Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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Jf acultp Louis A. Olney, B.S., M.S., D. Sc, Professor in charge of Chemistry and Dyeing Departments. Professor Olney received his B.S. degree from Lehigh University and later his Master ' s and Doctor ' s degrees from the same university. He is a member of the Lehigh chapter of Sigma Xi Fraternity. He has served as instructor at Brown University 1896-1897 and since then as chemist for Lowell Machine Shop, Lowell Board of Health and Lowell Gas Light Company. He has also had practical experience in the Dyeing and Finishing Departments of the Stirling Mills and is at the present time Presi- dent of that Corporation. He has been connected with the school since 1897. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Charter member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Past President of the New England Section and Councillor of the American Chemical Society; Associate Editor of the Abstract Journal of the American Chemical Society; Member of Society of Chemical Industry, and Society of Dyers and Colorists; Past President and Chairman of Research Committee of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, and Directing Editor of American Dyestuff Reporter. Residence: 118 Riverside St., Lowell, Mass. Edgar H. Barker, Professor in charge of the Department of Woolen and Worsted Yarns. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1896. Experience: E. Frank Lewis, Wool Scourer, Lawrence, and with Pacific Mills, Lawrence. Residence: 9 Mt. Hope St., Lowell, Mass. Arthur A. Stewart, Professor in charge of the Department of Finishing. Graduate of Lowell Textile Institute 1900. Experience: Dominion Woolen Manufacturing Company, Montreal, Canada; Xonantum Manufacturing Company and with several of the Ameri- can Woolen Company ' s Mills; also an instructor in Woolen and Worsted Yarns, Lowell Textile Institute. Residence: 56 Robbins St., Lowell, Mass. 16

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CHARLES H. EAMES, S. B„ President M. I. T. 1897 Instructor L. T. I. 1897-1906. Secretary of the Institute 1897-1906. Principal 1906-19-20 President of the Institute 1920.

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THE 1931 PICKOUT Herman H. Bachmann, Professor in charge of the Depart- ment of Textile Design and Power Weaving. Graduate of the Textile School at Gera, R. J. L., Germany. Studied under Gustave Weise, Gera, Germany. Experience: Parkliill Manufacturing Company, Fitchburg, Mass., Boston Button Company, Boston, Mass., Lor- raine Manufacturing Company, Pawtucket, R. I.. Smith Webbing Company, Pawtucket, R. I.. Fitchburg Worsted Company. Fitchburg, Mass. Residence: 146 Parkview Ave., Lowell, Mass. Lester H. Gushing, A.B., EdM., Professor in charge of the Departments of Languages, History, Economics and Physical Education. Harvard University 1911. Harvard Summer School of Physical Educa- tion 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925. Faculty Director of Athletics: Secretary to the Faculty. Residence: 10 Walden St., Lowell, Mass. Herbert J. Ball, S.B., B.C.S., Professor in charge of the Department of Textile Engineering and Accountancy. Graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Mechanical En- gineering. Textile Mill option, 1906. Graduate of Northeastern University in Professional Accountancy, with honor, 1916. Experience: Draftsman at Watertown Arsenal under Carl G. Barth. Draftsman at Lincoln-Williams Twist Drill Co., Taunton, Mass. on design of automatic machinery. Accountant with Robert Douglas Co., Boston, Mass. Instructor in System Building Cost Accounting, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Member of Fuel Administration for City of Lowell. Studies and investigations of activities of various departments of City of Lowell. Varied tax experience. Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member of American Society of Testing Materials. Residence: 119 Wentworth Ave., Lowell, Mass. Gilbert R. Merrill, B.T.E., Professor in charge of the Department of Cotton Yarns. He graduated in 1919 from the Textile Engineering course of the Lowell Textile Institute, receiving the medal of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers for scholarship. In the Department of Cotton Yarns and Knitting, he served as student instructor from 1916-1919, as instructor from 1919 to 1924, and as assistant professor from 1924 to 1927. He has worked in the carding and spinning departments of the Merrimack Manufacturing Co. and the Hamilton Manufacturing Co. In 1923 he acted as Special Expert for the U. S. Tariff Commission in a study of the Cost of Manufacture of Hosiery, Gloves and Glove Fabrics in Europe. He is the author of numerous technical articles for textile periodicals and is editor of The Knitting Mill Handbook, Warp Knitting and Cotton Yarn Problems. He is a secretary of Tau Epsilon Sigma and a member of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers in which he is serving on the Technical Committee. Residence: ;564 Varnum Ave., Lowell, Mass. 17