Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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DEPART E T PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS QP THE DEPT. LEROY W. CLARK, C.E., professor of Mechanics, R. P. I., 'o6. Author of Meclaanics for Engi- 7ZB61'S. TBII, 23. I-IORACE BERNARD COMPTON, C.E., assistant professor of Rational and Technical Mechanics R. P. I., ,I9. EE. EDWARD J. KILCAWLEY, C.E., assistant professor of Civil Engineering, R. P. I., '28. EE. EUGENE ROLAND WISEMAN, C.E., assistant professor of Civil Engineering, R. P. I., '17. JOHN M. BEATTY, C.E., instructor of Civil Engineering, R. P. I., ,29. CLAYTON O. DOHRENWEND, C.E., instructor in Civil Engineering, R. P. I., '31, EE, Pr.S.E. JOSEPH S. KINNEY, C.E., instructor of Civil Engineering, R. P. I., '3 1. EE. JULIAN W. SHIELDS, C.E., instructor of Civil Engineering, U. of S. C., 'z9. ROLAND HENRY TRATHEN, C.E., instructor of Civil Engineering, R. P. I., ,3o. H. DUFF WILLIAMSON, C.E., Instructor in Civil Engineering, R. P. I .,,, '3o. R.S.E. in - Tg in s f

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ONE! f Q .iW. 11. ,I , CIVIL ENGINEERING The course in civil engineering, the first engineering curriculum to be given at the Institute, was the first to be founded in any English-speaking country and gave the first civil engineering degree in 183 5. At first a more gen- eral course, as other fields have been opened and new courses instituted, it has be- come basically a course in construction and surveying, but the undergraduates are given instruction in all the engineering departments so as to fit them for executive as Well as engineering positions. Its graduates are famous as bank presidents and geologists alike. THOMAS R. LAWSON, G. E., Head of Department of Civil Engineering, Professor of Rational and Technical M echanies. R. P. I., '98, 9122, TBH. Born Dec. 24, 1873, at Wheeling, W. Va. Wheeling Public Schools and Business College. Entered R. P. I. Faculty in 1898 as mechanics instructor. As- sistant professor, 1903, associate professor, 1906, professor, 1909, head of Civil Engineering Department, 1921, structural and sanitary consulting engineer. Past president, S.E.E.N.Y., member American Society of C.E., member, Ameri- can Welding Society, member, American Concrete Institute, president, Clay Products Institute, vice-president, A.S.T.M., member, Harbor and Dock Com- mission, Troy, member, A.S.C.E. Stress Committee of Elevated Temperatures Research. Author, Notes on Mechanics, Design of Plate Giwlers, Stresses in Bridges. Contributor to engineering periodicals.

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2 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING With the development of this country came the necessity for more and more men who were able to bring about progress in the field of mechanical engineering. Recognizing this need, the Institute founded this course with the aid of the Russell Sage Foundation in the spring of 1907. This course, when established, was fortunate in having completely new quarters and equipment, for it was at this time that Russell Sage Laboratory was built. Professor Arthur M. Greene, Jr., was responsible for the rapid growth of this department. In 1922 he was succeeded by Professor Edwin A. Fessenden, who has kept the department standards up to the high levels of the Institute since then. In I933, a course in aeronautical engineering was started, thus continuing the expansion of this department EDWARD ALLAN EESSENDEN, B. S. in M. E., M. E., Head of the Department of M eehanieal Engineering, Professor of Nlechanical Engineering, U. of Mo., '04, Afro, 25, TBH, ET. Born Aug. 14, 1882, at Seven Mile, Butler Co., O. St. Louis Manual Train- ing School, Washington University. Received B.S. from Missouri in 1904 and M.E. in 1906. Chief draftsman and assistant superintendent, Aetna Foundry and Machine Co., draftsman, Babcock 85 Wilcox Co., draftsman, National Candy Co., Turbine Test 85 Publicity Department, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. Instructor, M.E., University of Missouri, 1905, assistant professor in charge of department, 1907. Associate professor and acting dean of Engineering Schools, I9I3. Head of M.E. Department, Pennsylvania State, I9I6Q Head of M.E. Department, R. P. I., I922Q Member, A.S.M.E., S.P.E.E., and S.E.E..N.Y.