Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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Herman Herman K. Vedder. pru- lbssnr 0f lllzlillvlllill'iPS211M civil mums from the Empin- Slate. being 1mm in St. Johusa Ville, Oct. 7, 1866. He at- 1vndod public svhnol in engineering his native town until the age of 113. when he left lmnw 10 tukc up :I t'hlh' siml :Iml mmmm-rinl mursv in Hm Hinton lliha 01-211 luslilulu :11 Ft. Plains. K. 1'. From here K. Vedder he wont lo Mn'nvll. graduating From thv vix'il lingineering mul-so in 1887. l'lmn h'nving mllvgo ho imnwdizltcly engaged in pratii .211 work unly to ho I'm'nlled by his Alum Mater lo mmtupy the position of iusll'uvlur in civil engineering. In 1899 he ac- CUpTOd :1 positiml 21s contracting agent for :1 bridge building: mummy and mn-ivd 0n :1, very extensive business in Penn sylvuniu after fhv dzmmging Hunds 211' H1211 time. He mn- rinlwd in pl'wl'iml wnl'k 1111111 Will. when he again took up work iozlvhing' at Cornell. His pmvtionl nwihods enfowed here are duo tn the experimlt'e Prof. Vedder has gained by hm-u 21ml himself having enginwring. engaged in prm-livall surveys

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William James Beal William James Baal, A. M.. Sc. M., Ph. IL. Pro- fessor Hf Ilnlmly at M. A. 0.. was born at Adrian, Michigan. Mun-h 11. 1832;. His parents originally came from New York and Took up land near Quaker, in Lenawoe county. D12 Beal graduated. from fhe University of Michigan in 1859 and Hum Taught na- tural science for several years at Union Springs. N. Y. He then went 1:0 Harvard and studied un- tim- Gnu; Agassiz, and Vymnn for :1 yvzl 1 and :1 Ilzllf. Ho has sim-e occupied positions as a teacher of science at Hmvlnml School, Union Springs, N. Y., and at Chicago Uni- versity. He came to M. A. C. in 1870 and has held his pres- mlf position for thirtythreo years. having also been profes- sor of lwrtimlture and forestry for many years. He has been :1 IllClllllGl' 0f the faculty of M. A. C. for longer than any I'n'osonr member and is closely connected with the most pros- porous years of the college. Through the valuable and un- 1'iring efforts of himself and his contemporary, fhe 1ate Dr. R. H. Kedzie, The fame of this school, as a fountain head of swionl'ih'c research has spread over Hlis whole country. Dr. Heal is the author of many bulletins, articles, efc. of great practical scientific value. His chief books are, ' 1';1-;1ssos of North America and Planf Dispersal? J . W. BOLTE.

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Tirwhu . xv ffi- Charles L. Charles L. Weil. Profes- sur 0f met-lmuiml engi- neering. was harm in 1865. at the close of the Civil War. in the town of North Andover. He spent his early years in the town of his birth. attending the public schools of North Andover, and graduating from the city high school in 1881, at the age of six- teen. At this time, he did not have in mind the pur- suit of an engineering pro, fession, but entered a busi Hess house in Boston; where he held a minor position for ovei a year. .Xt this point he began to lay the foundation of his later engineering success. by resuming his studies. and entering upon engineering work. In 1888 he was gradu- ated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiv- ing the degree of bachelor of science in the regular four year course after only three and a half yearst attendance at col- Weil. S. B. lego. and having: niaiutainod 21 high degree of scholarship. After receiving his degree, Mr. Wei! continued in engineer- ing: practice. being employed chiefly us a draftsman and de- signeia thus obtaining thorough grounding in the details of engineering Immivc. 111 1801. however. he resigned n posiv tion with the firm of Henry 1Vorthington in lh-noklyn. New York, to :u-t'ept 2111 ilistl'lu'tul'ship iii the subject 01' mechani- cal engineering: at Lehigh Universitv. He renmined there until 1893. when he resigned to accept his present position at Mi A. C. Professor 1Veil is a member of the Detroit Engineering Society, the Michigan liliigineel'ing Society, and 0f the Amer- ican Society of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Weilts life has been one of steady progress and achievement. His undertakings have met with the success due to his sterling: integrity. thorough grasp of the branches of engineering, and untiring attention to business. Under his management the equipment of the mechanical depart- ment at M. A. C. has been improved and the scope of the course broadened; the department has become well known throughout the state and the country. and has today. scores of Slu'teessf111 graduates in engineering practice scattered all over the land. B. MCALPINE.