 111cding of the' ,\mcriean Socil't~, in the superintendent's department of the of i\lechanical Enginl'l'l's, Dl'cl'tnlx'l', 1895. same company's Jersey City Hefltlcry, 1893"1\/1 ] I istorie Electric Ccntral Station." 1900; and from 1900 to dale has been superPresidcntial acldt'l,ss i,dorc thc Nell' York Elecintendent of the New York .Rellner), of the trical Society; ahstract published in ('ussicr's :\'ational Sugar-Refilling Co. of New Jersey, "Ii u!,oziuc, lIlay, 1896. ";\Ielhods of Charging for Electric Current," Long J sland City. papcl' rcad before thl' .\ssoeiation of I~dison LiIly, Martin G, (1\1.E., '86), was draughtsllluminating COlllpanics at the Niagara Falls Con\'l'nti(Jn, Sl'ptctllber, 11)<)7. man at the Pennsyll'ania Steel \\'orks, SteelAlso discussions on yarious subjects. pubton, Pa ., 1886--92; and assistant engineer in lished in the TraJlsacli(lJls of the .\mcI路iean the construction of the greal Belt Line Society of Mechanical Enginl'l'I's, the "\tl1l'rican Bridge across the 1\jississippi at l\lton, III., Institute of Electrical Engincers, and the .\550in which capacity he was engaged until its eiation of Edison Illuminating Companies. completion in J894. Beginning with the fall He is president of the American Institute of 1894 anci until the time of his death, which of Electri cal Engi neers; a mel1l ber of th e occurred l\larch 2, 1895, he was a member of American Society of Civil Engineers; the the \\'. I r. I'on J\fengemighausen Co .. mechanAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers; ical anci constructing engineers, York, Pa.

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THE ALUMNI Litchfield , Electus Darwin (l\I.E" '92), was born in New York city April 25. 1872; son of William Backus and Emily (Pope) Li tchfield, both of whom arc desccndants of early American colonists II'ho were nearly ,,11 English in origin and settlers in this country before J650. IIis great-grandfather (Elisha Litchfield) Il'as a l1lember of Congress, ]813-15, and Speaker of the legislature of New York. 18-l-l. Ilis father and his grandfather (Electus B. Litchfield) were prominent railway builders. hal' ing built the Lake Shore & ]\fichigan Somheril. the first di I'ision of the St. Paul & Pacific (1I0W the Creal Northern) .Railway. alld several other railroads, llis father founded and was the first presidellt of the :'\ ational City Bank of St. Paul, 1\1 inn .. alld at the time of his death was manager of the Brooklyn Improvement Co. Electus D. attended the puhlie schools at Staten Island and at TlartEord, Conn" and was graduated in the scientific course from the Brooklyn Polytechnic In stitute ill 1889. Imlllediately upon graduation frolll Ste\'ens In stitute he accepted all olTer of a position as draughtslllan and inspector with the (;ould Coupler Co .. Buffalo. N. Y ., \\'here

.\t1antic Refining Co. (Stanclard Oil Co.), Philadelphia, 18~H-97: in the employ of the \\'ell-kno\\'n structural constructors. Post & McCord. I.c\\'inson & Just. l\[ariJlus Vanderkloot, studying the steel construction of huilding~. IR97-98; assistant to engineer and l1lanager of the architectura l linn of Carrere & I Lastings.1 R98-J<)00, ha I路i ng for ~OI1lC six months. ol\'ing to illness of thc chief engineer, full charge of the engineering work; and associate cngineer II路jthl.ortl & I [ell'lett, 1900. ami I11cmher of the firm. 190-\-. This firm cal11c prominently hefore tile puhlic as II'inners of the architectural competition for the ne\\' huilding for the Department of .\gricuiture. \\'ashington. and also as one of thc Board of .\rchi(ccts of the Carnegie lihrari c'i in thc horoughs of Brooklyn and Queens. :\ ell' \' ork, . \ mong other works 0 f this firm. cOIJJpicte. in process of construction. or ailout to he erccted. arc a nUl11ber of huildings for the \\,illia11l .\stor Estate: the Stillman ;\femorial \\'ing for the Brooklyn Ilome for .\ged ilfen: private residences. <Inri storc. loft. ;111<1 factory huildings: armory for thc Second Ibttalioll of :'\<lI'al ;\Tilitia. :\CII' York citl' : a Soldiers and Sai lors' 11l0nU11lCilt at I'hilac1clphi<l: monument to

UNITED S 'r.lTES DFPAR'DIE"T OF AGRICULTURE, \\ ' ASllDIGTO" , ~D.

C.

F. D. Litchfi eld

he drew plans for steel and malleable-iron furnaces for the largest coupler-works in America. After leaving this position in 1893 he was superintcnclent in charge of the office and works of the Philadelphia Car- \\'heel \Vorks, Philadelphia, 1893; assistant superintendent of the paraffine departmcnt of the

Prcsident l\lcKinlcy, etc. In 1901 Mr. Litchfield was eJ1lplo)'ed hy the Brooklyn Improl'e1llcnl Co. to report as to the best type of bridge to replace the antiquated structures spanning C;oll'anus Canal. Brooklyn. His findings were practically adopted by the Depart1l1ent of Bridges, of Brooklyn.


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:\11'. Litchlicld is a mcmber of the ;.Jew York chapter of thc .\mcric:ln Institute of .\rchitccts: the architectural department of the J\rooklyn lnstit\1tc of .\rts and Sciences.

E. D. J.JTCIIFJELD

City C1uh of Xe'" York: the Badll~inton Club: the Society of ColoJlial \\"ar,: til\' Brooklyn League: the ClltIrch ('Iul>: and of the Tmpro"clllcnt Lcaguc of the Thirtieth \\'ard. Brooklyn. Litchfield, Norman (;, J.I~ .. '01). was horn in Ilartford. COlln .. Septemher 23. IR8o; son of \\'illial11 Hackus and 1~l1lily (I'ojle) Litchfield. (For note of ancestry see the hiography of his hrother. E. D. I~itchrield.) \lorman graduatcd ,,·ith the Cia,s of 1R9.'i fronJ the Preparatory School of thl' Polytcchnic Jnstitute of Brooklyn. ,\ here he spcnt t,,·o ycars in the ci"il engincl'J'ing course. J Ic \\'as cmploycd in the car-repair , hops of thc Brooklyn I~apid Transit Co. (repairing electrical apparatus on suriace cars. and install ing and repairing thc \\'estinghousl' and Cenl'ral Electric multiple unit train control system on ele"atcd cars). 19°1 -02 : in the c:lectriC<l1 director's dcp<lrtml'nt of the Interborough IZapid Transit Co .. opcrators of the \Tew York Suh\\'<lY (cng:1gcd 01\ the installation of the Ccneral Electric and \\'estinghouse tr;Jin control on sample cars used for the cxhibition of equipmcnt in competition for the sub\\,<ly equipment contract, and on

tcsts of (;cncral Electric No. 69 <lncJ 'Vestinghollse No. 86 ring motors and train conlrol, etc.). 19°2-03; <lnd assistant cngineer of car equipment. 1904 to datc. I Ie is a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Litchfield, Percy (:'vf.E .. '(7). "'as born in :\ew York city 1\larch 2:;. ,R77: son of Willianl Jlarkus :tnd Emily (Pope) Litchfield. (I;or note of ancestry sce the biography of his brother. E. D. Litchficld.) Ile \Vas draughtsman with Charles lIcnry Davis, c()ns~I1ting cngincl'!", New \ 'o rk, 1897; <lssisl<lilt to cnginl'CI" in chargc of thc construction of a nc\\' pl<lllt for thc John Stcphensoll Co.. Ltd., car-IJUilders. Elizabeth, N. J., ]g97-98 (the work consisting of grading the site. crecling eight factory Illliidings, a steel tank and clock tower. IUJl1her-sheds. etc.; constructing about t,,·o miles of railroad spurs and sidings, two distinct \Valer systellls , and a sewer system o\'er a milc in length; and installing heating and electricpowcr plants). ilnd later snperintendent in charge of the <lho\'c work under the dircction of the supcrintcndent of construction of ]\fr. C. II. I)<lvis's ollicc: cmployed by Tholllpson & .\dam. bnilrkrs. as a superintendcnt of construction Ila"ing charge of

PERCY LITCHFIELD

thc foundations o[ a large residence at Princeton. N. J.. 1899; in thc expcrimcntal departmcnt of the PI<lnters' Compress Co. of


TIlE ALU1\TNT Boston; r899; with the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co .. New York. as first assistant to the resident engineer of the Ilrst division (having in charge the dilTerent subcontracts between the City Iiall and Thirtyfourth Street, and the erection of two electrical sub-stations) 1900- 03; and later as resident engineer (in charge of Scct ion 3 of the Brooklyn exten s ion). 1()03 to date. Ill' is a l'estrYln<ln of St. .Iudc·s Church. Blythehourtlc.

\'"ewark Tclephone Co .. \'"ewark. "\'". J" in ('harge of \\'orkmen and of nlallhole con st I'lICt ion. IK96: wi th :\ 11'. \ ' anderkloot. N elV York. for II·hom he detailed the steel girders in a public-school building. and was also en -

Littlejohn, Kenneth S. (1\ lY .. '981. II as in the engincering departmcnt of the llrooklyn Elevated Railroad. Ilrooklyn. N. Y .. 18981902, and has been assistant to the eivil engineer Oil .. Lampasos" Ilork of the l\lcxican Central Railroad. fronl 1902 to date. Lockwood, Rutherford T. (1\ r. E .. '(9), was II ith thc Edison I~lectric Illu1l1inating Co .. of Nell' York. IR99: has since been assistant to thc superintendent of the electrical department of the Carnegie Steel (0., Ltd .. Duquesne Steel \\'orks and Blast Furnaces. Duquesne. Pa.; draughts1l1an at the (rcsccni Shipyard. Elizabeth. N . .I .. and is noll' cngi neer at the Bayonne ]{cfincry of the Standani Oil Co .. Bayonne. N. J. Loewenherz, Herman (:\I.I~.. '(2). was born in Iloboken, ~ . .I., ,\ugust 3, IR71 ; son or Joseph and Sophia Loewcnherz. lie received his early education at the IloiJokcn Academy. Ill' was e1l1ployed by the 1\115souri Electric Light & l'owl'1' Co., and the \Vagner Electric & l\Tanufacturing Co .. on designing anci testing work. J892. for the former company, re(icsigning all the oldstyle \Vestinghouse altertlators of 230 horsepower; took an expert course in shop- work with the \\ 'estinghousc Electric & :'Ilanufacturing Co., Newark. N . .I .. IR93: was assistant engineer \I·ith the r\ell' ~ ' ork Telephone Co., 1893---96. during which time he was engaged upon designs for the iIarlem, and Broad, Eighteenth, and Cortlandt streets telephone exchanges. The dcsigns for the Ilarle11l exchange called [or the use of the so-called "C011l1110n hattery system" and 111eluded many new features. lie also designed a suhmarine cable crossing at R5th St. and East Ri I'er. Nell' York. lIe was engaged on the subway work of the

J rl·: R:\J.\'J'L()EWE~IIERZ

gaged Up01l thc Taylor r.uilding. I~ast :--Jinc teenth St.. 1R<)7; II'as dctailer and designer with Lewi1ls,)n & .lust, cil'il engineers and contractors. :\ CII' \' ork.1 R97- 98: and fro1l1 spring of the latter year to 1<)03 he was c11lployed in the draughting departments of the foll'l\\'ing :\ew York finHs: :\Iillikcn I\ros.: Jackson .\rchitectural tron \\ ' orb: Cooper & Wigand: S . C. \\'eiskopf (in chargc of shop details for steel \\'ork on the Simpson -Crawford Co. building. r\ew York) : Thompson - Starrett Construction Co. : Empire Ihidge Co. : Tidcwater Building Co, : and then in the enginccrillg department of thc .I. H. & J. 1\f. Cornell Iron \\·orks. :\cw \ ' ork city. \\'hile in the emplo), of the Nell' York Telephonc Co. in IR() .~ :'I[r. Loewenherz contributed tll'O articles to the Electrical Ellgi/lccr: on .. Inspection of Steel Rails lor Electric Railways," a11(1 on".\ llandy Cah1cTesting . \rrangeml'nt." J Ie is an associalc memher of the f\1l1erican Tnstitute of Elcc trical Engineers. Loewy, George Julius (1\1.£., '97). was horn in ;,JCII' York city February 19. 1874: son of Sigmund and l\Iinna Loewy, both of


• TIlE STEVENS I:.JSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY German parentage. IIe received his early instruction in the public schools of New York city, and ill Canada, and at the College of the City of Kew York. lIe worked his way through the latter and the Stevens Institute, earning the necessary funds as a nlllslcian. ITe was el11ployed in the Departlnent of Tests at the Stevens Institute. 189798: was with the Uehling & Steinhart Co., :\c\\'ark, ::"J. j., 1898; draughtsman with R. Iloe & Co., printing-p ress manufacturers, Nell' York. 1R98-99: instructor in shop work for the PublIc School System. New York. J899- H)01. During the years 19OJ-03 he sen'ed as instructor in chemistry in the East Side Enning Iligh School for Men. New York. amI at the sa111e time pursued a post-

from 1901 to elate. The largest individual job that he has hac! to do in his latter posi-

A .. S. LOIZEAUX

lion was in connection wi th the great power hOl1se and sub-station equipment recently installed by the Manhattan Elevated Railway Co., New York. in changing its power fr0111 steam to electricity. IIe has been a 111ember of the General Electric Engineering Society since J900. and secretary of the Society since T903. ITe is also a memher of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. l\fr. Loizeaux is the son of T. O. and ,\ nna :\L (Robert;;) Loizeaux. He married Edith l\Tay l\[acl\Jl1rchy. May 3. 1903. C.

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LOEWY

graduate course of study Columbia Uni\·ersity.

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chemistry al

Loizeaux, Alfred Samuel (l\I.E., '99), was born in Vinton.IO\\·a. I'ebruary 12, 1877. ] [e \\'as Instructor during the supplementary Term at Stevens Jnstitl1te, 1899; with Strong & Tollen, electrical contractors, New York, 1899: dral1ghtsman with the Compressed (;as Cap"uIc Co .. 13ridgeport. Conn., 1899J900: switchboard draughtsman with the General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., T900-o r: anc! has been fore111an of the switchboard dral1ghting department of the same company (with a force of 75 men)

Longstreet, J. Holmes pLE. '79), \Vas born in Bordentown, N . ./.. March [9, r856; S011 of Henry 1T. and TT annah Ann Longstreet, :l1lcl of Dutch de,cenl. Since graduation he has been president of the \Vaterworks and of the Gasworks at Borcleutown. N. J.; proprietor of the Riverview Ironworks: and director of the Bordentown Banking Co. He has taken out several patents for printing telegraph instruments. He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fralemity, and of the Benevolent and Protecti ve Order of Elks. lIe was formerly a member of the Holland Society of New York. Lopez, David H. (M .E., '88), was super-

intendent

of the

Little

Belle

Iron

Co.,


THE AL1.JJ\lNI Bessemer, Ala., erecting hlast furnaccs, coalhins. coke-ovens, etc., 1888 90; and assistant superintendent of the Coosaw Mining Co., cngaged in mining phosphate rock, from 18C)0 to date. He has bcen assistant superintcndent of tIle Sea ]slan<l Chcmical Co., anci Oak Point 1\rincs Co., Bcaufort, S. c., for the last few years, and is a J1lcJ1lbcr of the .\mcrican Society o[ :-Iechanical Engineers.

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Lorsch, Edwin S, (1\LE., '91), was born in New York city November 19, 1869; son of Sigmund and Jenny (Schimmel) Lorseh, both born in Germany. He was employed by the George F. Blake Manufacturing Co., Cambridgeport, Mass., manufacturers of pumping-machinery, 1891-93, his work being that o[ testing and inspecting machinery before shipment. and also "efficiency tests" of seveJ'al waterworks; in the engineering and erection department of the Electrical & :-kchanical Engineering Co ., New York, 1894-95: and with Sussfeld, Lorseh, & Co., cOJ1lmission merchants, New York, r895[90r. From the latter year to date he has been a member of the last-mentioned firm, ill charge o[ the export department, making a ~pccia1tr of introducing American machinery into European countries. lIe is a memher of thel farlllonie Club, and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

1.0NGSTREET

Lord, Alfred Bowen (I\LE., '93), was born in New Jersey, SepteJ1lber 24. 187!; son of William , \. and Alicc (Bowcn) Lord. He was chcl11ist anc! J1lanager in the solder anc! Babbitt llIetal departmcnt o[ the Atlantic \\' hite Lead \\'orks, Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1894 until his death, \\'hich occurred February J 7, 1897. TIc was a mcmber of the Lincoln Club, Brooklyn, anel of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. A. B.

Lord, Edmund P. (.i\l.E., '82), has been assistant superintendent of motive power of the Pcnnsyl vania Co. (;\ orth west System) ; ~ujJerintencient of motive powcr of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad: and is now general manager for the II. K. Porter Co., Pi tlsburg, Pa. IIe is the author of a paper on ., Mechanical Haulage by Compressed Air," J'ead before the Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers, and also of a paper presented to the Anthracite Coal Operators' Association in New York.

LORD

Loud, Henry Sherman (1\1.E., '90), was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., August 31, 1868. lIe was president of the Class of 1887, captain of the football team, and editor-in-chief of the .. Polywog," while at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; and while at Stevens he was acti ve in college affairs, being" neutral " editor of the "Eccentric," guard on the 'Varsity football team, and manager of the 'Varsity baseball team. lle was with the Illinois Steel Co., South


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Chicago, TIL, 1890- 96, being successil'cly night superintelldent of the rail- mill, night sllperintemknt of the South \\'orks, and superilltendent of the open-hearth and plate department. 1n J8<)6 he went to Russia to build and manage the works of the :-Jicopoll\fariopol l\lining & :'Ifdallurgical Co., plans [(]I' II'hich were prepared hy Julian Kennedy. I luring the {our years he spent in I ~ussia, he huilt ;\n(l put in successful operation a plant employing -1-,000 111el1 and consisting of tll'O hlast- furnaces, 100 Cop pee coke-ovens, !il'e 30-ton O . I r. furnaces, two plate-mills (one I :F- i nch and one 72- i nch). a lap-II"eld pipcmill. machilll'-sl!op, foundry. electric and pumping stations. etc. The works were

J1. S. l.ouD

built on the sll'ppe. and a I'illage for J.;.ooo people II'as put up by the company. In 1900 hc hecamc manager of the Trallord Park lI'orb of the British \\'estinghousc Electric & Manufacturing Co., Ltd .. l\Ianchester, Englanel. which emplo)' nearly 5,000 mcn in the manufacturc of all classes of electrical apparatus, steam and gas engulcs ,11](1 steam turbincs . lie is a member of the ,\.merican Society of l\fcchanical Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. the Institution of Electrica l Engineers, the Chicago Club, the University Cluh of N"e\\' York. the Conservati"e Cluh of l\[anchester . and the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

l\lr. Loue! is the son of ITenry \V. and Louisa Sherman Loud. II is paternal ancestors were "!\Jaine people. On his mother's side he is descencled from Eogcr Sherman one of the signers o[ the Declaration of In depcnclence. [Je marricd Eva l\I argaret I Jumph reys. "\ugust 3, ]898, and they have threc children, Henry Sherman, Jr., l\larguerite Erskine \\' cstinghouse, and Alexander Crombie ITumphrcys Loud. Lozano, Carlos Augusto (l\I.E ., '87), was horn in J .i shon. Portugal, ,\pril 7, 1851; son of l\fanuel .lose and Carlotta Luisello Lozano. lI e received a husiness education in Lisbon. and prior to entering Stevens lnstiture in 1883 he had commcrcial and consular expcrience in Portugal, Brazil, and New York. 1Ie was engaged in various capacities (as <Iraughtsman, machinist. foreman crector, refrigerating expert. and engineering salesman) with the following linns: the \ \ ' elshach Incandescent (;as Light Co .. N eIV \ ' o1'k, 1887-88; Bcrgman & Co .. i\TeIV York, J888; the Dc La \'ergnc Refrigerating l\lachine Co., :-Jell' York. 1888- 94; the Fulton Engineering & Shipbuilding \Vorks, San Francisco. Cal., 189~-96: the I~rcd.\\'. \Vol f Co .. Chicago. 111.. 1896-97: and was a consulting cngincer in Xc\\' York frolll 1897 to 1898. lie was with thc Babcock & \Vilcox companics of :-Jell' York and London. 18991900. ] Ie has llot hccn cngaged in engineerIng Sinec 1900. Lozier, Arthur de la Montagnie (l\1.E., '9-1-). lIas horn in Orange. 1\. J" August 2, 187-1-: son of .\hraham \\'. and Jennie de ]a :'II. Lozier. and grandson of Clemence Sophia I,ozier, l\r.n. (Lis molher's ancestry IS I~rench Ilugucnol. Shortly after graduation he entered the employ of \\'arren & Lozier, and later that of Church, Kerr. & Co. lie next hecame assistant manager of the llullock Electric Co., which position he occupicd at the time of his death, August 26. 1897. 1fr. Lozier took out a patent in 1896 for an autoil lati c electrical deep -sea soundingmachine [or ascertaining thc depth o[ water without measuring the length of (he sounding-line or hauling up the lead, the depth heing indicated on a dial placed on the bridge. IIe contributed to Power a series of


TITE .\ Lc~r1\I articles headed .. Dynal1los and :'I[otors: First .\id to till' Injmed,"- \lilich appeared

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ror SIX consccutil'l' nlonths cOlllllll'nclnf,;' ,\ugust. 1893. :'III'. Lozier \las an active l1Ienliler or till' I\a\'al i\lilitia or the ~tate of :\e\l' York and a petty ofiicer of the ~if,;'nal emps of that hod.'. Ludlow, William Orr (:\r.E., "<)2), \la, hOrll in :\ell' York cit.1 :'Ilay 2-t. 1870. Ill' \las draugill'illlan. and. later. superintendent of construction \I itil l'arrl'l'e & Ilastings. arcilitects. \ell' York. IR()2. 93. in the latter capacill' hal' ing cilargc "I' till' erection of a Illlmher o[ huildings, al1long \I'hicil lI'as the Cityllall of Paterson. N. J.. \t the terlllination 'of thc last nallled \lork he \I'a- appointed. hy the city. architect in charge of the furnisiling and cquiplllcnt of the 11lIildIIlg. lie has hecn as-;ociatl'<1 \lith Charles .\. \ ·a1cntinc. under thc firl1l name of Ludloll' & \'alentinc. architccts. ;\e\l' York. rrolll 'l'l95 to datc. The \lork of tilis firlll has heen the dl'signing and superintending of the erection of many important iluildings. including ~l '2-s tory. skcleton construction. $300.000 ~t>artlllent-hotel huilding on -t-tth and -tsth streets. sales stahles for the Standard Coach llorse Co .. and husiness huildings on Clinton Place and ()th ~t.. and an operating pal'ilion in connection \I ith HellenIC [[ospita1. Nell' York; a bank building for the East Orange

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:\ational Bank, East Orangc. :\. J. ; a mill for the ~terling-\Vorth Railll'ay Supply Co., Easton. ['a.: mills for tile . \lIlerican l'eganlOid Co .. at l'nderclifr. ;\ . .I.: a pumpingstation at Santiago. Cuha. for the LTnited States gOI'l'l'lJmelJt: chllrcil huildillgs at Paterson. :\ . .I .. :\ell' York city. and in the State of \\ 'as hington: the erection of a largl' nnl1l her of sllhurilan residencl's: ane! till' extending and alteration of l1Iany otill'r buildings. Ill' \I as a junior I11cl11her of till' \lIlerican Socil'ly of i\lecilanical I~ngill\.'l·rs froI1118~)2 to IR98. Ill' is an associall' nll'nllll'r of the \merican Institute of .\rchitccts: alld a Illemher of the .\rchiterlllral Leaglle of Ncll' York: of Ilopc l.odgc. I,'rel' alld ,\cceptl'd :\lasons: the I{epllhlicall ('11111. of I~ast 01'<Illgc. :\ . .1.: alld of the Delta Tall l)elta rratcrnity. :'III'. l_udIO\\ is the SOil of .Iallll·s :\1. alld I ~ nlllla (()rr) Llldlm\·. ()n his muther's sick he is a descl'lldant of the hrother of .\hralll I'ierson. first president of Yale Collegc. and Oil his father's side is a direct desccndant froll1 Edward lIoty. one of the Pilgrim

\V. O.

IXIl!.O\\·

I·'a thers \I ho callie ol'er in the" :--Iaylloll'er.' lie Illarried .\hhie C. Ilartlll'li. Jllnc 10. I ()02. Lukens, Lewis N. (:'Ir.K. 'S3). was born nl :'I IcKeesport. Pa .. .lui) I I. 180-t. [ Ie was assistant slIpl'rintendenl for the Alan \Vood


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Co., Conshohocken, Pa., manufaclurers of "heel iron, 188:=;- 88: a dealer in wrought-iron pipe, New York. and agent for the Conshohocken Tube Co .. 1888-97; and has been I' ice-presidenl of the Longmead Iron Co., manufacturers of wrought-iron pipe and ,kelp iron. Conshohocken, Pa., with offices In Philadelphia. from 1897 to dale. lIe is a memi>er of the Uni\'ersity and Art clubs, I'h i ladel ph ia. ~[r. Lukens is the SOil of Alan \Vood and 1~lizahcth (:\"el'ius) Lukens. and of Dutch descent. ancestors of hoth families coming to \nlerica in the 17th century. JIe married I':dith Clark, Decemher 3, 1890, and they hal'e [ollr children, ,\[an \Vooel, Edward Clark. f"cwis ;\eI50n. and Elizabeth Nelson Lukens.

R. O.

Luqueer, Robert Orr (l\LE.. '99), was born in :1\ew York city December S. 1878. He has been with TIulllphreys & Clasgoll', since graduation. in the capacity of assistant engi ncer. having spent ahollt one year in England working 011 the erection and operation of carhurettecl \\';]ter-gas plants. and since thal time has been engaged in the regular eX<lmin;]tion \\'ork of the ;'\Tell' Y()rk firm. lie is a memher of the .\merican (;as Light ,\ssociation. and the Delta Tau Delta and Tau Beta Pi fraternities. ~J r. Luqucer is thc son ()f I~()hert S. and ;\1<lrI' Orr I.uqueer. lie married I' lorcnl'e I )lHllcy (;uill;]lHicu. (ktoher 22. [903. Lyall, William Lord p I.I~ .. 路R-1-). was hOrl1 In :\"l'II' York city .Iune 2-1-. IR63. \ fter graduation he hecamc connected \I路ith the firm of J. & \Y. Lyall. loom and machinc I\路orks. ~ell' York. In 1890 hc was made superintendent. also acting as ml'chanical engineer for the Brighton :'dills 0\1 ncel by

LVQl' EER

Lunger, Waldo G. pl.r<: .. '98). hefore graduation. \'olulllcercri in the war II路ith ~pain ane! was detailed on the U. S. S . .. Badger." c\t the clo"e of the II'ar he entercd the repair shops of the \Jorth Jersey Streel Rail",ay Co., Jersey City. \J. J.; and has since heen with the Rockwell Engineering Co .. Nell' ) ' ork. His thesis. written jointly with Messrs. J. D. Hackstaf{ and \\ ' an'cn IT. l\lillcr. on "Efficiency of the Twin-Screw Steam-Yacht ' Sovereign,' " was published in the ..)tCl!CIlS Institllte Illdicalor April. 1899. lIe is a junior member of the .\l1lerican Sociely of l\lechanical Engineers.

\\'. L.

LYALL

the above firm. In 1900 he II'as placeu in general charge of the de sign and erection of the new plant o[ the Brighton :\Iills at Passaic, ?\. J" and in 1901 was made treasurer, assuming the general management of the company. TIe is a Illember of the American Society of :\ rechanicalEngineers; the New Englanel Colton Manufacturers' A ssociation; the Engineers' and Yountakah Country

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TIl E ,\LC11NI clubs; thc St. Andrcw's Socicty; and of thc Delta Tau Delta fratcl'1lity . 1\11'. Lyall is thc son of Wi lli am and K.illy

1\1 J I.J.S II'. L, i.yall

IlRlt:lllU l\

(I~,lrl) Lyall . llc lI1arried Cccelia C, Lambcrt, I )ccell1ber 3, 1902,

Lydecker, L eigh K. (1\1.E., graduation, st lldied law at Xe\\' vers ity. froll1 \Ihich he rccei\'cd of Bachelor of Laws in 1904, practising law in :.Jew York city .

'02), after York Unithe degree IIe is now

477

Macbeth, Alexander Barksdale (M .E.. '97), \\'as born in Batesv ille . S. C . Septcmber ,}, 1873: son of }\1cxander and E li za T. i\Iacbeth. and grandson of Ceorgc A. Trenholm, Secreta ry of the Treasury of the Confederate States of Amcrica. He was with the B. F. Sturte\'ant ('0., 1'\e\\' York, 1897 98: and h as been in th e employ of the U nit ed (; a ~ InlprO\'emenl Co.. Ph iladelphi a. froll1 1898 to date; bcing detai led [Q the Philadelphia Gas \ \ ' orks. 1898-99; to .\t lallla, Ca,. with the ,\tlanla Ga~ Light Co., J8991900; assistant superintendent of thc Kansas City (1\10 . ) (;as Co., 1900 03, c, nd cnginecr of the "all1e cOi lip any from J()0-1- to date, J Ie is a lI1ell1ber of the \\'cste rll (;as : \ sslJc iation, and of the Beta Theta Pi fratel'1lity. McBurney, E. L. P f.E .. '89). is as soc iated \\' ith his brother in the practice of la\\', with specia l reference to patent al](1 insurance \\'o rk, under the finll nall1e of l\ f cBur ll c), & :\JcBurllc\路. XC\\' York. Il l' ha s taken a lit a nUll1her of patents concerning the hard \\'a r c and boot-and-shoe trades, MacCord, Charl es William, Jr. (l\ I.E .. '9-1-), II':lS bol'1l in Il obokl'n, :\. ).. 1\ la." q. 1R73: so n of Cha r les \\,illialn and En' lyn Ii olden 1\ la cCord, l ie \\'as draught s illan at the Sc h enectady Locoll1otive \\ 'o rks, 1894. hi s \\'ork inclllding the determination. by cOll1plltation froll1 dra\\路ings. of the location of the centres of gra\'ity of IOL'ol11oti\'cs, ITis cO l11pulcd we ig ht s we r e ch eckecl by actual \\'eig-hing, and found to he practically correct. Tie \\'as associate editor of PO'1Ver, 189S' 97路 Tn this capacit.I' he \\TotC nlll11erous lead in g a rti cles. as follows: "Rin'l<'d .Jc)illts" (reprinted by the .11<'拢//(/ 11 i-

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?L\CBEl'lT

wI lL,,"", England) .


• THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TEen NOLOGY "Valve Gears" (serial), r896. Thi s series of papers, revised and \\'ith ncll' drawings, and with the addition of an analysis of shaH go\"crnol'S, "'as subsequently puhlishcd in book form \\'ith the title of "Slick Val\'cs," by John Wi1e~' 8.:. Sons, Nel\' York. "FloI\' of Steam in Pipes." " l/eaLing Surfaecs of Boilers." " /'0\\,(,1' Dictionary" (sl'J'iaJ) . "Electrical Catc('hism" (sl'rial). "Val\'l'-Sclting on Slt'nm l'u111pS" (se rial ).

I fe was with i\lcilltosh, SeY1llour, & Co., engine iJuilders, .\uiJurn, :?\, \'., [rolll 1897

C. \\"

JlI.ICC01W, JR.

until his dcath, \\'hich iollO\\'cd <In opnation ior appendicitis, Junc ,). 18~8 . Ill' \\'as a lllember ()f the c\lpha Tall Omcga iratcrnity. McCoy, Joseph S, (\I.I~ .. ·S.:;). \I'as with thc l~altilllore & Ohio I·bilroad. nalti11lorc, :\1 d., 18t-\5 ~86: at thc Ri \'l:rsidc I ron \\' or].;s. Wheeling, \\' . \'a .. 188G~87: and has becn gOI'crn11lent actuary under control of the Treasllry Department. fro11l 1887 to date. In 1893 the (;eorgeto\\,n Unil'l.:rsity conferred upon him the degree o[ Bachelor of La\\·s. and in 189-1- that of "!\[aster of Laws. 111 J895 he was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia. In 1898 he \\'as made statistical c:-;pert and disbursing of6cer to the T I igh Joint COlllmission appointed by President :\lcKin1cy to adjust all grieyanCl'S hetwcen Canada and the Unilrcl States.

This Commission met in Quchec In 1898 and in '\\'a shington in [899. In 1898 he \l'as also detailed as aid to the s pecial COIllmissioner plenipotentiary undcr the tari IT law of 1897. In this capacity he assislrd in the negotiation of a series of reciprocity treaties \I"ith a llulllher of foreign governIllents. including Crcat Britain, (;erlllany. 1<r;]nce, Ttaly. Portugal, Denlllark, Brazil. etc .. and in <t<l\'ancing the interest s of j\llleri can exporters in all parts of the world. In 1902 hc appeared a nU1llher of tilllcs hefore the l'()reign Relation s Comlllittce of tlw L'nilcd Stairs Senate as a tarifl experl, and in 1903 \Ias sent hy the Ikparlillent of State to China on Illalters of husiness relating to the Chinese indcmnity. rClllrning iii 190-1-. McCulloch, John A, (i\1.1;: .. ·S6). was placed In charg-c of the nlechanical interests ()[ the I'itt ston Engine & Machine Co .. Pitt ston , I'a .. at a tinlc II'hen the pre:; ir\cnt of the conlpany had resigned. th e general manager \\'as unahle to attcnd to his duties. and the ~ lIperintl'ndenL and iorelllall had left their posts. ":\ 1r. :\ IcC 1I11och secll red enough \l'ork to keep the business going and Jllaced it uJlon a hetter hasis, enalJling the directors to arrange Illore fal'orahle tcrm~ \I'hcn the company was merged into the \ ' uIcan I ron \\'ork s of \\'il].;csha rre. 1'<1 .. IS86- 87. Ill' was te st c:-;pert lI'ith the \\ 'clshach Incandescent (;as I_ight (·Il.. 18S7 ~ 88. and was engaged on sJlecial lest and research \l'ork for the company at CIUl1CeSler. ~. J. 1888- 89. and he tOlJk charge Ilf the shop for lamp repair work and for cOJlstructing' Illodels of new de\'ices. 18g9~90. lie was in the estimating -office of the i\lidl'alc Steel Co .. I'hiladelphia, 18~0~92: \Iith Ilcnry ,\ikcn. M.E .. Pittshurg. Pa,. lR92 ~93 : \\ ith Julian Kennerly. ":\I.I~ .. Pittshurg. ISf)3: drallghtslll:Jn in the United States I ~ nginl'er Oflice. I'ittshurg, under Major R. L. Ilo:-;i l'. U.S .. \ .. 189-1-~9S : in charge of thell.l'draulic Machine Co .. Pittsburg. 189S ~96: chid drallghts11lan and. later. assistant enginecr in the lTnite(\ States Engincer OllicC'. cngaged in designing ma, chincry and mason ry .. and constrnction for riv er improvements on the .\\Iegheny anrl ~\lonongahela rivers. first l1nder i\[a jor Iloxie and suhsequently under Major Chal:les 1-. PowC'lI . er.s.}\ .. 1896--1900: and ha s bcen in the jobbing-shop of the national dcpart-


THE ALUMNI mcnt of the National Tuhe Co.'s works, ;"fcKeesport, ['a., from 1900 to date. McCullough, Charles Herbert, Jr. (1\I.E., horn in Philadelphia, 1'a., Decem -

'(1), \Vas

her 25. 1868. lIe occupied various position s with the Illinois Stl'(~1 ('0 ... Chicago. becom ing 2d vice-president. 1891 - 19°-1-. lIe is no\\' assistal1t to the president of the 1.;{(·/o.:a\\,al1l1a Steel Co .. Xc\\' \'ork. lie is a meJllber of the Chicago Cluh. and of the Chi Phi fraternity. l\1r. i\lcCullough is the SO li of (' harks II. and Elizaheth (;. (I'latt) :\lcCullough. Ill' married .Ie ,,· ie :'Ilartill . .\Im·l'mber 3. 1897. and they have two children. 1~1canor f<:lizailcth and .Icssica :'IrcCulloligh.

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Sharpe l\lanu faduring Co., the Boston 1\1achine Co., the \\'altha111 \\'atch Co., and the . \shcroft Steam (;auge Co ... all the time pre .. paring to entcr Ste\'ells Institute. He was assistant superintendent of work at Omaha, l'\eh., for the United Cas 1mprovcment Co., of Philadelphia, 1887-88; and was employed 011 the Central Tressa Sugar Estate, Cuba, 1888-89; and by the Field Engineering Co., ]889-96. .\s one of the engincers of this cOIllpany. he prepared mallY of the plan s, etc ... 0 [ the i3uITalo, \ Vorcester. and other railway syste ll1 s built by that concern. In J89-1- he designed and huilt the po\\'er statio n ior the Uridgeport Traction Co., llridgl'jlort, Conn .. alld was the C0111pany's enginecr during the equip111cnt of the syslc m. In 1895 he <ksigned and built the power station for the Bruns\\'ick Traction Co., Xe\\' Brunswick. :\. ]., and was cngineer of cOllstrllction lIlltil .;"lllllary. J896. at which time he ileGllne associated \\'ith l\rr. J. F. i\lacartney. I ~. E .. under the 111'111 na111e o[ :\Iacartney. i\1c1~lr()y. & Co .. ior the construction of elecll'ic roarb. This f!l'111 was sllcccs;.; iul in sccur illg ;\ Ilu111her o[ contracts in this country and in Canada, chid among \\ hich \\Tre tho,;e {or road s at ;'\e\\' Ilruns\\ i ck and i10llnd Ihook. X . .I.. II igh land s ;l lld Syr;\CW;l'. :\. Y .. IIa1l1iitoll, 0 .. Ilamil -

,.

Macdonald, James v, (M.I<: .. '<)]). \\'as ;lssisl;l1lt cngineer wilh the Safely Car Ileal illg & Lightillg Co .. ()f :\C\\· York: has spent some tiul(' ill forcign tran'l: alld is 110\\' ellgaged in contract \\'o rk in :\ew York. lie is a junior memher of the ,\l1lcri ca n Srwict\· of 1\iechanical I~ngillccr s . . McElroy, Joseph Aloysius (?I r. E .. ·R7). \\'as horn ill Bridgeport. Conll .. l\larch 20. 18:;0. lie left scho()1 \\'hell twch·c years old. a'lld worked in a facton' for fOllr \'l'ars. Thcll. after ten months n;ore of sch~o1. he sen'ed a three -yea rs apprenticeship as a machinist. TIe next \\ orked as journcyman for Drowll &

.I. A.

McELROY

ton. Ont.. and :-;hcrhrooke. Que. Thcy also desiglled the (\\ ate I' ) power statioll. together


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY

with the dam, canal, etc., for the Syracuse & Suburban Railway, Syracuse, N.l·. In 1898 Messrs. Macartney and McElroy organiz~d the firm of Macartney, McElroy, & Co., Ltd., under British laws, and with the registered office of the company in London. During its second year the firm increased its capital from £12,000 to £60,000; and since its organization it has executed contracts at Glasgow and Aberdeen, Scotland; at Manchestel', Brighton, Southampton, Halifax, Southport, IIartlepool, Stockport, etc., in England; at Lisbon, Portugal; at Durban and Delagoa Bay, South Africa; and at \Vellington, N. Z. Its work comprises the complete equipment of electric roads, including the overhead work, track, paving, feeders, power houses, cars, etc. l\Ir. McElroy has taken out a patent for rollers for heavy doors used in car-houses. freight-sheds, etc., and, in association with others, owns patents for a third-rail system of electric traction. I1e is a member of the American Society of l\Iechanica1 Engineers: of the Tramway and Light Railway Association of Great Britain; the Catholic Club o[ New York; andofthe Chi Psi fraternity. l\Ir. McElroy is the son of Charles and Margaret McElroy, both Irish. His father served in the 17th Connecticut Volunteers during the Civil \\'ar, and died in 1869 fro III the effects of a woune! recei I'ed at GettyslJUrg. Joseph Aloysius married Caroline A. Crotty. in June. 1889 (deceased. 1891), and :\lice Elizabeth l\fary Dial. October 23. 1902. McGahie, Fred. H. (l\I.E., '92), was jn the shops of IT. R Worthington. ]892-93; assistant with the Pnellmatic Torpedo & Con~truction Co. in experiments on military explosives and the projection o[ torpedoes from guns with smokeless powder. ]893-94; and superintendent of the Maxim Powder & Torpedo Co .. LO\\'cr Squankulll, ~. J., 1894-97. I Ie took an active share in the development of thc Illulti-perforated smokeless powdcr used by the United States army and na\'}'. and took out a patent for an improved form of multi-perforated powder. lIe has bcen in the draughting dcpartment of the E. \V. Bliss Co., Brooklyn, K. Y., since 1899. McGowan, Henry Eddy (M.E .. '94), was born ill Brooklyn, N. Y., Octobcr 3, I872;

son of ITenry D. and Sophia C. (Pitts) McGowan . IIe was process chcmist at the factory of Church & Co., Trenton, Wayne County, l\fich ., manufacturers of bicarbonate of soda by the ammonia proccss, I894g8. In 1898 he was engaged by the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. to assist jn investigating the electrolytic dcstruction of their piping by stray trolley-currents, and at the termination of this survey. etc., an electrical department being forlllcd by the company, Mr. McCowan was placed at its head, with the title of electrical engineer. This position be still holds, havi ng charge of the question of electrolysis and of the gas-engine business. In I903 he was appointed general managcr of the Flatbush Gas Co., still retai ni ng his I,osition with the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. lIe is the author of the following articles: .. Electrolysis, The ErCect of Stray TrolleyCurrents." StCZ'CIlS Illstitlltc Illdicator. X\'JTI, ~o. 2; "Rcmedy for Electrolytic Damage to Mains," Progrcssi'l'c Agc, XX, No. 24. In 1900 l\11'. 1\IcGowan was instrumental with two or three others, in forming a Un i-

n.

E. J\IcGo\\',,;<[

versity Glee Club in Brooklyn to be a nucleus for a Uni\'ersity Club silllilar to that in Manhattan. The University Club of Brooklyn, of which he is a member, was incorporated July I8, 1901. T[e is also a member of the CI'Cscent Athletic Club and of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

.


THE .l\LUl\T 1\ I MacGregor, Willard Holmes (:'ILK, '96). was born in Nell' York city l\lay 3. 1865. Previous to 1896 he studied at the Colkge oi

the City of XCII' ) ' ork and was a teacher in the NelY York sch ools. li e was designer and draughtsman with Cary T. llutchinson. l'h .D .. consulting enginee r, hi s work con sisting of designs for aerial and underground lin es for the transmission of pOII'cr from Lachi ne H.apICls to j\f Dl1treal (a th ree -phasl' alternating current being used), r896- <J/: assistant superintcndent lI'ith the \\' anl &: [,conard Electric Co., 1897- 99; designi ng and sUJlerintending the construction of rheostats, preparing estil1lates. and attending to correspondence and to the il1ustration and publication of the catalogues of this company. TIe also made working drawings for the \V anl & Leonard Electric CO.'5 nell' double-pole circuit-breaker. J n 1898 he was appointed New York agent for the eOlllpan)'. lI e I\'as general Eastern agent. with head quarters in Nell' York, for the Cutler ITammer Co., Ch icago, manufacturers of rheostats, 1899-[901. and has heen assistant manager in the Nell' York sales office of the Westinghouse Electric & l\Tanufacturing Co. from 190 I to date; from June, 1902. being in charge of detail department sa les. He contributed an artic le on "Test of an Otis Electric E levator with Leonard Moto r-Cont rol System ,. to the EI('el rieal Ellgillccr,

July 29. 1896, and all article on ".\ Method of Determining the Indicated Il o rse-l'o\\'er of an E ng in e Under Varying Load," to Power, Octohcr, 1896. IT e is a mcmber of the }\merican ln stitute of Electrical Engi neers; the l\' ell' York Electrical Society; the :'Ilendelssohn Cke Club; the :'Ilusical ,\rt Society; the .\ell' Rochelle Yacht Club; and of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. :'Ilr. :'IIac(;regor is the son of llenry and :'Ilary ( I[olmes) :'IIacCrcgor. Jlis father is of Scotch descent .. and hi s mother is of early .\ell' England ancestry . Il l' married B. Ilelen :'IlaeDonald. Septemhe r t8. t90r. Machold, Charles Emmet (l\ I.I ~ .. '8:;), was horn in Il ohoken. K. J., Decemher 28. 1t\6.t. li e was educated at ll ohokl' n 1\cad emy and at Ste"ens ll igh Sch ool: was in tlte dr-allghting- room and shops of the Delaware. Lackawanna. & \\'estern Railroad. I ~asl Buffalo. 1\. Y., J~t\:;-87; and was \\'ith Stokes & I'arrish. Philadelphia, 1t\~7 HK During- the four years succeeding 188l) he was drallghtsman and chief dralightslll<ln with the l.ink- l1clt Engineering Co .. t\ icetown. Philadelphia. Pa .. a nd at Nell' York. Il l' was associated II'ith th e lil'ln of Burhorn & (;rang-er. as co nst ru ct in g e ng in eer. a nd

C. E. l\L\cnOl.1J

then as ge neral manager of its Philadelphia office. unlil 190 1. lT e designed and installed fOI- thelll cUlllplete sleam a nd elcctrie-light-


TIlE STEVENS

I~STITUTE

ing plants. including boilers, stack~, cngines, stcam heating, dynal11os, etc. In H)or he retired [rom the firm, which thell iJecal11e known as the 1\. D. Granger Co., iUr. :\1ach()ld rctainillg charge of the Philadelphia ,,(tice as bciore. On July I, '903, he se\'Cred this connection to enter into partnership with ,\11". ; \. J r. Hiddell, t1ll(il:r the firl11 name of .\Iachold & I~idd ell, contracting engincers, (Jf I'hiladelphia, 1'a. :\[1'. :'Ifacliold is a \1Ie111her of the . \111erican ~()cil'ly of :-kchanical I'~ngineers; o( the Enginel't's' C1uh o[ l'hiladelphia; the :'Ilount /\iry, Ikllield, and Torresd~t1c COUll try cluhs, and of the Delta Tau l)elta fraternity. ~Ir. :\lachold is the so n of Charlotte anc! William :\lachold. Ill' 1llarriec! r..rartha I)eas .\lccke, ;\pril 29, J903. Mackenzie, William Percival (.\1. E., '93), '''IS h(J1'Il in ~c\\' \'ork city .\pril ]2, 187!. II e \\ as assistant enginccr \\'i th the New York Steam Co., ,893-96; chief cnginecr at the l\ayonne (i\. J.) Refinery, Standard Oil CO .. J~96 , "herc, besides ha"ing charge uf thc l路ntire J 2,000 horse -po\\'L'1' stcal11 plant, he \\'as abo cngincl'l' of construction and had charge o( the ercctiun of a Ill'\\ relinery o[ the saml' capacity as the ()Id unl', upon the c()ll1piL-ti()n of \\ hich hl' \\ l'nt as salesman \\ ith thl' j farri~l>urg Foundry & l\lachine Co., Ilarrishurg, Pa .. frolll \\'hich position he rose to that of assistant manager of the cOlllpany at 1 farrisiJurg. and later \\'as Ina(k manager of the ;":l'\\' York ofilce. fn 1()02 he formcd a partncrship with A. 13. (Juarrier \\ hich in H)OJ \\'as incorporated as i\lackenzic. ~2uarrier, & Ferguson \\' ith "nices in ;":l'\\' York, acting as rcprescnta tin's of the 1 larrishurg Foundry & ]\[achinc Co., ;lIId other manufacturers, as \l'el1 as doing a genl'ral cngincl'f'ing husiness. ]li s graduating thesis, prcpared in conjunction \\ ith l\Tcssr~. 11. E. (;ris\l'old and , \dolph (;. I lupfel. on a" Test o[ the New York] Iygeia Il'e-l\ 1aki ng 1'/ant," \l'as ruhl ished in the S/'路"CII." indic{//or, XI, 1. j fe is a Illeillber of (he Engincers' Cluh and of the Chi Psi fratcrnity. :\1 r. :'IIackenzic is the . on of Mortimer ane! Ilarrietlc ['ricc Williams ]\fackenzic. [Ie married Cleillentina Rittcnhouse Cissel. l\fay 23, 1R99. and thc)' ha\'e onc child, Sidney Thompson Mackenzie.

OF TEClll',OLOGY

Mackiewicz, Victor (i\LE., '8.J.) , was CI11ployed in tflC \\'orkshops, erecting-floor and draughting- roolll of [lenr), R \\'orthington, pUIllP and pumpIng-e ngine builder, New Y()rk, 188.J. <,10. Ill' was a Iso engaged upon the introduction of the jig and templatc system [or duplicating pump parts in conjunction with the de\'c lopI1lcnt of the picce- \\ork systcm throughout the \\'o rk5, As ercctlllg cngiucer he designed and erected large waterworks installations. one of the larges t heing' the 30,Ooo.000-gallon plant, conlplcte \\ ith boiler in sta llation, at Minneapolis, i\linn. Ill' \\'as \\ ilh the (;alllcy Coke & Coal Land .\ssociation of \\ 'est Virginia, in c harge o[ gcolugica l and tOJlog-raphical slIr\'cys of Grecnhrier County. \\ '. \ 'a ., locating bit\lminous coal bed~ and l';;tahlishing- properties as a preliminary to upcning mines and planning railroad cOlllmunication, J~90-92: <lnd with the Atlantic Refining Co., Point 11rel'zc, Philadclphia, 1'a., l1\anu ["ct\lrns oi petroleum products, 1892- J <,102, at first tak 路 ing chargc of the in\'cstigati()n <lnd dcsign ing of Pllmping machinery t() handle pctro lell111 prollllcts, and thell in charge of the stcam hoiicl- departmcllt and the distriblltion of ~tcam th rOllghout th C cOl1lpa ny' S Y:lI'ds. lie \\'a s next insta1Jed as mcchanical cngi' ncer to the cOlllpany, designing anti erccting manufacturing planh to handle thl' product.macle from crucle uil. and \\'as aiso placed i 1\ charge ()f thc draughting-roolll and of thl' gcneral testing \\"o rk involving cngineering

prohlellis. In additio n he lIIaric tcsts to de tcrllli nl' the coal products to be purchasl'd hy the company for the stcam departillent. .I n 1902 he n 's ignl'd on account oi ill health, and dc\'oted himsr.:lf to further study in IIIl'chani cal :Incl electrical engi ll l'er in g until his death. \\ hich occulTl'd in 1903. lie \\'as a nlemhcr of the ;\ml"l'ican Socil'ty of :-ll'chanical Engi !leers. McLean, Embury (1\r.E., '88), was proprietor of a pO\\'c r station. and consulting enginccr in \'L'\\ York cit.\. 1R89-9 1 : a 11ll' 1\l iler of the ]\ IcLean Eng-i nl'l'I'i ng Co .. consulting and contracting engineers, New \ -o rk, 189J - 97: :Ind is no\\' gencral manager uf the Engincering Co .. \'l'\\' York. consulting and contracting enginl'crs. and making a specialty of the l\fcLean systcm of autoillatic iuel and pressure control, patcnted. for s tealll

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THE ALUMN[ boiler plants, of which system Mr. Embury l\1cLean is the inventor.

of Educ:1tion, 1901-02. In (he latter year he n::signel\ to seek health in J\rizona; his death occurred at Suffern. 01. Y., October

McLean, North (M.E., '85), has been with Kessler & Co., ?\ew York, since J886.

[2,

McNaughton,

Malcolm (M.E., '83),

was

J904.

Magee, Frank Allen (:\f.E., '83), was born in N e\\' York city l\Ugust 8, 1862. I Ie was

born in Mumford, 01. Y., l\UgUSt ]2, 1860. lIe was with the Pintsch Lighting Co., New \' ork, 1883- 84; with the United States '1'or~ion Balance & Scale Co., New York, 188587; and has oeen \\路i th the Joseph Di:xon Crucible Co., J crsey City, N. J., frol11 1887 to date, being now its department superintendent. Ill' contriiluted a very cOlllplete article on "(;raphite" to tile Slc'z'cIIS IllsliIlite illdicalor, January, 1901. lIe is a member of the American Society for Testing l\faterials and of the Jersey City Club. Mr. l\ld\aughtoll is the son of Daniel C. and l\largaret (Blue) l\lcNaughton. Ill' marricd Catherinc 1\1c\' ean in 1890, and they

F . .\ .

MALCOL11 l\JCNAUCTITON

have two childrcn, Cameron l\fa1cohn, and George Douglas Md\ aughton. MacVeety,

F. N, (M.E., '95), was with

A. R. \VoJIT, consulting mcchanical engineer, New York, 1895- 97; chid cnginccr with the F. N, Pierce Engineering Co., Ncw York, ]897-98; employed on "Power," 1899; wi th the Bald\\'in Engineering Co., Ncw York, J900; ancl was engaged with the Board

~I.\CEF

cmployed in (he engi nceri ng depa rt ments () f the New York Steam Ileating Co .. and the Edison Electric Light Co .. and with I~ul'k & i\lc0Ju1ty, engineers. J Ie has also hccn con nected with dil'(erent companies in the ca pacity of sales agent: for sc\-era1 years \\"ith E. S. Creek), & Co., 1'\e\\' ~'ork; then with the Engineering & Equipmcnl Co .. i'\e\\" York and n05(011: and is at present with thc Revere ]~uiJiJer Co", )J el\' York. lie is a member of the De(a Theta I'i fraternity. Mr. Magee is thc son of Frank ,\1\cn and Jennie Magee. J Ie married Clara Kairnc Burt, February 22, 1892, and tl\'O children were born to them, Frances Adelaide (deceased 1897), and Burl Allen Magec, Magee, William Adam (M.E., '88), was born ill San Francisco, Cal., June 21, 1865. Ile enlered the real-estate business in 1888, and has been a member of the linn of Thomas Magec & Sons, San Francisco, Cal. , since 1894. Sincc (he death of his father in T902 he <11](1 his two brothers have conducted the business, which was established ill 1866.


TIlE STEVE:-JS I:\TSTITUTE Or< TECT1NOLOGY The firm o\\'ns and edits the" San l-rancisco l{eai Estate Circular," which has been published continuously since 1866. l1e is a

meiliber of the Pacific Ullion Club, the University Cluh, and of the Beta Theta Pi fra ternity; and is a director of the San Fran cisco Savings Union and of other local corporations. Mr. Magee is the son of Thoilias and Elizabeth English i\Jagee. ric l11arried JJarriet L. Irush ill 1892. and they ha\'e three chil dren. \Yillialll .:\ .. Jr .. Ilarry II .. and Eliza hcthEnglish J\Tagee.

92; and manager of the Branford works ami manager of product for the Stamford and Branford \\'orks of the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co., [892. TIc was general sales manager ior the Yalc & Towne company, 1900- 03; alld has iJeen commissioner of thc Contract 1\ssociation from J903 to date. Jointly with T. Scanlan, he took out a patcnt for a \\ rought face lock in 1894. lIe con t riiJuted a paper to the ' \llIerican Society of Cil·il Engineers 011 •. The Theory and Prac tice of 1\qua l\nllllOnia Engines," and an article 011 "The 1\[ost Economical Elevator ,. to the StC,'CIiS Jlldicatar, I V, 47. J\lr. l\lagol'crn is the SOil of John and Eliz,d)(:tl1 1\ . l\lago\·ern. 1 Ie married Hortense I'acharie. JUlle 20. ]89T , and they have three children, Everctt Z.. Beatrice M., and John I ~ . l\lago\'ern. Magruder, William Thomas (l\f.E., '81), was horn i 11 Ba !lilliore, i\J <I .. 1\ pril 22, 186 r. lie was with the Camphell Printing Press & :\Tanufacturing Co. , Taunton , Mass., 188rR6; at Johns Ilopkins Univcrsity. Raitimore, 1886- 87; chid chcmist with the Baltimore & Ohio l{ailroad Co., 1\[ount Clare, Baltimore, 1887; Instructor in. and Adjunct Professor of. l\lechanical Engineering. Vand e rbilt Uni -

Magie, W. E. (l\I.E., '00). was with the Ilasbrouck ]\Jotor Co .. IJieriliont, K. Y .. H) 00 ; draughtsilliln for the Nell' York Telephone Co., 1900- 02; and is now with th e nucyrus Co., SOllth :\lih\·aukcl'. \\·is. Magovern, Edward Everett (:\ 1. E., '81), \Vas born in Iroboken, ~. J .. l\brchI6. 1861. Ill' was assi s tant in the i\Iechanical Lai>oratory of Ste\'l'n s Jnstitute, 188[- 82; \\'ith the 1'\ ew York Steam Co., first as assistant en gineer, and then as assistant l11anager, being cngaged upon the dC\'cloplllcnt of the metcr system and the underground distribution of ~teal1l through New York city, 1882- 87; wa s consulting enginccr, Ncw York, 1887- 90; superintcndent and manager of the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co .. 189°-

\\' . T. lH ,I(:IH' ])ER

versity, Nasll\'ille, TCIlIl., ] 887- 96; chief of machinery at the Tellnessee Ccntenllial Exposition, 1896; and has been Profcssor of

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THE .\LUl\INT !llcehanical Engincering at the Ohio State Unil'ersi(y, ColUJlliJlIs, 0" [1'0111 J8l)6 to date. Prof. l\lagr!l(kr has publishcd occasional articles in the cng'incering pre ss; a paper on "Cas - r~ ngine J lot -Tuhe Ignition" in the

W, E. l\IALLAL1EU

Trallsactiolls of the ,\merican Society of !llechanical Engincers, Vol. :\.'\ I. and has con(rihu(ed papers (() the ,\lIlcriean ,\ ssocia tion for the ,\dl'allccllle n( nf :-;cience, the Society for the 1'l'OllIotion of Ellgineering l~dl1cation, and the I ~ ngineers' Cluh of Columhus. Ill' is a l'c l/OII' of the . \l1Icric<tn .\ssociation for the .\ dl'<l n<:ell1(:n( of Science and sccretary of the I~nginel'f'ing Section; a l1Iember of the l\l1Icrican Society of 1[cchanical Engincers; the i\1lll'f'ican J nstitute of 11ining Engineers; (hc :-;ociety for the Promotion of Enginecri ng I ~ dllcat ion; the Columbus (0.) Enginecrs' Club (president. I<)O~); the Engineers' , \ssociatioll of the South; and of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Professor :\Jagruder is the son of \\' illiam Thomas and ]\fary (llamilton) :\[agruder. II is father helonged to the :\ laryland and "irginia branch of the :'Ilagrudcr family, \\'as an alulllnus of \\'est Point, and \\'as killed in action at Cl路tlyslJllrg, [lis motller is a daughter of \\,illiam J.iamiltOI1 of Baltimore, Md" a notee! educator in his day, The subject of this sketch ll1arried Ellen Pall Malone, daughter of T, ] l. Malone, Nashville, Tenn" June 18, ]891, and they have

two children, \\'illiam Thoma" Thomas ]\falone l\lagruder,

Jr. ,

and

Main, Thomas J, (i\r.r~ .. '(7), has heen draughtsl11an with the ],inctic i\lanufacluring Co.; in the employ of the Clonhrock Steam noiler Co" Brooklyn, :\" Y.; in the l'ngineering departlllent of thl: ,\ . . \, Crilling Iron Co" ,Il'I'scy City, :\, ./.; assistant to tht' c()nsulting l'ng-ineer of the same COIlJpan)" \"ell' York; and is noll' Il'ith the Jblclll'in Enginl'cring Co., :\ell' York, Mallalieu, Wilbur Emerson (i\ f.I ~.. '(7), lIas horn in Jersey City, ;"\r J., Fehruary 16, 187~; so n of Frank ,\, anc! Sarah Frances (\\'iekhalll) :'Ilallalieu, J Ie was in the shops, draughting-rool11, and crc<:ting department of the Ilenry H, \\'ort hingtol1 Stl'alll ['UIlIP Co" Ilf'()oklyn, S, j'" 1897-99; in thl' t'ngiIll'eri ng department 0 f the \ \ 'l'stl'rn Elect ric CO .. :\CII' j 'o rk, ! 8l)<)-1 900 ; and has heen assislant e lectrical inspector Il'ith the \"ational Iloanl of Firc Undl'f'\\'rilns. New York, since I <jon, TIe is an associate lIlemher of the ,\ Illerican Institute of 1 ~ lectri<:al Engineers, and a 11Il'lliher of Theta Xi fraternity. Manley, Robert Early (:\I.I~" 'Of)) , was horn in \\'ashing-ton, D. C .. c\pril If), 1875,

R, E,

l\LINLEY

I Ie graduated from Swarthmore College with the degree of Bachelor of Science in


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TlJE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF

IRI)7. lie lias with the Seaboard Steel ( ';\sting ('0. , Chester, l'a., H)OO; draught snJan II ith the York l\lanufacturiIlg Co., York , i'a., H)OO Ot; manager of the l'ullman .\utomatic \ 'e ntilator Co., 11)01, in Ilhich ra pacity he equipped and started the factory ;llId dC\'L'loped evcry hranch of the hu s iness; U"cl'ling engincer for the enited Gas Ill1pron'ment Co., Philadelphia, 1';1., 11)02: anu is nOli general mallager of the Ilallol'e r I.ight, tlcat & I'oller Co., Ilan()\·er. Pa. lIe is a 1l1Clliher of the Phi [(appa Psi fraternity. :o.1r. ~lanlcy is the son of [f. Dc lIal'c n, L·SX .. alld I fallie J. (Early) :\lanlcy. LIe married ,\nna K. Iiimcs, June 6, 1902. Manning, George Lincoln (1I.E.. '(1), \\'as horn in [;itchhurg, Mass, \pril 13, 1865. I Ie II'as Tnstrnctor ill :\fathcmatics and I)r:tll' ing at the ,\uelphi ,\c:1dcmy, Brooklyn. :\. Y., IH91 CJ2; and .i\ ssistant Professor in I 'hysics and CheI1listry at Stevens Tnstitute. IHI)2-1),'i. In I~I).:; hL' IITnt to the Unil'l~r­ ~ity of lkrlill to study for the degrl'c of f)octnr of l'hilosophy, II hich he rl'cc il'cd ill H)OO. L' pol1 hi, rctnrn he was appointL'd ,\ssistant in the J)ep:1rtmellt of PhysiL's at C'orllcll l'nil'crsity, lthaca. ;\. Y. In Sep temher. Il)02, hc IITnt to l~ohl'rt Collegc. COllstalltillople. to 1111 thc Chair of Physics, a P' lsi t ion II h ich hc 11011' holds. I'rofcssor :'Ifanning is thc son of Joscph E. ;llld I fannah ,\. (Estahrook) :'Ilanning. The \Ianlling~ are dc,,:enricd froll1 an ancient and JJollle ialllily which took the name froll! .\lallning, SaxollY, II hCllce the}' \\'ent to Eng land hefore the Conquest. The)' \\'lTe carh ~L,ttlcrs in this collntry (Roxbury. 1°3-1-) and II'LTC promillent in the colonial and latn liars. The SUbjL'ct of this sketch married \Iice Washhurn ITeald, Junc 1<), 1~()3. Martin, George W. (:'IU~., 'l)l)). was lI' ith lhc I~dis()n I~lectric 1IIIll1linating Co .. :\ell York, IHlN: assistant engineer \\'ith the' 1\aldllin Engillecrillg Co., hcating and I'CIl t i1at illg engi neers and contractors, J 8l)<) Il)OI: lIith I:'\,an,-;, .\\l1Iirall & Co., i\el\' York, 1<)01 -02: lI' ith the \\'. D. Forhes Co .. Iloboken, X. J., 19°2-°3: lIith the C. \\'. Iltlnt Co .. \\ 'cst ;\fell' Brighton, Staten fsl :Ind, X. Y., 1()03-0-1-: and has been associate Lditor on .. The' 1~lectrical .\ge" since .\pri!. I ()O..j..

TI ~C TlNOLOGY

Martin, Kingsley Leverich (M.E., '()2) , was transit -man with the East HiveI' Bridgc Co., Brooklyn, :\. Y., 1892: assistant engi nccr on the 1\ e II' York an<l nrooklyn Bridge, in charge of the crcction of the 13rookl),n terminal, 18<)2 90: assistant engineer on the I~ast RiI'Cr Ilridgc, IR90 1<)01, rcsidcnt cngineer, TllOI 0-1-. an<l is now cliginecr-inchargc. Ill' is a mcmher of the ,\Illcrican Society of ('i I·il r': ngine'crs, and a nlclllbcr of the Brooklyn Enginccrs' Cluh.

Martin, Louis A., Jr, (:'ILK, '00), Tnstrtlc tor in :'Ifathell1atics at Stevcns Institute of Technology. Jillr bingraphy. sec page 282.

in

Martin, Paul Justin (\f.E., '02), I\'as horn j I"hoken. :\ . .I .. .1111.1' 10, 18~2: son of

P.

J,

~L\lnl"

Louis .\dolphe am! Pauline Justine l\1artin. II is allcestors liTre of [I ugtlcnot origin, and his fatlter was :1 natil'l' of SII·itzerland. lIe took the cDl1lplete course at thc f lohokcn .\cadclll}', winlling the Slevcns Scholarship. Sillce gradtl:1tion he has bcell cmployed at the ~luilltard 1ron \\ 'orks. New York. Martinez, Simeon (:'IT. E., '85), was cmploycd as interpreter for ;\1 r. Geo. II. Sisson, g-cneral mal1:1ger of the International Company of :.\fexico, 1883-86; salesman in the :\' ew York o(/ire of Fra>;l'r & Chalmers, Chi rago, IJlallufacturers of llJining-machinery,

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TIlE "\LU1INI 1887; huycr of machinery in the cxporting dcpartmcnt of 1\1. I~chcl'crria & Co .. 1888; cngincer in charge of the 111achinery of F. 1\lunguia & Sons, Industrial I [ouse, 1\[cxico City, 1889-90: engineer with the Mexico City Gas & Electric Light Co .. in charge of tile manufacture of illuminating gas, 189092: consulting and erccting cnginccr for the Xoria ,\Ita Sih'cr l\Tills, thc Percgrain & EI T;]jo l\Tining Co., and J. B. Rocha's gold l11inc .. El :'I[onte," hal'ing charge of thc crcction of silvcr-mills, Cornish pumpingl11ach i ncry, hoist i ng-cngi ncs, ctc.. and th e gcncr;]l c~ rc and superintendencc of 111achi nery, 1893-95: in partnership with F. l\IUllguia in the manufacture of chocolatcs and candics, l\fexico City, d~<)6; and has hcell consulting engineel' at (;uanajuato. l\lex., and proprictor of " La Cruz Blanca" starch factory, from 1897 to date. Mathey, Edward D. (i\l.E., 路9..j.) , was in the testing department of the Ceneral Elcctric Co .. Lynn. 1\[ass., IS9..j.-95: in the repair shops of the Xorth lludson County Railway Co., West Ilo\)okcn. ?\. J .. 1895-96; II ith the electrical cnginccr of the l\Jctropolitan Strect Railway Co .. ~c\v York, 18961902; and has hccn assistant cngineer with \\'cstinghollse, Church. KCIT, & Co., )Jell' York, from ]902 to dale. Mathey, Henry Clarence (1\1. E .. '97). was horn in llohokcn. X. ,I.. in IS75. Ill' lIas with the \\'cstcrn I~lectric Co .. :\ew York. 18<)7 99: in thc clectrical dcpartl11ent of the J\letro[Jolitan Street Hailw;l)' Co .. New York, 1899-]900; with the Chicago :'Ilotor \ ' ehicle Co. and the Deering Ilan'cstcr Co .. Chicago, 1900-02; and has hccn with the National noard o[ Fire Underwriters. Xcw ,'ork, from 1902 to date. Maul, William Christian (:'I I.I~., '96), was born in Xew York city. :'Ilarch 18. I87..j.. IIis carly education was recci ved at a Cerman school in ~ew York. the Eastern public school and high school, East Orange, )J. J.. and at Stevens Preparatory School. Hohoken, :\'. J. TIc was engaged with the ll. \y, Johns l\Ianufacturing Co., Brooklyn. ?\. 1'., sur"eying and erccting their ncw dock, 1896; draughtsman and assistant to the superintending engineer of the Fostcr Engineering

Co .. Xcwark, K. J.. 1896-99: and has been with the Isbcll-Porter Co .. )JCII ark, :--J. J.. from 1899 to date, being no\\' first assistant

\\'. C. :\l.\l路 L

to the chid draughhman. llc is a lIlelllher of the Tau Ueta Pi fratcrnity. :'III'. l\faul is the son of \\,illianl and L()uisa :\Iaul. hoth horn in (;erlllalll路. lie married 1;lorence ,\Iaude l\lason. ,IlII;l' R d-\l)S. and thcy hal'e one child, Cilhcrt Enlerson 1\lau1. Maury, Dabney Herndon (:\ I.E .. 路X..j.). lIa~ born in Vickshurg. :'Iliss .. :'Ilarch 9. 1863. lJ e Ciltcred the ) unior c];]ss of StcvCIlS 111 "titutc in 1882 'after graduating frolll thc Virginia :'II ilitary Institute; servcd as rodIllan 011 sUrl'cys for a railroad hridgc across the Ohio l{il'cr at Point Pleasant. W. Va., during the SUllllllcr yacation of IRSI; \\'as chief of party on preliminary sUrl'CYS for the Brighthope Hailway, llcarRichmolld, Va., in the sumlllcr yacation of 1882: draughtsman \I' ith the Richmond Locol1lotil'c & lIachine Co .. Richmond, \ ' a .. during the SUl1llller I'acation of ]883; assistant to Prof. R. IT. Thurston, in the l\Icchanical Lahoratory of the Stevcns Institute. 188..j.: enginecr, located in Texas. for thc Grand Belt Copper Co., of XCII' York I 88..j.- 85 : principal assistant engi , ncer of thc Fort Worth & XCIV Orleans Railway, Texas, 1885-86; superi ntendent of El Paso County survcys for the Southern Pacific Hailway Co., 1886; engineer for James G.


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECITNOLOGY

Crccn, gcncral manager of thc Tolima, Korth Tolima, Organos, Socorro, anc! othcr gold and sil\'er mincs in thc Republic of Colom-

D. H.

MAURY

iJia, 1886-90; also local manager of the Organos anc! Socorro minc s. erCeling the machinery and building dams and ditches for thc Silcncio. Tctuan. and Colon mille~. During this pcriod hc also made cxaminations, plans, survcys, and cstimatcs for a numher of other mines, and did othcr engincering work. 11 e was general manager for the Saldana Syndicatc. Ltd .. of Livcrpool. ill Tolima, Colombia, in chargc of all its intercsts thcre, designing and constructing its clams. ditches, and entire plant. and opcrating its mincs, 1890- 93; cnginccr and superintendent of the Peoria Watcr Co .. Peoria. TIL, 1893- 94, and later cngineer and superintendent for the receiveI- of that company, 1894-98. Since 1893 hc has designed and constructed for the water company. t\l'O new pumping- plants on a system for which United States patents have been granted to him. and has been in charge of all the enginecring work for the company and its receiver. and for the Peoria \\'aterworks Co .. rcorganized after the receivership. Tn addition to this connection with the Peoria \\'aterlVorks Co .. which he still retains. he has a large professional practice, more cspccially in thc line of waterworks. hydraulic and stcam pO\l'er plants, and ill elcctrolytic investigations, having C's-

tablished himself as a consulting enginC'cr Il1 1900. ITis patcnts includc onc on a fluid-distriIJlItion systcm 1897; onc on pumping-machinery, 1900; and onc on well inlcts. J902. Ill' has prcscnted papers to the American \Vaterworks Association and to thc J11inois Soc icty of Engincers and Survcyors. and has contributed articles to flllgillccrillg NC1()S, llfltnicipal EllgilL ': crillg. and other journal s. TTc is a memher of the .\lllcrican 'Society of l\fechanical Engineers; the l\mcrican Society of Cil'il Engi neers; the \\'es tern Socicty of Enginccrs: the American \\'aterworks Association; thc [liinois Society of Engineers and Survcyors; the Centra l Statcs \\' aterworks Association. and of thc Kappa ,\lpha fraternity (Southcrn). l\Jr. Maury is thc son of Dahncy Herndon anel Nannie Hosc (1\1ason) Haury. His father's anccstors wcre of Ilugucnot and English descent; those on his 111other's si(le. principally Scotch-Irish. All were Virginians for many gencrat ions. Ncarly all of his father's pC'oplc have iJcen in thc army or nal'y since Colonial timcs. l\1r. ]\faury married ]\fary 1fcCaw. l\pril 26. 1893. They have one child Ji\'ing. Dalmcy IIcrndon :'ITaur)'. T\I'o arc dead. Maxfield, Howard H . (l\I.E., '9.1), I\'as horn in Bloomfield. ~. J., Octobcr 27, 1873. Il e receil'ed his carly education principally in pri I'ate schools. lIe was a student at thc Pingry School. Elizabcth, N. J., for four years. and at Stcvcns School one ycar. He was special apprenti('c at the l\Ieadows shops, of the Pennsylvania Railroad. ncar Jcrscy City. 189S -9R; in the J-\ltoona (Pa.) shops of the samc cOlllpany.. 18<)8- 1900; i nspcctor in thc officc of thc superintendent of motive \'ower of the United Railroads of Ncw Jcrsey Division of the Pcnn sy lvania Railroad. Jersey City. ~. J., 1<)00-01; assistant road forcman of engines on thC' .:\Tell' York Divi sion of the ahove part of thc Pennsylvania Railroad system, 19°1-02; assistant master Illcchanic at thc sa mc company's Camdcn ,hops. 1902-03 : and has been assistant cngInecr of moti I'C pOI\'cr in thc United Railroads of New Jersey Dil'ision, with office i n Jersey City. N. J.. from J903 to date. TTc is author of the articlC', "J\ Schcmc for Testing Locomotive Boilers Over C01ll-

"


THE ALUMNI para tiv ely Short Di stances in I'ast Express Service," StC'i.'CIlS llldiclI/or, October. 1898. Ir e is a m emher o f the American Society o[

cific Ocean , 1899- 1900: and ha s travell ed 90,000 miles 011 sc ientific expeditions within the tropics. lIe ha s publi shed the following scienti/lc resea rch es: "Radiation and ,\bsorpti on o f I Jcat by LeaYl'S," . \ mericoll j Oll rllol oJ .""-cielll'C, 1 R93. ",\ecount of Some :\[ ec1u sil' Ohtained in Ow Bahamas," Jillii. JIII s. COlli/,. ;(001.', 18'H . .. Dl'\,(~ \ojJment of the \Vin g Scales and Their Pigmcnt in Buttedlies and :'II o th 5,' , Ibid., 1896. " On th c Color and Color· Pattern s of 1\lolhs and Butterflies." fbid. , 1897. "lkn'lopmcnt of Color in :\[ot hs a nd Butter· (lics." 1I'00ds I10Ll IAYlllres, J 899. " Oil the :\iating In st in ct in ~J ot h s," . 11I1I0/s (/Ild J/agazille I'! "\'alllruLlfislo ry, London, 1900: "Psyche," re""lIar~', '9 00.

"Descriptions of New a lld Littl c· I'n ()\\'1I from th e \\'('stern ,\tlantic." Null. JIll.\'.

~il'dll s;l'

;(""L .. 1900 . .. SOllle :\kd lIsa~ from thc T ortll gas, Flo rid a," JI'id .. 11)00. ".\11 .\tlantic' P alolo.''' fbid., 1900. (·Olll/,.

11. 11 . .\1

\\:FIEI.))

of

" TI1l' Val-iations of a Ne\l'I~' "\ri sclI Specics ~Icd\l sa." Brook \yn In stitute ~lu sc llm , Sci.

l1ufl.",

:'Ilechanical I ~ ngine e r s . th e l\ew \' ork Rail road Cluh, and the Theta N u I~p s ilon fra tertlity. TIl r. :'Ilaxllcld is the so n of Charles \V. and Ellcn S. :'Ila x lield. lie I1larried l\lary E. Bailey. ,\pril 25. 1()OI . Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough (l\I.E., '8<») . was horn in I"redl'rick. :'lId .. . \pril 16, 1868 j Ie was "\ ssista nt in I'hy sics at Clark Ulli\'l'rsity, \\ 'orces tl'r. :'Ila ss.,IRR<) <)0: held the sa llIe position at the Uni\'ersity o[ Kall sas . IR<)o 1) 2: and wa s assistant to i'rof. Alexander l\gas siz, and in charge of Radiates at the :'ITu sc ulll of COIllparative Zoology. IIarvanl Unin'rsity. IR '.1 II)OO. tn IR97 h .' rcreil'ecl thc d eg rce of Dor ioI' of Science fr o m Harvard U nil'lTsi ty. and three years later heca me c urator of :-':alural Science, and aftc n\'a rd s curator in c hi c f. at th e Illuscum of the TIrooklvn In stitute of .\rts and Sciences. III 1l)04 he hc camc director o[ th e :'Ilarin c niological Lahoratory at Tortuga s. Fla., estahlished hy the Carnegie In stitution. lie accompanied Prof. :\gass iz as assistant uJlon sc icntifi c expeditions to th e Bahamas in 1i~92, thc harrier red of .\u stralia, lR9.'i: the Fiji Is land s. IR()7 (l~ : and 011 th e cruise of the " "\IIJatross .. through the tropical Pa-

") 0 l.

