Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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WILLIAM MCTPPIERSON grad' uated in 1895. He has been dean of the Graduate School at Ohio State University since 1911, and was acting presi' dent ofthe university in 1924. He is the author of a series of textbooks on chemistry. LOWRY SATER, of the class of 1895, IS now a lawyer in Co' lumbus. He is a past presif dent of the Ohio State Uni' versity Association. RAYMOND M. Huoncs was a fellow in chemistry at Ohio State University from 1895' 1897, receiving his M. A. in 1897. Until this year he was president of Miami Univer' sity, and is now president of Iowa State University. MARTHA KOEHNE received her degree of B. A. in 1908 and her M. A. in 1910. She is now a recognized authority on child nutrition and die' tetics. At the present time she is on the faculty of the University of Tennessee. GENERAL WILLIAM C. LANG' FITT was in charge of all engineering supplies, construe' tion and forestry, light rail' ways, road and motor trans' portation in the American Expeditionary Forces abroad during the World War. He is a major in the Engineers' Corps of the United States Army. CHARLES F. MARVIN received his M. E. degree here in 1883 and has been head of the United States Weather Bu' reau since 1913. His latest recommendation to progress is a thirteenfmonth calendar year, each month to have twentyfeigbt days, and the seventh month to be known as Solstice GEORGE CALKINS, of the class of 1895, is connected with the General Electric Com' pany. He has written several treatises on electrical engif neering, on which he is an authority. PAUL M. LINCOLN, director of the School of Electrical Engineering at Cornell Uni' versity, received his degree here in 1892.

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JESSE R. Lovejor graduated in 1884, and has been a vice' president of the General Elec' tric Compan since 1907, and a member ofythe board of di' rectors since 1922. COMMANDER GLENN S. BUR- RELL graduated from Ohio State University in 1904 with the degree B. C. E. During the World War he built the naval mine depot and the sub' marine base at New London, Connecticut. At present he is the assistant chief of the design division, Navy De' partment. CHARLES P. COOPER gradu' ated in 1907 from this uni' versity. He was for some time president of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, and is at present the vice-presi- dent of the American Tele' phone and Telegraph Com' pany. GEORGE LIVINGSTON received his B. Sc. degree in 1909, and is now the head of the United States Bureau of Markets. He is considered an expert in grain marketing. DANlliL 1. BRUMLEY, of the class of 1895, is in charge of planning the new 5B700,000,f 000 terminal for the Chicago and Illinois Railway. This is one of the largest engineer' ing feats of the present day. ' ra N BENJAMIN G. LAMMIE, of the class of 1888, is the hrst and only recipient of the joseph Sullivant medal, the highest honor Ohio State University confers on her graduates. He was a world Hgure in engif neering and for twenty years was the chief engineer of the Westingliouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. He was a pioneer in the devel' opment of the electrical in' Zlustry, holding more than 150 patents at the time of his death. He received the Edif son medal and served on the United States Consulting Board during the World War. VERNON C. WARD, of the class of 1903, is now the vice president of the B. French Company, leading building contractors of Chicago. For twenty-three years he was en' gaged in steel construction sales with the American Bridge and the Illinois Steel Company. CHARLES J. STARR graduated in the class of 1909 and is at present the editor of the Iron Trade Review.

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ARTHUR S. HCDFFMAN, grad' uated in 1897, is a former editor of Adventure, and was made editor of Na' tional Magazine and Mc' Clure's. ' ELLIOTT NUGENT, who grad' uated in 1919, is best known as an actor and a playwright. He is the author of The Poor Nut and Kempy and acted in both. CARMI THOMPSON, who rc' ceived his B. A. degree in 1892 and his LL. B. degree x in 1895, is best known to the 'student body as a Candidate for governor of Ohio in 1922. He was formerly treasurer of the United States, assistant secretary of the interior, sec' retary to President Taft and secretary of the state of Ohio. NORMAN W. Sroaiziz, of the class of 1891. He is con' nected with the Westiiiglicause Electric and Manufacturing Company. He has taken a prominent part in the devel' opment of the electric loco' motives and in the electrih- cation of railways. Dix. MARK FRANCIS, who re' ceived his degree in veterin- ary medicine at Ohio State in 1887. He is famous for his introduction of methods of producing immunity to Texas fever by subcutaneous injecf tions w i t li serum prepared from diseased cattle. At pres' ent he is best known for his startling discoveries in the cure for tularemia. ,-uf -au.. RENICK DLINLAI' graduated in 1895. He is an agricul' tural scientist and was assist' ant United States secretary of agriculture. He was a former football captain at Ohio State. BENJAMIN T. Bixooics gradu- ated in 1906 and has been the consulting chemist of the Mathieson Alkali Wcnrks since 1924. Hs is a fellow of the Mellon Institute at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. DR. Rov D.McCi.uau was a member of the class of 1904. He is at present on the surgi- cal stalf of the Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He is noted for his operations on the brain.