Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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CHARLES II. K AIN IKS President Emeritus November 17, 1875 — January 29, 1919 KOI IS A. OLNEY Professor Em eri tits T exti le Che in is try April 21, 1871— February 11, 1919

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9 i Memosiiam T he staff of The 1949 Pickout joins the faculty and the students of Lowell Textile Institute in honoring the memory of two beloved and respected men who were largely responsible for the development and the progress of Lowell Textile Institute. Both President Emeritus Charles H. Eames and Professor Emeritus Louis A. Olney came to Textile when it was a young and unknown school struggling for recognition and gave to the Institute the best they had both in administration and instruction. (diaries II. Eames was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1875 and attended Punchard Free School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology from which he received his degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engi- neering. After his graduation, he worked for the Milford Light and Power Company and Stone and Webster Company in Boston. In 1905, Mr. Eames was appointed an instructor in the Department of Engineering at Textile and secretary to Principal William W. Crosby. When Mr. Crosby resigned in 1907, Mr. Eames was named as his successor, and remained in that position until 1918 when the office of Principal was changed to that of President. He held that office until his retirement in 1945. Mr. Eames was a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Society for the Advancement of Science, the Na- tional Association of Cotton Manufacturers, and the American Textile Foundation. Fraternally, he was a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of the Ahasuerus Council, Koval and Select Masters, Royal Arch Chapter, and the Scottish Rite Bodies of Lowell. Dr. Louis A. Olney succumbed on February 11, 1949 to injuries received in a traffic accident which also claimed the life of his wife Bertha. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1874 and attended Lehigh University from which he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1900 and his Mas- ter’s degree in 1908. In 1926, Lehigh University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree. Dr. Olney taught chemistry at Brown University before coming to Textile to organize the Department of Textile Chemistry and Dyeing. From a small beginning came the present chemical division of the Institute. When the school moved to its present location, the chemistry department expanded, and, through the untiring work of Dr. Olney, whose plans for the location of laboratories and classrooms were largely accepted, the present- day Louis Pasteur Hall was designed and erected. He was also the founder of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. Dr. Olney was always interested in research for the advancement of textile chemistry and dyeing, and was largely responsible for the establishment of various research projects which even now are being carried on in our laboratories. He had written several books dealing with color chemistry as applied to textiles on which he was a recognized authoritv. Both of these men will be greatly missed from the general textile world and from Lowell Textile Institute. The contributions they have made to the industry will be long remembered, while the benefits gained by the Institute from their untiring efforts will be reflected in its continued prestige and advancement. 11