" Variations of Genus Partula of Tahiti ," ,\J ell/. JIIIs. Co mp o ;(00/-". 1() 02. " I ~rrcels o[ Natural Selection and Race Tcndent'.\' upon the Coloration of Lepidoptcra," Brook h 'n lmit itutc :\IUSClllll, Sci. /11111., '9 02. "Th~' "\tianlic ' l'a\olo.' " Brookl.\'n In stit ute :\lllseu1l1, I bid., 1902. ~iz

In connection with Prof. . \l exa nd e r .\gas· he has \Hillcn :

" On Dacty lomclra," 1/,,/1 . .lIlts.

("lill/,

;(0,,1.,

I S()~.

"On

SOl11c~lcdLls;e

from .\lIslralia," I hicl.,

! S()8.

".\ ca\cphs [rom

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thc Fiji Island s," Ibid .,

I)

";\il'dli Sil' from thl' Tropical P ;tciii('," .111'111 .11 liS. (·Olll/,. ;(oo/., 11)02. " :\ll'dlls,l' of the J\t1 ,1J1tic Coast I)f :\'orth .\1l1criea." Ihid. 11 <.: is a m ember of th e ,\11Icric<ln . \ ~s()c ia ­ lion for thc ,\!lvallcelllellt of Scicnce: the .\mericall Society of Zoologi sts: the Boston Society of Xatural lIistory: thc :\cw York Zoological Society: the XewYork .\e<ldemy J" Bulletin of the tduscurn of Comparative Zoology," I I arranl Col lege. :! (( SCit.'IlCC Bulletin .') "" 7Ilen1oirs of the :-luseul1l of Comparative 7-0010' gy," Harvard Co llege.


TlIE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (,f Sciences; the Camhridge Entomological Society; and the l\merican Society of Naturalists. flTr. -:-.rayer is thc son of Alfred :'Ilarshall

.\. C.

\\'ashington and Lafayette at l\Iorristown, ~. J. On his mother's side he is descended from Tholllas Gardner, one of three brothers II'ho caille to this country from England in 1600. Jl e was Instructor during the Supplementary Term at Stevens Institute, J901: assistant clraughtsl1lan with \V. D. vorbes & Co., I [oiJoken, N. J., 190 I 04; and since June of the latter year has heen associated with i'llI'. Frank J lermance under the lir1l1 name of :'Ilecks-fTermance Co .. electrical and mechanical cngineers, Union II ill, N. .I. Since T902 he has heen a director in the (;arclner & -:-'leeks Cn .. Union [Jill, :-\. J. Ill' is a memher of the SignJa :\u and Tau Beta I'i fraternities .

:\I.\\I-:I!

ilnd (';uherinc D. (;oldshorough) :'Ilaycr. Ilis family is of Cerman origin. Its first Illl'l11her re~idl"nt in ,\l11crica was Christian :\layer, who came here in 1784, and was con ~tll general of \\ ' i.irtelllhurg. ,\Ifred 1\[ar shall :'IJaycr was l'rofesso1' of I'hysics in Sll'Vl.:ns Institute irol11 1873 to 1897. 1\1 fred C. l\layer married Ilan'iet l~and()lph II yatl, . \ tlgust 27, 1900. and they ha I'e one child, .\I[>hetls llyatt -:-'laycr. Meding, Ernest (:'Il.E., '(0), horn in Paterson, :\. J. January 16, J879: son of Charles I~. and K. L. (i\plin) l\leding. I Ie II'as Inst ruclor duri ng the Stlpplcmentary Tcrlll at Stel'Cns institute. 1900: and has been with the :'I!eding -:-.ranuiacturing Co., Patcrson, :-\ . .I., 1900 to <late. Ill' is a memiJer of the Sign1a :\u fraternity. Meeks, Howard Victor (:'d .1<: .. '0 I). was horn in Cnion llill,~. J.. ,\pril 11,1878; son of I ia111ilton Y. all(l Eurelta E. ( ;anlncr) -:-.reeks. On his father's side his ancestry can be traced back to John Meeks, captain of a Revolutionary militia company called" llcarts of Oak," \\'llOse wife. I klene :'Ilolineaux, acted as interpreter hetween

lie married l ~ tiIl'l Colon, of XCII' 'l.'ork city, XOI'cmiJcr -I, J903· Meister, Conrad Ludwig ('\I.E .. '97), was horn in Ihooklyn, :J. Y., ,Tune 22, 1876. TIc \\'as rodman with the -:-'Ietropolitan Traction Co .. I R97; and was engaged wi th the Eric Railroad fro111 1897 to J90l, as follows: special apprentice in the shops at Susquehanna, Pa., 1897-99; in charge of the dynamometer car, and for a ti me on the road, making engine tests of various kinds, and also as draughtsman in the mechanical engineer's office, 1899- J901. He then became assistant chief draughts1l1an with the Union Pacific Hailroacl, Omaha, 1'\eb., T901; draughtsman


, THE .\LUl\fNI at the Grand Central ()ffice or the ~ew York Central Railroad, New York. 1<)02; and chief draughtsman \\ itil tile .\tlantie Coast

C. I. ..\11' I'TI 1<

Line i<ailnwl. \\'ihnington, .01. C, \\'hich positioll he has held rrom I()02 to date. lIe is the designer ()r Heck & ~leister's japan nillg ovens. a nunlhn or \\hich arc now he ing huilt in (;erJllaIlY. I It- is a lIIelllhcr of tile ;{e\\' York Railro;ul Cluh. ~I r. ~leistcr is the son or C()nrad and I]izahcth ~Iei,ll'r. lie married Esther l;rcd 路 riksson, I kcemhn 2<). 1<)02.

log-loading machine. IIe is a member of the University Cluh of Clevcland; of Troop A, Ohio ~ational Guard; of thc Beta Theta Pi and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities; and a melllher and former adjutant or the R. E. Ihtrdiek Command ~o. 114, Spanish \Var \' eterans. Merriam, Lyman Lyon (l\LE., '00), was horn in Lyons Falls, ~. 1'., No\'ember ..[., JR77. lIe attendee! Dr. llolhrook's Military ScllOol, Ossining-on-Hudson, from ,\'hich he cntered Stevcns. He was engaged in the lumher busincss ane! railroad location work at Lyons Falls, N. Y., 1900-01; with Chamhers & Honc, consulting engilleers, ~ew York, as transi [-111 an on a douhk-track electric line from Johnstown to Schenectady, and in charge of construction of the extcnsion of the .\mstcrdam street railroad froll1 I{ockton to 1 Iagaman, N. Y., 1901 03; IlIC chanical engineer for the John .I. Crooke ('0., tin foil mallufacturers, Xew York, I()o,) ; in charge of constructioll of the Lyons I'alls & I)ort I.eyden Electric Light Co.'s plallt at I.yollsdale, N. Y .. 1<)03 0..[.; and is I]()\\ en g-illeer for the O'Rourke Engilll'lTing Constructioll Co., "'{e\\' York. r Ie is a 1I1clllher of thc I klta Tau Delta rraternity. :'Ilr. ~llTrialll is the SI)!l of ('harks Collins

Mendoza, Luis (l\I.I~., '<)0), was with I). \r()od & Co .. Camdcn Iron \\'orks. Camdcn, ;{ . ./., IX()I (),3; and has heen gen nal manager ()r the ()axaea Electric Light Co., Oaxaca, :\lexico, from 1~()3 to date.

R.

Merkel, Arthur Ernest (:\I.I~ .. '<)3), was hom in Cleyeland. 0 .. July 21, IXi2; son of Louis J. and \ugusta ~krkel. lie served in Troop .\. 1st Ohio \'olunll'er ('a\'alr~, as a private. during the Spanish-.\I11LTican \\'ar. lIe was assistant superintendcnt ()r the \\'hite Cloud Copper :\Iining Co., LO\'l'locks, ~e\路ada. IX93; with the eh icago. ~ I il waukee, & St. Paul Railroad. :\lilwaukee. \\,is .. lRC.J3-9..[.: assistant superintendent of the Fairfield Copper Co., of Connecticut, 18<)..[. 95: and has been a patent solicitor and expert from r8<)3 to date. Tn 1<)0..[. he took out a paLcnt on a

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L. 1..

~ILRR1\\1

and Florence 1. (LyolI) ~lcrrialll. 1 fe marricd J)elia Brandreth, Septelllhcr 30, 1<)03.


TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Merrick, Herbert Lansing U.LE., '92), was born in Urooklyn, 0:. Y., i\pril 16, 1873. lIe \Ya~ mechanical l'nginecr \\ith the ~cw York. 01Jlario & \\'cstl'rn naih\'ay, :\liddleto\\·n. ~. Y.. 181)2- ()6; assistant engineer and chief dralighlsJlJan with the Sprague Electric EIe\'ator Co., ~ ell' \'ork. 1896- 1()OO; construction l'ngincer with the :\Iarine Engllle & 1\lachinc Co., ~e\\' \'01'1..:, I()OO- OL;

If. L.

:\IERI<lCK

and has ilcen "ith the Roilins COI1\'eying Belt Co., ~ Cll' York, si nce I ()O I, noll' holdi ng the P()silion of shop supcrinlenlknl. :\11'. :\lcrrick is the SOli or Charles and . \l1l1a :\1l'1'rick. lie married I"::athcrine A. :-';l' II<,I'I..:, .Il1ly 20, I gl)~. Merritt, Charles Fowler ('d.I~ . , '0 I), \\'as h()r1I il] .'(ew York cit." .\lIgliSt q, Ig77: SOil oi ~ 1 ()rti1l1cr ('. and ('aITie I~. ((JuillliJy) :\lerritt. I Ie- has heen 1l1echanical engineer with Ilurd & Co., engineers and manufacluflTS, :\l'\I' Y()rk, iron] 11)01 to date. Tic is a ml'llliln of the :\l'\\' \-ork Hailroad Cluh, and of the .\Ipha Delta Phi and Tau Beta Pi iratcrnilil's. M erritt, C. H., Jr. (:\1.1--: .. '(3). has been ith Ch;lrks If. :\It'rritt & Son. hat-manufacturns, iJanhur.\·. ('01111., fro III 1893 to date.

II

Merritt , George W. Pf.E., '()o). son of ('harks II. and Luana K. :\Ierritt. has been

with Charles H. l\lerritt & Son, hat- Illanu facturers, Danbury, Conn., from J 890 to dale, and is lIO\\' a member o[ the firm. Merritt, James Smith (1\l.E., '86), was horn in Philadelphia, February 7, J864. After graduating from thc \\'illiam Pcnl1 Charler :-';chool, l'hiladelphia, he spcnt a year in tral'cl and study in I~urope before entcring Ste\'(~ ns In stitulC. lie was employed in the L'nited States C;eological SUfYey, engagcd upon triangulation work in \\'yoming and :\lontan<L, J8~6; in thc shops o[ Demcnt, :\liks & Co .. Philadclphia, 18t-\6- t-\7; assistam cnginecr with the \ \' elshach Incandesccnt Ligh t Co .. cngaged upon the dcvelopmenl of thl' Welshach light at Cloucesler, N. j.. I~K7- K8; secretary and treasurer of the RUIleI' & Mcrri tt, Ltcl., 1\ reh i tectu ra I ] r01llvorks, I'hil:1delphia, engaged in the design and manu facture of structural and ornamcntal iroll\\'ork and" expanded mctal" flrcproofIng o[ huildings, 1888--93, suhsequentl) (1~93 - J()00) holding the salllc position with its successors, :\lerritt & Co., Inc. Since 1900 he has been president and gcncralman ager of that company . 1\Jr. l\[errill has taken out United States patcnts on a stcel post, 1890; an autonlatic "'eighing-machine, 1891: a corner plaster ~trip, IK<)7: ceiling or wall constructions, J8()8. :1nd :1 slide scale, 1902. Ill' is a memiler of the Franklin Institute, 1'hiladelphia: the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia: thc Hittcnhousl' and Huntinglon \'alley Country clubs, at Philadelphia: and of the Theta Xi fratcrnity . Mr. ?lIen'ill is the son of Daniel S. and Emma i\. ,:\1 erri tt. 11 e is desccnded from Thomas l\lerritl, who settled at Ryc, \\ 'estchester Co., 1\. Y., in I ()84. lie married (;ertrudc R Morris, January 2R, 18<)1, and they havc two children, .:\Iorris 11., and .lames S. 1[errill, Jr.

Messimer, Hillary C. pI.E .. '<)()) , was a student in the ~ell' York Law School. 18<)698, recei"ing the degree of Bachelor ofl,a,,·, CIIIIl lalldc in 1898. J [c \\'as admitted to the Bar of thc State of XewYork in July, 18<)8: engaged in the practice of law with Kerr, Page, & Cooper, making a specialty of pat, enl la\\', lR98-190o; and has been associated with John R Bennctt. ~ew York, in the practice of palent law, from 1900 to date.

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TI-IE l\LUl\LNI Messimer, Robert L. (M.E., '97), was mechanical engineer in the motive-power department of the Calumet & lIecla l\lining Co., Calumet, Mich., 1897-99; and has since been engaged in experimental engllleering work in New York. Metcalfe, Georg-e Richmond (M. E., '86). was born in I3rooklyn, i\. "., in 1865. He attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic j nstitute before entering Steven s. lIe was with the Daft Electric Railway Co., 1888- 90; the Edison General Electric Co., 1890-92; consulting electrical enginl'er, 1892-93; editor of .. Electricity," i\ ell' \' ork, 1893- 97; member of the finn o[ Meteal fe & J\Ioeller, engagcd in electrical machinery and incandescent lamp repairing, Ncw York, I 897-99 ; clectrical editor of thc .. Strect H.a ilway Rel'iew," Chicago, J 899-190-+; and cditor of the" Tech nical World," Chicago, 1904 to elate. Mr. Metcalfe is the son of (;eorgc and Elizabcth T. (Root) Metcalfc, and of English descent. TIe married Grace D. Brown, i\ovelllber 8, 1899, and they have two children, Richmond and \\'inthrop ~fetcalfe. (~r.E.,

'97), \\'as horn in Jersey City, N. J., November 4, 1875; son of R. ~1. and E. C. JJ. l\feycr. He has heen assistant inspector in thc electric depanmcnt of the National Board of Fire Under" writcrs; accollntant for Zimmermann & \lcycr; draughtsman with the .\ lIentoll'n Rolling-Mills and thc :\Tcw York, Susquehanna & \\'estern Railroad; machinist. tester, and draughtsman with the Ccnlt"al Railroad of New Jersey; and inspector and draughtsman for the l\utOlllo\)ile Co. Meyer,

Ernest

Henry

Meyer, Henry Coddingt~n, Jr. (l\1. E., '92), was born in Orange, N. J., Novembcr 28, 1870. [] e visited places of enginccring in!crest in Europc during the summer of 1892; was with Georgc II. Barrus, M.E., of Boston, l\lass., as assistant in designing and te~ting cngine and boiler plants for tcxtilc mills, street railway and lighting ~tations, manufacturing cstablishmcnts, etc., 1892-93; represented the "Engineering Record" in an editorial capacity at thc \\Torld's Columhian Exposition, Chicago, and assisted l\lr. Barrus, who was one of the board of judges in Machinery Hall, in testing engines and

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boilers, 1893; was on the editorial staff of the steam engineering, heating, and \'cntilation departm cnt of the .. Engincering Record" 1893-[902, and is now practising as

II . C. MEYER , JR .

consulting l'ngineer in XCII' York. LIc has been retained hy thc \\'ar Department to design and supcrintcnd the construction o[ a heating and lighting stat ion to hc ereeter! at \\'est Point, X. Y., as part of the extcnsive impro\'e mcnts to he made at th e Unitcd States 11ilitary .\eadcm)'. He read a papcr on .. Th e \ "e ntilation and II cating of Tall Buildings " hd()1"c th c American Society of ] reating and \ 'c ntilating Enginccrs, J89<). In addition to hi s cditorial work on thc "Enginecring Record," l\Ir. ;\feyer is thc author of a hook Oil .. Steam I'owcr Plant s, Their Design and Construction." Ilc is a mcmhcr of thc ;\merican Socicty of l\Ieehanical I ~ ngineers; an associate of the American Society of Ci\'il Engineers; a membcr of thc ,\merican Socil'ly of rIcating and Velltilating Engineers ; the I ~ ngi 足 necrs' Cluh of Nc\\' York; and of th c .:\lilitary Ordcr of the Loyal Legion. ' l\T r. l\J eyer is thc son of If en ry C. and Charlotte (Seaman) Meycr. ]]e married Louise C;rifTen l ' nderhill, ;\o\'emher 18, 1896, and thcy ha\'c onc child, llenry C. Meyer, 3d. Meystre, Frederic Julien (1\1. E" '93), was

born in IIobok en, N.

J..

Novcmber 7, 1872.


• 494

THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TIe was with the United Gas Improvement Co., at the Paterson \Norks, 1893-94; and

F.

J.

l\IEYSTRE

has been member of the linn of Louis l\Ieystre & Son. architects, at Hoboken. S. J from TR94 to date. IIe is a lllemher of the I~oarcl of Managers of the Hoboken I~ank for Savings. 11 r. l\Ieystre is the son of Francis Louis and Marie Louise (Charles) l\Ie),stre. J Ie Jllarried Bertha \\,hilldin, October 22, 1902. Mill er, Alten S. (111. E., '88), was born in Richmond, Va., Octoher 6. 1868. IIe was ill the offices of the United Gas Improvemcnt Co., Philadelphia, Pa ., J888; assistant supcrintendent of the Omaha Cas Manufacturing Co., Omaha, Ncb., 1888--92; \\' estern sales agent for the United Cas Improvement Co .. with head(JLwrters in Chicago, 1892-94; engineer of works, and. later, chief engineer, of the East River Gas Co., Long Island City. N. Y.. 1894-98. Part of the gas made at these \\'orks is sold in 1\ew York city, being conveyed through a tunnel 110 feet below mean low water of the East River, and is 2.516 feet long between centres of shafts . About one third of its length is lined with cast-iron rings. the rest being driven through solid rock. The unlined portion is 10 feet wide and 8} feet high, and is designed to gi ve sufficient 1'00111 for four 36-inch pipes and to still allow access to the pipes for in-

spection and repail¡s. At present it contains two 36-inch pipes as shown in the illustration. In May, 1898, he was appointed chief engineer of the New Amsterdam Gas Co., which was formed by the combination of the East River Gas Co. and the Equitable Cas Co., a position he held lIntil 1902. He was consulting engineer [or the Brooklyn Union Cas Co., 1900-01, and assistant engineer of the Consolidated Gas Co., 1901- 02. During his conncction with thc above-mention cd New York gas companies he Ciuadrupled the capacity of the Sew 1\11lsterdam (;as Co.'~ plant at Ravenswood (the East Rivcr Gas Co.), gi ving it a capacity o[ 25,000,000 cubic feet daily, making it the largest gas plant in the country. l\1r. 1\1 iller al~o buill for lhe company sel'eral holders hal'ing a capacity of ahout 14.000,000 cuhic feel, and put in coal-handling machinery with a capacity of 1,100 lons a day, all of which, with Icsser work, has contributed to the dCI'elopJl1ent () f plans which have given the New Amsterdam (;as Co. the largest and best equipped watergas planl in the worlel. 11e has hel'n manager of the Consolidatecl Gas Co. of IlaltiJl10re City. Baltimore, l\Iel .. since Novl'mber I. 1902.

A. S.

MILLER

at which time he severed his conncctions with Ncll' York companies. In his present capacity he has designed a gas planl to make all the gas for the cily, and take the place of the old plants.

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THE l \LUl\1 Nt lIe is the author of papers on "Oils for Cas-Enriching," read before the Ohio Gas J\ssociation, 1893; "lIJ etal Casholder Tanks," read before the \Vestern Gas Association, 1 R95; and of the following papers, read before the American Cas Light ,\ssociation: .. The Separation of \\'ater-C;as Tar," and .. Report of Experiments on Interior Illumination." 1897; "Steam Consumption in a \\'ater-Cas Plant," 1899; and "Report of Tests of the Edgerton Stantla rd Burner,"

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l\1r. l\Jiller is the son of \Villiam G, and Emma 11. l\liller. lIe married \ 'i rginia Iknnell, January q, 1902. Miller, Arthur Barrett (l\J.I~ .. '97), was horn in \\'inchester, Va., August I I. 187-1. Ill' was teacher of manual training and me chanical drawing in the Ethical Culture Schools, Xew York, 1897 9'); was engaged in erecting colton-carding engines in the shops of the Saco & Pellee l\Iachine Co ..

E .\ST H.l\路J<:R (; \S ('0\1 P \:'\JY, :\Jo:\\ YORJ..:.

A. S. ,II iller

1900. ITe also wrote an article on "Practical Photometry," published in the .)'/(";.'拢'IIS Illdicalor, XIll, 205. If e is a l1lCIlI her of the American Gas Light Association, of which he was presidcnt in 1903; of the \\' estern, Ohio, and l\Iichigan Gas associations: thc Enginccrs' Club of 1\ elV York; the Society of Gas Lighting of New York; the Baltimore Country Club; and of the Chi Phi fraternity. lIe has served as AI umni Trustee of Stevens Institute.

:'\ell路ton Uppcr Falls, i\Tass., 1R99; consulting engineer, engaged in s un'ey ing and cngineering connected with the electrical de l-cloplllent of water pOlVer, 1900; electrician in the testing departmcnt of the Ccneral 1 ~ leelric Co., Schenectady, 1901; engineer in charge of construction \\'ork for the United I~ngineering & Contracting Co., ~ew York, 1901 02, designing and ereeling the motordriven centrifugal pumping-plant for ])ry Ducks 2 and 3, at the XCII' \'ork ~al'Y Yard;


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architect and engineer of the machine-shop of the \Varrell Steam Pump Co., \Van'en,

England Association of (;as Engineers, 1'ehruary [9, 190 l. II e is a member of the

]\iass., 1902-03; and has been assistant to the master mechanic of the Draper Co., Hopedale. l\f ass .. hom 1903 to date. Mr. 1\1 iller is the son of \\' illiam and .\delaide Gerish (I{arrett) 1\liller. His father's ancestors lI'ere early scttlers in Virginia; the name being originally 1\1 illern; the" 11 " \\'as dropped about [790. llis mother's ancestors. named Eddy on the distaff side.

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,\merican Cas Light A ssociation; the New England .\ ssociation of l;as I ~ ngineers; the \\'estern (;as .\ssociatioll; and of the Beta Theta I)i and Theta Xu Epsilon fraternitie s. Mr. l\liller is the son of William C. and l ~ m1l1a [I. :'diller. i>oth \ ' irginian s. lie married Mary Emma (;ul'(ey. ()ctoher 28, 1902. "fILLER

settled ncar Plymouth in T630. 11e married I~dith A . Canning. Octoher 7. 1902. Miller, Carroll (l\f.E., '96), \\'as born in I{ichmond, Va., 1\larch 1R, 1875. l1e was \\'ith the Illinois Steel Co., Chicago, 1896- 97; the ~ e\\' . \mstenlam (;as Co., Long Island City, N. Y., 1897; in the London office of II ul11phreys & Glasgow. 1R97- 98; with the United Gas Improvement Co., Philadelphia. first as superintendent of the gasll'orks at Fall Ri\'er, l\las5 ., 1898- 99, and next as superintendent of the 1\Tarket Sl. 1I'0rks, Nell'ark. X. ]., 1899- 1901. [Ie has been a consultingengineer in Chicago, III., from 1901 to date. During 1901 - 02 he made two trips to Japan to il1l'estigate the advisahility of and make arrangements for installing ga s in one of the large cities. IT e is the author of a paper on "The Proportion of Sulphur Removed in Each Purifying-Box," read before the New

Miller, George Hope (l\ 1.1~., '92). was born in Orange. N. J .. July 29. 1869; son of Thomas and :l\[arion Downey l\liller. IIe travelled in Europe for two years and a half. 1883- 85. making Stuttgart his headqu;!J'lers. and studying in the Polytechnic of that city . . \fter graduation he wa s conllected with a drop - forging concern in 13rooklyn. "'-!. '1' .. 1892; inspector of manufacturing c()ncern~ for fire -insurance pmposes. with the 1\liddle States In spection Bureau, 1893- 98; special agent of the ~etherland s Fire Insurance Co .. 1898- 1900; and has been a special agent of the i\gricultural In surance Co., for the States of Pennsylvania. Xew Jersey. ])elaware, l\r aryland. and the District of Columbia. with headquarters at Philadelphia. Pa., from J900 to date. lIe is a l\[aster l\[ason ane! a melllbel' of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Miller, Henry J. (:\I.E .. '8-1-). was a mel11 bel' of the firm of Crane & l\Iiller. patent


THE 1\ LUl\INI solicitors, Newark, N. J., 1884-93. In r893 1\1r. Crane \I'ithdrew, 1[r. Miller continuing the business until 189G. ne thcn assumed charge of the patent department of the S in ger Manufacturing Co., Elizabeth. N. J., which posit ion he holds at present.

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S. w . (i\LK, '87), has been in the employ of the Pittsburg, Columbus, Cincinnati, & St. Louis Railway. since 1887, in the capacities of: apprentice in shops, 1887- 89; fireman, 18K9- 90; draughtsman, 1890; assigned to spccial work under dircction of ( 1890 <)G), ane! assistallt to (1896- 1900). superintcndent of Illuti I'e puwer; assistant master mechanic (1900 01) and ma,ter mechanic (I90r to date) un the l'ennsyh'ania Lines \\ . e,t of Pittsburg. Ill' is a member of the \ \' estern Railway C1uh; the Master 11 echanics' Association; and the l\ \aster Car I ~uilders' ,\ssocia tion.

~..MiJler,

Miller, Warren Hastings (M.E., '98), was born in Honesdale, Pa., August 2I. r876. He prepared for a technical course of study at Mr. Hallam's school, Dresden, Germany. Before graduation he was cOlllmissioned

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assistant engineer in the United States Navy with the rank of ensign, and was attached to the NelV York Navy Yard until July 5, when he was assigned to the U.S.S. " Glacier" as senior assistant engineer. Un Nl1l'ember <), he was appointed chief engineer of the same ship at Santiago de Cuba, and on March 17, 1899, II'as detached frol1l the" Clacier" and honorably discharged after putting the \'essel out of commission and refitting her for the Philippines. lIe thell became superintendent of COllstruction with the Compressed (;as Capsule Co., r899- 1900, during which time he was engaged u pOll \York for the company in Europe, and at Bridgeport, Conn., where a factory, 200 X 60 feet, with a capacity o( 300,000 "Sparklets" pCI' diem, was con structed by him. "\s refrigeration expert \\'ith LacJenhurg, Thalman, & Co., New York. in J900, he assisted in the erection of the 360-[on icc-plant of the Standard Icc Manu facturing Co., in Philadclphia. He took out patents in August, J900, for a mcchanical system of freight-car refrigeratio l1 on the carbonic-acid system, and. interesting capitalists in the project, he resigned his former position, July 10, 1901, and bcgan to clc\'c1op the mechanical refrigeration-car business, and also becamc manager o( the

:\IECIrAN1CIT. RF:FRIGFR .ITOR CAR

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Erie Exploration Co. The United States Refrigerator Car Co. was organized in Philadelphia, June 28, J902, with Mr. Miller as


TIJE STEVENS INSTITUTE 0[1 TECI fNOLOGY president. During the fall and winter of ]902 Mr. Miller took out five additional patents for mechanical car-refrigeration . J Ie also linislll:d a series of experiments with electric condensel's used with his own simplified types of .. rhcocrats," and took out patents on which the Eric Exploration Co. was reorganized. In Deccmber. ]902, he was cOlllmissioned by Charles E. Le\'y, of New York, to conduct investigations with static electrical machinery for producing light. and by F. Schorr. of Philadelphia, to develop a line of electrical ri\'etling and portable tools. In February. 1903. the United Statcs I ~cfrigerator Line was organized. with l\Tr. :\Iillcr as its first president, to operate between Xorth Carolina. Dela\\路are. and Xew \'ork in the transportation of fruits o\'(~r the Seaboard .\ir Line and Penn sylvania railroads. The illustration herewith shows olle of the refrigerating cars and its inventor. [Ie is a memiJer of the Theta Xi fratcr nity. ] Ie was a member of the Engineers' Club of Xc\\' York until 1902. lie was a memiJer of the Shipping Information Commission during the Spanish \\' ar. Mr. Miller is the son of Everard P. and Sophie IIastings Miller. J Ie married Susan Barse, 1\ovemher IS. It-\99. Mitchell, Harvey F. (M.E., '8..j.), was born at l\lachiasport, J\[c., January 9. I8S9路 lIe followed the sea (" before the mast") for sevcral years; and before entering Stevens [nstitute was a bookkceper for three years. He was with the Ilrooks Locollloti\'e \\'orb, Dunkirk, X. Y .. as assistant in the draughting-room, and principal of the night school for apprentices, 188..j.; and was tutor in the College of the City of 1\ew \'ork, 188..j.-93 . In 18t-\S hc organized and arranged a cOl1l'se for a manual-training department in the Institution for the Il11proved Jmtruction of Deaf-Mutes. };('\\, York, of which institution he was assistant principal and superintendent fr0111 1896 to 1900. In the laUer year he becal11e instructor in the Department of Physics of the College of the City of New York. llefore accepting the laUer position he was secretary and treasurer of the Everett Transportation & COlllmereial Co., Inc .. Everett. \Vash. l\fL Mitchell was one of the lectl1l'crs for the TIoarcl of Education of New

York city, and also Eastern agent for the I~ost Creek alld Sunset nlining companies of \\'as hington. From 188..j. 87 he was a member o[ the .\l11erican .\ssociation for the :\d\'ancement of Science. and he is a nlel11ber o[ the net;! Theta Pi fraternity. Mr. l\litcheli is the son of Forrest and :'Ilirancia :'Ilitchcll. Ill' married :'IlalTie For-

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syth, June 19. It-\()O (deceased), and l\Tarie Theresa I~ustis. ,\pril I..j.. I <joo. lie has one child. (;ladys \ ' irginia :'Iitchell. Moeller, Franklin (l\t.I~., '87), was draughtsman with Johnson & :\[orris, steal11heating engincers, \'ew \ 'o rk: assistant engineer with the \ \ ' elsbach I ncandescent Cas l-ight Co .. l\"ew York; draughtsm<ln with the Ingersoll -Se rgeant I~ock I)rill Co.: draughhman, chief draughtsman, and assistant to gcnel'al l11anager of the \\'ebstel路. Call1p, & Lane l\1nt'i1inc ('0., .\kron. 0.; l11ech;1I1ical engincer with the \\,illial11 A. llarris Steam Engine Co .. Providence. R. T.: designer with the C;uild & (;arrison Steam Pump \\'orks. Brooklyn, N. Y.; and has been with the \\'ehster, Camp. & Lane l\fachine Co., Akron, 0 .. from I90r to date. lIe is a junior mel11bel' of the l\!1lerican Society of Mechanical Engineers. Moffit, Robert (l\f. E.. '00). is with the Burlee Dry Dock Co., Port Richmond, N. Y.


+99 Moore, Albert Bridges (M.E., '90), was born in Elizabeth, N. J., "\pril 4, 1868. He

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\Vas hull draughblllan \\ith the ~amuel L. Moore & SOilS Co., 1~lizal>l'lh, S . .1-, J:::\9 0-9 2 , having entire charg'l' oj the ship building' ironwork; and hecame forelllan ironworker in the same cOlllpany in JX()2, amI eightecn months later \'icc-presidL:nt and assistant ~llJlerinlt:ndent. lie was superintL:ndcnt of the Marinc Engille & :\Iachinc Co .. JlarrisDIl, 1\. J., builders of i\leo- \ 'a por launches and :\ ell' Standard electric elevators, J X99-J 902. This company has crected an entirely nell' plant since lil99, the original building. 200 X TOO feet having been extended to 332 feet in length and of modern steel construction. A foundry was erected and equipped with all modern appliances, \\路ith an initial cupola capacity of f;j tons per hour, and so planned as prOIll ptJ}' to Illcet [u rt hcr req u i rements. , \ 600-llOrse-power cjectric-polI'cr plant was erected, and equipped with direct-connected compound condensing generator sets; and a i ;:;-horse-po\\'er compound condensi ng al rcompressor for operating pneumatic hoists. drills, shippers, etc., was installed, This work was under the supen'ision of Mr. 1\f oore, who in addition entirely I'edesigned the launch 1110tors turned out by the COI11pany. He has recently hecn engaged upon sJlecial work with the Tirrill Cas Machine Lighting Co., of N cwark. N. J., and ill i\pril,

190.j., took charge, as shop superintendenl, of a new plant at Bridgeport, Conn., belonging to the I~atoll, ellic, & Burnham Co., manufacturers of val\'Cs, fillings, etc. In 1903 a United Statl'S patent was isslIed to him for all illlprol'l:l lh:nl in feed pUlllpS . llc is a Ilwlllbl'l' of the .\merican ~ocicly of 11echanical l ~ nginl'l'I's. the Essex Cillb of :\e\\'ark. X. ]., and of the Chi l'si fraternit),. lIlr. :-.i()orc is the so n oj ;\Iilll'l' I:. and Ilelen S. (l\ro\l<n) lIJoorc. Ill' llIarried I~thcl C. Field. Junc 10. 1K<)0, and the)' ha\'c one child, i\larg-arct :\Ioorc. Moore, MacMartin Niven (l\l.E., '9R), was born in Elizaheth. N. J" July 4, lX77; so n of Thomas and Constance Rosalie (Tait) 2\ Ioorl'. J Ie is desecnded froll! .\1alhaniel llacon on one side of the family, and from Rohert I;ulto n OIl the other. I Ie was engaged as . \ssi,tant Instructor at StC\'l'ns In"titulL' during- thc Supplementary Term fol lowing hi" graduation. and lIpon the completion oj this II'ork he took a position in the l'nginl'l'I'ing departmcnt of the :\l'\\ York

.\ ir Drake Co., at \\~aterlo\\,l1, X. Y. lIe relllainl'(1 with this company until his dcath, which occul'rl'd, from consulllption, J\lay 20,

1901 . Moore, William J. p1.E., '00), Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Ste-


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vens Institute of Technology, IIoboken, N. For biography, sec pagc 278.

J.

13oston, Mass., 1890-9 I; correspondcnt and afterward in charge of thc polyphasc c1cpart-

Morley, Charles Norman (J\f. r<:., '99), was horn in Ashland, 0., July 28, 1975; son of Charles and K ormanda lIarriet (Smith) ~Jor1cy. llc attcnded public schools in Akron, 0.; thcn studicd with a private teachcr and cntcred Stcvens Prcparatory School in 189+ and Stevcns Institutc in 1895. Hc was located at thc Spalding & Jcnnings Steel Works, Jcrscy City, N. J., frOI11 1899 to 190+, his work consisting almost entircly in the del'cloplllcnl of an accuratc ancI systcmatic cost system for tllC \\'orks. lIc left the Spalding & Jennings \\'orks, now controlled by the Crucible Steel Company of America.

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MORI.f:Y

to enter the Engineering Departmcnt of the I\ cw York & N eIV Jersey Telephone Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

M orris, Anthony Saunders U,LE .. '8+), was born in Philadelphia, 1'a., .\pril J3, T862. J 1c was with 11 enry C. Morris . Philadelphia . J88S-g6; superintcndcnt with thc Julicn Electric Co., Camden, K. J, 1886- 87: employed in the shop course, as draughtsman, opcrating and erecting enginecr, and as assistant to electrician. etc., with the \Vestinghouse Elcctric Co., Pittsburg. Pa., 1887-90; dctailed to the Rrush Elcctric Co., C1evcland, 0., in chargc of alternating apparatus. as electrician, for thc Thomson-Hol1ston Electric Co.,

MOIWIS

mcnt for thc \\'cstinghol1se Electric J\lanl1facturing Co .. lii(j I- Slii; and was transfcrred tn Philadelphia in 1 ii9t:1, with hcadquarters at that point, whcrc hc is still cngaged in a general cnginccring amI sclling work III all parts of thc Unilt:d Statcs. lIc is a J1lcmbcr of thc l\ll1erican Institutc of Electrical Enginecrs: the l\[crion Crickct Club. of Philadelphia; and of thc Theta Xi fraternity. l\[r. Morris is thc son of Henry G. and Sally ?-Iarshall J\lorris. The family is of \Velsh origin and settled in Philadclphia ahout T680 . IIc married Elisabeth Hicks \ \'ooel. Oe[o!Icr 1,S. 1 ~90. and thcy ha ve t 11'0 children, , \nt11on)" Saundcrs and \Vistar ;\1 orris.

M orris, W illiam Cullen (J\f.E., '96), was horn in Jcrscy City, N. J" February 3, 187+. IlL' was a lJlechanic in the Nell'ark shoJls of t he Consolidated Traction Company of Ncll' Jcrsey, 1896; enginecrs' assistant at the Ravenswood works of thc New Amsterdam Cas Co., Long Island City, N. Y., I896- 1900; supcrintendent of thosc works, T900-03; and has becn enginecr to thc same company, ~c\v \' ork, from 1903 to date. Hc is a memhcr of thc Amcrican Gas Light Association, to which hc has presentcd the following papcrs: "Separation of Tar from \Vater-


TIlE Gas," 1900; .. Test of a High-Power Incandescent (;as Lamp," 1902; and ., Notes on Operation of Large Carburetted \Vatcr-Cas Sets," 1903, which lI'ere read before the . \ssociation a11<1 Jluhlished in its Frocccdillgs. lIe is also a mcmbcr of thc Chi Phi fraternity. 1\11'. :'Ilorris is thc son of Theodore Fre1inghll}Sen and (;crtrudc \' recland (Johnson) :'IIorris. lie is desccnded from the :tIJajOlJoseph :'I[orris branch of the l\Iorris fa111ily and thc 1'(,'(er ~trykcr family on his father's sidc. and from the \-reeland family of :\TCIl' Jersey 011 his lIlothcr路s. J Je marricd Edna Frances Bennctt, Scptcmhcr 29, IR97-

, \Lu:~rNI

tion of Cas Engineers; the .\mcrican Gas Light .\ssociation; and of the University Club. MI-. l\lorrison is the son of Archibald M . anel M argarct C. 1\ Iorrison. lIc married Emma Marshall Il oward-~mith, Decemhcr 6. r88~. and they have four children, J Io wani .\rchihald. _\rchihaJd Stone, Alexander, and Theodorc :'Iorrison. Morton, Frederick Nash (:'If. E.. 'KG), was

I,om in lIohokcn, :\ .

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Morrison, Henry Kent (U.K, 'R6), was born in CamiJia. 0., ;\ovcmber 12, 1R64. IIc was with the l'cnnsyil'ania .R ailroad. 18861\7; with the \\'clsbach Incandesccnt Gas Light Co., lRR7Rq; assistant superintendent. for the United (;as Improl-clllent Co., of thc gasworks at Jcrsey City, X . J., 1RR9 93; and has bcen superintendcnt of tile C()ncord Light & l'OIIl'\" Co .. Concord, :\T. Jr.. fro11l J 1\93 to datc. II c has takcn out patcnts 011 a eoal-handling devicc. and on a firc-condition indicator, and is the author o[ papcrs (rcad heforc thc :\ ell' England ,\ssociation of Gas

F. :-':.

I Ie was with the United Gas Improvcmcnt Philadelphia, cngaged in the draughting-room and in making trips to the various gas-works operated hy the company, 1886X8; was superintcndent of the St. Albans Cas Light Co., ~t. Alhans, Vt., r888-94; supcrintcndent and manager of thc Lockport C;as & Elcctric Light Co .. Lockport, N. Y., 1894-95; with I rumphrcys & Glasgow, N cw York, 1R95-97; superintcndent of the IIudson County (;as Light Co., IIoboken, N_ J., 1897- J903; and has heen assistant enginecr with the Unitcd Gas Improvemcnt Co. fr0111 1903 to date. TTl' contributcd various short articlcs to thc "Amcrican Gas Light Journal" and to "Progrcssi vc Age." On Octoher I9. 189<). he read a paper on " Anothcr View of Intcrior Illumination" beforc thc Amcrican Gas Light .\ssociatioI1, of which hc is a mcmbcr. ('0.,

11. K. ::'IIORRISON

Engincers) on "Advertising" and "Cas Appliances" in lX99 and 1903 respectively_ IIe is a mcmber of the N cw England Assoeia-

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Mr. Morlon is thc son of Edmund L. and Josephine (lloldich) 1\10rton. IIe is desccnded from John Morton, an officer who came to ~ew \ ' ork with the British army before the Re\路olution. \\'hen the war broke out hc contrilltltee! sllch SU1llS to the causc of the patriots that llC was kno\\'n as the .. J{elwl Banker." Frederick Kash Morton JlJiln-ied Ellen JJarwood Rich. June 22, 1892, ane! they haye two children. Edmund Rich and Dorothy Ludlow 1\lorton. (~I.T~ .. '97). \\'as 1\lay 2-1-, ri-\7-I-. He

Morton, Henry Sallluel

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of Technology. lIe married Sarah Chapman I3ronson, [\pril 23, 1902. Morton, Quincy L. (1\LE., '02), is the second SOil of lIellry and Clara Whiting (J)odge) 1\lortoll. [I is father was lhe first president of Stevens Tnstitute. Ill' superintended the construction of the ]\forton 1\[cJ110rial Library at PinL' J Jill, N. Y. Mott, Charles Stewart (:tiLE., '97), was born in l\'e\\'ark, ;.J . .1., Junc 2. 1i-\75. Ilc served fivc years in the naval mililia of the Slalc of New York. In April, 1898, he cnlisted in the United Stales 1'\<1\' )' and served during thc Spanish-i\mcrican \\'ar as gunner's mate on thc U.S .S ... Yankee." At the conclusion of his sophomore year he went abroad and took up a six-months' coursc ot z),motechnology. studying yeast culture. a(ter llansen's method. undcr Prof. Jorgenscn, of Copenhagen. aflcr which he spent anolher six months stuclying the chemistry of fermentation, under Dr. Lintner. at 1\Iunich. He th('n returned and c011lpleled his junior and senior years. and upon graduation became acti\'ely engaged with C. S. lIoll &

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attended the Kew York Law ~ch()ol. 1~9799; I\'as admitted to the /lar of XcI\' York ~tate and of the United States Circuit Court. 1900; and h:ls since practised law in ~\Tcw York city. making a specially of patent litigation and applications. For a period of t\l'O years. fr01ll H)OO to J902. he \\'as associatecl with 1\1r. J larolcl Binlle),. bUl since the latter year hc has heen in husiness fOl- himself. Ill' is also secretary and treasurer of the :\'ash Enginening Co .. New York. Ilc is a 111e111her of the St. Kicholas and Ballusrnl Golf cluhs. the New York Yachl ('iuh. and of the Della Tau Della and Phi Della Phi fraternities. Mr. Morlon is lhe elder son o[ nenry and Clara Whiling (Doc1ge) Morton. His father was the first president of Ste\'cns Institule

C. S.

:MOTT

Co .. New \ ' ork. manufacturers of carbonaling apparatus. of \\'hich firm hc had hecomc a mcmher during his senior year. In 1900 the husiness was absorbed by the \Veston-l\[oll Co., of Utica, Mr. Mott taking the office of vicc-president and charge of all

.


1'11[<: . \LUl\INI l1Ianufacturing, etc . lie is a l11el11ber of thc Al11crican Society of l\leehanical I ~ ngineers; thc Utica Chal11bcr of Co 111 11lcrce ; the Y"ahnundasis Coif Club; and thc AutomoiJilc C lub of Ut ica. l\lr. l\Iott is the son of John C. and Isahella T. (Stewart) :'\fotl. I fc is a descenclant frol1l the French llllgllenot family De La :\ lotte. r Ie Illarril'd Ethel Culhert llarcling. June q. ]()oo. and they havc onc child . . \il11ce :\[otl. Mount, Albert R. 01.1': .. '91), was born in Jcrsey City. A. J.. :\Iay r. 1~70: son of Sal11uel C. and 1\1 artha Ryndcrs 1\ [ounl. Onc of his anccstors was Ccorgc l\Iount, \\'ho camc frol11 l~ng1and and settled at i\liddleto\\'n. N'. J.. in thc scvcntcenth ccntu ry. hcing onc of thc original purchascrs from thc Indians and a grantcc of (;ovcrnor :\'ichols, II is mothcr's anccstors settled in Dutchess County, :\. Y.. ahout the ycar '700, Il11l11ediately after graduating he \\as el11ployed as draughtsman at thc \\'allis Iron \\'orks. Jersey City. :\" J. In thc spring of 1~93 hc \\'cnt to Philacll'lphia and was cngaged as draughts1l1an upon a new electric po\\'er housc, He \\'as takcn ill with typhoid fc\'cr in July, and died at Sca (;irt, N. l, August '3, TR93, Hc draughtcd the hridgcs

A. R.

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\Vh ich now spall thc Pcnnsyl vania and thc Ccntral of J:\ cw Jcrscy railroads at thc cr055-

ing of the Iludson County Boulcvard, Jerscy City, N . l Mowton, Edward Pearsall (l\LE., '86), \\'as born inN ell' \ ' ork ci ty N OVC1l1 bcr I,), 1~63' Jle gracluated from thc public schools,

worked as an apprenticc in the pattcrn-shop of the Continental Iron \\'orks. (;reenpoint, L. r.. rcmaining for threc years. and thcn entcred Ste\'ens I nst itute. Shortly after graduation he \\enl to (;erman), and look a coursc in electl-icity. under Dr. Kohlraush, at the l)olytcchnicul11. ITano\'er. Upon his return in 1 ~~7 he \\'cnt to work wilh the Edison Electric 1II uminating Co" New York, assisting in the inst;Jllation of the c0111pany's undcrground system f01- the distribution of electricity fro1l1 the 26th and .13d streets stalions. rRR7- RR: was assistant to the president ilnd engineer of the Newark Gas Light Co .. Xewark. X . .T .. IRRS- 9I; and attended the Xcw York Law School. and at thc same time studicd law in the ortice of ]3oorae111. Ilamiiton. Ikckdl. &: H,anS01ll, New York, 1 R9T - 93, Ire recei vcd the degree of Bachelor of Laws and \\'as admitted to the bar in 1\1ay. 1R93. and has since been actively engaged in the practice of law in New York. He is a member of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen. and of the Association of the Rar of the City of New York. 1\Ir. ;\fowlon is the son of Charles Carroll


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and l\dele 1<:. l\Jowton. His paternal ancestors came from England and settled in Maryland in 1752. John 1\Iowton was the first engineer in charge of the New York Gas Lighl Co., which posilion he retained unlil his death, when he was succeeded by his son. Charles C. l\Iollton, who remained wilh the company until the formation of lhe Consolidated Gas Co., after which he was retained until his death in 1889. E. P. 1\10wlon's maternal ancestors came frol11 Philadelphia and were early seWers from lIoliancl. lie marriecll\fabel \\'.1\[ason. September 30. 1896, and they have three children, Edward 1\1... Adele. and Eleanor ;\[o\\路ton.

Munby, Ernest John (M.E., '97), was born in Turvey, Bedfordshire, England, May 19, 1875; son of the Very Rev. George Prederick Woodhol1,e ami IJarricl LOl1isa (Linton) 1\1 unhy. 11is falher has been rector of Turvey from 11-\70 to date, and his grandfather

Moynan, Frank (M.E., '90), was in the engineering deparlment of the Third Avenue Cable Road. New York. r890- 9I; and since then has been wilh the Illinois Steel Co., South Chicago. Ill.. and in the real-estate business, South Chicago, 111., under the firm name o[ Edwards & J\loynan. M uldaur, George Barton (J\I.E .. '89), was born in Dover, Del., l\.Ugust I, 1866. lIe was in the office of Edward P. Thompson (1\1.E., '78), palent expert, 1889; with lhe I ~<iison Electrical Illuminating Co .. New York, 1889- 90; on the editorial slaff and. laler, "\Vorld's Fair" edilor and associate editor of the "Electrical Engineer," 189095; was on the staff of the" Evening Sun," New York, 1893; in the New York office of the Pidelily & Casualty Co., as investigator of accidents relaling to machinery, etc., 1895-96; examiner of claims for the same company. for \Vestern and Central New York. 1896-98; in the insurance business in ~ ew York, 1898- 1901; and is now sales and manufacturer's agent in that city. He is a member of the J\faltano Club, Elizabeth. Y J.; the J\lilitary Order of lhe Loyal Legion: and of the Theta Xi fraternity. Mr. J\fulclatlr is the son of Alonzo W. and Elizabeth IT. (Sayre) Muldaur. Ilis father (of Rl1ssian family) was a liel1tenant-comman(\el- in the United Stales n<ln' ",hen hc was lost 011 board the U.S.S. "Oneida" at Yokohama in 1870. The subject of this sketch married Caroline Southmayd, June 14. 1894. and they have two children, George Barton and Theodora Muldaur. Another child, Dayton S. ]\'[uldaur, is deceased.

E.

J.

MUNDY

was Joseph 1\[l1nhy, J. P . of York and the wapentake of Bulmer, Yorkshire, in which countv the [anlily has becn [or some sixteen gener~tions, givi~1g its name (corrupled) to the village of M umhy. He was educated at Bedford Grammar School and at Rugby, heing the Royal IIumane Society's medallist at lhe laUer in 1891. lIe was engaged in gold-mining in the \Vest, 1897- 98; engineer on the first gold-dredgers in the United States. at Breckenridge, Colo., 1898; acting superintcndent of gold-dredging operations on ri vcrs ill Borneo, for the Chartered Company of British North Borneo, 1899, and chief engineer of the same work, 1899-19掳0. In lIT a)" 1900, he was c011lpelled to resign his l)osition on account of incessant fever. He then went to the Philippine Islands, where he was C'ngaged as chief assistant engineer on the United States government $1,500,000 refrigeration plant then under construction. Continl1ed ill health compelkd another change, and after six months he left for China and Japan. spending two months in the latter country, recuperating, and then returned to the United States, settling at


THE ALUMNI OCIl\'er, Colo., ill thc employ of thc Cardner Elcctric Drill & ITammcr Co. lIc has bcen chief cnginccr of thc European hranch of this company in London, from 1901 to date, a nd has put in rock drills anc! clectric plants at mincs in Lancashirc, Starfo rdshirc, Carnan'omhirc, Denhighshire, :\forway, Portugal, Australia, South ,\frica, anc! Egypt. He is the author of thc following papers: " Electric Rock-Drilling," read before thc Royal Institution. Fchruary, 1902; " E lect ri c Drills in Co lli eri es," read heforc the South Staffords hirc and East \\ 'o rces[crs hirc Soc iety of :\ Iillin g Engineers, Birmingham, i\pril , 1902; and " 1 ~ 1ectric Drills," Jluhlished in the St<"i'CIIS Illstitlltc Illdica/or. ,1ul\', 1()03: and is an occasional contrihutor to the l ~uroJlcan editi on of I 'o'il'<'r. lie is a nleiliher of th c Beta Theta Pi fratcrnity.

bly, the Statc Scnatc, and th e 17th Congress. Thc subject of this sketch graduated from I)i ckinson Coll ege, Ca rli sle, Pa ., in 1889. 11 e entered t hc engineer's office of th e New Yo rk , Xc\\' Haven, &: lJ artford Railroad in thc fa ll of 1R92, but an arfect ion of the cyes compclled him to resign in the following ,p rin g. Durin g thc summ er of 189+ he was l'n lpl oyed by hi s father, at Milton, 1'a., but ill Septcm her of that year was taken ill with tuhercular consumpt ion, and despite a sout hern trip hi s health gradua ll y failed. and he dicd at Carli sle. I'a .. JlIne JR, TR9.:;.

Munkwitz , Edward H. (:\1. E" 'RS). IS 10-

catcd at Milwallkee, \\'is. Munkwitz, William H.

(l\ 1.I ~ . ,

'1-\s) , IS 10-

catcd at Milwaukce, Wis. Murphy, Edward j., J r. Cl\ I.l~., '98), was horn in :\fel\' Yo rk city l\ Ugust S' 1876; son of Edward J. and l\fargarct A. Murphy. Ilc attended the -:-\'e\\' York puhlic schools, and prcpared for entra ncc to Stc\'c ns In stitlltc at thc D c La Sa ll c In stitut e, New York cit\,. and at the Stc\'cns School. ITohokcn, N. J. 1Je entered the draughting dcpartment of the l\Ietropolitan Street Railway in 1898, and was cngaged on work for the track and st ru ctur al divisions of the road. In 1R99 he hecamc a member of thc Kruse & Murphy Manufacturing Co ., Ncw Yo rk. , makers of a spec ia l linc of tcxtile 11Iachinery. a nd has continued in thc firm to datc. Tl is graduating thesis, \\Titten with Mr. P. E. Van Saun, on "Test of a l\1ulti-Circuit DiI-eel-Current Dynamo," was printed in the .路jlll cricoll Elcctriciall. No\'emher, lR()R. Murray, John Heber (M.E., '92), was horn in Milton, Pa., June 24, 186R; so n of S. Wilson and Sarah Matilda (Mcckly) Mt11'ray. lIe is descended from John Murray, who came from Scotland in 1732 and settled in Pennsylvania, Members of his family served as officcrs in the Revolutionary War, and as members of the Pennsylvania Assem-

]. II. ?luRR.\\'

Il c Illarried l\fargarell Bosler, Dcccmber OIlC child, Samuel \\'ilson Murray, Jr., was born to them.

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Muschenheim, F. A . (l\1.E., '9 1), was with the ITa ski n \Vood Vulcanizing Co., New \ ' ork, IR()I <)3; aile! thc \Vcstern E lect ri c Co. , at their works in Chi cago, and in New York city, 1893 ]()o+. Ilc is now engagcd with his brother in the managcment of the lIotel . \stor, XC\\' York cit y. I rc is an associate memhcr of the America n Institutc of Elce trical Engineers. Myers, Allan Chalmers (l\1.E., '9R), was born in Tyrone, Pa., February 19, 1873; son of Henry and Nancy Myers. He was with the Cambria Steel Co., Johnstown, Pa., 189819掳0; and has been first assistant spccial


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TTlE STEVE:t\S INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY

mcchanical cnginc.::r for the Carnegie Steel Co., at the I ~dga r Thomson Steel \Vorks and

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:,1 YERS

I:u rn:u.:cs, Ilraddock, Pa., [mill 1900 to datc. lie is a IlIclllhn of the Tau Ileta l'i frall'rnity. Myers, Charles H. (M.E., '99). was draught ";lllan \I路ith /'ost & :'IkCord, Ihoo\.;Iyn. X. \" .. I~()<): in thc shops of the ]'dissouri. Kansas. & Tl'xasl~ailroad. Smithvil1l'. Tcx .. 18<)<) 1900: latcr assistant inspccting l'ngineer \I ith the 1'anama Railroad Co .. \:el\' York: and has hl'l'n creeling engineer with \\'csti nghouse. Church. Kerr. & Co .. :":ew York. frolll 1903 to dall'. Myers, Cornelius Tie rs C:'If. E .. '(0), was h01'll in Elizaheth. \: . ./ .. ::'Ilarch 2,'). 1~79: SOil of James Lawrence and .\mclia Ogden (.\1lell) :'Ilycrs. lie graduated in I~<)() frolll the "ingry School, Elizaheth. \:. J. : was with the .\l11e rican I': ngine Co .. Bound Brook , \: . .I .. 1<)00 01: ",ith the John . \. :\Iead :\fanufacturing C路o .. cnginl'ers ami manufacturers o[ coal-handling machinery, 19掳1-02: engineel'1ng draughtslllan at the Tarrytoll'll eX. \ '.) shops of the Rane! Drill Co., manufacturers of air conlJlressors. tools, etc., 190203: anr\ ha s hecn air-col11pressor representative at j'ittsburg, Pa .. of the International Steam Pump Co., of New York, hOlll 1903 to elate. lie is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Myers, Edwin L. (M.E., '78), was born in I'lallshurg, 1\. Y .. January 18, 1858; son of ./ ohn 11enry and Julia R. Myers. IIe was \I'ith the Sa\\'ycr-l\lan I ~ lectrie Light Co .. \:ew York. until hi s death, which occurred February 26. 188[. Nash, Lewis Hallock (:\I.I~., '77), was born in South Xorwalk, Conn.. ,\pri l 16, 1~52. lie sen'cd his ti11le as apprentice in the XOl'\I",tlk Iron \\ ' orks fro11l Il'I()9 to Il'l73. lie has been with the Xational Meter Co .. \:ew York. since lX77. lI'\Jen he hegan de~igning imprOYe11lellts in w,ller-111eters, and afll'r a fel\' 1110nths produced the" Crown" 111eter, the first of a large class which may he descriiJcd ,IS singie-piston rotary lllC ters. and \\路hich. though it ha s 110\1' heen in the 111arket for 1110re th,11l t\\'cnty-f1\'c years. st ill holds place as the hest of its kind. Later he inl'ented sel'eral other forms of \\'ater-meter. such as the .. Empire," .. Xash." and" 11l1j)1'()\'ed (;C111." II'hicl! the same company. nl)\\' growll to large proporlions. and cmploying n1;1n), hundreds of men. are at present manufacturing' hy the thous:lnd. The single-piston rotary 1llcter has practically supcrsedcd all othn forms of dis -

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placcmcnt \\'all'r-mcll'r. i\1 r. Nash has taken out and assigncd to hi s company aiJout sixty LTnitcd States patents 011 \\'ater-11leters. In 188.+ ::'Ill'. .1\ash hegan the study of the


THE .\rXl\If...'I gas engine and since that lime he ha s taken out over sixty palents. all of which have 1>een assigned to the National l\I'eter Co . :\Iany of the se pate nts arc extensively \\sed hy eng-inc manufacturel's, one being for the t \l'o-cycle cngine with pi s ton-co ntrolled I'all'cs. whieh is said to he manufactured at I he present timc hy more than two thousand firms. , \nothcr one of hi s patents co\'ers

chanical Enginee rs. and of the l\ew \ 'o rk I~lcc(rical Society , 1\11'. 1'\a511 is the SOil of Francis 11. and Sarah :\f. (llallock) .\'as11. lJe is descended from the early set tl e rs of the old tOI\'n of South .\'orwalk. 1'Ie married l\nn:t 1\1. .\rcher July 2. IR~3 . and they hal'c four children. :'Ilarion Ilallock. Douglas Elliott, ;,lil rlred .\ r eh cr. and] Iarold Lewis ~ash.

20- ]fURSJ.;- l'UWER N,ISIl C.\S 1-: >I(';J1'(E IN DIlS l';I.I,;c'I\UC.II. L\l\OR.\TORY

Lewis II. Nash

the sta rting of gas engincs hy the usc of CO\llpressed air: this feature ha s heen adopted hy all makers of large gas engines. The l\'a tional l\lctcr Co. is 1\0\1' manufacturing lngines up 10 J.3o horSl'- p()lI'eL The COIllpany has nen:r proscclIll'd infringer s of thei I' gas-engi n e patents, :\ I r. i\' ;Ish was elected 1\ lun1l1 i Trustee () ( thl' Stevcns Institute or Technology in 18()7. lie contributed an article OJ L the "Testing of Large \\'alef- l\Tclers " to th e SICZ/CIIS illslilllic i/l(licalor. January. 1<)01. IIe is a member of the l\merican Society of Me-

Nathan, Alfred ptE.. '1)0), was horn in :\c\\' York city. ;\ol'cmht:T 21, 1866. lI e is no\\' I'ice-prcsident of the .\'athan ;\Ialltliarluring Co .. .\'e\\' j'ork: secretary and director of the International Steam Pump Co., :\cw York: director of the L\\dlow Vah'e :'f'l1l1lfacturing Co .. Troy. N. \ '. : and secnetary of the Lakell'ood Hotel Co. li e is a \1\(:1111)(:1' of the 1kta Theta Pi fl'atcrnity, and a junior memher of the American Socicty of :\Icchanieal Engineers. ;\ I r. ~ athan is the SO il of i\fax and Rosalie Xathan. lI e married l\Iabel Lauer, Oc-


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TEO 1NOLOGY

toher 26. JC)02. and they have two childrcn. !-.ladgc Lauer and .\lfrcd 1\Iax Nathan. Nettleton, Lloyd Henry (1\J.E., '9l). was horn in \\'ashington, Conn .. Octoher 25. J~68. lie has beell with (;illis & (;eoghegan. {(CII' l-ork, engineers and contractors for po\\"er. stealll and hot water heating, a 11(1 \'entilating plants. from JR91 to date. '1'1,,· \\ork of this firm is 1110stly confined to largl office. hotel. and hospital huildings, and inclucles hoiler, pump. and tank installations, and the connections of engines ill addition to the heating and ventilating plant. l\rr. i\'ettieton \\'as assigned to the engineering department. and has heen engaged during thc past thirteen years in estimating. preparing plans :\nd specifications. and superintending the erection and construction of heating and \'Cntilating plants. etc., and hilS had charge (I[ some of tile largest work o[ the firm. llc is a melllher of the Royal ,\rcanu111 and is nm\' secretary ofllohokcn Council :\"0. 9C) of that onler. I Ie is a trustee of the l<rec: euhlic Lihrary o( 110hoken. X . .I .. for the: t crill J R9S- 1C)o.:;. :"Ilr. :-;ctt1cton is the son of llemy S. and :-Iartha (Bronson) :Nettleton. Ilis father's ancestors \\"ere among the first settlers ill

L. lI. NETTLETON

Connecticut. record heing found of them in old Milford in 1636. On his Inother's side he is descended from the well-known l\Ios-

Icy [anlil)' of Re\"(llutionary timcs.

11e 111arried Reha I ledges. Fehrnary J, 1894. and they h:ll'e one child, llay Edna Ncttleton. N ewell, Charles Zenas (1\1. E., '98). was horn in \\'hilestone, Long Island, 1\. Y.. :\"0-

C. Z.

l'\EII'JCJ.L

Yl'nlher 3. IR7..j.; son of Zenas I<:dgar ,[nd .\nn<l Cornelia (~n<.:den) :\e\\ell. 11' was in the motor \\'agon department o[ James Orin ::\'oakes & Co., coach-makers, New \ "ork. 18r)8- J902; and has heen with the Feder;d Leather Co", ::\' C\\' York, havi ng charge of the orfice anri of the production of nc\\' and special work. from 1C)02 tn dale. Tn I()O.), he drew plans for a [rame d\\'elling which has heen cOlllpleter! and is no\\" occupied hy one of the memhers of the firm. Ill' has also designed anrl reL"ently completed the plans for a ne\\' hrick factory huilding for the Federal Leather Co. Newell, Harvey Edgar (J\1.I~., '98), wa, horn in \\·hitcstolle. rAlllg Island. N. \'., ~l'ptemhl'r 2(). I ~76; son o[ Zenas I~dgar and . \nna Cornclia (Snedcn) Ne\\'eli. lie \\'as with the \\'estern Electric Co., New \' ork. I R<)8; electrician with the] ndia Rubher & (;utta Pcrcha Insulating Co., Yonkers. :\". Y .. JR98 H)OO; and is now employee! by this company as mechanical and electrical l'ngineer. TTe is a junior member of the •\merican Society o[ Mechanical Engineers,


TIIE ALUMNI and an associatc member of the Amcric;'ln Institute of I~lectrical Engineers.

11. E.

:\l-:\\l-:LL

Newman, Leslie Herbert (;\T.I~ .. '(0). was horn in l'I;llhlhh. Long Isl;lIld. ~. Y ... \pril

(;enc:ral Elect ric Co., Lynn, 1\1ass., 1901; \\'i th Cham hers & Iionc, consulti ng engineers, ~e\\' York. in charge of the construction of the ncw jlowcr house for the Ponda, Johnstown, & (;lo\'l'1's\,illc Railroad, Akin, S. Y .. 1902 03: supcrintendent with the 51. Lawrence Count} Electric & \\'a ter Co., :'Ilassena. X. Y., J903-0.J,; and has been suIJe rintendcnt of the Laurentide Paper Co.'~ steam plant at Cland r-lire, 1'. Q., Canada, from :'Ilarch. 190.J" to date. lIe IS a mcmbcr of the Delta Tau J)clta fratc1'llity. Nichols, Frank B, (l\ r. E., '78), attended a lIIedical college ill Xe\\' j 'o rk after graduation, but discontinued his studics when he iOlllld the profession uncongcnial. IIe thell entered the employ of the Standard Oil Co .. heing connected with the \\'echa\rkel1 (~. J.) docks, where he remained four or (i\'e years, In 1883 he hecame associated with i\Ir. Wil liam IJ. Sheldon (M.E., '78) in the Keystone Ruhhcr Co., acting as its trcasurel' for SC\eral years, and was also i ntcrested as \'iccprcsidcnt in the Sonnchorn COlllb & No\'elty Co. Ilis death, which was duc to consulllption, occurred july to, 1886. Nichols, Frederick William (r-t E., '02), was horn in :\l'\\ Ilan'n, COlin ... \ugust I.

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23. 1~72: son of \\'illialll n. ;'Ind Elizabeth C, (llog-anllls) Nc\\ lIIan. His father is commandcr. and his grandfather captain, in the Unitcd States na\'.\'. rTc \\'as with the r-loosel~i\'l'r I'ower ('0 .. Lyons Palls, 'J. Y., 1900 01: in thl' testing department of the

F. W.

NICHOT.S

lR79: SOli of .\tlgustus Charles amI Mary Ltllldy ?\ichols, of English and Scotch de-


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TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE

sccnt rcspectin'I),. ITe was electrician in the enginecring dcpartmcnt of thc :-\C\\ \ ' ork & \""cw .Jerscy Telephone Co .. later \\ith Illlrd & Co., :-\e\\' York, and is no\\ \1 ith thc XCIV York Safdy Steam !'O\\Tr Co.

Norcross, Joseph Arnold (:\f.I ~ ., '<)1), lIa s I'orll in Derhy. Conn., lkccmhcr 27, IRot).

J.

A.

l'\ORl'RO SS

I I c lIas \\'ith thc CIJnsoliriateri (;as ('0., \"" c\\路 York, IRl)1 92. scn'ing ill thl' strect (il'partmClll, and thcll at thc 99th StrCd and Illth Strcet \\'orks, \\'herc his riutlCS \\Tn' principally thosc of chcmist. lie supcrilltcllded, for the United Statcs gO\'l'rnIJIL'nl. the reIJuilding of the gasworks at \\'est I)oint, X. Y., IR<J3: and from lR9.J. to 1<)03 lIas \\ith ;\Icssrs. Ilumphrcys & (;Iasg()\\, of LOlldon and XCII' York, at first ;IS engilleer ill charge of construction and initial operation oj carhurl'! tcd \\atcr-gas works at l\russels. Tot 路 lcnhanl, Swansca. and Shanghai. .\ ftcr having sole chargc of starting and operating ariditional \\orks In nUn1l'('()llS Europcan to\1I1S (L i \'crpool, London,llrtlssels, dc.) he hccame ch icf expel路t in gas- manu facture in the London office, in which capacity he had immcdiatc personal charge of the illitial o]lcration of thirty adriitional gas\\'orks and gcncral supenision of ahout thirty morc, aggrc~ating altogether a capacity of 100,000.000 cuhic feet per day. He hcld the position of principal assistant to the managIng

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TfcClINOLOGY

pa rt ner from 1900 to J()03. 111 1896 he was appointed consulting engineer to the Derby (;as Co., I krh), (, 'onn. II e has heen cngineer to the XC\\' Ila\'cn (Conn.) Cas Light Co. from 1<)03 to dalL'. [II conjunction \\ ith . \. C. Glasgo\\' (M.E., 'X,:;), he took out a patent on improvements in thc o]ll'l'ation of carburetted water-gas plallts. lle is a J11cnlher of the "\merican (;as I.ight . \ssociatioll: the l\llleric<ln Suciety of :\icchallical I~nginccrs; thc Society of Cas Lighting: the 1'\ell' I~ngl:tnd , \ssocia tion of Cas 1~llgincl'l's: the Unil'ersity Cluh, of :\C\\路 York: the \\ ' hitehall Cluh, of Lon don; The (;raduatcs', Uuinnipiack, and Country cluhs oj :\ell' Ilavell; and uf the I klta Tau I klta fralL'rnity. :\11'. '\'orcross is the son of rrenry Fan ning and Sw;an Ilrainard ("\rnold) .\"orcross, of I~nglish anccstry on hoth sidcs, mostly settled ill XC\\ I~ngland since thc sel'Cntcl'nth century. Ilc married Cellissa 11ro\\ n. 1\ Iay 27, 1<)02.

N orris, Henry Lee (.\ I. E., '02), \\'as born ill I':dinhurgh, Scotland, :'-Iay 13. IX79: SOil of l!emy Lel' :\orris, :\1.1) .. and Charlottc .\Jary (L'rquhart) \""orris. I Ie made two I'oyag'cs as cadct cnginl'l'I' on the ,\lllcrican Linc stcamship .. St. !'aul," while a studellt at StCITI~S Institute. I Ie \I'as draughtsmall \I ilh the I~ohins Con\Tying Belt Co. during the Sllnlnler of I <JOO. \\'hile a studcnt at Ste\'l'IlS. Durillg the SUllllllcr of 1901, while lng-agcd \\ ith the superintendcnt of build ings and grllunds at Colulllhia University, hl' dcsigned and constructed a tUllnel for the acconlll](J{lation of stl'am lines and electric conduits hct\\l'l'n thc I~nginecring Huilding and I~arl Iiali. ,\t the c()mpletion of his college coursc in 1()02. hc rcsullled relations \\ i(h the sl'lwrinll'Il(il'nt at Columhia LTni\'cr'ity. N orris, Rollin p r. E., 'RS), \\'as engagcd in draughting for Bartlett, 1 laY\\'ard, & Co .. Baltimore, 1\fd., IRRS R7: and no\\' holds the position of sUIll'rintcndent of works in the cnginccring' dcpartnlcnt of thc United Cas Impron'lncnt Co. of Philadclphia. I [e is a lllCnliJcr of thc l\mcrican Cas Light Asso ciation (of whieh hc was second vicc-presi dcnt in 1902, and lI'as elected president in Oclolll'r, ,C)o3): and 0 [ the \ \' eslL'1'Il Cas

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TIlE 1\ LUl\l T1 Light J\ssori'ltiol1, lIe has takcl1 nut sl'\"l~ral patl'nh, I il' read the f()lIm\ il1g papers before the \lIlerical1 (;as Light .\ssociatiol1: "The Theorl'lical l~fTect ()f l'rl'-I il'atil1g Illast ~teal1l al1d (lil ill \\'ater-( ;as ~lal1ufac­ tlllT," IX()I; "~OI1Il' I':xperilllellts \\ ith the 1': dgl'l'tOlI ~tal1dard," I::-\()<): and" The Ilarcourt Tl'l1 ('al1dll" I '()\\l'r I 'el1tal1l' l.all1p,"

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('0 .. Inc .. stITl'l- rail\\'ay contractors, and a ftl'\'\\ ani sUjlenising l'nginl'l'I' of constrllc-

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Ode, Randolph Theodore (\1, E .. \)R), \ya~ hOri1 ill :\l' \\ York city ,\ugu>;t 10, IX7X: SllIl ()f .\dolph al1d \l1l1ie (),k, I il' studied at the l'tllkgl' of the City (If \c\\ York for t \\'0 \cap;, I flo \\;h assistant l'l1gilll'l'r \\ ith the '\Ierchallt< l{cirigl'l'atillg' ('0.. :\l'\\' "mk, tXI)X tl)\IO: ,Ind ha"- Ill'en \\ith the I'rmidence Engilll'l'rillg "'orks frolll 1<)00 ttl datl', hayillg had chargc of the sail's dl' partllll'nt at l'nl\i(klll'l.' for so\\\e tillle, I il' is n(l\\' sl'cn'tary ()f tIll' C()llIpall:, lie is a j\lniol' 1111'Illhl'l' of the .\lIll'ricall ~()cil'ly of ,\kchanil'al l~n~~i1ll'l'I's: a Illcl11hl'r oi tho::'

.lLd .Il · :-; (}J-:J.IHF \ l\,\"

tiol1 for this finl1 duril1g the huilding' of t\\o rll;](b in l'hiladl'lphia, IX<)2 <)4: s:t!l'Sl1lal1 \\ ith the 1.ink ]\l'lt 1 ~llgilll'l'ril1g lo .. I'hiladelphia, I::-\();i (ll: alld \\ ith l\rl'l1llisl'r, ~till­ \\agl'I1, &: Co .. I'hiladl'lphia, IX<)7- ()<): and has hl'l'n a Illl'lllhl'r of thc linn of \\'illialll I). (klhl'l'lIlal1l1 1\: ('0 .. illlporters of \\Oll\. hair, and \loils, I'hil:ult:lphia, frolll I()OO to ,late. Ill' is a 1lll'lllhl'1' oi the ('hi Psi [ra terl1it: '

R. T. 01''''

L'llin'rsity ('luh, oj l'rO\idl'ncl'. K I.: and of I,am' Lodge of the ()r<kr ()f Free

:\1 aSOlI". Oelbermann, Julius (\1.1':., '() I), \\ as horl1 in l'hihuklphia, I 'a .. 1kn'nlhl'l' 24, 1::-\6::-\, Ill' \\as draliglitslllan \\ itli nl'l11ent. :-1 ill'S, &: Co" Illachinl'tool huildl'l's, I'hila,klphia, I::-\() I ()2; drallghhlllan \\ith \\'illialll \\ harton, Jr.,

Ogden, Frederic D, l :\I.F.. , 'I):;), has hl'CI1 \ Illplo: ed as chcmist \\ ith thl' Eqllitahk (;as 1.ight Co ., \l' \\ York, al1d as assistal1t supcr intelllknl "ith tIll' :\e\\,\m-;lt:rdam (;a" Light Co .. :\l'\\ Yelrk, and as as~istallt sUJll'1' intl'ndcllt of the '\mthl'1'1l C;a" 1.ight &: CokL' ('0 .. :\l'\\ York, 1::-\')1): and has ltl'l'n Irl'a,.\\1'l'l' alld din'ctllr of the J. I,: d\\anl ()gdL'll lo .. dcakrs ill In'an' Iiard\\ arL'o :\l'\\ York, frolll I ()OO tt) date. Oliphant, Robert C, pI. E ... ~(»), has hl'l'n llllployed in tliL' \\orks of thl' .\(Ialltic I{e tining' ('0 .. I'hiladelphia, I'a,: as dra11ghts · 111all \\ ith the I .illk Iklt 1':llgillel'l'illg Co" i\icl'lO\\ 11. I'a.: willi tliL' Ila1'\'n' ~ted Co .. :\e\\'ark. :\ . .I .. 1~()4 ()(l: as mal'lager in thL' :\e\\ York Of1iCl' (If the ~110\\ ~tca11l l'u11lp " 'ork,.; and is 1H1\\' locall'd at ()aklalld, Cal.


TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Onderdonk, John Remsen (M.E., '89), was born in Jersey City, ~. J., October IS, r868; son of John l~cl11sen and Rosina OIH1crdonk.

diagram s!Jo\\'ing draw- bar pull of all locomoti ves Oil all grades at all speeds, and the tonnage they are able to haul under those conditions. As engineer of tests he has charge of th(; testing of all new designs submitted, of tests of locomotives and all road and sen'ice tests, the inspection and testing of all material purchased for the motivepO\\'e r dcpartment, also all material for loconloti \'es and cars huilt hy outside contractors, as well as the inspection of the erection of all Ilew locomotives and cars. l.Ie is at present assisting in collecting data and writing a report 011 "Locomoti \'es of Creal Power," to be read at the meeting of thc International Railway Congress to be held at \\'ashington, D. c., in l\Jay, J905. He is a membel- 0 f the L\mcrican Society for Testi ng ,\1 aterials. O'Neil, Rowland Jesse (l\LE., 'or), \\'a5 in Claremont, ~. 11.. Scptember 30, 1K7X: <;on of [)a\'id \\'ciJstcr and Jane l\. (;ray) ()':-\eil, iloth of Scotch lineage, .\ fter graduation he elltcrcd the ell1ploy of the I'arkershurg I rOil & Steel Co., of Parkershurg, \\'. Va., as nlcchanical enginecr, a position he held until the completion of Lui'll

J. R.

O:-mERllO;>iK

I Ie is dcscended from l\drian Onderdonk, \\'ho settlcd on Long Islanel in ]672. Henry Ustic Onderdonk. Bishop of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, Bishop of ~ew York, were his great-uncles. Before entering Stevens he spent considerable time on the construction work of the Sea \\'all, California: the Canadian Pacific Raih\'ay. nritish Columhia: and on the watcr\\'orks tunncl under Lake :\Iichigan for the Chicago water supply, contracts for the aho\'e work ileing held hy hi~ uncle and father. r Ie was with the Streeter-l\met Weighing & I~ecor(ling Co., Chicago, haYing charge of the application of their track weighing and recording instrumcnts on railroads in the [ast, IRRl)- 90: with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as inspcctor of materials, ~pending considerahle time in the draughting departmcnt, ]890-92: assistant engineer of tests of the same company, 1892-95 and engincer of tests, hath physical and chemical, \\'ith offices and laboratories, at i\Iount Clare, Baltimore, Md., from J895 to date. Mr. Onderdonk has copyrighted se\'eral diagrams for usc in calculating helical and elliptical springs, which were use(l ill designing the latest springs in use on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad equipment, also

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the plant, then hecoming assistant manager, and holding that post until his death from typhoid fever at Parkersburg, January I,

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ALU~lNI

Ophiils, Frederick (1l.E., '97), was born in Crcfeld, Cerman), . .. \ugust 18, r876; son of Charles and Clara (Wilhelms) Ophlils. 11 e was draughtsm:ln alHl salesman with the De La Vergne Refrigerating Machine Co .. l\' eIV York, 1897-99; draughtslllan IV i t h the Baldwin Loco1l1oti I'C \ \ ' orks, Ph iladelphia. 190o-0 f; with the Frick Co .. \ \' aynesboro, Pa" 1<)0 f; and has becn mechanical cngineer and estimator with (he Vulcan r ron \ \ ' arks, San Francisco, Cal., from I <)or to date. ] I is graduating thesis, ]J repa reel j 0 i n t IY wi th Mes,;rs. Thom~OlJ and Tiemann of his class, on .. Test of Xash Cas-Enginc II ith DirectCOJlnectcd Dynamo." lias puhlished in the Stei'Clls Illstitute indicator, October, 18C;R, and reprinted in full in the /I '(/te r 1I11d GlIS

FREUE1U CK OPlli:LS

R cview for Octobcr

0 f the same yea r. TIe is a memher of thc Olympic Club of Sail [; rallcisco, and of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity,

Oppermann, Fred M . (.i\l.E., '94), horn in ](OllX, Belgium, .Junc 13, 1873. father took out a number o[ patents glass-furnaces, machinery, Ol'cns, etc.,

\Vas IIis for and

"IO'JUR C.\R

F . .II, Ol'l'cl'lJ/ulln

designed the Clrst tallk ior glass, The sub路 ject of this sketch \\'as assislilnt superintendent at the Charleroi Plate Class \\'orks. I~(]ux, Belgium, where he del'ised a plant i()r IlJaking lI'ire-gl:u;s (Ill the , \lllerican system. ]894-95 : supl'1'intelldent of \\ 'orks No. 3 of the Pittshurg Plate Class Co., l'ord City. 1'a .. 1895 96; secretary to ill. Baill)" :'I1.r.c'E.. general agent in Europe for the \\'cOiting-house l\ir Brake Co ., located in Bel gi lIl11. J 896-<)<); and has becn "'i til :'Ilall'l'cz Freres. enginecrs, Sl. Sen'ais, Bclgiulll, designing and constructing stcam motor-cars for hea 1')' traffic, frOIll J 899 to date. ] I e has taken Ollt se\'eral patcnts pertaining to ste:tl1lengines for this special \lork. lie is a member of thc Chambre Syndicate in Brussels (legal expert): of the ,\utolllolJile Clul) of l3e1giulll: and sec retary of the ,\utol1lolJile CluiJ in Nalllur. iiII'. ()ppel'lJ1ann married Eugenic Petit, January 6, 1896, and they have tll'O children, Luc)' anc! Madeleinc Uppermann. Orr, Alexander Macklin, J r, (:.\I.E., '97). was born in f\C\I' York cit\' October 10 1875; son of j\lcxander j\l.' ;Inel Margare; Young (Knox) Orr. llis ancestors on the paternal side were Scotch and Irish, and on


TIlE STEVEKS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY the llIaternal side English and Scotch, among the latter being John Knox, the Reformcr. l\mong thc former \I'ho camc to this country werc founders of ~outhampton. L. I.. Branford. Conn,. and :\ ewark, :\, J.; ant! . \braham Pierson. whose fatllGr set t led in :'.lassachusetts in 1639 and was the lirst prc~i ­ dent of Yale Uni\'ersity, founded in 170!. Before cntering collegc young Orr attendcd Lyon's ('olleg-iate J Ilstitute, N cw York, and thc ~te\'ens ~chool. During the latter part of 1900 he tr;l\'clled extensively in Creat l~ritain and on thc continent ofliurope, Ill' \\'as II ith R, \\'. lIildreth & Co" Nell' York. inspecting and cil' il ellgincers. heing

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located as i nspcctor 0 f shop- work at the Union Ilridge Co,'s shops at .\thens, I'a .. and at those of the Elmira ])ridge Co,; and as lield inspector of erection, with hcad quarters at the abol'c placcs. 1~97 98; assist ant superintcndent at ()rrs & Co.'s Troy and :'.Iount \'ernoll Paper :'.1 ills. manufacturingneil'S, hanging. and high -grade tissue papers. ha\'ing inlmediate charge of the design and construction of new Ilork. altl'1'ations. and repaIrs, lie also carried on I'arious tests and in\'L~ stigati()ns resultiug ill a Illorc econOlllical and efficient operation of the plants. 1898-1901. For somc time he was assigned to special Il'ork at the cOlllpany's pulp mill, the Tn'adllell ;\Iills. l'ulp & ['aper Co,. on the Saranac I~il'l'r, ncar Plattshurg. :\, Y ..

and, in the l\dirondacks, as inspector and measurer of the spruce and other timhcr manufactured hy the mill into wood ]lulp, Early in 1901 he went to f\CW York as assistant sales manager of the firm, since incorporated as the Urr Paper Co, J Ie remaincd with the company until December. 1902, whcll he resigncd to heco111e a special partncr of Sadler. I'erkins, & Field, na\'al architects and cngineers, :\Tel\' York. lIe withdrew fr0111 this lirl1l in ~cptember, 1903. and associatcd himsclf Ilith 1\[1", lIenry J, Cielow, cnginl'l'1' and na\'al architect. Nell' York, Besides designing and superintend ing the construction, altcration, and repair o[ yachts and IlIcrchant vcsscls, this latter linn conducts a yacht and ship hrokcragc and marine insurancc husincss, ;'[r. Orr is a nlemher of thc XCII' York Yacht Cluh and the Strollers Club, New York; the Troy Clllh. and the I.aureatc Boat CllIh. Troy, X, '1',; the j\lhany Country CllIh . . \Ibany. X, '1',; and the Delta Tau Delta alld Tall llcta Pi frate1'l1itie", llc was prcsidcnt of the StcI'cns Engincering Society, Osborn, W. B, pl,I~,,'(6),spcnthissparc time dllring- the lirst three years of thc coursc at thc In~tilutl' ill thl' of/icc of lhe city engi Ilcer o[ Yonkers. X, Y .. lII:linly on COllstrllc lion Il'ork ill conlll,cti()11 II ith thc Fort Field distributing rcsen'oir. DlIring- his senior ycar he lIas c!llploycd in the dcpart111cnt of lIIai ns 0 f I hc East I~ i I'cr Cas Co.. Long 1,land City, :\T, y, lie II as assistant slIper intendcnt of thl' Lockport (;as & Electric Light Co .. Lockport, :\, y" 1896- 98. and has hl'cn conslrtlcting ellgincl'1' of the RiterCon ley Co, f rOln 1898 to date, . \ ftcr a few 1110nths with this cOlllpany he \\'as placcd in chargc, for thl'nl, of the l'1'ection of a ga, plant for thc Pl'Ople's (;as Light & Cokc Co .. Buffalo. X, '1', Overton, Franklin F. (:'.I.I~" '96), II as in the e111ploy of the \\ ' , & .\, Fletchcr Co" lIIarinc cnginc and hoiler iJlIilders, Ilohoken, :\T, .1-, 1896-97, i)urillg the Ialter part o[ 1891:5 he enlisted in the Unitcd States army as an licclrician, and the following year went to :\lanila, 1'- I. lie \I as later located at Peconic. Long- Island, X, \ ' , :\1 r. (herton !1Iarricd ~usan :'.Iarie Sweet. ~eplclllhLT 13, 19°4,


THE .;\LC:\INI Owston, Charles William, j r. (M. r~.. '99), II'as born in Franklin, 1'a .. FeiJruary 8. 1878. lie was assistant steam expert with the Illinois Steel Co., 1899; sail'slllan with l\larshall & rluschart l\lachine Co .. J899- 1900; ,aleslllan II'ith the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co .. 1900; president and general manager of the Eclipse Co., inc., 1<)00-02; superintendent of the Railway Spring & Manufacturing Co .. 1902; manager of the \\'ashington plant of the Railway Steel Spring Co .. J902-03; and has been manager of the St. Louis plant of the same C'oncem from 1903 to date. IIe is a member of the .\merican Society of l\lechanical Engineers; the Railroad "clubs of ~ell' York and Pillsburg; and of the \Vest Side Republican Club of N'ew \'ork. Mr. Owston is the son of Charil's W. and I ~ mma L. Owston. lie married Helen B. Strickland. DecemiJer I. J<)02. Page, Carter H., jr. PI.I~ .. '~7), was bom in Cobham. Ya" September -to 1 86-t. IIe II'as in the employ of the \\'el sbach Incandesce nt

C. ll. 1',ICE, JR.

Gas Light Co .. J887; with the \\'elsbach Incandescent Cas Light Co .. of the South, at i\ell' Orleans, 18~788; II ith the \Velsbach Incandesce nt Cas Light Co. of the ~ orthwest, at Ch icago. 1888; assistant engineer of the United (;as Ilnpro\'ement Co., 1888 89; superintendent of the Gate City Gas Co .. Atlanta, Ca., 1889-92; inspector of

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appliances \\'ith the United Cas Impro\'ement Co .. 1892 97; assistant to the comptroller at the Philadelphia Gas \Vorks. 1897-1900; anc[ has been commercial agent of the United Cas Impro\'ement Co. from 1900 to date. 'Ill' is a member of the i\merican and \\'estern (;as Light associations; the City Club of :\ CII' York ci ty; the :\Jason ic Order; and 0 f the Chi Phi fraternity. lie is an al11mni Trustee of Stel'l'ns Institute. Mr. Page is the son of Carter I1. and Leila (Craham) Page. and of \ ' irginia Colonial descent. 11e married Elizabeth II. Roberts. ;\pril 30. 1891, and they ha\'e three children, Richard Channing l\loore. Ed\\'ard Robert s. and Katherine Carlisle Page. Paine, Leonard Gregory (:\r.I~., '86), was horn in Farmington. Conn., , \pril 3. 1863. Ill' has heen secretary and treasurer of the ~lonson - Ilurmah State Co .. Portland. ~re.; connccted with the Brown & Sharpe ~Iallu 颅 racturillg Co .. l'rcn路idence. R. J.; II'ith the Pratt & \\,hitney Co .. Ilartford. Conll .. and the Intc1'1lational Paper Co .. :\CII' \"ork; ane! Philadclphia manager o[ the Standard Plunger 1 ~ lel'a tor Co.,' \\路orcester. l\lass. 1\11'. Paille is the son of Le\'i L. and Jan ctte Ilohl1es Paine. lie married 1~lizabeth Caner Lane. October q. 1~91. and they ha\'e onc child, Elizabeth Paine. Palen, William De Witt PI.I~" '89), \\'as born ill Canadensis, i\Ionroe County. 1'a .. Fehruary 7. 1867. Ill' II'as d ra ugh [sma n. and later in the marine department under the 'l1perintcndent, I\'ith the 'Cnited l~disoll :'Ilan llfacturing Co., Kel\' York. 1889-90; in charge of the testing department o[ the Crocker- \ \ ' heeler 1\10tor Co.. .\ el\' \' ork. 18909J; I\'ith the Link- Bell Engineering' Co .. Nicetoll'll, Philadelphia. \891 9,). at lirst as draughtsman. then upon outsicie work in charge of the installation of plants. anci later as salesman. acting as agent at the PittsiJurg office of the company; salesman for the XCI\' Englanel Stales. for lhe Philadelphia Textile :\fachinery Co .. Philadelphia. 1895 96, and chief cngineer for the same company fro111 1896 to date. Ill' has publi shed" Palen's Pulley Chart." copyrighted in 1900. In 1902 he 1l1ade a special series of tests on steeldisk \'cntilator-fans. II路ith regard to l'olllllle, po\\'er, and pressure at di rferent speeds and


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THE STEVE?\TS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY

under various restrictions to Aow of ai r, in sizes from four to ten feet in diameter, and designed an extremely low pressure gauge for the purpose of the tcsts. ITe is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Mr. Palen is the son of Edward :r. and Elizabeth (Northrop) Palen. IIe married Miss Van IIorn, February 8, 1898. Parish, William Henry (M.E., '02), was born in Newark, N. J., October 21, 1879; son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parish. After 2ttending Stevens Preparatory School, he worked one year before entering college, and after graduation was employed in the estimating and dral1ghting department of the lIerring-Hall-l\larvin Safe Co., IIamIlton, 0 ., 1902; and is no\\" inspector lor the jobwork department of the ~ ational Tube

\\'. ]T, PARISII

\Vorks, l\1cKeesport, Pa. ITe is a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa and Theta\Ju Epsilon fraternities, Parker, Charles Francis (M.E., '8-+), was born in New York city November 17, 1862. He was assistant engineer with the Sl1burban Rapid Transit Co., ::\ e\\'York, then engaged in building the Suburban Eln'ated Hailroad above the Harlem River, 188-+- 90: member of the firm of Filley, Parker, & Filley, the East ern representative of the Harvey Filley Aluminum Plating Co., of

Brooklyn, N. y" 189째-91; and was engaged as assistant engineer from 189r to 1894 in designing and construction, first 011 the Otis Elevating Railway Co., Catskill, N,Y" then on the steel construction and general engineering work on several of the large office buildings in New York city, and finally in the engineering work in connection with the installation of elevators in the Glasgow Harbor Tunnel, Scotland. Tn r894 Mr. Parker became associated with Mr, Charles \V, Clinton, during which time he designed the steel construction in the \Vilkes building and was general cngincering superintendent for the construction of the Sheldon and Continental Insurancc Co, buildings, Hc became connected with the Otis Engineering Co, in J 895, and was resident cngincer during the construction of the Prospect Mountain Incline at Lake C;eorge, N, y, In 1890 hc became presidcnt of thc firm of Charlcs F. Parker & Co" doing a general engineering business, among its prominent contracts being the design and construction of the l\Iount Tom Electric Inclinc H.ailway at Holyoke, Mass., in conllcction with which he patented a "turn-out"; and the deepening of the Erie Canal at Lockport, ~,y. Upon the dissolution of this firm in 1898 he establishcd an office for general consulting and cngineering work, and was consulting engineer to the Sprague Electric Co" but became ill after a fel\' 1110nths, and died October la, 1898, IJe was a junior mcmber of the American Society of Ci\'il Engineers and a member of thc Enginecrs' Club of 1\'ew York. 111 L Parker was thc son of Andrew J and 1Jelen Darlillgton Parker. IIe married Amy V. Sackett, Novembcr 20, 1895, and one child, Charles A, Parker, was born to them, Parker, Franke Leclelcq (M.E., '93), was born in Shanghai, China, February 28, 187I: son of Franke lIcn!'Y and l\Iarie (Leclcrcq) ParkcL 1J c worked his way through college; \\'as employed on the Ncz\Js alia COIII'icl', Charlcston, S, c., T893-9-+; was inspector for the Sanitary Sccurity Co., New York, 189-+: engaged in electrical work for E. N, Bottsford in the Central Park apartments, 189-1-95; with the Sprague Electric Elevator Co., f\ ell' York, 1895; employcd in editorial work on the E/lgillccrillg Record, New York, 1896; cngagecl with Albert L. \Vebster, New


• THE ,\LUl\fNJ York, on inspection. draug-hting, and drainage \\'ork, 1896: in rapid transit sUr\'cy \\'ork for I J. de B. l'ar:;omi, :'\ ew \' ork, 18<)6-97, draughtsman with the ?lletropolitan Street Railway Co., Nell' \'ork, during the period

F. L.

PARKER

of conversion from horse to underground trolley power: c1raughtsman \\·ith the Electrical Vchicle Co., ancl with .\lbel t L. Wehster, 1898; member of the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange, X ell' York. 1899-1900; and has been engaged in professional engineering work in Seattle, \Vash., and at t\ ol11e, Alaska (two summers), frotll J900 to date. Since 1902 he has been president and general manager of the ;.J'orth Star Railway Co., organized under the laws of the State of \Vashington for the purpose of building a mining railroad frolll X 0111e, i\laska, to the interior. Ill' is a member of thc Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and a charter member of tbe Pacific .\"orthwest Society of Enginecrs, Seattle, \Vasll. Parker, Thomas R. (11.E., 'or), was \\'ith the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., Easton, Pa., t901 -02; and has been with the Coal Saving & IIeating Co., Kew York, fr0111 1902 to date. Parsons, Harry de Berkeley (M.E., '84), was born in New York city January 6, 1862. lIe was graduated fr0111 Columbia College,

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Xew York, in 1882, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and two years later rc cei\'c(\ the degree of l\[echanical Engineer from the Stevens Institute of Technology. Since graduating from the Institute he has practised as consulting engineer in New York. In J886 he prepared plans for a tunnel uncler the 1\"orthul11herland Straits fr0111 the mainlancl to Prince Edward's Island: and during the '\'inter 0[1886-87 wa s assistant eng-ineer on the construction of the Fort \\-orth & Hio Grande Railway from Fort \\ 'o rth to Cranhury, sinking the coffer-dams and erecting the piers for the Brazos Ri\-er hridge . Ire acted as one of the consulting engineers for the Nicaragua Canal Construction Co .. and designed its machine-shops at Sail ,Tuan del 1\"orte. as \\-ell as hoilcrs for some of the steamers owned by the Nicaragua :\laiL Steam '2\'a\'igation. & Trading Co. ,\mong- the 111an), industrial enterprises reported on or appraised hy him , can be mentioned thc \\'ashington. D. C, st reet rail ways; the Xew lIampshire Traction Co . ; the Southern Car & Foundry Co.: the St.Regis Paper Co.: the J~ogers Locomoti \'e \ \' orks; the Prcsscrl Steel Car Co.: the \\,illia111 Cramp Ship & Engine Building Co.; thc Seaboard Air Line Raih\'ay; the Crocker\\'heelcr Co.; the Bass Foundry & Ma, chine Co. including its iron ore lands; thc Driggs-Seabury Gun & Am1llunition Co.: thc II. \\' . Johns :\lanufacturing Co.; and thc \\'aterto\\'n & Carthage Tractioll Co. JIe design cd the electric transmission plant for thc Schaghticoke Powder Co.: and. associatcd with his brothcr, a ;.q.ooo-horse-po\\·er elcctric power plant and the masonry dam. r 56 fect high by LAOO feet long, for the Hudson River \Vater Power Co, fTc madc plans for the dome of St. :\fatthc\\"s Church, \\'ashington. D. c.: heating plans for St. Paul' s Church. Hochester, ::\. Y., and for Crace Church Settlcment, :\e\\' York: and was cOllsulted in regard to the foundation s of the John C. Calhoun 11011l1111cnt, Charleston . S. C, and the largc stone COlU11111S of the Cathedral of Sl. John the Di\'i'le. Ile ha s done considerable work for the State of ~ ew York, especially in C011nection \\'Ith the mcchanical arrangements of the largc Statc institutions. I fc has dc"igned two fire -hoats and an incincrating


• THE ST[V !~~S I;\fSTITlTTE OF TEef] :'\0 LOGY j,lant for iJurIlillg rubbi sh, for thc City of York, 1\1r. Parsoll s ha s hccn Professor of Stcam I~ngincering :It the Rcn sselaer 1'olytechni" Institute, Troy, X, Y .. sincc 1891: is consulting engineer for the .:\udit C0111pany oi .\C\\'

".\n Inll'rcsting \\'ell Experienc"."

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IlIdicll/dr. Cktnlwr, ,Rc);,

"('nntro\'lTS.\' ahout 'Boiler Efli('ienc\,." rOllgi. IIccrillg IX('C!l/'eI, Feilru ar\' 22, IR!)o. "TIll' I~xl' ''rt I:nginl'''I','' ('assicr's .1I' lgc1zillc', '\I'ril, I RI)e,. "Fire " oats." Ihid .. :'Ila\', J SC)6 .

",\n1('ri<:an Fire Boat s ." paper r"ad hefnr" the Soeil't.\, of ,\ 'a\'<l1 .\rehitel'ls and "arim' Engillel'rs. Trc711SIl.-tioIlS, 1\', .. <). "Tlw La\\' or the COlls('n'ati()n of Eill'1'g,\·. as RC'iated to I'l'rl'l'lual ~Intion and Similal' FallaCil'S." TIle [>olylel'llllic, :lla.\' 22, IRI)7, "Sl'\\'nge J)isl'os;i1 ." S/Cl'C'IIS Illelinilor, .J all 11ar,v. IBc)q .

"Tlw 'I' ;tll Building undl'1' 'I'<'st of Fire." ,1 [IlgII:::iIlC, Fehruan', IRc)<). "SC'\\':lgl' I'recil'itntion \\'orks of Nl'\\' Hochelle, :\. Y ." .'-,/ei'ell s Illdila/1"', .\I'ril, lRQc). "Steam I'il'''s.'' 7/1id .. '\I'ril, 1 C)OO. "Fin' Ilazanls," paper I'l'ad h,,[orc' Fl'anklill Institut", )1)[11'11111 I'i 1;1'Il1lldill Im/illl/c, Scptemhcr, 1')00. "lleating and \'('ntilating." Tile !'II/)'/cc/lIlif, D,'eelni>er 20, II}OO. "('ollll'nrison of Hult-s for Cakulating tlw Strength of SlL'am Boikrs." l'al'''I' read hl'fore th" .\ml'l'ie:ln Socil'lY of :'Ilcchanical I~ngineer s. T/'ilI/sudiCIIIS, XXII. 1 'i, "(;ra(cos fol' Steam l3oikrs." Thc j>ol)'/cc/fJIic, IOl'h ru<lI',\' Q, I C)O I . "Smoke I'n'\'l'n tion ." Ibiel., .Julle 3. 1<)02. ",\ Small I~()ek - Fill Dam. " pal'c'j' rear! I,efore the ,\111eri('an Socil'lv of Ci\'il Engineers, 1'/'0(('edillgs, L, 3:; I, "Steam Boilers Their Theon' and Design," Jlublishl'd hv Longmans, (;I'l'l'n, 8: Co., i\'ew York, J <)03' 1~lIgillcerillg

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P,\RSOC<S

"cw York. for th.: :\C\\' York Zuolngical Society, and also for many iJanking-houses in making l'xaminations as to thc value of industrial in\'Cstml'nh and combinations, ,\ partiill list of his \\'ritings is as fnl 1011'S:

"The lnfhll'ncc' of Sugar upon Cement," papt'l' 1'<'ad "eCorc thc .\n1<'1'i(,<1n So('icL,1' of ;'lcehanical l~ngim'c'1's ,

Tralls<lcliulls, LX, 2S6,

"The' Displaecnll'nt and Llll' .\re'a-l'urvl's of Fish," paper read hc'fore the .\mniean SOl'idv of ~kchani('al Engilll'C'l'S. fhi"-, I X, ('7c). ".\n 11l1jlro\'isl'd Icc- Ilousl'." /.(<lilro<1d <1l1d IClIgillCcrillf!, JOllrnul, .\pril, ISC)O. .. \\' as It J ron or Steel?" I hid .. Januar.\', 18()~.

"~Il'('hanical

.\l'ration of \\'ater."

:";/C,'CIIS

1II IIil'a/oY, Januan' , IS<)3' "RiH'tvd Joints. " ,llI/criulI/ iClIgillCcr, Fc'],t·uar.\', IS<)3' "(;n'at Ships for till' (;rl'at Lakc's." I/UYI'cr'.I'

W eekly, ~Ia.\' 3, JSC)'" ":\e\\' \'01'k'5 ['"lice Boat' PatroL' " Ihid., June 23, IS!) ... "Ncw I'olice Boal for \Tl'\\' York C'it.\,." paper read hdorc the "\merican Society of Naval Engineers. JOllYJlal, VI, 3 .. 5.

:\fr. Parson s is an associate I11cl11ber of the . \Illeriean Society of :'\;1\':11 Enginecrs: alld ;1 mCIllIJ('r of the .\ml'riral1 Society of Civil Engincers; thc l\l11crican Socicty of 11echanical Engincers; the Society or Nayal .\rchitccts and i\rarillt, Enginel'l's: the :\l'\\' \ 'o r\.;: Stale Commission to Examinc \ ' 0(ing<\Jachillcs: the Chambcr of Comlllcrce of the St:ltc of :\e\\' York; tilc Engineers', Union, ,\l11erican Yacht. and Country duhs, and of the Delta Psi fratcrnity. lie has hccn "icc-prcsiden( and presidcnt 0 [ thc Ste\'cns Institute . \lu1l1ni .\ssociation, and \\'as ,\lul11ni Trustee o[ the StCH'I1S Institutc o[ Tech nology, J 896 99, :'111'. l'ars0ns is the son of \\,illia1l1 Barclay and E1iz:l (Li\'ingston) Parsons, lIe married Frances D. \\'alkcr, Dcccmber r6, 1890, and they have two children, F. Livingston, and Katharinc dc B. Parsons.

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• TlI E ALU:'I T1 Parsons, Washington Everett (:'Ir.E., '87), was born ill Salisbury, Maryland, :'IIarch 4. 1860. Although his youth was spent on a farm he learned while there. to run a sawmill, to erect machinery. and to survey land. lIe was at one time deputy county sUr\'eyor <iIld for a whilt: was assistant to onc of thc government engineers (1n rivcrs and harhors. He was c1raughtsman for E. J. Codd & Co .. machinists at Baltimorc. :\lel.. and later entered Ste\'cns j nstitute. II e was Instructor duri ng the Supplementary Tcrm at thc Ste\'ens Institute, 1887: was engaged in the engincering department of the United Gas improvelllent Co., being employed in its draughting department ill Philadelphia, Pa., and at Jersey City, ?\. J., IR87-88 : superintendent of the llungerford Co .. i'!e\\' York. manufacturers ot coffee-, rice-, and macaroni - machinery, 188890, during part of which time he conducted some special experimental work on treating hinder t\vine, for the Chelsea Jute Mills: mechanical engineer ,,·ith the Dc La \'ergne l~efrigerating [-lachine Co .. having charge oi planning and installing a large !lumher of refrigerating and icc-making plants, heside, furnishing designs for different kinds of apparatus, etc .. 18<)0 96; also conducting a

W. E.

PARSONS

number of tests, notably a series of tests of a Yaryan triple-elTect evaporator working under vacl1.um, and a Quiggan triple-effect

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e\'a pora tor worki ng aho\'e a tmospheri c pressure, hoth e\'aporating \\'ater from the East River. (\e\\' York: also a test of an ammonia car-lllo~or. Ile represented the Dc La Vergne Co ..' for a short \\"h ile, at the \\'orld's Fair in 1893. During a part of 1895 and IR')o he had charge of the designing. construction. etc .. of a mammoth colton compress. of the steam lever type. 011 :\ray r. IR')6. he hecame gTneral manager of the Xe\\'arkllyg'Cia Tee Co .. "nel succeeded. in little over a year. ill putting a formerly most unprolitaiJle husiness on a solid paying hasis. ~ince the year 1903 he has dC\'otcd himself entirely to his professional cngineering work. as consulting engineer and expert. with refrigerating and icc-making machines and plants a specialty. During the latter part of 1901 he W;IS appointed cllJirman of a hoard of experts to investigate and suggest impro\'elllents at a large icc- factory. 1\fr. Parsons contributed an article on "Tests of ~Juiggan E\'aporators in Single. Douille, and Triple EfCecl," to the SIC-i'CIlS IlIslilllle fllrlicator, 190r. and in the following yeal' se\'eral articles on icc-making. etc., to Cold Storage. TTe is a memiler of the .\ merican ~ocicty of l\Iechanical Engineers; the .\merican ~ociety of Refrigerating Engilleers: the Cold Storage and Icc .\ssociation of London. Eng. (the first .\meri;;an to he clected a member) : and 0 [ the Chi Psi fraternity. :\11'. Parsons is the son of Milton [\!fred alld Caroline Tra\'ers (\\'illiams) Parsons. lie married Estelle Virginia Barnett. ?\o\ emher 7. 18R9. and they ha\'e one child li\·illg-. Ilclen Barnett Parsolls: a SOli. 1\rilton c\1 fred. and a daughter. I~stelle Virginia Parsons. a re deceased. Parsons, W. P. (:\I.I~., ·Ro). was with the \\' . . \. \\'ood :\ro\\'ing & Reaping Co .. Ilo()sic Falls. :.::. \ ' .. IR8~-92; chief draughtsman \\ ith the Trenton Iron Co .. Trcnton , X . .I .. 1892-93: assistallt supcrintendent with the ~outhl'rn Cotton Iran-estcr Co .. Eastwood :\lill. Paterson. 1893-95; located at 1I00sic Falls ..'!. Y .. 1895- 96: with L. K. Davis, New \ ' ork, 1896- 97; with the C;eneral Electric Co .. ~chenectady. :-J. Y., 1897-98: superinLClldent with the Pittsburg Gas & Cokc Co., Glassport, Pa., 1898-. 1900; consulting engi-


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ncer, with thc l\Iattcawan Manufacturing Co. . l\Iauea \van, N. Y., 1900-02; with the 1\larylal1(1 Steel Co., Sparrow's Point, Md., 1902-0-1-: and is now with the American Coke & Gas Construction Co ., Buffalo, N. Y. Patterson, Arthur Wellesley, Jr. (M.E .. '92). was born in New York city, January 21, 1872; son of 1\rthur \\'cllcsley alld Mary Pattcrson. 11e has been ill the elllploy of the Rand Drill Co., as chief draughtsman at Tarrytown, N. Y., 1897-1903; and mechanical engineer at the main ortice, New York, fr0111 1903 to elatc. IIe is a membcr of the

Americ an Soc icty of :\[echanical Enginecrs; anc! of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Paulding, Charles P . (1\1. E .. '95), was assistant in the officc of the superintendent of motive power of the Calu1ll et & IIecla Mining Co., Calumet, Mich .. 1895-96; and latcr was clraughtsman \\'ith thc Dctrick & Harvcy l\lachille Co .. Baltimore. with tbe W. D. Forbes Co ., Hoboken. a 11(1 with thc American Impulse \\'heel Co., N cw York; and again with the\\'. D. Forbes Co. as forcman. In 1897 he passed a civil-scrvice examination fOI- thc position of junior engineer, inspector's grade, in thc \Var Department, recei ving the appoi Iltment of inspector on ri vcr and harbor work at Newport, but, being at the time in the employ of the "v. D.

Forbes Co ., declined the appointment. He is now hcad office man with H. B. RoelkeI', New York. Mr. Paulding has contributcd articles to the "American Machinist," the " Engincering N cws," aile! the" Stcvcns In路路 stitute Indicator," and, jointly with Col. E. A. Stevcns, a paper to thc Society of Naval .\rchitccts, of which he is a junior member. Paulsen, John (l\tE., '93). has been superintendent ot the Beaufort Phosphate Co., Beaufort. S. c.. from 1893 to date. Peabody, Ernest Henry (M.E., '90), was horn in Knoxvillc. Tcnn., J unc 30, 1869; son of D. W. and Mary II. (Saltmarsh) Peabody. lIis fathcr was a grilduate of Dart1l10uth Col lege and was a prominent lawyer of Naslwillc, holding successi\'(~ l y important 1l1unicipal and Federal offices until his death in 1879. IIis mother establi shed one of thc first manual-training schools in this country in 1878, at Cincinnati, 0 .. and later became kno\\,l1 as a Iccturer a11d author on subjects pertaining to the kindergarten, history, art, and litcrature. AIr. Pcabody was rodman on construction \\'ork with the Norfolk & \Vestcrn Railroad, spcnding the summcr of 1890 in the \Vcst Virginia mountains; was draughtsman for a company designing and manufacturing electrical gcnerato rs, 1890-91; and was e\11ployed in a simi lar capacity 011 special architectural \\'ork in the lattcr year. 11 c cntcred thc employ of the Babcock & \\'i\cox Co. in 1891, anci spent two years in the various departmcnts of its draughtingroom. \Vishing to lla\'e somc outside expericncc hc then requestcd a transfer to the erecting department, and he was scnt to the lJ omestcad Stccl \\' orks about the end of thc famous strike, to assist in the crcction of new boilers. Latcr he had charge of such \\'ork, and spe nt six 1110nths as a mcchanic on repair work, thus gaining a valuable experience \\'ith boilers in actual service. From time to timc during this period he had becn employed as an assistant in making evaporati ve tests of boilers, and when the Babcock & \Vilcox Co. began to devclop its marine boiler, which has become such an important factor ill modern mal-ine engineering, he was selectcd to conduct a series of experimental tests, with the object of

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THE L\LUl\fNI making a thorough study of this generator. its performance with different fuels. methods of handling same, various styles of selling. etc. Other experimental \l'ork. such as circulation of water in boiler- tuhes, Illethods of

petroleu111 produced by that State. This \\'ork resulted in the invention by him of a furnace especially designed to meet the requi rell1ellts of heavy oils. ~r r. Peabody is a member of the American Society of 1\Iechanical Engineers. and an associate member of the American Society of X a \'al Engineers. Pearce, Chouteau E. (:'1.E., '91), lIas with the J 11. hes Co .. Danbury. Conn .. 189I96: chief draughtsman \\'ith the John Stephenson Car Co., New York, and Elizabeth. :\. J.. 1897-1900; and h as been wi th 1\1 r. Charles TJ. Davis, who is engaged in professional engi neering \\'ork in New \' ork, from J900 to date. Peck, Charles Botsford pI. E., '96), was horn in T1rooklyn. ~. Y., March 10, ]87.J. lie has becn in the .:\ e\\'York ortice of the

E. II.

PEABODY

sampling steam and testing its quality. strength of materials used in boiler-making. elc., \\'as carried out under his di reclion. and later a department of tests was established and he became its head. In this capacity and as the expert representati\'e of the Babcock & Wilcox Co .. 1\[r. Peabody has had charge of a great variety of engineering work, including trial trips of steam \'essels. guarantee boileI trials, engine tests, and considerable experimental \l'ork. IT e has visited Cuba and travelled extensil路ely in all parts of the United States. studying the local methods of burni ng special fuels, such as coal, lignite, oil. sawdust, rice chaCr, etc. A liberal policy on the part of his employers has enabled him to make what is probably one of the most complete collections in existence of data covering the origin, heat \'<llue, chemical analysis, and evaporati ve results of many kinds of fuel, boiler trials of every description, and much miscellaneous information pertaining to the subject. Mr. Peabody spent the \l'inter of 1902-03 in California, conducting an exhaustive series of experiments in burning the heavy crude

C. B.

PECK

B. F. Sturtevant Co., SI nce graduation, and is no\\' the New York manager. lie is a memiJer of the American Society of 1\lechanical Engineers. anel of the Tau Beta Pi fratcrnity. 1\1r. Peck is the son of Charles A. ane! l\lary E. (Oliver) Peck. Ill' marrieel IIelen Rice May, of Lee, Mass .. JLIne T9, 1900. Peebles, Robert Payne (M.E., '99), entereel the IIomestead Steel Works of the


TITE STEVET\S

I~STI1TTE

Carncgic Steel Co., al :'Ifullhall, Pa. , shortly after gr" .duation. and mel his dcath hy drowning, l\ovclllher 28, 1899.

Percy, John Crocker (:\ r. E., '00). \\'as horn in Ch;]thal11. ::\. Y .. June 2<). IRi5. Irc en tcred the I~i\'ersidc dcpartmcnt of the :-rational Tuhe Co .. \\ ' hceling-. \\'. \ ' a .. \\'here he heca1l1c supcri ntcncicnt 0 f hlasl - furnace. 190002: I\' as ill charge of estimating. ordcl'illg. and clral1ghting dcpartmcnts of the Best :\lanufactl1ring Co.. Pittshurg. p;].. 1902; general forcman of the hlast- furnacc dcpart ;l1C111 of the Colorado Fuel & lroll Co .. at Puchlo. Colo.. I <,)02 oJ; l'ngagcd in fnrnacc construction at thc Illinois Stcel Co.'s \\·orks. Jolict. III.. 1<)03; and since January. 1<)0-1. has heell chief cngincer in the purifying de partl11ent of the \\'111. H. :-1caifc & :-1011S Co .. manufacturcrs of water softening and Jluri h'ing sySlcll1s and watcr- filters. at Pittshurg. I'a. lie is a ll1ell1her of the ,\merican Institute of \Iillillg Eligillcl'rs and of the Thcta All Epsilon fratcrnity. :'Ill'. Percy is the son of (;corge I~. and .\hh\' C. ['erc\'. lie l11arriedElizaheth Sl1tton. of ."C\\· "or!.:. Junc ..::8. 190-1-. ,

J.

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PERCY

Peirce, John Royden (~f.J~., '00). \\"as hom in l'ranUort. :'Ire .. 1' C'iJrl1an' IT. 1878; ,on oj ,1ohll and ::'lIar.'" Ilelen PcircC'. I fe is de sccnded from Capt. l\fichael Peirce. \\·ho ("a111C lo .\merica in J6fio and \\'as killed \\'hrle leading his company against the Indians ill King Philip's \\'ar. ITe attended ;.chool for a \"l'ar in \\ ' icshadcll. Cermany. Sincc grad uation has hccn estimating clerk \\'ith the :'\C\\· York & :'I[aillc Pavillg Dlnck Co .. '(e\\' '·or!.:. 1900- 0-1-; and is no\\' \\·itl1 the I':nlpirl' (·it~ · .\Iarhlc CO .. :\C\\· "or!.:. lie is a mem \'CI' of thc Chi Phi fratel'llit.\,. Peirce, William H. 01. E .. 'R-1-), was special apprcnticC' in thc Philadelphia. \ \,illliingtoll. & B;]ltillJore Di\·isioll of the Penns)'I , \'ania I{;]ilroad. \\·ilmington. ))el.. IRR-1-- 87; draughhman. assistallt engineer of tcst~. ;]n<l ;]"sistant mastcr mechallic on the (·hicagn. Ilurlington. & Quincy ]{;]ill'Oad. IRRi- 8<): supcrintcndcnt of marine installations for the Edison LTnited :'Ilanufacturing Co .. IR8<)<)1; and ha, hecn \\ith the Baltimore Cop pCI' 5'llleltillg & Rollillg Co. (,inee 189-1 a, managel' of works). fro11l 189J to r!:itc. Ill' is a mcmhcr of thc ,\merie;[n institutc of :'Ilining I~nginccrs, and of the ,\merican Socicty of :'Ifcchanical Enginecrs.

Perkins, George S. (~I.·I~ .. "9]). \\"as \vith thc Do\\' Type-Composing Co .. '(ell" York. I 892- <)S ; the East Jersey Water Cu ., !'Irontclair. \:". J.. 18<)S- [900: and has hcen assistant engincer with I{ohert F \\'('nt2. consulting engincer, Aazarl'lh. I'a .. froll1 1<)00 to d;]te.

R.

PETFRSEN

Petersen, Reinhold (:\ [. E .. \)8). \\'as horn in c\lbany, :-\. Y., October 2-1-, 1875. lIe


THE ALUMNI has been in the telephone engineering and draughting department of the \"estern Electric Co., New York, since graduation. Mr. Petersen is the son of Rc\'. J. J. and S. 1I. Petersen. He marricd Anna A ugustc Henriette Denecke, June 18, 1902.

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"Calculations of Concentrating Orcs." Trans. ./'ll/r. Illst. "llill. Errg.; also tmnslaLed into Spanish in I<:l Millcyn .I Iej ica rIO.

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Pfordte, Otto F. (M.E .. '86). studied for two semesters at the Royal l\fining Acadcmy in Freiberg, and visited the mining districts and metallurgical establishments in Saxony. and in the Hartz l\foullt;)ins. Returning, he took charge of concentrating and assay \\'ork in Bisbee, Arizona, and Cusihuiriachic in Chihuahua, Mexico. and tben spent h\'o years ill Peru as superintendent of thc ., Estahlecillliento :\Iineral de Casapalca" in the Aneles, east of Lima.. Peru. He tra velled extel1si I'el)' i 11 the interior, visiting a number of important mining regions. returned to .New York, and ;)cccpted a position as assistant engineer of an exploration trip, for the Peruvian Exploration Syndicate. into the gold regions of Sandia, Peru; and to a number of famous silver and tin mines in Bolivia. ITe afterward returned to New York and then went to Germany and Austria to visit a number of mini ng districts there. On his return to the United Statcs he did some private literary \\'ork, and then beca1lle superintendent of the Irector C'oncelltrating Mill, Telluride. Colo.; ancl. later. superintendent of the Chispas mine in Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. fTc has hccn to (halch ihuites. Zacatecas. l\lcxico, to inspect several mining properties, and has \'isitcd a numher of intercsting mines and metallurgical e,tahlisl1111cnts in this coulltry and l\Texico. Ilis literary 1I'0rk includes among othcr~. the follo\\'ing productions: "Corr\1gated ,'.I'. Plain Bt路lts."

lIe is a prominent contributor to the Spanish l\[inillg Dictionary issued by tbe American Institute of l\lining Engineers, and has contributed a !lumber of interesting minerals to the United States :--Jational 1Iuseulll ill Washington. n. (' .. anrl the American MuseU111 of :\'atural lli:,tory in f\ew York city. j\]r. Pfnrclte is a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. and of the :\'C\\' York 1[ineralogical Club. Phelps, Walter F. (l\f.E .. '90). was c1raughtsman and inspector \\'ith the Barney & Smith Car Co., Dayton. 0 .. 1 890-9 I ; and has been superintendent. and. later, president of the Dayton Fan & 1JDtor Co .. from 189( to date. Phillips, Louis A. (l\LE.., '00), was horn in Albany. :\'. Y .. January 27. 1879. He \\'as assistant electrical engineer with the Pullman Co .. Jersey City. N. 01 .. [900-or; was cmployed jointly by the l\"iagara Fall, Powcr Co., all(l the Cata ract PO\\'er & Conduit Co .. as assistant com111ercial cngineer.

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111.1'1 . .1fil/. 1~l1gl'

"The Cc'rro de Pasco Mining District." Ill/'d.; reprinted in Cassicr's ,\lagazille. "Placer !'IJining in South l\I11(']'ica." Cassia's ,1/agazillc. X. "The Or\1!'O .\lining District." Ellgillcerillg alld IIlillillg jou1'IwL.

"The Ore-Dressing and Smelting \Vol'l,s at Casapalca, Peru." Stevens Illdicator, IX. "The Mining District of Oruro, Bolivia." Engil1ec1'iJlg aJld J1Ilillil1g jnllrllai. I " Transactions o[ the American Institute o[ "lining Engineers."

L.

A. PrrILT.IT'S

1i)01-02; with the Pullman Co., Jersey City, N. J., 1902; in the mechanical department of the George A. Fuller Co., 1903; and has been with Edwin Burhorn, M.E., since I903.


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THE STEVENS IXSTITCTE OF TECIlXOT .oC;Y

l\1r. Phillips is the son of Edward and . \gnes (Fisher) Phillips, and is of Co loni al descent. ITe married .\nna \ ' . B. KIp ill Jl1ne, 1901. Pierce, James Buchanan pr.E., '77), wa s horn at :'dol1nt II ickory, :\[ e rcer Counly, Pa ..

J,

TI.

PIERCE

~eptemher 2, 1856. lie was manager at thl' :llnunt TIickon Rlast Furtlaces, Sharpes ,·ille, Pa., 1878-8-1-: and has been general tllanager of the Sharpe,,·ille Furtlacc Co., from 1885 to date. During the year 1901 he tran'lled in Great nritain and on the conti nent of Europe with his family. TTl' is a memher of thc ,\m crican Society of Mining Engineers, and was thc founc1er of the Rho chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity at ~teyens Institute. Mr. Pierce is the son of James and Chloe (Holhrook) Pierce, hoth of English descent. He married .\lhertina POlllplitz. June 17, 1880, and they ha,·c tlVO chilc1ren li"ing, Pauline and James B., Jr., Pierce. (Louise Pierce deceased 189I.)

Pierson, John V, L. (:\1.1~., '88), has heen in the employ of the Edison Phonograph Co., Orange, X J., and the De Loch l\1t11 & :. ranu fart uring Co., Atlanta, Ga. : was eng:lged in gold-mining near Los Angelc",. Cal.: and employed as salesman for a sleampipe co\'ering house. Ill' is located at Glen

Ridge, N . .I., but is not employed at present upon engincering ,,·ork . Pierson, William Dickson (:\ L E., '94-), was horn in Orange, X. J., Septemher 24, 1872; son of Edward Dickson and Lclia p, (James) Pierson. On his father's sidc he is descended from Thomas Pierson ,,·ho settled in Branford, Conn" hefore 1662. Tholllas Pierson was a hrother of "\hraham Picrson, the first president of ) ' ale College. I re II as cmployed in thc ma.:hinc-shop of the Xational l\leter Co ., South Brooklyn, X. Y.,18~)4; and \\'as draughtsman with the T<arrel Foundry & i\Iach in c Co ., \\ ' aterhury, Conn., J895. On January 1, 1896, hc hecame draughtsman for the \\ ·a tedHlry Machine Co" \\' aterhury, and was engaged upon continuous II ire-drawing machinery, prcsses for hlanking and form ing sheet-Illetal goods, machinc tools, and automatic mach illery for lI'orking metal and II ire goods. Ill' was placed in charge of the draughting room early in H)OO, and in July of lhe sallie ,·eal· lI·as elected Sl'cretan· of thl' company. (')n Decemher I, 1898. he· became one of the organizers. and secretary of the \\'a terhurv \\Tire Die Co. manufacturers of dial1lolld awl other dies for drall'ing lIire. T,l'o articles hy :'-fr. Pierson. desrriptin' of continuous wiredrall·ing machines, appeared in lhl' [nm .1g<'. Other articles all

\\'rRE- DRAII' r:-;c

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U'. D. Piprson

the aho"e suhject and on diamond dies for II ire-dra'l'ing, ha,·e hecn puhlished ill ,·arious papers. [lc also contrihuted an interesting article on '. Dies for Drawing \\ ' ireTheir l\Tanufaclttre and 1.1se," to the SIC7'l'IIS !llslilllll' !lldicalor, 1901. lI e is it mcmbcr of the \\ 'a terhllrY Cluh, and of the Craduates' C lub of >Jew Haven.

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Plaisted, Harold M, r. E., '83), lI·as mill · IIright ,,·ith John\\'l'hster. mill -huilder, Detroit, Mich., 1883 8-1-: II ith the E. P. "\11is &

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draught~mlan,

foreman, and contract superintendcnt of the ('hicago, l\Iilwaukee, & Sl. Paul Railway Co., Milwaukee, 1 88..j.-88 ; designer and assistant foreman for the Barne), & Smi tli l\lanufacturing ('0., Dayton, 0., ]889; mechanical engilll'el' and patent solicitor at Springfield, 0.. ]889 93; and has becn a member of the firm of Plaisted & Co., patent solicitors, St. Louis, Mo .., and \\'ashington, D. C., 1893 to date, :\1 r. Plaisted has contributed sCI'eral articles to The Rllil~llay .. Igc on .. Car-Building and Inspecting;" a paper on .. \)ouhle-Dcck Car." to ll'hif>Plc's iil/gil/ceril/g .l[aga::;il/c; and articles on friction, lubricatioll, sha fting, gearing, etc., for farlll macltinery, to tile .Igc of Slce!, besides \\ riting numerous articks on pall'nls, palL-nt la\\, etc.

representing the C. \ V. Hunt Co ., \ Vest New Ilrighton, ~. \'. P lyer, George Gregg (l\I.E., '89), was born in 1\e\\' York city June 8, 1867. IIe \\ as special agent [or the Lancashire Insurance Co., of l\Ianchester, England. at Philadelphia, 1>a., 1892-190 t ; and has been special agent and adjuster for the Continental Fire Insurance Co. of ':\c\\· York, at Philadelphia, I 'a., from 190I to date. Ill' is a member of the .\Ipha Delta Phi fraternity. :\11'. 1'Iyer married Clara ::\1. Franklin, June 6, ] 895. Poinier, P. P. DtE .. 'n), was a "Resident Graduate" at thc time of hi'i death in 1~76. ()[ :\Lr. I'oinier, Prof. Leeds spoke as iollo\\s in his farL'\\ell address to the studcnts Ili StelTns lthtitutc, FeiJruary 20, 1902: ".\mong these was one, a :'Ifr. Poinicr, who dl'n'loped so mar"l'Ious a facult), in mathematics that he quickl.l· outstripped all the teachillg of thl' Institute, engaged ill reading tIll' m()st prllfound works on thai suhject, and e0111pkted a t n'ulise on thl'rll1odynamics so n'markahle t hat Prof. Ilenr)' ROII'lan d, of ./ohns J 101'kins l :nil'l'rsity, undertook the editon;hip of it: and his death. which followcd \'('n' shortly anu unl'xpel'll'dll' after graduation. Iya~ so lam'entl'd that Lord Ke'l\'in, in his address that 'Tar, as I'resid('nL of the British .\ssoeiation 'for the .\u,·am·('ll1l'nt of Science. chronicled the dl'ath ()f this "cry "oung student of the Institute' as onl' of the great lo~sl's t() scienl't..',"

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l'LYER

Plum, Frank H. (:\r. I ~ .. '96), \\'as Illotil'e inspector and special apprentice with the I'ittsllllrg. ('olumhth. Cincinnati. & St. Loul, I~ailroad. and later a melllhn of tlte firm of J)unlap & I'lunl. manuiarturns of pneumatic t()!)ls and rail\\a." specialties. afterlIard incorp()rated as tlte Columbus Pneumatic T()ol Co .. of \\ hich Mr. I'lum was ekcted "ice-president. a position he held until 1902. lie lIas assistant to the manager ()f the John R. \\'illiams C() .. .:\l'wark, )I. J" 1<)02 0-1; \\'itlt tlte corps of engineers of the ('ommittee of '1'\\ l'I1l.". ()i tlte :1\atiunal Hoard oi Fire lind('!'\\ riters, 190..j.; and is 110W

Pope, Oliver Ashley Alexander (l\1. E .. '96). lIas horn in \\'est ~Iilton, 0., February 16, J~n: son of \\ '. C. E. and Gcorgiana POpl'. lIe is a descendant of John Rogers, the Martyr, and \\'illiam Creenleaf, who as shl'l'iI'f uf Boston !1rst read the Declaration of Independellce in Boston, from the State Iiouse halcony. The subject of this sketch lIas assistant engineer \\ ith the II. \\'. Johns· :\Iall\'ille Co., ~e\\' York, 189698; in the inspection department of the Fidelity & ('asualty Co .. .\'e\\· York, 1899; engineer for the \\'i1lson . \Iuminlllll Co., 1 ew York, 1900. I k went south during this yea!' allli assisted in tlte con'itrllction of an electric smelting plant at Kan;\\\'ha Falls, \\'. \'a.; \\ ith the II. \\ ' . Johns· l\ lalwille Co., .:\e\\'\'ork, as SllI'l'I'intcndent of their paper- mill, 190r; with .\rhllckle ilros., Bruoklyn, :1\. Y., being at-


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TE.CHNOLOGY tached to the engineering starf of the sugar refinery, 1901-0-1-; and i~ 11011' associate engineer lI'ith Edll'in Burhorn, Ncw York c ity. 1 fe adurcsseu the Brooklyn Engineering Society in ]902 on "The Manufacture and Uses of Fcrro-Chr01lle and Other Alloys." li e is a ll1ember of the Brooklyn Engincers' Club, the University Club of Brooklyn, and the .·\Ipha Tau Omega and Theta .'\u Epsilon fraternities.

Post, Andrew Jackson (i\I. E. '()2)' \\'as iJorn in Jerscy City . :\T. ,1.. :\ToI'ember 17,

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I Ie II'a '; dranghtsmall lI'ith Post &.: cngi ncers and C(J1ll ract ors. \: CII' Y'lrk, IR92- 1900; in 19°0, when the I'ost & ~!t:C()rd business heca11le <l part of the .\ml:l'ic<ln Bridge Co., he ",as appointed principal assistant engincer ;11 the 1I'0rks in Ilrooklyn, .'\. Y., and on .January I. '902 (upon thc rcsign<ltioll of '\ Ir. I [enr)' \\'. I'ost ), he was appoi Ilted ch id cngincer. II'hich position he hcld until Deccnlbcr. J903. II·hcn he resigned to iJcconlC secretary and chief engincer oj a Ill'\\' company incorpoI'ated under the old name of Post & lIIcCord. I fe is a memher of lhe Blooming (;PlI'C Park . \ssociation and of thc Chi Phi [ratemity. ;\1 r. Post is the son of .\mlrcll· Jackson and Margaret (Combe) PosL Ilis grandfather. Simeon 5. I'o,·t, II'as at onc time chid engilicer of thc Erie Railroad, consulting en~ 1e( ·on/.

ginecr of the Long Dock Co., illl'entor of the: modern baggage chcck. and 0 f the Post truss, which \1 as usccl for a numher of years in the clays of cast-iron bridges: he was also 0ne of the charter members of the ;\111erican Society () f Ci \'i I Engi neers. II is father, AndreII' Jackson Post (deceased, 1896). who was 0 f Engl ish descent, lI'as sc ni or l1lemher of Post & :'IIcCord. since absorbed hy (he ,\mcrican Bridge Co.. Thc subject of this sketch married Mary Briggs l\bbclI (daugh (er of ex-(;ol'crtlor Leon Abbett, of Nell' Jersey) ..\pril 11. 189-1-. and thcy hal'e two children .. \ndrcll' J.. Jr .. and Leon .\hbelt Post.

Post, Arden ptE., '91). II',IS inspector in till.' department of tests of thc Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, l\[ount Clare. Baltimore. ]\[(1.. 18()] - 93: draughts1l1an lI'ith the Peckham ~ l ot(JJ'. Truck. & Wheel Co .. and later with the l\1ctropo lit a n St reet Ibilway Co .. f\CII' York. In (he latter position his dutics consisted mainly in laying ou( r,1illl'ay cun'es and in designing track 1I'0rk and automatic dCI'iccs for liandling cahle. Ile lI'as also engagl·d upon designs for the underground ckctric road 11011' in operation on that syste11l. lI e \\'as cmployed as inspcctor in the test department of the Xl'\\' York (;as & I ~kclric Light,IIcal, & Po\\'er Co. for two years. and later by the ..'\ell' York Edison Co. as agcnt and engineer in closing down isolated plants; and II as engaged from .July, '902. to .Iunc. 1904. as consulting engineer for tlte University Power Co .. designing and installing the heating and lighting plant at I 'ri nc<:loll L' IIi I'crsi ty. Post, Henry Willis pr.I~ .. '7-1-). was born ill Owcgo. Tioga Coullty. :\T. '1' .. OctoiJer 30, 1852. lie spellt a year and a hal f at Corncll l'lIi\'l·rsity in tlte Class of J873. JIe was driluglttsm<Jn \\'ith the \\'atson i\lanufacturing Co .. Paterson. :-\. J.. 187-1-- 76. and worked also in the pallern shop and foulldry as apprenl icc. 11 c II as cll i ef dra ugh tsman and chid ellgineer with Post & i\JcCorc1. Brooklyn. ~. Y .. JR76- 1900; and engineer and later manager of the Brookl)'n plant of the .\mcrican Bridge Co .. 1900- 02. the nature of his 1I'0rk since 1876 being mainly the designing and constructioll of bridgcs. roofs, and st ruct 1I ra I i ron a IIcl steel 1I'0rk 0 f various kinds, princi pall}' that of large fireproof

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TIlE ALUMNI buildings. Tn T<)02 l\Tr. Post commcnced practice as :I conslliting strllctllral engineer. He is a i11embcr of thc Theta Xi fraternity. Mr. Post is thc son of Simeon S. and

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of the company's business at Sag IIarbor, ~. Y., T900-01. During the latter year he resigned to take a position as contracting agent in the Metrupolitan district for the ,\lIlnican Bridge Co ... of Xc\\' York. This position he held until December, 19°3. when hc resigned to go II' ith a Ill'\\' company incorporated under the old name of Post & McCord. Xc\\' York. lie is a member of the Cnil'e rsity ULlb of Philadelphia; the U11il'Crsity Club of Jerscy City: the Blooming (;rol'e Park ,\ssociation: and of the Chi Phi fraternity. :'Ill'. Post is the son of ,\ndrc\\' Jackson and ':'Ilargaret (Combe) Post. (For note of :lIlcestry. sce biography of his brother . . \n<irell' Jackson Post.) lie married Elizabeth Dixon (daughtn of Supreme Court Justice I)ixun of "e\\, Jersc). January T9. 19 0 4.

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Parthenia \\'. I',"l. lie Inarricd Jllliana i\lacllride. ,\pril 13. IKK7. <lnd they hal'l' (11' 0 childn'n. Ronald \\'il/is and I 1en 1'1' \\'illis Post. Jr. Post, Lionel (:II.E .. '(9), II'as hol'l1 in SOllth , \luiJOY. X . .I .. ,1lll), S' IS7S: son of I~ichard I~ayley and Eliza Ikane I)o~;[. Ill' was with the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., '(l'II' York, 1899: sU)ll'l'intclldcnt of construction with the Rallsome Concrete Co .. Xl'\\' \'ork, 1899- 19°1: superintendent of COllstruction with the Cuba Supply l·ll .. llavana, Cuba. 19°1; in brokerage hu:;incss, 19°2: superintendent of the "atmal Carhonic (;a~ Co., engaged ill erecti ng plant at Saratoga Spring's, X. \ ' .. 1902; in the sales departmcnt of th~ ,\Iphons Custodis Chimncy Construction Co., 1903: and is nol\' associatcd Il'ith ':'Ilessrs. Bcllman & Sanfonl. general constructors of pOller- plants, X ell' York. Post, Robert Cox pLl~., '98), was born In Jersey City, X . .I .. Octoher 6. 1877, I [e Il'as with the Lnitcd (;as Improl'Clllcnt Co" Phibdclphia, 1898- 19°0: assistant superintendent of that company's 1I'()rks at ,\llallta, Ga., 1900; and was superint~lldenl and agcnt

Post, William Combe (:\I.I~., '86), was horn in jersey City, X . .I .. january I, 1867: son of , \ndrcw J. and :'I[arg,\ret (C()1l1be) l'ost. lIe was draughtsman for Post & :'I1cCord. 1886-96. and chief draughhillan 1896- 19°1. Lpon the orgallizalion of the ,\Illcrican Bridge Co. ill the latter ),ear he was appointed contracting engineer in the :'Ilctropolitan district. In J902 he became contracting manager in charge of sales in the sallie district, Il'ith oillces in l\'~\\' l -o rk. On january I. 190-1-, he resigncd his posl110n Il'ith the ,\merican Bridge Co. to bccome


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vice-president and treasurer of the new corporation 0 [ Post & l\IcCort!. organized to do a steel construction husiness for building \\'o rk in :\fe\\' York and vicinity. lIe is a Illcmher of the Carteret. thc Crescent Athletic, and the Chelsea Plantation clubs; the Jersey City and 13altusrol golf clubs; the Tllooming (;nl\'c Park ,\ssociation; and of the nela Theta Pi fraternity. IIe was presi dent of the ,\ll1!l1ni .\ssociation of the Sle\'l'ns Institute of Technology. I903-0-+. and in June, TC)O-+. was elected . \lumni Trustee oi the Tnstitute. Powell, William Betts (l\ I.E., '92). wa, iJorn in Brooklyn. :\. Y.. Octoher 30. 1871. [lc lI'as engaged in contracting work with

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his classmate. Jfr. ] L D. ](ing. under the linn name of the King Engineering Co .. 1892-<)-+. 1\11'. Powell ga\'e up this \\'ork to enter the fight made ag'ainst the consolidation of Brooklyn with :\C\\路 York by the I.eague of Loyal Citizcns of Brooklyn. lIe lI'as engaged with the League for ncarly t\\'o years (1~9-+ 96). ha\' ing charge of all their organization work. canvassing. and publications. I n the latter year he entered the employ of the J\Iidford Sah'age Co., engaged in raising \\Teckct! yessels by pncumatic caissons. Starting as draughtsnlan \\'ith this company he oiJtained I'apicl promotion. and at the end of six 1110nths, when the company

failed, h" \\'as first assistant superintendent. lIe then became boiler inspector for the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co .. at Baltimore, for a few months in 1897, but resigned to take the position of teacher of mechanical drawing and mathematics in the 1\lanual Training lligh School of Brooklyn. which he hc1d from 1897 to 1902. In the latter year he became assistant superintendent. and in I90-+ was advanced to superintendent. of the \Vorcestcr Salt Co., Silvcr Springs, N. Y. These works are the largest single salt-works in the country, and the fil'st where evaporation by means of vacuulll pans was successfully accomplished. 1\1r. Powell is the son of [\rdon K. and Jfary B. Powell. lIe is descended from Thomas Powell. who came to Long Island ahout T6.~0; also from Joseph Betts, who s('ttied in Delaware about the same time. lIe married 1\label Whiton, June 30, 1898, and they ha \'e one son. Powers, Edgar Taylor (ilT.E .. '97), was born in Richmond, \ ' a., June 9, 187Ci; son oi Robert \ V. and ] uliet Colton Powers. He was employed with the East Ri \'er Gas Co .. Long Island City. N. Y. (\\'hich bccame merged \\'ith the New ,,\msterdam Cas Co. in J898), and in 1900 was advanced to the position of superintcndent of distribution. In l\[ay. 190 I, he became general managcr of the Lincoln Gas & Electric Co .. Lillcoln. Xeb.; next (J902) practised as consulting engineer in Chicago, and \\'ent thence to :\[emphis, Tenn .. as consulting engineer to the Equitable Cas Co. of that city. In l<ehmary, 1903. he hecame secrclary of the Con路 so lidated klS Co. of Baltimore, 1\1d. lIe is a member of the Beta Theta Pi and Tau neta Pi fraternities. Pracy, Joseph (l\l.E .. 路SJ). had sen'ed all apprenticeship in the shops of \\ 'a lkington &. Kidd, Sail Francisco, Cal., and hac! ad\'<lncecito the position of superimelldelll with this firm. \I'hen he decided to enter the SteI'e ns School in 1876. preparatory to his adlI!ission to the Institute a year later. After graduating frOIll the In ..,titute he returned to San Francisco, where he successfully conducted a machinl'-shop for ncarly ten years. All increasing busine ss. requiring constant attention and application. aggra vated a heart


THE ALUMNI trouble of long standing, from which hc died Jllly 22, 1891.

Pratt, Clayton A, ( ,\I. E., '85), was with the Pullman Palacc Car Co., l'ul!lllau, III.. 1886 87; 1I!ember of the linn o[ C. ,\. PraLL & Co., engine- buildcrs, Chicago, III., ]887g(); sllperintendcnt oi a mini1lg company at l\ustin, ?\CI'., and is noll' with ,\rmour & Co., South ()Illaha, :\" ch. Prentiss, H. ]. (~I.E., '89), II'as lI'ith thc Long Distancc Tekgraph & Telephone Co., New Yo rk, IR90 9..J.; later bccame a student in the Coll egc o[ Physicians & Surgeons, New ,\'ork, <Illd is no\\' I'rl)kssor of ,\nat omy at Jowa State College , 1011'a Ci ty, I a.

company, )892-94; and has bcen president and manager of the Prentiss Clock Illlprol'enlent Co., New j ' ork, from 189..J. to date. The company makcs a spec ialt y o[ manufacturing sixty-day, ca lendar, electric, programllle, elcctric tOll"er, and sc i [-winding clocks, synchronized ami telemetric systelll~, t i1llc SII itches, etc. I fe has taken Ollt abollt twenty patents on improl'cmenh in clocks,-s),nchronizing deI'ices, calendars. ctc. .-and has also inl"Cnted a completc automatic typcwriter. not yet on the market. IIc is a memiJer of Whig lJall , ['rincetcll\. ;\[r. I'r euti~s is the son of (;eorgc L'II"is and 1 ~lizahcth Payson Prentiss. Ili s father, ReI'. (;eorgc L. I'rentiss, ])"1)., was Professor in llnion Theological SClll inary. :\"e\\' York, ;,nd his mother, a religious Ilriter o[ con siderable nol<:. II"as the alllhor of .. Stcpping Ill'al'cll\l'ard," and oiher works. I Ie marricd Lila IZohcrh, Jlln c 2~, tl5g,), and thcy hal'c hl'o chi ldrcn, Charlotte I{ohcrts. and I':iizailcth I'ayson I' r cntiss.

Prince, Duffield Pl.E .. '<)g) , was horn in Flatbllsh, L I.. ,\ pril 7, 1R76, son of (. hri stopher ,111<1 Sarah Ihrre<l (~ahr i s ki e) ['rill ce. Il l' lIas lI"ith the I ~diso n Electric Illulllill<l ting' ('0. of llrooklyn, lirst as assi,tallt SUjll'r

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Prentiss, Henry Smith P l.['.., '8..J.) , was born ill Switzerland July G, I ~';(). J [e graduated at Princeton in Il'\R2, frolll the full acadeillic course and sonl<: specials in the scicntific coursc. I Ie Il'as engaged on cx perimental Ilork II ith the Ferracull' Machinc Co., Bridgeton, :\. J., under the direction of f-Ir. Oberlin Smith, ]~8.j. 85; on c:o;pcri mental work with the Ila!ll!llond TypC\\Titer Co., Xc\\' York, during which he produced onc of thc first ., drop cabinets," m<lnifulding improvcmcnts, ctc., 1RSS R7; was sliperi ntend ent, secretary, and trcaslirer of thc Prentiss Calendar & Tillie Co" XCII" ,\' ork, 1887-90; lessee and manager of the sallie

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intendcllt of stca lll plant a nd then as assis(ant to chief engineer, [898 1902; designing


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a nd c()nstructing c ngi nee r for \\" . S. narsto\l·. co n s ultin g enginec r. Xcw j ·or\.;:. from IC)02 to clalL'. Il l' is a 111emher of till' r\:nickcrhocker Ficld Cluh of Brooklyn.

Prince, William B. O LE., '00). h as been II·ith thc llishoj> &: Bahcock Co .. UCI'eland, manufacturers of ;\lr-com pressors, water· lifts. carhon ic acid gas and carhonating ilia chiner)", from ]()OO to datc. Sincc J a nuary, 1C)02. h c h as actc d ;IS Illeclwnical ;)nd ckc trical c ngincer an d car honator ex pert , heing sta tion cd at Clcn:land. 0., and c ng'agcd in tcsting and d es igning apparatus for the ;Iutomati c ;uHl co ntinuou s carhonation of wa tn hy hand. h ydrau li c. (·lect ri cal. stea m. and hc lt po \\"er . a nd sincc July. I()03. h e ha s. in addition. hcen as'iista n t superIntendcnt at the main factory of t h e company at C!cl·cland.

Pulsford, Ernest (:\ 1.1 ,~ .. '<).+). \\'as born in South Orange, :\ . .I .. :\o\'l'mhc r 2. 1873; so n "f Jam es l ~. a nd Joscphinc .\ ll ston l'ul sfo rd . Il c was c mpl oyed in th l' machine shop of the :\e\\' York Central Railroad Co .. Iluffalo. 1''-:'1-1 (I,;; II as draughhln;ln 1\ ilh :'Iies,rs.

Pryor, Frederick L. (:'I 1.1 ·~ .. '<)71. ,\ ssistant Profe ssor oi l ~xpl'\"inlL'nta l Enginl"l'rillg at Stcn'ns In st itut e of TI'l'hn<llogy. 1;01' hi" gra ph y. ~c..'e page 275. Pryor, Robert Westall, Jr. (:\ l.l ~. . '(2). \I'as horn ill :\c\\"ark. :\ . .I .. .lui) 31. IXX I; son of I{ohc rt \\ '. and I~achd , \. I' ryor. I Ie ha s heen in the sales departml'nt oi the Iluffa l" F"rge t '0. since gTariuatioll. lie i..; a

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nlemher of thc Delta Tau Dclta aw l Tau Beta r'i fraternities.

\\ ' ilhclm &: \lonner. patl'nt attorneys . l ~l1ITal(), .\. Y .. IX():; ')7. and lIith Charles I r. J);r\·i,. consulting cngincer, ~e\l York. l~q7 -C)8 ; and II'as in the employ of the [.idgl'l'l\oot\ .\lanufacturing Co .. :'\1'\1 York. IX()8 I ()OO. During the latter ycar :'Ill'. l'ulsford (kc id ed to gilT up cngineering. ;lIld he "egan a course of stu d y for th e Illini stry, at the (;cneral Theological Sll11inary of the I'rot estan( I':pis co pal Church in l\l'lI' York. In .Junc. 1()02. he II'as ofi'cITci a position in the Slll ith son ian In sti tution for thrce nlflnths. a nd Il hile 1111ing this h c (kcided to r l'lu rll to eng in eering. rel11aining at (he :-;Inithsollian In stitutiol l till :\1ay I. 1()03. \1!I\'n he opened an onicc in \\'as hington. I) . l' .. as conSlilt ing cnginl'l'r.

Quimby, William Everett pl.l~ .. '87) . was hOrJl in ()range. S. J., :'Ilarch I. 1866. lie lIa~ l'lllp loYl'd at the :'Ilinlll'apolis 11:\1' I'cster \\'orb. :\linncapolis. :\[inn., 1887 88; w ith thc \\'eston l ~lectr i cal In strulllc nt Co., :\e\\'ark. X . .J .. 18X8 C)o; assista nt supc rin tendent with the .John Pallen :'I lanufacturing C'o., XCII York. cXjll'l'illll'llting II'ith a l'antUIll icc machin\', 18')0 ')3.

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TIlE ALUMNI In l\ovclllber. 1893. he patcnted a screw pump hal'ing- peculiar features which makes it particularly well adapted for direct con11ection with electric lllotors, and a lso for the handling of thick liquids. In January,

189-+, he resigned his positilJll \I ith the John Patten Manufacturing Co .. ,u ld sillee that date has devoted his tinle to the Illallufacture and sale of this pump. under the linn name of William E . Quimby, Ine. The pump has rapidly made a place for itsel f, and is used for hydro-clectric elevator sen路ice. and has also found a comitlerable field in the auto matic supplying of water for sanit,lry purposes in city buildings. In handliJlg thick liCJuids it has been successfu ll y applied tu "arious sugar liquors, lard. tallow, and many other substances, as well as for pumping oil, especially where very large electric pUlllpS arc re<juired. In 1903 1\lr. QuiJlJby was elected president of the Sundh Electric Co., a New York corporation organized to iJuild pressure regulators, protective switches, and automatic JlJotor controllers. rIc is a JlJeJlJ ber of (he American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Engineers' Club of Sew York; the l<:ssex County Country Club 0 f Orange; and of the Sigma Chi fraternity. l\1r. Quimhy is the son of Edward E. ane! Cynthia E. Quimby. I [e married Crace Tinguc, September I, J000, and they have one child, William Tingue Quimby.

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Rainsford, William Brent (M.E., '99), was born in Belpre, 0., January 18, I87!; son of George E. and l\Ii riam J. Rainsford, both born in England. I I.e was a railroad and telegraph messenger, 1885-87; was in the employ of the Cumherland & Pennsylvania r~ailroad at l\Jount Savage, l\Id., as storeroom-keeper. J 887- 80; as machinist apprentice, 1889-93; and as machinist during vacation periods; lI"as .Instructor during the Supplelllentary Term a( the Stel'ens [nstitute. J899; lI"as elllployed ill the shop:; of the Baltilllore & Ohio Railroad, 1\'el\"ark, 0 .. 1809-1900; \\'as draughtsman \I路ith the Lackawanna Co., lirst at Scranton and then at l3uthlo, working on the designs for the ne\\' Buffalo plant, 1000- 03; and has been engaged as c1rallg'hlsman at the United States na\'al

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proving grounds at Indi an Head, Md., since October, I903. Ramirez, Juan B. (1\l.E., '79), was engaged in introducing and shipping labor-saving machinery and I\JlIerican JI1anlifactures and IJromoting railroCld-buiJding and inclustrial improvements (waterworks, sugar-, paper-, hl-ick-, and gas-making, distilleries, mining plants, sall"lllills. bridges. electric lighting, etc.) in Spanish countries, 1880-86; in the practical application ill the United States of petroleuJ1J fuel and making researches in the procluction of fuel and illuminating gas frOJ1l


TIlE STEYEXS n,STITLJTE OF TECllNOLOGY petrolculll hy its o\\'n combustion; also in bOI-ing for oil in Vcnezucla, ]887-90; build i ng- road \\'ays, dallls, and d rai ns, de\'i si ng rolling shcds for cacao and coffec terraces, and conducting agricultural and other spccial engincering invcstigations in Venezuela, 1891 9-l: and frolll 1l'i<)S to date has been in thc employ oj the United States gO\Trnn:cnt as \YclJ as hcing cngagcd in pri\'ate slwcial il1\'est igations including the prolllotion of a Ill'\\' hrl'\\ing- system, thc culti\'a tion of ~ingle-cell microbes and their applicatilln to spccial ferl1lcntation: \\ inc- l1Iaking \\'ithout fortilication: hottling \\'itllOut admixture.: of air; sterilization of bottles, han'l'ls, elc., \\ illl a gas: thc prl'~cr\'ation oi grapc juicc and othcr fruit juin's \\' ithout hcatill!~', s\\et'le ning', or prl'scnati\l's: and thc hurning oj coal in ordinar:- practicc h:- distilJing it into gasl'S, Ramirez, Nestor (.\I.E .. '<).1), \\as \\ith the \\'l'stinghousl' Electric & ;\[anujaCluring Co .. IH<),; <)(): and since thcn has heell 10 cated at Caracas, \ 'e nezuela, Randolph, Lingan Strother (:\ 1.1': .. 'f-\3) , \\as bol'11 ill :\Iartillsllllrg, \\', \'a .. ,\Iay 1,1'

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;859, I Ie sll'\'cd al\ apprenticeship o[ three years to the Illachinist trade in the shops of the Baltimore & (lhio Railroad hefore entering ~tcvens Institute: \\'a, engineer of test s in the Illoti\ e PO\\ er dcpartment of the :--Jew

\"ork, Lake Eric, & vVcstern Railroad, whcre he organizl'd a lahoratory and put in forcc a systcm of inspection and tests of oils and lubricants. besides doi Ilg Illuch cxperi1l1ental \\'ork in other lines, 1883 8.1: \\as superintendcnt of llloti\'e [lo\\cr \\ ith the Florida Rail\\'ay & .i\a\'igation Co., no\\' tile I"lurida Ccntral & Pcninsular Hailroad, \\ ith head quarters at Fernandina, Fla" \\lIere Ill' re organized his dcpartml'nt and changed the ga lIge 0 f the cngi ill'S and ca rs of tile road irolll li\'e fl'l'! to i()ur feet Iline inches (thell adopted as the standard gallge of all soutll ern railroads), 188,) l'i7. lie also dc~igncd a Systl'lll of \\'atl'r\\'u rks for the city oj I'cr nand ina. lie nl'"t entered till' l'llIplo} of the Cum herland & Penns} h 'a nia Railroad, \\'here he rl'lI1a i ned frolll J ~~7 to 18<)0, hci ng engaged in designing a ne\\' type of hea\')' freigllt locolllllti\'c, tcn of \\ lIich wcn' built frolll his plans, and threc constructed undcr hi, ~lIpcl'\'ision, J Ie al~() de s igncd a haggage cal- and a crane car, put in an ekctric light plallt, and dC\' isl'd a IIC\\' tillll' s\'s(elll for these shops, ror a dl'scription or which sce till' TrulI,wetiolls IIf flie .llIll'ri('(/II Socil'f)' of .1/('du/llical rillgillcas, Vol. j:\, Xc"t hccollling l'ngillel'l' (lr tests \\ith the I~altilll()rc & Ohio I{ailr()ad, he n'orgallizcd tllc dl'partml'nt of tcsts ant! largdy l,,,tcnded its scope of USdllllll''iS , IH)o <)2: and a'i ekctrical cngilll'l'r \\ itll tile 1{ ;i1tilllore I':il'ctrical l{l'Iinery, Baitilllorl', :\Id .. IXt)2 <).1, he in \Tlltcd a nl'\\' f()rlll of tank for thl' electro lytic separation or llIl'lals, lie has heen Professor of l\I<.'cllanical Engillcering at the \ ' irginia 1'01) ll'chnic Tnsti t ute from 18<)3 to date, and has designed and erected for this institution a system oi \\ aten\orks \\ ith a -l,ooo- foot cOlllpressed-air I ransllIission of pO\\,l'r, as \\TIJ as designing and crccting a central lIeating and lighting plant at a cost of $2,),UOO, and huildings tu till' value of $70,000, I Ie \\'as consulting engilll'cl' ior thc HoI 路 lins Institute, Tlollins, \ 'a .. in the erection of a ccntral heating and lighting plant and \\';ttnworks; the S\\'eet Briar fnstitute, AIlIherst County, \ ' a,: thc Southwcstern Virg-inia State I jospital, :'Ilarion, \ 'a., in the reconstruction of its heating plant: the \Vestern State Ilospital: :lIld for the Virginia School for Deaf and Dumb, at Staunton, Ya,


THE ALUJ\INI TJe is president of the Brush Mountain Coal Co., Christiansburg, Va.; the Virginia Anthracite Coal & Railway Co., and vice-president of the Virginia Anthracite Coal Co. lle is a membcr of the folloll'ing technical societies: The American Socicty of Civil Engineers; the American Society of I\lechanical Engineers; the American Railway I\Iastel' Mechanics' Association; the American Association for the .\dl'anccment of Science: the International Association for Testing ;\Taterials; the Society for the Promotion of Engineering; the Society of ,\rts (England); and an associate mcmher of the] nstitute of Electrical Engineers. l ie II'as formerly a memher of the Baltimore and University cluhs, Baltimore. lIe has written various papcrs on technical subjects, particularly on tcchnical education, and in 3r1dition the following papcrs and articles:

Gas Light & Coke Co., Kallsas City, 1\10., 1891-92; with the City Cas Company of Des :'Ifoi nes, 1011'a, 1892-94: the U Ili tcd Cas Improl'ement Co ., Philadelphia,1894-9S; and has heen II'ith Tlumphre)'s & Clasgow, COIlsuiting gas engineers, New York, from 1895 to elate. Rapelje, John (:\I.I~ .. '77), was horn in Fishkill. X. Y., Scptemher 18, 18:;6.

