Michigan Technological University - Keweenawan Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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THOMAS N. SMITH, Engineering AdminisTraTion Professor and Head of The De- oT Geology is Dr. A. K. Snel- Dr. Snelgrove is a graduafe of Mc- UniversiTy receiving his B,S. and degrees from ThaT insTiTuTion, and his Ph.D. frofn PrinceTon Dr. Snelgrove is a former direcfor The Geological Survey of New- and aufhor and edifor of publicafions. He organized Bureau of Mineral Research aT UniversiTy while on leave from Ich. In T953-54 he was Fulbright cTurer aT The UniversiTy of Hong nng. Among The numerous professional ganizaTions in which Dr. Snelgrove Elds fellowship are The Geological ciefy of America and The SocieTy Economic GeologisTs. He is also member of TheTa Tau and Psi Up- on fraTerniTies. Dr. Snelgrove is listed Who's N1Vho in America , Amer- an Men of Science , Who's Who in igineeringu, Who's Who in Ameri- in EducaTion , and Who's Who in anada . Professor Thomas N. SmiTh became head of The DeparTmenT of Engineer- ing AdminisTraTion in l95i. He re- ceived The B.S. degree from Juniafa College, and The MasTer of EducaTion degree from The Universify of PiTTs- burgh. Professor SmiTh has owned and operaTed reTail esTablishmenTs. His educafional experiences includes sev- era! years of Teaching aT Michigan Tech before becoming deparfmenf head, and several years of secondary school insTrucTing, He was a Red Cross regional olirecfor in charge of opera- Tions in North lfaly and Corsica during World War ll, and from T949 To T951 was sTaTe supervisor of business edu- caTion for The Wesf Virginia sTaTe board of vocaTional educafion. ALFRED K. SNELGROVE, Geological Engineering 4!,, :grim 3

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The Department of Forestry, organ- ized ancl led by Professor U. J. Nob- let, was created in 1936. A gradu- ate of Michigan State College, Pro- fessor Noblet completed post-graduate work at Michigan State and the Uni- versities of Minnesota and Michigan. 'Formerly, Professor Noblet was in charge of land and timber appraisal work when assigned to the U. S. En- gineers at Rock Island, Illinois. Prior to serving as Head of the Department of Athletics when he ioined the Mich- igan 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 a faculty advisor of the Forestry Club. WILFRID C. POIQKINGHORNE, Civil Engineering Pi'-umif' U. J. NOBLET Forestry Professor Wilfrid C. Polkingho was appointed Head of the Dep nient of Civil Engineering in the of l945. He holds the degrees B. S. and E. M. from the Michi College of Mining and Technol and a NLS. degree from Yale Univ sity. A mernber of the American Soci of Civil Engineers, Professor Polki horne is a member of the State R istration Board for Architects, En neers and Land Surveyors and served as chairman of that boa He also holds memberships in struct al and engineering organizations also in the Theta Tau Fraternity, Yale Club of Michigan and the Mas ic order. Professor Polkinghorne's graphy appears in Who's Who America , and Who's Who in E neeringu.

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Professor Swenson, whose home town is Willmar, Minnesota, graduat- ed from the University of Minnesota in 1917, then returning for his Mastar's degree in Electrical Engineering which he received in 1921. He then returned to the University ol Minnesota to be an Assistant Pro- fessor in the Electrical Dept. He kept that position until 1928 when the Michigan Tech Electrical Engineering Department was organized under his direction and guidance. This marks over twenty years in his capacity as Head of the Department. 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 Eta Kappa, and the Service fraternity Alpha Phi Ome- ga. On tap of this formidable array of honors, he is also an author of an Electrical Engineering Text and var- ious professional papers. J. MURRAY RIDDELL Mining Engineering GEORGE W. SWENSON, Electrical Engineering Professor J. Murray Riddell is he of the Department of Mining Er neering. He attended the Illinois Institute Technology for six years, and sub quently won the degrees of B.S. c E.M. at the Michigan College of Iv ing and Technology. While most of Professor industrial experience has been fined to the iron ore regions of Superior, he has clone work in states, and in Canada. He is a member of the Institute of Mining and : Engineers, the Mining and gical Society of America, a T Beta Pi Association. As past of the Mining Methods Committee A. I. M. E., he continues to e participate in the work of that as o sub-chairman.