Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Cor,. l ' uAN(i.s Mai.i.oky CI ' .. ■ ■„ ,.,,,«„ . ' „., Knni, .AiiKiiM IS, i« ' .S. (.i.i(lii;itcil I rniii Xnr- folk AckIcmiv, ' S(,. (h-.hI.kiIiiI I nirii ' . M. I. in ' 89 with ( ' . IC. (IcHtrc, taking M-rorul slaiul in lii . class, ( ' (iinmandanl of Cadets anil l ' rr lCssiir nl Mathematics, Fishlmrne Mililar . caileni , ' S ' ,- ' 91. Post .Adjin.nil and . ssislanl l ' r..lcss..i ol Mathematics, ' . M. I., ' 9i- ' 94. Sludcnl nl Physics, Mathematics, and . ' stronoin , jolin . Hopkins University, ' 94- ' 97. Adjnnci I ' rnlessiir of Physics and Astionomv, ' . M. I., ' i)7- ' ) ). Since iS99. Pidfesscn- of Plivsics, ' . M. I. Col.. H!;xR Clinton Ford B.S., Ph.D. Profissor oj History Born, Oeceniher 12, 1867. Student. ' . P. I.. Blackslnirg, Virginia, ' 84- ' 85. Entered V. M. I., graduating with degree of B.S. and rank ot Cadet .Adjutant. .-Assistant Professor of Modern Languages anil Tactics, ' . M. I., ' Sg- ' go. Com- mandant of Cadets. Wentworth Military .Acad- emy, ' 90- ' 93. Student Cniversity of ' irginia, 93 95i receiving degree of Ph.D. in ' 99. Colonel and Chief of Engineers on Staff of Governor of Virginia, ' 98- ' o2. Adjunct Professor of Latin and English, ' . NL L, ' 99- ' o2. Commandant of Cadets, ■o2- ' o+. Head of Departinents of Latin. English, and llistory, until 1910. when, with the expansion of the Institute. English was made a separate department, and until 1919. when the Oepartnient of Latin was formed. Since 1919. Head of the Department of History. Member of the State Board of Education. ' n- ' .:5. ffl «£ter i 5

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Maj ' r General Edward West Nichols B.S., C.E., LL.D. Superinlendent Emeritus Lecturer on Pure and .1 pplied Matlicmatics Ciraduatcd from V. M. I. as cadet lieutenant and fourth distinguished graduate of Class of 1878. Assistant instructor in mathematics, ' 78- ' 8r, pursuing parallel course in law at W. L. and U. Va. Summer school. Practiced law at Norfolk, ' 8i- ' 82. Professor of Engineering at V. M. I., ' 82- ' 90, and Professor of Mathematics, ' 90-07. Author of Nichols ' Analytic Geometry and Nichols ' Differential and Integral Calcu- lus. Associated with New York Central Rail- road since 1903, also associate in International Railway Congress. Member of Virginia Geo- logical Society and of Society for Promotion of Engineering Education. Formerly President of National Association of Military Colleges; mem- ber of Committee of College Presidents and of State Geological Commission. Chairman, Vir- ginia Council of Defense during World War; awarded certificate by the Government in recog- nition of services during period of S. A. T. C, Superintendent of V. M. I., 1907-1924. Resigned 1924; Superintendent Emeritus and Lecturer on Pure and Applied Mathematics since that time. Col. Hunter Pendleton M.A., Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Born at Frederick Hall, Louisa County, ' ir- ginia, January 22, 1858. Student, Aspen Hall Academy, Louisa County, ' 82- ' 85. Student, Uni- versity of Virginia, receiving M.A. degree in ' 81. Post-graduate student in Chemistry, I ' ni- versity of Virginia, ' 82- ' 83. University of Got- tingen, Germany, ' 83- ' 86; receiving degree of Ph.D. Instructor, Tuft ' s College, Boston, ' 87- ' 88. Professor of Natural Science, Bethany College. West V irginia, ' 89- ' 90. Since 1890, Professor of Chemistry, V. M. I. ..

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The Bomb 1927 Col. Charles Wyatt Watts C.E. Professor of Mathematics Student, Norfolk Academy, ' 86- ' 88. Graduated fr om ' . M. I. with rank of Cadet Lieutenant, ' 93. Instructor, Danville Military Academy, ' 93- ' 96. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, V. M. I., ' 96- ' 99, and promoted to Adjunct Professor of Mathematics in ' 99. Lieutenant-Colonel and As- sociate Professor of Mathematics, ' oS- ' og. Since 1909, Colonel and Professor of Mathematics, V. M. L Col. WiLLiAi r IVI. Hunley A.B. Professor of Economics and Political Science Received A.B. degree from Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, ' 04. Post-Graduate student, Johns Hop- kins University, ' o6- ' o8. Assistant Editor and Reporter for the Philadclpliia Public Ledger, the H ' aslnngton Post, and the Baltimore Sun, ' o8- ' io. Assistant Professor of Political Science, I ' niver- sity of Virginia, ' io- ' i4. Advisory Editor of the Virginia Journal of Education, Secretary of the University Commission on Southern Race Ques- tions, and the first Executive Secretary of the Vir- ginia Council of Defense, ' i7- ' i9. Since 1914, Professor of Economics and Political Science, V. M. L