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"Failure of Slayholts," paper rcad heforc the ,\merican Associa tion for the ;\d l'anCC111Cn t of Science. "Cost of Lubricating Cat' Journals." Trallsactiolls of til e , 11IIcricali •...,.ociely oj ;l/n/lallical E1Igillcers.

"Strength of Stay bolls. " I hid. "Strains in Locomotil'c Boi1l'rs." Ibid. "Strcngth of Freight Car ,\:des." Ibid. "Economic Element in Technical Education." ('assicr's ,Uaga::;il1c. "Engincering Education and Specialization." Jbid.

"Svstematic Testing of ;\Iaterial s." Physical Tests.

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Mr. Randolph is the son of .lames L. (chief cnginccr of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad) and Emily Strother Randolph. He is desccnded from \Villiam Randolph who settled at Jamestown, Va., coming from Northumberland, England, and also frol11 Powhatan and Pocahontas. On his mother's sidc he is dcsccnded from the Strothers who wcre of Scotch-Irish desccnt. lIe married Fannie Robbins, October ]5, 1890, and thcy have four children, James Robbins, Orlando Robbins, Emily, and Strother Robbins Randolph. Randolph, W illiam W, (I\I.E., '86), was located at Englewood, Cooke County, III., 1886--90; with the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, Chicago, 1890-91; in the engincer's department of the Kansas City

Jorm

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lie was engaged as assi,t<lnt cnginecr on the construction of hranch lines of the New York, Lake Eric, & \\ 'cstC rJl Railroad Co., Pennsyll'ania, 1877-83 : held a similar position with the Eric & Wyoming \'alley Rail road Co., 18R3 -~5: II'as general road111aster on the Colot'ado Dil'ision of the {'nion Pacific Railway, 1 8ii,~-86, and assistant superintemlent of this road, 1886-88; superintendent of the Tdaho Dil'ision of thc same company's lines, 1888-89: dil'ision cnginecr on the Norfolk & \\'estcrn Railway in \Vest Virginia, 1889-92 : and has hecn superintendent and chief enginecr of the Gauley Coal Land }\ssociation , l\lderson , \Y. Va., since ]892. This company owns ahout 200.000 acres of coal and timber land ill \Vest Virginia, and has its gencral office in Boston, Ma ss. l\fr. Rapelje is the son of Lawrence C. and Hannah M. Rapelje. He is. descended from Joris Janscn de Rapelje, who came to this country from Holland in 1623. lIe mar-


534 ried Bessic

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Allen (deccased 18(6) , Junc

2,;, 188S, by who!l1 he had onc chi ld, John .\Ilen Rapelje. IT c married Emily Frances Habcr, Dcccmher 3. I ()oo.

Raphel, Henry Joseph (i\ l. E.. '00). \Vas horn ill 11'1\·ana. Cuha (of ;\meriL' an hirth),

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;\ol'elllher 21. 1877; son o[ Joseph ;\. and E111ma C. Raphe!. \\'h il e ()f the Sophoillorc c lass he I'oluntee red for sen'icc at the outhreak of the \\'ar with Spain. and II'as detailed to duty on the U. S. S ... Badg-cr ,. as cng-ineer's 111CSseng-cr. On account of his ahility to converse Auentl)' in Spanish he was placed as interpreter on hoard the captured Spanish ocean tug ., Humherto l{o<irig-uez." \\'hen thc war ended he returned to the lnstitutc to complete his technical cducation. Upon g-racluation he sccured a position \I'ith the Oxnard Construction Co .. but aftcr three months entered the ci viI engineer's department of thc New York Centra l & Hudson Ri\'e r Railroad, Xew York. [n the following- ycar he was transferred to the lllechanical engineer's office. "'herc he remained until Octoher. 1903, whcn he resigned to takc his present position with thc ;-(ew York Glu cose Co. at their plant al Edgewater. N . J. TTl' was a member of the Ncw Jersey Naval Resen'cs and now belongs to the Badger :-..'a\·al Veterans' Association.

Raque, Philip E . (:\I.E., '76), was horn in Ilrooklyn. ~. Y .. ,1uly I I. 18.iS. lie has llladc a specia lty of engineering as app li ed to arch it ecture, and has secured and executed \I'o rk invoh'ing the expenditure of many hundred thousands of dollars. requi ring orig-inal dcsigning and the so luti on o[ intricate anc! interesting engineering prohlems. J Ie has had charge of the designing and huild i ng 0 f th e const ruct i I'C II'o rk 0 f some 0 f the largest and tallest huildings in the country. and has worked under and in connection II' ith sOllle of the most promincnt architccts. lie had pl'l'sonal charge of designing- the de tails o[ the stel'! and iroll con,trurtion of the (·oll1miJia. :\lorris. and Sall'ation . \rl111' buildings. 1'1'Oclor's TII'cnty- third Street Theatre. the .\cademy of :\Iedicinc . •\pprais cr's \\'arehousc, :\inth Regimcnt Armory. alld the I louse of Relid, Xc\\' York. and the Kings COUllty 11all of H.ccords. Ill' was cOll,ultillg- ellgineer for the Ansonia apartmCllt hotel; also consu ltin g- cngincer and contractor for the stee! \I'ork of the J Iotel :\[ount \\ 'ashing-ton. ;-(CII' Hampshire. Ill' has filled the position of chid engillcer for several construction companics. and as such has planncd and equipped several manufacturing- plants. includillg thc installation of machincry. Ilc is now cllgag-ed as a consulting and contracting cng-inecr in Ncw York. making- a specialt)' of stce l COllstrl1Ction. architcctura l ironwork. ele. 1 [e is a meml>er of the . \meric;[n Society of Mechanica l Engilleers: II'as correspollding secretary o[ the Skl'e ns Institute A lumlli .\ ssociation for sevcral years previolls to 18<)6. and was a director of the Associatioll [or the tll'O years following- that date: also I' ice- president of the Association [or onc year. 1\Jr. Raql1e is the son o[ Charles C. and . \nn;[ Raql1l·. lie married Lizzic Ferrell, June 21. 18iS7. and they havc three childrcn. . \rthur Edmund. 1\larjorie, and Carl Philip Ra(Jue. Rasmus, William T. Pf.E .. '(6). was with the 1 ~llllira .\ Il1ni cipal Illlprovement Co., Elmira. :\. Y .. 1890-1902: and has heen a stock brokc]- in .\' ew York from I <)02 to date. Rea, Henry R. (2\ 1. 1': .. ·8.j.). was born in Pillsburg. Pa., l\ray 29, 1863. lIe spent the


TIlE XLCl\] Nl two Icars im11lediately follo\l' ing his gradu ation at Stl'lTIlS at the l'ninTsity of (;iittin gen. (;ernl:tll,l'. In I XX() he ileL':tnll' COllnccted

1f. R. REI

\lith the Robinson - Rca i\fanufacturing Co .. l'ittsiJnrg. I'a., heing elected vicc - president in IX<)1. In December. IX<)R. this firm uilited \I ith one of ih competitors to form the i\fcstil. i\fachine Co., \I'hich then erected one of the largest machinc plants in thc country. i\Tr. Rea rctained an interest in the nell' company. and rcma incd a memher of the hoard of di rectors it fter t he consolidation. hut transfl'rn:d his active intcrcst to the Stecl Car Forge Co .. Pittshurg. of which he \I'as elected president and treasurer. This company was sold in H)02 to the Standard Steel Car Co .. in which l\1r. Rea is a memher of the hoard of directors. I Ie is also a direc tor in the Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Pitts hurg, the Oliver Tron & Steel Co .. the Olivel & Snyder Steel Co., the Union Bridge Co .. the Shenango I'urnace ('0 .. the Blain Coal Co .. and the People's Savings Ilank of Pittshurg. [Ie is ;\ mcmher of the Pittsburg and DUCjuesne cluhs. of PittsiJurg; the University, Racquct. and Tcnnis c1uiJs, of i'\cw York, and of thc Thda Xi fraternity. i\lr. Rca is thc son of \Villiam and l\latilda .\. (Robinson) Rca. I Ie married Edith Oliver, ,\pril 23, ]88<), and they havc two children, l~dith ,\ nnc and Ilc1l1'y 01 i I'cr Rca.

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Reed, Harry Douglas ('111. E.. '()2). was horn ill l'oughkcepsil', ;--.:. Y., February 1 I. 1869; son of JJenry . \. and ,\lice ,\. (Boardman) Reed. ill' is descendcd froll] John Reed. who distinguished himself in Cromwell's arlll)' inE:ngland. and at the restoration of the Stuarts came to ,\mcrica and scttled at l)rovidenl'C. I{. r. ,\nother am'cstor was ,iohn Crane, who settled in Massa chusetts in 163.:; and whosl' desccndants wcre distinguished in the l{cI路olution. \\,hile in the Xe\l'ark high school. Ilarry Douglas I{ced \I'on thc I Jammer prize for m;lking the hest set of apparatus for demon strating the elenll'ntary principles of electricity and physics. lie has won sCI'eral prizes for bicycle-riding and tennis playing. Im1l1ediately aftcr graduating hc securcd a position I"ith the Bishop (;utta I 'crcha CO .. \'CII' ~'()rk, lI1anufacturers of submarine td egraph and telephol1e cables insulated with gutta percha or india rublJl'r. underground clectric light and powcr cables, and spccial powcr-station cabks. Ilis first work was in estimating the cost of labor and material Oll cables. Then he was made assistant ekctriei;l1l, and in January. J8~5. was promoted

If. D.

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to the POSltlOI1 of eleetrieian and engineer. his work having illcludcd the designing of new machinery and electrical test \\'ork elllbracing tests for insulation, capacity, and conductil'ity of cables before shipment. and


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often after laying. Tn July. 189:1. he had charge of the l<lying of two cables for the United States Life Saving Service iJ1 Lake I [uron,-one from l\liddle Island, and the other from Thunder 1~laJ1d. to the maiJ1land. In J R9.j. he laid a cable from Fort \ \' ads \\"orth to F0rt llamilton. across the XCI\' York :\arro\\"s. for the United States ,\rm) EngiJ1eers. I J1 Decemhcr, 1899. the com pany's factory ,,'as hadly damaged hy fire. aJ1d he was gil'eJ1 charge of rebuilding the factory. repairing the old machinery. aJ1d makiJ1g J1el\'. On the completion of this I\'ork he I\'as appointed superintende J1t of the factory. the positioll he 1101\' hol eb. lIe is a memher of the .\merican ll ht itute of I ~leclrical 1~J1giJ1eers: thc XCII' York Electrical Socil'ly: the Engineers' Cluh of :\Cl\' York: and of the Rosel'ille .\thlctic . \ssocia t ion. :\ e\\"ark. :\ . .I. Reese, Francis 1. (:-I. I ~ .. '01). \I'as \I ith the :!\lcKiernan Drill Co., :\e\\" York, 1901: engaged on temporary work [or Prof. I). S. racl)bus at Stcvens lnstitutc ]901; draughts ;11al1 with thc ~e\\' York Central & lludson River Hailroad Co., XcIV York. 1902- 0:1: and has been in the engineering department of the (;eo .• \. Fuller Co .. :\el\' York, {rom J(; 03 to date. Reeve, H. E. (:\LE .. '1\8). ha,. lI¡ith the exception of a fel\' months draughting for E. D. Leal'itt, Jr.. E.D., been cngaged ill the manufacture of small articles (principal 1.1' ill the electrical lin e) which, nccessitating manufacture at small cost and in large quan titics, n:'1uire the use of spccial tools. which arc also designed by 1\fr. Rcel'e and huill in his shop at Brooklyn, N, y, Reid, Thorburn (:\f.E" '8R). \I'as horn in !.ondon. England. :\fay l. I 86.j., I Ie re(,eind the degrec of Bachelor of .\rts from the [rampden-Sidney College, \ ' irginia. in 1882. and that of Bachelor of Science from the Cnil'crsity of \ -irginia in ]885, He was Professor of Mechanical EngiJleering in the South Carolina State University, during the session of 1888- 1\9; was ill thc cmploy of the United Statcs Electrical :\Ianufacturing Co" Ncwark. ;,\, J .. in charge of the tcsting department, and a fterll'art! assistant to 1\Ir. \\,illiam Stanley, Jr., in in-

venting work, until 11\C)O, 1 fc then practised as a consulting cngineer in New York until

TliORUIJR:-; RLW

he ulldnt()()k the de~igllillg (If an altnllating current systl'n l for thl' l ~di"ln (;eneral Elec tric CO .. III 189 1, \\'hl'n this company cntered the (;l'ncral Elect ric Co,. he hecame l'lIgineer in the calculating departmcnt of the latter at I.ynn. :\Iass .. del'oting his time at first very largely to designing alternating-current apparatus. alld later superin tending the ,,'ork of thc draughlsmen and engineers in that dCparlllll'lIt. III 1893 he \I l'nt to Schenectady. and took charge of the rcports and technical data of all the dyna 1I10S. motors. and trails formers manufactured hy that company, Ill' next ,,'ent to London. England. in 11\96. in the cmployment of the British Thompson-Ilouston Co .. as assistant to I'd r, II. F, Parshall. .\fler returning to the L"nitcd States he opened an office in :\el\' York as consulting engineer. in which husi ness he is at present engaged , For three years hc "-as consulting l'nginecr to the _\merican Impulse \\'heel Co .. i\el\' York, designing their water-\I heel and starting thelll in ('olllillcrcial operation, ] Ie had full charge of the company's cngineering department for a timc. llc has read papers hefore the American Institutc of T<:lcctrical Engineers. on "Arl1Iature Re-actions of Alternators ,. (1896),


THE ALUMNI and on ., Sparking-Its Causes and ElIccts ., (1:397). amI among the articles he has contributed to technical journals arc: "l\Iagneto:'Iloti\'e Force." puhlished ill the SI!'7 1!'JlS Indicator. \ 'if, ., Some Recent Developillents in the Theory of l\lagnetism:' ibid., VI I T, and .. SOIlIC Early Traction [[istory," Cassicr' s .11 (/ga::;ill!', l\UgllSl. 1 :3<)<). lie is a 111cmbcr of thc .\111crican Institutc of Electrical Engincers: the Engincers' Club and Southern Society of -:\cw Yprk: the Xc\\' York Electrical Society; a]](l the Phi (;anllna Delta fraternity. 2\lr. Reid is the son of Charles Henry and 'dar)' IIc1en (Cochran) I{eid. Ill' married Ikrtha Van Klceck. January 9, 1900, a 11(1 Lhey ha \'e one ch ild. Thorhurn Reid. J r. Reitze, George, Jr. (i\1.I~ .. 'OL), was born ill IlohokclI, X. J.. February 2R. IR7R lIe lIas Instructor during the Supplemclltary Term at 5tcI'ells IlIsLitute. 1<)01: alld has hCCII with the j)e La \ 'crgne Refrigeratillg' ~Iachine Co .. XCIV York, from 1<)01 to datc. Mr. Reitze is til(: son of C;corge and .Iosephille (;cr5tn('r) I~l·itzc. hoth of (;erl11an hirth. He married l\lae L. Schntt, ,Iulle 18. '<)02, alld they have olle child. Dorothea L. Reitze. Rendon, Jose C. (:'It. E., '~~). and locatioll arc unknO\III.

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and Alice Renwick. He married Emily Dilworth IIicks. i\ ugust 2, 1900. Renwick, William W. (1\f.E.. '85) , was a melllber of the finn of Renwick. Aspinwall. & nussell. architects. 0:ew York city, J885 go: and has practised as architect in Nel\' York dOlI'n to date. I Ie is a member of the Engincers' Cluh of Xc\\' York. Rice, Richard Henry ()'l.E.. ·8~). was born in nackland. :'lIe., January 9. ,863. I Ie was a special apprentice ill the shops or the F'ittsbul·g. Cincinnati. & Sl. Louis Railroad. Dennison, 0., 1885- 86; draughtsman I\'ith the NeIV England Shipbuilding Co .. Bath, :'lIe .. 1886 R7: chief draughtsman with I~. D. Leal·itt . .Ir .. Cambridgeport. 1\Tass .. 1887 l)0: engincer and superintendcnt of the \\'illi;1111 .\. llarris I~ngille Co .. Providence. R. 1.. 189' - 9-+: and in the latter year organized the Rice & Sargent Engine Co .. 1'rOl·idell[e. I\'hich he conducted until its merger in 18<)8 into the I'rol'idellce Engineering \\' orks. of which he is trea surer. lIc presented hefore

11 is record

Renwick, Edward Brevoort (2\ l. E.. '8-1-), was born in New York city "\pril 2J. 1863. lie was lI'ith the Brooks Locomotive \\ 'orb. DUllkirk, X. Y., and the \\ 'orthington PUllI[l Works, Brooklyn, X. \'., 1884- 85; instructor in mechanics and drall'illg at the \Vorkingmen's School, New York, 1885- 86; with the: I'assaic Quarry Co .. ;..: eIV York, 1887; and has hecn a member of the firlll of 1'irsson & Rcnwick, dealers in real estate and huild ing-stone (principally g-ranite). frolll 1888 to date. Since the death of l\[r. Pirsson in 1895, 1\11'. RCl1\\"iek has conducted the business alone under the fir111 name. lIe is a member of the Engineers' and Union clubs and of the Architectural League and St. Nicholas Society, of New York. lIe was a l11ember of the First Naval Battalion of New York frol11 189I to 1897. l\fr. Renwick is the son of Edward Sabin

R.

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RICE

the ,\111erican Institute of Electrical Engi neers. N el\' York, October 25. TC)O I. a paper on "The Design of Engines for Operating l \lternators in Parallel," which was published ill the Slre!'t Raihvav }olll'llal, ;";0I'ember 2. J90r. I Ie is a ;1le111l>er of the American Socicty of Mechanical Engineers;


TIlE STEVENS

T~STT1TTE

01' TFTIINOI,()(;Y

of the .\ss()ciation of :'Ilechanical Engincers, ;lJlcl the ,\rt and Llni\'e rsity c1uhs of l'n)\'i , e1enec, ane! of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. i\1r. Rice is the son of .\lllert Smith and Frances \\', (n:tker) Rice, J lis father \\'a5 a ITplTsentatin' in the :\Iaine Il'gi,;]atuIT, ane! his grandiather \\as presielent of the Portland & ),ennebec (110\\ thc :\fainc Central) Railro:tel, :tn!! \'icc-presielent of the XOI'tlll'rn Pacilic I~ailr()ad. Ilcnry K, Baker, his maternal grandiatlll'r, \\'as a prominent anthor. The subjert ()f this sketch married ::'Ilary ~ue ])mgill in 1887 (deceased 18')5), and :\licl' \\'()oelman Kinlball in lRC)R. There are three childrcn, I'hyllis. l~ichard ])mry, anel Suc Durgin Rice,

fr(lll! 18c)1 to datc, anel n()w holds thc posi ti(ln of enginecr of construction, heing chiefly occllpied in superintending erection work, estimating, designing, etc. The company, although engaged in gcncral enginecring and foundry \\'ork, makes a specialty of icc and refrigerating plants and gas \\'f)rks apparatus. and the altcration of rcirigerating alld gas plants. Ill' is a jUllior Illember of the ;\llInicall ~ocil'ly of :\kchanical EngiIlcers. and a Illl'niher of the ('hi Psi fraternity. :\11'. C. 1'. i\ichardsoll is the son of Parker C. and llarridk 1\1. I~ichardson. Irc Illarried Kathleell (;i11 ,\tkillSOIl, January 19,

Richardson, C, G. pI. E., '89), \\'as assist ant manager \\ ith thc ,1ones & Lamson :\Iachinc Co" Springliele!, \ ' t., 188<) <)2: salesman \\'ith the Ceorge I", Blake ::'Ilanu facturing Co., at Boston anel Chicago, Is<)2 C)-I-; assistant treasurcr of the Parks & \\ '001 ~on ::'Ilachine Co., Springfielel, \'t., 18<)-1- <)8, anel has heen tn'asurer of the company from 18<)8 to elate. I Ie has been granted a patent on a turret lathe.

Richtberg, Hermann Andreas (:\1.E., \\;\s horll ill :\l'\\ York. 1)l'<'L'lIlhn IC),

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Richardson, George Partridge (::'11.1,:., '97), was hom in I)uxhury. 'lias,,, ~eptl'mbcr 5,

II. .\. Rl!

18;-1-. Ill' has bel'n with the Isheil - Porter Co., engineer::. and fuunder::., X cwark, N. ].,

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lie \\as Instructor clurin~ the Supplelllentan Tnlll at ~tl'\'enS Institute. 1<)00: in thc test ing- ckparlnlellt of the \\'cstillghousl' I ~kctr ic & :\Ianuiacturing- l'o., Xl'\\ar\':' :\. J., lC)OO 02; and has hecn sl'nior assistallt ill the electrical departlllCllt alld forelll;tn of the \\ att llIl'ler test departllleill at the salllc \\orb frolll I~02 to dak. Ill' is all ass(lciate 1l1e1l1hl'r of the .\ll1erican Ilistitutl' of I']eclri cal 1~lIgincers, :\11'. Richtherg is thc SOli of llcrlllallll and Christille l~ichthl'fg, hoth of (;crlllan hirth. II e married Lillian ,\. Thulll.


THE ALUl\lNI Riddle, Robert Moore (l\L E., '81). was horn in Pittshurg. 1'a., r.;o\路l'll1her 10. 1856; son of Rohert l\loore and l\lary Dickerson Riddle. Tie \\'as an apprentice in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, J\ltoona. 1'a" 1881 86; and draughtsl1lan with Cofrode & Saylor, hridge-builders. l'hila(h:lphia. 1886- 87. Since 1887 he has not heen actin'ly engaged in engineering work. although during this time he designed and huilt a set of triple-expan sion engines for a o2-foot launch. which stood the test of a \oyage frolll :'Ilaine tf) Cuba and in the I~ahalllas and Florida waters. lIe is a Illelllher of the :\few York Yacht and Reform clubs, of Ncw \'ork, amI of thc Corinthian Yacht and Rittenhouse clubs of Philadelphia. Riege, Rudolph (l\ I.I~" '(J:~), was horn in Penn Yan, ~. Y., 1arch 23. 1873: son of Emil J\ugust and ,\Iice E. Riege. ITe \\',b draughtsman with the Jackson & \\'oodin Manufacturing Co., Berwick. 1'a. 1893-95; engaged in the construction and operation of gas works at the London Branch of :'Ilessrs. Humphreys & Glasgow. 1895 98; superintendent of the Front Strcet works of the Newark Consolidatcd Gas Co" Newark, N. J., 1898-T901; and superintendent of the Westchester Lighting Co., Yonkers, N. Y., in the latter year, but was shortly after COI11pelled to resign his position on account of ill health. ,\ fter a year's rest he took up patent law, and in January, '903. joincd thc patent department force of the Electric V chicle Co., Hartford, Conn., and is now cngaged in the commercial handling of the patent interests of that company. His graduation thesis, on .. COlllparison of Insu lating Materials for Cold Storage," prepared jointly with 1\11'. Franke L. Parker, was published in thc SIC7'CI1S II/dicalor. Ilc is a I11l'mher of the J\merican Cas Light Association and of thc Theta Xi fraternity. Riesenberger, Adam (:'Ir.E., )6), Professor of l\rcchanical Drawing. and Rcgistrar and Assistant Treasurer, at Ste\'ens Institute of Technology. For hiography, see page 262. Righter, Addison Alexander (M.E., '82), was born in Newark, N. J., January ro, J860; son of William A ancl Emma L. (Shugard) Righter. He was educated at \Villison Sem-

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inary. l ~ asthalllpton. :'Ilass .. and graduatcd frolll lh~ Shdlil'id Sci~\\tific School in 1881. lie was \\'itll the I{ondout Iron \\'orks, I{ondout. ~. Y., 1882 8~. first as draughts

A. A.

RI GJlTl R

mall and thell as constructillg l'llgin<.:<.:r. Thl'sC works built principally marinc l'nginl's and hoiicrs. dredges. river st<.:alllcrs. tughoats. stel'l1 - \\ heel \'cssels for shallow ri \'ers in South ,\merica. and ccmcnt machin<.:ry. [Ie was ncxt \nechanical engineer at the Yantic \\ '()o1cn Co.'s works. Yantic, Conn" 188~ <)0. designing machinery and acting as mill architect in pulling up new huildings and reorganizing the plant. Early in 1890 h<.: \Vent to I~ngland to de \'clop hox - making machinery for the Corrll gallza :'Ilallufacturillg Co., sillcc which tinll' he has heen interested in this husinl'ss. The Corruganza cOl11pany \\'as amalg,lInatcd with IT ugh Sll'\'enson & Sons, Ltd., :'II anchestcr, in 1900. lie is no\\' one of th<.: directors of the lattcr firl11, manager o( the London works. and consulting cngineer for the Con duit & Insulation Co" London. an electrical conccl'll ma nu fact uri ng ste<.:1 condu i Is Ii ncd \\ith paper. and gencral l'icctric fillings. l\1r. l{igiltcr also conducts a general husi ness as consulting engine<.:r in London. Ill' has taken out nUI11<.:rOliS patents which arc registcred under the nalllcs of the \'ari ous companics with which he has hecn asso ciatcd. Ill' is a lIIember of the University


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TIIE STEVENS INSTITUTE Of' TECHNOLOGY

Club. Nell' York; the -:\;Itional Liheral Club, London; and of the Theta Xi fraternity. Rittenhouse, Charles Tomlinson (l\LE .. '93), lI'as horn in -:\e\\' York city .\ugust -1-,

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1~71; son of 1\lose~ and Rehecca L, I{iltenhOllse, ,\ ftl'r graduation from the Illstitute he l'nterl'd the ~ch(){)1 of :'Ifines at Columl)ia l Tnil'crsity. and at the end of a year gradu ated therefrom as all electrical engincer. In the spring of lR9-1- he \\'as appointed LT ni\'(~r 足 ;;it)' "ella\\' in Elcctricity in the Department o[l'ure Sciencl', the highest honor con [erred hy this LJni\'ersity. I Jis post-graduatc course compriscd the study of the more advanced tllL'ories of electricity. electro-chemistry. and theriliodynaillics. and for minor suhjects. Illatheillatics, astronomy. political econol1l),. etc. In thc spring of lR9S he received the degrec of :'Ilaster of .\rt5. and was ,1150 rc;lppoillted 1Jllil' cr~it)' Fello\\' in Electricity for the succeeding year. The illness of the prokssor in charge of his major subject I're\,ented 1\lr. Rittenhouse from presenting himself [or the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. liuring the period that he was at CoIUl11hia. the Hocntgcn or X-rays were heing widely discussed and experimented with th roughout the 1I'0rld. One of the first and forelllost in this country to illl'estigate this subject was Dr. Pupin. of Columbia, with

whom J\[r. Rittenhollse was associatcd, He conducted many experimcnts for Dr. Pupin, and succeeded in taking sOllie of the first X-ray pictures on this side of the "\tlantic, (\[r. Rittenhouse wrote much on the subject, and also gave a numher of lectures. Tn 1896 he was offered the position of editor-in-chief of the Electrical IVorld, which duties he im mediately assul11ed and continued to pursuc until the latter part of 1897. when ill health. due to ol'cnl'or).;:, forced his rcsignation. lIe \Yent wcst lI'ith the hope of recovery. hut tinall:' succumhcd to an attack of pneumonia, at I )elll'cr. Colo,. Fehruary 26. J 900, Ill.' was the author of two articles I\'hich lI'cre published in F.!cctric f'o'il'cr: one on "The Constancy of the J\lagnetic Field." :'Ilarch. 1R9S. and the other on .. Progress in Electrical 1)cI'l'ln]lllll'nt in I~ur()pe," Ill' also wrote the article on " \\'ireless Telegraphy" in the "Ccntury Dictionary." and that on the X-rays fDr the "~talldard Diction ary. Ill.' was a nlClnher of the ,\lIll'riCall Insti lute o( Electrical Engineers; the .\ll1crican ,\ssociation for the .\dl'ancelllcnt of Science, and the British ,\s;i()ciation for the .\(II'ancc lI1ent o( Scicncc,

L.

II. RITTENHOUSE

Rittenhouse, Leon Hawley (?ltE., 'or). was born in Annapolis. !\Id .. September 29. 1879. lIe lI'as in the operating department of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Brook -


TIlE ,\LCM N I Iyn, ~. Y .. r90r-02; sales enginee r with th e Goudey-l\lcLean Co., I902-o3; and s in ce the latter date h as been in the mechanical e ngincering dcpar tm c nt of the ,\m e ri ca n School of Co rrcspondcnce. Chicago. Ill. H e is a me mb er of th c Theta Xu Epsilon f rat e rnit y. 11 r. Rittenhouse is th e son of I l awley O. a nd L eo nora A. Rittenhouse. 11 e ma Hied Eya Lea h Ford. Scptembe r 4. J 902 . Rittenhouse, Walter B. OLE .. '98), was assista nt engi ne e r with the International

POWER 1'L.\:-1l" OF LOR .\ I "

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Ohio. 1880-8-+. Since 188-+ [10 record of l\lr. l{obiJ in s h as been oiJtainable. Roberts, Edward Parkinson (M.E.. '77), was born in Xew \ 'o rk city in 1857. IJe \\'as slIcccss i \'cl y ( bet wcen 1877 a nd 1883) lathe- ha nd in the tool - room of the Singer se wing-machine factory; draughtsman \\'ith Thomas C ran e, pat e nt allorney, J:\ ewark :.:. J. ; draughtsm<ln, and flnally sup er intendcnt of Ceorge Yule's machine-shop, Xcwar k; draughlsll1an. with IIewes & Philips, Nc\\'-

CI.Fn:uxu (0 .) R.\JLWAY CO. (11)9(l) ;.;. P. Noberls

Paper Co .. New York. [899- 1900; chief engin ee r with the Pincefield Papcr Co .. Pi er cefield. N. Y .. ]()OO-Ol ; an d h as bee n elect ri cal engin eer with the r r igh land Canal & PO\\'cr '0 .. Duluth. l\linn .. from 1901 to d ate. Robbins, Edward P. (M .E. '79). was with the Brown & Sharpe :'Ifanufacturing Co .. Pro\路idence. H. T.. 1879 80; and mechani ca l engin eer 311(1 patent solicitor. Cincinnati.

a rk ; ass istant to llira m S. :'I[axim. elcct ri ca l c ng in ee r to th e U nited States Electric Co .. 0:C\\' York; ass istant to Edward \\' esto n . e lect ri ca l e ng in eer fO!- the above con lpanj"; e lectr ician an d shop supe rint end ent of th e ,\mcrican Electric Co .. New York; eng ineer in the \\"est for a Boston electric light s\' lldi cat c; elec tri cia n with the Swa n Lamp C路o .. Hostoll; erecting engin eer for the Brush S\\'an l{ ocky l\]ountain Co.; thell sup e r-


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY intcmlent, and latcr gcncral managcr, of thc Chcyenne (Wyo.) Electric Light Co., 1883-88: superintendcnt of thc Chcyenne (;as Co .. 1885-88 : L\ssoc iatc Professor of I~lectril'al Enginccring at Corncl1 Univcrsity. IX8~ 89: assistant enginecr \\'ith the I\msh Electric Co ., and superi ntcndcnt of the S\\'an Lalllp Manufacturing Co .. Cleveland. O. (at that tillle an al1icd intcrest). and later gcneral manager of the latter cOlllpany, 188<)-93: and has hecn cstablishcd at C1evcland as a consulting cngincer under the Iii'll!

E. 1'.

ROllERTS

names of E. I' . Roherts & Co" and latcr the I~oherts -. \ bhot t Co" Illechanical, elect rical, and civil engineers. froll1 1893 to date. Thc rcccnt I\'o rk o[ the linn has been in ncarly cI'cr)' State cast of thc Rocky i\loun tains (exccpt thosc ill the Southeast). and in Canada. It has heen principal1y in con licction \\'ith clectrical railroads; hut has also to a considl'1'ahle degree includcd electric light and po\\'er plants. hot water and stcam hcatin~' plants. \\'ater\\'orks. \\'atcrpower dCI'(:lop1llcnt. gasworks. and manufacturing plants. The il1ustration on page 5-J.1 is typical of thc di rcd -c urrcnt 1)()II'e r-hol1ses design cd hy the 11 rill. Thc plant lI'as ful1y described in thc Sireet Rail'1,'a), Jourl/al of April, l897, Among the articles \\'ritten by AIr. H.oberts arc" ,\ Storage Battery Station," Trallsac-

liolls of the Americall fllstilule of Elcclriwl

Ellgillecrs, 1882; " Considcrations Governing the Choice of a Dynamo," read before thc Ci"il Enginccrs' Club of Cleveland, and puhlished in the JOllrllal of Ihe Associalion of lll/giliccrillg Socielies, 1891; a series on .. Thc Alost Economical Loss in Conductors," Llcclrical // '0 1'1<1, 189J; .. The Po\\'er .I louse in an Electric Railroad System," Ibid" 1892: and .. The Usc of the Dcspatcher's Diagram in thc Design o[ Intcrurhan Ra il ways," SIc";;el/s Ilidicalor. 190 I. Besides the above-mentioned tcchnieal journals the follo\\'ing havc published papers by :'Ilr. Robcrts dealing with engineering problems: the Sireel i<.aii'1l'av R<"i'ie'1l'. the EllgiliCeI', and the JOllrllal oj' Ihc .lssocialion 0/ LI/gil/cerillg Soriel ies . II c has also gi I'en sCI'eral informal "talks" (mainly un clectric rail\\'ay dcsign) before technical schools and the Electric C1l1b of Cleveland. lie is a member o[ the Americal1 Society o[ Mechanical Engincers: the i\merican In stitute of Electrical Engineers: thc .lilectric and Century clubs ant! thc Chambcr of Commerce of (Jcveland: and of the Theta Xi fraternity; as wcll as hcing an honorary member o[ the UufTalo Electric CIl1b. lIe \\'as elected secretary of the Scction of Practice at the International Congress of Electricians. Chicago. 1893; and was president of the Alulllni Association for the year 1896- 97. j\J'r. Roherts is the son of Johl1 Parkinson and Annc Eliza Roberts,lTc marricd .Jessie Boardman in 1883. and they havc t\\'o chil dren, l\rthur Boardman and Eleanor Ruth Roberts. Roberts, George ]. (i\LE., 路8-J.), was born in Charlotte County. Va .. Scptembcr 10. 1863. Ill' was a spccial apprcntice in the Topeka shops of the ,\tehison. Topcka, & Santa F(: Railroad. 188+ 86: in the draught ing-rool11 of the Chicago. 1~l1r1ington. & (2uine), H.ailroad. /\urora, III., 1886 87: in the mol i I'e-power dcpartment () [ the Rich monel & Danl'i1le Railway, \\'ashington. D, C, 1887-89: and has heen with the United (;as JmprOl'clllellt Co., [rom 1889 to c1ate. in the [allowing capacities: in charge of field work, 1889-91; in charge of drallghting-room and assistant to inspector of cOllstmctioll, 189J- 92: acting inspector of construction, r892-93: inspcclot- of construclion, 1893-98; engineer of construction, r898--J900; engi-


THE ALUMNI neer, 1900- 04; and enginccr JIl chief from l\larch J, 190-1-. to date. Ill' has taken out a paLent which permits of gas being made either up through the generator or clown through the generalor. a lI10del of which \Vas exhibited at lhe Ste\'ens Institute ;It the tillle () f i I" Tlll'llly-fifth "\nni \'l'r,ar), exh illil iOIl.

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Regulator Co., New York. from 1901 to elate. [e is a I~ree Mason and a member of the Royal i\rC<lnlllll.

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G.

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I{Olll':RTS

lIe contributed a paper OJ! .. The Pumping of (;as" to the 1\merican (;as Light j\sso ciation in October. 1899. lie i, a mcmber of the l\merican (;as Light l\ssociation; the .\lllerican Society of ;'I\cchanical Engineers: the Westmoreland C1uh. I~ichmond. \';l.: thc ['h iladelphia Country Club: the L'ni \'crsity C1uh; and the Merion Cricket C1uh. Mr. C. J. Roberts \I'as all , \IUllllli Trustee of Stevens Institute of Terllllology for the term 1899- 1902.

Roberts, William Henry Harrison, Jr, (M.E., '()3) , was horn in I'hiladelphia. Pa .. ;\lay 28. Itl09; SOil of W. II. I r. and Martha (Fife) Roherts. TTl' is of the eighth generatioll from John and Sarah Hoberts. who sailed from England on Iht' "Krnt" in 1077. al1(\ settlrd in Burlington County. N. J De was \l'ith the Columbia Typewriter i\1anufacturing Co., New York, 1893- 9-1-: inspector with the Mergenthaler Linotype Co .. Brooklyn. N. y, 180596: with the Johnson Temperature Regulating Co., Nell' York. 181)6 190r; and has been with the Powers

i{OIlIRIS. JR.

Robinson, Edward William p 1.1~.. \)~). was hOrJI ill Ilalllhurg. (;erm<lIlY, ;'Ila)' 13. 1~7-1. I Ie was employcd by Colgate & Co .. /ers".\' (路it\路. :\ . . 1.. I~()S: I\'as <irallgl!hlllall f"r Ih(' I':hnirn Ilridgc Co. f)1l Ih(' :\orlh

E. \\'.

RUlIlNSON

II'cstern Elc\'ate<i Railroad, Chicago, alld illspector 011 lile IJark An:nue improvement,


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY

Xcw York, 1896; drallghtsman with the C. \\'. Hunt Co., Ncw York, engaged 011 coal-handling machinery, 1896-97; with l{. ['. and J. II. Staats, i'\ ew \' ork, engaged in designing and Luilding sheds and plants for thc \\'hitc Star, Cunard, and \\,ilson ~teamship lines, ~el\' York, and similar I\'ork, J 897- 1900; memlJcr of the linn or Ray & Robinson, contractors and lJuilders, New \' ork, 1900-03; and has becn a mcmber of the finn of Smith & Rollinson, general contractors, from 1903 to date. J Ic is a memhcr of the J'rincl'ss . \nne LIunt Club, and of the , \landar Colf Club. 1\[1'. Robinson is the son of Edward and Emma (Weis1I1ann) Rohinson. His first ancestor in .\merica I\'as \\'illiam I(obinson, (d' Dorchester, :\Jass., who settled thl'1'e in 1635 in the company led by Richard ;'Iathcr. The subject of this sketch 1I1arricd C;eorgiana Il. Brock, Octuber 20, 11S96, and they hal'e one child, I':d\l'ard IIcrm<ln Robinson.

man with the Barr Pumping-Engine Co., Philadelphia, Pa., ]887- 90; and has been vice-president and manager of the .!eanesville Iron \ Vorks Co., Jeanesville, 1'a., from J890 to date. The product of thc company is mine and special pllmping machincry. He has taken out t\\'o patents, onc [or a coal jig, and the other for a cut-orf for duplex [lumps. Ilc is a member of the I\meric:tn Society of l\lcchanical Engineers. Mr. I~ood is the son of llomcr n. and Ih'len S. Hood. J]e married !\Iicc .\. Stone, Deccmher 21, 1882, and they hal'c 11\'e chil

Robinson, Herman ptE .. '98), has, so far as knoll'n, heen located in XCI\' \ ' ork city sincc graduation. Rogers, Washington Hunt, Jr. (i\T.E., '02), \\'as hol'11 in Xel\' York city July 23. d~81: S Oil of \\'ashillgton II. and Emma .\. Rog ers. rIc is desccnded from Lieut.-Col. Rogers \\'ho pl.'rishccl in the Black 110lc of Calcutta. The dircct line of the Rogers fa1l1ily have all cngaged in active military sen ice. The subject of this skctch was assistant in the tcsting department of the ,\merican Diamond Rock Drill Co. for onc ) ca r, cngaged i 11 expcri mcn ta I work on sleam turbines, condensers, compressors, and ccntrifugal pumping-machinery. J Ie was inspcctor of construction with the Xc\\' \'ork :\[utual Cas Light Co, until the latter part of 1903, when he \\'as advanced to the posi tion of assistant superintendent. Rood, Vernon Harris (M.E., '82), was born ill Elyria, 0 .. ~o\'cmhcl' ro, 1856. lIe was assistant to the superintendent of the firm of ,l. C. Haydon & Co., builders of mining machincry, Jeancsl'ille, Pa., 1882; draughtslllan with Coxe Bros. & Co., Dri fton, Pa., 1882- 84: filled a likc position with the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co., Pottsville, Pa., 1884-8i; was head draughts-

Y. 11. Roo"

dren, \ ' cJ'l1on S.. :\I:trgarc[ S., Esther , \ .. Carlos 11., and .francis J\. Rood. Ropes, Albert Barrett (11.E., '8,3), was horn in Orange, ~ . .I., July 10, 1862: son of ])avid l\ ichols and Lydia Lallrelia Ropes. Ilis father and his IInclc, (;corge Ropcs, \\'ere the first manufacturers of tahle cullery in this cOlliltry. hcginning ahout the year 1840. At thc age () f fi ftcen he made a complete II'orking model in wood of a locomoti I'C three feet long. lIe worked in the locomoti\'c shops of the Xorthern Pacific Railroad at Brainerd, l\linn.: then spcnt a short timc in the ser\'ice of the Philadclphia & Rcading Hailway at Heading, Pa., rcsigning to become enginecr of tests lor the Xorthern Pacific Railroad. At thc time of his death, which occurred at Sacramento,


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Cal., in October, IR89. he was engineer of tests for the Sou th ern ['ac i lic Rai Iroad.

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:\11'. .I, 1\, Ilarrl'll, inl!:stigating ekctrolylic destruction of Ilatn-pipcs hy trolley currents, for the Ihooklyn Subway COllll1li,sion, I:rooklyn, ::\, 1'" 1l-\94-95; draughtsmall on structural ironwork II ith the Jackson ,\rchitectural I rOll\lorb, :\ ('II \' ork, IRl)j- (lo; en gaged on l'kelrol;. til' inl'l'stigatioll, again, lor thl' llrookl;.n :-;llhll'ay Coml1lission (the Ilnrk hegun ill ll-\cI4), IRc)6 (Ii: consulting lngillccr to (;('11. Collis, cC)JlIlllission('l' of puhlic II orb, :\ell York, in Inatlers rclating to conduit electric railroads, rcgarding l'kciroil,tic ciL-structioIl oi Ilater pipcs, etc" and ekl'lriral engilH'('r to the I lepartllll'nt 01 I'uhlic \\ ori.;:,;, ::\CII Yurk, 011 all lIork then being ronstrurkri hy the :\ictropolitan :-;1J'l'('1 I{;]iillay Co.. IX()i 9X; and has h',(,11 dralightslllan Oil Illachinc design allil plllll'1' plants and consliiting l'ngllll'l'r Illr Illill tran,lllissif)n plants froln IR(IR If) dall', Ill' is an a,sf)ciatl' Illl'lllhl'l' Ilf thl' _\Illl'1'ican III ,tittill' fli IZkclrical 1'~ngincl'1"s,

R()PF~

Rose, Rudolf Viedt 01.1':" '97), lias horn at :\iagara Falls, :\, 1'" ,\pril 2i, IRio: son of ,\dolf E, and I lekllc \ ' , I~osc, alld of (;erillan desccnt. lie has hl'ell lIith the :\i agara I"alls I'oll'cr Co, allel the Callaciian \!iagara ['Oller Co, [rolll IS()7 to date, I [is work has heen prillcipall;. in rOllllertioll Il'ith the illstallation of the j,noo-horsl' P()\I('r till' hillcs in Power llouse :\0, 2 oi the :\iagara I-ails Power Co, and the IO,noo horst' 1)(l\ll'r turhinl's of the Canadian :\iagara l'OIITr ('0, I Ie is IlOW chief engillen of the ::\iagar;, Falls 1'0 \\'c I Co, During the pcril)(1 sincc gracinatinll ~Ir. Rosc spent Ilearly a year ill the electrical instruillent ciepartlllent of I lic :\ Ilget1ll'i Ill' Elcktricitilts C;esellscha ft 0 f llcr lill, (;('rl1lan)" Ill' is a l1Iemhcr of till' Ilvta 'I heta Pi and Tau Beta Pi [raterni til"';, Rosenberg, Ernest M. (:\I.I~" 'Rrl) , IlilS horn in :\l'\1 York city :-;l'plcillher 4, IR()R: son of 1~lllii Rosenherg, :\1,1 l" and :-;, ( Illulll emhal) I{osenhl'l'g, r Ie lIas ('!ect ririall and sUjlerilltendcilt of the i\lanhaltan Electric Light CO" :\I'W York, IRR(I ()I : drallgillsmall In lhl' Crane departlllcilt oi the Yale &:. Towne 11 anufacturing Co" :-;tal1l ford, ('{)Jill" 1892; draughtsillan on track and pOll l'r llOuse \101'1, for the i\letropolitan Street [{ailll'al' Co" ::\ell York, IS9294: assrlCialed wit!1

Rosenbusch, Gilbert p, r. E., 'lJ4), lI'as horn in :\CII York city .lull' 2(>. t~i4: ,f)1l of Jlhl'ph anri ( 'amlinl' ]{osl'nhllsrll, lie II as II illl thl' :-;pragtle I~kctric ('0., :\cw Ymk, I~C)4 r)(), his wf)rk c()lnJ>risin,~' dratlghting, ril'sig'ning, erl'cting, testing, and o:plTilllent lng, ,\, engllll'l'r in chargc of the ckl路tric

l''1niPIIll'llt flf thl' f,>rly cight l'll'Iators Ins talkd on the ('l'ntral i.()ndon Ll llricrgTf)t1llrl


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE Or< TECHNOLOGY Railway, he was resident engineer for the Sprague Co ., in London, 1899- 1901. During the latter year he was employed on special work for Sir Douglas I'ox, designing underground stations; and next became chief electrical engineer to the firm of \Vaygood & Otis, Ltd., London, consulting engineer for the Sprague Elevator Co., London, and patent expert for subsidiary companies. lle is at present on the engineering stall of the Underground Electric l~ail\\"a}'s Co. of London . Ile has cle1i\'c rcd scveral lectures before \'arious societies on ele\'ator practice. IIe is all honorary member of the Engi lIeerillg Society o[ the State Ullil"l'rsity of l\linncsota: a member of the Royal Societies Club, London; and an asso ciate IIlcmber of thc l\l1lcric<ln lnstitulc of Electrical 1~llgi 足 m:ers. and of thc Jnstitution of Ci\'il Engineers, London . Royle, Vernon Elmer (:\1.1~ . , '02). was iJorn in Paterson. l\' . .I., .Iuly 10. 1877; son of Yernon and Jeannie (l\La1collll) l{oylc. lIc worked in the machine-s hop of John Royle & Sons, for t \1"0 years. at vise \\"ork and all machines. .\t present he is in the draughting- roolll o[ this cOlllpany. I Ie has applied for a patcnt on tcxtile Illachincry.

\'. E. ROYLE

l ie is a melllhcr of the ::\Cl\' York Electrical Society. and the ::\ onh Jersey ,\utonlOhile C1uh.

Ruprecht, Louis (M.E., '94), was born in IloiJoken, N. J.. November 22, 1873; son of Charil's \ V. and Marianne Blume Ruprecht,

LOl'IS H.L1PRECHT

and uf (;erlllan desccnt. .lIe was w ith the \Vestinghouse Electric & l\lanuiacluring Co., Pi llsiJurg. Pa., 1894-96, as apprentice in the shops, cngaged in experilJlental laboratory \l'ork, and assislalll in the cngineering departmcnl on specilication \Vork and design; was in the elllplo)" of the National Lead Co .. 1896- T90 I. as chemist and mctallurgist of the smelting and rdining departlllcnt, engaged ill manufacturing lead. tin, antimony. etc .. alloys. an,1 the reduction of oxides and drosses. ele . lie designed and erected a smeltillg and rcfilling plant at the Chicago branch. and was supcrilltelltlcllt and buyer ill this (kpartmclll. I lc was with the HusseJ1 & Enl ill :\Ianufacturillg Co .. l\ew Britain, COlln .. 1901 - 03. as chid engineer ill charge of pO\l'cr and plant and of changes and aclditiolls in boiler. engine. electrical installations. de . During I()O-l- he iJecame manager of the \ \' ash ington Electric \' eh icle Transportation Co .. of the Electric Vehicle Co .. IIartford, COlln., manufacturcrs of commercial and pleasure electric and gasoline vehicles. He designed and applied for a patent on a rapid casting mold. ITe contriiJuted an article to the StC'i.'CIlS indica/or on "Craphic \[ethod for the Determination of the Sum Value of


THE ALUMNI Two Components," designed for the National Lead Co. and used for determining cOI1\'eniently the fluctuating value o[ an alloy for varying cost of the compollent metals. i\Ir. Ruprecht is a charter member o[ the University Club of Brooklyn. Rusby, John Morrell pl.E .. '85), \\':\s born in Franklin , X . .1-, :'Ilarch 5. 1~61; SOil of J oh n and Abigail E. (f f olmes) Rusby. He has been with the United Cas Inlpro\'Cmenl Co., from 1885 to date, h;l\'ing occupied the following positions: in the engineering office at Philadelphia, 1885 86; superintemlent of gasworks at Alkntown, 1'a., 1886-87 ; superintendent of the ,1ersey City gasworks, 188799; ill charge of the Hud so n County electric plant of Jersey City, 1891 -96 ; engineer of the Uudson COUllt)' Cas Co., 1899[902; and inspecting engineer [rom 1902 to date. I Ie is a member of the. \mcrican Sociely of 1lechanical Engineers; of the ;\merIcan Cas Light Association; the Engineers' Club of New York; and the Merion Cricket Cluh. fIe presented a paper to the American Cas Light Association, in October, 1898, on "The Ereect of the Depth of Fire upon the Practical Efficiency o[ a \Vater-Gas Generator." An article hy him on "An Outline

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Description of Carburelled Water-Gas Manufacture ., appeared in the Sl(,~!clls Indicator, Octobcr, 1899.

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Rusling, William James, Jr. (M .E., '96), was horn in Brooklyn, N. Y.; August 10, 187.j.; son of William .I ames and Emma R. (Smith) Rusling. IIe was in the motive-

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power department of the Pcnnsyh'ania Rail road at Jersey City, N. J.. 1896-99; at A ltoona, Pa.! ]899- 1901 ; at Philadelphia, Pa ., 19째1-째3; and at Pittsburg, from J903 to date. Sague, James Edward (Af.E., '83), was born in Poughkeepsie. S. Y .. July 2, 1862. lIe was assistant engineer of tests \\ ith the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy H.ailroad, Aurora, 1I1., J883 8.=;; engincer of tests. general foreman of machine-s hops at ./ersey City, and di\'ision master mcchanic with the Erie l-l.ailroad, 1885-90; mechanical enginecr with thc \\'cst Indi a Impro\"CllIcnt Co .. and superintendent of Illotive powcr for thc Jamaica Railroad , Jamaica. \\'. I., 189째-92; mechanical engineer with the Schcncctaciy Locomotive \\'orks, Schenectady, ?\. Y .. 1892- I901. In this latler year, at the time of the consolidation of most of the large 10comoti\'e manufacturing concerns into the American Locomotive Co., he was called to the main office in Kew York to take charge of the engineering business of the consolidated company. "In March, 190.j.. he was made assist,lIIt vice-president. and ill J ulle vicepresident of the American Loco11lotive Co.


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I~STITUTE

While engineer of tests with the Eric Railroad , he designed and superintcnded the application of the system of steam car-heating in use 011 that road. 1Ie did considcrahle work in connection with the designing and fitting up of nell' shops oE the Schcncctady Locomotivc \\ 'ork5. and later his work at Schenectady consisted principally of the designing and sale of locomotivcs. lle contributed an articlc on the" Design of Locomotive alld Car Springs" to the 5/c'iYI/S indica/or, \'1. Ilc has also bccn an active mcmber in presenting papers. reports, discussions. etc .. to thc various associations to which hc bclongs, among which arc the following: the j\merican Society of 11('chanical Engineers; the ,\11Ierican Railway ~Iaster 11echanics' ,\ssociation; and the :'\ew \ 路ork. and the ~cw E.nglaud H.ailroad clubs. r Ie was one of the three representatives of the 1\111eric:ln Society of 1fcchanical Engineers at the tests carried on at the locomotive tesling platll which the Penllsyl"ani,l Railroad includcd in its exhihit at the St. Louis Exposition in 190~. :\lr. Sag-ue is thc son of Horace and JTarriet .lane (l(elsey) Sague. 11e marrieci Jeannette r";:enyoll. October 30. 1890. alld they havc one child. Isabel D. Sague. Sanborn, Francis N. (M.E .. '91). was witll the Manhattan Electric Light Co .. J\'ew York. 1891- 9.3: mechanical engineer with thc Susquehanna Coal Co .. \\路ilkc~harrl'. 1'a .. J89~. and at j\ 'anticokc. Pa .. 1895; assistant master mechanic II'ith the Coc Bra ss Manu facturing Co .. Torrington. Conn .. I 896- 1()00 : <md later has heen with the j\tlas Portland Cemcnt Co .. Tlannibal. 1\10. TIe is a junior memher of the American Society of Me chanical Engineer~: an associate memher of thc j\lllerican Institute of Electrical Engineers; and a memher of the American Institute of :'.lining Engineers. Sander, George H. (i\1.E .. '01). II'as horn in Dresden. (;ermany. OctoiJer I. 1880: son of llermann F. anel Emma Sander. r Ie en tered school in Dresden. (;ermany. anel caille to America in 1888. Ilc has hcen employed in thc works of thc General Electric Co .. Schenectady, 1"\. Y., fro111 J901 to elate. at firsl in the d.::partll1ent of tcsts. next as first a~~istallt foreman of the transformer testing

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departillent, and then took the shop course and sel"l'ed for a ,hort time in thc draughting department. Ill' is at prcsent with l1. G. Heist. chief engincer in the alternating-current cngincering department of tile saille company. and taking a postgraduate course with l)rof C. P. Steinmetz in the modern theory of electrical cngineering and in al ternating-currcnt phcnomena. J Ie spen! three months ill 190~ inspecting electrical manufacturing cstablishmcnts and lighting installations in (;ermany. lie is an associate

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membl'r of the .\merican institull' of 1~1cc 颅 trical Engineers. and a member of the Tau Ikta Pi frall'rnity and the i\[ohawk I.acrosse Club. Sander, Robert Hermann (i\I.I~., '00). \\'as I)orll in f)resden. (;enllany. i\larch 22. 1878: son of I ferlllann F. and Emma Sander. TTl' was Instructor during the Supplementary Term at Ste\'ens Institule. j()00. 1<)01. and 1<)02; was employed in the meter department of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co .. Nell' York. 1900-0J: conducted. jointl\' lI'ith :Ill'. D. Corhin. :'Il.l~ .. a test of the plant of the Cross .. \us(in. & II"Clan<i Lumber Co .. Long bland City. ~. Y., 1901: and has been In~tructor In ad\'anced mathcmatics. mechanical drawing. and manual training at the high ~ch()ol .. ;\orth Plainfield. N . .T .. trom 190r to date. During the Sllmmer of


S.t9 I()O"",- he \'isitcd a numl>n of l'nginl'l'ring and industrial schools ill (;l'rlnan),.

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13, 1~;5: son of Tho1llas James and Frances (;racc (:'Ilrl'hcrson) Sallson, and o[ Scotch dl'sccnt. Ilc \\'as cmploycd in thc bridge ;111(1 ~tructural dcpartnll'nt ot the I'cnn sylnl Ilia Stccl ('0" SteCltOIl, I'a .. IRC)C) 1900: in the office of I'crril'al I~. :'Iloscs, consulting cngi nccr. \' l'\\' \' ork, I ()OO-O r ; and has been III thc forgc dcpartllll'n( of the l\Ji<h'ail' Stccl Co .. \icet()\\'n, I>hiladelphia, I'a. , frolll

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Sanders, Lewis (:\ I. E.. .<)/-;), II'as in the draughting room of the ('r<Jcker- \\ ' hl'c1cr Elect ric Co .. J\mpere, X . .I., I ~l)R; engagcd in iml'stigatiolls at Stcycns Institute \. \yhere he had asscmbled a gas-engille suitable for his purpose) concLTning inlJJrO\'C l11cnt of the lCOIlOm}, of the gas-enginc by mcans of an (,riginalmelhod of cxploding thc gases, IR99; factory manager of the llolyokc .\utomohik ('n" Iioly-oke, ;\la5s., J900 02. lie has I>cen prl'sidcnt o[ the Suaqui (;ran(le (hc Co .. and chid l'nginccr for the :'lexican syndicate of the I'lacero dcl Rio ConclHh (placer \\'orking), Chihuahua. ;\lexico; and is now in charge of the stcam turbinc ll'sts for thc (;cn eral Electric Co. at \\'est L)'nn, :'IIass. Sandt, George F. (:\l.E., 'X"",-) , Il'as \I'ith I,i ndl', Smi th, & Co.. manll [actll rers 0 f refrigerating machines, ~ew York, IXX"",-; the I~dison Electric Light Co., X cw York, 1885()3; secretary and treasurer of the Electrical l':ngincering & Trading Co., Xc\\' York, 1~93 95; 511pl'l'intcndcnt of the Ccorgia Electric Light Co., J\tlanta, Ca .. J895-97; and tor several years has been located at .. The 110I1ll'," lIighlands 'tat ion, DellYer, Colo. Sanson, Frederick Bartholomew pl.E., '99), \Ias iJorn in East Orange, N, ]., NovemiJer

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Sanson, Harold R. (:'I I.I ~" .()()), I\'aS hom in I':ast Orallgl', \' . ./ .. XO\'l'l1Il>er 30. 18;6. 1Ie II as cnlploycd in the forge cicpartll1ent of the :'Ili(h'ail' Stcel Co .. I'hiladelphia, Pa .. 1X9C)- 1()00: \I';IS assistant superintcndcnt of the \orthall1pton Portland Ce1l1cnt Co., Stockl'l'town. I'a., 19째0-0 1: was in the condl'nsl'l' depart I1lcnt of the Intcrnational Pump CO .. ,\C\I' York, lC)or-02 : and ha s hel'n sccretary and gcncral manager of the Southern Ccment Co .. Birmingham, .\la., from )903 to date. lie is also senctary and gcneral manager 0 f t hc Cahaha Southern :\1 ini ng Co., Birmingham. l1Iiners and shippers of domestic and steam coal frolll the Cahaha-Underwood seam at I TargroYl' . ,\lao TTl' is a memher of the Chi Psi fratel'llity, and at the Southern and Country cluhs Ot Birmingham, :\11'. Sanson is the son of Thomas James and Francl's Crace pTcPherson) Sanson,


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He married Florence Pierson, Orange, N. J, October 29, I902.

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Mechanical Engineers; and a member of the ~ew York Athletic Club and of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity . 1rr. Sclwefiler is the son of John and Anna

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Sawyer, F. Hudson (l\I.E., '97), \\'as in the employ of the i'intsch Compressing Co., Newl"ork, located rirst at Atlanta. Ga., anc! later at l\Je1l1phis. Tenn .. frOlll 1898 until recently. lIe is now superintendent of the company awl is located at Texarkana. Ark. Scammell, Frederick A. (l\I.E., '99), was Instructor during the Supplementary Terlll at Stevens Institute. 1899: was employed in the Carnegie Steel \\'orks, Homestead, Pa., 1899: engaged in the \yood-pulp business in New Bruns\\ ick, 1899: and has been employed in the Carnegie Steel \Vorks, Munhall, Pa., at first as assistant to the stealll expert, [901: and noll' as superintendent of the steam clepartment. Schaeffier, Joseph C. (l\LE .. '00). was born in ~e\\' York city :\Iay 8, 1877. lIe was Instructor during the Supplementary Term at the Ste\'ens 1nstitute, 1900; \\'as employed in the engineering department of the Patten Vacuum Tce Co .. New York, I90001: was assistant to l\'Ir. George H. Barrus, consulting engineer anc! steam expert, Boston. Mass., 19掳1 -03: and has been engaged in consulting and contracting engineering \\'ork on his 011'/1 accOLlnt since 1903. He is a junior member of the American Society of

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Schaefner. j Ie married l\lildred A. Dolliver, l\farch 19, 1903路 Schimmel, John, Jr. (l\f.E., '96), studied at Columbia Dni \'e rsi ty, 1896 97, receiving the degree of civil ellginl'er in the latter year: and has since hel'n l'111[>loyed in the general office of the BaltiJ11ore. Chesapeake. & ,\t1antic Railway Co .. Baltimore. :\fd.: later. with the same company. at Salisbury, \fcl.: and at present as assistant supen'isor :\0. 8 with the Pennsylvania Railroad, Tyrone. Pa. II is graduating thesis, prepared jointly with Messrs. l\f. Shepard and Rudolph Bruckner. on ",\ C0111paratil'e Test of the Calorific Power of \Vilkinson Carburetted \Vater-C as and Lo\\'e Carburetted \\'aterGas, with the Junker Calorimeter." was puhlished in the SiLT"II.\' {1l<iiC<l/or, XITT. lIe is a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Schlesinger, Alfred Henry (l\ I.E., '87), was horn in College Point. ~. Y., January 7. 1865. He wa~ with the N'ational \Vater Purifying Co., ~ew .York. first as assistant and then as engi /leer in charge, 1887-90. During this time he was in charge of the


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erection of water-purifying plants throughlation of the piping system in the ;\ew York out the Eastern, \\Testern, and Southern Aquarium. During the time in \\'hich he has States, and designed seve ral special devices in cOllnection wi th the same. II e was associated with C. \V. Thomas U"1.E., '84), mechanical and hydraulic engineers, XCII' York, 1890-91; was mechanical engineer and a. sistant superintendent of the works of the India Rubber Comh. and the Coodyear Hard Rubher companies at College Point, N. ') T., 1891 -98, in which latter year lllc C0111panics were merged into the ,\l1leric<tn lIard Rubber ("0., and Mr. Sch lesi nger was macle superintendent of the College Point \\'orks, the position he noll' holds. Ire is also a stockholder in the COI1lpany. In 1892, under a contract liARD - RuBB ER PL'1fP FOR C"""EY1"n CORIWSll'E L1QUI[)S for two power pumps and _1. l-I. Scliitsill/!,<'r all the piping for the saltwater aquaria in the Fisheries Building at been associated \I'i th the rubber companies, the \ 'Vorlc1's Columbian Exposition, Mr. he has designerl and installed new tools for Schlesinger designed many of the fittings the manufacture o[ harc1 - rnbber goods. r11 189-+ he designed a double-acting harrl ruhher Jlum]l to eOIll'ey a solution of iron ill nitric acid, which, prior to that time. I\'as exceedingly difficult 10 handle. Tile pUl11P is easii,l路 constructed and kept in oreler, and is applicahle to any driving po\\'er. The pUl11P end is cOlllplete in itself. and call be attached to it stealll end for dril'ing, or to a nank to be drivcll hy belt pO\lTr or electric lllotOr. Several sizes oft hese pUlllpS have heen put 011 thc lllarket <lnd illstalled, the largest being of six-inch (liailleter and ten inch stroke. To llleet a deilland for a sillaller PUlllP, a single-acting plunger PUl1lP, to he II'OJ-ked hy hand or hy hell pOll-c r . has heell designcd and lll<lllfllilL-tured under 1\fr. Schlesinger'~ supcl'I路isioll. OITr sixty of these lllacllines arc noll' in Ilse in chemical plants together II'ith complete systems of plplng. A. II. SCHLESINGER He contrihuted an article on the" Development of a Stealll T'lallt of the Early and superintended their erection. ] n 1893 he 'I<ifties" to the SJ(,7'('IIS Ins/ii/lle Indicator drew plans for and superl'ised the instalfor July, Igor.


TilE STI;:VEKS Ii\STrTCTE OF TECIlN"OLOGY 11<: I, a 11lclllhn of the hoard of conlrol. I'il'c prl'"i<icl1t uf the l'uPPl'nhu'Cl1 In ,tiIUIl' at College P()int; director (lr tlte ('"Ikge Point ~:II'illgs 11:l1lk: a 1IIl'llIhcr o[ the hoard (If trustel's o[ tltc \lueellshorollglt Lihrary, \ell York city: a 1IICI11 lILT ()f C(Jilsistorl', and treasurl'!" Ilr lite I;irsl l{d(;r11led Church or ('olll'gl' I'"int: and a 1IIL'lniln "i tltl' Chi I)si rralL'rllity. :-. I 1', ~L'itl\."i nger is thL' s"n 0 I \ltg路ltste I). and .Il'l'IlSha C. (I)it kin) ~chksinger. II is nHlthn is a direct lincal descendant uf \\'il lialn I'itkin. third (;o\'L'rnor or Connecticut, 17666(), The sub .il'ct IIi tltis ~ketch Illarrini :-'Iary .lones, ~eplL'nlh('1' 25, I~(),:;, and thl'l ha\(' line child, .\I[1'L'd 1:1'ancis ~ch1csillgl'r. 8tHi

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Schmidt, Edward C. (:\ I,I~., '<):; ), was ilorn .krsl'Y ('ity, :\ . ./ .. :\Iay l-t, 1~7-t; ~t)J] of

John I'rednick and CalhL'rinl' [~, (Ilishord) ~L'hnlidt. [Ie- lias elnployed il1 the l'nginl'ering tkpartl11l'lll or the [-;:alhileisch Che11lil'al ('0 .. XL'II' \'()rk, Ii{),:; <;(1: ill thl' like departlilelit oj the C. \\ ' . I funt Co .. Xl'lI' \"ork, I~t)(): in th" sleanl department of the [~di"tlll I~lcctric IIIu11linating Co .. Ilrookl\'l1, (81)6 <)7; in the c'lnstruction dL'partlllelll of the ,\ltll'rican Stoker Co .. XCII' York, IR<)7--9R: al1d. COI1I1l'cted with thl' L'llil'l'rsity of Jlli-

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L' 1'h:llla, III .. IStjR-- /()0-t, for tlte lirst years as Instructor, and then a~

,\ssislanl i'rofessor of Railway l\l<'chanical Engincering. lie is now engl11ecr of

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ll'sts ror the [,,'IT Turhine L' o .. \\'l'lbl'illc, \. Y. In IR(1) 1<)03 he L'olHlucted train-resist:In('e ''''Ill'rinlents on the Illinois Central: t路lel路cb/lci. Cincinnati, Chicago, & St, Louis; :,11<1 the :\ew iL'rscy Ccntral railroads. [Ie also designed Railway Test ('ar :\n. 17, oll'ned ],.1' the llnil'l' rsity of lliinois and the Illinois ('ent1'al I~ail\\'ay, of II hich illustraI ions an: here .sbllll'll. In 1<)01 he conducted train - rcsistance l'X I'eriments on the :\Cll' York CCl1tral & IludSOil Ril'er railroad to prol'idc dala necessary lor th" "'lang" in Inotil'e pOliTI' in the '-'ark , \I'l'JllIl' tunllci. Xell' York, irom s!calll to clectricity. III this cOllneL'tion he look part in competitil'c tests "f steam 10Ctllllotil,(,s alld eleclric IIlotor ears at tltl' 1I'0rks of tltl' (;cneral 1':Jectric Co.. Schcllectady, :\, Y. ~Ir. ~chmidt is lhe author of the ioliOlI ing papers: .. . \pplicatiol1s of C<lIllpressed ,\ir III I{ailll'ay ~ht)p Practice," reaci he rore the Sl. Louis Railway C1uh, [:eltruary, 1900: .. The l)YI;~111101ll颅 eter Car and its Usc<' read hefore the Paeilie Coast Rai I way Cluh, :\ol'cmhe1', 1901: and "Education ill I{ail\\'ay Engi neering al the Cnil'crsity of JIlinnis," read hefore the Illinois Society of Enginccrs alld SUrl'e.l'ors, January, 1l)00.

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the l'rollHltion of I':ngineering l ~d l1l'atiulI anel of the Tau Ileta I'i fratl'rnity,

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Schmitt, Joseph A" Jr, C\l.l~" \)~), lI'a" horn in Jersey City, :\, .I" Ikcemhef :2(1, 1~7..j. , lie Iras de~igner II ith ,\, ~chrader's -"<1I1S, nlanufactllrl'r" of i>icycie-lirl' I'ail'l's and L'niit'd ~tatl's dil'ing-apparatll'i, IRI)R9(): ill the ellgineering dl'partml'nt ()f thl: Can-in :'Ilachine C()" :\1'11 York, IR()l) 1900; Ilith the l'. \\ ', II1Int Co" nlallllfacturefs oi roal handling macilinery. ele" \\ 'est '(ell' nrigilton. ~tatl'n Island, :\, y,. 1l)00 02. at lirst in the engi neering departlnl'nt and later as rhid drallghtsnlan in thl' e:o;eelltil'e delartml'lll: in till' engineering (kpartnll'nt of till' L' nit ed ('okc & (;a s Co, (nOlI at Camdcn. :\, .I,). 1C)0203: and ha s heen in thc cnginl'ering department of the Fl'dcral Sligar Relining Co" of \'ollkers. ~', \,,, as h ead drallghtsman from J()O;) to date, .\Ir. SCllll1ill is t!le son of Joscph . \, and Loui sa (.\lorschhauscr) Schmitt. J Ie mar ried Katheryne :'II. Reis, Uctoher 29, 1902, Schoenborn, William Ernest (:\l.E" 'S7). Il'as hol'l1 in \\ 'as hington, D, C, Ill' ha s hecn ;I n c:o;aminer in the LJnited States Patent Office. IRR7 1()O.'l. in the following departments: J )il'is ion 25 ( mill s and thrcshing-

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mach i nes) 18R7-Rq: Di I'i sion ;) (Illctall urgy , electro chcmistry. and gas manufacturc). 1~~9 92: and Di I'ision L8 (stcam cnginecring). 181)2- 1<)0;), The \l'ork in the latter di I' ision in\'oil'e d the c:o;ami nation 0 f appli cations concerning slca m -hoiler furnaces. steam hoilers, fl'cd water heaters and j1uri lins. in,ivct()rs. simple and 111tdtiple e:o;pan sifJll skaln-engines, s tealll p[lIl1pingengincs, puls()nll'tl'l's. simple and ConlJloulH1 locolllo [i I'CS, I'all'c-g-ca rs. and s ha it -gOl'e rnnrs, [n 1()0.1 he ,'ngaged in profes s iollal Ilork as c:o; pert in patent calP;es and solicitor of paknt s ill \\';lShillgton, I), l', In I ~()() hl' investigalcd the patent ~ys ll'ms and industrial arb of I ~ ngland, (;crInany, I ~ rance, ~II'itzer1and. ,\lI s tria al1(1 lud,l', III 1902 ill' illl'Cstigated the irrigation pr()iJlem of Eg\' pt and inspected the dams o[ . \s so uan ilnd ,\SSilit. lie rl'(:cil'l'd thl' (kgrcl' ()f Ilachelllr of I,all'" ff'Om the ,\ ';[tiolla) Law Lln in路rsit.I'. \\ ' ;t"hillgt()n. in June. I~R(), ;\lHI thal o[ !\Iastn of I'atcnt I.all' from the Coitlll1i>ian LJni I'e r,ity of Jurisprudence and ])iplnnlacy, \\ 'as hing-ton. Junc. I~l).;, I k is a junior

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mcmiJl'I' flf the . \merican Society ()f :'Ilcchall ical Engineers . alld a m e mber of the Chi P,i fratl'rni ty, Schramme, John T, (:\r,E .. '(2), Il'as born in '(ell' York city :'Ilareh 6, 1S70, lie \l'as


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

a student in electricity at Columhia College, New York, 1892- 93: with Schram1l1c & vuller, New York. 1893- 95: and with Schral11J11e Bros.. stockbrokers, Nell' \ ' ork, 1895-98: since which timc he has not engaged in busi ness. 1\fr. SchramJ11e is the son of Christian F. and :\farian Schramme. TTe married vrances T. Sage. JUlle 29. 1892. and they hal'e onc child. 1\farian Irene Schranlllle. Schumacher, H. J. (1\LE .. ·9T). \yas el\1ployed in the machine-shop, pattem -shop, roulldry, and draughting- rooIl1 of the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co .. Prol'idencc, R 1.. 189I-92 : sUJlcri Iltendent of the StamiordMachine \\·ork, . Stamford. ('0Iln,,189293; ill the draughting-ro0111 of the Gar\'in l\fachine Co" l\ew York. 1893; was located in Florida for a fel\' years; and has since been \I·ith the ,\merican Surety Co. Brooklyn. N. Y. ITis graduating thesis ... Rolling Friction. Thames ·Ri vcr Dra I,·hridge." was read before the American Society of Civil Engineers. \Vhile in the employ of the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co., he determined the cost of cast iron at spout of cupola and published the result of his ltlvestigation In the StCZICIIS I1Idicator.

agent, 1902- 03; in the employ of the Sea · coast National Bank, A sbury Park, N. ]., 1903- 04; and since £\pril of the latter yea!

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has heen inspector on con struction with the A storia Light, IT cat, & Power Co., "\ storia , Long I sland, N . Y. lIe is a member of the Chi Psi fraternity.

Scott, A. D. (U.K. 'or). has been with the Varley Magnet Co .. Providence, R. T., fronl 190T to date. Scott, Frederick Edwin (:\ L K. '97), was hom in Jersey City. l\. J.. June 8. T87.1: son of John Edll·in and TTatlie Augusta (1\fc \\"illiallls) Scott. Employed by the National Contracting Co .. he Iyas engaged in the COll "t ruction of the underground trolley system for the l\1etropolitan Street Rail way Co" I\el\' York. 1897- 98; hut upon the outhreak of the war with Spain he yolunteered and was detailed to the U.S .S. "Badger." on I\'hich he servcd until honorably discharged in the fall of 1898. \\'hen he obtained the position of assistant purchasing-agent with the N ell' Amsterdam Gas Co ., ~ ew York. III 1899 he was advanced to the position of chief clerk in the auditor's office. and in 1901 he became superintendent's assistant in the works at Ravenswood. Long Island City, N. Y He was then with the]. Edward Ogden Co., New York, as assistant purchasing-

J.

