Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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engineering PROFESSOR HERBERT J. BALL Professor Herbert J. Ball is the Chairman of the Division of Engineering at the Lowell Technological Institute. Professor Ball was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 27, 1885. He later received his Bachelor of Science degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology and a B.C.S. degree at Northwestern University. Professor Ball has received the Har- old Dewitt Smith Memorial Medal from the American Society of Testing Materials and is the Chairman of the Committee on Textile Materials of the American Society of Testing Materials, as well as a Fellow of the British Textile Industry. PROFESSOR HERBERT J. BALL Head of Department of Textile Engineering PROFESSOR ALBERT E. CHOUINARD Head of Department of Leather Engineering PROFESSOR JOHN LEWIS Head of Department of Paper Engineering Standing: Block, Hall, Thomas, Ouellette, Sabbagh, Rogers, Bell, Strymish. Sitting: Lee, Brown, Stearns, Gelinas, Ainsworth, Humiston, Wells, Hindle. 13

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chemistry PROFESSOR ELMER E. FICKETT Professor Elmer E. Fickett is the chairman of the Division of Chemistry at the Lowell Tech- nological Institute. Born at Chelsea, Massachu- setts on May 19, 1884, he later attended Tufts College where he received his Bachelor of Sci- ence degree. Professor Fickett has the honor of being the National Counselor of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. ■WliiHHHH Standing: Lavrakas, MacAusland, Rosenbaum, Peirent, Brown, James, Howarth. Sitting: Scatter- good, Skinkle, Lisien, Everett. 12

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general studies PROFESSOR JOHN R. ROBERTSON Professor John R. Robertson is the Chairman of the Division of General Studies at the Lowell Technological Institute. Professor Robertson was born on March 18, 1905, and later attended Bowdoin College where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree and then received his Master of Science degree at Harvard University. Professor Robertson came to the Lowell Technological Institute in 1947. Since that time, Professor Robertson has served as Director of Public Relations and as Faculty Advisor to the Text and to the Student Council. At the present, in addition to holding the position of Chairman of his department, Professor Robert- son is also an honorary member of Omicron Pi Fraternity and a Faculty Advisor to WLTI. PROFESSOR JOHN R. ROBERTSON Head of Division of Social Sciences COLONEL WALTER E. KELLY Head of Division of Air Science and Tactics PROFESSOR LESTER H. CUSHING Head of Division of Languages and Humanities Standing: Lake, Yarnall, Taylor, Hawkins, Mandell, MacLaughlan. Sitting: Mesle, Dow, Williams, Morey, Mild. 14