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

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MINI TR T10 DR. EDVVIN S. BURDELL has worked conscientiously toward the im- provement of the school since his appointment to the directorship of The Cooper Union in 1938. One of the outstanding achievements of his administration has been the program of liberalizing the art and engineering courses. This program, which places increased emphasis upon humanistic studies, has provided the student with a truly professional education. DANA VAUGHAN, Art School dean, was appointed to his present position in 1945. A well-known and experienced educator, he was director olf the School of Industrial Arts at Trenton, 1942-19415, and dean of the Rhode Island School of Design from 1928 to 19492. Dean Vaughan has studied at Brown and Harvard Universities and the University of Upsala, Sweden. NORMAN L. TOVVLE was appointed to his present position of Dean of the Engineering School upon the sudden death of Dean Bateman. I-Ie is senior mem- ber of the Engineering School's faculty and was head of the E. E. department for 16 years. Dean Towle had done extensive research work and is a graduate of lfVorcester Polytechnic Institute. VVALTER S. VVATSON, recently promoted to Professor of Psychology, has presided over the Olhce of Admissions and Student Relations since 1939. He has contributed greatly to the establishment of closer relations between faculty and students. His own boyhood and varied experiences account for his understanding of the problems of college students, veteran or non-veteran, male or female. HERBERT F. ROEMMELE, head of the newly formed Division of Indus- trial Relations, has been a member of The Cooper Union faculty since 1927. He graduated from this school in 1925 with a B.M.E. Professor Roemmele is a licensed professional engineer and is former director and vice-president of the N. Y. County Chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers, chairman of the ASME Committee on Student Guidance, and is an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education. Bm clell Vaughan Towle Watson Roem mele

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Dunn R005 Gifford Henry Olds GANO DUNN, electrical engineer, doctor of science from City College, Rut- gers, Columbia, Lehigh, and New York Universities. Doctor of Laws from Bow- doin Collegeg recipient of the Edison, Hoover, Townsend Harris and other medals. Trustee of The Cooper Union since 1924 and President since 1935, suc- ceeding the late R. Fulton Cutting. Member of National Academy of Sciencesg former Chairman of National Research Council, former President of American Institute of Electrical Engineers. President of the G. Wl1ite Engineering Cor- poration, engaged in engineering and construction in United States and foreign countries. W ELIHU ROOT, JR., lawyer, has been a Trustee of The Cooper Union since 1929, In 1909 he became a member of the firm of Root, Clark, Bruckner R Bal- lantine. A Major in the 304th Infantry A.E.F. 1917-1919, Mr. Root also served during Vlforld VVar II as a member of the United States Army Air Corps Strategic Target Board and received tl1e Presidential Medal for Merit. He received his A.M. from Hamilton, in 1905, a LL.D. in 1939 and a LL.B. from Harvard in 1906. He is a Trustee of Hamilton College, New York Public Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. WALTER S. GIFFORD, executive, has been a Trustee of The Cooper Union since 1931. In February 1948, he was elected chairman of the Board of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company after having been its presi- dent since l925 and is a director of the First National Bank of New York and trus- tee of Johns Hopkins University, General Education Board, Rockefeller Founda- tion, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is also chairman of the Com- munity Service Society of New York, and a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University. He received his A.B, from -Harvard in 1904 and holds honorary degrees from Vlfilliams, Colgate, Oberlin, and Union colleges, and in 1946 was awarded the Presidential Medal for Merit. BARKLIE HENRY, the youngest of the Cooper Union trustees, served in the U. S. Naval Reserve during VVorld YV ar 11, having been commanding oilicer of a submarine chaser, and of two destroyer escorts. He retired to inactive duty with the rank of commander. In 1935 he was appointed a trustee of the Cooper Union. Active in the field of hospital and welfare work in New York City, Bark- lie Henry is a director and member of the executive committee of the United States Trust Company of New York. Mr. Henry was born in Ventnor, N. in 1902, and graduated from Harvard in 19211. IRVING S. OLDS, lawyer and business executive, became a Cooper Union trustee in 1945. Since 19110, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Steel Corporation. Mr. Olds is a trustee ol the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society, and Yale University. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1887, Mr. Olds graduated from Yale in 1907, and from Harvard Law School in 1910. He is a collector of American naval prints. TRUSTEES

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