If. SCOTT

Scott, James Hamilton (M.E .. '89). wa s born ill Petersburg, Va .. July 18, 1867. IIe was analytical chemist in the laboratory of

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THE ALUMNI thc 1\CW York Crcam of Tartar \Vorks, Brooklyn, N. Y .. 1889; cngineer of tests with the Southcrn Pacific I{aikay, Sacral11ento, Cal.,1890 91, in which capacity he conductcd a series 0 f elaboratc whcel tests to overcome the cracking of whecls from thc braking heat, the results of \I'hich \\'crc published in the Procccc/illgs of thc J\Iastcr Carhuilders' J\ssociation. lie ",as a member of tbc Richmond Iron \\'orks Co .. I{ichmonc\. \ ' ;t .. builders of stationary engines and boilers. and contractors for iron lighthouses, 189T-9,'i. and general manager of the works. 1895- 190 I. 1\1r. Scott was the son of :'Ilaior Frederic I~. and Sarah Franccs Scott. 'ITe J1I:lrried l\1ary Wingfield. daughter of Bishop Wingfield, of Northern California, October II, 1893. and they had three children. He died in Richmond, ,\ ugust 24. 1901. Scott, Rossiter S. (l\l.E., '98). at the time his graduating exercises \I ere taking place. was sen'ing as a \'olunteer in the war \I'ith Spain. IIe did ser\'ice 011 thc U.S.S. "Badgcr," and was honorably discharged at thc conclusion of the war. IIc was with thc Baltimore Traction Co., until 1900; he thcn spent one and a half years making a tour of the world. TIc was assistant enginecr in thc engineering department of the United Railways & Elect ric Co., Baltimore. ]\ld., 1901-02; and has been with the Consolidated Gas Co., Baltimore, ;\1d .. from Ig02 to date, first as engineer in chargc of construction and now as engincer in charge of works. Scribner, Charles Walter (1\ I.E., '82). \\'as Lorn in Rcd Bank. 1\. ,I., September 7路 1857. lIe spent a year at Tlar\'ard, but, Princeton being his family college, he took the classical cOlll-se there, and rcceivcd the degree of Bachelor of Arts ill 1880 with a $.100 fellow,hip in mathematics. lie \I'as designer anc! dral1ghtslllan at the \\'allis Tron \\' orks. Jersey City, N. J.. 1882 8,'i: held the prillcipal ship of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.'s technological school. Baltimore, -:'lIe\.. 188587; was with thc Dafl Electric Co .. Grcenville, N. J.. 1887-88; was Professor of Mcchanical Engineering at Ames Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa, r889-92: held the like chair at the Univcrsity of Jllinois, Champaign, Ill., 1892-93; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pennsyl-

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"ania, Philadelphia, r894-97; and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the North Carolina Collegc of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Raleigh, 1\. c., 1898-IgOr. In thc latter ycar he gave up thc profession of teaching and took a position with the IIibbard-Rodman-Ely Safe Co., Plainfield. N. J.; in J903 associated himself with 1\1r. r. B. l~ae, consulting engineer, New \ 路od..:; and is no\\' in business for himself. lIc contributcd an article on .. Unfinished Inventions" to Cassia's JI aga:::illc, 1901. Il e is a mcmher of thc Amcrican Society of -:'IJechanical Enginecrs. 1\lr. Scribner is thc son o( Rev. \villia1l1 and Julia Scribncr. Ilc marricdllelen E. Vail (deceased 1899) Jllnc 30. 18gl, and they had (our children, Ilelcn Katharine, _\gnes I~lizahcth. Charles \\'alter. and Julia Scrihner. Seaman, David S. (i.\I,E .. '(2). is in the Boston office of the Grcen Fuel Econo1l1izer Co. TIe is a member of thc Thcta Xi and TaLI Beta Pi fraternities. Searing, Lewis (M.E .. '88). was born in 1\ew York city July 21. 1866. After C0111-

LEWIS

SEARING

plcting his school cducation hc was e1l1ploycd in a factory, building smail elcctrical apparatus; was aftcrwards cmployed in Edison's laboratory as assistant to Mr. Edison during


TIlE STEVENS INSTTTCTE OF thc \\'illter of J8R2- K3, lie thcn took :1 further ~ch()ol course 10 preparc for SlcYens, lie W;1S lirst ;1ssistant to I)r. (;cyer in the Electrical I kpartlnclll of StCVCIIS In stitutc, alld a :" i~tallt ill I'rc,;idcnt :-Iorton's pri\'atc laboratory. IRRR-KJ. lie ncxt wcnt to Paris to cllter the (;cyer - Bristol recording ammc tl'r for thc prize competition and to exhibit the metcr at thc Exposition. Sillcc IK ')o hc has hccn cstahlislH'd in I)cll\'cr, Colo" as a consulting and constructing engincer in partnership with :\Ir, I'rank I~, Shcpard. undcr thc linn nallle of Shcpard IX Scaring. In ISe).:; this linn acquired thc plant of thc (hl'J'land :-Iachincry Co" and incorporated thc I)CIl\Tr Ellgillcering \\'orb

TECI1~OLOGY

I R~)-J.

he designed and erected the Citizcns' Light I'lant at Lca(h'ilk. Colo" at all altitude of 10.000 fect. - the Ilrst in Co lorado usillg direct cOllllccted ullits. \'crtical l ross-compoulld ellgillcs. alld supplyillg arc li g ht s ill allY numhcr from incandesccnt circuits . In 189:; hc installed thc clectric po\\'cr and lighting plant for the ()maha IX (;rallt SmL'ltl'J' at Ikn\路c r. alld (he lighting' plant for the ,\ntlers llot cl at ('"lorado Springs. In JR()D hc installed OIlC of the thell largcst L'leCtric pumpillg plants in the country. \\' ith pU111pS of an aggregate capacity of 2.000 ga llons pcr minute. for punlping out thc Ilooded cnal-millc of the Colorado I:uc i & I roll Co, at I~ ouse. ('010, This clectric plallt displ;1ccd I ~ leclric

l'LA~T OF TilE ])E~\JC I' ENGI~EEReN(' \\'ORKS

Co"

j)ENnCR,

Cow,

I.l'7.i.'i;i ...~路cariJlg

Co.. buildi ng mining and smelti ng machinery \\ hich is shipped to all parts of the \\'o rlel. lie hcld the oflice of sccretary and treasurcr, besides acting as cow;trucling cngincer. until d-\JR, \\'hen he \\'as made yiccpresident and general managcr, \\'hich jJosition he now holds, Ilc has heen employcd as an expcrt witIICSS ill numerous legal cascs. dealing- principa ll y with s\lits arising from :iteam-boiler L'xplosiolls and in injunction suits hetween ri \'al electric- lighting companies. and has conducted a large number of tests of prominent cnginec:ring plants and materials, Tn 18{)3 hc installed an electric-lighting plant at the Ruhy Coal :-linc. at an altitude of J0.000 feet and a III id J 0 fect of snm\'. In

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cOll1prcssed-air systcm, did 1lIorc \\ork, and sa\'ed ahout 30 tOilS of coal per day, and. Ilot\\'ith,tanding- man)' prcdictions that ~oo-\'n1t a]lparatu~ could not he operated in a Iloodecl mine. was a S\lCCC:iS and is operating to-day, In 190 1 he was activc in forming the I) en\'cr :\[achinery :\Ianufacturcrs' :\ssociation. \\'hic l1 for scven months successfully fought a 111a chinists' strike , I [c is trea:iurcr and mC111her of the exccutive committee of this "ssociation, lIe also serycd t\\'O years as a 1I1ember of the administrali\'e council of thc :\'ational Metal Tracles Association. and \\'as (,n the Fiftecnth District Comlllittee of the \'ational f'ounclers' ,\ssociation, lie has contributed sc\'cral articlcs to tIl(' technical journals, principally thc E/cclri(ol


TIT I': ,\LUl\1 r\J EII~illccr, and chieny on the subject o[ electricity 7'crSIIS air for powcr in mining opera-

IT 1.1:,1111 II I,

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I.i"l'is .\'t'l1riug

tions, Thesl' papl'l's hal'e called forth Illuch discussion, l',pec ially on the part of the advocates of comp1'l'sscd air, Ili s gracluatingthesis. on .. l~xperill1cntal \)l'll'l'mination of the \ 'a riation (If I~, :\1. F, in the ;\rmature of thc \ \ ' e'it ingholl,e ])ynamo." \l'a, publishcd in the IOllrllll/ ol t/IC Fn/ll/dill Ilistitllte, 18c)I), Ilis p;lll'nt inl'c ntions includc a lacuum tulie liglitning-arrcster. an automatic coallecording device ior raihl'ays, an impnJI'ed design of crushing-rolls, and an improved hC;l(1 nH>tion fllr ore concentrating tables, I Ie is <l memlier of the ;\meric<ln Society of :"Ilechanical Engineers. and of the ])cnver (·Inli. and an associate memher of the f\meri can In stitllte of Electrical I~ngincers, :\Ir. Searing is Ihl' son of Petcr J, L. and ;\rahella (Lcwis) Scaring', lie is a direct dcscendant of Francis Ll'\\'is. onc of the I'\eIV York signers of the \)cclaratioll of IndepelH\cnce, I Ie l11arril'd Jeanie 1', Dana. Junc 29. 189 2. Seeligsberg, Leonard William (\\1. E.. '9 6 ). lIas horn in 11000kcn, :\, J.. DccClllber 21.

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I lc \\'as (\raughtsman at the Hccla \\'orks, ;n~c npoint,;\, Y .. 189 6-97 ; was el1lploycc\ III the shops of the Ilroll'n & Sliarpc ;\Ianufacturing Co .. Provide'ncc, R, I., 1897-9 8 ; and has iJeen Professor In :\Icchanical Eng-i ncering', vlce-presidcnt, and secretaI') of the Consolidated Schools. :\ ell' York, ilonl 18c)\ to 19°.+, lie has II'ritten text1l1athe iJooks on III at ics. 1l1echanics. pncumatics, h \'tIro 1l1cchanics ;tnd 11ICchanical drawing, and has also edited 11IallY other t\'chni ca l 1I'0rks puhlished by thc ('onsolidated Schools, lie is nOlI with the ;\IC( ,raIl Pulilishing Co, ?III', Secligsherg is the son of \\ 'illia1l1 and ,\ntonic (Kayser) Seeligsbcrg, [Ie married 1': I'l'lyn Young (;ridley, January IS. 1<)02, Seely, Frederick (:\I.!~,. '<)8). lI'as horn in :\l'\\' York cit)' .\pril 18. 1877; son of John F, ;tnd :\Iargaret 1. Seely. and of Xell 1': ng'l<lnd ;Incestry, lie Il'as assistant to the constrncting enginel'r \\,ith :\aughton & Co .. genl'1'al contractors, at the time of the in slallation of the underground trolley on Third and Eighlh al'l'nlles" :\ell' \ 'o rk. 189 8 99; took the course of postgraduate \\'ork leading to the degree of ('il'il I~nginecr at I'urdue L'nil'l'rsit)', Lafayette, Inc\.. 189<) I()OO; Il'as inspector in the Bureau of Yards and Docks at the Xl'\\' York ~a\')' Yard, 1')00 01. and in the latter year Il'as st ruc tural steel draughlsman ill the Bureau III Yards ami Docks. \\ 'ashington. D, and inspector of m;\sonry for the ,\<jucduct Commission on the nc\l' Croton dam, XCII' York; \l'a s an inspcctor in the Bureau of Yards and \)ocks at the XC\\ York :\av)' lard, 19° 1 03; i nspec\or 0\1 construction \l'ork at the Jerome Park Resen'oir, Xl'\\' lork, [9 0 3°4;

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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

and is now assistant engineer in the Topographical Department, Borough of Queens. New York city.

FREDERICK SEELY

Seeman, Edgar G. (1\L.E., '93), is with thc

S. Obermayer Co., PiLLslJurg. Pa. Self, Edward D. (lYLE., '86), was in the employ of the Electrical Accumulator Co .. Newark,1\'. J.. 1886: and later was engineer at Albany, l\. Y.. tor the Edison Electric Light Co., and mcchanical cngincer with Coombs, Crosby, & Eddy, K cw York. llc \\'as cngagcd in cngincering and construction work. designing and purchasing machinery for large mills in l\ustralia and l\lexico, making rcports on a transmission of power project for a mining-plant in Mexico, and making examinations of mines in South l\mcrica. ] Ie was superintendcnt of a mine in Guiana. In I894 he received the degree of Enginecr of Mines from Columbia Uniyersity. ] Ie \\'as assistant in mining at Lake Superior for thc class in practical mining, of the Columbia School o( 1\lines; and superintendcnt and manager of the Sonora Copper Co ., Sonora. ?I \'cx. lIe received a patent for a system of ore-concentration. rIc was consulting mining engineer (later consulting engincer) with the Transvaal Gold vields Co .. Johannesburg, South Africa, his general work consisting in mining engincering; the making of reports; con-

struction of stamp mills, cyanide plants, coal-breakers, sorting-plants, railway construction, etc.; and making investigations of the economics of milling and gold recovery. lIe made a report. as consulting engineer, on the mineral land grant of 10.000,000 acres of the Cassiar Central Eailway Co., British Columbia, and was general manager of the company's prospecting and business operations in the Cassiar district. l Ie has been general manager of the San Carlos Copper Co .. Li nares, N ueyo Lcon, 1\1ex., from 1900 to date. His thesis, "Aluminum and Its Alloys: Experimental Investigation of Strength Conducti\'ity and Electrical Qualities," was puhlished in the 101lrll(l/ of Ihe JirankliJl ills/iillte, 1887. 1 re is a 1l1cmber of the American Society of Mining Engineers, and of the Lonclon (England) Institute of I\Iining anc! !\Ietallurgy. Serrell, Lemuel William (I\J.E., '87), has been engaged as superintendent of the C & C Electric :\Iolor Co ... in which capacity he designed the: machines manu factured by them, from : horse-power upward: superintenclent of tlw Daft 1<:lectric Co ., Marion, N. J.: in the electric railroad business on his o\\'n account, h;l\'ing huilt many miles of electric railroad. including thc designing and construction of car houses. power stalions. ctc.. in Patersoll. Passaic. and P1ainliehl. ]\". ,I., TIaltimore, !\Iel., \VOl-cester. :\Iass .. \\-hite Plains and Oswego. N. Y., and other places. LJe is now practising as a contracting cngineer in New York. Ilc has takcll out se\'eral patents relating to the con,truction and regulation of elcctric motors. 11is contrilll1tions to technical journals include articles 011 gencrator anc! motor con,truction in the .. Electrical \\'orlc!" and .. Electrical l~nginccr:" articles on electric railway construction in the" Street Railway Journal" and" Cassier's i\Iagazine; " and on electric railways as in\'estments. in the ,. Engineering I\[agazine." Ill' is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and of the American Gas Light Association. Shaw, John Cargill (I\T.E .. '00). was horn in Brooklyn, N. Y., May I [,1879; son of

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THE ALUMNI John Cargill and Kate (Vanderhoef) Shaw. Ilis father was a pronlinent specialist in nervous disorders and in sa nity, and for s('\'cntc('n ycars was clinical professor in his

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Su \\\

specialty at thl: Long Island Collegc. The suuject of this sketch \\ as cllgaged in c:-;pnimental automobile \York cOlocri ng various types, French and American, 1900 01; huild ing, repairing anel dealing in autol1lohiles tlndel' thc firlll !lallle of l)attcr~on & Shaw, Ill-ooklyn , :\. '1" .. 1901 02; cngagcd as a constructing cngineer in the departmcnt (If en路 gilll:ning of thl: (;l:IH:ral I'o\\"cr Co., Xl:W York, manufacturing a nl:\\' type of internal Lombustion enginl:, 1902 03; and is now in thc construction c1epartlllcllt of the Consolidated Cas Co., ?\C\\' York. Ill.' is a lllember o[ Fulton Council 299, noyal .\rcanulll. Sheldon, William H. (.\I.I~., '78), was cmpluyed in the shops of the International &: Creat '\OrlhcrIl lbilroad, Palestinc. Tex .. 187882; lIas chief elraughtsman [or the 0:orthern l'acillc Railroad Co., Brainerd, ;\Iinn., 1882 83; prcsidcnt of the Ke\'stone I{ubbcr Co., i\[orris\' ille, l'a .. 1883-87 ;' manager of the Columbia Rubher \\ 'o rks Co., New York, 1887- 1900; and of the ftrm of \Nm. U. Sheldon & Co., manufacturers of rubber goods. New York. from 1900 to elate. Ill.' is a nlcnlbcr of the Alllericall Society of Mechanical Ellgineers.

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Shepard, Horace L. (M.E., '92), was superintendent of the tanning department with C;eorge A. Shepard & Son, hat-leather manufacturers, Bethel. Conll., 1893- 9-1-; and has been a mellliJer of the firm, and manager o [ the same department, from 189-1- to date. In 189798 he made extensive research, with Prof. .f. J. Ilumlllel, F.l.C., F.C.S., of \.'o rkshire l'ullege, Leeds, England, into modern methods o[ dyeing leather, and illl'cstigaled many of the new coal-tar products for this use. Jointly with Prof. II. R. Proctor, F. 1. C, of Yorkshire College, Leather lndustries Departllient, I~ngland, he made further research into the chemistry oi tanning during the year 1898. Shepard, Martin (i\r.E., '96), was a student in architecture at (;allicr Court, New Orleans, La .. 1896-98; was architectural draughtsman in '\ell' York, 1898- 1902, first for l\[r. E. 1'. Casey, a fterwarc1 for Carrere & LIastings. and finally draughtsman and assistam superintendent for ;\lessrs. Stokes & Duboy on the , \nsonia apartment hotel; and has been a memiJer () [ the tirlll of Toledano & \ Vogan, architects, :-Je\\' Orleans, from 1902 to date. Andrew (M.E .. '92), was born Brooklyn, 1\. Y., September 9, 187!; son

Shiebler, 111

ANDRE\\' SrrIEBLER

of Andrew K. and Mary E. (Shipley) Shieb路 ler. Ill' was drallghlsl11an with the 11. F.


560

TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECI1NOLOC;Y

Sturtcvant Co., Boston. 1892-94; and in ::\[a1'ch of the lattcr year he was placed in charge of thc draughting-room ot the company's Philadelphia branch. Close application to work ol'crtaxccl his strcngth, and hc died from typhoid 拢ever August II. 1895.

plant of thc Carncgie Steel Co., Ltd., Homcstead, Pa., 189:;- 96: at thc blast furnaces of

Shiebler, Marvin (i\r. E" '00), I\',IS born In Brooklyn. ;.J. \'" january 27. 1879: son of i\ndrcl\' K. and l\lary E. (Shipley) Shicblcr. Ilc entered the Institute with the S[I'I'cns School scholarship. lie was mechanical draughtsmiln lI路ith thc , \tlas Cemcnt Co" Xorthampton. 1'a" 1900: draughtsman. and.

later. salesman in the '\Tell' York orticc of the n. F. Sturtevant Co .. J900-01; anc\ was t:nlplo)'cd, successivcly as draughtslllan, in!'peelor, and engineer. in the departmcnt of construction at the H,al'cnsll'oo(\ works of the I\ew l\msterclam Cas Co., Long Island City, N. \'., 1901 - 02: I\'as constructing engineer with the J\el\' York J\lutual Cas Light Co" 1902- 04; and has been assistant cnginecr with thc Consolidated Cas Co., of I\CIl' \'ork. from 1904 to date. [rc is a junior mel11ber of the American Society of J\fechanical I~nginecrs, and a mcmber of the Crcscent Athletic Club. and of the Chi Psi fraternity. ,Shoemaker, William Erety (J\T.E., '94), was born in Bridgeton. :i\f. J" July 8. IS7I. ] ] e was employed in the open-hearth furnace

the sallle company at IJuquesllc. I'a .. and thcn in the draughting- r()()nl and II'illl the ci vi I engi Ilceri Ilg corps at i l,.; Duqllesne slecl 1I'0rks. 1896-<)8: was drallghlslllan with thc Ohio Steel Co., ~'()llngslOll ' n. U., IXC)8- <)<); assistant manager, Longdale I ron Co" Longdale, Va" 189<)- 1<)01: Illaster nlechanic at the Cenlral blast furnaces and docks of the .\merican Skel & Wire Co .. Un'eland, 0 .. I <)0 I; represented I~. C. 1~()iJerls & Co., () f Philadelphia, I 'a ..' as residcnt cngincer in charge of constructing a Illast fllrtl<lce for the SOI.路a ~c()tia Steel & Coal Co" Uti" at

]\1'1 '\ I-:S , If'. F. Shoell/akel'

BLAST PURN.ICE AT SY])l'\!':Y

N. S.

~)'dney Milles, S. ~., J()02. Fro111 July. 1903, to January. 1904, he II'as mechanical


TIlE ALUl\TNI superintendcnt for thc Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., Ltd., and since the latter date has bcen supcrintendent of the blast furnace, re tort coke ovcns, and coal washing plant of the company at Sydney Mincs, N. S., Canada. 1\1r. Shocmaker is the so n of [[orace B. and Mary E. (Ercty) Shocmaker. lIe married Jennie IJo\\'e, June 7, J899, and they havc one child, Janc Howe Shoemah'r.

Shoudy, William Allen (M.I~., '99), Instructor in Expl'l'imcntal Engineering at Stcn:ns 11l~tit\\te of Technology, For biograph y, sce pag'e 282.

Shreve, Arthur L. pI. E., '88), was assi~t足 ant engincer with the l\rctic Icc l\Iachine Co., IX~H; \\as employcd in thc ~lol1nt Clarc shops of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Ilalti1l1otT, 1\ld., 1888-89; assistant engineer in charge of constructi()n of intercepting sewcrs, Ilaltil11on:. IHX() <)2; assistant city ronJlllissioncr, itl charge of stred itl1pr()\'CI'll'nls, llaltimorl', IX92; general superintend ent for Isaac S. Filbnt, p;\\'i ng contractor for shcl'l-asphalt p:I vement, Balti more, 1892 ()j; and has iJel'n general manager for the Southern ,\sphalt Pa\' ing Co., of Baltimore, frotn 18<)5 to date; also its vice-president since [900. ,\s supcrintenclcnt for 1\11'. Filhert and manager for the Southern ,\sphalt !'aying' Co., he has had entire charge of thl: construl'lion of all of thc asphalt pavemcnt s laid in Ilaltimore since July I, 1892. Fro111 1895 to <late he has been a partnl'r in the gennal contracting finll of Arthur L. Shrl'\'c & Cu., Baltimore, 1\[ d. Sidman, Alfred Gordon (M.E., '99), was l'mplo),l'd in the llraughting roolll of Post & ~IcC()rd, (;rcl'npoint, Long Island, N. Y .. IX()(); and \las assistant engincer and later chid draughlstl1an \\ith thc Barber Asphalt l'aYing Co., Ncw York, 1899-1902. During this time he inspected, at Groton, N. Y., the structural sll'el work for a large buildi ng to hc sent to Vcnczucla amI used for a rcfining1,lant; instalkll at the Jcrsey City plant a cotl1prcssor, oil-storage systCtl1, boiler, and otha itl1provcments; rehuilt the asphalt plant at Fort \\'aync, Jnd., took charge of, and ran a three weeks' test of a smoke-consumer which had IWCll installed at the cOlllpany's

C hicago plant; also in spected and rebuilt the planl at Dccatur, J 11., and onc at :-Iarion, Iowa. " \~ chief draughtsillan at the Nel\' York office hi s "'ork consisted in designing plants. une of which " 'as erecteci at ~cl\' Orleans. La. lIe is tlOW with L. B. Still \\TII. consulting electrical cnginccr. j,\cw York. I\'ho is aiso electrical director for thc Interhorough Hapid Transit Co., New York.

Siegele, August, Jr. (:-r.J~., '01). was born in j\(,w '-()t-k city January 2-1-, 1S78; so n of .\ugust and I,ouisc Sicgele. Ill' was Instrl1c tm during' the Supplelllentary Term at Stc\'CltS Tnstitutc. I{)OI; assistant enginecr in the gas g'encrating' dcpartJllent of the l.iquid Carhonic .\cid :-fanl1facturing Co.. :\l'\\' York. 1901; <lraughtsman. designing Hoating (k'rrirks. for the ;\krritt & Chapillan Ikr

rick & \\ ' rccking Co., Ncw York, H)02; supcrintendcnt for .\dalll \\ ' ciJer Sons. Nell' York, Illantl fact l1r('l' S or fire ami chilllne\' brick, enameled cia\' retorts, clc .. at \Veber, X. J., J903; amI is' Il()\\ in the cOllstructioll departlllcnt of the Co n so liciated (;as Cll .. XC\\' '-ork. J Ie \I'as assistant secretary of the Clay ;\liners ami :'Ilanllfarlurers' ,\s sociat ioll of thc :;tate of :\C\\ Jers('y. 190,3. JIe is a mCIII bel' of thc Theta NlI I ~ p s ilon fraternity.

Silber, Albert A. A. PLE., 'S,;), was born ill Hobokcll. N. J.. SeptemiJer 14, 18()5; SOil


THE STEVENS INSTTTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY of , \n (li-eas and Sophie L. IT. (Sieye rs) Silher. I [e grauuated at the IloiJokcn high

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Sinclair, John J. (:\tE. .. '0 1), was horn in Cranford, {\ . ./., December 20, 1878; son of (;eorge \\'. and Mary i\. Sinclair, of Scotch and E.nglish clescent. }\fter graduation he entered the shops of the Westinghouse E lectric & i\[anufacturing Co. [n Octoller, 1901, Ill' \\"as placed in the raih\"ay division of the l kct rical engi nl"eri ng departll1en t 0 f the same company, at East Pittsburg, 1'a. lIe has been engaged in calculation of power re (juirements for opel-at ion of street railways; also in the tc~ting of cars in operation on I'arious roads throughout the country. lIe is an associate IlIl'llIbl'r of the .\mcrican ]n ,titute of Electrica l Engineers and a 1I1em 路

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~choo l, passing examinations for the Slt:\"(.:n~ scho larship. J Ie lI"as Professur of C;erman and Instructor in Mathematics at the Florida State Collcge. Lake City, Fla., 1895-97. From ] 81)7 to datc he h as heen engaged in journalislll, and is nOli" located at JacksonI'ille, Fla.

Sinclair, Arnold (i\LE., '02), is superin' tendcnt of the 1\ l artins Creek Portland Cenlcnt Co., Easton, 1'a. Sinclair, Duncan G. (M.E., '02), is eml,lo)'ed as sllperi ntcndent 0 r construct ion at thc nCI\' hlooming mills at the South \\-orks of the 1I1inois Stcel Co., Chicago, III. Sinclair, George M, O T.l ': .. 'R.f), \\'as em ploycd in the i\ I i(II'ale Stcel \\ ' nrks, :\f icetOll"n, I'a., ll)~-+ R9; with the Bethlehelll ]rOil Co .. Bethlehem, Fa., 188<) 90; at the Midvale Steel \ \ ' orb, ] X9 1 ()j; was sccretary a Ill! treasurer (If the Philadelphia ~rachine Tool Co., huilders of standard machines for testing matcrials, etc., 18()5- 1<)02; and has becn treasurer of the Falkcnan-Sinclair ~ra颅 chine Co., Philadelphia, from 1902 to date. lit' is a memher of the .\ml'ric;ln S(JCiety of i\lcchanical Enginel'1"s and of the l'rank lin Institute.

J. J. S':O;("f .. IIR her of the Electric Cluh of I)ittsllurg, and of the Theta Xi fratl'r11ity. Sissons, W. J , (M. E., '00), was employed in the Providence Engineering \V orks, Pro\,idcncc, I~ . I. , 1900 01; and in the i\lunicipal I ~ngincl'l'ing Ikpartllll'nt, Ilal'ana, Cuba, 1<)01 03. li e has heen I'nJl' incial Super visor at Sail lsidro, \:". I ~ .. Philippine Islands, from ]903 to date. Slack, John Ruggles (l\f. E., '86), was graduated from Columbia College before entering Ste\'ens in IRR.f. li e \\'as an apprentice in the shops of the ~ell' York Central Railload; draughts1I1an at the Frankforl (N. Y.) ,hops of the West Shore Railroad, 1886- 90;


THE ALUl\INI chief draughtsman, and later mcchanical cngineer, with the X ew York Ccntral Railroad, J890-98; J1Jechanical cngincer with thc Central Railroad of Nell' Jcrscy, 1898- 99; assistant superintendent of Illotil'e power \yith the Delaware & 1 luelson Railroad, 18\)\)I')or; and supcrintcndent of the samc de partmcnt, at Alban)" N. Y., frOI1l ]()oe until his dcath in J90~. In 1896 ::\[r. Slack was scnt abroad by the 1\CIl' York Ccntral l{ail road to makc a study of i\ustrian, Fn:nch, CCl'man, and English railroad methods, gi I' ing spccial attention to thc l\ustrian roads. I Ie was a mcmbcr of the _\J11cric<ln Society of Mechanical Engincers, and of the Master Car Builders' Association. lIe was chairman of thc committec on draft gcar II bich reportcd to thc lattcr association in Junc, 1900, anel also reported to the International Railway Congress in I90r the progrcss real ized in thc construction of 10col1lotil'es for highspccd trains. l\fr. Slack died of tubcrcular mcningitis at the Presbytcrian Hospital in Ncll' York city, .\ugust I, 190-+.

Slawson, Harry Harding (1I.E., '98), was horn in Ncw York city July 17, r875; son () [ J)a I路id \ V. anel Mary O. Sla II路son. 11 c II'as wi th the Bri stol Co., man u [acturers 0 [ re cording gauges, \Vaterbury, Conn., being employed principally in the electrical testing departmcnt, 1898-1903, an(1 is now with the Ilrightoll Mills, Passaic, N. J. Slipper, Charles Jenkins (U.E., '95) . was born in Brookl)'n, N. Y., February 3. 1875; SOil of Joseph l\Ug-ustus and Zillah Jcnkins Slipper. He was with the Carter Package Co., and thc \VclslJach Cas Lall1p Co., down to 1R98; draughtsJIlan for the John Stephl'IlS0n Car Co .. Ltd., Nel\ York, and Eliza beth, N . .I., and with the Central Railroad o[ New Jerscy. 1898: acting assistant engi neer with the 1Ianhallan Railwav Co. l\ell' York, 1899-1902; assistant engin~el' with the Hapid Transit Suhway Construction Co .. 1902; erecting enginecr with the .\lphons Custodis Chilllney Construction Co., ~ell' York; and sincc the lattcT year has bccn 10 cated in Boston, liT ass. lli's graduating thesis. ",rilll n in conjunction ",ith Messrs. E. ~l. I Tan'ison, Jr., and E. C. Schmidt, on "Expcril1ll'nts II ith a Boiler Arranged to Serve as a Caloril1lcter for Determi ni ng the

ITcating \'alue of vuel," ",as published in the 1900. 1I e is a me111bcr (If the Eng-inecrs' and University cluhs of Hrooklyn.

StL"i'('I/S il/stitltte /I/{licator,

Slocum, Mors Ostrander (i\ I.E., '93), was I,om ill Scotts" ille. \1. Y .. December 2~. IHo(). I Ie graduated Iyitli the degrl'c of

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Bachelor of Arts at the Unil'ersity of Rochcster in I ~8:>. I Ie has bcen en~aged in tclephune engineering iur the \\ 'esterl1 1~lectric Co. e\'l' r si IICl' graduat ion, and has served this company ill I'<trious capacities. III 18939,( he ilhtalled teleph()ne exchanges in ;\IeII' York cit)', and had charg-e of the windillg department. Transferre(1 to the Chicago oriice of the c01l1pany .. he spent one year in the experimental department, ancl for t\l'O I'ears \l'as in charge of the COlllnlcrcial part ;,i the business betll'een Chicagu and New '\' (nk and foreign hULIses. l'rom Octobcr, 1897, to Dctobcl-. 1899, he II as assista nt ta thl' shop superintendent in the Chicago housc, and had gencral charge of the 1Ilanuiacturcs. Since the latlcr date he has been connected \l'ith the telephone salcs dcpartmcnt at Chicago. lie is a member of the iIallliJton L'lulJ of l'bicagu; of thc Gardell City Council '202 .. Hoyal ,\rcanu1l1; and of the l)clta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Mr. Slocum is the son of Gcorgc E. and Lydia vort Slocum. lIe married Gertrude


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G. Class, December 27, 189-1-, and they have tll'O children, Sail ford Class and Lester Mors Slocum.

dette and Prudence A. (La Mont) Smith. lIe married I Iarriet L. Cermain, February

24, 19 02 .

Smart, F. R., Jr. (1\I.E., '95), was with the East River Cas Co., Long Island City, N. Y. 1895- 1900. in 1897 being appointed superintendent in charge of the laying of mains, selling of meters, etc. From 1900 to date he has been with the York Gas Co., York, Fa., at first as superintendent and now as general manager. Smith, AbelL, Jr. (M.E., '98), was born in Jersey City, N. J., September 23. 1877; son of Abel J. and Laura Howell Sllli th. He was employed ill the meter department of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Nell' \ Tork, 1898- 99; a student at the ::'\T ew York Law School, r899- 190I; admitted to practice at the l\ew York Bar in the latter year; with :'\Iurphy & :-Ietcalf, patent attorneys, Nell' York, 190r-02; thcn cngagecl ill the practice of patent law with R. Forsyth Lillie, Jr., Nell' \' ork; amI is noll' assistant attorney for the Nell' York City Railway Co. rIc is a junior member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; a member of the Chi Phi fraternity; ane! a sergeant of Squadron A of the l\ational Guard of the State ot 1\ ell' York. Smith, Annesley De Los (1\LE., '97). was born in :\CII' York city March 20, r87-1-. lIe was draughtsman and inspector and designer of car bodics with the John Stephenson Car Co ., 1897; wi th the Peckham Manufacturing Co., Kingstoll , N. \ ' ., 1898-99, as drauglltsman, superintcndent of construction of Ruggles rotary snoll' plows. and assistant superintendent of works, while in this position installing the Peckham motor truck on the Third Avenue street railway system in New \ To rk; salesman with B. Nicoll & Co., Nell' \ ' ork, 1900; wi th the Nell' York Belting & Packing Co., designing spec.ial rubber machinery for the manufacture of golf balls, I90r; works manager and de5igncr of special railway machinery with the European McGuire Mfg. Co., London, England, 1901; and has been in charge of the car ane! truck department of \\', E. Baker & Co., Kew York. from '902 to date. Mr. Smith i;; the son of i\nnesley Bur-

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Smith, Arthur Daniel (i\f.E., '02), was born in Boonton. ;\. J., ,\ugust 20, 1H7K Ilis engagelllcnts sincc graduation have bcen as erecting cngineer in the salcs department of the Buffalo Forge Co., builders of steam cngines, mechanical draft fans, a fan system ot heating. ventilating and drying, blowers a nd exhausters. drills, cutters, blacksmith tools, forges, etc.; as mechanical enginccr in the l\fontour rolling- mills dcpartmcnt of the Reading Iron Co .. Ihnville. l'a.; and \\'ith the Scranton l{ailll'ay Co .. Scranton, Pa. lIe is a member of the Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity. 1\[1'. Sillith is the so n of Pierson \\'. and Lillia C. Sillith. lie Illarried Susan Frances Smith. }\ugust 27. 1902.

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Smith, Ellis Burton (1\I.E .. '98), lI'as born in ]slip ..\. \ ' .. 1\lay 30, 1876. lie was with the i\lllerican Sugar ReFining Co .. Jersey City. 1898- 1902; and has heen superintending constructing engineer at the East St. Louis Works of the Pittsburg Reduction Co. from 1902 to date. ,:\1 r. Smi th is the son of i \ lonzo E. and Hannah L. (Muncey) Smith. lIis ancestors were early English selliers on Long Island. upon ,. King's (;rallt .. of land. lie Illarried

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TIlE ALU1INI l\T arion E. lIawkins, 1\1ay 22, 1901. and they have one child, Helen Agnes Smith.

E. B.

erection of buildings, installation of machinery, etc.: assistant mechanical engineer with the Shelby Steel Tube Co., Cleveland. 0., 1899- 1902, at lirst at Cleveland, and later at the company's factory at Shelby, 0., his \\'ork consisting .i n designing and installing special furnaces, piercing alld rolling mills. draw-benchcs, etc.; 1l1echanical engineer with the 1[acbeth ] ron Co .. Cleveland, 0., llltilding rolling-mill. tuhe-mill, and orehandl ing machi nery, and blo\l'i ng-engi nes, 1902- 03: and has been mechanical engincer with the Standard Engineering Co .. Ellwood City, Pa .. being principally engaged in building tube-mill 11lachinery, fro11l J903 to date . lIe makes a ,pecialty of pipe threading ancl cutting machines. lIe is a 11lember of the

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Smith, Howard Wells eM.E., '9I), was !Jorn in Elizabeth, N. J.. Octoher 29, 1870. IIe was draughtsman in the marine engineering department of the Samuel L. 1\[oore & Sons Co., Elizabeth, ~ . .I., 1891 - 93. spending most of the time on 1I'0rk for the United States training-ship" Bancroft," supervising the erection of her machiner)" etc.; draughtsman with the Third Avenue Railroad Co ., New York, during the substitution of cable for horse power, 1893; mechanical engineer with the Kinsman Block System Co., New York, manufacturers of an appliance for automatically shutting the throttle-val ve of a loc011l0ti ve and applyi ng the ai l' brakes of a train, J893-94; draughtsman with Colgate & Co., soap manufacturers, Jersey City, N. J., who were equipping their plant with modern machinery, 1894- 95; engaged ill professional work, principally designing special littings for the Crystal \Vater Co .. Stapleton, Staten ] sland, N. Y., ]895; \l'as chief draughtsl1Ian for the Pope Tube Co., IIartford, Conn., ]895- 99 (during which time the company huilt a complete mill for manufacturing seamless steel tuhing, containing twenty hydraulic draw-benches supplied by a l,soo-horse-power hydraulic pumping plant), attending, in addition to the necessary designing, to the supervision of the

II. W. SMI'ÂŁlI

American Society of l\lechanical Engi11eer~, and of the Civil Engineers' Club, of Cleveland. 111'. Smith is the SOIl of Walter Ogden and Kettie Prances (\Vells) Smith. lle married Laura ]3ro\\,n ::'Ilanning, June 17, 1896, and they have t\l'O children, Frederic Manning and \Valter Kellogg S11lith . Smith, Humphrey Russell (M.E., '88), wa s born in Chicago, 111., December 22 , 1864. lie was secretary for J. J3. Smith & Co., pa ving contractors, Ch icago, 111., 1888- 90; engineer with the IIalc Elevator Co., Chicago, 1890- 94; chief engineer with the Vvins-


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low Bros. Elcl'ator Co .. Ch icago, 1894-97; associate cngincer with Morse, \Villial11s, & Co.. clevator-builders, Philadelphia, Pa., J897- 9R; enginccr II'ith the Otis Elevator CO .. ;-\CII' York. r899- 1900. and at its Chicago office from 1900 to elate. Ilis work since graduation has included the designing. building, and erecting of all classes of hydraulic, steam. and electric cleI'ator machinery. ami he has taken out patents for an clel'ator safety grip; electric elevator control del'ice~; a hydraulic elevator automatic stop; an electro-magnetic elevator (solcnoid): and an electro-magnetic door-operating device. He contributcd an article on" An Eleetro.\Iagnetic Elevator" to the ,, '<'stcm Electriciall, II'hieh was translated a 11(1 reprinted, with commcnts, in L ' F.lcctricicll, Paris, [897. He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. and was formerly a Illemher of the Loyal Legion of the United States (2d degree). thc Union League Club of Chicago, and the \\' estern Society of Engineers. ~rr. Smith is the son of James B. an(1 Isabella Smith. lie married Hossannah P. (~ilman, June 30. 1892. and they have one child, Russcll Gilman Smith.

Smith, Merrill Van Giesen (M. E., '96), lIas born in l\Iontclair, N. J.. September IS, 18n; son of Frank i\. and Adaline Van G. Smith. lle II as on the editorial staFf of the "Railroad Cazette:' New York, [896- 98; :11](1 Instructor in i\jechanical Engineering at the University of rennsyh'ania, 1898 99. For several years ;\[r. Sillith had surfered frolll an injured knee, and in 1R99 he re ceived a second injury which c()lnpelled him to rcsign his position with the Unil'ersity of I)ennsyh'ania, anc! for a time he was not en gaged in any regular line of engineering II路ork. In 1903 he was appointed Professor o[ 1\lechanical Engineering at the Clarkson ;\ lemorial School of Technology, Potsdam, 1\. Y., hut resigned in the following year to take the Chair of 1\Techanical and Electrical Enginccring at ])elaware College, Nell'ark, Del. \\'hile connected with the" Railroad (;azette" he contributed 1ll1l11erOUS articles to that journal. lie is a mcmi>er of the Tau l)eta Pi fraternity.

Smith, Julian C. (1\1. E., '91), was horn in

graduation, attended \\'orcestcr 1\eadclll}', \\' orcester. Mass .. for the study o[ Latin and Creek, and graduated thence in 189[. lIe thell entered the Junior class at Ilan' anl to study history, philosophy, and English, and received the degrec of Bachelor of Arts in 1893. From 1893 to 18<)5 he attended the Episcopal Theological School, Camhridge, 1\lass .. and received there the degree o[ Bachelor of Di vini ty. IT e II as ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church in ] 895, and priest in 1896. i\ fter holding the position of assistant minister of Trinity Church, \\'oburn, Mass., for a time, he went to Kansas City, 1\10., to hecome rcctor of the parish of \Vestport (St. Paul's Church). Tn 1()O..j. he returned East and is now assistant minister of Grace Church, Newton, j\f ass. 1\fr. Smith is one of a llumber of graduates of the Jnstitute Ilhn were to a great degree inOuencecl to take up the particular line of work in which they are now engaged by inherited tendencies, or by a special aptitucle ior that work which manifested itself after

Smith, P. H. F. PI.I~ .. 路()8). is a dealer in i1l\'estlllcl1t securities at the ()fiice o[ Lath rop & Smith, T CII' York. Smith, Robert Keating (j\'[.I~., '8<), a [tel'

~laryland 11 arch J, 1869. Il is \\'ork has heen largely construction connected with cable and electric street railways. As assistant superintendent and superintendent he has buill roads in the cities of Baltimore, \Vashington, D. c., and Seattle, \Vash. For several years he was engaged in the general contracting business under the flrlll name of l\Iorton & Smith, BaltilJlore. In 1900 he became connected with the Hudson Contracting Co., New York, and is now president and manager of the fi rill , in addition to which connection he is engaged in general contracting under the firm name of Sillith & H.obinson. )i' eIV , ' ork, whose work consists pri nci pall y 0 f d redgi ng ami dock-, jelly-, ami i>reakwater-i>uilding. TIc is a member of the Baltimore Club o[ Baltimore, Mel., and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. 1\1r. S11Iith is the SOil of Hobert IT. ami i\lary [Tall SJI1ith. lIe married l\fary Elizabelli Clarke in the year 1897. and they have two children, Julian Clarke and Robert Donnell Smith.

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TIlE ALUMNI they graduated from the Institute. The preliminary training ohtaincd at thc Institute was, howe\'er, an effective aid in contributing to the success the~e graduates ha \'e achieved in their respective \'ocations, as they ha\'c thc1llseh'es in numerous instances pointed out. 1\1r. Smith is interested in natural science. particularly in zoiilogy, and has ~pent his vacations in collecting specimens of Batrachia. Coluhrid;c, and illollusca for the Agassiz l\Iuseulll, IJan'anl lfnil'lTsity. and for the \ \' Ol'cester /\cademy. Smith, Robert W. (l\T.T~ .. '(4), \\'as associated \\'ith 1\Ir. C;eo. P. Olcott. engineer and contractor. Orange. N . .I., at lirst as a salaried engineer, and later with an interest in the business, from J 89+ to ]()02. They have built waterworks, sewerage systems, and sewage-disposal plants, etc., in several towns. l\Ir. Smith has also done Illuch pri\'ate landscape \Vork. de\'c\opment or wall'r supply, drainagc, etc., and he has heen associatcd with the Landscape, Drainage. & \Vater Supply, Newark, N. J" from 190[ to date. fIc is a mcmber of the, \ Illerican Society of :\[cchanical Engincers. Smith, Samuel F. (,\1.1':., '<)0). \\'as employed in machine-shop \\'ork .. holding positions of Illcchanic and shop forcman. 1890-93; \Vas assistant engineer on a sugar estate in San Domingo, hcing engaged in erccting and repai ring sugar machinery, J R<)3- 9+; was engagcd in d raughti ng all ,truct ural i ron work, 1894; with the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., East Berlin, Conn., employcd in laying out roofs, huildings, and bridges, and detailing connections; also detailing and dcsigning electrical and hand-powcr machinery and appliances for draw and lift bridges, r89+-1901; and has becn designing engineer in the designing ,lIld estimating dcpartment of Milliken Bros., New York, from 190r to date. Smith, Thomas Gardner (M.E., '85), was horn in Cincinnati, March 1<), 1862. He was in the shops of the Tndianapolis division of thc Pennsylvania Railroad, 188586; \\·itl1 llcnry \Varden, Philadclphia, 188687; contracting engineer in Cincinnati, 0., 1887--90; memher of the firm of C. R. Vincent & Co., New York, 1890- 91; mcmbcr of the Ball & \Vood Co., New York, r89r-92; and has been

a consulting enginecr at Cincinnati, 0 .. from 1892 to date. IIis practice is mainly in building equipments. co\'ering ~team heating, elevators, steam and po\\'er plants. and elcctric equipmcnts. I [c has designcd and built sevcral constant potential, direct-current town lighting plants, using enclosed arc lamps; and also compressed air-pumping plants for \\·atcn\·orks. in places ha ,·i ng dri \'en \\'clls of considerable depth. '1Ie has contrihuted se\'eral articlcs to technical journals. one on .. Direct Connected Engincs and Dynamos" to Cassicr's .1!aga:::illl'. I rc is a memher of the ~ \merican Society of Mechanical I~ngi­ neer5. thc Rusiness :'Ilen's Club, the Cincin nati Chamber of Commerce. and of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. :'Ilr. Smith is the son of Thomas G. and Vanelia J. Smith. He married Blanche Stc\'ens, June I I, 1~<)0. and thcy ha\'e four children, Thomas C., Jr., H.ichard Nclson, Stilman :'IIeser\'y, and Blanche Virginia Smith. Smith, Wilfred C. pr.E .. '79), was born in Peru, Indiana, October 3, 1857. TIe was in the employ of the Hocking Iron Co., 01'histon. 0., 1879- 80; with the Ohio Central Coal Co., Corning. n., IR80 8r; thc Newark Coal & I ron Co., Shawnce. 0., 188r-87; and \\ as \'ice-president and treasurer of the Union Iron \\'orks Co., Ncwark, 0., from the lattcr year until the elate of his death, January 7. 1895. Tie \\'as a member of the ()nlcr of Free and Accepted 1\ [asons; the .\ncicnt Order of United \Vork111en; the \Vooc!l1len of thc \Vorld; anel of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Mr. Smith was the son of James II. and .\dclia D. Smith. TIe married Annic Ballou, October 3, 1883. ane! they had [our childrcn, ,\delia D., lIarrictt B., Laura F., and James IT. Smith. Sofio, Edward C. (l\I.E .. '(8), was draughtsn1an \\·jth thc I'intsch ('o1llpressing Co., New York. J8<)8- 1<)0 1 : \\'as engaged with the International (;;\S Engine Co .. New York, 1<)01 02: and at Mariner's Harbor, Statcn [slancl. X. Y .. from 1902 to datc. Sorenson, Laurids C. (M.E., '95), was recorded up to [90r as being connected with


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the linll or Edll'ard SorelJo,cn's Son, ma son and buildcr, :\C\\路 York. Sorge, Adolph, Jr. PI.I~路, '75), was born ill lIobokcn. ~ . .I .. Septclllher 28. 1857. He was employed at the \\ 'est Point 11'011 Foundry, i'\. Y., J876-77; \I'ith Bliss & Williams, manu [ad \1rn s of presses and dies, Brooklyn, ':\. Y .. IH77- 80; machincry agent for Cayley & Cayley. London. Engbnd, 1881;

ADOLPH SORGE, JIL

\\'ith the :\orton C'clllcnt \\'orks, Billne\\'ater, ~. Y .. ,8Ib; agent for the Campbell Pres s Co ., Taunton, :\Iass .. 1882-85 : Illcmher of the firm of Randall & Sorgc, , \. Sorge, Jr., SucceSSOl-. machinists, I{ochcst cr, ~. \'., \886()2; general managcr of the \\'oo<i J\1.osaic ('0., Rochcster. (\. "'.. 1892- 9-1-; superin tendent of the Twelfth Street works of I'raser & Chalmcrs. Chicago, JI1., J895 ; and has iJccn a consulting and contracting engincer at Chicago. 111.. from 1895 to dale. tIc is a Illcmhcr of the , \Illcrican Societ;,' of :\Iechanical Engineers; the I ~ nginecr s' Club of :\c\\' "'ork: thc \\ 'cster n l'ou ndrY11lcll' s .\s s(}ciatiol1; the \\'estern Society o[ Engineers: and the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia. 1''1. 111 '901 hc patcnted all apparatus i(Jr water-purificatioll. hcing principally ap plied to the Cochrane fecd-water heater. J\Ir. Sorge is the son o[ P. _\. a1ld Katherine (Peters) Sorge . Ire married Hattie P. Orr, Deccmber I, 1886.

Spencer, Paul (M.E., '91), was born in Orange, March 19, l866. 1Ie graduated al''t'ale in 1887 with the degree of 13achelor of Arts. lIe was engaged in electric railway construction with the l'ielc1 Engineering Co., Nell' York, r891-94; was in the engineering department of the Stanley Electric & l\Ianufacturing Co ., Pillsfield, :\Jass., ,89.)-97; engineer at the f\'e\\' York ollice of the same company. 1897; general ,;u]leri1ltendent of lhe People's Light & [10 lI'e l- Co., ::\ ewark. N. J., ) 897-1900; ami Las heen with the United Gas lmproyement Co., Philadelphia, from J900 to date. IJe is <In associate member of the American Institute o[ Electrical Engineers, ami a member of the University Club of }Jew York; the C;crJ1l<lnto\\'l1 Cricket Club, of Philadelphia; and of th e Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. ;\fr. Spencer i s the son of George Gilman and Caroline l\ rnold Spencer. He married I; ranccs :'-Iargaret Durbin, 1\pril 25, 1894, and three children ha\'c been born to them , I;rederick Cilman, Frances :Margarct, and Carol Spcncer. The latter is deceased. I ~asl

Spies, Albert pI. E., 'S l), became attached to the editorial stafr of The IrolL Age, of SCIV York, in October, 188[, s ince which time his contributions to engi1leering literature ha I'e becn many alld varied. 1<1'0111 1S83 to 1886, iJesides retaining hi s connection with The Iron Agc, he was editor of .11 ecilallics, a leading e1lgineeri ng weekly. In J890 he became the managing editor of The Ellgillccrillg Record, hut late in 189J exchanged editorial duties for active professiollal \\'ork as consulti1lg 1l1cchanical 'e ngineer. 1n this capacity, besides exccuting miscellalleous expert steam work, he s upervised the installation of the steam stee ring 1l1achinery 011 ncarly all the TTudso n River ferryboats of the Erie Railroad, and on some of thosc of the Central1Zailroad of New Jersey. J\luclr of his time also was del'oted to the designing of plants and machinery for pro111inent South i\ nlcrican silvcr-milling companies. In JUlle, 18()3, Mr. Spies again entered tlie literary field as editor of Cassier's ,1[llgll::iIlC, a nl'\\, publication of a llovel kiml, designed to prcsent engineering s ubjects in a more picturesque and interesting man ncr than had ever before been attempted, and hi s \l'ork in this direction has been


THE AL"(Tl\[NI signally successful, having raised the magazine to the (ront rank of engineering periodicals. Aside from editorial work 1\lr. Spies has written many articles, prominent among them a series in Cassier's 11Iaga;;illc, entitled "l\Iodern Gas and Oil Engines." which at the time gave what was probably the first and most comprehensive account of the different kinds of such engines a\路ailahlc. Among other articles written by him arc the following:

\'ersity. La Fayette, Tncl., where he (jUed the Chair o( l\1echanical Engineering, 1883-87. In the lattcr year he resigned his cOl11l11is~iol1 as assistant engineer. and was at once

"Heating Feed Water with Live Steam," Cassicr's llIagazl17c, III; "Oil Steam Engincs," Ibid., V; "Wasteful Use of Exhaust Steam," ibid., V; ".i\sccncling Pike'~ Peak by Rail," Ibid., VI ; "The First Iron Casting in .i\merica," ihid., Vll; "Some American Vertical Boilers," ibid., IX.

Beginning with 190+ he addecl to his work the editorial management of The Electrical .'lg(', giving to this publication at once a new and much enlarged form. \\'ith the incorporation of the CassieI' Magazine Co. as publishers of both Cassicr's JIClga;;inc and Ti,e Electrical Age, in the early summer of 1904, he was elected vice-president and treasurer of the company and was made managing director. Under Mr. Spies's editorial supervision also were published thc interesting work 011 "The Life and Inventions of Thomas A. Edison," and the volulllc enti tled " The IIarnes ing of Niagara." Mr. Spies's thesis, on .. Gas Engines," was puhlished in the American Gas Light Journal, 188r. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Institute of l\Iining Engineers. Stahl, Albert William (M. E., '76), was horn in N'ew York city l\lay 12, 1856. On graduatioll at Stevens he entered the United States Naval Academy as cadet engineer, and graduated in J 880 at tbe head of his class. Prom I RRo to 1R83 he served as engineer officer on thc U.S.S ... De,patch," "Galena," .. QuinnclJaug," "Lal1caster," and" Nipsic," principally on the European station. Oil his rcturn to the United States in 1883 he was promoted to assistant engineer, and was on duty at the Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Navy Department for about six months. lIe was thell transferred to Purdue Un i-

A. W. STAHL, U.S.N.

appointed assistant naval constructor, and assigned to special duty until 1889, during ]lart of which time he instructed in na\'al architect lire at the 1\ aval Academy. In 1889 he was transferred to the Union Iron ,Vorks, San Francisco, Cal., as assistant inspector of construction of the naval vessels huilding at those works. I-Ie was also appoin ted a member of the Naval Inspection Board for the Pacific Coast. In 1892 he was promoted to naval constructor with the rank of lieutenant. Fr0111 1892 to 189+ he superintended the constrnetion of the U.S.S. " San Francisco," "l\{onterey," "Olympia" (later i\clmi ral Dewey's flagshi p at Manila), and the famous " Oregon," all built at the Union Iron ,Yorks. II e was a member of the Advisory Council o( (he Engineering Congress of the \\'orld's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. During- 189+ and 1895 he was engaged as a~sistallt to the Chief Constructor at the Navy Department, \Vashingtoll, D. c., his special \\'ork being the designing of turrets for heavy guns. He introduced oval balanced turrets in the U. S. l\avy, and designed such turrets 101' the U.S.S. "Iowa," "Kentucky," and " Kearsarge." lIe was president of the


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY Hoard

on Method of Fitting Armor to Vessc1s, whose recom111cndations ha I'C bcen adopted as the standard ill the navy, From 1895 [0 1901 he Il'as in chargc of thc Ikp:utment of Construction and Repair at thc 1\avy Yard, Norfolk, Va, \"hilc at that lard i\Tr. Stahl had a yery actil'c and i111j)(lrt<tnt part in thc preparation of the navy for thc Il'ar with Spain. During the short period availahle the" Newark" \I'as COIllpletcly O\'erhauled and I110dcmized (among other items. eight electric ammunition-hoists were designed. constructed. and successfully installcd); six revenue cutters (" IIamiltOll," .. .i\ranning," "\Vindo111," "\Voodhury," .. ::'Ilorrill," and .. Hudson ") and three lighthousc - tendcrs (" Arl11eria," "::'I1aple," and .. .i\ray{lo\\,C\" ") werc transformed into auxiliary lI'ar ycssels by installing batterics, fitting ;1Il11l1unition-rooI11S, protecting the more vulnerable parts with light armor, etc.; a numhcr of colliers, including' the famous" Merrimac," lI'erc prOl'idcd with battcries and with means for handling large quantitics of coal; thc "Iris" was fitted out as a distilling-ship with tanks holding about 1.000 tons; the collier" Cassius" was transformcd into tho army transport "Sumner." In addition, I11uch work was donc that cannot be briefly classified,-as lI1any as thirty I'essels undergoing alterations at onC tillle. Everything was dcsigned and executed under ::'IlL Stahl's personal direction. In 18<)9 he was promoted to na\'al conqructor with the rank of cOlllmander, In ,Iay, 1901, hl: \I'as transferred frOIll thc Norfolk 1'\al'Y \ ' a("(1 to the works of thc ~cw­ port XC\\'S Shiphllilding & Dr,l' Dock Co., T\"cwport 1\e\\'s. Va., as superintending constructor of the l1al' al vessels therc building. In this position he superintended the COI11pletion 0 f the "Illinois," the "Arkansas," and the "1\Iissouri." At prcscnt (J904) he is, at thc samc works, superintending the construction of the following nand \'essc1s: "\Vest Virginia" and ., Maryland," 14,000ton armored cruisers: "Charleston," 10,000tOll protccted cruiser: ., Virginia," T5,000-lon hatlie-ship; "Lolli~iana," and" 1\iinnesota," ,6,000-ton battle-ships. In H)03 he \I'as promoted to nal'al COIIstructor with thc rank of captain. In 18q6 he patcntcd, jointly with lX., Catewood" a 1l0Vel fOl"m of IVa ve 1110tor, cOllsist~ a val

ing of a vanc so suspended as to folio\\' the motions of the indil'idual particles of water in each wa vc. In 1884 he published, jointly with A. T. \\'oods, a text-book on ,. Elementary 1\lechanism," now in its tenth cdition. lIe is the author of papers on "The Utili7alion of thc Power of Ocean \\' a\,cs," prcsented to a meeting of the AllIcrican Society of l\lechanical Engineers;" llydraulic Power for \Varships" and •. Experililental Test of Targct Representing ,\nnored Side of U.S.S. . Iowa,''' presented to a mecting of the American Society of 1\a\'al l\rchitccts and Marine I~ngineers; "The Spanish \Var as Vicwcd fro111 a ~a\'y Yard," SI"1'ells inslitule lltdicator, j\pril, 1899. I lis graduating thesis, on "The Transmission of Power by \Vire Ropes," lI'as published by the D. Van Nostrand Co., 1876. and republished in 1887. Ilc is a mClllbcr of thc Institution of i\fa\'al ,\rchitects of England; thc i\mcrican Society of )Javal l\rchitccts and .:'IIarinc Engineers; the United Statcs Nal'al Institute; thc Army and ;'\al'y Club, \\'ashingtoll, D. ('.; the COSI1l0S Cluh, San Francisco; and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. IIc is the son of Jacoll and Henriette ((;erccke) Stahl. lIe married Blanche Vinton. Deccmberl8. 1884, and they hal'c onc child, Da\'id Villton Stahl.

Stanford, George Chauncey (M. E., '00), was horn in Elizabeth, ~. J" Octoher '3. 1878. J fe was cmploy('(l at tilc \\'right Steam En ginc \Vorks, Ncwburg, Y Y, 19°0: with thc J. E. Ogden Co" Ncw York, 1901; rodman in thc Pennsylvania Railroad construc[ion clepartnlcnt. 1901; with the Newburg Icc 11achinc & Engine Co., Ncwburg, ~. y" 1901-02; transit-mall in the construction dcpartment of thc Lehigh Vallcy Railroad. Sayre, Pa,. 1902-03; anel has been with lIf. W. Keilogg & Co" Ncw York, sincc 1903 . .:'I[L Stanford is the SOli of Theodorc F. alld Lizzie Stall ford. Ilc marricd May Faulks \VardeII, JUIIC 26, 1902, Stanley, Robert Crooks (J\I.E., 'c)9) , took a postgraduatc coursc of study at the Colu111bia School of Mines, )Jell' York, and receil'ed the degree of Ellginecr of Mines in .Tune, 190I. TTc was mctallurgist with thc S. S. \\'hitc Mfg. Co., 1901-02, principally C111-

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lIe married Ilcnrietie D. Danforth, April 18, [C)oo. and they ha\'c one child, Theodore Donald Starr. Stearns, J. Herbert (l\I.E .. '96), was \lith the United ~tatcs Seall1less Tube \Vorks (department of Xational Tube \\'orks Co.). :'IfcKecsp()rl. 1'a .. IRC)6-190r. No record is available since the laller date. Stehlin, Joseph (:\ LE.. 'c)8), was born in :-..!"cw York city .\ugust 2. 1876; son of Charles \ ' inccnt and Katherine Stchlin. rTe \I as with 1'. Pryibil. :-..!"e\\'York. 1898: with the :t\ estk food Co., Fulton, N. Y.. I R99; assistant 11lt'ch:lnical cngincer in the cngincering (iL'partlllcnt of thc ~ew York Central & TTuclson Ri\'er Ibilr()ad Co., Ae\\' York ICJOO 03: and has heen l1Iechanical engineer

R. C.

Sr.\'iLEY

supcrinll'ndcnt of the .\merican :\ickci \\'orks. at the Camdcn plant of the IntLTllational Nickel Co., 1902 03; did sc\'eral 1110nths' ficld-work in Inining engincering in the \Yest; superintcndent of the .\mcrican Nickel Works, Camden, N. J" IC)03 O..j.: ilnd is now assistant superintcndent of thc Oxford Copper Co .. Xew Brighton, N. Y. Ill路 is a mcmhcr of the "\mcricaninstitutc of Mining Engineers. and of the Beta Theta Pi, Tau Bela Pi, and Thcta Xu Epsilon fraternities. Starr, Howard White (:\1.I~ .. '00). was horn in Brooklyn, ~. Y., Fchruary 10. IR72. Ill' lived in Francc ilnd Germany for cight years. graduated at \ ' ale in 1805, and travelled abroad. 1900 or. Ile was assistant to the vice president and general manager of the Schenectady Railway Co., Schenectady, ~. Y .. I<)or 02; assistant to the chief enginccr 0 f the same road 1902 03: and is now engincer of the Mohawk Gas Co .. Schenectael)" N. Y. Ile is a memher of the Yale, Union League, and Atlantic Yacht clubs. Mr. Starr is the son of Thcodorc R. and Caroline 1\f. Starr, and is descended from Dr. Comfort Starr, who came frol11 Kent, England, in 1632, and is said to have been the first doctor to arrive in New England.

JOSEI'll STEHLl:-i

in the same elllploy si ncc J ~o3. Il e is an associate 1lIl'llIber of tlte Anlcric:tn Society of Mechanical Enginecrs. Steinbriigge, E., Jr. (:',LE.. '97). is the sole acti\,c partner of the firlll of Lyon & Co., a forcign conllllission house, NclV York; also of the firlll of Lyon. Dupuy, & Co .. Bos路 tOll. .Stephens, John R. (M.E., '78), was elllployed on the United States Coast Survey, at San Francisco, CaL, 1879; with the Ore-


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gon Railway & Navigation Co., Portland, Ore., and Thc Dalles, I880-89; with Loring & Browll, \Vardner, Idaho, I889-92; was assistant engineer with the Northern Pacific Hail road, Tacoma, \Vash., 1892-93; with Bamato Bros., Johannesburg, South Africa, J894- 96; loca tcd at Spokane, \'1rash., and later at Victoria, B. c., 1898-I900; in the City of Mexico. Mex., I 900- 02 ; and has bcen in thc engincering department of thc (;rand Trunk Railway Systcm, Montreal, Canaela, from J902 to elate.

Stevens, Ralph Herbert (M.E., '98), was born in NelV York city May 2, T875; son of Plowdon and Laura (McEwcn) Stevens. After graduation he \I'as employcd wilh the J\lcKay Shoe Machinery Co., Winchcster,

Stephens, Thomas Concklin (l\I.E., '00), was horn in Pelham Manor. N. Y., J anllary 29. J878; SOil of Il cnry Clay and Anna Concklill Stephens. IJe was ill thc enginecriJlg department of the Unitcd Electric Co. oE l\CW Jerscy, Ncwark, N. J., 1900- 02; and was the assistant engineer with thc Storey J\f otor & Electric Co., of lIa rri son, N. J., 1<)02-03. I1e is a membcr of thc Tau Bcta Pi and Phi Sigma K,appa fraternitics. Stern, Alfred (l\f.E., '82), was with Stern & Rose, l'\CII' York, l883-85; residcnt attOrtlcy and manager for Chas. Stcrn, Los .\ngclcs. Cal., ]885-90, ane! thcn ill ;\ell' )'ork, 1800-9-1-; and is no\\' president of the Charles Stcrn's Sons Co., J nc., Los Angelcs, Cal. Stevens, Francis Bowes, Jr. (l\LE., '90), was born in IIoboken, N. J., July I, 1868. He \I'as in the tcsting laboratory of Clapp & lIunt. Pittsburg. Pa., 1890--9l; al the II. R. \\'orthington Hydraulic \\forks, Brooklyn, N. Y.. J89[ -92; at the Passaic Rolling ]\IElls, Paterson, N. J" 1892- 95; with the Fidelity & Casualty Co., l\CIV l.ro rk, 1895- J900; sccretary oE the Grafton Mica Co., ::-Jew lork, 11)00- 01: and has been a member of thc firm of G. B. Salisbury & Co., bankers and brokcr" New York. from J901 to dale. 1\11'. Slevens is thc son of J<rancis Bowcs and Elizabeth C. (Harris) Slcvcns. lIc marricd Adde lJorwitz, Dcccmber G, 1898. Stevens, Frederick R. (M.E., '00). was Instructor during the Supplemcntary Tcrm at SlcI'clls Instilute. 1900; and has been in the erection-shop of the Brooks Locomotive \Vorks, Dunkirk, N. Y., since 1900. IIc now occupies the position of supervisor.

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STEVENS

Mass., 1898-99; with thc Otis Elcvator Co., Yonkers, N. Y .. ]809- 1901; and has hcen with the Ruggles-Colcs Engineering Co .. New York, from 1901 to date. Stevens, William N. (M.E., '85). was employcd at thc H. RWorthington Hydraulic Works, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1885-87 ; in the office of thc engineer of hridges and buildings of thc Ncw York, Lake Eric, & Western Railroad, [\elV York, 1887--9I; with Algee, Stevens, & Co., manufacturers' agents for railway supplies, etc., Atlanta, Ga., r891-94; general castern agent of the Consolidatcd Car Heating Co., Boston, Mass., 1895- 97; with the Edison Illuminating Co., N eIV York, 1898- 1900: assistant mechanical engincer 011 design of Manhattan Railway pOlVcr hOllse, J 900-02; assislant mechanical enginccr of thc Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co .. NelV York, 1902- 04; and is nolV with thc J. G. \Vhilc Co., NelV York. IIe obtained a patcnt in 1889 {or a dcvicc for compcnsating for tlle cxpansion and contraction of signal wires for railroad block signals. Patents lI'ere isslied jointly to Mr. Stevens and Mr. Johll Van Vlcck, March

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TIlE .\fX'1\T I I 5. IC)OO, 011 appa rat us for mcthods for estahlishing a floll' of currcnt through the refractory material of an electrolytic incandesccnt lamp. \1 hich material is a non conductor at nonllal temperature. but upon bei ng heated to a rertai n point beco111e,; a conductor. and thus is rendel"l'd incandesccnt h) thc passage of the current. ).Ir. StC\TnS is a junior mcmhcr of the .\ml'fican Socicty of )'Il'chanical I ~ nginecrs. Steward, Joseph E. (t-I.E., ·S:)). was employed on thc Chicago. St. Louis: & i'itts· burg Diyision of the l'cllnsyh'a nia Railroad, Logan s port. J nd .. I ~H3 H(): \\ as draughtslllan \Iith the Pittsburg. Columhus. & St. Louis Hail road, J)cnnison, 0.. 18K7 88: assistant 1l1astl'f I1lcchanic \\ ith the Pittshurg. fort \\'aync. & Chicago l~ailr(Jad, Fort \\ 'a ) nc. Ind.. 188)-92: and has hl'l'n assistant engineer of signals \\ ith till' I'ittsllllrg. Cincinnati. Chicago. 8.: St. Louis Railmacl, Pith burg. 1'a .. IX()3 to date.

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first as c!raughtsman. and then as mechanical engincer of thc compan,". and superintendellt o( thc t-lichigan car depart11lent; was engagcd upun special work in the shops of thc I'ratt & Whitney Co., llartiord. (·onn .. [899,()oo: and h;h becn located \\ ith the l\meri can Radiator Co .. Chicago, 1I1., fru11l U)O I tu e1atc. hcing vicc-chairman of the operating hoarel. ha\' ing charge of the cight plant,.; in the L' nitl'd Statcs. lie has reccntly hccn lnade manager of the cngincering dcpart nll'nt. co\'eri ng a II cngll1L'en ng work and

Stillman, Thomas B. ([lh.D.. '83), Professor of Enginccring l 'hcnli stry at StcH'ns Institute of ' I\'chnology. I'-u r biography, see pag'c 254.

Strong, William Edward Schenck (lLE., '92), \yas horn in l' ishkill -o n Iludson, :-.i. \ ' .. July -'5,1869, IIc was Instructor during the Supplemcntary Term at Stcn:ns In s titute. 1892; with K \\'. Ilildreth & Co .. as inspcctor of hridges at the l'encnyd J ron \ Vorks and the Edge ?l1oor Bridge \\ 'orks, and later on locomotivc parts at the Baldwin Locomoti\'c \ Vorks, 1892-93: shop superintendent with the American I'apcr (;oods Co., Kensington, Conn., 1893 94. during which period he in,t;tlled the ropc transmission system, from the turbillL' furnishing the power, to the mill . ;,nc! was assistant engineer \\ ith the Pncllmatic Torpedo & Construction Co., ~e\\' York, which was furnishing the United States govcrnment wi th a hattcry of dyna mite guns, 1894 95. IT c hac! general supervision for the company at the \Yest Point Foundry, Cold Spring. ~. Y., and later had charge of the emplaccmcnt work at Sandy I look. lIe was agent in ~c\\' York State for the Columbian Regcnerati\'c Furnace Co., Philadelphia. 1895; with the Michigan- PclIinsular Car Co., Detroit. 1\fich., TR9j· 99,

\V. E. S.

STRO»;G

imprml'mcnb in methocj,; and plalll managl'mcnt for the eight , \nlcrican plants and t\\,) I~ur{)pcan plants. lie is a 111l'1l1hl' r of the _\111crican Socil'ly of Ci\·il I~nginel'rs: thL' LTniversity Club of Dctroit. and of thc Chi I 'hi fraternity. :\Ir. Strong is the son of lknja111in anc! . \dl'li nc (Schcnck) St rong. TIll' St !'Ong family arc among the carly "mitan scttlers in :\c\\ I ~ng lancl. I Ie marricd Lillian (;. His~cll. .\pril f7. IC)OO. Stueck, George Herman (t-r.E.. ·R8). was I,orn in XC\\' York city February 24.18°7. lie lIas with the Korting (;as Enginc Co .. 18gS 90: \\a, cmployed in testing unc1l'1' ground circuits for the Brush I ~ lectric Light Co .. X e\\' \ . ork, 1890: and ha s been cngaged in C()I1I111ercial pursuits from 1890 to date. '111'. Stn eck is the son of TIcllrY and 13ar-


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bara Stueck. He married Alicia Durell, April 9, 189f, and they have one child, David I)urell Stueck.

Uni ted States Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill.; and is now mechanical engineer at Davenport, Ia. Suydam, Henry (M.E., '78), was employed at the ::\leado\l's shops, near Jerse), Ci ty, and for <l short time at the ,\Itoon<l shops of the I)ennsyl vania Railroad Co.; was draughtsllJan with \V. J 11. J3owers, contractor for thc :'.[ouiton, "\Iicc, and othcr mines; with the ])ell\'cr & Rio Crande Kailroad, In charge of construction work, iJuildings. etc., al the Sail Lake City tcrminus, 1 882-8..t ; and with P. Ballantinc & Sons, brcwcrs, i\"c\l-ark, X . .I., I R8-t 90, cngagcd in superintending the construction of buildings, malt-houses, grain-elcl'ators, ctc., and in the erection of an icc-plant of which he had cntirc charge when it was ]lut in opcration. lIc died of typhoid 拢Cl'cr, ;.; ol'cmber 2,3, 1890.

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STUECK

Summerhayes, Henry Roswell ("\I.E., '96),

was born at Fort i\pache, 1\ riz ., January 27, 1875. 1Ie took the studcnt course with the (;cneral Electric Co., at Schencctady, N. Y .. and at Lynn, Mass., ] 896-97; was cngagcd in comll1ercial \l'ork ill the same company's forcign department 1897-98; and has been assistant engincer ill its foreign engineering departlllcnt, in charge of power. mining. and lighting \lork, frolll ]899 to datc. The Illost illlportant work he has handlecl has becn the Cauvcry powcr-transmission plant in the State l\rysore. India,-a 93-mile, 6.000 horsepower. 30.ooo-volt transmission. j Ie is a Illl'lllher of the Theta Xi fraternity. 1\1 r. SlIllllllerhaycs is the son of l\r ajar J. \V. Sunlllll'rhayes. U. S. ,\ .. and 1\farlha (1 hmilalll) SUlllllll'rhayl's. lie marril'd 1larion F. Stcwart, .IUI1C 5. 1900, and thc), havc Olll' child. l\larioll R. SIIIllIllL路rhaycs. Summers, George Frederic (M.E., '91), was ho1'11 ill Philadelphia. Pa., March 6, 1870. IIe has becll in the eillploy of the United Gas Improl'clllcnt Co .. Philadelphia, l'a.; the Hackensack Cas & Electric Co., I iackensack, N. J.; the Schenectady Locolllotive \Vorks. Schenectady, :\. Y.: the Constancia Sugar Co., Cicnfuegos, Cuba; the

(; ENF.IL\TlNG-STATION OF TITE POWER TRANSM1SSWN PLANT AT CAUVERV, INDIA

If. R. SU1II1IIuhayes

Taff, Frederick, Nishwitz (M.E., '95), was horn in Brooklyn, N. Y., NOI'cmiJer 20. 1873: son of Daniel W. and Wilhelmina N. TalT. II e was eng;lged on stone road \lork as su pl'I'inll'ndl'nt of thc plant of the Morris


THE ALUMNI County Crush cd Stone Co., Millington, N. J., thcn i \l gcncral contracting work. 1895-98; scn'cel with thc First Unitcd Statcs Vol unten Engilleers as a lloll-colllmissioned ortieer in Porto Hiro, J898: was supcrintendent of the agricultural implement works of F. :\islmitz at 1\lillington, 1\. J., 18yy lyOO; and has heen secretary and treasurer of the Xish\\'itz Manufacturing Co., 1\1illington, X. J., and "ice president of thc Morris County Crushed Stone Co., l\lorristown, N. J., from Iyoo to date.

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medal by the Universal Exposition in Paris, IYOO. lIe is a melll bcr of the American So-

Takeo, Toshisuke (1\1. E., '98), was employed in the machine-shop and draughtingroom of \\'. D. Forbes & Co., Hoboken, N. J.. 1898- 1900: in the Providence Engineering Works, Providence, R 1., 1900-02; and is now chief engineer of the Kobukuro Iron \\'orks, Kobukuro, Japan. Tatham, Edwin (1\1.E., '81), is one of the firm of Tatham & Brothers, N e\\' York aIHI I'h iJadelphia, manu fac(urers of shot, lead pipc, sheet lead. ctc. Taylor, Frederick W. (1\LE.. '83), was cmploycd at thc l\fid\'a le Steel Co., Xicctown, Philadelphia. 1'a .. in the capacities of laborer, machinist, gang boss, foreman of machine shop, mastcl- mcchanic. and chief draughtsman, 18j8-8..J.. and as chief engincer of thc company, 1 88..J.-YO ; gencral managl'r of the 1\ Ia nu facturi ng In vcst mcnt Co., XCII' York, 1890-93; and has been consulting cngineer at C;crmantown, 1'a., reorganizing manufacturing establishmcnts in various parts of the countr)', from 1893 to date. llc has prcsented papers before the American Societ)' of Mechanical I~ngineers on .. \{elatil'<.' \'alu('s of Fucl {;a~cs." .. Notes OJ! lklting." "A Piece- Rate System," and .. ~h()p Managt:llll'nt." and, in conjunction lIith :\11'. Maun scl \\ 'hite, one on .. Colors of Ill'ated ~lcel Corresponding to Different l)cgrt:l's of TcmperatuH"" in Deccmher, IR9Y. Tn thc fall of ]()O..J. a hook on .. Concrete, Pia i11 a Ild Rei 11 forced," was isstled jointly hy 1\1r. Taylor and Mr. S. E. Thompson. iT l' has taken out about Ii fty patcnt s. the mos( notable being those for (he "Taylor \Vhile" process of trcating tool steels, for which the Elliot Cresson medal was awarded by the Franklin Institute and a gold

F. \\'.

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ciet), of :\[echanical Engineers and of the .\meric:ln Institutc of i\lining Engineers. Taylor, Horace Greeley (l\1.E., '99), was horn in Trenton. N. j., February 23. 18jG. Ill' has hcen ill the London oftlce of II UIl1 -

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TAYLOR

phrcys & {;Iasgow, gas engineers and contractors, [rolll 1899 to datc. In 1900 Mr.


