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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
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Illnlllll Che 1916; LAVIE established in 1893, he was placed in charge of the department and was made Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1894. In 1907 he was appointed Acting Dean of the School of Mathematics and Physics, aml in the fall of that year was made Dean of the School of .Engineering. As a teacher his aim, as often expressed, was to lmiltl 11p 21 strong bond of sympathetic contact with his students individually, striving; to get their viewpoint, to lead them to an enthusiasm for their work, and to inspire them to think for themselves; and to make the technical course one of broad, 11'ell-1'011ndetl training. including nineh general study, and at the same time providing a tlelinite line of work, based on a thorough foundation of scientilic subjects in direct preparation for the future professional work of the student. He placed eunsitlerahle emphasis, especially during the last years of his administration of the School of Engineering, on the importance of so training the students as to broaden their views 211111 to develop their characters that they might assume later in life positions as leaders and exert 21 strong inHuenec on their surroundings. Chancellor McCormick. 0f the University of Pittsburgh. doubtless had this in mind, when in conferring on him the degree of Doctor of Science he used the words, tlfur eminence in science and engineering and leadership in introducing the teaching of applied humanities to engineering students. Conspicuous among the qualities which have 11121th Dr. Jackson valuahle t0 the college is his power of initiating and nrganizing new lines of work which have pronmted its effi- ciency and have broadened the scope of its service. He had a prominent part in the forma- tion of the Engineering Advisory Board organized to advise 1111011 matters pertaining to the construction and improvement of the buildings and grounds, and in the development of the Engineering Experiment Station. He was also instrumental in establishing the state-wide work 0f engineering extension 21ml the development of local centers of instruction. Among these are the apprentice school CUntlllClCtl at Altonna in eo-operation with the Pennsylvania Railroad, prnhahly one of the best of its type in the United States; the school at XVilliams- port, established in eo-operatiun with the local hoard of education; and those in Erie, Phila- delphia. Jnhnstown and other cities of the state. He was deeply interested in the good roads 111111'Clllt'lll and. in hehalf 0f the college, he developed and personally directed an exhibit and lecture train which traveled over Pennsylvania with the eo-operatinn 0f the Pennsyl- vania Highway Department, the United States Ottice of Public Roads, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Cumpany for the purpose of giving instruction in road making. This enterprise did much to stimulate an interest in the good roads 11101'e1nent throughout the state. He was responsible for the adoption of the unit form of construction of the buildings recently atltletl to the e110inee1inrr group, and it was also during his administration that the thermal l21hnr11t01ie. fountlrx, 21nd 11'i1eless station were constructed. XV hile he 11'. 1s chairman of the Committee 011 Athletics which position he held for many years the 1:121th 0f scl101211 slnp required of all students participating in athletic events 11215 matei 1ally aisetl. In 1.013 Gmernm Trene appointed Dr Jackson Connnissioner of Labor and lntlnstry, and the l320n'tl 0f T1nstees 0f the Cnllee e granted him an indetinite le'11'e of absence. 111 this newly created department he. found 0111101t11n1ty fur the exercise of his prm'en 21hility as an organizer, and the work which the department has accomplished speaks fm' itself as 2111 added evidence of his qualifications along this line. This work in his new held, dealing with industrial problems in their relation to men, is the natural development of the ideas on which he was placing especial emphasis during the later y 1211's of his college work. In January of the current year his resignation as Dean of the School of Engineering was accepted by the Board of Trustees, but his influence in the affairs of the college will re- main with us not only as a result of his past Work, hut also because of his present relation to the institution as a member of its governing board.
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