Cooper Union College - Cable Yearbook (New York, NY)

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EDWIN SHARP BURDELL

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the organ of communication with the community, shall make quarterly reports to the Board of the progress of the various departments of instruction, and shall assist in the engaging of lecturers and instructors, and in the selection of appliances of instruction and improvement, shall assist in making the rules and regulations for the different departments. In these ways the Secretary with his assistants is in contact with the general public and with the students more than any other of the administrative oflicers. The Office of the Secretary is really responsible for keeping the machines of the school running smoothly. Robert I. Winthrop, general partner in the New York banking firm of Robert Winthrop Co., succeeds Percy R. Pyne, Ir. as Treasurer and trustee. Mr. Pyne, who had been Treasurer of the Cooper Union for 15 years, resigned becauseof ill health. Mr. Winthrop, a native of Boston, Mass., is a graduate of Harvard, class of 1926, and is director of several banks, realty companies and railroads. I. Pierrepont Morgan has been a trustee of the Cooper Union since 1912. He received his A.B. from Harvard in 1889, and has been honored with an I..L.D. from Trinity College, 1918, from Cambridge University, 1919g from Harvard, 1923, and from Princeton University, 1929. Mr. Morgan has re- ceived also the degrees of D.C.S. from N.Y.U. in 1922 and of D.C.l... from Oxford University in 1930. He is head of I. P. Morgan and Company, Director ofthe United States Steel Co. of New York and the Aetna Insurance Company. Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., is also a trustee of Johns Hopkins University. A fellow A.1.E.E., he received his A.B. from Harvard in 1905, and has been twice honored with an LL.D., from Williams College in 1928 and from Colgate in 1929. He also received an honorary D.Sc. from Oberlin in 1929. Mr. Gifford's interests center in his home and gardens. He spends his weekends in his small Colonial farmhouse near Armonk, where he enjoys reading and gardening. Mr. Gifford is also an author. One of his recent books, published in 1930, is Can Pros- perity Be Managed?,' Barklie Henry, the freshman of the Cooper Union Board of Trustees, be- came a trustee in 1935, at the age of 32. He was elected to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Dunn's elevation from trustee to President. Mr. Henry also serves as a trustee for the St. Georges School, Newport, R. I., and the Green Vale School in Roslyn, L. I. He is an enthusiastic skier, and during the sum- mer he enjoys tennis and yachting. He is a director of the United States Trust Company of New York, Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., and Reynal and Hitchcock, Publishers. He is also a director of the Milbank Memorial Fund and President of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. For the past eleven years, Elihu Root, Ir. has been trustee of the Cooper Union. At Hamilton College, where he also earned his Phi Beta Kappa, he received his A.B. in 1903 and his A.M. in 1905. In 1906 he received the degree of LLB. from Harvard. Mr. Root is a trustee also of Hamilton College, his Alma Mater, and of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to Phi Beta Kappa, he is a member of Sigma Phi and of the University, Harvard, Century and Knickerbocker Clubs.

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Another year has passed and Dr. Burdell is looking toward the end of his Sophomore year as Director of The Cooper Union. By this time the students, especially the new arrivals, are inclined to take the presence of the Director for granted. This fact in itself is a tribute to his ability to adapt himself to his oflice. However, those who have attended Cooper Union for more than the two years of his administration, realize what a profound change has been brought about through his presence. The faculty and students are grateful for the invaluable work done by Dr. Burdell.