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Taylor had chargc of the erection and operation of a watcr-gas plant at Dunedin, 1 . Z., and in [gOI 02 hc had charge of thc crection and opcration of a water-gas plant at l{01llford, Essex, England. lie is an associate Illl:lllhcr of the ,\merican (;as l.ight j\ssocia t ion. Taylor, Russell Eugene (M.E., '9-+), was iJorn in Nell' York city july 7, 1869; son of llenry E. ane! Ilenrietta Walker Taylor. llc assistce! in tests of two locolllotivcs hclonging to thc Jersey Ccntral Railroad, II hich had hcen at the \\'o rld's Fair as rcpIcscnting thc moderll simple ane! compound typcs of cngincs, 189-1-: was mcchanical engincer in the XOr\I'OOe! (l\lass.) shops of the ;'\ell' England Railroad. 189-+--97; in the IIll'Chanical engineerillg department of the Erie Railroad. Susquehanna. ]>a., engaged in designillg and making tests, J897-99, and lngincl'r of tcsts for this road, 1899- 1900. During the latter ycar he resigned to assist in his father's IlllSiness in Xew York, wherc he has since heell engaged, holding the positioll of vice president. II e has taken out a patent for a " Self Re taining . \ir Hoist \ 'all'c" and has these I'alvcs installed in sCI'eral railroad shops. Ilis graduating thesis. prepared jointly with :'Ilessrs. E. D. l\lat\Je)' and C. '. Kenyon, on ".\ Comparative Test of a Compound Loc()IIIotive and a Simplc Locomotive, on the l'entral l~ailroad of XcIV Jersey." was puhlishcd in the Sln'clls illdiwlor, XIJ. Taylor, Thomas, Jr. (l\1.E., '88), was born in Columbia, S. C. October 2.1866. lIe was cmployed in a cOlton-oil mill at Columbia, IRRH: and was engaged in selling and erecting oil mills. 1888 90. Upon completing the Orangeburg :'I[ill, Orangebmg. S. C. in IR90. he undertook its managcmcnt until 1897. I Ie tlien purchased an oil mill at Florence, S. C, and ran it fOI' thrce years: and in 1901, with his brother, he purchascd an oil mill at (;ainesl'iIJc, (;a .. and another at I TogansI'ilk. Ca .. and also erected olle at Columbia, S. C. all of II'hieh the}' arc opcrating still. I Ie is a mcmbcr of the Chi Phi fraternity. :'I I r. Taylor is the son 0 fOr. B. \\T. and 1\lIna TIcyward Taylor. The Taylors II cnt to SOllth arolina from \ irginia in 17-+0, alld the 1 fe)'wards arril'cd from England in

1690.

lie married Susan Evelyn I\mes, Dccemher -+. 1901. and they ha\'c onl' child, Thomas Taylor 3d.

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Taylor, William Henry, Jr. (;\l.l~., '02 \. was born in ,\shlcy. I.llzerne CUUllty, L'a.,

Februar) .'), J880; SOli of \\ ' illiam I lenry and 1 ~ lizabcth Taylor. i\ iter graduatioll he II as ellgaged for one year with the Link- Edt Engincering Co., Philadelphia, 1'a., designing ,dId ercct ing elel'at ing and cOIll'Cying machinery. lie has since beell clliployed by the Lnited (;as ImprOI'l.:l1lent Co., Philadelphia, and is nO\I ill tlte COllstruction j)il路isiull. Ill' is a I11cmber of the Engincers' Club of I'hiladelphia, alld of the Chi Phi fraternity. Terry, Thomas Lee (M.E., '97), was born in Englewood, ?-J. j., january 31, J876: son of \\'illianl OIICII, alld I.ouise \ Tan der VOOri Terry. ()n his father's s idc hc is desccnded from early English settlers of LOllg Island; on his Inother's side from among the first Dutch settlers of New York. I Ie took a special course in chemical work under the direction of 1)1'. Stillman in the privatc lahoratory of the latter at thc lnstitute, 1897. and \\'as chelllist with the (;Iens Falls Port land Cement Co .. Clells Falls, ~. Y, 1897 98. In this position he had sole charge of the chcmical \I'or].;: of the company, which in eluded calcimetcr tests on the mixture of clay :\I1d limestone used. and conlplcte anal)

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TERR\,

In J 899 he became chemist and assayer \Iith the \Villiam F. Renziehausen Co ., gold and sih'er refiners, Newark, 1\. ]., and in })cc('l11her of that year took a financial inter('st ill the conlpany and was made its I'icepresidcnt. The plant has since been enlarged and equipped to handle a growing 10lull1c of husiness, and a rolling-plant for slt.'rling siln~r and other alloys added, rolling nwtals (principally sterling silver) up to 18 inches ill width. The mcchanical as well as the chel1lical work of the company has fallen largely upon :'I[r. Terry, who has also clone considerahle \\'ork of an original character tin the chel1lical and physical properties of man} alloys for special purposes. lIe is a memiJer of the Englcwood Club and of the 1\ ('IV York Reform Club. Theberath, Theodore Ernest (l\I.E., '88). was born in 1\ewark, N. j., NOl'ember 22. 1863. IIe was Assistant ] nstrtlctor in Experimental l1echanics at Stevens Institute, 1888; draughlslllan II ith the United States Ekctrir Lighting Co., Newark, N . ./., 188889, and 011 the absorption of the company

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I,y the \\'e5tinghotl5e Electric & l\lanufactttring Co .. in the latter year, II as placcd in charge of thc testing departmcnt of the '?\c\Vark iactory and of all special lI'o rk of the ouhide construction dcpartmcnt, a position he 11(:ld until 1891. Some of this special work was the installation. in Junc. 1890, of thc first hl'o large generators for the Pittsburg Heduclion Co., of Pittsburg. for the reduction of aiuminulll, thc beginning of the great plant nOli' operated at ?\iagara Falls hy this company. 1n 1890 he \Vas engaged in the installation of scveral \Vcstinghouse 1,Iants to operate coal-cutting lllachinery in the soft-coal milles of \\ 'est \'irginia, and ill 1891 he insta lkd all electrical apparatus for the concentration of magnetic iron ore at the mill of the ):CII' Jersey :\[agnetic Concen tratin~ Cu.. located In thc i\dirondack :'Ilountains, in :\ell' York State. ) Ie lI'as chid electrician at the Xe\\'ark branch of the \\'estillghou:;e Co.. 1891-92: special sale:; 8gent for Stanky transfoJ'lIleJ's II ith the l\n sonia Electric Co .. of Chicago,1892-93; in charge of the standardizing department of the \\ 'c5ton Electrical lnstrtllllent Co., 1893 94; engineer and salesman in the ::\c\\' \ To rk office of the Stanley Electric :'I[anufacturing

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Co .. 1894-96: and engi neer in the Pacific Coast agency of the Stanley Co .. at San Francisco. 1896-99. ;\1 r. Thl'hl'l'ath Glille prominently before


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY the electric translIlission interests of the Pacific Coast through his electrical engineering services in the construction of the transmission plant of the Blue Lakes \Vater Co., and a~ electrical engineer, later, for the Yuba Power Co."s transmission to Marysville. The latter insta!1ation consisted of three joo-horse-power generators driven by impulse whecls under a 300- foot head. The transillission was 21 Illiles at 16,000 volts. In i\/arch, J899, the YuiJa Electric Power Co. was organized and ahsorbec1 the \'uba POWC1" Co. In May of the same year actual work was commcnced on thc construction of a 60- lllilc linc for ..j.o.ooo volts to Sacramento. :tne! the construction of a large powcr house on the 1\orth Yuha I~i\'er, noll' kno\\,ll as the Colgate Powcr J 10llse o[ the Bay Counties ['ower Co., the capaci ty of the plant heing 1,'i,OOO horse- po\\'Cr furnished by seven generators driven hy impulse wheels ullder 700 feet head, :\11'. Tll(~ herath was chief en,

COI.C: ,\TE PO\\"ER

T.

11ouSE, YUBA R]\'ER, I" ~ Th ';bl'/,ulh

CAL.

gineer of the Bay Counties Co, [rom 1899 for ~e\'eral years, r Te \\'as then with the Cal i ÂŁ01'nia Cas & Electric Corporation. San I,'ran " cisco. Cal .. for \\'hOlll he constructed sn'er,,1 power houses, one of 10.000 and another oi 20.000 horse-po\\'cr capacity, l\llIch of his time was spent in the mountains in conncction with the developmcnt and construction of these plants , .\fter a brief illncss :'III'. Theberath died at his hOl11e in San Fran cisco. 1\larch 29. I9O..j. , 1Ir. ThelJerath read a paper on "Light-

Illng on Transmission Lilles" before the Sacramento convention of the Pacific Coast Electric Transmission Association, which was published in the JOltrual of Electricity, <11](1 was extracted by the Elcclrical II' arid ane! the London Engilleer, December 3 t, 1897, and also a paper on .. Telephone Service Oil Power Transmission Lines" before the same i\ssociation. lle was a membet' of the l\l11erican Institute of Electrical Engi neers; of thc Pacific Coast Transmission . \ssociation; and of the l\lasonic Order, :-11'. Theberath was thc son of Chark~ :\1. and ]\[ary i\, Theberath. J Ie marricd, firs:, I~rlllinie 1\. Pier, ;.Jovember 27. J889, by \\'hom he had one child. Erlllinie Theodora; and second. ,\nnie 1\1. Thompsun, JlIly 18 19 01 . Thomas, Benjamin Franklin (Ph,D .. '80), was born in Palmyra, Portage County. 0., October I..j., 1850, J Ie was Professor of Physics at the i\lissouri State University. Columbia, ]\[0., 18808,:; ; and has filled a like position at the Ohio State Univcrsity. Columbus, 0,. frOIl! 1885 to date, lie is a Fello\\' of the .\merican .\ssociation for the ,\cl\'ancemcnt of Science; a member of the American lnsti tute of Electrical Engineers; of the i\merican Physical Society; and of the Sigma Xi fratcrnity. Ill' sen'ed on the Jury of Awards at the Chicago Exposition of Railway Appliances; on the Board of EJ':a111i ncrs 0 f the Electrical EJ':position. Philadelphia, 1884; , and on the Jury of ,\wards in .he Department of Electricity at the \Yorlel's Fair. Chicago, 1893, 1\11'. Thomas is the son of David D. and Eleanor E\'ans Thomas. both natives of \\ 'ales, lie m:trried Caroline C. Parsons, ,\pril II. 1881. anc! they ha\'(' hac! three children, Phillips. Laura Parsons, and l\Torlon Thomas (the latter deceased). Thomas, Charles Walter (:\ r. E., '8..j.). \Vas born in ~ew York city ?\ovclllber 20. I 86..j., J Ie \\'as assistant superintendent wilh the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co.. Jersey City,

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hydraulic engineer at Chicago, 111.. I'-or sC\'eral l'Cars past ~Ir. Thoma~ has hccn located at ~l()rristo\\'n. :-:. J.

N. J., 1884-86; assistant engineer with the

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Suburban

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Rapid Transit Co., New York, 1886-87; in the employ of the Hyatt Pure \V ater Co., Newark, N. J., 1887-88; was a member of the firm of C. \V. Thomas & Co .. mechanical engineers, New York. 1889; with the Rapid Transit Cable Co., New York, 1889--93; mechanical engi neer, 1\ ell' York. ] 893--96; Instructor in Drawing at the College of the City of NelV l'ork, 1896-190I; Instructor in Chcmistry at the Xell' York Evening High School 1898- 1901; has been secretary of the Rubel Paper Lithographing Co., Nutley, N . .1., from 1901 to date, and is at present designing nelV automatic printing and paper-making machinery and sizing materials for paper-makers' use. During the years ]894-96 he was also engaged evenings as Instructor in Mechanical Drawing at the Newark Technical School. :\" ewark, N. J., and in Drake's College, Jersey City. During 1896-97 he was also I nstructor in Carpentry and \ \' ood-Turning at the Institution for the Improved Instruc tion of Deaf 1lutes, New York. and the sal11c ycar conducted tests of fireproof Aoors and materials for Constable Bros. Ill' has patented a noiseless sheave for cahle roads, has taken out five patents for ekctric railways, and is part inventor of a uni versa I mill. lIe has also done considerahIe work in designing presses for printing labels, newspapers, etc., and automatic hydraulic presses, and in the del'e lopment of patcnts. lIe is the author. jointly with Prof. William Fox. of a series of books on mechanical drawing: has written an article for "Paper and Pulp" (London. Eng.) on tech Ilical education applied to paper-making, and is at present engaged on a work on paper-making. 11e is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers: the Electro-Chemical Society: and of the Chi Psi fraternity. 1lr. Thomas is the son of John C and Mary A. E. (Godfrey) Thomas, of English descent on his father's side. Ill' married Juliette L. Conord in January. 1893.

Thomas, William W. (M.E., '86), was in the employ of Liddell & Co .. manufacturers of machinery, Charlotte. N. C, 1886-91: with W. IT. Cibbes, Jr.. & Co .. Columbus. S. C, 189J 94; and practised as a mechanical

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Thompson, Edward Pruden (l\I.E., )8). was horn in Elizaheth, :\. J.. j\ugust 2:;. I ~56. I il' II'as engaged in teach i ng cxperimental chemistry and physics. algebra. ge-

ometry, trigonometry. and the English language at the Pingr)' School. 1~lizabeth. X. ,I.. 1~78-82. Jointly with ~Ir. \\'illiam Stanley, nolV of the Stanlel' Electric Co., he made and developed (in ,; laboratory supported for tll'O years hy the Swan Electric Co .. of 13oslOn) certain electrical inl'e ntions which were sold to Ceorge \ \ ' estinghouse, .I r.. and upon which invcntions the \\'estinghouse Electric Co. was incorporated 1882-83 . Sincc then he has been a solicitor of patents and expert in l\Cw York. l\1 r. Thompson's earliest experience in patent mattcrs began I\'ith the linl1 of Pope. [dgecomh. & Terry. with II'holll he was as~ociated in cOlllpleting thirty patents upon his o\\'n illl路entions . . \t the heginning of his career as a solicitor he \\'as intrusted II'ith all the business of the P07,'cr and Rlcc/rical //'orld patent bureaus, for t 11'0 years. Ill' has made a specially of patents I\'hich require' for their proper understanding and handling a thorough knowledge of electricity, chelllistry. and engincerlllg. I il' has for a nnm -


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I~ST]TeTE

ber of years el1joyed tlIe se n'ices, as associate technical counsel, of Prof. \\' illiam j\, .\nthon)", forlllcrly prcsidenl o[ the .\llIcrican Tnstitute of Electrical 1~llgincns, <uHl for lifteen years a Professor at COrll<.:ll L'nil'ersity, 1\1 r, Thompson is tlIe author of the follolYing'books: "H,oentgl'1l l~ays alld Phellomcna of the .\node and Cathode," and " Inl'enlion as a ~cicnce and an . \rt." .\s as"ociate editor for \\1'0 \'Cars of the Electrical lVorld he l\Tote J1l;lncrous articles, e,pcciall,1 a long series on ",\nal~ tical and ~ysll'matic ~rethod of In\'enting," lie has al~o contributed the folloll iug papers to technical journals: "Expall"ioll of Polynollliab," JIalitelllulica! I'isilor, 1880 ,: "UIl'lllistry of the Carbon Filanlelll," Trllilsactiolls 0/ lit,.

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oi (he L',~,~, "Badger" during the ~panish \\ ar: l'mpluyed in the l'krtric construction departml'llt of thl' \Ianhattan I{ailway Co" \few York , 1900 02; and has heen with the Safl'l.l' Car I !eating & Lighting Co" ?\el\'

nl"clrical nllgillet'l'S,

I, l~ttl-: articks r<:iatiug to "TelephoJ1Jc ,\ction," nleclrical 1!lIgillet'J', 1891 and 1892: .. 'dic,l)litc and its .\pplication to , \),)1Jature Insulation," Tnlllsacliolls 0/ lite . 11Il<'ricall IlIslit IIle 0/ i:leclri(al Ellgilleers, IX, 1892 , "11011' to Protect Inl',' lltions in l;on: ign l lluntries without I~rlect upon the Term of the L'nited States I)all'nt," SCiCIlCi?, 1892: "Protection of Industrial Property," Cass[('r's .1/a!!,a::;ill I' , 18()4: serial 011 "Prillcipll's of 111\'c ntioll," r:./cciric Paz,'cr, 1895; serial on "I\utol11atic Tckpl1<>nc Exchang-e :;ys ICJ1h," jointly II ilh \Ir, \\ 'an l Decker, Ibid" J896, :\11J1Il'rOUS othn article, Oil patellt", patent lall , and rl'laled ,uhjccts hale ap \leafcd ill \'arious journals, \Ir. Thompson is a ml' miler of the ,\mcri can Society of :'Ilechanical I~ngincers, and of the ,\mcrican Inslilute of Ekctrical EngiIll'crs (a chart( r J11l'nli>l'r), and has serl'l'd the latter Oil the \)o<lrej" of :\[anagcrs and l~xal11in<.'rs,

\11', Tho11llhl)Jl is the son uf \\ illi;1Jn I', and the lak 1':l1lil,1 I\. TholllPSOll, and is a de sCl'l1dant of Capt. l.l'\I is Thonlpson oi the 1{l'I'olulionar~ ' , \rill), and of Ihl' BuIll'!' falll ily of \ ' irgillia, (Illl' nlcilliler of IIhich \I a, the lirst \\' i ic- ,)f (;ellcral (;ellrge \\ ashing tOil's father, Ill' marricd I~dith l'hct\\()()d ( 'o ursl' II, Fei>ruary 10, IKg(l, Thomson, William Inslee (\1. E. , '(7), lI'a .. born in :\e\\ark, :\, ,I., JUliC 2(" 1t-\70: "1111 oj James ,\, alld ,\cIalilll' \\ ', Thol11son, I Ie 11';1:; Instructor In ,\pplied I~ll'ctricitl' at Stel'e ns Institute, 18'J7 IC)OO: chid machinist

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TIl\)\) SllS

York, frol11 1902 (0 d,lte, I Ie IS all associate Illt'nlhl'1' o[ tlie . \I11Cri(';ln Institllll' of I':kc t ric;ll I': ngi nel' r", Thuman, Frederic (:\ 1,1':.. '()o), II as horn uear 1': \'anS\' ilk, Incl .. 1:l'IJI'llar~ 7, IK(>7: son of John and ]'hillil'inl' (Shich'l) Thuman, Prillr til entering the Institll!l' he clll11plL-ted a four ."l':lr' apprl'nticeship II ilh it linn of l'nginel'rs ;In<l nlill\\'righh, alld acquired ex[lcril' nce in thc sli()ps, at draliglitiJ1g, in the l'l'l'cti()n of l1IacliillCl'Y, awl in sunTying, Ill' 11:[0, l'1l1pl"\'l'd ill tlie Standard Uil Co.'s Atlantic l~cFlnl'J'y, Phiia(lL-lphia, 1?\l)0, and II ilh tIll' L'Jlitcd (;as IlJlprClll' nll' nt l 'o" l'hiladel phia, 1~()0-02 , ill'ing l'ngag'cd in draughting at l'hiladelphia, IR90: as assistalJt 10 thc manager ()i tlie hranch "nin' ill Chicago, 1?\~I-()2; and cn'cting apparatlls :tnd tl'sting \later-gas plaJlts in \ ariclih parts of the COlln(n', 1~<)2, 1 Ie has hecn idcntified II ith Ihe lIork of J\II'"rs, I lunlphrc)s & (;lasgolV, " inl'l' theil' e"tabli~hnwnt in 1~92, For the lir .. ! t 11'0 years he \\'as l'ng;lgl'd In designing ;lJ1d l'recting II all-r gas pl:lnh, :l11cl in carrying ollt tesh and expl'l'iJlIl'llls i()r the purpose oi inlproliJ1g tlie CCOIlOJ11) of the LOll\.' proc -

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course at the Yale Forest School. and graduated lI'ith thc degrcc of Master of Forestry, '903. Tlis thesis. on "Cas Engines," was published in the Slc'i.'Clis ilLstitute Indicator, to \\'hich he also contributed an article on "The :'Ile('hanical Relation of Force and :'I[ass." in '901. Tn the same year he in -

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ml'nt alld principal as,istant to ,\1 r. (;Iasg<lll路. Llc 110\\ holds thc position of chid cngillecr, and manager 0 f the Londoll office. Ire has developcd sC\'l'ral i11lportant patcnts in connection \\'ith the manufacture of carburetted \\'ater-gas; these ha \ ' e heen assigned to :'Iressrs. f1ulnphreys & (;lasgo\\,. Ill' is a life 11lembcr of the Alllerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a 11lclllber of the Ste\'cns l\lulllni Association of l\11lerica and l~lII'ope: the Rho chapter of the Delta Tau IJclta fraternity: and of the \Vhitehall Club and the ,\merican Society of London. Tiemann, Harry Donald pI. E., '97), was born in Brooklyn. X. Y .. l\[arch 26, lR75: son of J. H. and i\T. ,\. Tie11lann. r ris great unclc. Daniel F. Ticmann. was mayor of l"-rew York. The suhject o[ this sketch was Instructor in a correspondence school. r89798: lnstructor in Physics and Chcmistry at the Pratt Institllte. Brooklyn. 1898 99; Instrllctor in l\lechanical Engineering at the Uni\' ersity of Pennsyh路ania. rRf)9 1900: was engaged in the Department of Forestry (now a Bureau) at \Vashing-ton, cloing both office and field work, 1900 or: and is now in the Bllreau of Forestry in charge of the Yale timber-testing laboratory. He took the

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vented a h ypsoillcter height of trees.

for

Illcasu ri ng

the

Tischner, Charles Frederick, Jr. (:'IT.E., '02), \\'a, horn in ~ew York city October 10, 1R7<): son of Charle, Frederick and \nnie .I a Ill' :'ITaddock Tischner. 1\fter graduation hl' entered the draughting- roolll of the General Building & Construction Co., and shortly afterward began patent law work, in \\h ich he i~ still engaged. lIe is an associate Illemhcr of the ,\ll1erican Tnstitute of Electrical Enginccrs: a junior Tllemher of the American Socicly of Mechanical Engineers: anrl a memher of the Phi Sigl11a Kappa and Th l'la \f u Epsi Ion f ra tel'll i tics. Toby, Edward M. (~T.E" '(6). was engaged in the Dl'pannlcnt o[ Tests at Ste\'ens Tn<.;titute. IR<)6: in the General Electric Co.'s \\'orks, Schenectady. X. Y., r 8C)6--<)7: and has heen \\'ith the ).;;[tional Contracting Co., N C\\路 York. frolll 1 R97 to date, IT e \\'as scnt to ~C\\' Orleans. La., where the cOl11pany had a contract \\路ith the city to construct


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an electrical system of drainage. the general plan of which \\'as it central power stalion supplying power to se\'eral pumpingstations located at \'arious points around the city. In 1898 he became engineer in charge o[ the construction of the central generating ,lalion of 6.000 horse-power. and later had entire charge on the lield of all construction of central and sub-stations. In 1900 he \\'as promoted to the position of chief engineer of the company. and some months later. UpOll the dealh of the local manager at Xc\\' Orleans, ).rr. Tohy assumed his duties. so that at the present time he is acting general manager and chic[ engineer. The total amount M the contracts already awarded to the ~a­ tional Contracting Co. hy the city of Sew Orleans is about ~2.500.000. JJe is a memiJcr of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Tack, Clarence Robert (i\L[ .. ·()8). \\'as horn .\pril 13. ,87..j.. lie \\as with the 1'05-

C. R.

1868. Jle \\'as in the employ of J lildreth Brothers. 1\ewYork, 189°-91; in the department of tests of the Chicago. Burlington. & Quinc), Railroad. Aurora, Jll., 189192; in the like department of the Creat Xorthern Railroad. St. Paul. 1TiJln, 189294; with the Paul Steam System Co., Boston, ;\Tass., 1895-96; \\'ith the Newark Electric Light Co .. Kewark. ~ . J.. 1897-98: and has been connectecl with the Nason ),Ianufacturing Co., Xc\\" York. from 1898 to elate, being no\\' vice-president of the company. II e is a member of the Delta Tau Delta [ratem i ty. ;\[r. Todd is the son of JaJ1les W. and l\Iary Platt Todd. He married Lucy Carpenter Bedell. June 2.+.1896. and they have one child. Lynette Adele Toeld. Topping, Howell (1\1. E.. '02). was hom in Brooklyn. X. Y.. ,lune 12. 1878: son of A. Ilowell and Cornelia Topping. [lis carl\' ed llcation was received at the , \e1elphi Acadtmy. Brooklyn . , \ Fter gradU<1lion he was employed in thc joh- \\'ork departmcnt of the Xational Tube Co .. Jl.TcKeesport. Pa., until '903. whell he hecame erecting engineer fOJ" the William R. Scaife & Sons Co .. of Pittsburg. Pa. lIe is a membcr of the Beta Theta Pi and of the Sigma Psi fraternities.

TOCK

L(Jria I ncande~rl'nt Lamp Co .. I'ostoria, n., from IR98 to 190,3. and is now superintcndcnt of thc Ra\'cnna Lamp Factory. I~a ­ \·cnlla. O. i\lr. Tock is the son of Orson \\'. and 1~lla :\1'. Tock. Ill' married Verna O. Parrish, ~ ovember 2, 1898.

HENRY TORRANCF, JR.

Todd, George Lawrence (:\LE .. '90), was burn in Sew Rochelle, ~. Y., February 13,

Torrance, Henry, Jr. (]\I.E., '90), was born in Brooklyn, N. Y, March 7, 1870; son


THE .\LC:\I N l of Henry and 5arah Creighton (Pect) Torrance. li e was in thc employ of the Hendrick l\fanufacturing Co,. Ltd .. Carhondale, Pa .. for senc:ra l years, and then hecame ito; agent in :\ell' York. 18<)6-99. In the latter year the Carbondale :. I achine CO .. II as organized. and he Il'as appointed ih engineer and director. managing thc :\CII York office of the company. wherc he is stilllm'ated, Il c is a member of the .\merican Socil'II' of :'lechanical Engineers: the I ~ngincl'l',;' ('Iull of Xell York: the .\m eric<ln Socieh of I{ ctrigerating Engincers: and of the I )elta Tau Delta fraternity.

Torrance, Kenneth (:\1.1 ~ .. 'R.~). was horn In Brooklyn, :\, Y .. lune 2<). 1803, lie was

Engineers' ('Iuh: the Xational . \ssociation oi Stationary I': ngincers: and of the Rich mond II ill (;01 i Cluh, :'Ir. Torrance is thc son of Il enry and Sarah Crcighton (I 'l'd) Torrancc. Ill' married Lui sc L. :'kiscl. . \pril IS. 1895.

Towne, Joseph Minott (:\ J.I ~ .. '(7). was horn in I ~as t ()range. X . ./. . ./uly 7. 187,:; , . \iter an cxtensil'l' tour through the II'c, tern and southwl'stl'l'n section of the LTnited States he ent.Tl'd the office of II ill & Turner, ;, rchitcct~ a1](1 l'ngin('crs, :\CII York, Ill' l e mained Il' ith this tlrm until 19°0, Ilhen hc ()htaincd a po,ition in the engineering dcpartInl'nt of the ./ersey City Il'o rk s of the Safcty Car Il ca ting & I,ighting Cn .. where h e re main cel until ./anuary I. 1903. Il'hcn hc II"a" tran s ie rr ed as general agcnt to thc COIllJlally'~office'iill :\e\1' York, li e is a membcr ()i the . \Ill c ri ca n S()cictl' of Cil'il l ~ l1ginecrs: th e :\CII" \ 'o rk I{ailroad Cluh: and the :'Iasonic Order. Trautvetter, Carl (:\ I.E .. ·()o). lIas che11list <l nellllechanical engineer Il' ith the SharJlSl'il1e Furnace Co .. Sharps I' illc . I'a,: clectrician \\'ith thc i1ri "tol Co .. \\ 'ate rhury, Conn.: and lIas last regist e red as manufacluri11g record Ing instrument s at Paterson. X. J.

KE~~ ETn TORRAKCF.

employed in the shops of llenry R. \\ 'o rth ington. 1884 93, serl'ing in I'a ri ous capac ities. as I'ise hand in erccting pumJls. assistant to forcman in machinc 'sllOp. engincer in the erecting departmcnt on II aterworks engines. <lnd as assistant nlanagl'l' and e ngineer of the Chicago othce of the firm, Ir e cngaged in gcneral engineering in Chicago. 1893-94. and has heen ch ief ('ngincl'r at thc Ridgcwood engine-house and line stations in the Department of City \\'orks. Brooklyn. fro\l1 ]894 to date, Ill' is a member of the \merican Society of :'I[cchanical Enginel'l's : the American \\' aterworks l\ssociation: the Brooklyn Engineers' Club; the :'Tunicipal

Trautwein, Alfred Philip (:\1. E .. '7°). \1 as 11()rt1 in :\CII York city Octoher 10. 18~7' I Ie II as in the clllploy of the Contincntal Iron \\ 'orb. Ihooklyn, :\. Y .. as Illcchanic. e1raughhlnan, and Illechanical engineer. ell gagcel in the construction of coal and water gas Ilorb. fuel -gas plants. icc- making and refrigerating machinery. and marine con s truction. 1876 ~C): with the I l e nd rick -r-ra1ll1iacturing ('0.. I, td.. Carhondale. I'a,. a s sU]ll'1'inlt'ndent. engaged in the manufacture of ice making and refrigcrating plant-;. oiJIlorb Illachincry, coal-iJreaker machinery. ;lnd pcrforateel Shl'l' t metals. 1889-99: and ,.;inn: thc latter year h e has hee n pres id ent oi the Carhondale :'Iachinc Co .. huilding icc- nl<lking and rdrigl'1'ating' plants. oil \I'orks l11achinl'1'.I, h .l draulic Illachinery. coalbreakcr machinl'1'Y. etc. Ill' is also pres ident of th e ( 'a rhondale ('hclllical Co" the Carbondale SUJlJlI\' ( '0,. the Fernhrook \Vater Co .. ~nd of thc Ilclnlollt \\ 'a ter Co,: secretary of th e Los . \ ngele s Icc & Cold Storage Co.;


58 -+

TlJE STE\'E"0;S TNSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

trcasurcr of the Spcrl IIcater Co., and director of the Pionccr ])i111e Bank, all of Carbondale. Pa.; also presidcnt of the i\mcrican .\cid & .\Ikali Co .. of 13radford. Pa .. and di rcctor of the Burfalo Cold Storage Co., of nllffalo, :\. Y. lIe sen-cd thc Institute in thc capacity of .\lu111ni Trustee from 1887 to 18.90. Ilis graduating thesis. on "The ).(;\nufactl1l'e of Coal lllull1inating Cas." "a'> puhlishcd in the . /Illcrican Gas Ugh! JOllrllo/, 1876-77. fIe is a mcmhcr of the ,\merican Society of ).[echanical Enginecrs; the EngiIlcers' Club of l'\e w ) 'o rk: the :\(anu[acturers' C1uh of Philadelphia: the lingineers' Cluh of Scranton. l'a.; the Drug Trade l'1uh, :\e,,' York; all<i of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. ~lr . Traut"cin is the son of John Philip and 1~111ily I lelll ig- Trautwcin. lIe married ~rary E. Ilcndrick. January 29, 189I, and they hal'e fOllr children, Caroline LIendrick, Emily lkndrick. 1~lizabeth, and Margaret Trautwein. Trube, Gustave Adolph (M.E.. '90), was born in Ilrooklyn. :\. 1' .. July 2:;. 1869. lIe

G. A.

TlWBE

graduated fronl I)rooklyn Public School No. J5, in J884, and from the Brooklyn Polytcchnic Institute (scientilic course) in 1887, in which year he cntercd the Soph01110re class at Ste\'ells. On graduation he joincd the stare of the T1linois Steel Co., Chicago, hold-

ing different positions in the South Chicago, and Joliet" orks of this company. In J893 he made a trip of inspcction to all the prill ci pal st eel and i roll \\orks in (;reat B ri tai n and on the continent of I~uropc. and reported thcreon to hi, c0111pany. In 1895 he was appointed a,sistant gencral superintendent of the Union \\'o rks of the compan),. [n [897 he joined the l.uellrJ\\ \'ah·r ManufacturingCo., Troy. N. Y., and in 1898 i>ccamc connecteel ,,·ith the \\ ' cstinghouse intl'rests: first, the \V est inghollse ,\i r 13rakc Co., Pittsburg; then the \\'cstinghousc Ihakc Co .. Ltd .. of Lon e1on. Pari,. and Ilano\·l' r ((;crlllany). to in troducc .\mcrican mctllOri-; of manufacture in the company\; ~;]lOps: and finally. in t<)or. the Brili"h \\'csting-housc Electric & ).[an\lfacturing Co .. Ltd .. of London and ~ranches tcr. a, manager of thc hr:lkc dcpartmcnt; and he is nOli locatcd at Manchestcr . "hcre hc is manager of the tranl\\ay departmcnt. h 'l\·ing- charge of thc street raihy:ty \\"ork. Ill' has taken out patcnts on illlprm·cmcnts in brakcs for electric tram cars [[n<l other \'chi rics. and applications for other patents arc pending. TIe is a Illcmber of thc .\mcrican rnstitute of J\Iining Enginecrs; the All1eric[[n Society of J\'feehanical Enginccrs; the Ncw York Railroad Clllh; the Chicago .\thlctic Cluh: thc Troll and Stccl Tnstitute; the .\mcrican Society in London: [[n<l of the Con,en·ati\'e Club. Manchcstcr. Engbnd. Mr. Trubc is thc son of Carl anrl Ottonia (Fincke) Truhe. TIe married Hcrtha \\'un del'. Junc 17. 1896. and they ha\·c t,,·o chil e1rcn, Rohcrt Louel and Maud Ottonia Trubc. Tucker, Benjamin W. (M.E .. '84), was in the employ of thc Newark Filtering Co., :\c\\"ark. X. / .. 1884 88: anel of the TIyatt Pure \\ 'a tcr' Co., 1\cw[[rk, [888--90; \~' ith iTcm), \\'ardcn, Ccrmantowll Junction, Philadclphia. 1890 1)1; anel was consulting cng-ineCl' for spcciallllachinl'l'Y at Ne\yark, N . .T .• 1891--98. Tn 1898 he rcmovcd his office to :\ew York city. whcre he is now located as consulting cngincer in spccial anel automatic mach i ncr}'. From 1895 to 1899 he \\'as as sociatcd ,,·ith J\Tr. \\' . S. Cor\\'ill, M .E. (Stcvens. '85), in electric "ork and coal-handling 111achinery. Tuttle, Willard S. (]\ I.E .. '84), was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 22, 1863. He was


THE ALUMNI cmployed in the shops and draugh ting-office of the Ferracutc i\Iachine Co., Bridgcton, N. J, manufacturers of prcsscs and dics for ,hect mctal, r88-1--86; and has heen with thc Tuttle & Bailey Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn. N. Y .. manufacturcrs o[ hot-air registers and ycntilators (having scryed in the shop and officc and being at prcscnt 111echanical enginecr and secrctary) fr0111 1886 to elate. llc has patcntcd minor i111prOVc111ents in thc construction of registers. Ilc is a mcmber of thc Amcrican Society of l\lcchanical Enginecrs; the nrooklyn Engincers' C1l1h: and thc Dykcr Meadow Golf Club. lIe is also a trl1stee of J\delphi Collegc. 1\1r. Tuttlc is the son of Silas and ;\rabella Tuttle. I Ie 111arried Christine J. \\'. Loescr,

ling. who left their nativc yillage, Waldfish, Germany, in 1847, bccause of unsatisfactory political conditions, and went to \Visconsin.

E. A.

W. S.

TUTTLE

May 23. 1900. and thcy have onc child, Dorothy Tuttlc. Twitchell, Richard S. (1\ r. E., '90), was Instructor at the Hill School. Pottstown, Pa., 1890-97; Instructor in the department of science anel technology of thc Pratt Institl1te, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1897 99; and has been employed in thc construction department of the \\'estcrn Elcctric Co., Ncw York, from 1899 to date. Uehling, Edward A. (M.E., '77), was born in Richwood, \Vis., June 3. r849; the son of Frederick and Anna Margareth Ueh-

UEHLING

J'rcelcrick Uchling was olle of the pionecrs in the section in which he scttlcd. Ed\\'arel ,\. was the sixth child and first ,\1l1crican horn in the family. The usual hardships anrI blessings of pioncer life fell to his lot. \\lith the cxception of about six months in the summer of 1870, during which timc he cndeayored to sell shop rights for a land-roller on \\'hich hc had obtained a patent. hc remained at homc, going to ochool in wintcr, and working on the farm in sn!llmer, until he entered Stevens in 1873. He was assistant to Dr. Thurston on experi mental work in the Mechanical Lahoratory of thc Stevens Institute, testing cold rolled iron and steel, 1877-78; and was engaged on a preliminary survey of a line of railroad in western Pennsyh'ania and eastern Ohio, and then as clraughtsman with the Douglas Furnace Co., Sharpsville, Pa., r879T880. ITe took a private course of stndy in metallurgy and chemistry with Dr. Stillman at Stcvens Institute in 1880; conducted a commercial laboratory at Sharpsville, Pa., T880-83; was in charge of the laboratory of the Bcthlehem Iron Co., Bethlehem, Pa., 1883-85: of the blast furnace of the Sharps\'iIle Furnace Co., Sharpsville, Pa., 1885-


TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECJIi\OLOGY 87; of th e blast furnaces of the Bethlehem Iron Co ,. 1887- 90: and of the t\\'O furnace plants of the Sloss [ron & Steel Co .. Birm ingham, .\Ia .. 1890- 95, \\'hile there he had charge of the remodclling and rcconstruction of the sc\'eral furnaces, l\fter these improvements had heen completed he resigned his position, \\'hile :'Ilr, L'chling was with the lkth1chCJ1l Iron Co .. in 1888. the idea of the pncumatic pyrometer \\'as concci\'cd in the course of his search ior a pyro11lctl'f that \\"ould be reliahle. durahle. and ;1ccuratc ior teJ1lperatures usual in J1Iodcrn hla;.;t - iurn;1cc practice, The idea of the gas-coJ1lposimcter from \\"hich thc pyr()meter was reaJly el'ol \"C'd had occurred to hilll sOl11e timc hefore, For lack oi time nothing \\'as done \\' ith thcse inl'e n tions until 1893. when :\Ir, . \, Steinhart. a young Cerman cngineer, hecallle suft'lciently interested to de\'ote his time to Jlerfecting thenl. l \fter :'Ilr. Uehling's resignation frollt the Sloss Iron & Stcel Co .. he dn'o ted Illost of his time to the further del"l路loplllcnt of

matic pyrometer. a full description of which \\'as puhlished In the S/<'~'CIIS Illdica/or. ,\pri!. 189-1-. records temperatures as high as .),000 F, I t has cOllle to he the standard pyrometer for indicating and recording the hlast and gas telllperatures of the Illodern Ida,t furnacl', and is cxtensi\'cly used for anncal ing and tel11peri ng steel. ,\ description of the cOJllJlosim('\er \\'as puhlished in the StC7'CIlS Jlldicl1/or. October. 1897, :'Ifr. L'chling is also the illl'c ntor of the pig- iroJl Jllolding and cOJl\"eying apparatus ShOl\"l1 in the accompanying' illustrations, \\ hich was fir~t put ill successful opcrati()tl at the Lucy fUl"l1aCl" ill lii96, The iroll cast ol'er this machine' IW\\ here c(Jllles in contact I\' ith sand or other injurious suhstance, The ll1olds. duriJlg their return. tran'l in all in I'e rted position. and arc sprayed lI'itlt a refractory lining mixture, hasic or carhoJlaceOU:i, which, if anything. impnll"cs the quality of the iron, llence the imlllellsc surface of ,and-bed ,1Ild a correspondiJlg area of the Clst-JWW;l', ;lIJd the labor alHI other

FIG, T ,-UEHLING Prc-IRON PROCESS

thcse inst ruments, \\'hich arc no\\' heing' manufacturcd by the Uehling-Decker Co .. of which Mr, Gehling is presideJlt. The pnetl-

trouhles connected thel'l'\\'ith, arc dOlle ;t\\'a:, with, Xo lahor is eXIH.'nricd Oil the iroll from the time it leal'es tlte ladle until it is shipped

-


TIlE .\LU!\INI In the car, This means a sa\'ing of from 10 to 12 cents a ton, The machine soon hegan to attract atten-

FIG, 2,-UEHLl!<G

lion among the ironmastns of l~lIropc, Thc Llehling Co" Ltd .. "'as formed for its exploitation in Europe, and in the spring of IR99 :-lr. tlchling crosscd the ,\tlantic to assist in its introduction and de\'l'lo[lllll'nt. lie \\as locateel in :'IT ieldleshorollgh , the centrc of the celebrateel Clevcland iron eli ;trict. until ,\Ugllst, 1901. The mach inc has hl'come a nccessary adjunet to the modern ,\merican hlast furnace, as without it the illlnll'llSe outputs, which ill somc instances han' reached the almost illcrcdihle quantity of ()\'t'r 700 tons per furnace in 24 hours, could not he handled, Therc arc few large furnace plants that arc lIot cquipped ",ith it. and it is only a question of tillle \\'hen all ",ill he ohligcd to ha\'c thClll, In Europc its general adoption \\'ill he much less rapid, principally due to the fact that the output per furnace is not llIuch ()\' l'!' 25 per cent oi what it is herc: it is therefore 1I0t so much of a IIccessity, Furthermorc, lahor being cheapcl', the saving to he realized hI' its lise is less marked than in thc Unitcd States,

~8.) /

,\ iter his return from Europe :-1r. llehling dc\'otcd most of his time to thc further de路 \'l'lopmcnt of the instrulllents, etc" manufact -

P1G路jRoN

PKO(,E~S

ured hy the LTchling-l)ecker Co" and III addition carried Oil a consulting and expen husincss, \\'hich he still conducts in Sew York cit)', :'II r, L'ehling has taken out patents on a Ilcxihle land - roller (I R69): gas seals ior I'last iurnaccs (IRR3 and 1884): furnacc for burning gascous fucl. \Yater-c irculation hlast furnace tu),ers, etc. (IRR,=;) : pncumatic Jl) r01l1 etcr (IR93): process of treating hlack lland orcs, gas c()1ITp()silTlcter, and Christmas- tree candle holder (1894): trcatllTent of molten llTetal. ane! casting-mach inc (IR9.l): llTultiple pressure-gaugcs (] R96): c:alorimeter. or quantitatin' h ea t llTeasuring and recnrding "pparatlls, n'c()rding traction dyna1lTollletcr, and expansion pyrollTcter (18c)8): auto graphic grade-indicating or prntiling apparatus, llTixing anc! spraying apparatus for cast ing machine anc! slag-machine (IR99), ::'Ilr. L'ebling has \\Titten the following articles for puhlication: "Ilar\'('~tillg :\Ia('hillcr~' ," /1'011 , \,I;e, 1i'77, "The Value of (;as Seals on the Blast Furnace," ibid" r883'


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINor,oCY "Process of Smelting in the Blast Furnace." Indica /or, 1887. "ImprO\'eme nts in ~rethods of Calculating Rcsu lts in 'hemieal Laboratories." Ibid., ,887. "The Grading of Pig-Iron by Fractu re [s :\'ot Sullicient Guide as to Its Quality." iron ,-lgc, ,888. "The ~loc1ern Blast Furnace." S /C1'CJlS [Jldi,..... /ct'CJlS

c({/or , 1888.

"The Charging of the Blast Furnace." Ibid., [889· "The ~Ianufa ct urc of Steel in the South." IroJl . Ig<' , ,I':<).j. "The Cost of ~Iaking Pig-Iron in the Binningham District." Ibid., ,894 . .. The Pneumatic P.\TOll1eter." ,'';/Ci'CJlS 1 11<1 i-

ica, New York, 18<)9 1900: ('hid ('ngineer of (he Consolidated Tract ion Cn., Pittsburg, 1'a., 1900 OJ: and frolll January, 1902, to date has heen chid engineer (0 the Pittshurg Rail\\ays Co. and the , \Ikghcn)' Count} Light '0., Pittshurg. I Ie is a memher of the .\merican Institute of I':iectr ical I ~ ngineer s: (he Franklin In,litllte, alld the l ' nion League Club of Philadelphia: and an associate mem-

cu lor.IRc)l ·

"The

1'1H'umatic

l'ynlml'teL"

. llII erical!

J/({lIl1ja(/lIrcr. ,895.

"The \'alm' of ~Il'asuri;lg and Reconling thl' Tellll'l't"atUrt· of the \\'astc Gases of a Blast Furnace ." Ihid. " Blast Furnace Slag as a Rcagl'nt in the Proe· ['ss of Smelting." :";/Ci'CJlS IJldica /or, J8<)6. "The Blast Furnace as a Po\\'er Plant." Ibid. , , ()03· " L'e hling's ~lethod of Casting and Con\'l'.\·ing Pig-Iron." ('n.\·,ier's ,llaga zill(!, -' une. J 903.

lie has also read the following papers: " Dolomite as a Flux in the Blast Furnace," before the , \Iahama Industrial and Scientific Society, 1894; "Die Giessmachine," hefore the \ ' erei 11 Deutschen Eisenhl111enleule, J900: .. The Pneumatic Pyrometer," before the Cle\'e land Institution of Engineers, [900. lIe is a memiJer of the Tau Beta Pi fraternit\'. 11 L ' U eh Ii ng married Jeannette l\tlcrz. Dcccmher 25. 1880. and they have two children, Fritz Frederick and Edward Uehling, Uhlenhaut, Fritz, Jr, (M.E .. '88), was horn in ;-\ew York city July 7, J867· 11e (ook the expert course with the ThomsonII ouston 1~lectric Co.. 1888-89: \\'as in the employ of the Edi~olll<:lectric Illuminating Co., Brooklyn, :--.:. Y., 1889-91: as~istant engilleer \\'ith the l'ield Engineering Co .. New York, r891 -94; with the Philadelphia Trac tiOll Co .. as assistant engineer, 1894-95, and as chief engineer, 1895- 96; engineer with the Pennsyil·a nia Heat, Light, & Power Co., Philadelphia, r896- 97; assistant engineer \\ ith the ]\[etropoli tan Traction Co., New York. 1897 99: consulting engineer to the Telephone, Telegraph, & Cable Co. of Amer-

FRiTZ UHLDIlI.\ti'I, JR.

her oi the . \1l1l'rican SocielY of :'Ilechanical Engineers. ~Ir. L'hlenhaut Inarril'd (;ntrlltle . \. Coodhart, and the)' ha\'e one child. Fritz Uhlenhaul. :ld. Underhill, Henry Lawrence (1\1. E., '00) , \\'as horn at Croton Point, N. \ '., Octoher I r. 1875: son of Ilenry Ilaydock and Phrehe \\'ood L'nderhill. lie is descended 011 hoth sides from Capt. John l ' nderhill, who came (0 this country frolll England in the 17th century, amI who ohtained consiclerable promil;ence as an Indian fighter in the Ncw England Colonies. TTe was in the employ of the Ne\\' York I<:lrctr ic Vehicle Transportation Co .. New )'o rk, J900; inspector of factories for fire-insurance purposes. with the Middle Sta(cs Inspection Bureau, New \' ork, 1<)00-03; in . pector of const ruction \\'ith the Xc\\' York Mutual (-;as Light Co ., Xc\\' York. during J903; and is no\\' one of the assistant engineers of the onsolidated


THE ALUMNI Gas Co. of Nc\\ York. the Chi Psi fraternity.

TIe

IS

a member of

I r. L. UXU"RllILL

Upjohn, Hobart B. (M.E., '99), was born ill Brooklyn. ~. Y., :\Iay 2, 1876. lie won a scholarship to \\'cbh's Academy of Shiphuildns in 1H9-t, hut chose to go to Stevens

ll. B.

UPJOH:-i

School and Institute. lie was in the employ of the \\'orthington Pump Co., Brooklyn, ~. Y., 1899-1900; \\'as third assistant engineer uf the steamship" New York," of the

American Line, 1900; in the draughtingroom of the Nell' York Shi pbuilding Co., Camden, 1\. J., 1900- 01; engineer with the Transit Contract Co., Scranton, Pa., 1901; junior assistallt principal of the School of l\rchitecture at the International Corresponclence Schools, Scranton, 19째1-04; and is now engineer fm- the firm of Eidlitz & i\IcKenzie, architects, Xe\\' York. He has written an article on the Steam Turbine, and text-books, for use in the above-mentioned school, on ::\Jasonr)'; Arches, Vaults, and Domes; and Colulllns and Struts. lIe is a Illember of the Americall Society of ~ a val Engineers and of the Scranton Engineers' Club. l\lr. Upjohn is the son of Richard l\I. and Emma Tyng Upjohn. llis father and grandfather \\'ere both architects. The llartford Capitol and Stevens Institute are works of his father, and Trinity Church. "N'ew York, was designecl by his grandfather, Richard Upjohn. The subject of this sketch married Margaret l\liller, ,\pril 8, 1902. Vail, Eugene Lawrence (1I.E., '76), was born in Saint Sen'an, France, September 29, 1856. After graduation he was employed with l\lajor Wheeler as meteorologist, and after spending a year upon a geographical s\11'\'ey, during \\'hich time he had occasion to \'iew some of the finest scencry in the world, he was encouraged to beliel'c that success for him lay rather in the line of painting than of engineering. Accordingly he went to Paris to study with Cabanel at the Beaux Arts. l\fter de\'oting three years there to cira\\'ing and painting from the nude, hc was advised to take lip the painting of scenes from every-day life. Thrown upon his own resources, he went to the seaside village 0 f l~taples, on the coast of Picard)" \\'here for mallY years he painted pictures of tbe sea and of fishermen. and sent one painting annually to the Salon of the Champs Elysees. ITe was finally rewarded by receiving honorable mention, then a gold medal. and laler, at the Uni\'ersal Exposition, a first-class medal in the American Section, \\'hich placed him hoI'S conCOllI'S. He afterward obtained a gold medal at l\1unich, a first-class !11cdal at Antwerp, and the diploma of honor at Berlin. In 1894 he received the decoration of the Legion of


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TEClJ JOLOGY Honor. lie lert the old Salon of the Champs Iflysees in 1897 to become an i\ssociate at the ?\ou\'eau Salon, .1 Le is a member of the I'aris Society of American ,\rtists and of the Theta :\i fraternity. 1\1r. \'ail is the son of L. E. and Clotilde (I.e Cue) Vail, both ,\mericans. Ue llIarried (;crtrude J\lauran. January q. 1890. and they ha\'e t\\路o children. Eugenc Laurence :lnd :'Ilar,\ (;crtrude Clotilde \ ' ail. , "Van Atta, Harry (:\L1~., '81), was born in Ilackcttsto\\n, ?\. J., Xo\'enlber 2, 1860. lIe \\ as supcrintcndcnt of isolated plants for the l lnited Staks Illuminating Co" ?\ew York, IRRI RS: in charge of the manufacturing plant of Rathhone, Sanl, & Co., Albany, \.:. y" 1885 92: and has been gcneral superintendent of thc J. L. :'Ilott Iron \\'orks, Xc\\' York, fr()m 1892 to date. Lle is a member of the .\merican Society of :-'Techanical I~nginecrs: of the Board of StrecL Opening, I~oruugh of thc Bronx: of the Furdhalll and Jeffersun cluhs: and first \' ice-president of the Schnorer C1uh. :'III', \ ' an , \tta is the son of Ilenry I r. and :'IJelinda T. \'an .\lta. J Tis ancestors canle frutll Ettcn. Iioliand, ahout 1650. Ile 1lI:lrtied Katharine l\/rCo\,erll, ::\o\'em])er, 18S::!, and they ha\'e three childrcn, Blanche Adelaide, KennL'lh Carlisle, and \\'illard \ ' an ,\Ua. Van Brunt, John pI. E" '971. \\'as born in Engle\\()o(1, :\ . .I" January 2(). 1877: son of Stephen and Christiana (Orser) \ ' an Ihunt. ,\ iter a short engagemcnt \\ith the .\Il1erican Lu'\fer Prism Co,. Xl'\\' York, in 1897. he wellt \\'ith the ,\mcrican Stoker Co" by wholll he is still employed. For se\'eral years he \\'as located in \'arious parts of the \Vest in the interests of this company. but is now engaged at t he home office, 3n<1 works at Erie, Pa" as chief engineer. Van der Willigen, Thomas Anthony (l\1.E .. 'RR) , was hom in T\\'ello. Ilollanc1 . . \u gust 5, IS66. Ill' receil'cd his early school r<iucalioll in Ilaarlelll. Holland. lie \\'as ill the elllplo\ of the L'nited Cas Improvement Co .. of l'ililac1elphia, Pa .. ha\'ing charge of the erection of se\'eral water-gas plants. 1888 90. I k was draughtslll<ln and assistant l路ngineer in the mechanical engineer's de-

partment of the Calumct & Uecla Mining Co., Calumet, l\Iich,. 1890- 93: assistant to the engincer of the \Vinslow I3ros. Elevator Co., Chicago. being principally engaged upon de signs of safety devices fur passenger ele\'a tors. 1893-94; and chief drallghtsman with the ButTalo Engineering Co., Il'ilich at the time had the contract for making complete designs of a ship-lift to take the place of thc locks at Lockport, ::\. Y .. 1895--96. Sincc the latter datc l\1r. \ ' an del' Willi gcn's tillle has hcen dc\'oted exclusi\'cly to the gas business, Since his connection with :'Ilessrs. Ilulllphre)'s & Clasgo\\ in 1896, as constructing engineer at their London branch. he has erected nUlllerous plants hoth in England and on the Continent. lIe is now l\[essrs. ] lumphreys & (;Iasgow's repre sentativc for [tolland and Belgium, with headquarters at Brussels. ,\s a former member of the Engineers' Society of \\'estern :\ew York he read a paper gi\'ing the results of his il1\'estigation of the hydraulic ship-lifts at St. Omer. France, and at La Lou\'iere, Belgium. Ill' is a member of the "ereinig-ing \'an (;asfahrikanten in :\ederland; of the . \merican Society of 1\fcchanical Engineers: and of the Theta Xi fri! tcmily. :\[1'. \ ' an del' \\ ' illigen is the son of \ ' . S, :'II. and S . . \. (\ ' an der I fell) \ ' an dcr Willigen. Pruf. \ ' . S. :\1. \ ' an dcr \\'illigen was Director of the J'hrsical Lahoraton' of Teyler's :'If useunl. II aa;'lelll. I Tolland, a;ld dc\,a't cd his entire Ii fe to researches hearing on natural philosophy. Ill' married Ilelena Ihmnl, Septelllber 8. 1898. and they ha \'c one daughter, \ ' era 1 klena \ ' an del' \\'illigcn . Van Saun, P. Edwin (U.E.. '98), \\'as hom in l\laywood. :\, .I .. June 7, 1877. Ill' was Instruct()r during the Supplementary Term at StC\'ClIS Institute. 1898 : draughtsman at the/{ogers LoconlOt i \'e \\' orks. Pa terson. ::\. ,I., 1898: "as elllployed in the meter department of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co,. i\'e\\' York. 1898-99: in thl' engineering department of the Colorado Iron \\ 'orks. Den\'er. Colo.. mallu facturers of mining and smelting machinery. 1899- 1902: and has been chief engineer in the New York oi'lice of the latter company from 1902 to date. :'Ilr. Yan S<11111 is the SOil of John C. <1nd


THE ALU:f\fNI \Targaret ,\. \'an Saun. Tic married Elizaheth C. Zahriskie, . \ pril J' 1899.

P.

E. \ '.\.\'

Pacific Fleet. San l<rancisco. Fr0111 1902 to 1903 lie worked a, naval architect at the (;ovCJ'llIl1cnt I J ulJ ] lepartlllcnt of the ?\ ewpurl 1'\ell''i Ship Yard, \ Ta . He is at present in the Bureau of Steam Engincering of the Xavy .Ikparllllcnt, \\'ashington, D. C, recently scn'iug as technical secretary of the U. S. :\a\'<l1 hll~ 1 Oil Board. rIc is a mem ber of the California Xational Cllard, being lieutenant commanding the engineer eli visions of the State of Cali fOr1lia Xaval Militia, and chief engineer of the L-.S.S . .. Marion" at S:\n Francisco. Ill' de\'Cloped the" \ -a n \ ' Ieck System" of telephones for centralized baltery service in use in large hotels. In cable-road work he luade III:1ny illl'c ntions which I\·ere largely in use up to the tillle in which cahle railways Ilere superseded by electricity.

SAl.\,

Van Vleck, Frank pr.E .. '84), ",as !Jam in Xapanocil, X. \'., January 7, 1863. He prepared for college at Ilolhrook l\lilitary J\cademy, Ossining, :.:. Y. . \ fter graduation al Stl'vens he pursucd a postgr;lduat(). course in science and physics ;It Johns IIopkins University, Baltimore. ~Id., 18::1-1--85: was I nstructor in Mechanical I~nginecring at SibIt:y College, Cornell UnivCI'sity. 1885-86: and .\ssistant Professor in ~Il'chanical I~ngineer­ ing at that institution, 1886 88. I;rolll 1888 to 1889 he \\'as mechanical engincer lI' ith the Los l \ngcles Cable J{ail\\'ay Co., Los Angeles, Cal., and cOllsulting engineer for the l;o wer plant of thc People's Rail\\'ay, St. Louis, ]\Jo., and frol1l 1889 to 1890, chief engineer and constructor of the San Diego Cable Railway Co. [)urillg the next four years he was executivc engineer of the Pacific Rail\\'ay Co., Los .\ngc1es, Cal., and. later, consulting engineer of the Los Angeles Railway Co .. the Pasadena & Pacific Hailway, the Los . \ngc1es & Pasadena Rail\\'ay, the Los i\ngeles Traction Co., and the Citizens' Traction Co., San Diego. lIe was for a time in the Department of Yards and Docks at the l\Iare Island ~avy Yard, Vallejo, Cal., and from 1899 to '902 was assistant superintcndent engineer of the United States Army Transport Service,

FR.\~K

\ ".-\N YLEeK

lie is the author uf the following (and othn) papers: Trlll/surliolls oi .'.", iel)' oj Jlcci/(/lli(ul r:lIgillcl'I's.

"Standard Scction Lining. "

,h,. .\II1cri'·UII

IX. I Oj l l~~j ). "Light Cal,Ie-Road I

Constnlction."

Ibid.,

H<)o.

".\ California ~Ic)ulltain Rai]wa~'." Cussicr's .\ I ug<l::;illc. I SC)". "Strcct Railwu.I' Track BI·akl's ." S'rccll{uilj Ullrllal. ;,;\ Nun'] ('al ,k Railroa<1 ."

"«1<11'

Ibid.


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECITNOLOGY "The LongesL Ocean Piel' of thc \\'orld," I<ai/road Gazelle, 1893, "Thc Army's ,"Jav,\'," !farper's Tl'ed:L)" .luI.\', ,899,

lJ e is a mcmber (alld at one time was scc retary) of the Enginecrs and ,\rchiteets' ,\s-

neers: and founder alld charter mcmber of the Sigma Xi fraternity, the hOl1orary scicntdic society corresponding to the classical Phi Ucta Kappa, lie rcceil'ed the degrce of Doctllr of Philosoph)' from Columbian UniIl'I'sit)' III 190~,

..

, \X "LEeK (lUADRUPLE EXl'ANSIU:-i E:-':GINE JO/1I1

sociatioll or Southern Cali fornia: of the ,\merican Society of ~;l\' al ,\rchitcl'ts alld Marilll' 1~IIg-ineers: alld of the Unil'crsity Cluh of Los ,\l1gell's, Cal.: all associate Illcmher uf the ,\IIH~rical1 Sm'idy uf :-\al'al I~ngi-

! ' Ull

Vleck

Mr. Vall Vlcck IS the SOil of RCI' , John anrl julia Falconer Vall \'lcck, desccnded frolll' an uld Dutch family which settled in XCII' \lllstcrdam prior to I (l75, lie married ,\ugusta S, Peirce, Xm emiJer 25, 1889, and


TIlE Xr,Ul\!p-'[ they hav e two children, Dorothy and Peirce Van Vlcck. Van Vleck, John (:\1.1<:., ·8..j.) , \\'as cngag('d h) the Edison Co. for isolated lighting in the capacity of a hlue printer and assistant draughtsl1lan; but shortly aftl'l'ward his Ilork consisted wholly in l1Iaking plans of Iliring and of i~ulatl'<l electric [llant~. This lesulted, in 18<)5, ill work on celltral stations, including the designing of electrical apparatus, and work in conncction lIith the o[ll'l'atioll of electnc I1Iclers. \\ 'hell this company was absorbed by the Edison Elcctric Light Co. in 1896, he was stilt out on the road ill the capacity of a central station inspector. In 1898 he became cOlllll'cled \I'Jlh the Edi sOn E lectric Illuminating Co. of Nell' York. first as its chief electrician. and aftcrll'anl as its constructing engineer, in IIhich capacity he remained until ,\pri!. ]()or. when he hecame connected with the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co. of X e\\' \' ork. as its consulting mechanical engineer.

18()8 <1<): the llethlehl'llI Steel ('0 .. South IIl'lhlehl'ln, 1'a., 18<)() I<JO I : alld has hl'e n aSslstallt mathcllIaticiall \Iith the Equitahle Li fc Assurallce SOl'iety,0:l'w York, fr0111 I<)0 I to date. Voorhees, Edward C. (:\f. I': .. '<)<)) , has hl'l' ll l'llIploYl'd in the ordnance departillent of the :'Ifidvak Stel'l ('0., :\il'l'tollll. I'hila dclphia, 1'a., fronl 18<)<) to date. Vreeland, Frederick King (:\\. E., '<).1). was IJOrII in Jersl'Y City, :\. J., :'Ilarch ..j.. 18(-1: son ()f John \ ' an Buskirk and i\lary .\llIclia \ ' I'l'l'I;lJJd, of I)lllch and I ~nglish dl'sCl'nl rl'

Van Winkle, Franklin (1\1. E., '77), was consulting engineer and solicitor of patents at Paterson, N. J.. 1877 80; Professor of 1\Ie chanical Engineering at the State Mechanical . \gricultural College of Texas, 1881 -8..j.: consulting engineer. Xc\\' York, 188..j. 87: secretary and engineer II ith the Zell Engineering Co., Xl'\\' York. 188788: and has heen consulting and mill architect, Xc\\' York, from 1888 to date. F. K.

Vidal, Philip M. (lILE., '<)2). lIas draughts man at the Camden I roll \\'()rk~ , ('allldcn, X. J., 1892--96; II as II ith the Spraguc Ekc tric Elcvator Co., Xl'II' York. 11-:97 1902: and has sincc heen employed in the (;o\'erllnll'nt I'rinting Office, \\ 'ashing-ton, J). C. Villa, Jose Maria t7lI.E .. '7:)). has heen Professor of l\lathelllatics at thL' :\ational l : nin:rsity of the L'nitl'd Statl's of CololIIhia, frOIll J878 to dat('. Vogelius, C. F. (t-LE., '()2) , \\'as a studcnt in electricity at Columhia Collegc. Ncw \' ork, 18<)2 <)3: IIi th the Sprague Electric Elevator Co., Watsl'ssing, :\. J., 189.:; <)7: the ;.Jel\ York Sugar l~cfining Co., Long Island City, N. Y., r898; Johnson & Co., Lorain, G.,

\ 'R I "' •. 1'>:"

spectil'cly, their allCl'stms halillg 'l,tlled ill this COIlntry ahout the llIiddle of Ihe I(th Cl'lltllr,l. , \1 a l·tTY early age he ,holled a strollg hent in the directioll of sl' il'llce and Illatheillatics. This II;IS e'>:ercised ill childhood hy l'xpnilllenting, Illainl) ill the lille of l'leclricily ;IIHI Illaglll'lisili. hllildillg Illotors ;ll1d other apparatus. , \fter gradnatiIJIl at Ste\'('lls hl' took a postgTaduatl' course in electrical ellgillel'l'ing at Collllllhia L1Ilil'l'rsity, Nell' York, 18<).1 <)6. lie lias II ith the Crocker \\' heeler 1':Il'ctric l·o .. ,\nlpere, N. J, from J89() to 1900. lirst :IS draughtslllan, ne:-;.[ in the l'lIgllll'l'rillg de partnll'lIt, alld suhsl'<]lIl'lItly in I'a rious capac Itles in the cxperilllcntal lahoratory allc! the testillg and engineering departl1lcnts until


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF

1898, whcn he was made Ilrst assistant engIneer. In this latter capacity he had active responsihle charge of the engincning deparrml'nt. and gcncral rcsponsihle ol'l'I'sight 01 the draughting and testing dcpartments, Iii, duties in thc cngincering dcpartment included the perfecting and standardizing of the stock forms of dynamos, motors, and uther apparatus, and the designing of all odd machinl's for special purposes: also the prcpa-

TECIINOr~O(;Y

cell,-rcmarkahlL' for its extrcme sensitivcness, reliahility, and case of manipulation: I,crmitting the transmission of mcssages at the highest speed attainable hy a telegraph operator, with a I'l'ry slllall cxpenditure of Lllergy, Patents arc pending on this and lither wireless telegraph dniccs, :\fr. \'rec1~111(1 is no\\' engagL'd in clectrical cngineering work, :\Iontclair, :\, J. 1\lr, \ ' reeland's graduating thesis, preparL'd

ELECTROTYPING DYNA~ro

F, K, Freeland

ration of hids, estimates, ctc .. on contracts and special \\'ork, i\lr, \ ' reeland hcld this position II ith the Crod:er-\\'hecler Co, until 1900, IIhen he resigned to joill all exploring expedition in the Rocky l\lountains, Whik in the \\ 'cst he continued his earlier work in electrical thcory, II ith cspecial refcrence 10 its application to II ircless telegraphy, An article on "l\faxII'l'II's Theory and \\'ireless Tclegraphy" was puhlished in thc Elec/rical World alld Ellf,iIlCcr, September 13, 1902, and he has since isslIed a hook with the same title, }\mong the products of his \\'ork ill this line IS a nell' type uf detector for electric ",al'es, -a highly specialized form of electrolytic

joilltl) lIith i\lcssrs. Percy Allan and (;, I ~. Ilruen, on .. Experillll'lItal Ilctcnllinatioll of the Inlll1l'nce of Bark l)rl'ssu lT on the Economy of a Surfare C()ncicllsing- Eng-inc lIith Independellt \ 'ar l1l1m I)ump," lias published in S/c,'<'lIS 11Iciiell/or, \ III. 136, I fe is a member of the :\c\\' York I ~il'rt rical Society: of the .\mcrirall ,\ssociation for the i\dI'ancelllcnt of Science; alld of the ,\nthropological Soriety of \\'ashington, D. c.: ant! an associate of the ,\nll'l'ican lnstitl1te of I ~ lectrical I~ngi lIl'ers, Vuilleumier, Rudolph pT.E., '02), was l,o rJl ill nasel. SII itzl'I'lalld, .\pril 19, 1869: sun of .\Ugl1stlls \ . and Marie D. (Schwei-


THE ALUMNI z('r) Vuilleumier. I1e received his early education in Basel, and came to l\merica in 1883. lie spent a nUlllher o[ years in the jewelry t'rade. lie is assistant engineer II'ith the I'intsch COlllprl'ssi ng Co., N ell' York, ell?,aged 01\ experilllental and construction 1I'0rk. J Ie is a Illl'niher of the Tall Beta Pi fraternity. Wachter, Charles Lucas (~I.E., '(9). was horn in Troy, 0;. \ ' ., July II, 1877. lie was Instructor during the Supplementary Term at the Stevens I nsti tute, 1899; lI'i th the Chicago Pneumatic Tool CO .. :\CII' ~ ' ork, and later lI'ith the Standard , \ir Brake Co., 18991900; and has heen with the Lidgerwood l\Ianufacturing Co., Nell' ~'()rk, from 1900 to date. l\fter ahout a ycar as draughtsm<ln, he lIas advanced to thc ca!Jkll'ay engineering dcpartment of the conlpany, in II'hich he is assistant engineer of the ca!Jkll'ay <kpartmcn!. lie is a ml'nlhn of the . \merican Society of Cil'il Enginl'lT": and of the Phi Sigma Kappa and Theta :\u I~psilon fra ternities. 1\1r. \Vachter is the son of Louis F. and 1~lIa J. Wachter. Ill' married 1\[innie Louise II art wig, April 8, 1902. Wade, William Harvie (:'Il.K, '85), was horn in llenry County, \ 'a., October 22, 1865: son of Rev. l\nderson and Susan Colston (lian-ie) \Vade. lie \l'as a grandson of (;en. Jac<juelin B. llan-ie, U.S.l\'.,Richmond, \' a .. and a great-grandson of Chief Justice 1\1arshall. From earliest Colonial t i Illes h is ancestors lI'ere men closeh- connected with the history of the countr)-. Almost from infancy he de\'l'loped a passion for the navy. but opposition on the part of his parents prel'l'nted his entering the Acad emy at Annapolis. and he turned to engineering as a profession. and graduated from the Virginia 1\filitary Institute, Lexington. \ 'a .. when only se\'enteen. Ill' then went to the llnil'ersity of Virginia for the SUllllller course, and thence to Stevens in the fall of I R83. Ire was employed in the shops of the Pittsburg. Cincinnati, & St. Louis Railroad. Dennison, 0 .. 1885 86; in the erecting department of the Ilenry R. \\'orthington llydraulic Works. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1886-89 (thi s term bei ng broken by a long illness) ; consulting engineer in the shops and erect-

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ing department of the E. P. Allis Co., Mil waukee, Wis., [889; draughtslllan with E. D. Leavitt, 1890; draughtsman II'ith the 1)(' La Vergne H.efrigerating Machine Co., I i-l<)O 91: and with the Call1bria I ron Co., 1~91 -92.

From July. 1892, to February. J897, he was l'mployed in the London oflice of I j umphrey" & t:lasgoll' as engineer in charge of their construction \l'ork. In the II'inter of ]897 he returned to ,\l1lerica and lI'as employed by the Cambria Iron Co. This position he resigned to becol11e designing alit! consulting engineer for the Frank 1\r. Pierce Engilll'er-

\V. J1. \VADE

i ng Cu. j II the spring of ] 899. with the assi stance 0 f sOllle f ricnds, he a rranged to purchase the controlling interest in the \Vil mington,1\. C., Cas Light Co., and was about to take up the management of that company II路hell his death occurred by drown ing ill the sud at \\'rights\'iUe Beach, lIear \\'ilmington. :\. C .. September 9. 1899. Waefelaer, Louis, Jr. (M.E., '92), was born ill Iloboken. X . .1 .. in the year 1872: son of Louis and 1\[ary (Storie) \Vacfelacr. lIe II as an apprentice in a machine-s hop, 189203: lI'ith Carl I r. Schultz. manufacturer of millcral waters. as mechanical engineer and general superintendent, J 893-97; with the Consumers Co., Chicago. as mechanical engineer and superintendent, I897- 1901; mining


TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ill the Klondike, 19掳1-02; and has been mcchanical cngineer t.o t.he KennicoU \ Vater

pert \\'itncss in many important patcnt suits, Ilotably in the extensil'c litigation betwcen the \Vestinghousc Electric & l\Iallufacturing Co. and thc Stanley Electric l\1anufacturing Co., involving the Tesla polyphase patcnts, \\'hich lee! to the purchase of the latter C0111 pany by the associates o[ the \Vestinghousc C01l1pany in thc lalter part of 1\)02 while the bearings and decisions were still pending. In thesc suits :-11'. \\ ' agner was the principal witness for the Stanley C01Jlpany. In connection with 1\11'. D. \\'. Ropcr hc took Ollt a patent in J899 for an arc lamp controller for operating arc lamps on constant-potential circuits, whcrcby the efli('i('ncy of distriiJution is increascd and the cost of production reduced. ~lr. \\'agner is thc allthor of sCl'eral pa -

LOUIS \\路.\EFEI ,, \ER, JR.

Softeller Co., from 1903 to date, and is at. I)rl'sellt in J ,olldon, Eng-lancl. Wagner, Herbert Appleton (l\1. E., '87), was bom iIl J'hiladclphia, 1'a., February 2-1-. ,867; SOil of \\'illial11 aJl(1 Clara W. (Appleton) \\路agller. lIe was a member of the engillcering L'llrps of the \\ ' estinghouse Electric Co., J 887- 9J ; alld gelleral superintcndcnt of the l\lissuuri JCkctric Light & Po\\'er Co., ;II](J of the l\liss()lIri - l~dison Electric Co., St. Louis, ]\[0., 188,)- 1,)00. In' addition to this \\'ork he estaLlished in ]891 the \Vagner Electric l\lanufactliring Co., St. LOllis , and cunuucteLi this business until ]899. In conncction therewith he took Ollt. patents on vanous del'ices referring tu alternatingcurrcnt transformers and motors. Ile was prcsidcnt of the l\lississippi Valley AutomoLile Transpurtation Co., 1900- 01, and has practiscd as a consulting enginecr in St. Louis and :t\C\\ York from 1900 to date, bcing cngaged chiefly in the electrical industry. For some time previous to opening these officcs l\1r. \Vagncr was frcquently called upon for professional sen'icc in thc East, l,articularl), in Buston, where he was engaged by the Edison Ekclrie Illuminating Co. anu the Buston Electric Light Co. l\lr. \Vagller has been retained as an ex-

]f.

A.

WAGNER

pel'S contributed to lcchnical journals or rcad hefore scientific societies. Alllong the1l1 are: "The l\lissouri.f~disoll Electric Co. of Sl. Louis, and t.he Develo]llnenL of the ;\Ill'rnating Current Sy;;tem fL)r Light and Po\\'cr Distril>lllion." J~/<,clrh'u/ Ellgilleer, June, J .'i<),'L "Gencml Distribution frOill Central SLation~ IJ.\' AllcrnaLing Currents." Rcad bdore lhe N a lional Elcct.ric Ligl1t. "\ssociation, J 8<)8. Cassia's J11ugaziJlc, 18<)8. ",\. Method of Deri"ing Two or ~Iore .\It.ernating CUITcnLs Ditrcring [rom One .\.nother in P11asL' from a S(>tll-ce of Elect.ricity Supplying Alternating Current of a Single Phase ." I~/e(颅 tric;ul Ellgineer, 1899.

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• THE .\LUl\INI "Sing1c-l'has{' Distrihution." Read Iidore the .\Tational Ekctl'ic Light ,\ssociation. IS,}'!. "The Usc o[ l\llcrnating Current [01' tlH' E:-.tem;iol1 of Central-Station SUl'pl~' and for (;cncral DistriiJution." R{'ad before the .\ssociatiot1 of Edison Illuminating Companies, IS,!,)

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l'nginccring dcpartml'nt at L\·nn. ~lass .. IR97 9<): and In thc commcrcial cngineering

lie is a memher of the .\nlcrican Institute (If Electrical I~ngineers: of the ~[ilitary Order of the Lo~ al Legion of the U ni ted StatL's: and of the I~ngineers·. University. ;\Iercantik, and Country cluhs of Sl. Louis. Wagner, Julius Homer (;\I.E., '02). \\as horn at Chatham, :\ . .I .. .I <lnuary J. I XR I : s(ln of Julius T. and Carrie (\\'urster) \\'ag ner. I Ie has hl'en l'ngaged as head draughts

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WAGXFR

man fllr thL' \lullalo Scale Co.. Buffalo. 1\. Y.: \\ ith F. E. Jackson, ~I.E .. Orangc. ". J.: and is no\\ ",ith the BulIa\o Forge Cn., Hurfah ~. Y. Wagoner, Philip Dakin p1.E.. '<)6). \\ as I,orn in SO!l1cn'ille, X, J., July 24, 1876. fTc \\ as employee! in the shops of the Brooklyn City Trollcy Road, repairing and equipping cars, 1896: and has heen with the General Elect ric Co. from J 896 to date. Starting \\ ith the student's course at Schenectady. ;\). Y .. he has he en employed in the testing department: the engineering department. \\here he \\as occupied with the design of direct-current 1110tors; in the transforI1ler

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dcpartmcnt at SChl'IIl·rla<l,\. again hl'ill~ l'ln p\oyed on t ra Ih forml'rs, hot h mull i pie a n<l constant CUHl'nt, for ~cries alternating an: lighting. fronl IS!)C) to Ic)nl. \\ hen he "'as ap pointed manager nf transfor1nL'r saIL's. \1 hich position 1](' !]()\\. holck 11is \\ork includes lhe handling' of the comnll'lTial qucstions in \'()h'ed in the saIL' of all transformers manu facturc<\ hy the CcnLTal 1 ~ lec\ric Co. The graduating thcsis of ~\cssrs. \\ 'agollL'1'. I ~. L. I)eckt'r. and n. ,\. l'o]Je. Oil .. The f'lant of the Cataract lonstruction ('0 .. at :\iagara Falls. X. Y ... · \\as puhlished in the SIt"i'CIlS JIlt/ica/or. ~I\" 20. :\11'. \\ 'agclIlc r rcad a paper on .. The Series \ncalHlesccnt I,ight ing Systcm of the [<uture" hdore the :\orth ",cstern \': \ectric Light .\ssociation at its c01l\'Cntion held in ~ril\\·aukce. \\'is .. Jallli an' IS 17. 1<)0I. The paper \\as reprintcd or ahstracted in many tcel11lical journab. and puhlished in pamphkl form lIy the (;e11eral Electric Co., the lallL'1' lIeing no\\' in its second edition. ~[r. \\'agoner is a memher of the American IJl~1.itutc of Electrical Engineers: the :\[oha\\k. ~Ioha\\ k Go\ f, and loriacrRiflc cluhs: and of the , \Ipha Tau ()mega a1l(1 Theta Xu Epsilon fraternities. :\Ir. \\ 'agoner is the son of Henry G. and Rachel L. \Vagoner. TIl' married Effie Nichols, Xovem!.>er 2, 1904.


