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

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TRUSTEES Thomas S. Hammond is president of the Whit- ing Corporation and vice-president of the Grindle Fuel Equipment, Swenson Evaporator, and Joseph Harrington Companies. He is a brigadier general in the Reserve Army. Robert B. Harper graduated from Armour in 1905 and later received his chemical engineer degree. He is vice-presi- dent of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company and a former president of the Illinois Gas Association. Roy M. Henderson, a graduate of the class of 1902, received his degree of electrical engineer in 1908. He is Chicago manager of United Engineers and Constructors, Incorporated. Ernest A. Henne is vice-president of the American Eire Companies, made up of the American Eagle Fire, Continental, Fidelity-Phoenix Fire, Maryland, First American Fire, and the Niagara Fire Insurance Companies. Charles W. Hills, Jr. studied engineering at Armour and graduated from Kent College of Law. He is a member of the firm of Charles W. Hills, specialists in patent, trademark, and copyright law. Willard E. Hotchkiss, president of Armour, is a graduate of Cornell. He is a former dean of Northwestern’s and Stan- ford’s business schools. An authority on labor and economic problems, he has held various governmental positions. Frank Knox graduated from Alma College in 1898 and is now publisher of the Chicago Daily News and the Manchester Union. He was a major of the 78th Division during the World War. Seventeen

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TRUSTEES James D. Cunningham, Chairman, is president of the Republic Flow Meters Company and the Autogas Corpora- tion. He is a former president of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. Alfred S. Alschuler graduated from Armour in 1899 and in 1904 received his master’s degree. As one of Chicago’s most prominent architects, he has designed many of her larger buildings. Lester Armour received his B.A. degree from Yale. He is chairman of the board of directors of the General Stock Yards Corporation and a director of Armour and Company. Philip D. Armour III was in the class of 1916 at Yale. He is a director of Armour and Company and the General Stock Yards Corporation and president of the Infant Welfare Society. Vincent Bendix, a prominent inventor and capitalist, de- veloped the electric self-starter and is president and manager of the Bendix Brake Company and the Bendix Aviation Corporation. Paul H. Davis graduated from the University of Chicago and is a senior partner of Paul H. Davis and Company, investment brokers. He is a former presi- dent of the Chicago Stock Exchange. Lawrence A. Downs graduated from Purdue in 1894. He is president of the Illinois Central Railroad System and a director of the Continental Illinois National Bank and the Railway Express Agency. George B. Dryden is president of the Dryden Rubber Company, vice-president of the Eno Chemi- cal Company, and director of the Central Trust Com- pany. I Ic is president of the National Society for Chemical Defense. Alfred L. Eustice graduated from Armour in 1907 and was awarded the degree of Electrical Engineer in 1910. He is president of the Economy Fuse and Manufacturing Com- pany. Charles J. Faulkner, Jr. graduated from Wash- ington and Lee in 1898. He is general counsel and a director of Armour and Company and a member of the Chicago, Illinois, and American Bar Associations. Edwin O. Grii fenhagen, an Armour graduate, received his C.E. degree in 1909. He is senior partner of Griffenhagen and Associates, management engineers, reorganizers of the Canadian and other small governments. Sixteen

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TRUSTEES Merrill M Hebei I Monroe Monday Peabody Morton Parker Joseph J. Merrill is chief engineer of the Corn Products Refining Company of Argo, Illinois, and is in charge of con- struction, maintenance, and operation. John J. Mitchell, a graduate of Yale, is p-csi- dent of the Chicago Tunnel Terminal Corporation, vice-president and treasurer of the Universal Oil Products Company, and a director of the Common- wealth Edison Company. William S. Monroe received his M.E. degree from Cornell and is president of Sargent and Lundy, consulting engineers for many large utility companies, and a former president of the Western Society of Engineers. Sterling Morton graduated from Princeton and is secretary and director of the Morton Salt Com- pany and a director of the Teletype Corporation, the Morton Building Corporation, and the Elgin National Watch Company. Harold W. Munday received his B.S. degree in civil engi- neering in 1923. He is now vice-president of the McGann Manufacturing Company of Chicago. C. Pall Parker studied engineering at Lewis and graduated from Kent College of Law. He is a mem- ber of the firm of Chindahl, Parker, and Carlson, patent and copyright lawyers. StuyvesanT Peabody, a Yale graduate, is president of the Peabody Coal Company and the Consumers Company and a director of several other coal companies. He was a captain in the Chemical Warfare Service. Eighteen