Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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fr RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE sy' , .if If LI X ri' -ax v t ' ',..t FZZF' ,.v Q ,52tZ,,.:1t , 1-'52, , , I OI-IN MASON CLARKE, Ph.D., Sc.D., LL D. Professor of Geology. Born at Canandaigua, N. Y., 1857. A.B., Amherst, 1877, A.M., 1882. Studied at Goettingen, t882-4, Hon. A.M. and Ph,D., Marburg, 1898, LL.D., Amherst, 1902 Sc.D., Colgate, l909. Instructor in geology, Amherst. 179, Professor of geology and Zoology, Smith College, 1881-5, Lecturer on geology, Mass, Agricultural College, 1885, Ass't. N. Y. State Paleontologist, 1886, Professor of Geology, R. P. I., 1894, State Paleontologist, 1898-04, State Geologist and Paleon- tologist, and Director State Museum and Science Division, N. Y. Department of Education, 1904, which position he now holds. Member of the National Academy of Sciences and honorary mem-' ber of several American. English. German and Russian societies. Recipient of the Hayden gold medal, 1908. Author of 200 books and papers on scientific sul:-iects. ARTHUR de PIERPONT, B. es L., Professor of the French Language and Literature. m C ' M if s ,R H: V in , ,f no t 1 ' , , r I ' M 4. of t 1 1 't 5 2-'sig it ' .J tr,-1g'r:.'4 'g' P 1 Ft.. 'ta e-. TH 4-rut.-,,., tv. ,st - . -,if Rqilfjt f feyib - B- fi 'W . Born in Belgium of French parentage in tS60, educated in France at the College of Jesuits, and Liege, Belgium. Studied Mining service, came to this country for in '93, became Instructor in the where he was appointed French R. P. I., which position he now after taking his degree in Paris, went to the School of Mines, at Engineering for three years, which he left to perform his military the first time in 1890, and decided to live here on his third trip School of Languages in Burlington, Vermont, then came to Troy, Instructor in Troy Academy, next year became Instructor at the holds. M. de Pierpont has a private class. OMAS R. LAXVSON, C.E., Wm. Howard Hart Professor of Rational and Technical Mechanics, R. I., '98, 9 E, E E, T B TI, Born December 24, 1873, at Wheeling. XV. Va. Prepared at the Nvheeling public schools and the Wheeling Business College. Entered the Institute in September, '94, was graduated in June, '98, with the degree of C.E., and appointed Assistant in Mechanics. Vlfas made Assistant Professor in April, '02, Associate Professor in September, '06, and William Howard Hart Professor in De- cember, 1908. Since graduation has also engaged in general engineering practice along structural and hydraulic lines, has served as expert in a number of legal cases and Consulting Engineer for a number of firms and corporations. Vforlc includes the remodelling of the Burr Truss over the Hud- son River at Waterfo1'd, N. Y., the strengthening of the Congress Street Bridge, Troy, N. Y., strengthening of the arches of St. Josephs Church, Troy, N. Y., rebuilding of the abutments of the Steel Bridge at Newcomb, N. Y., building of the bridge over Walloomsac River at Walloomsac, N. Y., the Shingle Hollow Bridge at I-Ioosick, N. Y.. and the design of a Separate Sewer system for that part of the City of Troy below the Poestenkill. Consulting Engineer for the Troy and West Troy Bridge Co., Watervliet Foundry and Machine Co., Town of I-Ioosiclc, N. Y., and the City of Troy. M. Am. Soc. C.E., M. Am. Soc. for testing Materials, Soc. Eng. of E. N. Y.

