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

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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

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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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Burt Laws Hartwell, Ph. D., .... Professor of Agricultural Chemistry. CSC; 2 Ei 4 K P; B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College and Boston University, 1889; M. S., Massachus- etts Agricultural College, 1900; Ph. D., University of Penn- sylvania, 1903; Appointed First Assistant Chemist, R. 1 . Experiment Station, 1891; Appointed Associate Chemist, 1903; Professor, 1908. Helen Bishop Thompson, M. S., Professor of Home Economics. B. S., Kansas Agricultural College, 1893; M. S., Kansas Agricultural College, 1907; Professor of Household Econom- ics, Lincoln College ( 111 .), 1907; Appointed Professor of Home Economics, 1909. Leonard Perley Dickinson, B. S., Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering. AXP; B. S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1896; With American Telephone and Telegraph Co. 1896; In- structor in Electrical Engineering, University of Maine, 1898; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1899; Assistant Professor of Elec- trical Engineering, Lafayette College, 1903; Appointed Pro- fessor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, 1909. Frank K. Sechrist, Ph. D., . . . Professor of English and Modern Languages. Ph. B., 1892, M. S., 189;, Ph. D., 1898 Lafayette College, Graduate Student, Harvard University, Summer Session, 1911; Professor of English, Central State Normal School, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 1892; Professor of Psychology and Education, 1899; Professor of English, State Normal School, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 1900; Professor of En- glish and Modern Languages, Rhode Island State College, 1910; Member Modem Language Association of North America; Member National Educational Association. Fred Silver Putney, M. S., Professor of Animal Husbandry. X; A ' , Acacia; B. S., New Hampshire College, 1905; Assistant in Agronomy and Animal Industry, Pennsylvania Experiment Station, 1906-1907; Assistant in Animal Nu- trition, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Pennsylvania State College, 1907-1908; M. S., Pennsylvania State College, 1908; Student, University of Missouri, 1908-1909; Assistant to Dean and Director, College of Agriculture, University of Missouri, 1909-1910; Professor of Animal Husbandry, 1910.