Our President, I)r. Rol ert Ernest Doherty, whose reputation in the world of engineering education is national, has successfully guided the institute through another year. lie is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania, and many honorarics, such as: Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Theta Tau, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi. He is also Director of the Forbes National Bank, and now a member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy. He has been a prolific writer on engineering subjects, contributing to numerous journals. In 1956, in collaboration with E. G. Keller, he published Mathematics of Modern Engineering”. I hnvcver, his greatest technical contribution was the part he played in the development of the high-tension electrical system that now enmeshes the country and that has changed both industrial and domestic life. He also presented a series of papers to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1918 to 1950. These dealt with the design and performance of synchronous machines and with related problems. For his individual contributions and the leadership that he provided for others in the engineering profession, President Doherty received the Lamme Medal of the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education in 1946. President Doherty has always advocated the study of humanistic and social studies for engineers. Harvard University has just issued a report. “General Education in a Free Society” in which the development of such studies in engineering colleges is recommended. Harvard has just written the first chapter. Tech has written the second, and the third chapters under the guidance of its President. It has planned, carried out, anti seen the fine results of this new phase of education. For his outstanding work in American engineering, President Doherty has been invited to speak at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers of England, centenary meeting, in London, June 8 through 18, on the Professional Training of Engineers in both College and Industry.” Painting and music are his hobbies, and many of his paintings have been exhibited. He has held one-man shows at Purdue University, Yale University, and Carnegie Institute. Last year he was awarded first prize bv the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh for his self-portrait. Every student is proud to have Dr. Doherty as our President, for we all realize the skill and ability that he has employed in handling the affairs of this great institution, and making it one of the first-ranking schools in this country. 21
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