Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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RAM IKIN - Elmer R. Lapp Art Director—H, C. Goodwin Inc. Rochester New York Mechanics Institute 1908 Art Students League and under William Starkweather. After being graduated from Mechanics Institute, Mr. Lapp worked for some years with a local artist and then decided New York needed him. He studied at the Art Students League and under William Starkweather. He became connected with the Art Department of the Famous Players Lasky Moving Picture Corporation, In a short time he became Art Director of the H. C. Goodwin Advertising Agency, which position he has held for nine years. Atpresentheisalsoconducting abusinessof his own. Just before going to New York he met Miss Marjorie Hicks, who studied at the Frank Albah Parsons school in New York, and later became Mrs. Lapp. Mrs. Lapp has been very active in the field of advertising. She is the only Rochester artist who has been invited for three times to submit her originals in the National Exhibition, which is held in the Art Director s Club in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Lapp have collaborated a great deal in their drawings. In 1912. they went to Brittany together for a period of painting the peasants and country with a group organized by George Elmer Brown, landscapist. We are happy and proud to have Mr. Lapp for a nearby neighbor. 7A n

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 Vl 0 n tX tJ vo n S3 9 (3 Prologue Fortunately there are leaders in every field of endeavor. Unfortunately all cannot realize their ideals therefore in all humbleness and respect do those of the mediocre acknowledge the superb efficiency of others. These few pages are devoted to men who have proved the possibility of the reali- zation of Ideals. As Alumni of Mechanics Institute, they graciously consented, in all modesty, to permit us to tell a short precise story of their careers, and in certainity, we are most grateful to them. In their lives are incorporated the outlines of all that is good and fine, all that is possible and probable, and all that is offered to a graduate of Mechanics Institute. We know that there are others that are most worthy of recognition that these pages offer. We regret that time and space did not permit a further development of our alumni section. Also may wre state that there were others with whom we com- municated that found it impossible to send us the necessary information and material. N1NETEIAJHVNDRE D • TWENTY-NTNE 9

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Lewis A. Wilson Assistant Commissioner for Vocational and Extension Education Mechanics Institute, 192.0 Mr, Wilson who was graduated from Mechanics Institute in 192.0, is at present among the well known men of this country. He is mentioned in Whos Who 1918-1919. Mr. Wilson is an educator, he was a director of vocational education, Albany, New York 1911-1911; specialist in industrial education and teacher training. State Department of Education, New York, 1911-1915; Director Division of Vocational and Extension Education Albany, New York 1917-1917; Assistant, Commissioner of Education, State of New York, 1917; Member of summer school faculty, Teacher College Columbia, 1913-1914; Penn State College 1917; Delegate to International Exposition of Decor- ative Arts, Paris 1915; President of National Society for Vocational Education 1911- 1913; and also a many others. Mr. Wilson is a member of the University and Rotary Clubs and is a member of Phi Delta Kappa. N1NETEEN HVNDRED - TWENTY NINE 11