Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Prominent Alumni - i;n|;(;K, ADK was bor at the tinst . -|- K. ' iitlaiul. Indiana. Fi-bi narv W(irk he - (i. 18titi. IIo attond. ' d tho Pa.stnr. ' .s mhlic ' schdols at KiMitland. and Know. fter pdinpletini; ' his t-iniis. ' ll.TI ' l aris ntered Purdue University. i;ra luat- dn.-rd tl . .de on thr R,.r,,rd-ll. newspaper work his literary abi into proniineni ' o by writing the .stories of attracted the attention of many of the liteiT try and a bright future was predicted foi They possessed a style and freedom known o this .same year. 1! 02. Ade published 1 Horn, Fabb ' s in Slant;.-- ■ ' Mon ' Fabb ' s ' and The (iirl Proposition. Ade had proved his ability to produce literary work and he had also shown conclusively that Artie w-as not to be his only production. Besides being cla.s.sed as an author, he gained promi- nence as a playright by jirodueing the Sultan of Sulu during ■ eareer. Following this first year-s ii; Into Society. True Bills, In irs Done Over, and People You ulu was followed by Peggy from ' liairni.-iii.- ' A year later Ade pro- ' (-ollriic Widow. During the years It of C.lleg,.. Mar.se Covington il .-ind |.la.M.,l tb.. 11.11, ir of- thr llarlcHiiin Club among the ven- best ii ' ilraiiialii- cliili.s ..T the cnunli-y, Tln ' play was also accepted with il ' :r.-;it i:i tv li - tlic ]iulilir :iMil Ii.hI a lengthy run in the many „. I.iri;v .-iths. In lHOli A.l. produ.-rd - ' The Old Town which •,s iii.iili- surh a bit with tlh ' two ' jivat i-oniedians Montgomery and 1- Stone. Ade ha.s done greater woi ' k with his comedies than his 1-. literary work, btit neverthele.ss his stories will never be forgotten. e Ade became a member of the Board of Trustees of Purdue ic I ' niversity in 1908 which position he holds at the present time. rl He has jii-ovi ' d to be a most loyal alumnus of Purdue and has always been inti ' ivsted in the welfare of the Univer.sity. In the early part of 1910 he presented the Univei-sity with a huge silk American flag which he had purchased on a trip abroad. Ade is, without a doubt, the most prominent alimmus who has ever been graduated from Purdue. Automobul. — Dc

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Oro-anization of the Alumni (||-;m%i;ai. ass cta ' ! rresident— Willi:nri .1 mi.- ,h.i,.-, .Ir, - ' Jl, VifO-Prcsident— (irn, , S|,,t .1, !i Treasurer— William Mri:«r,i Secretarv— Ralph Br(.wn Tru. ette, Ind. These officers also constitute the Executive Committee. l.nilAL A SSI )ri ATI ON OF INDIANAPOLIS. 12, 461 Littleto Treasuri President — Albert l;ii--i I AUin. ' , ' .u. Vice-President — George William Jlirrn. ' IiT. Secretary-Treasurer — John Henry liartji ' . ' 1 cago, 111. LOCAL ASSoriATlOX or 1 President— William T. Hensley, ' 97. Vice-President— Frederick Talbot Martin, V. Secretary-Treasurer — Everett Mathew Gree Wilkinsburg. Pa. I H ' M. S(irlAT10X OF ( ' t.-idy, X.-w Y.irk. LOCAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. President— Leslie Huxtable, ' 02. Vice-President — George Ernest Hackett, ' 05. Treasurer — Hugo Alexander Berthold, ' 04. Secretary— Walter Patterson Pollock, ' 0.5, 93 Nassau St., New Member of Committee-at-Large— J oseph Leopold Feibleman, LOCAL ASSOCIATION Ob ' FOET WAYNE. I ' ri ' siilent — Victor Michael Nnssbaum, ' 05. Vici-Piesident — Edward Bowser DeVilbiss, ' 08. Se.Tctarv-Trcasurer— William J. Hackett, ' U9, 1423 Wall St., Fort Wavno. Ind. LOCAL ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS. President— Robert Rnos Adroon, ' 02. Vi,r-l ' r.-i,I.Tit — I. ' ..l.cvt Fvaiiklin Wisefogel, ' 95, care John O ' Brien Boiler Mi ' l --.ii 1 TliiN OF NORTHERN INDIANA. I ' rr-i.l. ni -. ,ii)r h. ' senbnry, ' 99. ' iri ' t ' I . -ih Ml l.iiii ' Wiilt ' T l eiger, ' 05. Se.Ti ' tarv Tna un-i — K.limiud . Andrew Geyer, ' 06, Coonley Drug Co., OF SEATTLK. Coeducation is a good deal like hasty pudding, rather mushy, but nourishing

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4i Prominent Alumni--Continued WILLIAM BRADY whs Un-n on a fanii alidut four miles southeast of the eity of Lafayette, Indiana, on the twenty-eighth day of Octo- lier in the year 1863. His early education he received in the country ■srliiM.l hcmse, and in the fall of 1883 he entered Purdue University as a Fresh- man. After the four years ' course he received the degree of Bachelor of Srience, but was not content with this and after a two years ' course in post- m-aduate work and assisting in the Chemical Laboratories, Purdue gave him tlie degree of A.ssistant Chemist in the spring of 1899. In June of this year he accepted the position of Chemist with tln ' Illinois Steel Company, of Chicago, whicli he held until in October, lsii:l, at which time he became the Assistant Chemist of the United States E.xperiment Station. However, the Illinois Steel Company wanted him and he again became a eliemist for them in March, 1894. In 1900 he was promoted to the position of chief chemist for the company and In ' holds this imsitinn tuday. In 11107 he received the degree of Chemical Eniiinrcr. Mr. Brady is a member of: Amn ' i. ' aii Chemical Sdcicly mid cliiiinnan of Chicago section in lilll. ' i: mcmlici ' of American Electro-Chemical Society; mem- ber of the Americiin Si.cHty nf Testing Materials; member of the American Oeographical Society ; member cjf the executive committee of the Eighth Inter- national Congress of Applied Chemistry; member of the chemists ' committee of the United States Steel Corporations; associate editor of Journal of Indus- trial and Engineering Chemi.stry. He was united in marriaiie to i liss Laura I. Biuton of the cla.ss of 1890, on March 18, 1891, at Dayton, Ind. O Hell ! Luhn even stutters wfhen he thinks. — Tom Kelly.