Columbia University School of Engineering - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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EIUEYHPUP OSEPH IMARREN B.XRKE'R'XV21S born at Lawrence, Mass., on june 17, 1891. He attended the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which latter institution he received the degrees of B. S. and M. S. in electrical engineering. On June 17, 1916, he married Mary Metcalf Perin of Brookline, Mass. In 1916 he joined the army, went to the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va.. and after being stationed as Instructor at the Field Artillery School of Fire, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, went overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces as a Captain of Coast Artillery, rising to the rank of major. He served as Battery Commander, Battalion Commander and General Staff Gfficer during active operations. -He remained abroad with the Peace Commission, the Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces and the Army of Occupation in Germany until 1923, when he returned to America. He attended the advanced course at the Coast Artillery School and then took his master's degree at M. I. T. Resigning from the Army in September, 1925, he remained at M. I. T. as associate professor of electrical engineering for four years. Due to the size of the department, in addition to his teaching and his work as principal research assistant in illumination of the National Research Council, he was assigned administrative and executive duties which laterled to his appointment at Lehigh University as Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and director of the curriculum. A year later he came to Columbia to assume the duties of Dean of the Engineering School. In connection with his responsible position, Dean Barker has undertaken many varied activities. He heads a. committee of the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research of the National Research Council, which by means of regional conferences is making surveys of the research capacities of all engineering schools in this country seeking to bridge the gap between university and industry with a view toward greater efficiency and less duplication. He is a member of the Committee on Professional Recognition of the Engineers, Council for Pro- fessional Development, is chairman of the Committee on Production and Applica- tion of Light of the A. I. E. E., is a member of the Technical Program Committee, A. I.E. E., and is chairman of the Committee on Comprehensive Examinations and Aptitude Testing of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. He is chairman of a committee of Deans of New York State schools of engineering which was appointed by the State Commissioner of Education at Albany for the purpose of standardizing degrees and requirements and of advising the department on licensing of the engineering profession. In accord with his belief that engineering schools can learn much from each other in the methods of teaching and administration, he has visited western and mid-western universities. and in the summer of 1931 went abroad to visit English, French and German universities. The same spirit has been further manifested in his contacts with professional societies. and he takes an active part in their annual conventions. Wfhile his greatest professional interest lies with the Ameri- can Institute of Electrical Engineers, of which he is a fellow, the Illuminating Engineering Society, of which he was president in 1932-33, and the International Commission on Illumination, he is actively connected with the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society for the Pro- motion of Engineering Education and the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, of which he is a fellow. In the general administrative work of the University he is a member of the Advisory Committee in Educational Policy. which assists the President on matters

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PER .XNGUSTA AD AUGUSTA ebicatiun To Joseph Hf'a1'rr1z Barker, in recogfzifiovz of lzis services fo flzc 3611001 of J?1zgim2e1'i-ng, his 0Ll1f.S'fCl7lC1'1i1lg CllCU'UCfC'I', and his inspiriizg lcadcfrship, wc declicatc' fliis WYEAR BOOK.

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of budget and policy and of the Executive Committee of the University Council which prepares legislation for the general direction of the University, He was a member of the Butler Commission on Economic Aiairs which presented its report to President Butler during the past winter. ln addition, he is chairman of the Committee on Men's Residence Halls, which has made a splendid start in the reorganization and rehabilitation of the dormitories at Columbia. He is a member of the Century Association of New York, Engineers Club, Columbia University Club and the Saltaire Yacht Club. A member of Phi Kappa Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi, Dean Barker holds the distinction of having been created an otihcer of the Order of Prince Danilo I of the Nlontenegran Royal House.