University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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Faculty Howard Edwards, A. M., LL. D President Professor of Political Economy and Social Science. Ph 2 - t A. M., Randolph-Macon College, 1876; Student, University of Leipzig, 1877-1878; Student in Paris, 1878; Teacher, Bethel Academy, Virginia, 1878-1880; Teacher, Bingham School, North Carolina, 1880-1882; Acting Prin- cipal of Bethel Academy, Virginia, 1882-1884; Principal, Tuscumbia Academy, Alabama, 1884-1885; Professor of English and Modern Languages, University of Arkansas, 1885-1890; Professor of English and Modern Languages, Michigan Agricultural College, 1890-1906; LL. D., Uni- versity of Arkansas, 1891; Leave of absence in France and England, 1891-1892; Entered upon duties as President, July 1, 1906. Homer Jay Wheeler, Ph. D., Sc. D., Professor of Geology. CSC; B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1883; Assistant Chemist, Massachusetts State Experiment Sta- tion, 1883-1887; Graduate student, University of Gottin- gen, 1887-1889; Ph. D., Gottingen, 1889; Appointed Chem- ist of Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor of Geology, 1890; Acting President, August 15, 1902 -April 1, 1903; Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, 1902-1907; Sc. D., Brown University, 1911. Harriet Lathrop Merrow, A. M., Professor of Botany and Secretary of the Faculty. B. S., Wellesley College, 1886; Teacher of Science, Ply- mouth High School, 1887-1888; Teacher of Science, Har- court Place, Gambier, O., 1888-1891; Graduate student. University of Michigan, 1891-1892; A. M., Wellesley Col- lege, 1893; Graduate assistant, Botanical Laboratory, University of Michigan, 1893-1894; Appointed Professor of Botany, January, 1895. Virgil Louis Leighton, Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry. ATA PBK ; A. B., Tufts College, 1894; A. M., Kansas State University, 1895; Ph. D., Tufts College, 1897; In- structor in Organic Chemistry, Tufts College, 1897-1901; Ap- pointed Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1901; Professor, 1903. 7

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Rhode Island State College Corporation Hon. Robert S. Burlingame Newport County Hon. Charles Estes Bristol County Hon. Charles Dean Kimball Providence County Hon. Thomas G. Mathewson Kent County Hon. B. Frank Robinson Washington County Hon. Walter E. Ranger, State Commissioner of Schools ex-officio Hon. Philip A. Money Member of State Board of Agriculture Officers of the Corporation Hon. Charles Dean Kimball, President Providence Hon. Walter E. Ranger, Pice-President ex-officio Hon. Robert S. Burlingame, Clerk and Treasurer Newport G

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John Barlow, A. M., Professor of Zoology. AT; PHK B. S., Middlcbury, 1895; A. M., Brown University, 1896; Assistant Biologist, R. I. Experiment Station, 1898; Professor of Biology, Fairmount College, 1898-1901; Appointed Professor of Zoology, 1901. Marshall Henry Tyler, B. S., Professor of Mathematics. QAX; B. S., Amherst College, 1897; Instructor at St. Mark’s, 1897-1898; Appointed Master of the Preparatory School, 1898; Professor of Mathematics, 1906. George Edward Adams, B. S., Professor of Agriculture. B. S., R. 1 . College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1894; Student, Cornell University, 1897 and 1899-1901; Assistant in Horticulture, Rhode Island Experiment Sta- tion, 1895-1901; Assistant Agriculturist, Rhode Island Experiment Station, 1901-1906; Associate, Agronomy, 1906; State Statistical Agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1901; Appointed Professor of Agriculture, 1907. Andrew Edward Stene, M. S., ... Superintendent of College Extension. B. S., University of Minnesota, 1897; Principal of Schools, Ashby (Minn.), 1897-1901; M. S., Cornell University, 1902; Appointed Assistant in Horticulture, 1903; Appoint- ed Assistant of Extension, 1904. Samuel Harvey Webster, B. S., Professor of Civil Engineering. A. B., Waynesboro College, Pa., 1893; Instructor, Jackson High School, Michigan, 1894-1896; Instructor, Washington S tate College, 1896-1903; Student, Leland Stanford Univer- sity, 1903-1904; B. S., University of Illinois, 1906; As- sistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Oklahoma State College, 1907; Appointed Professor of Civil Engineering, 1907- Royal Linfield Wales, B. S., Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B. S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1902; In- structor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1902- 1904; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, State College of North Carolina, 1904-1905; Assistant Professor of Ex- perimental Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1905- 1908; Appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1908. 8