Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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HAROLD CIRUSIUS BIRD, Ph. I)., c;.i:. I ' nifrs.wr oj Civil Hn iiniriuifi and Cliaii- iiian of I)i ' )iiiini( ' iil of C ' ivil Einiiiiicnni; PROCESSOR BIRD, a iiuinlKT ol (lie 1 )iikc faculty since 1926 as Professor of Clivil Engi- ncering, received his Ph.D. from ' nlr in 1908, H. C. Bird, R. .S. Wilbur, V. H. Hall, W. J. .Seeley his C.E. from Yale in 191 1. He is now con- centrating on the thorough training of competent civil engineers for service in connection with the war effort. He has been a leading member and officer of state and sectional engineering societies and has been a successful editor of Engineering Journals and Bulletins. WILLIAM HOLLAND HALL, A.B., A.M., B.C.E., M.S. C.E. Dean of tiie College of Engineering THE WAR ' S DEMANDS on the College of Engineering have been particularly great in the constant demand for technically trained young men by all branches of the armed services and by war industry. Dean Hall and his as- sociates have had to deal with the problems of increased enrollment, intensified courses of study, and the capacity burdens on teachers and facili- ties. Before coming to Duke in 191 5, he attended the U. S. Naval Academy and obtained his A.B. and A.M. degrees from Duke in 191 4. He re- ceived a B.C.E. degree from the L nivcrsity of Michigan in 191 5, and an M.S. in C.E. from the University of Wisconsin in 1927. RALPH SYDNEY WILBUR, B.S. IN M.E., M.E. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chairman oj the Department of Alechanical Engineering PROFESSOR WILBUR is chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Wilbur has served as chairman of the Raleigh SCI lion ol llic Nuriii (;,irolin,i I )islrict of American Society of Mc- lianical Engineers. Before coming lo Duke as . ssociale Professor in nyy], he oijtaincd his B.S. in M.E. and his M.A. degrees from Tufts College. He iiad also been engaged in mechanical engineering with commercial com- l anies and had taught at the University of Iowa, University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette C College, and at the United States Naval Post-graduate School at Annapolis. wai;ii:r jamils seeley, m.s. I ' lo esior and Head of Electrical Engineering Di ' ft rlnirn! MR. WALTER J. SEELEY has been at Duke in the College of Engineering since 1925 and has been professor of Electrical Engi- neering since 1929. Before coming to Duke, Mr. Seeley was an Ensign in the U. S. Navy working on the Special Board on Anti-submarine Devices, and an instructor in Electrical I ngi- neering at the University of Pennsylvania. In February of this year, Mr. Seeley was made Consultant to Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Washington, D. C. He spends one week in Washington and one week in Durham, his class- es being specially arranged. Dr. Alice M. Baldwin ALICE MARY BALDWIN B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Dean of the Jl ' oman ' s College R. ALICE MARY BALDWIN received her B.A. and M.A. degrees at Cornell Uni- versity. She earned her Ph.D. in 1923 from the University of C:hicago; in the summer of that year she came to Trinity College as the Acting Dean of Women for Summer School. D 17