Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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• • • eniOKiani A beloved faculty member, an unreplaceable professor, and an admirable citizen was Robert 13. Leighou. His influence on the student body was one of the beautiful features of his Iona association at Carnegie I ech. Being strict, though thoroughly unselfish, he gave something ol value to every young man with whom he came in contact. Students looked upon his teaching of chemistry as one of the most interesting and valuable subjects in their curriculum. Professor Leighou was author of Chemistry of Materials, a book furnishing a remarkable foundation for understanding the processes in industries, and one having been adopter! by many Engineering schools and L Diversities. Professor Leighou was a man of versatile interests. He look a keen delight in studies relating to out-door life, such as life in the woods, photography, and flowers. He was deeply religious although he never paraded his ideas on this subject. He was always kind and thoroughly unselfish in aiding those in difficulty. I aking an active interest in the civic life of the community, he was particularly enthusiastic about matters pertaining to good government. It is with the utmost appreciation ol services, the kindest admiration of his personality, and the highest respect of the student body that the I histle of nineteen hundred and thirty-six is in memory of Robert 13. Leighou.

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r, ’i I) i lie Colonel George E. A. Fairley. Engineers Reserve. L S. A., has been Superintendent ol Buildings and Grounds ol Carnegie I cch since 1920. shortly alter his return from the Army service in France. I le was in command ol the 51 1th Engineers, A.E.F.. having under his command 6.000 men and 100 German prisoners, and was Engineer in charge ol Construction at Indre. France. I'or seven years he was in charge of removing overhead wires and cables from the streets of Baltimore, placing them in underground conduits. Colonel Fairley is a member of the International Association of Municipal Engineers and of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. When Colonel Fairley came to Carnegie, he directed the laying out of sidewalks and the underground tunnel which supplies all the buildings with heat. At that time there were none ol the well-ordered grounds that make up the beautiful campus of Carnegie today. I he I histlc takes this opportunity to acknowledge the work of Col. Fairley, and to bestow on him the thanks and praises ol the entire school. CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • 1 9 3 G