Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Robert J. Holden Associate Dean of Students Occupying a unique position in the office of Associate Dean of Students, Dean Holden ' s duties are purposely undefined in order that they may develop according to the needs of the student body. A graduate of Al- bion College and the Harvard Divinity School, Dean Holden will also serve as co- ordinator of student activities. Institute representative, and host to visitors. Brainerd Alden Thresher Director of Admissions In 1929 Professor B. Alden Thresher joined the Institute faculty as an instructor in economics and was named a full professor in 1945. An alumnus of the Class of 1920, he has served, as Director of Admissions at M.I.T. for twenty years. Joseph Chrisman MacKinnon Registrar Emeritus Joseph Chrisman Mackinnon, Registrar of M.I.T. since 1923, has retired this year after forty-two years of service to Technology students and faculty. He is a member of the Class of ' 13, graduating in electrical engineering. Although liis most familiar role to present day students was that of registrar, his past positions have included assistant secretary of the faculty and lecturer in economics. He is a past officer and president of the Association of Collegiate Registrars.

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Kobert R. Batchelder CIVIL P7 Bruce Blanchart William C. Brasuell Lee P. Bredbenner h m i Eugene L. Hartman Steven H. Hawkins Harald J. Henriksen Civil engineering is probably the broadest and the most important of the br nches of engineering. Civil engineering is responsible for our modern cities with their complex network of transportation systems, sanitation facilities, and towering sky- scrapers. The large range of opportunities requires that the civil engineer has broad technical knowledge supplemented with practical experience. The technical courses are only part of the education, for laboratory courses give the student experience in manipulating the tools of the profession. Most civil engineering projects involve three separate phases, conception, design, and construction. As a result many men find that their professional w ork centers on only one phase. Therefore, the course is arranged so that after training in the funda- mentals, the student can continue in an option suited to his personal interests. The American Society of Civil Engineers offers both technical and social oppor- tunities for its members. Tt also attempts to instill a professional spirit and to acquaint the student more closely with his chosen profession. Chi Epsilon, the national civil engineering honorary fraternity recognizes those students who have made outstanding contributions to the course, and to M.I.T. as a whole. The department ' s greatest asset is its faculty, who are leaders in their field — men of fine teaching ability and sound engineering achievement. Many of the developments in the field have come from the laboratory, where student and professor work side by side. I ' RUF. JOHN B. WILBUR