Armour Institute of Technology - Cycle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Claude Irwin Palmer lln flftcmcrtam The sudden and unexpected death of Dean Claude Irwin Palmer was a great shock to the faculty, students, and alumni of Armour Institute of Technology. Indeed it came with all the force of a stunning blow to all the friends of our beloved Institute and has left a sense of personal loss and bereavement that is in itself a high tribute to the sterling worth and fine personal qualities of Professor Palmer. There remains in our hearts the feeling of a void that only Time can heal. The students have lost a faithful friend and wise counsellor; the faculty, a dear comrade; the In- stitute, an able executive and a splen- did teacher; the mathematical world, the author of many of the best text- books on the market. All alike lament the early termination of so useful a life and so fine a career. This fine flower of American culture has been cut down by the grim reaper. But its fragrance will still linger with us. Its beauty has left an inalienable inheritance.

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George Sinclair Allison To WHOM THE CYCLE OF 1931 IS DEDICATED HAS BEEN ACTIVELY CONNECTED WITH ARMOUR IN- TERESTS FOR THE PAST TWENTY- NINE YEARS. ... HIS KEEN FORE- SIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT PROBLEMS MARK HIM AS A TRUE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. . . . NO MAN HAS WORKED ANY HARDER THAT THE PUBLICATIONS AT ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECH- NOLOGY MIGHT ATTAIN THE HIGH POSITION THEY NOW ENJOY. . . . TO A MAN WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH THAT STUDENT IDEALS MIGHT BE REALIZED THIS VOLUME IS FITTINGLY DEDICATED.

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II n flfcemonam Dr. Alfred Edward Phillips came to Armour Institute of Tech- nology in 1899 to become the first head of the Department of Civil En- gineering, and he continued that work with outstanding success until his death in April of this year. He had great native ability and this was backed by successful experience both as a teacher and as a practicing engin- eer. While known in the profession as an able engineer he enjoyed teach- ing, and his principal energies were given to his students and to the school he loved. Men who had the privilege of studying under Professor Phillips will remember his profound scholar- ship, his sympathetic interest in his students, his thoughtfulness and eagerness to be helpful, his highly developed sense of humor, his won- derfully pleasing personality, and above all, his devotion to high ideals. His friends generally will keep him in loving remembrance for the same qualities of character that endeared him to his students. We all feel an irreparable loss in the passing of this great teacher, this kindly gentleman, our good friend. Alfred Edward Phillips