Rose Hulman Institute of Technology - Modulus Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Biographical. THE PRESIDENT. Henry T. Eppy was born at Stoughton, Mass., June 9th, 1844; was fitted for college at North Bridgewater (now Brocton), Mass.; in 1867 received the degree of A. B. from Yale; in 1868 that of Ph. B. from the Sheffield Scientific School; in 1870 that of A. M. from Yale; in 1870, also, that of C. H., and in 1872 Ph. D., both from Cornell University. He has taught as instructor in field practice in the Shef- field Scientific School, 1868; instructor in Mathematics and Latin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1868-69; assistant professor of Mathematics and Civil En- gineering, Cornell University, 1869-73 ; associate professor of Mathematics, Prince- ton College of New Jersey, 1873-74; professor of Mathematics, Astronomy and Civil Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1874-90, where he was Dean of the Academic Faculty, 1874-77 and 1884-90. He was president-elect of the University of Cincinnati in 1890, and became President of Rose Polytechnic Institute in 1891. Spent the year 1879-80 in study abroad—one semester at Berlin, under Kirchhoff in Mathematical Physics, and under Helmholz in Physical Laboratory, the other semester attended lectures at the Sorbonne, at Paris. Vice-President American Association for the Advancement of Science for Section A. (Mathematics and As- tronomy) at the Philadelphia meeting, 1884. Member of the Am. Phil. Soc. Au- thor of several books and many papers published in scientific and technical journals. PROFESSOR OF DRAWING. WiiiiamM L. Ames was born at Kingston, Mass., in 1855; received his prepara- tory training in the public schools of that place. From 1873-76, was with the Macon Locomotive Works, Taunton, Mass., and from 1876-79, with the Old Colo- ny Rivet Works, Kingston, Mass. From 1879-82, was a student of the Worcester

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