Michigan Technological University - Keweenawan Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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WILFRID C. POLKINGHORNE Civil Engineering Professor George W. Swenson, head of the Electrical Engineering De- partment, graduated from the Uni- versipty of Minnesota in l9i7, received his M.S.E.E. in i921 and was Assistant Professor there until i928 when he organized and became head of the Department at Michigan Tech. Fellow and Life Member, A.l.E.E., member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Eta Sigma, and Phi Kappa Phi, all honor- ary fraternities. Among professional fraternities, he belongs to Eta Kappa Nu anal the Service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. Professor Swenson is listed in Who's Who in America , Who's Who in Engineering , Who's Who in American Education , and American Men of Science . Professor Wilfrid C. Polkinghorne was appointed Head of The Depart- ment of Civil Engineering in the fall of i945. He holds the degrees of B.S. and E.M. from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology and M.S. from Yale University. A member of the American Society of Civil Engi- neers, Professor Polkinghorne is a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors and has served as chairman of that board. He also holds memberships in structural and engineering organizations, Theta Tau Fraternity, the Yale Club of Michigan, and the Masonic order. Professor Pollcinghorne's biography appears in VVho's Who in America , and Who's Who in Engineering . GEORGE W. SWENSON Electrical Engineering 9

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Professor Thomas N. Smifh became head of The DeparTmenT of Engineer- ing AdminisTraTion in 1951. He re- ceived The 13.5. degree from .luaniTa College, and The Masfer of EducaTion degree from The UniversiTy of PiTTs- burgh. He has owned and operaTed reTail esTablishmenTs. His educaTional experience includes several years of Teaching aT Michigan Tech before becoming deparTmenT head, and sev- eral years of secondary school in- sTrucTing. He was a Red Cross re- gional direcfor in charge of opera- Tions in NorTh lTaly and Corsica during World War II, and from 1949 To 1951 was sTaTe supervisor of business edu- caTion for The WesT Virginia sTaTe board of vocafional educafion. VVALFRID BEEN Mining Engineering THOMAS N. SMITH Engineering AdminisTraTion Walfrid Been ioined The sTaff of Michigan College of Mining and Tech- nology in December, 1955, as head of The Mining Engineering Deparf- menT. A graduafe of M. C. M.84T., class of 1929, he worked successively in The Michigan copper mines, The Bolivian Tin fields and for fiffeen years on The Mesabi Iron Range. He succeeded J. Murray Riddell who re- Tired as head of The deparTmenT afTer eleven years of service in ThaT posT. x ,

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Lieutenant Colonel Riley R. Whearty joined the staff as professor of Air Science and Tactics. He replaced Lieutenant Colonel Leslie C. Fenske who had been professor of Air Sci- ence here since September, I95O, and who had been reassigned by the Air Force. Colonel Whearty holds a B.S. degree from Kansas State Col- lege. He taught for several years in Kansas high schools shortly before World Vvar Il. He served over-seas in that war. Colonel Whearty was re- called to active duty in the Air Force in l95l and spent Sl months in .Ia- pan. His most recent assignment be- fore coming here was with the Air Force ROTC at Kansas University. LT. COL. LAWRENCE VOGEL Army R.O.T.C. LT. COL. RILEY WHEARTY Air Force R.O.T.C. Lt. Col. Vogel, professor and head of the Department of Military Science and Tactics since 1956, graduate of the United States Military Academy, lvI.C.E., University of Iowa, I949. His experience includes airfield construc- tion in Europe and Greenland, super- vision of the preparation of technical training manuals while on staff and faculty of The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, civil works' activities, St. Paul Engineer District. He is a graduate of the Command and Gen- eral Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, member, Society of American Ivlilitary Engineers and Rotary Inter- national, registered professional engi- neer in the State of Iowa.