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

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The recent incorporation of a number of additional activities at Armour, with the enlargement of the physical plant, has given Tech a new spirit. Personifying that spirit is her youthful and vigorous President, Henry Townley Heald. Not yet thirty-five, President Heald is already a recognized leader in the field of engineering education in the United States. President Heald has been associated with Armour since 1927 when he made appearance on campus as Associate Professor in the department of Civil Engineering. In '33 he was named Dean of Freshmen, and in the following year was given the difficult but interesting position of Dean of the Undergraduate College. He has been president of the Institute since the spring of 1938. The rapid advancement of President Heald at Armour is accreditable to his energy and enthusiasm, guided by a remarkable friendliness and likeable personality. His election to presidency of the Institute was an honor and a benefit to the school and the man, but it was a regretful undergraduate body that saw a dean who had gained the trust and confidence of every student moved to a position where it was impossible for him to carry on the contact enjoyed previously. A man of few words but intensive activity, President Heald is engaged in carrying on the extensive expansion program at Armour. A college president in every sense of the word, Tech is proud of her Henry Townley Heald, and sees under his capable leadership a growing institution with an ever broadening view on education. • 12 •