THE ALUMNI Ilartfonl. Conn., 1898- 1<)01: draughtsman with thc Columhia and Electric Vehicle Co.,

M.P.

WALKER

19()3, in II ilicil ycar ill' 11' <lS appointed Professor In St. John's College, Shanghai, China, and in J903 was appointcd Professor of 'tITathelllatics in the sallle college. lIe is all honorary mcmber of thc 1\lpha Chi Rho fratcrnity (Phi Psi Chaptcr, Trinity Collegc, Hartford, Conn.).

Wall, Edward Barry ('tIl.E., '76), was born in Kingshoro, N. Y., 1\pril 25, 1856. 11l11llediately after graduation hc cntered thc scrvicc of the Pcnnsylvania Railroad Co., ill the car-shops at Altoona, and wcnt through atl thc shops as an ordinary apprcnticc. Thc valuablc cxpcriencc and knowlcdgc obtaincd in this way, of how work is to be dOllc, and his determination to solve the proble1l1s that camc before him, were mallcrs of which his supcrior officcrs were aware, and gained for him promotion to responsible positions. From Altoona he was called on J unCI, 1883, whell twenty-sel'en years old, to he superintendent or moti vc [lower of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad, an important part of the PennsylI'ania System. In this position he spent tell years, and manifested sllch an ahility to meet thc problems of his profession, such singular power to deal with men, and Stich loyalty to

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his company, that he receivcd the confidence 1I0t only of his superior officers, hut also of thc 1l1en I\路ho were under his cOlltrol: and he \\'as looked Up01l by railroad mell c\'erywhere as one of the brightest men 11l the profession. In r893 he was selected to represent the Pennsylvania Railroad's interest ill the \\'nrld's rair, Chicago, and a large share of the success of that feature belongs to him. \\'hile in Chicago he was a member of thc hoard of general managers of thc railroads of the United States and Canada. fTe was chosen one of the Jury of Aware\'; ill the Transportation Dcpartment of the Fair. at lhe close of which hc was promoted assistant to the gcneral manager of the Pellnsylvania Lines \Vest of Pittsburg. Thc next step would have bcen to the position of one of thc vicc-presidents of the road, anel there is no doubt but that he I\'CJlIld shortly have occupied that placc, hut he was taken ill in the laller part of March, J89-1-, and died on .\pril r, of peritonitis succeeding an operation for Dppenelicitis. The folloll'ing extract from thc I'eport of the President of the Pcnnsylvania Railroad lI路ill sholl' tllC cstimate put upon him by those associated with him in his work: ",Vhile engaged in the preparation of this report, death has again dcpriver1 the company of till' services of one of its most pl'omising and valuahle officers, :'IfL Edward R. \Vn1\, who, on ~rarch 1, ISe),) , was appointcd assistant to the first viee-presidcnt, and transferred to Chicago, with the general sllpel'l' ision of traffic questions arising at that point, nnd particularly in connection with the Columhian Exposition. This office h,l\' ing heen alJolished in January, r89+. :'IT r. \Vall was appointed assistant to the general manager, with special supervision of the operations of lhe purchasing department. His long conncction "'ith the 1110til'c powcr department and general knowledgc of transportation hael thoroughly filted him for the discharge of responsihle dUlies. and his sudden death on April r 11as cntailed on Ollr company a loss which cannot he too highl.v l'egrettccl." By ordcr of the Boarel, "0. B.

ROBERTS,

Pres ident,"

lie was a l!1ember of the Columbus Cluh, Colu1l1bus, 0.: the Chicago Club, Chicag-o, Ill., and of lhe Duquesne Club, Pittsburg. IJc was also a trustec of Stevcns Inslitute,


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l\fr. \\'al l was the son of Edward and Sara Berry \Vall. lIc 11Iarried vanny :'II itch ell, .Junc 2.j., 1891, and they had onc ch ild , Edward [jarry \\' all. Wall, George B. Ol.l<: .. ";.s). studied and praclised patent 1:1\\ in SCI\" York froJll 1~7t) until his death, IIhich llCcurred in 1~~2.

Wall, George Lloyd pI.E .. '<)3). lIas honl in Ilohnken, K . J.. January I. 1872. Ilella'; a special apprentice in the ~h()\!s of tIll' S{)utherll nailroa<i. ](noxI'ille, Tcnn .. 1~9.j.­ n,;: resi(lent inspector in thc ckpartJllcnt of tcsts of thc sanll' COlllpan.\'. ](llOxI'illc, I~C):; ­ Cll: lliechanical engineer Ilith the I [azlcloll I~()ilcr CO .. ;\C\I' \'ork .. 1R()6-<;8 : inspector in the n1<lti I'C- P(J\\ cr dcpartlllcnt of the I'cnnsyh'ania Lincs \\'cst of Pittsburg, \'orth· 1\'l'St Systenl. [ ~()rt \\'aync, Ind .. ]8,;8 1<)02: general forclIlall of the Eric &: . \ shtahula di\'ision of the ['cn nsyh'allia Lilles \\'cst of l'ittshurg. )C)02 03: assistant cngincer of IIlOtil'C pOller or the same lillcs. 1903: director of the St. Louis LoconlOti\'l~ Tests oj the l'cnnsyil'ania l~ ail:'()ad, 1<)0.j.: and is no\\' assistant engilleer o{ motivc pl)\\'l'r, PCIlIl sl'iI'ania Co .. I'ort \\ ' a)'n ~.. lnd, lie is a IlIclllhn of thc 1\lIlerican SllCiety of !\Iechan ICt! I ~ngi necrs. ,\11', \\ 'al l is thc son oj Edll'a rd and Sara Ikrry \\·all. lIe llIarriecl )'lyra Kellog Cranc, Jiecclllhcr 1G. 189C). Wallis, James T . (l\ 1.E. .. '(1). lias in the clllploy oj the Pcnnsyll'ania Raill'llad :-;lmps at \Vcst Philadelphia. 1~t)1 <)3: 'lIpcrinlcnd ent of thc .\Itoon;l )'lanlifaclll1'ing ('n .. IR()3 9.j.: and has heell in thc s('n'ice of the PClln ""iI'ania Railroad since the lattcr (htc ill the foll()wing' positions: at thc \\ 'cs t Philadelphia ~h()ps. 18()-t-C)o: assistant road forclIl :11I of cng-ines of the Philadelphia. \\'ilming-ton, & Haitilllorc I{ailroad. 18<)6 ·<)<): a,sistant maskr mechanic at thc ~Teaclows shops. Unitcd I-!ailroads of ;\ell' .Tcrse.". 18()<)- 1,)00: assistant cngineer of 1lI0til'c pOlVer in the ortice of the \Seneral superintendent of moti\'c power. 1<)OO-OT. and in the samc capacity in the Pcnnsyh':lnia Railroad Dil'isioll of the Pennsylvania Railroad. J()OI -03; and is master 1lIl'l'iwnic in the Baltimorc shop of the \'orthnn Central Railway.

Wallis, John Mather (l\I.E .. )G). has been l'lnployed ill railway \\'ork almost from the time he completed his studies at the Institute. l1eginning as apprentice in the Baltimore shnps of the Xorthern Central Railway in 1R77, hc has heen a(II'allced to positions of increasing- rcsponsihility and is at prcscnl 1-:l'IICral superintcndcnt of the Pennsy"'ania I{ailroad Division of the Pennsylvania Rail wad. at . \ltonna. Pa. [1e has held the follOlling positions: assistant road forcnlan of l'n~'incs for the \'orthel'1l Ce ntral Railway and the l1altimore & Potomac Railroad, [879:-:;1 : assistant cnginccr of tests with the 1'enn'yll'ania Railroad . •\ltoona, Pa., 1881 82; sllperintcndent of motil'c pOln:r of the \'Orlh ll'1l Ccntral Rail,,'a), . IR82- 83: supcr int endl'lIt of lllotil'c po\\'er of the Philadelphia, \\'i llIIingtoll.&: Baltimorc I{oad. 1883-C)0 : superintcndent of n]()til'l: power of the I\:nnsyil'ania I{ailroacl I)il'i,i()n of thc l'l'lInsyll'ania Railroad. I~()o-Cl): general sliperintc nd ellt of the I'hiladelphia &: Erie Railroad Dil'ision and \'()rthcrll Celltral Railway. \\'illiamsj1ort, [la.; and is noll' gc neral superintendent of the I'ellnsyll'ania I ~ailroad I)il'i sio n of the Penn syll,;tllia Railroad, Altoona. l'a, Wallis, Philip ().f. r~ .. '79). has iJeclI in the l'mp loy o[ thc Chicago., 1~IIr1in gton. & C)lIi11CY Railroad. ,\mora, Ill.: at onc time ;is engincer o[ tests. and later as 1I1aster IIll'Chanic. at l1eanlsIO\\n .. 111. : 1I1a,ter mcchanic ",ith the r~ehigh Valley Railroad, Ilazleton. I',!.: :11](1 sUjlerinll'ndent of 111()ti\'c pOWl'!' \I·iih the Long [,.,Iand Eailroad. I':ichlllond Ilili. Long- Is land. X. \ ' . I is a memher of the .\llIerican Socicty of 1\Techanical I':nginl'l'rs: the .\1I1erican In stitute of ),1 ining Enginccrs; and the Pranklin Tn stitulL' of Philadelphia.

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Walton, Druid Alexander (;\ I. E .. '~7i. II as horn in Lf1uisl'ille. Ky .. Septc1l1iter 2{ . IR6{, lie has hecn conlll'Ctcd ,,·ith tIll' Joseph \Iilchell lioilcr Yard Co,.' Louisl'ille, Ky,. ,ince ]~R7. and at the prcsent ti1l1e holds thc position of general manager and 1I1cmher ()f Grill oi C. .I. \\'alton &: Son. prnprietnrs of the sallie shop. ~rr. \\'alton is the son of Charles JamC's and Louise (:\ Ii tchell) \\ ' alton. TTe married Florencl' [(night Tapp. Octoher 2.:; . 18R7, and they hayc one child, Louise Mitchcll \Valt on.

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J

Ward, William Wanklyn (l\1.E .. '95), was hllrn in Trenton. N. J .. April 19. 1873. He I\'as ill the employ of the Mount Vernon Construction Co., Washington, D. c., 1895<)6, ellgaged ill the construction of a trolley lOad from \\' ashi ngton to Mount Vernon, \ 'a. During this time he held I'arious positilJns from tillie- keeper to superintendent of 1J\'l~rhead Ilork. ITe \\'as next superintend,'llt of a contract for the construction of a railroad in Brooklyn. T. Y .. by R. \\'. Hildreth & Co., Ne\\' York, 1896- 1901. During his conncction I\ith this company he filled the positions of inspector of bridges and of Itllnher. superinlcndcnt of overhead construclion during the extension of the Hartford, :'I1<lllchester. & Rockl' ille Railroad, and engiIIl'lT in charge of the erection of the Grand .\n'lllle dra\\bridge. J\e\\' Haven, Conn . Ill' I\as treasurer and general manager of tlte \'e\\ York & Yucatan Construction Co ., \1 Iticlt \\as engaged in stee l- \\'ork construction in the latter country, including the "rl,ction of huildings. cOIl\'Cyors, and piers. and the huilding of railroads 1<)01 -0-1: and is 1111\1 general managcr of the Atlantic Pile Co .. \'e\\ York. lie has constructed a pier. and \Iar"houses at Key \\'est for the Mallory ~teal11ship I.inl', and has recently finished a pier and coal conlTynr for the Peninsular & t kcidental Steamship Line. [ r e is a memlll'r of the ."ell \ 'ork Society of Electr ical l ~ngi11l'l'rs, and of the Theta Xi fraternity. :'Ilr. \\' anl is the son of \\ ' illiam \\'a11kly11 :l11d Frances Louise \ \ ' ara. Tremarried Susan J. Ilopkins. Octoher 28. 1896. Warren, Edward Cyrus (:\1. E.. '97). \\'as hOrJ1 in :\e\\ York city :\farch 6, 1876: son of I)r. john ~. and Sarah B. \\' arren. TTe is ,kscellded froll! James \\'arren. who settled in Kittl'l'Y. :'lie.. in 1656. Edward Cyrus has hCl'n e111ployed as draug-htsman with Struthers. \\'ell s. & Co" \\'arren. Pa .. founders, machinists. and hoiler makers: in the sall1e capacity and as designer \1 ith the Electric \\'hirlc Co.. Ilartfnrd. Conn .. huilders of l'iectri,' and gasoli nc automohiles, his \\'ork heing- principally in connection \I'ith automatic hattery charging and handling apparaltls for the compan)"s station at Boston. Mass .. and later ha\'ing chargc of its instalIation: chief draug-htsman ane! mcchanical assistant tn the manager of the American

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Radiator Co.'s Detroit plant, Detroit, Mich .. hal'ing- in charge the la ying out and design ing of improvements and alterations in specia l machinery and cquipment of the plant:

E. C.

WARREN

alld as salesman for the Standard Steam ~pecialty Co., Ne\\' York. I rc is a memher o[ the Unil'crsity Cluh, of Detroit, :\lich.: of the 7t h I{ egiment, ;\Iational (;l1ard of thc State of New York; and o[ the ('hi Psi fraternity. Warrington, James Nelson (M. I ~., '83). wa ~ horn in Ch icago. Ill.. January 22, 1860: son of Henry and Isahella \\'a rrington. Ile was draughtsman with the \'tdcan Iron \Yorks, Chicago, 1883-86: engineer and secretary of these \\'orks. 1886-9 1; consulting engin('er, Chi cago, 189J- 97: and secretary of the \ ' ulcan Iron \Yorks, 18<)7- 99. lIe then re signed on account of ill health. and since that time has resided at Los Angeles, Ca l. I Ie has taken out a patcnt for an automatic steam pile-hammer. A papcr hy him 011 .. Propulsive PO\\'Cr of Ships" was puhlished ill the JOHrlwl of the .-Jllvric(/I! Sociely of XlI7:,a{ Ellgineers, \T 259. alld a second paper on the same suhject was presented to the same society January 7, 1898. IIe is a member of the American Society of 1\ rcchanical Engi I1cers; the American Association for the .\(l\路a ncenlent of Sc ience; the :)ociety of :\faval . \.rchitects and l\larine En -


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECTTNOLOC;Y

ginccrs: the University ( lub oE Chicago; and of the Sigma Chi fraternity. r Ie is abo an associate member of the American Soci<:ly

J.

N.

WARRINGTON

of Nava l I ~ngineer~. and a non -resiclent bel' of the I'rank lin Jn stitllte.

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Watkins, Howard (:\l.E .. ·Ol). has becn \\·ith Baker, Smith, & Co., heating and venti lating engineers, Xc\\' York, since 1901. Watters, Edw. L. (:\I.E., at Bayonne, ~. J.

'02),

gineers; aile! of the York.

I ~ng' inl'ers'

Cluh of New

Weeks, Frank J. (j\r. I ~., '93), was assislant engineer in the Park an(1 Sewer Depart ments of ~e\\' \'ork city, d~()3- j{)03: graduated from the :'\C\\· York I,a\\' School ill 1901 with the degrce of Ilachelor oE Laws; and is no\\" practising' CIISt011lS law in partncrship \\'ith I~d\\' ard I': . Ilarrel, Ex-United States Examiner of the Port of Xew York. I fc married Katherine Il. I'oky, ,inne 7, J()02. Weichert, Arnold Ernst (I\I.E .. '97), \\as hom ill Stapleton. Slaten Isl<lnd, 1\ . \ -.. December 2-1-, d-\75. I fe recciYl'd his early edllcation at pri\'ate SCl100ls in (;erl11al1\-, and at the College of the City of ~ew York. 1 fe cngaged in a spccial course in cheJlli~try at Stc\'\.~ns Tnstitute, 1R97: \\as Instructor \\ ith the Electrical Engineer [nstitllte of Correspondence lnstruction. ~ e\\' York. lR()8- 99; special apprentice with the \Vil liam Cramp & Sons' Ship & [~ngine Building Co ., Philadelphia, Pil., 18<)() 1900; draughtsman with the J\lllericiln [\ir Power Co., I\ew York, 1900- 01; ilnd with the American Steel & \\,ire Co., Schl)cniJerger \Vorks, Pittsburg. Pa .. the Xational Stcel Co., New Cilstlc, Pa .. [()Ol: and the Marine Engine &

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Webster, Hosea (:\ r.E .. '82), W<IS graduate(1 at Cornell University, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, in 1880, and recci \'ed the degree of 1\'Taster of Sc ience at (01'l1ell in il~81; entered Stevens Jn stilute in 188l as a sen ior; was ill lh e employ 0 [ Henry R \\ 'orthington, 1882- 97. heing engaged as a draughtsman, designing and erecting punlping and hyclral1lic machinery. at the Brook lyn. X. Y., \\'orks, 1882- 8-1-: as sales manager in the Chicago branch office, l886- 94: in the same capac i ly in the)J' ew York office, 189-1-9.1: and in the condenser departmcnt and general sales departmcnt, :-:ew York, J89597. lie ha s bccn manager oE the sales departmcnt of the Babcock & \Vilcox Co. , New York. £rom1897 to date. lIe is a member 0 f the . \l11 cr ican Society of 1\lechanical Engineers; the American Institute of Mining En-

A. E.

WJ,;!CIII':IU

i\lachine Co .. Ilarrisoll, 1\. ,I., I(JOl 0-1-. lll~ i · now with J. l;. White & Co., Ncw York.

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THE .\LUl\INI Mr. \\Teichert is the son of Arnold Karl and Erna (Koepke) \ Veicherl. Ile lllarricd Cora Kipp. ApI il 23. I902.

<iuclion Illanager. TT e was formerly a me111ber ()f the :'Ilanhattan .\t hktie C1uh. :\lew York.

Weichert, Maximilian J. (1\[.T<:., \)6). was horn in 1\ ew York city July 25. 1874. IJ is carly education was receil'ed ill Germany. anci at the 'allege of the City of Xc\\' York. ITe \\'as cmployed in the shops of 1 r. I~ . Worthington, I ~ro()klyn, X. Y .. I8C)6-97: hy the A A Griffing Iron Co .. Jersey City, N. J., 1897: the International ?\avigatioll Co., Nel\' \'ork, il~97- 1902; as draughtsm;)n for the Tietjen & Lang Dry-Dock Co .. lIohoken, N. J.. J902-o3: for the Buffalo Refrigerating l\fachine Co .. iTarrison, N. J.. 1903- 0-+; and is noll' lI'ith \V. D. Forbes & Co., lIohoken,

N.J. :'fr. "'cichert is the son of Arnold Karl

:\I. E.

\\'EISSUL\TT

Welch, William McNair (:\r.E .. '(8), \Vas ill ()il City, Pa .. . \ugust 23. ,87-+. ITe was employed ill the electrical construction departlllcilt of the i\ 1l'lropolitan Strcet Rail\\'a)' CO .. :-\CII' York. 189/j-99 ; by the Philadelphia Co., Pitlsillirg. Pa .. heing cngaged in h()1'11

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\\'EICIIERT

and Erna (Koepke) \\Teichert. lIe married Ella Kipp. September 18, J901. ant! they have one child, Charles Kipp Weichert. Weissblatt , Murray Edward (Al.K, '00). lI'as bom ill i\ell' York city .\pril J7. ,879: son of Siegmund and Bessie \\Te issblatt. lIe has been in the e111ploy of the Crocker\ \'heeler Co., manu facturers of electrical machinery, from J900 to date; 111 the draughting department, I900, and since that year in the manufacturing department, where at the present time he is assistant to the pro-

: \Y. ~l.

WELCH ~

the designing anci construction of naturalgas compressing-plants, etc., 1899- 19째-+; anci


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is now chief engincer of the Union Natural Cas Corporat ion, Columbu s. O. :\1r. \\'elch is the SOil of John Collin s and li li za Jane (1fcN::tir) Wclch. Hc marricd ~ina Olivcr Thompson, April 2-+, 1901 , and thcy ha\'e t\l'O chi ldren, Marjorie Thompson and Elizahcth \Velch. Welles, Edward Richardson (M.E .. '00). II'as born in Brooklyn, N. Y., NOI'em!Jcr 2 1, I RiR. r [c was in thc employ of the ~ C\l' . \111sterda11l Gas Co., Long Islane! City, \:. Y .. [900- or; and of the United Gas & l'okc Co., Xc\\' York, I90r; assistant supcrintendent of the boiler dcpartmcnt. of the Carncgic ~lecl Co., ol1lcstcad. Pa., 1901 02; in thc ordering and estimat ing ci<'partmcnl of the Best 11.anllfactllring Co., Pittsburg, 1'a., 1902-03; in the sales department of the J nternational Steam Pump Co., \:ew ,'ork, 1903; and with 1[, \\'. I,-ellogg & Co ., ~e\\' York, from 1903 to date. lie IS a nlember of the Beta Theta Pi and Thcta .\u Epsilon fraternitics.

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Welles, Frederick Alford (]\I.E., '98), II'as horn in Perkinsl'i11e, \ ' t., January 31, IR77; sou of l'rederick ,R. ami :\[ary E.

F. A.

WET.I.ES

\\·elles. He was descended from Rcv. Noah \\'e11es, horn at Stat11 ford, COI1I1., in 1718, £\fter graduation he was with the Cornell Iron \Vorks, Garrisons, N. Y., for three

1110nths. ITe then engaged in clectric \I'ork in Philadelphia. Pa., and in the fall of 1898 elltered the employ of the United Gas JmIJro\'C1lJcnt Co,. of Philadelphia. in which he remained until his death in 1902, at which till1e he was assistant ellgilleer at Jersey City. \\'hilc with this company he was located at the gasworks at Jersey City. Il oiJoken, Newark. and at the home orfice in Philadclphia. li e was a membel' of the ;\Illericall Cas Light .\ssociation. and of the Beta Theta Pi and Tau Beta Pi fraternitics . Wells, Pierson L. (tlI.E .. \)2). wa s CIlas assistant engineer with the Scharfr :llanufacluring Co.,. New York: studied patent lall' at the 1'\eIV York Law ~chool: <Ind has pr,lctised ::ts a patent attorncy, Nell' York, from 1898 to date.

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Westcott, John Townsend (;\I.E., '90). was horn in Cral1l·ilk. ~, J.. :\rarch "1., 186R. I/e entercd the emplo,l' of the United Gas Improl'emellt Co .. Philadelphia. ['a .. ill ]890. hei ng engagcd in the d ra t1gh t iug- room, desiguillg carburetted water-gas works, later as assistant constructillg ellgilleer and then as constructing cngin ecr in the ercctioll of carhuretted water-gas plants. including designing, cOllstructioll, and experimcntal work, spend ing time at different gasworks at Chicago. 1linncapolis .•'\lIeghen)', [Iart· ford, etc. ITe then associated himsclf with ;\Ir. 1.. L l\Ierrifield. who was a colleague during his conncction with the United Cas Improl'Cmellt Co.,. alld the Pcarsons (father and son) of Toronto. to organize the Econom ical Gas Apparatus COl1struction Company, Ltd .. of Toronto, and II'as made its manager and treasurer. The chid business of the C0111pan)' was to prOl'ide the carhurettcd lI'alergas apparatus klloll'll as the :'Ilerrificld-\\'estcott- Pearsoll selling, These setlings were erected at Ottawa. :\rontreal, Toronto, and Hellcl·illc. In Canada. at Kingston, Pa" and vt h er places in. \ merica. l \l the samc time }.fr. \\'estcoll had a pri I' a te consulti ng practi ce for several COl11panies in Canada,. anel was callcel upon to giyc expert te stimony upon gas matters. The Economical com pan)' had agcnts ill London. but it snon hecame necessary to establish a London bouse, and in 1894 Mr.


TIlE ALUMNI \\'cstcott \I'as appointed to take charge of thc Europl'an business. Soon a fter his arri val in l~ngland ::\J r. \\' estcott ~ecurcd a contract \I ith the Corporation of Blackbum for the

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tion, United States; the Institution of Civil Engincers of l'rancc; and of the .i\'ational Liberal Cluo of London. lIe is also a di rel'lor of the :\c!son (B. l'.) Cas Lighl & Coke Co., Ltd., and presidenl of the Rimel1a (;()ld Mining Co., Ltd., and of the Frank IJarden (Ltd,) 11at :\[anufacturers, Luton, England. l\fr. \\' esteoll is the son of John Bunyan and j\largarct (Townsend) \\路estcotl. I [c marricd (;racc Skl'cns Raphael in Octoher, 1893, a1ld they hal'e one child, :-Iargaret TOIl nsend \\' estcott. W esterfield, Jason R. pLE., '99) was with the Diesel ::\[otor Co., ~e\V York. 1899; till' :\c\\路 York Drcdging Co., Nell' York, 1899 1<)00: in the electrical departl1ll'nt of the :\e\\' York :\";1\')' Yard, 190001: with thl' llolland Submarine Torpedo Boat Co., H)OI 02; \I ith 1Jenderson, Lindley. & Co., 1()02 0-+: and is noll' president of the .\lI1ericln Oil Engine Co ., ~ew \ ' ork.

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supply and erection of two settings of the Improved L()lle carburetted water gas plants of a comhined capacity of 1.250,000 cuhic fect per dienl. This order was soon SllL' ceeded hy others. and since 1894 more than thirty plants han' 1>ecn erected in England alone, bcsides others in Iioliand. Japan, and South 1\ merica. ~lr. \\ 'estcoll has taken out patents in England for imprm'ements in apparatus for the manufacture of \Iater-gas, 1894, and jointly with f_. L, l\Terrifield and \\' , ] T. Pearson, Jr., for imprm'C'ments in apparatus for the manu facturc of carburetted watergas, J 893, Ilc has also taken out se\'cral United States patents, I Ie has written several articles for tech nical jOl1mals: onC', on "The Evolution of Oil Treaters." appeared in Lighl, !Tcul. alld Pm,'er, of Philadelphia, in 1894. "Observations on Carburetted \Vater-Gas" was the subject of a paper prescnted to the Civil and ::\lcchanical Engineers' Society of London, and" Carburetted \Vater-Cas in Europe," and " Labor-S,l\' ing Machinery in Gas \Vorks," Ilere published in different Gas jourllals. lie is a member of the American Gas Light .\ssociation; the \\'estem Gas Associa-

Westervelt, Arthur Fountain (i\f. E.. '98), was born in I lackensack, ~. ,I., .\ugu st 2:;, 1~7,:;: son 0 f Erski ne E. and ('harlot tc (I'ountain) \\'estervcll. 1\t the tilllc of the outbreak of the II'ar with Spain, and during his junior year. he \'oluntecred his sCrl' ice~ and II'as detailed for duty on the L'.:".:". .. ])adger." . \t the end of the II'ar, he IT turned to the fnstitute and graduated \I路ilh his class . lie has since been engaged a~ prcsident of the Union Electrical Supply Co .. .\1.'11' York: and as a cOll1mission broker. Ill' is a Illcmber of the Oritani I;icld Cluh of Ilackcnsack, X. ,I., and of the Theta ;\n I~psilon fraternity. Wett laufer, Lo uis F, (M.E .. '92), entered the employ of Curtin & Co., l'ngaged in the lubricating oil business. and II'as scnt to I~ucnos 1\yres, ,\rgl'ntinc Repuhlic. to :Issist in tests for the firing of locomotives on the (;reat SouthcrIlRailway with oil insll'ad of coal. The tests were highly satisfactory, anti oil \I'OlJid noll' he used but for a prohihitive duty which was laid on crude oil. .\t the conclusion of the tests he \I'as appointl'd man ager of the Rosario branch of the Ri\'er !,late Petroleum Co., which position he held until 1899, II'hen the cOll1pany withdrew frolll the Argentine Republic. During his South


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,\1l1cri,an cngngeme111 he travclled exte11,in:l)" through llrazi\. ( ' hile, l ' ruguay, and Paraguay, as Ilcll as ill , \rgclltina. and, noting thc im1l1ense field for agricultural implcIIll'lIl-; ill those coulltries, he returned to :\CII' York alld hecame associaled II ith :\Ir, Philip JOlle s , \\'ith ",ho\l1 hL' l' ng-aged in the export oi a~ricultural illlpll'lllellts alld Illachilll'l"). lie is 1I0\\' II'ith \, I:. I;arquhar & C() .. :\1.'11 York, mallufactuITP; of agricultural ill1plc Inl' lIls alld lI1achiller).

Wetzler, Joseph (:\1. 1': " '~2), wa~ born ill Ilohok cll, X,,I., Ikcl'lIlhn G, IR(I,). Ifc lIas

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111 the elllp l())" of :\1. IluhiJe, 1I1echallical engineer, IK82: alld at the \\ 路e., toll Il'orb of the l'nitL'd Slall', l ~ kctriL' Lighting Co., Xellark, X. J .. 1 ~~3, \\'herl' he IIl'lIt thr()ugh all the departllll'IILs alld gailled a Ilorkill!; kllOll ledgc oi ~he lI1;Inufarllln' of dYllamo l'icl'tric machinery. Il l' lIas on thl' l'dltorial staCi of the "Scientific \llleriCiln," I~~~: editor oi the" EIcL"lrical \\ 'o rlc\." IR~5 90: and editor of the "EiL'L"lI'ic;d I ~ ngincer," I ~90-()C), III the spri ng 0 f 1898 hl' founded the I ~kl'trical Enginel'1" In,;titlltc of ( 'o rre <.ponril'nl'l' In ,;trl1ction, Ilhich grell' to such proportions that in I~q<) hl' II'a~ ()j,ligcd tn lelillCjlli.,h the l'ditorship oi IhL' "Electrical Engineer," and ha,; sincc dl'l'l)lL'd hi,; l'ntire attcntil)n II) thc work of the fIP;litu tl' , of Ilhich he i,'i pre,iLil'lIt.

~Ir. \\'ctzler has wriucn a grcat many article, relating tu electrical \\'urk. Ill' is juint ;ll1tlwr II ith :'Ilr. T. C. Martin uf ., Thc Electric :'I[otur and Its ,\pj>licatiull~'" Ivhich ha s rull thruugh lIumerOllS editiolls. llc alsu edited, with ;\1 r. .III arlin, the electrical sectioll o( the 11 ell' edition o[ .. Appleton's Cyclopa:dia of . \ppli ed .IIlcchanics.'路 amI COil I rihul<:d to .. Snibller's :'Ilagazille" the elecIJ"lC raihlay articles in the seJ"les since I'll hI i shed ill hook furm. 1 Ie is a lllelllber (and L'x-vice-president) oi the j\l1lcrican In stilutc (If I':lcclrica l I':ngi necrs, alld rcprescllted it as delegate at thc I 'aris Elect rical COllgress ill I ~~(); member (alld cx-pre':idelll) of the :\l'll \'ork Elec tried Socidy; an<1 membcr of the Londoll IIl ,titution of Electrical Engineers; the \'ienn<l Elektrotechnischer \ 'e reill; lhe .\mcricall . \ssociation for lhc , \d\"ancelncllt of Science; thl' \meric:tll I~kctrochelnical S()cict) ; and oi the :'Ilasollic Ordn. :'Ilr. \\ 'e lzlcr is the son oi ,\\lll'rt an<1 1\lIlla \\ '"tz lvr, alld is ()f ,\ustro (;l'1"lllan extrac lioll, lie married I'aulilll' Cn'soll, October ,)0, I~()~, ;\11(1 thcy hall' olle child, Lucik (;ns()1l \rctzkr, Wheatley, W , H. Crawford (:'I1. I ~., 'S7), \Ias horn in ,\ nll'ricus, (;a.. I kcclllbcr () , I~(\(). I '" Ila~ ellgaged during part of 1~87 Ilpon the prl'liI1linar~ ' ';lIrn'yo;, etc .. for the I()cltion oi the nlaill 'i , standpijh'. hydrants, etc .. for the plant of the .\ml'1"iCI1'i \\ 'at n \\'o rk,;, and in cOlljunctioll II ith this Il'o rk prepared hi s graduating- the s is Oil "Th e ;\Ianuial'lure of Cotton Seed ()il." [rc was '1Ipl'1"inlL'lldclIt of the 1\1lIericlIs Oil Co" 18~7 K8, and \\hile sel"\'illg in this positioll huilt a larg-e cottflllsl'l'd-oil mill at . \nl,'1"icu s, I k lIas ill partnl'I"s hip II ith hi s uncle ulldn th,' linn nalne of (', ?II. \\' heatley & l '0., an:hitl'cls alld c ontractors , at ,\ml'ric\.I ';, I ~8~ <.10, aile! in the latter year he orgallizcd thl' . \nlcriclIs Construction Co .. of Ilhich he II as I'il'e presidellt alld gencral 1Iiallager, and th(' J\nlcricus I~dri geratillg Co., of II hil'h hc' II as president. I R()o (}3, I Ie practi sed a s an enginecr nnd cont ractor, and was also a Il1l'll1her of the finn of T, :'\ . Kluttz & Co .. architects, IRI)3 ()(): II'as city l'lIgilleer and s lIperintend e llt of watel"\lorb of \lI1ericus, 18c)6 <.17: engaged in a gelleral cngineering alld ""lItractillg hllsille ~s ill . \mcriclls. 1897-

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raising colton. I Ie owns and operates tlVO large plantatiolls, and flntls his technical training" anel knO\I ledge of chcmistry of vast importance ill the successful planti IIg and raising" of this staple, fIe is a lIlember of the NelV York Alhletic CluiJ; a Royal ,\rch 1\[asoll, Knight TClllplar, and nll'lIIiJer of the Mystic Shrine; a mcmber of the ordcrs of Elks, Red l\len, and Knights of Pythias; lieutenant-coloncl of Georgia State troops. and aide-de-camp to Govel"llor Joseph i\1. Terrell; and was recently elected to the State Sl'llate from the Thirteenth Sen;ttorial District. .i\Ir. \Vheatlcy is the son of John \\'. and ~lary E. (])udley) Wheatley. He is the grandson of William n. Crawford, one of Ceorgia's most distinguished citizens, statesmen, and diplomats. lIe is great-grandson of Dorothea Dudley amI John Cary of Virginia. lIe married Helcn Huntington, October 12, 18<)7, and they have one child, Charles Tltllltil{gton Wheatley. I,

Whigham, William (M.E., '88), has filled engageillents with Thoillas Carlin's Sons. engineers and general contractors: Julian Kennedy, mechanical engllleer, Pittsburg,

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Pa.; and in the arll10r plate department of the Homestead Steel \\'orks, lIolllcslead, Pa. During the winter of 1895- 96 he spent three months in St. Petersburg, Russia, in con n ection with the armor contract for the l'\"uiser .. Rossia." \\' hile connected with the armorplate department he took out patents on a spraying device ane! methods of controlli ng the curvature of arillor plate while hardening. lle also patented a method of unloading are cars, 11011' oll'ned by the McMyler Manufacturing Co., Clel'c.land. O. lle was later detailed for special II"(Jrk in the development of certain grades of steel by the president of the Carncgie Stee l Co.; was steam engi neer at tli c Homestead works, 1900-0) ; and has been superintendcnt of the J]oward r\xle Works of the Carnegie Steel Co . from )901 to date.

Whitcomb, Henry Donald, Jr. (M.E., '92), was born ill Richmond, Va., September 26. 1869. J lc was draughtsman for the Edge ~Ioor 8ridge Co., Edge Moor, Del., 1892; inspecting enginecr II'ith the \\'ilkes - Barre & Eastern Railroad during the construction of 22 bridges, 1892- 93; in s pecting engilleer or shop construction (the Bostou train shed) with the Boston & l\laine J{ailroad, 1893: engineer in charge of construction. at the Baldwin LOCOIllOtil'c Works, Philadelphia. 1'a., for the UU<lnchaca Mining Co., Bolivia, of 16 locomotivcs, 1893-94. Frol11 189-1- to )901 he was connccted in I'arious capacities with the United Cas Improvemcnt Co" of Philadelphia, during which term he erected the Standard Lowe lVatergas apparatus and masonry tanks for gasholders in numerous cities throughout the united States. Among his assignments to duty were the following positions: assistant to the superintendent of the J,ansas City, 1\10 .. Gas Co .. 1897; cngincer in charge of the erection of the Point Breeze Cas V'lorks, F'hiladelphia. 1898; superintendent of the :\llltual (;a s Light Co.) and of the Pintsch (;as Co .. Savannah, Ga .. 1899; superintcndcnt of the Atlanta (;as Light Co ... At lanta, Ca., 1900: assistant to superintendent of works of the United Gas Improvement Co., Philadelphia. 1900- 0 1. c1ming which assignment he also erected two watcr-gas scts for the l\lllnicipal Gas Works, Richmond, Va.; assi stant cngi nccr of the Essex & Hudson


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Gas Co" Ne\\'ark, K, J., 1901. In 1903 he \l'as appointed general manager of the gas department uf the Public Service Corporation uf ~e\l Jersey, at Kewark, N, J. lle is a member of the "\l1Ierican Gas Light l\ssociation; the \\'estem l;as I \SSU ciatioll; the ;'Iiasuilic Order: and of the 'hi I'hi fratertlit), ;'Ill', \\ 'hitcOlnlJ is the son of I [enry Donald and \'irginia K, \\,hitcomh, lIe married Dai~y A Cuhell, SeptcmiJer 27, 1899, and they han' tllO children, ltemy Dunald and II cien \\ 'h i tcomb, W hite, E dward Francis (1\I.E" '8G), was horn at Constable Ilook, :::, .I " April G, Itl62, lIe \l'as ~Ilperintendent uf the Bergen I'oint Sulphur \\'o rks. 1886 89: I' icepresi dent and treasurer of the Field I~ngineering Co" 188l) 93; consulting cngineer, Xell Yurk, 189397; in chargc of the department of cuuling tOIlers and cuntiensing-eljuipIlIents for 1\1. T. Davidsun,. Xc\\' York, 1897 98; passed assistant engineer in the L' , S, Nal'y during the Spanish-.\meric<ln II'a r, and has bcen pn'~ident and manager of the S, C.

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\Vhitc's Sons' Co" brimstonc SJ1l >1Iers and rcfincr,. Ihyonnc, K, J., and Conejos, Durango, ?l lexico, from 1898 to date, 1\[1'. \\'hite has takcn Ollt two United States patents, one for a continuous proccss apparatus for the manufacture and refining

of brimstone, and tbe other for a combined evaporation cooler and surface condenser. I J e has also filed cal'eats for other apparatus, The hrimstune apparatus was designed to cmploy, as a heat CfJl1l'eying Illcdium, either steam. hot \I'atel'. or hot air. Jt differs from the old form of steam apparatus in that it operates hy surface mciting instead of by direct contact of stcam and ore, and its most important feature is its COI]tinlHlus operation, The ohject of the cumbination Ilater-cooler is to offer, in a single piece, it surface cundenser for condensing the exhaust steam by the usc of cooling Ilater as in the usual way, and at the same time to recoulthe condensin!; Ilater by a current of air dra\l'n from the atmusphere, ~o that the cooling water can he used ol'er and oler again, rcducing the quantity of cooling II ater to he continuously ~upplied to thl' amount that is el'aporated hy the ailsorptil'e actinll of the air. 1\Ir. \\ 'hite is the author of papers on the sl'paration of nalil'c ~ulphur from its impurities. contrihuted to the .. Engineering and 1Jining Journal": on e\'aporatioll of II'ater-coolers, tu the .. I ~lect rical \ Vorld"; ;]nd on self-cooling c(l]Hknscrs. tu the" Elect rical Engincer." I Ie is a memher 0 I' the ,\ merican ~ocicty "f :'I[l'chanical EngineL'rs, and of the Bcta Thda Pi fratl mit), :'Ilr. \\ ' hite is the son of ~amuel C, and lulia :'If. \\,hitl', Ill' married Lizzie :'II. Riegel, ,\pril 25. ]8Hf), and thl''\ hal'l' foll/' lhildren. Ilckn :'I laria, I':dllard Russel. ~al1l uci Charlcs, and Frances 1~lizabeth \\ ' hite, Wh ite, H enry C,(l\I.E.. '81),lI'asinthec/ll ploy of the I lart ford Engincering Co,. 188r:-\2; manager of the \\\路,t inghouse :'I[achinc Co,. Chicago. III .. 1882 :-\3: saksman for the samc company. ~an Francisco, Cal.. and Pittsburg. 1'a .. 1883 85; manager for B, \\ ', Payne & Sons, :::ell York, 1885R8: manager of the Phccnix ]ron \\ orb Co .. XCII' York, 18R8 92; chief engineer of the L'tah & 1\[onlana Machinery Co .. ~alt Lake City, Utah, 1892-93 : manager of the Phrenix TrOll Works Co" New York, 181)4 9G; engaged in gcneral cngineeri ng \l'ork, J Rc)7: cngaged on thc Vehling mdhod of casting and conl'cying metals. 18C)? ()8: and II ith thc Pope Tube Co" Ilartford, Conn,. 18f;K 1<)00, In 11)00 he \l'ellt to Boston, where he has since been


THE ALUl\lNI COl1llected with various companies. Ill' did c()nsiderahle engineering \I'ork for the Intercoluni al Copper Co., of Dorchester, New Brunswick, and was engaged on some work for the Dominion I ron & Steel Co., at SydIll'y. Cape Brcton. On his return from Sydney he wcnt \\ i th the Planters' Compress Co., Buston, where he is at present. lIe is also cngagl'd in the de\'l~lopment of a pump on which one patent has heen a lhJ\\ ed and another is pending. IIe has taken out paIl'nls for steam separators and compound and triple-expansion engines.

Calumet. :\lich.; \\ilh the Calumet & lIecla :'.1ining Co .. I 891-()..J-, superintending the installati on o[ Ilell' l1Iachinery, conduc tin g tests, etc.; s up erint endc nt of the shups of Yan Bergen & Co" Carhondale, 1'a ., 1894()6; \\ ith Fra se r & Cha ll1l ers. Chi cago, II!., 1896-97, [or a time designing large hoistingengi ncs for thc . \ naconda Copper :\ Tin i ng ('0., of ;\Tontana, and latcr as sup e rint endcnt,

White, Maunsel (M.E .. '79), has been with the Bethlehem I ron Co., Bethlehem, Pa., from 18iY to date. In 1887 he \\asappointed tn his present position as engineer of tests. I n conjunction with F. W. Taylor, l\1.E., '83, he pn'sented a papl'l' on •. Colors of lIeated Sll'c1 Correspunding to Different Degrees of Temperature" to the I kcel1lber, 1899. meeting of the ~ \nJ('rican SociL'ly of :\lechanical I ~ngineers, uf which he is a life memuer. lIe is also a Illember of the American Institute of :\lining Engineers . White, William F . (l\T.E., '86), was with the .\Illes Iron Works, Oswego, N. Y., 1886 X7; \I'ith John \\ hitl'. manufacturer and inl porter of machinery, !\\exico, l\lcx., IR87 92; and engaged ill the same business in the same city 1892- 1902. lI e read a paper on .. Alternating Current Transformers frol1l Ihe Station ;\Ianager's "i cw-Point" heforl' the .\mertC:ln Institute of Ell'ctrical Engi neers in 1898. Whiting, Charles Willcox (l\LE., '8-1-), \\'a~ horn in Camden. ?\'. J., j\pril 8. 1863. TIc was draughtsman in the repair shops of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co .. I'ottsville. I'a .. IXitj. 88, heing engagl'd upon design s of engines and hoilers and all kind s of mining machincry: with E. n. Leal'itt. Oil' .. Camuridgeport, ;\Iass ., TR889I: serving first as draughtsman; then as inspector of con,(ruction of fil'e lklpairc boilers. locomoti\'c type, 90 inches inside diamcter and 3-1- fcct long, and designed to carry a working pres,ure of 185 pounds of steam; next as engineer of tests; and later as mechanical enginecr in connection with the installation of nl'\\' machinery at th e Calumet & Hecla mine,

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ha\' ing chargc of a hranch of \\Ilrk includin g Ihe paltern -~ hop. foundry, and hoiler-shop . employi ng aiJout 500 Illen: \\ i th thc E. I'. ,\Ili s Co .. :\Iihlaukel', \\ is., as cnginecr of Ihe l,leJ\\ingcnginc departlllcnt. Ig')7 1()OO, during \\hich pcriod designs for sC\'era l \ 'e r~ large cross-colllpound \'crtical tandem hIO\\'ing e ll g in cs . a nd nunlerOll S cOl1lpressors of I'ariuus typcs \\'l:re pl'l:parcd undn hi s directions: \l'as Illcchanical engilll'CI' with the Chicago, l\Iil\l'aukL¡l'. II..: St. Paul Rail road. \\ 'cs t ;\Iilwaukcc, \\'is .. 1900: works Illanagl'l' of thc Broad Oaks I ron \\ 'ork:;, ('hesterfield, England, J YOO 02; and \\ as assi:;tant genera l Illanager of the \l'orks of the British \\'estinghousl' Electric & :\1anu facturing Co., Trafford Park, :\1 <lnchester, England, until rccently. :\1r. \Vhitin g is the author of an article on .. The G1'avity Railroad of the D ela\\' a re & 1 Tudson Ca nal Co .... which \l'as published in Cassicr's .1{aga::;illc in 1895: also of instruction papers un .. \ 'e ntilating and :\lining :\la -


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chinery," and on "Hoisting and Hoisting Applianccs," for the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa. lIe is a membcr of the I\merican Society of Mechanical Enginecrs; and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Mr. \Vhiting is the son of Stephen Betts and Katc Burr (Draper) 路Whiting. IIe is a lineal descendant in the male line, of \Villiam \Vhiting, who was named among" some of thc principal characters who undertook in thc ycar 1636 the work of scttling Connecticut, and werc thc ci vii and rcligious fathers of thc Colony." lIis father, S. B. \Vhiting. was also an engi nccr, and duri ng the Ci \' il \\'ar hc built the" Koka," one of the lightdraught monitors designed by the Navy Dc partlllcnt, ane! also the superstructurc of the Chcstnut Strect Bridge, Philadelphia. He designed. built, and patented in 1866 the Whiting systcm of rope-driving, hauling, and hoisting machincry. Thc subject of this sketch married Mary Clinton, October IS. 1889, and thcy have four children, Dorothy Clinton, Harold Clinton, Gertrudc. and II den Whiting.

chanical Engineering in the South Dakota Agricultural Collcge, Brookings, S. D., 189192; with the United Gas Improvement Co., Philadelphia, 1892-93; practised as consulting engincer at Cincinnati, 0., 1893-95; was sccretary and trcasurcr of the Milcs Refrigcrating & Ice Co., Cincinnati, 1895--97; expert mechanical cngi neer and assistant to superintendent of thc National Carbon Co., Cleveland, 0., 1897-I902; and has been first assistant supcrintcndcnt of thc same company from 1902 to datc. Jointly with Mr. Uriah 1\f. While, he took out a patcnt for an impl'On':lllcnt in an autographic rcgistcr ill 1896, and in 1897 sccured a patent for an improvemcnt on drop-hammcrs. In r891 1\11'. " ' hitlock rcad a paper on boiler tests bcforc lhe Collcge Scientific Club of Brookings, S. D. rIc is a mcmbcr of the .\merican Society of Mechanical Engineers; of the i\mcrican Elcctrochemical Society: and of thc Electric Club of Clcveland. 1\lr. Whi tlock is the son of Elisha S. and Sarah J. Whitlock. lIe married Lillian M. Drakc (deceascd ]899). in January, J 894. and Lily E . Jackson, in January. 1904.

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W hitlock, Roger Haddock (拢,1.E., '82), was horn in Drookl)'n, .\. Y., Jllly J 5, 1860. lIe was in thc cmploy of thc Craydon & Dcnton Manufacturing Co., Jcrsey City, 1\ . ./., 1882; in charge of the night school for apprenticcs at the Brooks Locoll1otive \Vorks,

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THE ALUMNl Dunkirk, N. Y., 1882-83; and has been Pro路 fessor of Mechanical Engineering at the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station, Tex., since 1883. IIe superintended the installation of the steam plant of the college, consisting of waterworks, laundry, ice-factory, and electric-lighting plant, and after putting these in operation continued to act as superintendent of the entire planl. On two occasions during his connection with this institution he has held the office of president pro tem. He is a member of the American Society of ':\,f echanical Engineers. Mr. \Vh itlock is the son of Elisha S. and Sarah J. Whitlock. He married Effie Cable. Decenlber 25, J894, and they have two children, lIIarjorie and Roger IIaddock, Jr., Whitlock. Whitman, Allen Earle pLE., '96), was born in Brooklyn, 1\. Y., 1Ilarch 28, ]872; son of I. A. and Cecilia A. (Robinson) WhitmaJl. LIe prepared for college at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and the Peekskill Military Academy. lIe was superintendent of construction for the Baldwin Engineering Co., New lork, 1896-99. During the latter part of ]899 the Whitman Manufacturing Co. was incorporated, Mr. \Vhitlllan becomi ng vice-president and general manager, positions he still holds. The company started immediately to manufacture tools and special machinery, with the B. & C. friction clutch for gas and gaso lin e engines as a specialty, at their factory at earwood, N. J. lle is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fratcrnity, and of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. lIe was secretary of the latter, 1900-01, and secretary of its race cOllllllittee in 1902. Whitman, Paul S. (1\ l. E., '97), was draughLsl11an in the gas-ho ld er department of tht: Riter-Conley Co ., ] ngram, Pa., 1897-98; in the l'lllploy o( the Keystone Bridge ,Yorks of the Carnegie Stee l Co., Pillsburg, Pa .. 189899; with the Brown lloisting & ConI'eying l\[achine Co., Cleveland, 0., 1899]902; and has been with the Cambria Steel Co., JohnsLol\'n, Pa., from ]902 to date. He is a mcmher of the Civil Engineers' Club of Cleveland, 0.; and of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity.

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Whitney, Alfred Rutgers, Jr. (i\LE., '90), \\'as born in New lork city June 16, 1868.

Prior to entering Stevens Institute of Technology he spent some time at the works of the Brooklyn ,Vire Nail Co. Upon gradnation he entered the employ of the Portage Iron Co., Ltd., Duncansville, Pa., remaining with them for a little over a year, successively working as shop-boy, lathe-hand, machinist, puddler, time-keeper, shipping-clerk, and finally as assistant manager. During the ensuing year he constructed a seven-inch llJill for the company. IIe had charge of all engineering work antI organized a testing department. In ) 891 he became general manager of the newly incorporated Puget Sound \Vire ?\ail & Steel Co., Everett, Wash., and superintended the designing and preparation of plans and specincations of the buildings and machinery, shipping the lalter complete from ?\ ell" York, and, upon arri val at E l'ereL t, took charge of the \\'ork of construction a nd erection. Upon completion he was chosen vicepresident and increased the plant one-third. In )892 he installed a temporary electriclight plant for the Everett Electric Light & Power Co., in connection with the plant of the Steel Co., and in 1893, upon the organization and construct ion of the new plant of the Everett Raihl'ay & Electric Co., became manager, treasurer, and electrician of the company, operati ng a rail way, power, and arc and incandescent light plant. During the \\'estern engagements abol'e mentioned he was also a director of the Everelt Land Co., and the Everett Pulp & Paper Co., allied interests. In J896 he resigned his \Vestern positions amI returned to New York, where he became a partner in the firm of A. R. \ Vhitney & Co., steel manufacturers, contractors and builders, and agents of the Carnegie Steel Co., Ltci., in II'hich connection, among other pieces of work, he designed and con tmeted a rod, wire, and nail plant for the Portage Tron Co., Ltd., Duncansyille, Pa. (described in <, The Iron Age," December 15, 1896). III the fali of 1899 the firm disposed of its several manufacturing plants to the then forming steel combinations, and, the senior members retiring from business, the new firm of A. R. \Vhitney, Jr., & Co. continued the engineering, contracting, and building business.


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1n J lllle, J902, he incorporated the fJrll1 of ,\. R. Whitlley, J 1'., & Co., continui IIg the business of general contracting and building, ant! at the presellt time is engaged in building construction throughout the \I路orId. Among recent constructions arc the folloll'illg; Syrian College, Bcirut, Syria; GYlllnasium, St. ['aul's School, Concord, 1\. It.; American :-:'mclting & lZclining Co., Perth Amboy, 1\. J.; the Consolidated Gas Co.'s building, the I ~ ast :-:'ide :-:'cttlement Building, and the Twcnty- third Street Young ;"Ien路s Christian , \ssociati(Jn 11uilding, Ne\\' York, etc. 11e has reccntly receil'ed the general contract for the erection of the nell' l\Jutual Life Insurance Building, Mexico Ci ty, l\lex. l\h. \\'hitney is a mClllher of the Unil'crsity, L'nion Lcaguc, ant! Sell' York Yacht clubs; of the Baltusrol Club; of S(lUadroll 1\, j,\ at ional Cuard 0 [ the State 0 [ N e\\' York, and of the ])clta Tau Dclta fratemity. Whitney, Oscar Carpenter pl.l~., '92). was hom in Ju-sey City, S. J., April 20, 1867. I'" has iJeen clllployed hy the Pintsch Compress ing Co., ,\c\\' York, froll1 1892 to date; at lirst as draughtslI1an, in which capacity hc, anl(Jllg other things. prcparcd the dr;l\\ing" for a gas plallt in l'hiladelphia and supcrintVllded its construction. In DCCC1llhcr, ] 892, he lI'ent to Boston as superintendcnt o[ opcration o[ a plant in that city, whcre he rClllaincd until January, 1X94. 1\ plant was huilt in Call1hridge for the Hoston & l\lainc Railroad ill the fall of 1893, of which he had the supcrintendcncc. Rcturning to the Se\l' York officc. he was ellgaged on both inside and outside work. ;l1l1onl; which was the construction of a plant at SCII' [Iavcn, Conll .. alltl laying pipe lines ill Cincinnati. In 18<)0 and 18l)7 planh \I-ere constructed under his superintendencc at \\'ashington. n, C .. Baltimorc, Md., Pillsburg. I'a., and :i\TolJile, 1\la. In Decelllher. 1897. l\lr. \\' hitnel' W;lS gll'en the superintcndcnce of the :\Ianhallan plant supplying gas to the :\Tanhattan Elevated Railway. a position involving the manufacture and distribution of gas and the care of the car cquipment. ] n ;"1ay, H)OO, he was scnt to Jersey City to huild the plant sl1pplying thc Pcnllsyh'ania Railroad. and since its completion ill July of the following year has continued to operate it, although spcnd-

ing the greater part of his time at the Ncw lork office, and 011 the road inspecting th c opcration of the various plants manufacturing Pintsch gas as far wcst as Salt Lakc City, Ctah, and south to San l\ntonio, Texas. :i\Jr. \\ 'hitnc)' is the son of Franklin and Caroline S. (\\'heeler) Whitney; and a direct descendant in the eighth generation 0 f John and Eleanor \Vhitney, .Puritan settlers in \Vatertoll n, l\fass., and, in the fourth gcneration , of Josh ua \\'h itncy, who settled near thc junction of thc Chcnango alld Susquchanna ri vers in 1'\ ell' \ ' ork State, and afterward I>ecame agent to l\Ir. Binghalll and Il'as instrulllental in foulJ(ling thc cit)' of Ilinghamton , 1\. Y. The subject of this sketch marricd Jessica E. Clark. :'\()I'cmber 30, J892, and the)' hal'e t\l'O child1'l' n. Ilonlcr Clark and Dorothy \\'hitncy, Wilbor, Anson Gifford (:\r. E., '93), was horn in l\ll>allY, ~, \' .. :'Ilay 20. 1869. lIc was engaged in profcssional work at j\lbany. 1893- 94, lIIaking a specialty of IH: ating, l'l'lItilating, and se\\'l'J'agc; was instructor in chelllistry, physics, alld mathcmatics in the .\Ihan)' .\cadcm}', 1894- 95: inspector with the :\Iutual Fire 1nsurancc Co. of Ncw \ ' ork, 1895- 90: and has hccn inspector with the I,'aclor.\' Insurance .\ssociatioll, [lartforJ. Conn .. from 1896 to date, I,'or a period of sl'l'l'ral ycars, ending ill 1l)0-1-. hc had entire charge of the States of (;corgia, ,\Iabam<l, \Iississippi. and IA)uisiana, with headquarters at , \tl<1nta, (;a., his duties being to make regular inspl:ctions of all factories in his tcrritory \I'hich Ilere illsurcd in thc ,\ssociation; to adjust losscs: to lIIake plalls and ,pccificatiolls for firc protection of Ilell' fac torics, etc. [Ic is still cngaged as inspector Illlt is located at llartfo1'lI, Conll. Mr. \\'ilbor is the son of Sanlllcl, Jr., and Ella ( ;ifford) \\路ilhor. Ilc IIlarril'd Fran ccs C. CirCord, Junc 29, 18l)8. alld they havc two childrcn . . \nson C .. Jr.. and ~[irialll Fralll'cs \\路ilbor. Wildman, Leonard Delacour (M.E., '90). was hol'1l in Danbury, Conn .. October 13. ] 868; son of Alfred ~ crUlll and l~lIa (Dela , COlii') \\'ildman. His fathcr ' s ancestors were English s('(tlers in Connccticut about 1630: his mother's, Frcnch llugucnots who ned to Ilolland and arri\'(~d in America about 1618.

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TIlE .\LUl\INI TIe \Vas draughtstllan and engineer with the Norwalk Iron \\'orks Co .. ~outh Norwalk. Conn., 1890 97, during which time he was

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l'Olllll'l'tcd II ith the illstallation of the dynamite guns Oil hoard the U.S.S ... Vesuvius;" (he installation of the pncumatic plant on the U.S. tllonitor .. Terror;" the installatioll of gascomprcssors for pumping natural gas through the States of Ohio and lndian;]; and ('''perimcntal \I'ork II ith cotllpressors for the high pressures lIsed Ilith pneumatic locotllot i ,'es. ca rhon ic-aci dgas. and refrigerating machine,. In 1R9R. hefore \lar \I as de rlan~d with Spain. 1\1 r. Wildman \I as selected hy the ch icf signal oOlcer of thc Unitcd States Army. for the position of aeronautical cngineer to the Signal Corps. On the hreaking out of the \\'ar he \las appointed first lieutenant in the Volunteer ~ignal Corps. and put in command of the sccond scction of the Balloon Corps. IIc superintended the construction of the apparatus for the generation of hydrogen, and designcd the plant for ih compression and storage in 1\[annesman tubcs at a pressure of 3,000 pounds per square inch. ITe was ordered to Tampa in May, r898, to erect this plant and to prcpare balloons. 1\ft('r recovering from typhoid fever he

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was ordered to IT a ,路ana. Cuba, before the formal occupation of that city hy the Ameri cans, and thcre superintended the erection of military telegraph lines in the Provinccs of I fa,'ana and Pinal' del Rio, This \\'ork included thc estahlishment of the city systems of tclephol1e and telegraph in the city of Ila"al1a anc! in Camp Columhia. In :'I [a.I'. 1899. he \I'as appointed chief sigl1al officer on the stalT of :'Ilaj. - Cel1. Lee, a Ilei \I as short Iy a ftCI'II a nl sell t to <;o\'l'rllor's Island on the staff of 1\laj.-( ;el1. :'Ilcrritt. and put in charge of the purchase of electrical nlachinery. ~ignal Corps supplies. and th," ()\Itiitting of a machine-shop for the repair of ~ignal C()rps material in the Philippines. In :-1eptemiler of the same year he was dctailed to represcnt the ~ignal Corps in :'Ifr. :llarconi's wirl'!ess telegraph cxperimcnts during the international yacht races. In Octoher. 1899, Licu!. \\'ildman was Ofdned to the Philippine Islands ;1I1d placcd in l'Olll1nand of Company II.. of the Signal l'orps, \I ith orders to establish telegraphic comllluilications in the Departmcnt of the \'is<lYils, Til [900. he lias appointed chief signal ollicl'r of the Ikpartlllent of the \ ' isayas on the starr of Ihig. - <;CII. I [lighes.

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. \lR CO~!PRESSOR, XORW,IJ.K lR()N

WOR",

L. D. Wifdlllllll

In . \ ugusl. 1901. he lI'as detailed to the cable ohip "Burnside." and \I'ith Capt. George O. Squier lair! the Signal Corps cahles connecting the southern islands, On the cstablishment of the Department of South Philippines he lI'as appointcd chid signal oOlcer of


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that Department on thc staff of Brig.-Gcn. \\' ade, in chargc 01 thc communications on all the islands of the archipelago south of ,he island of Luzon. On thc passage of the I{corganization Bill of thc ,\r111),. February 2. I90r, he was transferred from the rank of nrstlieutcnant U. S. \ 'o luntcer Signal Corps. to that of captain in the Signal Corps. United Statcs Army. In ),Iarch, 1901. he lI'as put in command of the cable ship .. I~urn side," and afte\'\\'ard \\'a~ made traffic manager for all the communications in the Philippine Islands. lie was ordered to \ \' ash i ngton in December, 1<)02. by way of the Suez Canal . <Ind placed in charge of the Telegraph and Examininl! Divisions of the Signal Corps. at headquarters. ane! conducted the experiments in lI'ireless telegraphy for the 1\rmy. lie lI'as suhsequently ordered to XcII' London. Conn .. on husiness pertaining to the electric installations of the Signal Corps . and is noll' located at :\ ollle .. \ laska. as chief of the wireless telegraphy branch of the Signal Corps. Since 1\Ugust. 190..J-. Ile has heen operating his system successfully hetll'ee n stat ions 1 10 miles apart. Capt. \\'ildman is a memher of the American Society of Electrical Engineers: of the .\rmy and 1'\a\'Y Club. at :'Iranila ane! \Vashington: the United Service Club, Cebu, P. 1.; ane! of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

is a member of the Southern Manufacturers' and Elks clubs, of Charlotte, N. C., and of the Theta Xi fraternity. :\11'. \\' ilkes is the SOil of john and Jane I~ell\\'ick \Vilkcs, and grandson of Rear -Adm.

J. R.

\\'n . >;ES

Charles \\路ilkes. L.S.1\'. lie marrieci Carolinc Sett le, f\O\'ember 18. 1896. and they ha\'e one child. Charles Wilkes.

Wiles, Edwin L. (:II. E .. '76), was born in (;rassy Point. X . ) ' .. October 17, 1856: son of . \1free! :U. and Catherinc Wiles. He was cl1lpIoyee! at the Brick ),[achinery \Yorks. Stony Point. ~. Y .. 1876-78: was machinist. furnace helper. llleiter. and tl1rn forcman lI'ith the Cambria I ron Co .. johnstown. Pit .. 1878-8T: superintendent of the stee! works of the Union Tron & Steel Co .. Chicago, TIL, 1881 - 82; superintencient of the Springfield Iron Co .. Springlicld. Til.. 1882-86; and thence to date has heen connected with the RiI'C'I'sirie Iron \\'o rks. \\'heeling. \\'. Va .. serving as superintendent. assistant manager. anri manager. :\Ir. \\'i!es i~ a member of the Engineers' C1uh of .'{ell' York, and of the Duquesne Cluh of Pittshurg. Wilkes, James Renwick (l\r.E .. '93) . was born in Charlotte.1\'. C, July 10. I87T. TIe has been lI'ith the Mecklenburg Iron Works Co .. Charlotte, N. C, from I893 to date, He

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WILES

Wilkes, John Francis (M,E., '85), was born in Charlotte, N. C, May 20, 1864, In

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THE ALUl\IN L 1883 he took the degree of Bachelor of Physics at the l'nil'crsity of North Carolina. He has heen superintendent of the Mecklenburg Iron \\' orb at Charlotte from 1885 to date, his ciuties inriu<iing the management of the husiness, tra\'clling on special work, designing" spccial machinery and buildings for machinery, dc, The ,,'orks build principally gold-mining anci milling machinery and l'ngines, 1 il' was for Sl'I'('ral years a memher of the ,\l1ll'rican Institute of Mining Engineers; the ,\nlerican Socidy of Mechan iral Enginecrs: and the Eli,ha l\litchell

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Williams, Alonzo Rowland pLE., '95), was horn in Halcigh, -:\ , C, f<ebruary II. 186<),

A. R,

J.

F. WILKES

Sril'l1tific Socidy, lIe is a member of the 1':()rth State Cluu: the Independent Order of Foresters; the \"estry of the Episcopal Church; and of the Alpha Tau Omega and Thcta ."u Epsilon fraternities; and is director of the Charlotte Public Library. ~rr. Wilkes is the son of John ancl Jane I{l'nwick Wilkcs, He has married twice: thc first time, October 7. I89T. and the second t imc, .I ul), 12, 1898. to Frances McIver Lucas. They ha\'e tll'O childrcn, John, Jr., and Carrie ~lcl \'l'r ""ilkcs. W illett, Wallace (M.E., '96), was in the elllploy of the /\mcrican Sugar Refining- Co, Jersey City, N, J .. r89699; engaged on the tracie journal of the sugar industry. N eIV York, IR()!)-I<)OO; ancl ha been in the brokerage business, New York, from 1900 to date,

WILLIA\[S

At thc age of thirteen he hegan sel"l' ing an apprenticeship as machinist in Raleigh, N, C. which was completed in the \\"ilmington & \\'eldon Railroad shops. lIe ran a ioc01llo Live on the Atlantic Coast Linc for tll'f) years, resigning as locomotil'e cngineer in 1889 to study at the Stevens Preparatory School. \Vhilc a student he was regularl) employed hy the Department of Tests at the Institute, Sinre gradu'ltion he i'<lS heen with the T. A. & R. G, Gillespie Co, as engineer on lI"aicr supply for Ncwark. )J, J. 1895- 96; with the Underwriters at American Lloyds. X ell' York. as chief inspector. 1897- 09; and \\'ith TTall & TTcnshall'. United States managers of thc Union Assurance Socicty and the La\\". Union, & Crown Insurancc Co .. botll of London. and of the State Tnsurance Co. nf Lil'erpool. from T899 to date, heing ~pecial agcnt at :'Ifil\\'aukee. \Vis. TTe is a member of the TIrothcrhood of Locomoti I'e Engineers: the Knights of Pythias: the National loire Protection Association; and has serl'cd on a nllmhel" of important i nsurancc committees , TTc is also a member of the Masonic Order. and of the Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity, Mr, \\Til1iams is the son of John Rand Corina Morehead \Vil1iams. hoth families being among the first settlers in North Caro-


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I~STITUTE

lina. lIe married :\Targarett Louise Taylor, .l\oyemher 7, 1900. W illiams, Frank H. (:.I.I~ .. '81), is secretary alld treasurer of the DuiJuque Turhine /3; Roller :\Iill Co., ])uiJuque, 1O\la. W illiams, Harold Edward (~r.E .. '00). \\'as horn in :\1.'11 ark, :\. J., .\pril 2-t, 1877: SOil ()i Charles I':. alld :\Targaret H. \\'illial11". fTc lias draughhl11an ior the ~tarr Ellgineering Cn .. :\ew York, t()OO 01: at the ~1cKees颅 port mills of the \'ational Tuite Cn., 1I. S.

11. E. \\

OF

TECH~OLOGY

College, Cornell University, Ithaca, :-.r. Y., as Instructor ill l\lechanical Drawing, froll1 lI'hich he lI'as advanced to the position of \ssistallt Professor of Machine Design. Durillg the sUlllmers of 1891 and 1892 he 1 isitl'd l'ariol1s technical schools and univer,ities in (;reat Britain, on the Continent, in the l ' nill'd States and Canada. JIe resigned his position at Cornell in 1898. . \t that time he was engaged in the design and constructiol! of a completc line of machinery to produce a nl'\\' article of manufacture. I Ie II as next, for a short time, lI'ith 1\Ir. ,\. II. I ~ mery, of Stamford, COnll., assisting in the design of a coast-defencc disappearing gun-carriage. In July, 189<), he lI'as engaged in the llurl'au of Steam Engineering of the :\'aly Departllll'llt at \\ 'ashington, ]). C, and has rl'cl'lltl~' rl'cl'il'l'd the ap{lOintllll'nt of (lrdnallce Ellginecr, L'.S.:\., a nell' post rc Cl'ntly Cl'eall'd hy act of Congress. T Ie has hl'l'n granted L'lIited States patents ior a changl'ahle color illusion (\cl'icl': a uni I'l'rql ra(chl'! drill-a n application of a 11('11' Illl'chanical nlClI'CIlll'llt II herehy a sllrfacec()Jllact llll'chaniSill is suhstituted for the USII:!I hel'l,l gears: a 11l'1I' Illethod of gOl'ern-

ILI.J.I~IS

:-;tel'i C()rporatillll, I(JOI 0-t: alld ha, ,illc(' heen in thl' ,ale, departl11ent ()f the c()lllpan) at the Chiclg() "l1icl'. I k is a l11ember of the Chi Psi fraternitl'. Williams, Harvey D, (:\\. E., 'l'.'i) , \\'a~ hom ill :-ilwftshury. \路t .. I,'ehrnary 2-t, IR0-t: son of I.ell路is alld :-;arah ~lceper \\ ' illiallh. I lias draughlslll<lll II ith the 1': lllery Scale & Testing :\[achille Co.. :-;(;lIllford, COlln .. Il'R.'i 86: alld desiglll'l' I()r the Yale & TOil' Ill' :\Ianuiacturing' Co .. ill the sal11l' city, 18SORR During the laller pl'l'iod he designed the portahle sci f-s llstaillillg hoist since kllown to (he trade as the "Triplex Pulley TIlock," lI'hich has all efliciellcy of 7<) per cenl. 1'1'Cl'ious to Ihal time the efficiencies of sl1ch hoists ranged fronl 20 to ,::;0 per cent. III IR88 hl' iJecame cOllllected with ~ihley

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ing II ater \\heels and Illotors, hy which the ellcrgy usually wasted becausc of incorrect speed is utilized to open and close the gate (description published in thc "Sibley JourIlal." l\Tarch, 1896): a stalllped sheet-Illetal

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TIlE ALUMNI hucket for \I·ater \\'heels and motors and steam turhincs of the free deviation type; and a douhle universal joint. FnI\O\\'ing a natural inclination. Mr. \Villialll, has heen much occupied \\ ith theoretical and experimental investigations, some of which have yielded results of practical value, and these have heen sold to interested partit·s. J\mong the subjects to which he has gil'l'Il attcntion are the fol1owing: Experiments \Iith kites, in which he deYCloped the hox form or cel1ular kite, independently of, hut subsequent to, l\Ir. Hargreaves. 11l1'l'stigatioll of the Illotion of thin revolving hodies in ai r, the results of which show that the ideal path of one form of boomerang in a frictionless mediulll is like a figure 8 drawn on the under ,urfacc of a sphere. Determination of the theoretical r lations that should exist helll een the diameter of Ilheel, dial1leter of jct, numbcr of buckets, and po,ition of jet in free deviation wheels of the Pelton type. The effect of combined heat and press urc on amorphous carbon. These experiments, \Ihich \\'ere suggested by the peculiar geological formation of the South African dia mond field" Ivere discontinued on the publi cation hy Prof. Henri 1Ioisson of result>. ohtaillL'd along thc sal1le lines. The hydroplanc, a self-propelling model era ft (exhihitcd at Sheldrakc-on-Cay uga in 1R9S) de,igned to skim along thc surface of Ilalt'r in the man ncr of thc skipping-stonc. and of Ilhich a descripti\'c article was puh lished in the" Sihley Journal." Yol. I:\: . . \ nOI'c! form of stcam turhine (de<igned, huilt. and tested in r89-1--95) hal' ing a capacit)' of 20 horsc-po\\'cr, a spccd of 16,000 revolutions per minute, and an efficicncy of 20 pounds of steam per brake horsc-power: the hrakc uscd in testing the turhinc being a smooth melal disk revoh' ing in water. In 1895 hc constructecl a lens to corrcct thc optical defects of the human eye II·hen illllll('r~ed in water, and at the same timc not to interfere with sceing in the air. In 1893 he published for the usc of his ,tudcnts " A Sixty-ITour Coursc in Kinema tic Drawing." TIc has madc usc of the strict mathcmati cal conception of .. Degrees 0 f Freedom and Constraint" in the study of 111cchanicalmove-

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111cnts. He is of opinion that thc subjccts of mechanics and kinematics as applied to machincr y nccd to he cntircly rCIITitten from thc point of viell' of thc system of coordinatcs which is elaborated in Sir Robert Ba1l's great mathematical II'o rk c, Thcory of Scrcws." His most rcccnt publ ishecl article, descrih ing a rational method of comparillg the rclati,-c magnitudes of line and point contacts. appcarcd in thc ",\merican 1Iachinist" of February ]0, 1903. Other articlcs, thc out growth of his \york in the Bureau of Steanl Engineering, ha\'e appeared from timc to timc in the" Journal of thc ,\mcrican Society 0 f :-J aval Engineers." l\fr. Williams is a membcr of the Chi ]"1 and Sigma Psi fraternities. Williamson, George Danforth (l\r.I·~ .. ")7). was horn in Jcrsey City. :\. j., Fl'hrtlan' 1 I.

G. D.

\\'l1.I.1MI SON

1876; son llf J. Q . c\yll1ar and 1 ~lizahcth (llcndel-son) \\ ·illialll so n. lie was II·i th the COllsolidall'd Cas Co., N cw York. 18981900: II'as inspector ior the !\liddle ~tatc, In spection Bureau. ;\C\\· York, 1<)00-02: allli is noll' \\'ith \\-o()(lw<lr<\ & \Yi\\ialllson. in surance agents. Jersey City. X. J. Ilis work i neludes the ex a III i na tion of boi lers. cngi nes. shafting. dynamos, 111010rs. elc., te st ing of fire applianccs and automatic sprinkler cquipIlll'nls. and inspection of spccial hazards. Ill' i, a mcmber of the Chi Psi fratcmity.


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THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Williamson, James Abeel (M.E .. '97), was born in Jersey City, N. J., May 13, r875. He was in the employ of Colgate & Co., soap manufacturers, Jersey City, N. ]., ]897; constructing engineer with Charles H. Davis, New York, 1898; and has been with the Isbell-Porter Co., manufacturers of refi'iger ating machinery and gas works apparatu~, 0.Tewark, N. J., £1'01111898 to elate. He is :l charter member of the University Club of lludson County. and a meI1lber of the Chi Psi fraternity. J\fr. \VilliaI1lso11 is the son of James Rutsen and ~ ellie Alford Williamson. His ancestors came to :\Tell' York about 1650 from . \msterdalll, Ii olialld, and have always lived 011 Long Island or in '\ell' Jersey. He married Helen Yan \\'yck, Octoher 29., 1902. Willis, C. Addison (M .E., '89), was with

the 1I1arylan(1 Steel Co .. 1889-9 1; at the Camdell I ron \Vorks. Camden. ~. J.. r891 -92 : Tnstntetor in Mechanical Engineering at the LTni versity of Pennsyh·ania. 1892- 94; and has beell Professor of Mathematics at Girard Co ll ege, Philadelphia, from 1894 to date. Willis, Edward J. (M.E., '88). was horn ill Sa\'annah, Ga .. April I, 1866. He was assistant chemist in the State Agricultural Department, Ric11111ond, Va ., 1888-90; treasurer of the Richmond Mica Co., Richmond, 1893-9;'): general manager of the Talbot & Sons Co.·s Machine Works. Richmond, 189596; superintendent of the Richmond Traction Co., 1896-99, in which capacity he designed and superintended the erection of the power-house machinery anel had charge of the operation of the roael. III 1899 he became steam and electrical engineer for the Virginia Railway & Electric Co .. Richmond, and had charge of the steam and electric de·signing of that company in its 8,000 horsepower plant and distributing system. Tn T900 he became president of the Richl110nd Electric Co., manufacturers of electric machinery. Richmond, which position he holds at this date. He is also professionally employed on the Fredericksburg (Va.) municipal plant; for the Clifton Forge Light & \Vater Co., etc., making designs and having charge of installations. Ire has received three United States patents upon an improved form of planimeter

for determining areas . mean pressures, and horse-power, and also an English patenl dated February J3, 1895. It was favorably commented upon al a meeting oi the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. IIe has also patented an improved horse-power planimeter which \\'as described and illustrated in the .·llIIeriel/1I Jlachillist, 1900. T Ie has contributed mallY articles to techni cal journals, a11long \\'hich are the follO\\'ing: "Eaicienci('s nf

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;\laehines," ('ossicr's .1Iuguzillc, \'11. "Old and Nl'\\' ~kthnds \\,jlh lhl' 1nelll'ato r.· ' JIa chillery, ,?l9-1 .

