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

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Faculty Howard Edwards, A. M., LL. D President ♦ K 2; A. M„ Randolph-Macon College, 1876: Student, University of Leipzig, 1877-1878; Student in Paris, 1878; Teacher, Bethel Academy, Virginia, 1878-1800; Teacher, Bingham School. North Carolina. 1880-1882; Acting Principal of Bethel Academy, Virginia, 1882-1884; Principal, Tus- cumbia 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., University of Arkansas, 1891; Leave of absence in France and England, 1891-1892; Entered upon duties as President, July 1, 1906. Homer Jay Whkei.ER, Pii. D., Sc. D Professor of Geology CSC; B. S.; Massachusetts Agricultural College, 188.5; Assistant Chemist, Massachusetts State Experiment Station, 1883-1887; Graduate student. University of Gottingen, 1887-1889; Ph. D., Gottingen, 1889; Appointed Chemist of Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor of Geology, 1890; Acting President, August 15, 1902-April 1. 1903; Pro- fessor of Agricultural Chemistry, 1902-1907; Sc. D., Brown University, 1911; Resigned Directorship, Dec. 1912. Burt Laws Hartwell, Ph. D Professor of Agricultural Chemistry C S C: 2 2: 4 K t ; B. S.. Massachusetts Agricultural College and Boston University, 1889; M. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1900; Ph. D„ University of Pennsylvania. 1903; Appointed First Assistant Chemist. R. I. Experiment Station, 1891; Appointed Associate Chemist, 1903; Professor, 1908; Appointed Director, Dec. 1912. Harriet Lathrop Merrow, A. M Professor of Botany and Secretary of the Faculty. B. S., Wellesley College. 1886; Teacher of Science, Plymouth High School, 1887-1888; Teacher of Science, Harcourt Place. C.ambier, O., 1888-1891; Graduate student. University of Michigan. 1891-1892; A. M.. Wellesley College. 1893; Graduate assistant, Botanical Laboratory. University of Mich- igan, 1893-1894; Appointed Professor of Botany, January, 1895. Virgil Louis Leighton, Ph. D Professor of Chemistry A T A; 4 B K; A. B.. Tufts College, 1894; A. M.. Kansas Sta te University, 1895; Ph. D.. Tufts College, 1897: Instructor in Organic Chemistry, Tufts College, 1897-1901; Appointed Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1901; Professor, 1903. John Barlow, A. M Professor of Zoology A T; 4 B K; B. S., Middlebury, 1895; A. M., Brown University, 1896; Assistant Biologist, R. 1. Flxperiment Station, 1898; Professor f Biology, Fairmount College, 1898-1901; Appointed Professor of Zoology, 1901. Marshall Henry Tyler, B. S Professor of Mathematics e A X; B. S„ Amherst College. 1897; Instructor at St. Mark’s 1897-1898; Appointed Master of the Preparatory School, 1898; Professor of Math- ematics, 1906. Heorge Edward Adams, B. S Professor of Agriculture B. S., R. I. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1894; Student, Cor- nell University, 1897 and 1899-1901; Assistant in Horticulture, Rhode Island Experiment Station, 1895-1901; Assistant Agriculturist, Rhode Island Experiment Station, 1901-1906; Associate. Agronomy. 1906; State Statis- tical Agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1901; Appointed Professor of Agriculture, 1907. 5

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Rhode Island Stale Collect 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 Officcra of the Corporation Hon. Charles Dean Kimball, President Providence Hon. Walter E. Ranger, Vice-President .... Providence Hon. Robert S. Burlingame, Clerk and Treasurer ... Newport 4

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Andrew Edward Stkne, 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 Horti- culture. 1903; Appointed 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 State College, 1896-1903; Student. Leland Stanford University, 1903-1904; B. S., University of Illinois. 1906; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. Ol ihoma 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; Instructor, Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, 1902-1904; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. State College of North Carolina, 1904-1905; Assistant Profes- sor of Experimental Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1905-1908; Appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 191)8. Lester Wells Boardman, A. M. A K F-; Brown University, A. B.. 1899; A. M., 1902; Graduate Student in English. University of Chicago, 1899-1900; Teacher of English, Cook Aca- demy, Montone Falls, N. V., 1900-1901; Te..cher of English, The Univer- sity School, Providence, R I.. 1901-1904; Graduate Student. Teacher’s Col- lege. Columbia University, Summer Sessions of 1905-1906; Teacher of Eng- lish Baltimore City College. Baltimore. Md , 1904-1909; Head of Depart- ment of English, 1909-1912; Professor of Literature and Education and Head of the English Department at Rhode Island State College, 1912; Mem- ber of National Educational Association. Leonard PerlEy Dickinson, B. S Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering. A X P; B. S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1896: With American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1896; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, University of Maine. 1898; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, 1899; Assistant Professor of Electrical En- gineering. Lafayette College, 1903; Appointed Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering. 1909. Herman Churchill, A. B„ A. M. B e n. 4 B K Syracuse University, A. B.. 1894; Summer Sessions, Chautau- qua. N. Y., Chicago University, University of Wisconsin- University of Wisconsin A. M.. 1902; Instructor of English in Academic schools. 1894- 1903; F ' nglish Department. Northwestern University, Evanston. 111,. 1903- 1907; Head of English Department. Southwestern College, Winfield. Kan., 1907-1909; Head of English Department, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1902-1912; R. I. S. C., 1912. Fred Silver Putney, M. S Professor of Animal Husbandry 0 X; A Z; Acacia: B. S.. New Hampshire College, 1905; Assistant in Agro- nomy and Animal Industry. Pennsylvania Experiment Station, 1906-1907; Assistant in Animal Nutrition. 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. 6