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

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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

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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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Charles Livingston Bull Oradell, New Jersey Charles Livingston Bull, a famous artist, and highly esteemed in the hearts of Me- chanics Institute students, is a graduate of our own school. He is an artist and il- lustrate for many magazines. Mr. Bull is nationally known as an illustrator of wild animals, and his works are constantly being produced. The 192.8-2.9 Who’s Who mentions this eminent man, and our Alma Mater is proud to claim him. Mr. Bull is associated with the following organizations; New York Water Color Club Salmagundi Club National Arts Club Mural Painters Architectural League Society of Illustrations American Ornothologist Union American Forestry Association Society of Mammologists There is probably not one Mechanics Institute art student who would not be happy and proud to follow in the footsteps of this famous allumnus. We as students honor him. N1NETXENHVNPREP» TWENTY-N INI