"EnergT J ~lJui\·aknts." .llllerieaJ/ .11(1(liilli.l / , 18 95 . "j\ J 10rse- l'o\\'('r Planimeter ," TrulIs({( lioll s of tile .1mericall :"'-oe/ely of ,IIce/wllieal 1~'llgi ll ccrs,

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"Practical Use o f \Yall'r Rhl'oslals.·' _Imcricall Electrician, JSqR. "Test of a 3oo- I": il(lII'atL ])irecl COllllected J~ ail\l'ay Unil at DifTclTlll Loads." Trallsacliolls of the _111lericaJ/ ills/itllie of J~/cdric tll J~J/gillecrs, 18 99. "On the ~atl1ral Unit of thc J'lanimclcr,"

Stevens Instillile j}l(fica tor,

1() 02.

He is a member of the ,\merican Society of Mechanical Engincers; the .\merican In stitute of Electrical Engi neers: t he Engineers' Club of New York; the COllllllonweallh Club 01 Richmond, \'a.; and of the Chi Phi fraternity. Mr. \t\1ilIis is the son of John Pembroke and J\Iary (Willis) Jones. lie changed his name from Joncs to 'vVillis, hy order of court, in 1882. IJe married Bessie Fauntleroy, OcLober lO, 1900, and they have one child, Francis T. 'vVillis. Willis, Paul (M.E., '85)- was in the el11ploy of the \\'allace Iron Works, Jersev City. N. ]., J885-86: with Mr. Geo. S. J\forrison, as inspector for his work in shops and miJls, r886-90; ane! later organized, in conneclion with Mr. 1'. \\T. Barker, the Kellwood Bridge Co., Chicago, TIL, of which he ha s been secretary and engineer fr0111 1899 to date. Wilson, Arthur (M.E., 'Y9), \\'as born ill SOllth Orange, N . .I., August 21,1876: son of Daniel and ,Tulia A. \Vilson. He was el11ployed in the Department of Tests at the Stevens Institute, 1899; with Anderson &

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THE ALUMNI Murphy, engincers, New York, 1899-1900; assistant to thc manager of the Gas & Electric Co., Norristown, Pa., 1900-01; with the Waclark Wirc Co., Elizabcth, N. J., 1901-03; and has hecn with thc Federal Rcfining Co., N cw York, from I903 to date.

gines and boilers, J891- 92; draughtsman \\路ith the Link-Belt Engineering Co., New \ ' ork, J892; and was in partnership with Mr. John Darby (M.E., '9J), at Hartford, Conn.,

Wilson, William Richardson (M.E., '96). was horn in .\'orfolk, Va., in J874; SOil of Jamcs l{. and .\ngclinc Pcrkin \Vilson. Hc \\ as i nspertor with thc Edison Electric Tlluminating Co., )Jc\\, York, 1896; draughtsman in Ihe mastcr mcchanics' dcpartmcnt of thc f'enconl Tron \i\Torks, Philadclphia, Pa., 1896: 'filled a si nlilar position with the \Vat 路 son-Stillman Co., ?\'cw York, I896--99: was in the salcs departmcnt of thc C. IV. [Iunt Co .. ~cw York. 1899-1900: with the \Vheeler Condenser & Engincering Co., New York, 1900-0-1-: and is no\\' salesman for thc Alberger Condenser Co .. New York. IIe is a

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WILSON

junior member of the ,\mcrican Society of Mechanical Engineers. Wolcott, Henry Augustus (M.E., '9 I) , was horn in Lynn, Mass., August 6, 1866. He left school when fifteen years of age, worked about a year as office-boy, and then four years as assistant in a store. He prepared for Stevens Institute with a private tutor. TTe was in the employ of Frank McSwegan & Sons, New York, selling and erecting en-

A. WOLCOTT

J892- 98. Their work cmbraced electrical, mcchanicaL and ci\路il enginecring. Since 1898, when Mr. Darby becamc connectcd with tile Popc Manufacturing Co .. Mr. Wolcolt has conducted the business alone . The nature of his work has been of a varied character, embracing, besides the branches otherwise mentioncd, sewer \\'ork, the preparation of large topographical maps, maps for court cxhibits, diyision of land, and general surveying. In 1895 he acted as constructing cngineer for thc Pope Tube Co. cll1l'ing thl: erection of their new plant at Hartford. In r 897 he spent ten months in England introducing patentee! machinery. Since 1899 he has spent nearly all his time upon laboratory cxpcri 111en ts on atmosph eric resistance, h ighspeed bearings, and strengths of certain fastenings in frame structures; in the latter work designing and superintending the construction of the macbines used in the experiments. In T902 he designed and erected two large factory huildings for the Whittock Coil Pipe Co, at Elmwood, Conn., ane! subsequently entirely reorganized the cost-keeping system for a factory employing over 600 hands and ha ving fourteen departments. He is now works-manager for the Whittock


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIlNOLOGY company. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Connecticl1t Society of Civil Engineers. :.\Ir. Woleott is the son of Peter and IIarriet B. \ \' oleot t. JIe married Susan La wrence, Fehruary 22, 1895, and they have three children, Ruth, IIenry Freeman, and Ll \\Tcnce \ \' olcott. Wolff, A. F. T. (:.\1.E., 'Ot), was Instructor during the Supplemcntary Term at Stevens Institute, 1901; and has been Assistant iq the Department of Tests at the Institute from 1<)0 I to da te. Wolff, Alfred R. ptE., '76), soon after graduation, became assistant to Charles E.

A. R. WOLFF r~l1Iery. l'.l~ ... and assistant enginecr in the United States Rcyenl1e Marine. lIc was thl1s employed l1ntil 1880, when he established himself ill New York as a practising consl1lting engineer. lIe has made a specialty of the design and installation of power, heating. and \'Cntilating plants, amoug which may he mentioned: The Carncgie Building, Pittsburg, Fa.; the Chambcr of Commerce Bl1ilding, Rochester. X. Y.; the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; the Princeton Library; the Bank of Montreal; and the following buildings in Xew York city: the 1 [ano\,er National Bank of COllllllercc, Blair, and Speyer bank buildings; the Xew York

Clearing Douse; the New York Life Insurancc, 1Ictropolitan Li fe Insurance, Chamber of Commercc. Empirc, Johnston. PresbyterIan, United Charities. American Lithographic Co., and X (w York Stock Exchange buildings; the I rail of Records; Coll1mbia Univcrsity, l\ew York Uni\·ersity. New York Herald, and .\JlJlellate Court buildings; Carnegie Ml1sic Iiall. Teachers' Collegc. Cornell :.\Iedical College. :.\Iount Sinai Ilospital. anc! the Lying-in I Iospital; the Waldorf .\storia, Sherry's. lklmonico·s. and St. Regis hotels and restaurants; the Siegel-Cooper and (;imbel Bros.' department stores; the l\[etropolitan, Racquet, Century. ]\1:endelssohn (;lee, Freundscha ft. Young Men's Christian .\ssociation, ~e\\' York Athletic and Yale cluh huildings: the Cornelius Vanderbilt, John Jacoh .\stor, and i\ndrew Carnegie re,idl'nce~: and other large Off1CC and public huildings a11(1 residenccs. :.\11'. \\'oIIT is the author of ., The \\'indmill as a Prime ~I()\'cr," the .. Ventilation of Buildings," .. The I Jeating of I~arge Build ings," etc. J fc is a member of the American Society of :'Ilechanical I~ngincers and of the Enginecrs' Cluh, ;'\C\\· York. I rc \\'as .\Iumni Trustl'e of the Ste\'Clls Institute of Technology from 1~93 to 1896. and has heen Perl11anent Trustl'e of the Institute sincc 1900. Wolff, John (;\l.l~.. '~R), was hol'l1 11~ Hronklyn, ;\. Y .. J)eccllIher 10, il~(j6: son of I-rc(krick \'icholas and :\Iargaret \\ 'oIlL Ill' \I'as in the employ of the I~dison Electric Illuminating Cn .. Brooklyn, :\. \ ' .. IRR8 98, heing superintendent of their steam plants during t\\·o years of this Jleriod; his rlutics principally requiring sUI'\'eillance of the operation and nlaintenancc of thc variolls steam plants. J fe also actcd in the capacity of consulting and constructing cngineer when additions were made to these plants. Hc was with the American Stokcr Co .. Brookll'n, ~. Y .. 18C)~- 1902: when he hccame chief engineer and purchasing agcnt of the Pennsyh'ania 8: :'Ifahoning \'alley Raikay Cn., with head qual"ters at \'oungsto\\'n, 0., ha\'ing sUJler \'ision of thc yarious plants, and charge of all construction \\·ork. IT e is now wi th thc Clel,(,land Electric Jlluminating Co., Cle\'cJand, O. Wood. Arthur Julius (ilT.E., '96), was horn in Rosc\'ille, :\. J., September 3,1874; SOil of


TIlE ALUMNI De \ 01 on and Frances lIartson Wood. He \\as on the editorial staff of the Railroad Ga~ette, 1896-1900, acting as associate editor for the la t three Yl'ars of this period. While connected \\ ith this paper he ga\'e most of hi attentioll to ell'l'tric railroads and me路 l hanical engineering subjects, the latter including principally compressed air, gas cngine, and thermodynamics. Ill' I\'as 1ntructor in l\Il'chanical Enginecring at the \Vorce ter I'olytl'chnic Institutc, \\'OI'cester, ~fa .,1900-02; I'roiessor of :\lechanical and l'lectrical Engil1l'ering, ])l'la\\are College. e\\ ark, Del., lIi02 ()~: and is no\\ ,\ssistant Profe or of Expnilllental Engineering at Penn ylvania Statl' ('olkge. Statc College, Pa. He ha prl'senh'd a numher of printed dis路 eu sion on .. Studil's in .\ccl'leration of rrains," in the Nailroat/ Ga::;cttc, 1897 and 1899, anti in thl' S/''';'''IIS ills/i/Ille illdica/or, 1899. Ill' i thl' author of papcrs on .. l'ompn: cd .\ir :\Iotor,;," published in the Rill/road Ga::;,'//c, IKI)I), I RlJ7, 1899, and the II Cdlllll ica/ Ellg;lIl'cr, IK!)lJ; on "Electric Conduit }{oads," Nailr(}(/r/ Ga::;cttc, 18lJ7: and on .. Compound ,'.I', Tripk-Expan. ion Steam Engilll's," puhli . hl'd in the Railroad Ga::;c/lc, 1I}OO, Ill' made in\'l'stigations in the subject

:'Ilechanic5," by De \ ' olson \\'ood. ITe is a member of the Society for the Promotion of Engincering Education , sen'ing as member of council of this Society, 1899- 1902; a junior member of the ,\merican Society of Mechanical Engineers; and an associate member of thc i\merican Illstitl1te of Electrical Engineers. Wood, Everett Norton (:\r.I~ .. \)7), \I'as horn in Kutsto\l'n, 1'a .. Sl'ptemhl'l' 29, I R70:

son of Prof. II. .\. \\路O(lci. I k \I as \lith I~iky Ilms. (sll'rl'optic()lls), :\l'\I Y()rk, IX!)? 9lJ: and has hel'll in the l'Il1pl!))' of the :'Ikrritt & Chapman I krriek & \\'rl'ckillg Co., :\el\' York, frolll IXI)<) to date, 1l0\\' holding the posit ion of cll id const rl1cti ng (' ngi Ileer alld pl1rcha,illg agent.

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of hydraulic ram" and prepared articles thereon which appeared in the StCZ'CIIS i 11slilllie Illdica/or, 1~C)8 and 1902. In 1902 he re-rditl'll (10th etlition) "Elementary

Wood, Frederick Harlow (:\ r. E .. '(!3). \\'as horn in COllcord. :'I I:ISS .. ()ctol)er 2. r X7 r : son of Da\' id I I. and I.nlia II. \\ '(lod. Ilis ancestors on hoth sides t(lok part in the bailie at Concord, .\pril 19, 1775. Ill' \\'on the Ste\'l'ns scholarship in a class of sixty mcmIJer". O\\'ing to ill health at the close of his col lege course he \\'as lmahle to take l1p the I\'ork for which he had so \\'ell fitted himself. lie \\'ent to California, hoping to restore his strength which ",as being undermined IJy a 1l1ng trouble. The expected relief prol'ing only temporary, he returned to his home at


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Montclair, N. J., where he spent the last years of his life in study and in planning a house embodying new features in design. A photograph of this building was one of the

F.

n. Woov

exhibits at the lnstitute's Twenty-fifth Anni路 I'e rsary Exhibition. 11r. Wood died Sep tember 2, 1897.

ton office of the Electric Storage Battery Co. In January, 1900, he was transfe rred to the principal oHice of the company at Philadelphia, as engineer of the sales department, in whieh capacity he has been employed up to the present time. He has taken out patents on improvements in the" booster" systelll for long-d istance translllission; on electrical distribution; means for regu .. lating double-current dynamo machines; and on a method of regulating double-current dynamo-e lectric machines, 190 l. J n 1897 he read a paper before the Electrical Section o[ the Brooklyn Institute on the subject" Fron; Coal to the Trolley," and in the fall of 1897 a paper before the Electrical Section of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, on .. The Booster System as "\pplied to Electric Railways;" and also contributed an article 011 .. The EcollolllY of the Buoster .. to the Street Raib路ay JOltmai, 18y~. Woodman, Durand (B.S., '80; Ph.D., '87). \I'as born in ~ew York city Septeillber 16. 1859. lJe took a special two-yea r course in chemistry and physics after hal'ing COIllpleted tbe regular studies of the first two years of the Institute's course, at the end of which tillle he wa~ <lll'ardcd the Priestley prize in chemistry. In 18~7 the Stel'ens in stitute conferred uJlun him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. During the winter after graduation he

Woodbridge, J. Lester (1LE., '86) , was employed in the Engineering Laboratory ot Stel'ens Institute, 1886, and in the engineering department of the Edison 1;:lectric Light Co.. New York. 1887-88. In the latter year he organized and became a partner in the firm of \" oodbridge & Turner, estahlished for carrying on electric raihl'ay construction and engineering. and in 18:,)1 this partnership was merged into the \\'oodhridge & Turner Engineering Co., Mr. Woodhridge l)('col1li ng secretar) and treasurcr. rn 1898 th is eorporat ion was dissol ved. and l\[r. \\'oodbridge opened an office as consulting engineer in New York. and continued this until the spring of 1898. when he took a posiHOUSE tion as engincer of the Bos-

DESIGNED AND BUILT BY

F. IT. WOOD


TIlE ALUMNI actcd as voluntccr assistant to Dr. A. R. Lceds with classcs in the Analytical Labora tory. From 1881 to 1883 he was associated with Dr. lIenry \Vurtz in his second sanitary chemical investigation of thc Passaic RiYcr lIater, madc for the city of Paterson, N. J. A detailed summary of the work was pub lishcd in thc" Enginecring and 11ining JourIlal" of ,\pril 26, 1890. Frolll 1883 to 188..j. he was connected with the ofiice of \Villiam Farmer, gas cngineer. K ell York. thus supplementing the chemis try of gas manufacture with an intimate knOll ledge of gas works construction and gas cngineeri ng practice. From 188.+ to J886 he occupied the positioll of chemist in the experimental laboratory of the United States Electric Light Co., X e\\ ark, 0:. J.. \\ hich \\'as then under the direction of Mr. Ed\\ard \\'eston. and for \\ hom he conducted i1l\'estigations of the action of various gases Oil the filaments of the incandescent lamp; and of \'a pors of many of the rarer elements and compounds with regard to perfecting the vacuum. He also made an extended i1l\'estigation of alloys in general, and the manganese-copper alloys in particular. which subsequently devcloped into the \\'eston constallt resistance alloy. for which a patent \\as granted. I n October. 1 R86. he opened a laboratory for analytic and experimental chemical \\'ork inN ewark, among thc pat rons 0 f \Vh ich \\ere the Electrical Accul11ulator Co., thc L'nited States Electric Light Co., the Edison Lamp \Vorks. the \\ 'eston Laboratory & Instrument Co .. the United Gas Improvement Co .. the Citizens' Cas Co .. and others. For some time special attention was givcn to the chemistry and preparation of the Clark standard of e1ectro-motin' force, and a set of these standard cells. prepared fllr the l~dis()11 laboratory In January. I~~~. ag-ree<l Ilith each other ~ix month~ later \\ ith in 0.00012 volt. or about 0.009 per cent, at thl.' same temperature. T\\'o of the~e cells, set Ujl under the care of Dr. .\\cxamler ).luirhead. ot London, alo agreed with each other \\ ithin O.OOOlO \oll at onc \.em\lcraturc. 'n\l' ~tl'rencc \lct \\ ccn \\lC electro-motive force of the Lonc\on and ?-:ewark cells was within 0.00014 \路olt. or 0.028 per ccnt. all at the sallle temperature, and the mean difference \\ as auout 0.00025 rolt ex-

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cess on the s ide of thc London cells. See the" Electrician" (London), .I lIIlC 29, 1888. In Sepll:mber, J889. Dr. \\'oodmall wcnt to Germany and took a course in organic chemistry at the University of Berlin, under I'rof. A. \\ '. rOn llofmann, and also studied thc methods of Fresenius at his laboratory in \\'iesiJaden. \\ 'hile at Berlin he visited man)' of the large chcmical manu f::\cturing establishmcnts ill the vicinity.-the l\nilin Color. B1caching, and nye \\'orb. l{lIiJiJer \\路orks. Kahlbaum's Chemical ~ranll facturing ]ndustry, etc. lIe \\as ill\'ite<l hy

DCl{ \:\1) \\'<.HlI>:\1 \:'\1

Prof. Ilofmann to represent the .\merican Chemical Socil'ly hy reading the congratulatory letter of ih president at lhl' T\\,enty fifth .\nni\路e rsary cekbralion of thl' I';:ekule iJl'nzol ring theory, \\'hich ()ccurrl'd :'-Iarch II. IK90. in thl.' city hall at Berlin. On his return fr(Jm (;erlnan\ hl' reopened his laboratory in :'\l'\\' York. \\ hne hl.' has continl1L:d in practice a~ analytic and c"n,ult ing chemist. giving much attention 10 lechni cal and indnstrial probkms. In 1l-\<)6 the (Jib used and the gases produced hy the Pinbch procc~s \\cre imc~ligalcd lor thc Pintsch COll\prc~:;inO'

Co. at their plant ' in anti arounu ':\C\\ '{ ork In 1899 an ill\'c~tiO'ation of the O'ases C'X .. . b lsllng 111 the 'lIIJ\\'ays under the streets of :\e\\' York \ras made for the Consolidated Telegraph & Electric Subway Co.; also of the


TIrE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TEen NOLOGY composition and character of insulated wire cOI'crings, for the Edi on Elcctric Illuminating Co, During J9000I completc allalyse~ /) f fced water and boiler scale were madc for the i\"C\I' York, Ontario, & \\'estern Rail\\ ay, for the Chency :-[anufacturing Co" and (,thcrs, Spccial varnishes and" mctal coalings" \\'l:!"e analysed and tested for the R, \\. Hunt Co., and in a patent suit concerning the chemical treatment of cordagc for 'I'atl'rprooling and wcighting his sen'ices II ere retained through their atto1'1leys by the ~tandanl ]{opc & TII'inl' Co. Since J898 h(, has acted as chel1lical examiner of oils, paints, and other supplies for the L'nitecl :--;tall's Light-llousl' I~stablishllll'nl. and has prl'j)arcd special expcrimcntal fuses for igniI ion by percussion ill the compressed air rhaml>er of high-specd torpedoes for the l'nited States Xa\'al Torpedo Station at .\ l'I'llOrt, R 1. Ill' was secretary oi thc .\Illcric;tn l'hellliral Socicty for two years, and, aitcr the reorganization of the Society and estalJlishIlll'nt of local sections, was secretary and treasurer of the i\ell York section. frolll IX<),'i to 1901. Ilis contrihutions to literature include a 1l1111l1>l'r of short articles \Ihich wcrc p'llhlishcd III scientific and other jOl1\"l1als; amollg II hich arc: .. \'0(('

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Dcutschcr Chellliker; and of the Chemists' Club, Xe\\' York. ])r. \\'OOdlllall is the son of Ccorge and Lucy :-1. Durand \\' O()(hllan. If c married Katherine I.incoln Bowles. October 3, 1893. Woodward, Arthur C. (:-I.E .. '96), ha5 licen Ilith .\. & F, 11 rO\\'n , builders of powcrtransmissioll Illachincry. ElizahethJlort. .1 .. froll1 ,8<)6 t() elate. Woolsey, Arthur Eugene (M.E,. '95). was hoJ'l\ in .!l'rsey City, 1'(. J. .. \Ugllst 3'. 1874, lie has hl'l'n Ilith the Illinois ~ll'l'1 Co .. South Chieago. 111.. frolll 18<).=; to date. hal'ing hc!<! thc iolloll'ing positions: clerk ill the plate-mill. I ~!).~ 'yoo; night snpnintelHknt. '900 0' ; an<l ~incc thell. superintendcnt IIf the platl' mi II. :\ I r. \ \'oolsel' is the son 0 f ('harles \ \'. and Ella E. (\\ ash hu I'll ) \\'(HlI,cy. lIe married Elllily .\. ('ox. Ikccmhl'l' 2(). JR95, alld they hal'c 1\1'0 childrell. Kathl'l'ille alld Louisc ('ol1dirt \\ oolsey. Woolson, Clifford Griggs pLE .. \)6), lIas hol'l\ ill \ewark. X . .I .. Jllly <}. '~74; SOll of (lrosC() t'. amI Edith 11. \\'oolsoll. [Ic IS t1l'sccntkd nn his father's side through a

Ll'ad Poisoning' by Carhonated ./0111'11111 oj 1//1' . \ m( ri«1/1 ( hemintl

"Syslt'matic [nsl'l'cli(l1l (If \\'"lls in Cities and TOllns." Ihid .. \' I II. "On Thn'e Sal1ll'll's of (,rucle JldrokuJ11." 1/>1.1 .• X lil. ".\n '\I']1a1'atus for I [vating Sealed Tu],l's." Il>i" , XIII. ".\nail'sis of Class uSl'd in thl' :\Ianufacturc of Ekl'll~ic Laml's." Ihid .. X I\', "\'otl' on f)enitratjon ()f PIToxy\in." 1I>id., XIV.

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"\"aillation ()f Purifier Oxide,"

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"Variations in the Compositi()n ()( Red Lead." (Ii I"e .lmericall ('''"min1l .'>'<leiely. X IX.

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lie servcd tll() years as .\lulllni Trustee of the StCYCllS Institute, and is a 111ember of the. \ merican Chcmical :';ocidy; the Society of l'Ilemical In(\ustry, London; the Deutsches Chl'llIische Gesl'lIschaft, Berlin; the Verein

C. G.

WOOLSON

continuous linc of .\merican lllcchanics or cllginl'l'I's "ince the latter part of thc 17th century. Ill' was under instructions on the


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TIlE .\LUl\fNl erecting floor of J. S. Mundy, builder of hoisting-engines, etc., l\CII ark, 1\. J., 1896<)7; draughtsman with the A. A. Griffing Co., Jersey City, N. J., engaged on heating and ventilating work, and draughtsman with 11. de B. Parsons, consulting engineer and marine architect, New York, 1897-98. From the laller cmployment he resigned to enter the United States Kavy, and during the war with Spain received a commission as assist:lnt engineer with the relative rank as ensign, and lias detailed at the Brooklyn Nav), Yard in the Bureau of Steam Engineering, being ('ngagcd on construction work on the" Chirago," .. Atlanta," "Texas," "Iowa," and ., Topcka." lIe was a member of the board appointed to make tests and report on the evapurative perfurmance of the distilling-ship .. Rainhuw." lle was assistant engineer with tl1l' Uniun Bridge Co., engaged in the con~trl1ction of tlVO steel coal路sheds for the Unitt't\ Stak~ guvernmcnt at Key \Vest, and tW() at Dry Tnrtl1gas, Fla., 1899 1900; draughtsmall with the Patten \ aCl1l1ll1 Ice ('0., N e,,' York, 190(): assistant engineer with the I{oi> illS Conl'l'yillg Belt Co., New York; II ith the E. F. Dupont Powdcr Co., of \Vilmingtoll. Del., and is nOli lIith the Baltimore Copprr Sm('\ling & Rolling Co., naltimore, Md.

son. IIc was c1raughtsman with the Natiullal ;\ll:lcr Co., Brooklyn, i\. Y., 1897 <)8, and when the Spanish war broke out hl: l:nlisted, being a membe r of the New Jersey .0l'al路al R l:se rve, and served {or five months in the ellgilleering corps aboard the United States auxiliary cruiser, .. Badger." After th e war was over he returned to the National l\Jl:ler Co., where he remailled a felv months, and th e ll went with the Gas Engine & Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, :-Iorris Ileights, :\. Y., "here he has Sllice beell L'llI[lloyul in des ignillg and draughting Oil torpedo-hoat and yacht cnginl: work, also ill boiler and engine testing'. lIe is nOli chid draughts man of the engineering departlllcnt. lie is an associate mcmher of the ,\merican Society of Naval Engineers . Wortendyk e, Ira F. (l\f.E., '89). \\'as horn In I'asrark. '\. I .. Septellliler 10, IR68. lie

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II. T. Woor.SON

Woolson, Harry Thurber (M.E., '97), was born in Wallillgton, N. J., Septcmber 20, J876; SOli of George C. and Sarah M. Wool-

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has bcen in the employ of the United Cas r1llpJ'(Jll'Illent Cu., Philadelphia, from 188() ttl date, H'pn'sLnting its interests in the following capacities: ,hsistant superintendent at the Jersey City Gas \\'o rks, 1893: and since 189-1- superintendent of the NelV Gas Light Co., .I alll'wi lie. Wis. Ill' is a Illcmber of the Alllerican (;as Light Association. 1\lr. \\'ortelldyke is the SOli of Frederick I,. and Ertlc (De Balin) Wortendyke. lIe married Parepa Rosa NeeI', June 26, 1899,


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and thcy hal'c one child, Freda Louise \Vortendyke. W orth, Barzillai Gardner, Jr. (i\LE., 'O T). was born in Cresskill. N. J.. June S. 1880. He constructed a small working model of a s tationary slide-valvc engine from original dcsigns before leaving the Jlublic school. lIe was with the Schlicht Combustion Proces ~ Co., Ncw \ ' ork, 190r, in charge of thc cxperiments with regenerative vVel sbach gas hurners. IIe sec ured an economy of 7S c.p. with a consumption or 21 cubic feet of gas per hour. As chief c1raughtslllan with the Union Subway Construction Co., New York. he clesigned the subway crossing of the Bronx River, 1901. Ill' is now constructing engineer with l\[r. \Valter Kidde, engineer and contractor. Afew York, for whom Ill' ha s had charge of the de s ign and construction of a special electrical pOII'c r and light equipmcnt, and other s tcam and electrical work. l\Ir. \\ 'o rth is the so n of J\rchibald C. and Elizabeth (Anderson) \ Vonl!. lIe married :\f abel Demarest Palmcr, Deccmber 20. 1899. Wreaks, Charles F. (l\LE. , '89). wa s born in Jersey City. N. J .. January r6, 1868. He wa s with the Edi so n Machine \Vorks. Schenectaeiy, 1889- 91; anei is now a member of the firm of 'Valker & IIughes, average-adjusters ,tnd in suranc e- brokers, New York. ]Je is a member of the Down Town A ssociation and the H.cform Club, Nell' York; of the i\JaltaIJo and Suburban clubs ill Elizabeth ; and of the Theta Xi fraternity. i\lr. \\ ' reaks is the SOll or Charles F. and l\lary K. Wreaks. IJe married Alice CUIllme),. June 6, 1893, and they have three children, Charles F. Jr. , Dorothy , and Francis \\ ' reak 5. W reaks, Hugh T. (l\f.E., '90), was with the \Vestinghouse Electric & l\[anufacturing Co., New York, 1890- 1902; and has been with the Exeter l\[achine \\'orks, New York . from 1902 to date. Wreaks, W illiam B. (1\1.E., '89), was with the United States Electric Light Co .. Newark, Af. J. , 1889-92, in the electrical laboratory. 1889-9 [, and assistant to the general superintend ent, 189T - 92; and has been with th e \\' estinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.,

Pittsburg, 1'a., from 1892 to date, in the engineering department, 1892-95; salcsman and cllginecr in thc Ncw 'York office, 1895J900; in a like capacity, in charge of business in the Maritimc Provinccs of Canada and Newfoundland. in th c N"el\" York export officc, 1<)00-02 ; and in a s imilar position In thc Dctroit ollicc fr0111 1<)02 to datc. Wright, Ernest Neall (l\r.E., '83), was born in Germantown. Pa ., i\larch 27,186r; ~o n of James A. ant! l\lar)' CookWrighl. lI e was a student at the Tcchni schc Iloch schul e, 11annover, Cerlllany, 1883- 86. and at. the University of Ciittillgen . Cottingcn, Cermany, 1886-87. Upon his ret111"11 to the United States he entered the employ of thc Spiral Weld Tube Co .. East Orange, N. J., re main ing with thl: company about a year; after which h e went with \Ves tinghou se, Church, K e rr, & Co .. ;\ CII' York and Ilos ton , J 889-93. I ll' wa s located at Monticello, Fla .. 18931901 , and has been at Boston, l\[a ss., s ince th e Iauer year. being now cngaged as consulting engineer. lIe is a lIlember of the Amcricall Society of Mechanical Engineers. Wright, Harry (M.E .. '98), ha s he en in t 1le employ or %indars & Jlunt. and the n. Krantz Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn. Wuichet, Edward (l\I.E.. '91) , was born in Dayton, 0., in 1868. 1re was 'v ice-pr eside nt of the 1\1 iami \ ' alley Boiler Co., Dayton. 0., 1892- 96; salesman with ,\le xa nd cr C;eblwrt & Co., lumber-dealers, Dayton. 1897 -1903; <tnd has iJeen treas urer and manager of tIle Union Storagc Co., Dayto n, from H)03 to date. lie is a member of thc Chi Phi frater nity. anti of th e Scottish I{ite :l\lasonic Order. i\1r. \Vuich e t is th e SOil of Eugene and Blanch e (La H.ose) Wuichet, of Swiss and French extraction. rIc married Martha , \Iice Rench. June 14, 189-1-. and they have one child, Juse ph Edward \\'uichct. Wurts, Alexander Jay (?If.E., '8-1-), was born in Carbondale. Pa., i\1areh 3, r862. He wa s brought up in France until tcn years of age, and he graduated from \' all' in r883, and [rolll Stevens In stitut e in 188-1-. lIc st udi ed electricity under Prof. Kohlrausch in Germany. 18R-1-- 86; was a pprent ice with the United States Electric Lighting Co., Newark,


TIlE r\LUMNI N. T., 1886; electrician with thc Julian Stora~e- Battery Co., Camdell, N. J., 1886-87; and

"The Com111l'rcial Success of N 011-1 \ rei ng ;\Iclal LighLning-.\rresLcrs." ibid ., 1893. "Sollle Expl'ri men Ls with DisntpLi ve Discharges." Ibid., 1893. "Notes on Lightning Protection." Ibid., r893. "Lightning-.\rrestcrs in the CniLed SLates." Elcctri, iall (London), 1893. "Discriminating Lightning-.\rresters and Rl'cenL l'rogrL'ss in :\leans for Protection .\gainst Lightning ," read before the ,\meriean Institute of Ekl'lrieal Enginecrs, 189-+. "Lightning-,\rrestcrs and \\,hy Thcy SOllletimcs Fail." }Olll'llllL of the I;rallklin flls/illlle, 18 95. "1\ ~lclhod o[ Increasing the Striking DisLan('\.' of a Gil'c n Elc('tro-~loLi\'e Force." 1o"lc,'IricaL 1~lIgillccr, 1896.

"Protection .\gainsL Lightning for II igh Potential I'ower Transmission l'ireuits ." Ihid., 1896.

A.

J.

WURTS

has iJeen on the technical stafe of thc \Vestin~housc Electric & Manufacturing Co . from 1XR7 to datc. [lis work has been along the lillt's of original research and dcsign. While Il"ith the latter com pan)" he has taken out about roo patcnts. During the four years follolling r897 he directed thc dcvclopment of the Ncrnst lamp in .\mcriea up to a satisiartory commercial basis. He was then appointed manager of the Nernst Lamp Co. organized by M r. \Vestinghouse. Hc has lectured on this lamp before technical audi I.'m'es in many cities in the United States. an(1 his lectnres have heen widely publishcll ill the technical press. Ilc has also lectured before the I\rt Socicl} o[ Boston, at Yale, Columbia, and Cornell unil'crsities, and the Franklin and Armour institutcs. In r904 he joinecl the staff o[ the Carnegie Institute. l'ilt:-;hurg, retaining his interests with the \\\'stinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Ill' is the author of the following papers:

"'1'11<' CurrenL Strength of a Lightning Stroh'." Ibid , ISq8. " 1~xl'cr,i,ml'l:ts . with E,kct rical Lightning .\I'1'l'sters. !:.lIglllccr, 18<)8. "The DC\'l'loplllcnL of the Nernsi Lamp in .\merica," reacl be[ore thc ,\mel"ican Institute of Electrical I~ngincers at the Pan -Amcrican Illcding, I ')0 I, ane! printed in nun1('rous ll'ehnical journals. Ill' is a llIemiJer of the American Institute o [ I':kctrical Engineers: the AllIerican Philosophical Society, thc ,\mcrican A:isociatioll for the A(l\'ancel1lellt of Science: and o[ the .\eadem)' o[ Science and .\rt5, Pittshurg. ;\ir. \\ 'urts is the son of Charles Pemherton and Laura \\' urts, and on his mother's sick is a direct descendant of John .lay, {-irst chief justice of the Supn:t1le Court of the Unit,'d States. III.' married Jeanie Lowrie Child,." July 30, .I~90, and they have two children, Thomas J lowe Childs and Laura Jay \\'urts. W yant, Robert E. (TILE., '89), was in the l'mploy of the Derby Gas Co., Derby, Conn., 1RR9-94; sU[leri ntenclent of thc Colorado Springs Cas & Electric Co., Colorado Springs, Colo .. 1894 96; and has been superi ntendent of the electrical department of the Derhy Cas Co., ])erhy, Conn., from )896 to date .

.. Lightning ,\rrcstl'rs allcl the DiseolTn' o[

~()ll ••\r('illg ~1l'la1s," read before the ,\ llll'l:ican 11IStitull' of Ekt"trieal Engill<'ers, ,892.

"The Tank Lightning ..\rrl'slt'l" as an Adjunct

[or Strl'l'l Railway 1'00\'l'l' 1[mlses." 1,'lIgillca, 11\<)2.

Rice/ricai

.

".\ Photographic als." Ibid., 1892.

Stl1d~' o[

Non .. \rcing \ll't-

Wynkoop, Hubert S ch uurman (M.E., '88), was hom i 11 Yonkcrs, N. Y., Septcmber 20, 1866. J Ie wa s employed in the engineering department o[ thc Leonard & lzard Co., Minneapolis and Chicago, 1888- 89; in the engineering department of the United Edison


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iVlanufacturing Co., Chicago, 1889--90; was assistant district engineer with the Edison General Electric Co., Chicago, San Francisco, and Atlanta, 1890-92; railway expert for the General Electric Co., Rome, Ga., [892- 93; technical expert and treasurer o[ the Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Co., New York, 1189-1-- 95; gas and electric inspector, 1895- 96, and assistant in charge of electricity and gas in the Bureau of Construction and H.cpairs, 1896-97 ill the Departmcnt of City \Vorks, Brooklyn, N. Y.; inspector in charge of the Bureau of Electricity and Gas, Departmcnt of Public Buildings, Lighting, and Supplies, Borough of Brooklyn, 1898L902; and has been elcctrical engineer in the Dcpartment of \Vater Supply, Gas, and Electricity, Brooklyn, from 1902 to date. Frol11 ]888 until 1895 his work covered principally the designing and erccting of clectrical plants for lighting, railways, powerLransmission, ctc. 1n 189-1-, in conjunction with 1\1r. J. 11. \ 'ail, formerly assistant enginc(Cr-in-chicf o[ th(C Edison General Electric Co., he wrotc a paper on "The Use of the Hoosler on Electric Railway Circuits," which II'as rcad at the thirtccnth annual convention of the Amcrican Street Railway Association. ,\Ithough, at thc time, the suggestions made in this papcr wcre dccmcd impractical, the " booster " has since COIllC into general use in rail way pOlVer houses. From time to time he has contributed articles to the technical journals, among which may be Illcntioned: .. Electrolysi s" in j\pplcton's j)oplliar Scie/lcc MOIl/hly, 1900;" Electric Fire N.isks;' Cassier's Jlfaga:::ine, 1900; "Gas Distribution as Vicwed by an Electrical Mall," . IIIIcricalt Gas Light) oltrnal, 190r. In ]899 he rcad a paper before the Amcrican Society of Municipal I mprovcl11ents 011 "Electrulysis from the Standpoint of the Municipal Electrician." IJc is a co['porate member of the Brooklyn Enginccrs' C1uh, <lnd a charter mcmber of the Municipal 1~llginecrs of the City of New York. 1"1 c is at present cOll1missary (captain) o[ the 23d Regiment o[lnfantry National euard of the State of New \ 'ork, and was formerly a memher of the Theta Xi fraternity. Mr. \Vynkoop is the son of Richard and Lydia Relchcr (Strang) Wynkoop, and is clescended froll1 Cornelius \Vynkoop, who

scttled at Albany, N. Y., in r657. He married Sarah Matilda Zabriskie, June 24, r890. and they have three children, Marjorie Zabriskic, Natalie, and Ruth Wynkoop. Yamada, Yokichi (1\1.E., '75), was located in Japan , ]876-78; Professor of Engineering, \' eddo, Japan, 1878-79 ; in the lmpcrial College of Enginecring, Tokio, Japan, 1879-92; and was cOllnected with the i\.kabane Engineering "Vorks, Tokio, 188-1--92, in which lat ler year he dice\. Yeaton, Samuel Charles (M.E., '99), was horn in Brooklyn, 1\'. \ ~., April T4, T874. TIe

S. C.

YEATON

attended Norwich Unil'Crsity Military Academy, Northlicld, \ ' t., for !l1'O years and a half. lIe lVas with thc Edison 1 ~ lcctric JIIL1lllinaling Co., Ncll' \ 'ork, 1899; with the Ga, I~ngine Power Co., Morris Ileights, N. Y., 1899- 1900; with thc Dc Dion Bouton Motor-路 elk Co., Brooklyn , N. \ '. , [<)00; and gencral agent for thc samc company at Boston and NCII'port in the sal11C ycar. Ue graduated with the degrce o[ Bachelor of Laws, with honors, from thc Nell' York Law School in [903,and was admitted to the New \ 'o rk Bar. lIe is a memhcr of the Theta Chi fraternity. Mr. Yeilton is the son of Samuel Cobb ancl Alma II. (Sylvcster) Yeaton. TIe married Estelle Bahcock. /\ ugust 8, J 899, and they have one child, Abbie Alma Yeaton.


THE .\LUMNI Yereance, William Burnet (1\ r. E., '88), was horn in .~ew York city November 21, 1866. II c has In'en l'mployed in the Dickson Locomotive Works; as in~pector of coal anci locomotives for the New York Central & J[ud~on River lbilrnad: in the l\\toona shops of the l'l'nnsyhania Railroad; Instructor 111 EngillL'l'ring at XCIV \"ork University coincidcntly \lith private cngineering practice; assistant to the genl'ral manager of the Ilrnoklyn EIl'\ated Railroad; ~ecrctary to the: gl'nnal superintendent of the \\'est Shorc I{ailroad; executi\'c sccretary to the vicepresident ami gcncral manager of thc \re~t Shore Railroad, \'icc-president of the C1e\'eland. ('incinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis I{ailroad. and general manager of the Becch Creek Hailroad; assi~tcd in the reorganization of the Morris & Essex Di\'ision of thc Lacka\\"anna Railroad; assistant for three years to the gcneral superintendent of the ilrooklyn Ileights Railroad; and at prcsent is cngagl'd with Ford, Bacon, & J)a vis, con~ulting cngincers. In IX()/, in conjunction \\'ith 111'. C. 1\1 Largl" he made a committee report to the ,\ssociation (If Raih\ay Bridges and Buildings on the !'llhject of .. Railway Icc lIouses." Thl' n'pnrt was printed in full in Icc alld Rcfrig<'l'cllioll, IX(jR lIe is an associate l11emher of the .\mcrican Society of Civil Engillcl'I's: and a mcmher of the American ~()l'il'ly of \[cchanical l~ngil1ccrs; of thc .\,slIciatioll IIf l\.ail\\'ay Supcrintcndcnts of flridg"l's allel Buildings; and of the Transportation and '\ew York Railroad clubs. ).[ r. Yercance 11larried ,\nnic E. ScriiJncr, ).Iay 10, 18S,), ane! they have f;\'c childrcn. ,\ll'x:tn,kr \\r., Jl'annil' 0., .\nita L., Edith Dc r. .. and Virginia Ycreance.

callle to this country fr01l1 England in 1635. Ilis nlothl'r' s fami'" ar,' of :\Ianx descent.

I k \\"as l'nlpl()Yl'd in the ~ollth " ' orks of the Illinois Steel C()" S()uth Chicago. III .. 1<)01 0-1-. at first in the IIll'challical engineerill,~" dep;lrtllll'lIt al1d then in the plate llIill. lie is 110\\" \\"ith the .\l11erican Radiator Co. Ill' is a mellliJer of the (,hi Phi fraternity.

Youngblood, Frank James (M.E., '02), was bol'll in \[orristown. T. T., 1\1arch 14, 1880: ~on oi James Coopcr ~nd Mary l'rances (L:t\\'f('II('l') Young-hloon. TIc is in thc elllploy of the British \Vcstinghousc Electric & :'.lanufacturing' Co., Manchester, England. I Ie is a IIIl'l11h('r (If the Dclta Tau Delta ancl Tall lkta Pi fratcrnities. Younglove, Roy Sylvander (M.E., '01), was horn ill (路hicag-o. T!I., Octobcr 30,1878; son of Ira S. and Lizzie (Quirk) Younglove. Samuel Younglove, his first American ancestor,

ROBERT ZAHNER

Zahner, Robert pI. E., '78), after graduating, fittcd himself for thc practice of law, and


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has sin ce followed this lin e of \\'o rk at Cincinn ati, 0" and 拢\tl<1nta, (;a,. in which latter city h e is now attorney ane! co un sell or-at-law.

L. B.

ZUSI

N. J.. 1876-77 ; in the Mechanical Laboratory of Ste\'cns Institute, 1877; assistant master mechanic of the Kell' York & Oswego Midland Rai lroad, \Tic1d lctown, N. Y., 1877-79; and subscCJuent ly was employed in the Pittsburg Car \rh ce! Works and with the firm of \Vith cro\\, & C;ordon, blast-furnacc engineers. at Pittsburg, Pa. In 1882 hc organizecl and startcd, in conn ection with 1\1r. \Villi alll Kent, the Pittsburg Tcsting Lahoratory. and ill conllect ion wit h thi s a bureau of inspection, \ "hilc connccted wit h thc Laboratory hc was appointed sales manager fo r thc Pittsburgdistrict of thc nahcock & Wilcox Bo iler Co . lt was while connected wit h this company that h c advocatcd (and e\路entuall y sold to the Lucy Furnacc Co.) water-tube boilers for blast fu rn aces, and introduccd thi s class of ha il er into hlast- furnacc practicc. In 1885 he hecame the manager of thc Pittsbu rg office of \\'es tinghouse, Church, Kc rr, & Co., contracti ng engineers, ane! it was while connectcd with this firm that hc contractecl for and built the first a lternat in g-current plant in this country. at Grecnsb urg, Pa. IIis con nect ion \\'ith this firm hrought him into contact wit h the \\'cstinghouse intercsts, and

Zimmermann, Hans Christian (l\1.E., '95), was bo rn ill Brooklyn. :'\)'. Y .. . \pril 2. 1873, II e was with \ \ ' estingh ouse. Church, Kerr. & Co., ~ew York. 1895- 98. Durlng the war with Spain he served as a 1l1ember 0 [ the 2cl L~attali o n of th e :\ ew York :\' a val Rese n 'e on th e U,S.S, "Sylvia ," lIe \I'as \\'ith the Edison li lect ri c Illuminatin g Co., of Brooklyn. ~, Y.. 1898190t; and has bcen \\'ith the United T!>:TERIOR OF POWER H OUSE, ST, LIII'RE:'>1C'E POII'ER Co" :\ I ASSDI.\. N, y, Coke & Gas Co" lVi//iam F . 7.i11lm('}'mallll from 190r to datc. 1Ir. Zimmermann is the SOI1 of \\'illiam frum that time u ntil J899 b e \\'as connected and Louisc Zimll1crmann. Tl e married Marie th ercwi th , h a \'i ng been sllccessi \'cly enginccr of the Fuel. Gas. & Electr ic Engi necrin g Co .. Eloisc Trott, April 7, 1900. ge nera l sllperintendent of thc Unitccl States Zimmermann, William F. (l\I.E,. '76). \\'as Electric Light & Power Co .. and assistant horn in S nug TJarbor, Staten 1s1an<1 , ~ , Y., gene ral Illanager of thc \ Vesti ng house Elec.Iul y 2-1-. 1857, H e was engaged in the sh ops tric & i\[anulacturiJlg Co. In 1899 he becamC' of thc Rogers Locomotive \Vorks, Patcrson, \'icc-prcsident and genera l manager of the


THE .\LU1Il NI St. I.awrencc Powcr Co .. a C01l1pany del'cloping a largl' IUII\'l'r in the northern part of "l'lI' York State. lie resigned from this company in I<)U2, and thc follolVing year acl'vptl'd his prescnt position lIith the \Yest · ingllOuse I']crtric & l\lallufarluring Co. I k is a IlIClllhcr of the \Illerican Society <If \[echanical I~ngincers: the Engineers' Cluh of XCII '\ ork; the Lilll.l ers' Cluh: the Thda Xi Club, and the Thda Xi fraternity. ~Ir. ZilllllJerlllann is the son of Charles Frazier and Susan n. (Johnston) ZimmerllJann. lie marrieu Stephanie Carr Lake in

:\ray, IRRI. and they have tllO childrcn, 11001'ard D. and I~leanor ./. Zinlll1ermann. Zusi, Leonard Borschneck (:\ 1.1': .. '()2). lias horn in \'ellark. N . .I., January ~. IRRI: son of Edward and Celestine (Borschneck) Zusi. Ilis grandparents 011 hoth sides lI'('re . \Isa tians. lie has heen II ith the .\merican Ra diator Co., Chicago. 111.. as draughtslllan: ha, engaged in experimental and investigatioll 1I'0rk in :\cwark, N. J: and is no\\' in the foundry business lI'ith Edward Zusi. Xell'ark. X . .1. I re is a member of the Tau Bela Pi fraternit I'.

ASSOCIATE ME M BE RS OF THE A L UMNI ASSO CIATION '1'11 E hiographical recll1'ds under this heading are oi fmlller stu<ienb \I ho. \lhile ill good standing, voluntarily sC\'cred their c(lnllection \I·ith the Institutc at scnne period prc\'ious to the graduati()n c:-\crciscs of their respecii\'e classes. 111 each casc the !'l1hjcci has done crcditahle \I'll1'k ill his clJc)scn professicln. and has rl'iai11ed all aclil'c interest in thc affairs of his . \Il1la :\Iatcr through associatc I1lCIllber.,hip ill the ,\ll1l1l11i •\sslIciaLioll.

Ball, Bert Charles, lI'as ho1'11 ill (;ralld Jslancl. \. Y .. .J \I Ill' 22, 1~7(): SOil of Frank II.

B. C.

BALL

:t1l<[ Katharim: n. Ball. Ill' studied with the Cia . tlf J8,)S at Stel ens. 11e II as chief engi-

Ileer with the nail & \\'ood Co .. Elizabeth, J" 189 1 97: passed assistallt l'llgillecr ill the United States Xa"),, J89R; consulting ell gineer in the firm of Ball & Corhett. Xell' York. (R99 [90r: and is noll' ~ecretary anci chief cngilleer of the \\'illaillelle Iron & Steel \\' orks. Portlallci. Ore. Ill' is a member of the American Society of ~Icchanical Engi neers: the .\merican Society of .'\a\'al EIl gineers: the ~eall'anhaka Corinthian Yacht Club: and of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

S.

Dickinson, Gordon K. pLn.), was born ill Jersey City. X. J.. Decemher 14, 18S5. lle lI'a, the first to pass the entrallce examillatioll for the Ua~s of IRiS. I Ie took two years of the regular course of study at the Institute and olle year of special preparation for a position Oil the Trallsit of Venus Expedition. laying a foundation at the same time for the study of medicine. TIe entered the Bellel'llC ~Ierlical School, .'\ell York. ill 1874, graduated in 1877, took a postgraduate course, and entered actil'e practice in 1879. [Ie is a ll1ember of the American Academy of Science; the American lledical Association;


TIl E STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIINOLOGY the N e\\' York Academy () f Medicine; is ~urg-('on of (he City <\11<\ the Christ hospitals,

G. K.

DrCKIK SO:-.l

of Jersey City, and consultant at Bayonne (N. J.) Hospital. Dr. Dickinson is the son of \Villia1l1 L. and Celia ((;oss) Dickinson. He married Louise \Valerman in June, 1888, and they have five children. Louise, Claire, Ruth, l\1arie, and Celia Dicki nson. Parsell, Henry Van Arsdale, was born in \'cwburgh, N. Y., June 3.1868. At an early age he engaged in experimental andmechanical work in his own home, where he had unusual facilities in the way of engines, machines, instruments of research, hooks of reference, etc., the collection of which was begun by his father and continued by him, until at the present time it is perhaps one of the most complete and valuable private installations of its kind. Tn 1880 he began the study of electricity hy making all the experilllents given in Tyndall's .. Lessons in Electricity." Tn the same year he entered 1\1. \\!. Lyon's Collegiate 1n,tiLute where he attended until 1885, during which period, in addition to his studies, he continued work in the shop at home in various electrical branches, such as telephony, electric gas-lighting, and other domestic applications. In r88-f. he began experiments with photographic apparatus, culminating in

l\I ay, ] 885, wi th a patent on a hand camera which was tbe forerul1l1er of the leathercovered camera now in general usc. In the latter year he entered the shop of the Stoutl\leado\\'croft Co., ?\ew York, makers of electric no\'eltics and agcnts for miniature Edison lamps. \Vhile with this company he installed in the laboratory in his home a battery of III'e nty-e ight chro1llic ilcid primary cells capahle of rtlnning eight 16-cCl ndlepower lamps of 2-1- I'olts each. .\ fter one I'ear he replaced this plant with 14 cells of Cibson ,torage hattery. charged hy a dynamo and a ::ihipillan steam engine. Later this steam eilgi]](' \l'as replaced hy an Otto gasenginc of four hor,e- powcr. Tn 1887 the ~tout - l\Jeadowcro[t Co . \l'as succeeded by E. S. Greeky & Ce> .. with who111 he remained a short time \\'hile the latter firm was familiarizing itself with the lll'II' lille of goods. [Je then spent six months lI路jth the (;ihson Elect ric Co., worki ng Oil storage-hattery construction. rn IR88 he constructed and installed a g;all'ano-faradic apparatus operated on the TIO-\'olt Edison current. This displaced a sixty-cell g;ral路jty hattery and. so far

II. V. A.

PARSELL

as is knowl!, was the first apparatus of this kind ever huilt and operated. lie then prepared for Stevens Institute and entered in the fall of 1889 with the Class of 1893. In the spring of 1890, during his spare time, he was connected with the Edison


THE f\ LUl\JNI exhihit in the Lenox Lyceulll where he installed a Illodel electric railway with autoIllatic signals, also arranging a" Chamber of IIlu.-ions,路' and acting in an ;tch'isory capacity regarding ('flects of lighting in the main hall. In the ~pring of 18c)! he installed ;It ~r1lf(.If)n Lake in the .\c1irondacks, the first l'leclric lighting plant to use the Olto gasolillt' l'nginl' ill this Cl1llntr)'. rn '905 this plant is still in successful usc. Upon the

During this time he was one of the early workers with the X rays. and hc devi sed and built a nell' apparatus for dental cala 路 phoresis. III the fall of 'Rc)<) he forJ11ed, \I ith Mr. l\rtllllr .I. ,,'eed, the f1rJ11 of Par sell & \\' eed. for the construl'lion of J110d e ls for in\'c ntors and eXjll'1'inll'nll'1's. and estah lish ed the Franklin ::'Ilodel :-;hoJlln Nell' \ ' ork city for carrying Oil the \I路ork. The" Frank lin l\Iodel J)ynaJ11o" de s igned alld huilt hy

FIRST ELECTRIC PLANT IN AMERICA R U:-I BY OTTO GASOLINE ENGINE

H. V. A. Parsell

cllll1pietilln 0 f this latler installation he discontinued his studies at Stevens Institute, a 11(1 bCCall1l' associated with the New York agcllcy for lhe Olto gas engine. In 1892 he entered the decorative and mini ;lturC lamp department of the Edi so n Lamp (0., at Harrison, N. J., as shop superintendent, in ",hich position he was engaged for two years in the devising and construction of various electrical effects, electric signs, automatic switches, etc. The next five years he 'pent in experilllental and consulting work.

thi s firm wa s awarded a diplonla at the Panj\l11criciln Exposition in lC)OT. In addition to hi s conncction with thi s firl11 he is presidenl of the Baldwin Calculating' l\lacllin(' Co., and treasurer of the New Al1lsterdam Eye and Ear Hospital , hoth of New York; a director of the Nurris - Peters Co., photolithographers, \Va shington, D. c.; a nd a di rector of th e Taylor IIouse Association. Schroon Lake, N. Y. Mr. Parsell !J;IS written, anonymously, appendices tu a well-knowl1 electrical dictionary


TIlE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIlNOLOGY and to sCI'eral smaller works, and in collaboration with 1\1r, ,\. J. \Vcecl has written a hook on ,. Gas .Engine Construction." Hc is a past I'icc-prcsident of thc ;,.rcw York Electrical Society; an associate member of the .\mcrican lnstitutc of Elcctrical Enginccrs; a mcmbcr of thc Tnternational 1~lectrical Congress, St. Louis. 190-1-: the ,\1l1erican l\S,()ciation for thc ,\dvanccment of Science; the .\1l1erican l\Iuseu111 of Natural TJistory; the :\funicipal 1\rt Socicty; the ;,.rcw York l10tanical Gardens; the Society of .\1l1erican :'Ilagicians. of which he is archivist: the ,\1dinc ,\ssociation: ane! the Republican Club. lTe is a Royal Arch 1\fason. h,\\'ing attained the thirty-scconel degrec of the Scottish Rite and the ninetieth degrce of thcRite of Memphis: and a mcmber of Mecca Tcmple of the :'Ilystic Shrinc. :\[r. Parsell is the SOil of Tlenr), V .• \. and 1 Tannah 11. (Petcrs) Parsell. TTc married i\laud E. Collins, January 31, 1893. Streeter, Lafayette Pinkney, was born III Ihooklyn. :-\. Y .. Deccmbcr 25. 18i3. lle

L. P.

STREETER

studied tor threc years with thc Class of 1900, and received a certificate from thc Institute, issued June I I, [900, signed by thc latc President i\lorton , certifying to his successful

completion of the special course pursucd. [Ic entered the el11ploy of thc l\ew York Air Ilrake Co., at \\'atertown. ;,.r. Y., as assistant to thc 111echanical engineer. on January I, 1901; was appointed first assistant mechani cal engineer of the company in June. [902, and was thc acting head of the l11echanical engi neer's department for a period o[ about three months during that summer, On Janu ary T, 1903. upon the reorganization of the mechanical cngineer's department. he \\'as appointed to the newly created position of cngineer of tests. hal'ing charge of thc physical lahoratory and the testing of purchased material. as \\'ell as of special tests of machinery and of hrake apparatus in general. lIe is an associate memher of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers: a memher of the .\ 1I1erican Society for Testing i\1aterials; and a mel1lber of (he Sigma ;,;U fraternity. Wilcox, Frank, was born ill Pittsburg. Pa .. :'Ilay 26. J85-1-. Ill' spcnt threc years at Ste1'(, IlS. studying with the Class of 1880. lie thell became assistant master mechanic in thc shops of the Pittsburg, Fort \\'ayne. & Chicago Railroad. at Fort \\' ayne, Ind .. 1i\8o-8 r; was engaged in the machine and (oundry business in Pithburg. huilding hydraulic ane! Bessemer mill Illachinen'. 1881 R."): mining and smelting lead in i\'lontanil. 1883-8-1-; engineer of (he Ph iladelphia Cn .. l'ittsburg. producers and carricrs of natura; gas. ]88-1--90; superintendent of the Pittsburg \\'ater Department under E. 1\T. Big"ClolI". Director of thc Department of Public \\ 'orks. 18C)0-92 : and has been engineer and director of the T. A. Gillespie Co .. being engaged ill I:1rge contract work. morc especially til<' huilding of watenl'orks reservoirs and steel pipe-I inc \\¡ork. from ]892 to date. He is a memher of thc l\merican Society of Cil'il I<:ngineers: and the Engineers' Society of \ \' estern Penns)" lI'a n ia. :\11'. \\'ilcox is the son of Lemuel and Eliza Fleming \\'ileox. a11(1 is descended [rom John \\,ileox, who landed in Connecticut frolll I~oston. England. in 1628. He married Annie Brett. () [ Drookli ne. :'I fass .. ?\ ovel1lber. J 886, and they have onc child living. \\,inthrop Wilcox.


THE CLASSES OF 1903 AND 1904 it was decided t() change this \\ork from a T\\'ent\,-flfth .\ll1li,·ersar)' V()lume to a :\[clllorial to the late Prcsidcnt :\[ort()n. it \\'as planned. as heingthe most appropriate arrangemcnt. to include in the regular order ()f the _\lulllni biographies the members of all classes down through the Class of 1902. \\'hich "'as thc last to complete its coursc undcr him. The Classes of ]903 and 19°-1- forlll a peculiarly fitting link between the past and the prescnt administrations, thc former cOlllpleting the 11lajor part of its \\"Ork under Dr. :.\lorton. and the latter its majur part uncler ])r. llull1phre),s. The transiti()n frum the old regime t() the nell' is strikingly 5hO\\'I1 ill the t,,·() Class photographs on pages 036 and 0-1-0 respecti,·ely. In the foriller. the Class ( I I 1903. taken ill its graduating yea r. shOl" s the 11le11lbers in ci"ilian dress. in \\'hich the C;raduates and thc Facultl' had alll'ays appeared on C()llllllcnCC11lel1t ] )a)" adapting thelllsell·es. of course. to the con"cnti()llS of the hour. the cxercises being usually held in the evening. On page 6-1-0 \\'i11 be found the phut()graph (If the Class of 190-1-. ,\'ith the Trustees. Faculty. Cuests. and :.\IemlJers of the Class n)hed in the traditiollal cap and gO\\'n. \\'hich "'ere adopted hy the Jnstitute in the spring of J()O-l-. This photograph \\'as taken i11lmediately after thc graduating e;-o;c rciscs ()n thc mOrJ]ing of the J 6th of June of that year. I n thus presenting the Classcs of 1903 and J 90-1- it is deemed ach·isalJic. ill liel' of the recent graduation ()f thc me11lIJers. not t() attelllpt C!Jlllpiete hi()graphical sketches, but rather t() g il'c Illerely thc llre:-;ent cmpl()yment. These t\\O Classes ill furnish a fitting startillg-p()int fm a future hi:-;torian. " '/lEN

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CLASS OF 1903

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Standing in S econd Row

From Right to Left

ASSISTANT-PROFESSORS KNAPP, GUNTHER, SEVENOAK, ANn MOORE, AND INSTRUCTOR LE PAGE, AND AT EXTREME LEFT ASSISTANT-PROFESSOR PRYOR


THE ALUMNI

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THE CLASS OF 1903

(;roell/Clteel nlitlt the Degree of 111echanical Engineer, jlllle 18, 1903 Alden, J. Douglas, with the Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co., South Norwalk, ( ·!lnll. Alden, James W., with the Public Service ('orporation of ~ew Jersey, Jersey City. Allen, Miner W., with ('II., New York.

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Chamberlain, Harry T., with the Erie Railroad. Meadville, Pa. Chewning, Walter L., cadet engineer in the gas departmcnt of the Public Sen'ice Corporation of ~cw Jersey, stationed at :\'ewark, N. J.

Consolidated Clark, Howard R, with the A. D. Granger Co., cont racting' engineers, New York.

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Assmann, Frederick P., secretary and treaslIrer of the Continental Can Co., Syracuse, N.

Dreyfus, Edwin D., ,,·ith mel's Co., Milwaukee, \Vi s.

Backus, Russell G., with the \\'o rthington Sll'am PUIlIP Co., Harrison, N. J.

Duer, John Van Buren, with thc General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.

Baldwin, Raymond 5., with James Ste\\,art & Cn., cont rae tors, Baltimore, 1\1<1.

Freeman, Frederick C., constructing engineer in the clllploy of the United (;as impro\'l'lllcnt Co .. I 'hiladl'lphia. 1'a.

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Bennitt, George E., spl'cial apprentice at till' Ilald\\'in I.ocomoti\,c Wmks, I)hiladd ·· phia, I'a.

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Furman, George B., with L. O. KOI'en & [lro .. manufacturers ()f iJoilers anel heal'), shed-iron specialties, Jersey l'it)', N. J.

Bradley, Chester E., inspcctor \\'ith the \storia Light, Ileat, & POWCi' Co., i\~toria, L()ng bland, N. Y.

Hagerty, Walter W., with the New Am sll'nlalll (;as Co., New York.

Bray, William j., lI'ith the Consolidated Cas Co., Baltimore, Tlld.

Jalien, John J., special apprentice at the I\ald\\in l,oconlOti,'C ,,'o rks, Philadelphia, Pa.

Bunje, Charles, Jr., in the street mil\\'ay dcpartment of the Public Sen'ice Corpora· tion o[ New Jersey, 1l0iJoken, N. J.

Johnson, Harry W ., Instructor in Mechanical J )rall ing and ])csigning at Ste\'l~ns Institute of Technology, lloboken, N. J.

Burke, Robert E., with the Co., Providcnce, R. I.

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Kiernan, Peter H., assist:.tl1t manager o( the Jnsl:y City district o( the Nell' \.'ork & ;\ ell .I erscy Telephone Co.

Butler, Joseph F., cadet l'ngineer with the United (;a, Improvement Co" stationeu at the Tllcriol) & Radnor l;as & 1 ~ ll'ctric ·o.'s \\·orks, A relnlOlT, Pa.

Krantz, K. Theodor, with the Alphon:> l'ustodis Chimney Construction Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Cabrera, Frederick, practising as a consulting and contracting cnginl'l'r, Managua, :'-J icaragua, C. A.

La Fetra, Harry L., transitman, in the Topographical I\ureau, Borough of \2l1eens, .:\ cw York.

Chadwell, George H " assistant engineer with the Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co., Jersey City, N. J.

Lott, Samuel H., Instructor in Mechan ical [)ra wing at Stevens Institute of Technology, lloboken, N, J.


THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECIIi\Or"OGY THE CLASS OF 1903-Continued

Gn,d,wlcd ""ith Ihc Degrce of Mcclwltica{ Eltgillc!'r. Mapelsden, Harold H., in the turbine-test ing departillent of th e (;cneral Electric Co., ~chenectady.:\T. Y. Marvin, Richard H., at the (;cncral Elec tric Co.'s Laillp \\'ork s, lTarri son, X. J. Mertelmeyer, Gisbert C. A., draughtsman lI'ith thc \iCII' York Edison Co .. New York. Murphy, Benjamin S., s pcc ia l app rcnt ice Ilith the I'cnlhyh'a nia l{ ai lroad Co .. Altoona, I'a. North, Gilbert, electr ica l engineer of ins t nllllcnts. l'lel'l ri ca l enginl'l'r ing department of the British \V l'st in g holl sl' Electric & :\[anllfactllring Co., Ltd., Trafford Park, :\ Ianc hester, I ~ng l and. Prahl, Frederick A., with \Valter Kidde, New York. 111'. I'rahl marri ed l\1arie (;ilhcrt, :\[ay 18, ' 90-+. :\I.I~ ..

Pratt, Auguste G., in the cngin ec ring dcpartme nt of th e Bahcock & \\ ' i1cox Co., Ib yonne, X. J. :\J I'. Pratt marricd Ruth ;\csmith of Brooklyn. J a nuary ,3, 19째,3. Quigg, Edward A., at the ;\orth of the Illinois ~teel Co .. Ch icago, 111.

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ment of the Puhlic Se rvi ce Co rporat io n of Xl'\\' Jnse),. J ersey C ity, N. J. Schmidt, Arthur H., \\'as l'I'ccting enginecr and drallghlsman lI'ith th e Il a)'lI'ard Co., ;\e\\' \ ' ork. Ill' died Dccemher 3, ' 904. Schuetz, Frederick F. (A.M., Columbi a U ni\'l'1's it y. ' 90-+ ), soli c itor of United States ;1 11(1 foreign patents, Xl'II' York. Smith, Elmer, employed at the Providenc e I': ngi nl' e ri ng \\ ' orb, Pro\'idence, R. 1. Squier, Harold N., cadet c ng in cl'r lI'ith the LTnited (;as InlprOl'l'ml' nt Co., Philadelphia. String, Joseph S., Jr., assistant cngineer of const ruct ion, .. \ storia Light. I feat, & Powc r Co ... \ sto ri a. Long Tslan<1 , N. Y. Van Etten, Herbert B., in the engineering departlllent of the f\CW York & Ne\\' J crsey Tclephonc Co., Nell' York. Van Houten, Charles M., ass istant c ngiIl ee r in thl' T opog raphi cal Bureall, Borough of Ouccns. ;.I'l'li' York: a city su r\'cyo r, :Jew York; and, as ho ld er of the Could sc hoJar~hip, XI.'II' York UniH r sit y, taking a postgraduate course in thc Sch ool of Pedagogy.

Rabbe, Frederick, Jr., lI'ith Jacoh j\. Zimmermann. general co ntractor, Xc\\' York.

Whitehouse, Louis C., assistant e ng in eer II'ith the Pintsch Com pressing Co., New \. ark.

Rivero, Ricardo J., assistant managcr of th e cotton mill of th e lirm of " . Riv ero's Successors. :\ Iontere)" ~ lexico. ~Ir. I{il'cro married manche :\l. Kenyon, of 11 oboke n . .\. J., October 1 2, J 904.

Woodbury, Daniel C., in the electri ca l de partment of the Xcw York Centra l & Ilud SO il Hil' e r Ra ilroad, J\CII' York.

Roeser, Charles J., cadet engineer in the employ of the llud son Co un t)' gas depart-

Wright, Donald A., in the esti mati ng departml'nt of the North \\'orks, Jllin ois Steel Co .. C hi cago. III.


TIlE .\IX:\I?\J THE CLASS OF 1904

Gradualed <"ilh Ihe Ikgn'e vf .11 cC/llIllical I~I/gil/"cr, J IIIIC /6, [(In / of

Backus, Richard A" lIith Post &: :\Ic( ·or<1. I Ill' , stn'l rOI1~tnlct"r,. \ l'lI '\ ork.

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Bates, Charles J., Jr., eiliployed \VII '\ ork Eciisoll Co., ;\l'\1 York.

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Billings, Andrew W., <tssi.t<tnt hvating ancl lightil1g l'l1gil1vl'1' for the Iloard oi Sta\(' \nllor.\ l 'o1ll11lissiol1l'1's. Stall' ,\rchitl'd" (lllicl'. \11.;111.1', X. Y. Blaisdell, Charles 0., 1\ ith :'II. \\. 1"lIllgg &: Co., cl1gillL'l'l'S a 1111 Cl)l1t rad Ilrs. :\ l'l\ '\ orl,.

& Brachvogel, John K" 1\ ith t-f linn patent :tttornl'~ s, and proprietors .. Sril'l1tiiic ,\llll'rican," \L'W York.

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Dunlop, Charles W" wilh the I'inlsch Cnlllprl'ssi ng (·n., ,\ ,.\\' \' ork. Fry, L, B., \lith 1IIIIllphrl'y~ &: (;Ia~go\\'. \\atel' gas eng-illl'L'rs, 1.lllldon, England. Garza, j, M., taking a coursl' il1 11Iinillg lnginl'l'1'11Ig al thl' ( 'olorario Schou I oi :\lilll'S, (;olden, ( '0111. Gaylord, Harold B., cillpl"ycd ill the cram: dl'partnll'l1t oi tlte \iIL" 1lt-ll1l'lil "olld Co., 1'ltiladl'lphia, I'a. Greve, Edgar E" taking' a course in llIin ing el1ginl'cring at tltc Colorado School oi :\lil1CS, (;oldl'n, ('010. Guernsey, Ralph B" \\ itlt \\ 'l'stinghousl', l'hurch, Kerr, & L·O., :\l'\\ York. Hayes, William G" lIith thc Illinois Sted ('0., .Iolil't. Ill.

Calkins, George N" assistant tl) thl' gell eral JIlal1agl'r oi til" \\'Y'Jlllillg ( 'o; Ii .\1 inillg' Co., \lol1arch, \\ '.10.

Hedden, Clarence Earle, tl'aching ph)"i 's, rltl'lnislry, and dr;\\\ ing In tlte Caldwcll ( \'. J.) II igh SellOol.

Carpender, Moncure C" taking the postgracluatl COllI'S<' ill l'll'elrical l'lI,gilll'l'1'illg. COI'11l,1I L'lIi\'l'1'sit,\, Itilaca, .\. Y.

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Carr, Walter A" 1I1L'nlhl'1' oi th.' :\L'pt 11 Ill' L<luncil'.1 Co., I'hiladl'iphia, I'a . ~

the Bri,tol Co.,

Bunch, David 5., supl'rintencil'nt of the \Iill l{ill.'1' 1':Jl'l'tric I.ight l·o., \\'illianlo.; hnrg, :\1 ass.

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Dennis, Henry P., 1\ ith \\ 'atl'rhury, (·()JIII.

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Buckenham, Archibald G., \lith th' Xl'\\' '\ ork \lnt11al Cas I.ight CO., \V\\ York. Ilgiugh

Del Rio, C., ellgaged ill l'ngi neeri ng \\ ork i'ahasco. :'Ill,ieo.

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Carroll, Morris B., in the tllrhine dl'part I11l'l1t of I he (;l'lll'l'al EkL'l ric Co., Schvllec tady, ;\, Y. Cazin, 0, K., l'lllployed II ith R. It. SOllk. Illechanical l'lIgillel'1', :\l'1I York. Church, Herbert B., L'lllplo,ll'd 1>.1 thl' Cllll ,olidated Safety ['ill Cu., llluu1l1field, ;\. J.

Hedden, Viner J., \Iith \" J. lll'ddl'n & l·o., cOlltractors. \l'l\ark, :\.).

Herb, Arthllr, \\ ith ,I. Sch\\arzwaldcr & Sons. X e\\' '\ ork. Hollins, George G" in the dcparl1llellt of tests Ilf the Cellnal Electric Co., Schenectady, ~. Y. Hubert, Philip A" 1\ itll Post & t-frCnl'lI, ,tcel COllstructors, \l'\I York.

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Ingham, William \ \ . arrl'll F()\lndr~. Phillipsburg, ;\. J.

G" foreman with the Pipe, & "lachine Co.,


CLASS OF I904

MEMBERS OF THE CLASS VANI)ERDEFK !-i( IIIHHWER PROUT PRATT N l;:F.FUS WARFIELD SC IIAI"II I' ,\TTI' I{SO;": HunERT W}<:STFRVl'I,T

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TRUSTEES , FACULTY AND INVITED GUESTS Sitting in Front Row From Left to Right PRF.SJDENT s. n. nOI1, or THE BOARD or 'I RUSTLES; l'l{F.SIIJENT A. C, IIUnIPIlREYS; 'HI:. WALTER C. KFRR, WlIO DFf.IVERl':n TJIF. ..\DDRFSS TO THE GRA])UATI:-.I(; ('LASS; MIL E])W .\RD WESTON, WIIO REC'E1VI<[) TilL-: HOl'\OR,\I~Y IlJo;(:RU: OF DOCTOI< OF SCI EN CE; REV . EVWJ\lU) WALl.; COL. E . A. STJ<\'LI\S, TIHISTEE; Rh;\'. J. ('LAYTON ~lIT("JJEI.L; MIL A . R. WOLFF, TRUSTKE; ("O L. {;EORGE HARV,EY, TRUSTEE:; Ml~. W. C. POST, AI.U1JI\J T.lWSTEE; J)HOl'. W. lIACCORn; PIWF. ('. F. hROE1J~ PIWF. W. E. C:EYJo',K; ANn PHOF. J. H. \\ FU13

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Standing in Second Row-From Left to Right PRQFFSSQRS RJF.SF.r\UERGER, JACOBUS, BRISTOL, OANZ, AND FURMAN, ANn ASSISTANT-PROFESSORS GRAYDON, PRYOR, SRVENOAK, KNAl~P, MOORE, GUNTHER, AND POND

Standing in Third Row - From Right to Left INSTRUCTORS LE PACE, SBOUDY, MAR1'IN, AND JOHNSON


THE ALUMNI THE CLASS OF I904

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Continued

Graduated wilh the Degree of M echollical Enginccr, Jlllle 16, 190! Jacobus, Robert F., engaged in special cxperimental work at Stcvens Institute.

Pratt, Harlan A., with the \Vcst in gho usc Electric & :'.fanufacturing Co ., New York.

Johnson, Joseph E ., ill the cngl11cenng department of the General Firc Extinguisher Co., Providence. R. r.

Prout, Henry B., in th e steam turbinc depar(11lcnt of the \\ 'cstinghouse Machinc Co., Pittsburg. Pa.

Koester, Herman, with thc R li ~s Machine Co .. manufarturers of powcr presses, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Schaub, Albert H ., with thc Buffalo Forge Co .. l\"cw York.

Lane, Harold B., in thc steam turbinc dcpartmcnt of the Gcncral Elcctric Co., Schencctady, N. Y. Leddell, William A., employed by thc Powcr Specialt) Co., Ncw York . Mount, Ralph H., ,,路ith the :\c\\' York &. "1'\\ Jcrsey Telephonc Co .. Brooklyn, N. Y. Mylius, R. W., in the gas-engin e department of the National Mcter Co., Brooklyn,

Schroeder, August E., engin ceri ng apprcn, ticc with thc Wcstinghouse Elcctric & J\1anufacturing Co .. Pittsburg, Pa. Staples, William 0., w ith thc Rapid Transit SlIb\\'ay Construction Co., Ncw York. Suhr, Curt, assistant supcrintendent, Bay\\ay Refining Co .. Elizabcth. X. J. Vanderbeek, J. Wilbur, with the PiersonSefton Co., manufacturers of horticultural impl cments, Jcrscy C it y, N. J.

N. Y. Neefus, Harold, V . H., with James Stewart & Co., gencra l contractors and engineers, New York.

Warfield, Douglas R., wit h the \Vcstinghousc E lectric & i\ [anu factur in g Co. East Pittsburg, Pa.

Page, J. D., with the \ Vorccstcr Salt Co., Silvcr Springs, N. Y.

Westervelt, H. Irwin, Instructor in Mcchanical Enginecring, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Patterson, Warren P ., mine wircman for the Gypsey Mine of thc Fairmo unt Coal Co., l;ypscy, W. Va.

Willis, Charles M., cadct cngi necr wi th the \Vestch estcr Lighting Co., Mount Vcrnon, N. Y.

Paulson, William E., with the consolidated (;a5 Co., New York.

Zimmermann, Howard D., in the gas-cngine tcsting department of the Wcstinghouse J\Iachinc Co., Pittsburg, Pa,

Pearce, W. H., Graham Court, N cw York. Penney, Rupert L., with the vVinchester ]{cpcatlllg Arms Co., N cw IIa yen, Conn.

Zusi, Norman E. , is ill the clllp lo,)" of the l\" ell' York & X ell' .I erscy Tclephone Co., Xewark, X. J.


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