Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS. GEORGE W. ATHERTON, LL. D., ls'RESIDENT. Dean of School of History, Political Science and Philosophy. Professor of Political Science and Social elence. A. 13., Yale, 1863. A. M., Yale, 1866. LL. D., Franklin and Marshall, 1883. President of the Pennsyl- vania State College,188'2. J11 rlllflt' 411M WILLIAM A. BUCKIIOUT, M. 5. Professor of Botany and Hortitulture. B. Ag. 8., the Pennsylvania State College, 1868; M. 5., 1872. Instructor in Natural Science at the Penn- sylvania State College, 1871. Professor of Botany and Horticulture, 1871. Member of State Forestry Commission, 1888. 411.11; I. THORNTON OSMOND, M. S., M. A. Dean of the School of Mathematics and Physics. Professor of Physics. A. B., Mt. Union, 1871: A. M., 1871. M. 8., Cornell. 1885. Fellow of American Association for ALL vancemcnt of Science. The Pennsylvania State College, 1879. WWII HARRIET A. MCELWAIN, M. A., Lady Principal. Professor of History. M. A., The Pennsylvania State College, 1885. Graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary, 1881. The Penn- sylvania State College, 1883. $1M LOUIS E. REBER, M. S. Dean of the School of Engineering, Professor of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. M. 3., Pennsylvania State College. 1880. Student Muss. Inst. of Tech., 1883. Commissioner for Pennsyl- vania, Paris Exposition, 1889, and Assistant Commissioner for Pennsylvania in charge of Mines and Mining, Columbian Exposition. Judge of Awards, Department of Machinery, Columbian Exposi- tion. Member Of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. WM 14

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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY. The President of the College is ex-omcio a member of all Standing Committees. 1. ON ADVANCED DEGREES: Professors Buckhout, Rebel; Gill, Willard, Pattee. 9 ON ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS: Professors Osmond, Willard, Pattee. 3. ON TERM SCHEDULES: Professors Reber, Foss and the Secretary of the Faculty. 4. ON THE PREPARATORY tSUBJURESHMANt CLASS: Professors Buckhout, Gill and Assistant Professor Leete. 5. ON PUBLIC OCCASIONS: Professors Pond, Armsby and Assistant Professor Butz. 6. ON ATHLETICS: Professors Jackson, Reber and Ass15tant Professor Leete. Professor McElwain, Secretary 01' the Faculty and Registrar.

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WILLIAM FREAR, Ph. D. Professor of Agricultural Chemistry. B. A.. Bucknell, 1881. Ph. D., Illinois 1Vesleyan. 1883. Assistant Professor of Natural Science at Buck- nell,1881-183. Assistant Chemist. U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1883-85. Vice Director and Chemist 0f the Pennsylvania State College Experimental Station. 1883. Professor at the Pennsyl- vania State College. 1885. 'M'W 4,1171; GEORGE GILBERT POND, M. A., Ph. D. Dean of School of Natural Science. Professor of Chemistry. I . A.. Amherst, 1881; M. A.. 1884. Ph. D.. 1889. University of Gottingcn. 1882-183 and 1885. Instructor in Chemistry at Amherst College. 1883-188. Appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Pennsylvania State College. 1888. Granted a yeaHs leave of absence, 1893394. and pursued advanced study at the Universities of Berlin and Munich. AY rltliln' rlllx'rll HENRY PRENTIS ARMSBY, P11. D. Dean of School of Agriculture. Lecturer on Animal Chemistry and Cattle Feeding. ll. 8., XVorccster Polytechnic Institute, 1871, Ph. 13.. Yale. 1879. Director of the Pennsylvania State C01- lcge Experimental Station, 1887. Professor at the Pennsylvania State College, 1891. Chairman of Committee 011 Co-operative Station Exhibit and Member of Committee on Dairy Tests, Columbian Exposition, 1893. 401M amp . BENJAMIN GILL, M. A. Dean of School of Language and Literature. Professor of Latin and Greek. B. A., XYesleyan, 1870: M.A..1873. Taught Latin at XViIbraham Academy, Mass., 1872-179. Professor of Greek and History at XVilbraham Academy. 1874392. The Pennsylvania State College, 1892. IIJY 4131f 651171 NATHANIEL XV. SHED, B. S. Professor of Mining Engineering and Geology. R. 8., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1881. Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 82. Superintendent of the Steel Department, Nashua Iron and Steel Company. 1883-88. Metal- lurgist with Carnegie Steel Company, Phoenix Iron Company and Pittsburg Reduction Cqmpany, 1888-92. Consulting Chemist and Metallurgist.1892-98. Assistant Professor. Pennsylvama State College. 1898. Professor of Mining and Geology, Pennsylvania State College, 1901. 15