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

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Samuel Harvey Webster, B. S Professor of Civil Engineering I K 1 ; v F; A. B., Waynesburg College, Pa., 1893; Instructor, Jaekson High School, Michigan, 1894-1896; Instructor, Washington State College, 1896-1903; Stu- dent, Iceland Stanford University, 1903-1904; B. S., University of Illinois, 1906; Instructor of Civil Engineering, Oklahoma State College; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Oklahoma State College, 1907 ; Appointed Professor of Civil En- gineering, 1907. Royal Linfield Wales, B. vS Professor of Mechanical Engineering B. S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1902; Instructor, Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, 1902-1904; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, State Col- lege of North Carolina, 1904-1905; Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1905-1908; Appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1908; Dean of Engineering Department, 1909. Leonard Perley Dickinson, B. S. . .Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering A X P; B. S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1896; With American Tele- phone and Telegraph Co., 1896; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, University of Maine, 1898; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, 1899; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Lafayette College. 1903- Appointed Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, 1909. Lester Wells Boardman, A. M Professor of English Literature A K E; A. B Brown University, 1899; A. M., 1902; Graduate Student in English, University of C hicago, 1899-1900; Teacher of English, Cook Academy, Montour Falls, N. Y ., 1900-1901; Teacher of English, The University School, Providence, R. I., 1901- 1904: Graduate Student, Teacher’s College, Columbia University, Summer Sessions of 190.5-1906; Teacher of English, Baltimore City College, Baltimore, Md., 1904-1909; Head of Department of English, 1909-1912; Professor of Literature and Education and Head of the English Department at Rhode Island State College, 1912; Member of National Educational Association. Herman Churchill, A. B., A. M Professor of Rhetoric and Composition B D n; I B K; t K I ; A. B., Syracuse University, 1894; Summer Sessions, Chau- tauqua N. Y.; Chicago University; A. M., University of Wisconsin, 1902; Instructor of English in Academic Schools, 1894-1903; ' English Department, Northwestern University Evanston, 111., 1903-1907; Head of English Department, Southwestern College ; Winfield, Kan., 1907-1909; Head of English Department, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1909-1912; Appointed Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, 1912. Wilbur Egbert Dove, U. S. A Professor of Military Science and Tactics Captain, United States Army, Retired. Cadet at De Veaux College, Niagara Falls, N. Y., 1884-1888; Graduated with the rank of cadet captain; Enlisted in the United States Army, Jan. 28, 1889; Private, °t rP .°«oo an D d SerK ea t - Co. E. 12th Infantry, 1889-1892; Appointed Second Lieuten- a t | L l 89 1 Promoted to First Lieutenant, 1898; Captain, 1901 ; Served with regiment, 12th Infantry, in the United States, Cuba and the Philippine Islands; Retired from active service, Dec. 17 1901, as a result of “disability in line of duty due to a wound received in battle . On duty with the United States Infantry Association in Wash- i ' ( D ' C a 04 ' 190 ' ? ; „° n recruiting duty at Albany, N. Y., 1905-1909; Professor of Mihtary Science and Tactics at Fork Union Military Academy, Virginia, 1911- 1912, Transferred to Rhode Island State College, Jan. 2, 1912. 10

