Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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I Efruairvn PALMER C. RICKETTS, C. E., E. D., President ELIAS P. MANN, C. E.. VicefPresident JOHN SQUIRES, Secretary PAUL COOK, A. M., Treasurer ALBERT E. POWERS EDWARD C. GALE, C. E. WILLIAM HOWARD DOUGHTY, C. E. HORACE G. YOUNG, C. E. REV. WILLIAM IRVIN, D. D. RUSSELL SAGE CHARLES MACDONALD, C. E., LL. D, JAMES H. CALDWELL, B. S. JAMES S. KNOWLSON, A. M. ALFRED H. RENSHAW, C. E. WILLIAM KEMP G. B. WELLINGTON, A. M., C. E., LL. D. STEPHEH W. BARKER, M. E. STEWART JOHNSON, C. E. ROBERT W. HUNT E. K. BETTS THEODORE VOORHEES, C. E. J. FORD KENT, Brig. Gen., U. S. A MAYOR OF TROY. ex-officio I6

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PALMER CI-IAMBERLIN RICKETTS, C. E., Presiderrt and DZ.I'ECf07',' WiZlia11'z Howard Hart Professor of Ratiovml and Technical M echanifs. R. P. I., '75, 9 E, E ET. Born 1856, at Elktin, Md., was - graduated from R. P. I., ,755 Assist- ant in Mathematics, R. P. I., '75, Assistant Professor, '82, Professor of Rational and Technical Mechanics since '84, Director since ,925 upon the resignation of Mr. Peck as Presi- dent, Director Ricketts was unani- mously elected to that office, Con- sulting Bridge Engineer T. 81 B. R. R., '86-'873 and R., VV. and O. R. R., '87-'91, Engineer Public Improvement Commis- sion City of Troy, ,QI--,935 also engineer in charge of design and construction of various bridges, hydraulic works, etc. Societies: M. Arn. Soc. C.E., M.A.S.M.E.g Fellow A.A.A.S.g Member In- stitution Civil Engineers of Great Britain, and others. Publi- cations: HI-Iistory of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 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., En- gineering News, Railroad Gazette, Railway Review, Trans. Eng. Club of Philadelphia, etc. DWINEL FRENCH THOMPSON, B.S., Professor of Descrip- tive Geometry, Steffeotoimy and Drawing. Dartmouth, '695 A K E, E EI. Born at Bangor, Penobscot County, Me., january I, 1846, prepared for and entered Bowdoin College, re- maining thcre two yearsg entered Dartmouth College, was graduated in '69 with degree of B.S.g was tutor at Dartmouth for two years. When Professor Warren's place became va- cant, Professor Thompson was ap- pointed Professor of Descriptive Geometry, 'Stereotomy and Drawing in ,72, which position he now holds. I-Ie revised Me- han's Industrial Drawing Uohn VViley 81 Sonsj in ,QO. WILLIAM PITT MASON, C.E., B.S., M.D., P1'0fes.ro1' .of. Clzemistry. ' Rv P. I., '745 A 1152 E. . Born October 12, 1853, in New York City, prepared at Benard French Institute in New York, and entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in September, '70 3 was grad- uated in 274 with degree of C.E.g spent the following year in Europe, A appointed Assistant in Chemistry and I Natural Science in the Institute in '75g received thedegree of B.S. from the Institute in 177, M.D. from Albany Medical College in '81, appointed Assistant Pro- fessor of Chemistry and Natural Science in the Institute in '82, Professor of Analytical Chemistry in '85, appointed Professor of Chemistry in 195. Societies: Member of the Am. Phil. Soc., Public Health Asso., Sanitary Inst, CGreat Britainl, New Eng- land Water Works Asso., Am. Chem. Soc., A. I. M'g E., Am. Water W'orks Asso., Franklin Institute, Fellow of the A.A.A.S., etc. Publications: '1Notes on Qualitative Analysis, '82, Ex- amination of Potable Water, '90, Water Supply, ,QSQ and has contributed to various chemical journals. Expert in numerous contested cases between cities and water companies: notably in the ,Chicago Drainage Canal case. -Q