Michigan Technological University - Keweenawan Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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Professor Riddell is Head of the Department of Mining Engineering. He attended the illinois institute of Technology for six years. The degrees of B. S. and E.M. were procured at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology. While most of Professor Riddell's industrial experience has been confined to the iron ore regions of Lake Superior, he has done work in sixteen states and in Canada and Russia, the latter for two years. He is included in a number of professional organizations, the outstanding membership is in the Saunders Gold Medal Award Com- mittee, as the result of an exceptional accomplishment in mining work. J. MURRAY RIDDELL, Mining Engineering Professor T. C. Sermon, successor to Dr. J. H. Service, heads the Department of Physics. Professor Sermon attended Central Michigan College of Education, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, receiving the A. B. degree from that institution. He acquired his B. S. and M. S. degrees at Michigan Tech. He has carried on extensive research work in the field of geo- physics, and is also the author of numerous articles which have been published in technical iournals. He holds membership in engineering and physics societies and iS a member of Sigma Rho Fraternity. His social memberships include the Masonic Order. T. C. SERMON, Physics THOMAS N. SMITH, Engineering Administration Professor Thomas N. Smith became head of the Department of Engineering Administration in 1951. He received the B. S. degree from Juniata College, and the Master of Education degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Smith has owned and operated retail establishments. His educational experience includes several years of teaching at Michigan Tech before becoming department head, and several years of secondary school instructing. He was a Red Cross regional director in charge of operations in North Italy and Corsica during World War Il, and from 1949 to 1951 was state supervisor of business education for the West Virginia state board of vocational education. 17

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Dr. Morrill, Head of the Department of Languages, ioined the faculty of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in October of 1949. After receiving the B. A. and M. A. degrees from Brown University, Dr. Morrill attended Harvard University, where he received the Ph. D. degree in English in 1937. From 1932 to 1938, Dr. Morrill taught at Washington and Jeffer- son in Washington, Pennsylvania. In 1938 he became Head of the Department of English and, in 1941, Dean of Faculty at Geneva College in Beaver Falls. He remained in this capacity until 1949 when i he came to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology. Dr. Morrill holds memberships in Phi Beta Kappa and the American Association of University Professors. U. J. NOBLET, Forestry Professor Wilfred C. Polkinghorne was appointed Head of the ' DR. MORRILI., Languages The Department of Forestry, organized and led by Professor U. J. Noblet, was created in 1936. A graduate of Michigan State Col- lege, Professor Noblet completed post-graduate work at Michigan State and the Universities of Minnesota and Michigan. Formerly, Professor Noblet was in charge of timber mapping and cruising when assigned to the U. S. Engineers at Rock Island, Illinois. Prior to serving as Head of the Department of Athletics when he ioined the Michigan Tech staff in 1929, Professor Noblet instructed mathematics and physical education at high schools in Cadillac and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Professor Noblet is a member of the Society of American Foresters and the American Forestry Association. He is also a member of Kappa Delta Psi Fraternity and is faculty advisor of the Forestry Club. Q Xml Department of Civil Engineering in the fall of 1945. He holds the degrees of B. S. and E. M. from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology and a M. S. degree from Yale University. A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Professor Polkinghorne served as chairman of the A. S. C. E. Seventh Registration for Engineers, Architects and Mine Surveyors in 1939, and has served as chairman of that board. He also holds membership in structural and engineering organizations and also in the Theta Tau Fraternity, the Yale Club of Michigan and the Masonic Order. Professor Pol- kinghorne's biography appears in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Engineering . 16 WILFRED C. POLKINGHORNE, Civil Engineering

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Professor and Head of the Department of Geology, Dr. A. K. Snelgrove resigned from the Princeton University faculty staff in T940 to accept the position at Michigan College of Mining and Technology. Dr. Snelgrove is a graduate of McGill University, receiving his B. S. and M. S. degrees from that institution, and obtaining his Ph. D. from Princeton University. Dr. Snelgrove was employed as a geologist by several organiza- tions, for the Pure Oil Company of Wyoming, made a geological survey of Canada, led the Princeton Geological Expedition to New- foundland, and was official geologist to the government, in charge of a group of Tech students working on a geological survey in New- foundland. N Among the numerous professional organizations in which Dr. Snelgrove holds membership is the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He is also a member of Theta Tau and Phi Upsilon fra- ternities. Dr, Snelgrove is listed in American Men oi Science , Who's Who in Engineering , Who's Who in Canada , Who's Who in New- foundland , and Who's Who in American Education . ALFRED K. SNELGROVE, Geological Engineering Professor Swenson, whose home town is Wilmar, Minnesota, graduated from the University of Minnesota in I9i7, then returning for his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering which he received in I92l. After having received his Master's degree, Professor Swenson was employed as a telephone engineer by the Western Electric Corp. This lasted for only a short time, as he returned to his Alma Mater to be an instructor and Assistant Professor in the Electrical Dept. He kept that position until I928 when the Michigan Tech Electrical En- gineering Department was organized under his direction and guidance. This marks over twenty years in his capacity as Head of the Depart- ment in addition to being a counselor for this period. Professor Swenson is associated with many organizations. Among these, he is Chairman of the Great Lakes District Student Branch Com- mittee of A. I. E. E. and also chairman of the Electrical Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. The A. I. E. E. has given him the title of Fellow, and he belongs to Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu, both of which are honorary fraternities. Among the professional fraternities, he belongs to Kappa GEORGE W. SWENSON, Electrical Engineering Col. Troland, Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, has had broad and diversified experiences in training, teaching, and combat during his Army career. Upon graduation from West Point in l9l7, Col. Troland went to France and served with an engineer's combat battallion, remaining overseas to serve as a member in the headquarters of the Army of Occupation. During World War II Col. Troland saw active duty in the South Pacific Theater of Operations. At the close of the war he was trans- Ierred to the Mediterranean Area to act as Theater Engineer. Between World Wars he attended Engineer's School at Fort Bel- voir, then went to M. I. T. Upon completion of advanced studies he became an engineer on duty with various units along the Atlantic Coast, and also with the River and Harbor Commission. I8 Eta Kappa and the Service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. On top of this formidable array of honors, he is also an author of an Electrical Engineering Text and various professional papers. COLONEL GIRARD B. TROLAND