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75 RENSSELAER POLYTECI-INIC INSTITUTE Palmer Chamberlin Ricketts, C.E., President and Directory William Howard Hart Professor of Rational and Technical Mechanics. R. P. I., 75g QE, EE. Born IS56, at Elktin, lVId.g was graduated from R. P. I., 755 Assistant in Mathematics, R. P. I., 759 Assistant Professor, '82g Professor of Rational and Technical Mechanics since '84, Director since '92g upon the resignation of Mr. Peck as President, Director Ricketts was unanimously elected to that office, Consulting Bridge Engineer T. 8: B. R. R., '86-'87g and R., W. and O. R. R., '87-'9lg Engi- neer Public Improvement Commission City of Troy, '91-'93, also engineer in charge of design and con- struction of various bridges, hydraulic works, etc. Societies: IVI. Am. Soc. C.E.g lVI.A.Sr.lVI.E.g Fellow A.A.A.S.g Member, Institution Civil Engineers of Great Britaing and others. Publications: I-Iistory of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Instituteg contributor 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 Philadelphia, etc. Dwinel French Thompson, B.S., Professor of Descriptive Ceometry, Siereotomy and Drawing. Dartmouth, '69g AKE, EE. Born at Bangor, Penobscot County, Me., Januaryil, IS46, prepared for and entered Bowdoin College, remaining there two yearsg entered Dartmouth College, 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 posi- tion he now holds. I-Ie revised lVIahan's Industrial Drawing Uohn Wiley Sz Sonsj in '90. Willi-a-m Pitt Mason, C.E., B.S., lVI.D., Professor of Chemistry. R. P. I., '74g ACID, EE.. Born October l2, I853, in New York City: prepared at Benard French Institute in New York, and entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in September, 703 was graduated in '74 with degree of C.E.g spent the following year in Europe, appointed Assistant in Chemistry and Natural Science in the Institute in '75, received the degree of B.S. from the Institute in '77g lVl.D. from Albany Medical College in 'Sly appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science in the Institute in 'SZQ Professor of Analytical Chemistry in '85g appointed Professor of Chemistry in '95. Societies: Member of the Am. Phil. Soc., Am. Public Health Asso., Sanitary Inst. fGreat Britainj, New England Water Works Asso., Am. Chem. Soc., A. I. lVl'g E., Am. Water Works Asso., Franklin Institute, Fellow of the A.A.A.S., etc. Publications: H Notes on Qualitative Analysis, '82, Examination of Potable Water, '90g Water Supply, '95g and has contributed to various chemical journals. Expert in numerous contested cases between cities and water companiesg notably in the Chicago Drainage Canal case.