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

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IIIIIUII' III I III I hang 1916 LAVIE JOHN PRICE JACKSON, M.E., E.E., D.Sc. By Etxrox D. V.'A1.K1:11 obn $rlcg mackson wm hunt in Pllil:1tlciplti:1. iit'tmsyivuniu, Scptt-mht-r '17, 1868. 1110 son of Josiah jucksun and Mary Dctwcih-t' .Pt'icu Jackson. jnsiuh Jackson was nt' nhl Quztkvr SIUCk which C:1111L- from England tn Chcstcr County, IR-nnsylx'nnizt. zthtmt the time of Penn. in his izu'ly manhood he engaged in teaching: .hftLT his 111:11'ri11gt'. ho ht'mmc :1 mcmhcr uf :1 pnhlishing huusc far svvvrul years and 1:1tt-r engaged in mun11f:wturi11gr :1m1 httsint-ss. In 1881! ht- came to The Pennsylvania State Cullt-g'c :15 hcml of thc tlt-luzn'tmt-nt oi tttzttht-nmtics. 'which pnsititm hc hcltl until his The hwc and admiration which hc wtm frtmt his :hSthiIltk'S, hath tl1:1th in kktuhcr. 18 1 faculty and sttttlt-nts. and his murkt-tl success :15 :111 t'tiltt'ultlr hzu't- mmc tluwn In 115 :15 tmc of tho strung inthtcnvcs in thc histnry of tho vnllcgc. Donn Jucksnn's muthvr was xIt-sct-mictl frum :1 1mm linv ut' 1H :lChUYS whn originally came frum tit-rmuny. She w:1s :1vtix't'13' iIItUrcstctl in :trt and humane wnrk and wrote cer- tain tcxt hunks which had :1 rather witlc Circulatinn. Sht- nisn 11:15 :1 Pvnnsyh'uniun. CHIH- ing' fmm Chcstt'r Cunnty. and hit with 1111 mi 115, whn hzui tht- gnntl fnt'tttnu to know hvr, :1 lasting imprwsinn of ilt't' Ch:11'111. tYith this uttcuslry it is nut surprisingr that Dr. Jnckmm shutthl haw dt-vclnpcd alum,r the lines nt't-ng'int-t-t'ing11ml tvzwhittgr with :1 strung ht'nt 1011:1111 the humanities. Ilis curly mhlcntitm was acquired largely in privntc 11ml public schools at Kennett Square. Pcnnsylmniu, uml in Now ank City. Among those was Juscph 'liztylor's well known school in Kctmt-tt Sqnztrtn 1.21101: hc ht-vunw :1 student in thc pt't-tnzu'utntw dcpurtmcnt of The I't-nn- syivaniu State Cullcgc, passing truth that tlt-pztt'tmcttt intu lilt' 011110th prupcr. In 1887 he FCCCiVUti tht- Ct-rtiliczttc Hf cntnplt-tiun ut' tht- cuttrsc in ML-t'hzmic Arts. His undergraduate SIIItiiLN wt'n' Cuntinucti. huwm'cr. 21ml ht- 11:18 grmlttzttt-tl fI'HtH thc Cnttrsu in McChanicnl lin- ginccring' in 1883' with the tlt-grt-c ui incht-lnr nt' Scit-ncu. In 1893 this Cnilug'c Cnttfcrrcd upnn him IiIL' dt-grct- 0f Mwhzmicul linginwt', and in Him the thmtu Hf Iilvctriml linginccr, fm' wurk 110110 in FCSidCHCU. NO :11511 went :1 1111211 0f :thnnt 11111 11ml 0110-hnlf yours nf stmly and TL'SCHI'CiI in tho iiiH'IlFiUS 11ml Izllmrnturit's 11f IilL' L'nit'ct'sity of XYiscnnsin, 21ml in thc Iiht'ury nt' tht- Mnssnchnsvtts Institute ut' 'lit'chnolngy thuugh nut Inzttriculzttul :15 :1 stmh-nt in either cnllcgc. In his wm'k :15 an engineer ht- hns ht-cn CHHHCCIUI with tho XYt-stcrn tingint-cring' Cum- pany in Nt'it'ZlSkil. thc Iiilistm Illuminating Unnpnny uf Philadelphia. the Spruguc liIt-ctricul Company, and thc iitlistm General lilt-ctt'ic Cutnpuny. i11 pnsitinns varying in ticgrt-c nf rc- spnnsihility. including the pnsitinn nf cnnstructiun cnginct-r in Charge of vicctriml cumtrltc- tinn :111t1 utttiptttt-ttt ut' .wx'ct'ul stru-t railways. JIc h:1tl Chzlt'gc of thc npctatinn nt' the rail- way which runs from Rtizuling. Pt-mtsyh'nnin, over the NL-x't-rsink mountain. He has :1150 been cngugml :15 :1 consulting t-ngint'ct' :mtl expert by v:11'itms industrial Cnl'pm'atiuns 11ml municipaliticst in this capacity ho had charge 111' the rwrgnnizutinn of the lighting s.stcm of the city of II:1rrishut'gY Illlti Hf thv t-tttirc L-Icctric plant nt' Mt. Carmcl. Hc has SL'I'VCti :15; I111 officer 111: tlircctnr wt :1 nttmhcr 11f curtittrutimis. including the First Nntinnul Hank and thc 1:111-1111'I'Si 'Iit'ust Company 11f State CullL-gc. Dr. Jnckmnis mrcvr :15 21 tmcht-r hogan in 1885' wht-n ht WES nmmintctl Directm' nt' the Mcchunicnl Dcpztrtmt-nt 0f Fisk Littit'ct'sity. Nushvilh; 'lit-nntw'scu. 111 1891 iK' was called to his :1hn11 m:nt-r :13 Instructnr in Mechanic Arts and :15 such hart charge of shup wnt'k :111t1 drinHK- 'Iiht fnllmving war M 11:15 Htiltit' 1111 assistant prut't-sm- and was plural in charge of thc vlcctricztl vnginwring wmrsu Wlmt tht- Dtpzu'tnwnt nt' lilcctriml Engineering wzts