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ACOLTY Howard Edwards, A. M., LL. D President h K l ; 4 K2; 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 Principal 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 Col- lege, 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; LL. D., Brown University, 1914. Burt Laws Hartwell, Ph. D Professor of Agricultural Chemistry CSC; 22; 1 K 1 ; B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College and Boston University, 1889; M. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1900; Ph. D., University of Penn- sylvania, 1903; Appointed First Assistant Chemist, R. I. Experiment Station, 1891; Appointed Associate Chemist, 1903; Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, 1908; Ap- pointed Director, December, 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, Bambier, O., 1888-1891; Graduate Student, University of Michigan, 1891-1892; A. M., Wellesley College, 1893; Assistant, Botan- ical Laboratory, University of Michigan, 1893-1894; Appointed Professor of Botany, January, 1895. Virgil Louis Leighton, Ph.D Professor of Chemistry A T A • I B K ; I K l ; A. B., Tufts College, 1894; A. M., Kansas State 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; t B K; [ K I ; B. S., Middlebury College, 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 0 A X ' B. S., Amherst College, 1897; Instructor at St. Mark’s, 1897-1898; Ap- pointed Master of the Preparatory School, 1898; Professor of Mathematics, 1906. George Edward Adams, B. S Professor of Agriculture B S R I. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1894; Student, Cornell Uni- versity, 1897 and 1899-1901; Assistant in Horticulture, R. I. Experiment Station, 1895-1901; .Assistant in Agriculture, 1901-1906; Associate in Agronomy, 1906; State Statistical Agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1901; Appointed Professor of Agriculture, 1907. 9

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Philip Brown Hadley, Ph. B., Ph. D Professor of Bacteriology A l’; 2 ' I ; I K l ; Ph. B., Brown University, 1903; Ph.D., Brown University, 1908; Biologist, Rhode Island State Fish Commission, 1904-1908; Assistant Bacteriologist, City of Providence, 1906-1908; Chief of Division of Biology, R. I. Experiment Sta- tion, 1908; Appointed Professor of Bacteriology, 1913. Mabel Campbell, B. S., B. D. S Head of Home Economics Department — K; B. S., Iowa State College, 1905; B. I). S., Iowa State College, 1908; Student at University of Minnesota, 1908; Instructor, Home Economics Department. Iowa State College, 1906-1910; Head of Home Economics Department, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1910-1913; Head of Home Economics Department, Rhode Island State College, 1913. Roy Bristol Cooley, B.S.A Professor of Animal Husbandry B. S. A., Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada, 1910; Assistant Agricultural Representative, Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1909; Registrar for Sheep and Swine, Dominion Livestock Records, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, 1910; Instructor of Animal Husbandry, McDonald Agricultural College, (McGill University) 1910-1912; Livestock Inspector, Canadian Pacific Railroad, 1912-1913; Professor of Animal Husbandry, Rhode Island State College, 1913. George Robert Cobb, B. S Professor of Horticulture CSC; B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College and Boston University, 1908; At A. N. Pierson and Co.’s Greenhouses, Cromwell, Conn., 1908; Appointed In- structor of Horticulture, 1909; Assistant Professor of Horticulture, 1910; Professor of Horticulture, 1913. Francis Hervey Smith, M. S Assistant Professor of Chemistry X 4 ; Ph. B., Brown University, 1905; M. S., Brown University, 1906; Assistant in Chemistry, Brown University, 1906; Instructor in Chemistry, Purdue University, 1907-1908; Appointed Instructor in Chemistry, 1908. Howland Burdick, B. S Assistant Professor of Dairying and Farm Machinery B. S., Rhode Islnnd College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1896; Appointed Assistant in Agriculture, and Farm Superintendent, 1896; Appointed Instructor in Agriculture, 1900; Appointed Instructor in Dairying, 1906. C. Lester Coggins, B. S. Assistant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering B. S., Rhode Island State College, 1907; Graduate work, 1907-1909; Assistant in Physics, Ohio State University, 1909-1910; Assistant in Physics, Dartmouth College, 1910-1912; Instructor in Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1912-1914; Ap- pointed Assistant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, 1914. Alta May Bailey, A. B Dean of Women and Instructor of Physical Training f B K ; A. B., Boston University, 1903; Preceptress and Professor of English and Latin, Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, Me., 1903-1905; Head of English Depart- ment, Laconia, N. H. High School, 1905-1908; Preceptress and Head of English De- partment, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., 1908-1913; Dean of Women and Instructor of Physical Training, Rhode Island State College, 1913. Thomas Carroll Rodman Instructor in Woodwork Appointed, 1890. 11