Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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,lj 41 . 'l K, , ' . 5. ,vi . 0 t 3,-9 abit ox Y -0 4-of 1 ' . .1 , tw. . x.-rv ' ' . . .- A x- I . s .Q - ' 'B nu. . .. .. J, 1 A . gd - ' Q2 Vif x . ti -J' sw xx 4- V, v xmxllclx Cll.XAllll'QRl..XlN RIL'lil'I'll'l'SV, CE., PI'C.YI.lfFlIf WHS UI121niI110USly elected to that 013506: ' UOUSUIUIUJ and IJiI'C'L'fUI',' Ilf'1'I!fu111 H0-zuarzi Hart Professor of fvtlfllfilllll an-Ji T0l'fI1ll'L'llf llfuclzaizzkx. R. P. I., '75, H E, E E Born 1856, at Elktin, Md 3 was graduated from R. P. I., '75g Assistant in Mathematics, R. P. I., 755 Assistant Profes- .sor, '82: Professor of Rational and Technical Mechanics since '84g Director since '92g upon the resignation of Mr. Peck as President, Director Ricketts 21 Bridge Engineer T. Sz B. R. R., '86-'87g and of R., Public Improve- also engineer in various bridges, Am. Soc. C.E.g W. and O. R. R. '87-'919, Engineer ment Commission City of Troy, '91-'93g charge of design and construction of hydraulic works, etc. Societies: M. M.A.S.M.E.g Fellow A.A.A.S.g and others. Publications: History of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutef' con- tributor to Rep. U. S. Comm. Education, Rep. N. Y. State R. R. Comm., Trans Am. Soc. C. E., Proc. Soc. Prom. Eng. Ed., Engineering News, Railroad Gazette, Railway Review, Trans. Eng. Club of Philadelphizi, etc.

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llwixici. Fmcxcii 'l'iioM1'sox, l3.S., l'rufc.v.wr of Dc- sr1'1'fvti'z'c' GC'0lllCfI'j', ,5'ft7l'CUf0IlIj' mm' Dl'lI7l'fIIg. Dartmouth, '69, A K lrl Born at Bangor, Penobscot County, Me., January 1, 1846, prepared for and entered Bowdoin College, remaining there two years: entered Dartmouth Col- lege, was graduated in '69 with degree of B. S., was tutor at Dartmouth for two years. When Professor Warren's place became vacant, Professor Thompson was appointed Professor of Descriptive Geometry, Stereotomy and Drawing in '72, which position he now holds. He revised Mehan's Indus- trial Drawing Uohn Wiley Sz Sonsj in '9O. VVir,r,1.x ii l'1'r'r Mxsox, 'C.I5., HS., MD., l'1'0fr.v.vm' of C'!1c1f1isf1'y. ' R. P. I., '74, A fb, E 'E X Born October 12, 1853, in New York City: prepared at Benard French Institute in New York, and entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Septem- ber, '70: was graduated in '74 with degree of C. E.: spent the following year in Europe: ap- pointed Assistant in Chemistry and Natural Science in the Institute in '75: received the degree of B. S. from the Institute in '77: M. D. from Albany Medical College in '81: appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science in the Institute in '82, Professor of Analytical Chemistry in '85s :appointed Professor of Chemistry in '95, Societies: Member of the Am. Phil. Soc., New England Water Works T Ass., A. C. S., A. I. M'g E., Am. Water Works Ass., Franklin Institute, Fellow of the A.A.A S., etc. Publi- cations: Notes on Qualitative Analysis, '82g Exam- ination of Potable Water, '90, Water Supply, '95g and has contributed to various chemical journals. WVir,r,i.xM Gmxi' ll.XYMONIJ, C.E., Profrssor of Geodexy, Road ffIlgl'llCL'I'iIlg and T0f70g'I'tlf7lll'CUl Drawing. NVashington University, '84, E 5 Born at Princeton, Ia., March 2, 18595 prepared at Grammar and High Schools in Leaven- worth, Kan.: Kansas State Uni- versity Engineering Course, '77-80, employed in surveys and construction on Kansas Pacific Railway and Kansas City, Fort Scott Sz Gulf Railway, '80-'81: entered Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., re- mained one yearg appointed Assistant Division Engineer K. C. F. S. 8: M. R. R., remained one year: returned to Washington University, fall of '83, and was graduated in '84 with the degree of C.E 3 '84-'90 appointed Instructor of Civil Engineering in University of California, resigned in '90 and opened office of Raymond 8: Bay, Con- sulting Engineers, in San Francisco: Town Engineer of Berkley. Cal., '92: appointed Professor of Geodesy, Road Engineering rnd Topographical Drawing in the Rens- selaer Polytechnic Institute in '93, which position he now holds: Chief Engineer of new water supply for City of Troy in '93: Chief Engineer Troy Sz New England Elec- tric Railway, etc 5 M. Am. Soc. C. E. Publications: A Text-Book of Surveying, contributor to Trans. Tech. Soc. of Pac. Coast: Trans. Rens, Soc. Eng.: special chap- ter for Johnston's Theory and Practice of Surveying, etc.