Highland Park College - Piper Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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RAY CROW, C. E. Dean of Engineering ,Sf EAN RAY CROW was educated at the University of Ok- lahoma and had special work at the Armour Institute of Technology. From the time he left college in 1901 f ' until 1904, he was connected with the Santa Fe railroad in various engineering positions. From 19044 until 1907 he was an instructor in Civil Engineering and Geodesy at Armour Insti- tute of Technology. Leaving that institution, he became chief engineer of the Tennessee, Kentucky 81 Northern Railroad, which position l1e retained until 1910. He then took the superinten- dency of the Alabama, Tennessee SI Northern Railroad until Sep- tember 12, 1912, when he became professor of Civil Engineering at Highland Park College. In 1915 he was granted a two years' leave of absence to take up work with the Interstate Commerce Commission in the valuation of common carriers. In the summer of 1917 he was recalled to Highland Park College to take the osition which he now holds. P In addition to his otl1er duties, he has been instructor in S anish this ear. P Dean Crow, stands high in the esteem of the students, not only of his own department, but of every department of the college.

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-Q . E Jr 'X 4 --- , . .J 1 . a f .F 'P ELBERT O. KAGY, Ph. G., Ph. C. Dean of Pharmacy 9, EAN E. O. KAGY, born and reared in Ohio, came west X to secure his Pharmaceutical education. He entered Highland Park College in the fall of 1897 and graduated with the Ph. G. degree in 1898. The next year he con- tinued l1is studies in Pharmacy and graduated the same year with the Ph. C. degree. From the college he went farther west, locat- ing at Cripple Creek, Colorado, where he remained a year and qu half. He then went to Denver and worked for the Sholtz Drug Co. until his return to Highland Park College as professor in Pharmacy and director of the Pharmaceutical Laboratory. After the death of Dr. S. R. Macy, which occurred in July, 1911, Mr. Kagy became Acting Dean, and held this position until Septem- her, 1913, when he became Dean. Because of his careful l112ll1ZlgCll18I1t 'and unceasing efforts the department has attained the present high standard. One of the steps up to our present standing was the securing of recognition from the American Pliarmaceutical Association, under whose reg- ulation the department is now operating as a recognized college of Pharmacy. The constant increase of students in this college is sufficient evidence of the success which Dean Kagy has attained. Q