Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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President Emeritus of the University Merion Station, Pa. E.M., ' 71, Lehigh University; LL.D., Lafayette College, ' 05; Franklin and Marshall College, ' 10; University of Pennsylvania, ' 11; Princeton University, ' 18. Secretai-y of the Alumni Association, ' 76, and President, ' 79; Alumni Trustee, ' 77- ' 79; ' 89- ' 95; elected member of Board of Trustees, ' 93, and held office as Trustee until ' 05; elected President of Lehigh University, June 14, 1905, installed October 12, 1905. Admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania, ' 77; Pennsylvania Supreme Court, ' 80; Courts of New York State, ' 99. General Solicitor for Lehigh Valley Railroad, ' 85- ' 05. Published: Treatise on Tunneling, Explosive Compounds and Rock Drills, ' 78; Treatise on Explosive Compounds and Rock Drills, ' 82; an enlarged edition of Ball ' s Railroad and Telegraph Laws of Pennsylvania, ' 84. Author of various papers read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Past Manager and now Vice-President of the American Institute of Mining Engi- neer.s, and one of the founders of the Institute in 1871. Member: Society for the Pro- motion of Engineering Education; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Historical Society of Pennsylvania; National Institute of Efficiency. Hon- orary member of Tau Beta Pi. President of the American Forestry Association, ' 12- ' 13, ' 13- ' 14, ' 14- ' 15, and member of the Executive Committee, ' 15- ' 19. Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee of the National Conservation Congress. Pres- ident of the Society of the National Reserve Corps of the Unitd States, ' 13- ' 14, ' 14- ' 15; Chairman of the Governing Committee of the Military Training Camps Association of the United States, ' 15- ' 19; Secretary of the Advisory Board of University Presi- dents on Summer Military Instruction Camps. Member of the Executive Committee of the League to Enforce Peace and Chairman of the Pennsylvania Branch. President of the Association of College Presidents of Pennsylvania, 1917. Member: Century Club, New York; University Club, Washington, I). C.; University Club, Philadelphia; Engineers ' Club, Philadelphia. Director Lehigh Valley Railroad. 15

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O fftcers of instruction President of the University University Park Born March 23, 1871, at Clarkshill, Indiana; Bachelor of Mechanical Engineer- ing, 1890; Mechanical Engineer, 1891, Purdue University; Master Mechanical Engi- neering, 1895, Cornell University; Doctor of Engineering, 1920, University of Ne- braska; Instructor Mechanical Engineering, 1891-2, Colorado Agricultural College; Adjunct Professor of Manual Training, 1892-4, Professor Practical Mechanics 1894-S, Professor Mechanical Engineering 1898-1911, Associate Dean of Industrial College 190T, Dean of College of Engineering 1909-11, University of Nebraska; Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1911-20, Acting Dean College of Engineering 1913-15, Dean of College of Engineering 1917-22, University of Illinois; President of Lehigh Uni- versity 1922 — . Consulting Engineer American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Western Society of Engineers; Society for Promotion of Engineering Education. Sig- ma Xi; Sigma Tau; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Chi. 14

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m y iHpito w Natt Morrill Emery, M.A., Litt.D. Vice-President of the Unirersitij 41 East Market Street A.B., Dartmouth College, ' 95 ; M.A., Lehigh Uni- versity, ' 99; Litt.D., Ursiniis College, ' 16; In- stuctor, Tilton Seminary, Tilton, New Hampshire, ' 95- ' 96; Assistant in English, ' 96-97; Instructor in English, ' 97- ' 02; Registrar, ' 99- ' 12; Assistant to the President, ' 07- ' 10; Vice-President, ' 10—; in executive charge Jan. 1, 1921-Sept. 1, 1922; Phi Beta Kappa ; Phi Gamma Delta. i i Charles Lewis Thornburg, C.E., Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy and Secretary of the Faculty University Park Graduate of Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va., ' 76; B.S., ' 81, B.E., ' 92, C.E., ' 83, Ph.D., ' 84, Vanderbilt University ; Fellow in Mathematics, ' 81- ' 82; Graduate Fellow. ' 82- ' 84; Instructor in Engineering Department, ' 84- ' 86 ; Assistant Pro- fessor of Engineering and Astronomy, ' 86- ' 95, Vanderbilt University ; Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, ' 95 — ; Secretary of the Faculty, ' 99- ' 00, ' 01—. William Cleveland Thayer, M.A., L.H.D. Professor of the English Language and Literature Absent on Leave B.A., ' 76, Columbia University; M.A., ' 84, Wil- liams College; L.H.D. . ' 00, Hobart College; Stu- dent, University of Gottingen, ' 79- ' 81 ; Graduate Student. Jonns Hopkins University ; Professor of Mathematics, Hobart College, ' 82- ' 84 ; Private In- structor in Modern Languages, Baltimore, ' 88- ' 91 ; Professor of Modern Languages, Pennsylvania State College, ' 92- ' 95 ; Professor of English, ' 95—. 16