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TRANSIT, VOL. XLV CHARLES WINTHRGP CROCKETT, AB., C.E., A.lNI., Professor of Mathematics and Astron- omy. R. P. I., '84g Southern K JI, E E, T B H. Born October 6, l862, at Macon. Ga., was graduated from Mercer University in '79 with degree of A.B.3 entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in September, '80, and was graduated in '84 with degree of C.E..g appointed Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in the Institute in September, '84g received the degree of A.M. from Mercer University in '86, ap- pointed Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the Institute in '93, which position he now holdsg Professor Crockett is a member of A.A.S.A., and has written a number of scientific papers, an Explanation of the Mannheim Slide Rule, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, uI..ogarithmic and Trigonometric Tables, and uMethods for Earth-work Computation, are having continuous editions. WILLIAM LISPENARD ROBB l..I...D. PhD. Pro essor o Electrical En ineerinffs and Ph sics. 1 , r f f g e ll Columbia, 'SOQ 11113 K, T I3 H, E E. . Was born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., on May 9, lS6l. He prepared for college at the Owego Academy and entered Columbia in IS76 and graduated in ISSO. I-Ie was awarded the fellowship in science and spent the next three years in Germany, where he studied under Kohlrausch, Von Helmholtz and Kirchoff, taking the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Berlin. Upon his re- turn he was appointed Assistant in Mathematics at the school of Mines of Columbia University. In ISS5 he was called to Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., as Professor of Physics, where he re- mained seventeen years. He is Consulting Engineer of numerous corporations, notably the Hartford Electric Light Co., the New York Shipbuilding Co., the General Electric Co., and the Troy Gas Co. During the Spanish war he was in charge of the installation of submarine mines in Long Island Sound. He is a member of the American Physical Society, American Electrical Society, and of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the New York Academy of Sciences. EDWARD R. CARY, C.E.., Professor Ceodesp iznd Railroad Engineering. R. P. I., '88, R. S. E., 22 E, T B IT. Born December l9, 1865, at Troy, N, Y.: educated at public schools and High School and en- tered Institute in September, '84, was graduated in '88 with degree of C.E.., and appointed In- structor in Geodesy the following Septemberg on Professor Raymond's resignation was appointed Professor of Geodesy and Railroad Engineer, '04. In addition to his Institute work, Professor Cary is M. Am. Soc. C.E.g N. Y. Railway Club.

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TRANSIT, VOL. XLV JO I-IN Cx. IVIURDCCI-I, AB., A.M., Professor of the English Language. Princeton, '81 Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Gctober ll, t86tg prepared at public schools and the Pingry School at Elizabeth, N, J., '77-793 entered Princeton College in '79, was graduated in T83 with high honors, receiving the degree of A.B.B., and was appointed Chancellor Green Fellow in Mental Science for the year '83-B43 studied in Chicago, '84-'86, appointed Instructor at Troy Academy, '86g appointed Instructor at the Institute in '88, Professor in 'UZQ and Principal of the Troy Academy in 'O2. ARTHUR IVIAURICE GREENE, JR., B.S., ME., Professor of Mechaiiical Engineering, Penn- sylvania, '93, K E, T B H fhon.J E Ei, M 'I' A, R. S. E. fhonj. Was born at Philadelphia, Pa., February 4, tS72g graduated from the Manual Training School of Philadelphia, '89, B.S., University of Pennsylvania, '93, M.E.., University of Pennsylvania, '94g Instructor Drexel Institute, '94-'95, Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Penn- sylvania, ISQ5-l902g Professor of Mechanical Engineering. University of Missouri, '02-'07g Junior Dean, School of Engineering, University of Missouri, '06-IOY. Connected with the Philadelphia Traction Companies in the oflice of the ,Chief Engineerg Mechanical Engineer for the Natural Ex- port Exposition of l899. Societies: Franklin Institute, Fellow of the A.A.A.S., American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Publica- tion: With I-I. W. Spangler and S. M. Marshall, Elements of Steam Engineering , iO2. Con- tributed to Techanieal press and Proceedings of the A.S.M.E.. ENRIQUE TOUCEDA, C.E,., Professor of llleiallurgy. R. P. I., t887g Xip. Born 1863 in Matanzas, Cuba. Prepared at Georgetown College, graduated from R, P. I. in '37 with degree of C.E. Employed by Troy Steel and Iron Co. in chemical department. Within two .years advanced to position of Principal Assistant in Chemical Laboratory and Mechanical En- gineer in Charge of Draughting Room. In 1892 he was employed by The W. A., Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., of I-loosiclc Falls, N. Y., as Chief Chemist and Metallurgist, but returned in a short time as Chief Chemist and Metallurgist to The Troy Steel and Iron Co. Mr. Touceda's con- sultation worlc soon grew to such an extent that he resigned his position in '94, and established his consultation laboratories. He is retained by the year by many large manufacturers, and has ex- amined and reported on the processes of many mining properties in the United States, Canada and Alaska. I-Ie is a member of the A. S. C. E., A. I. M. E., A. C. S., A, S. T. M., A. S. E. E. N. Y.