Stevens Institute of Technology - Link Yearbook (Hoboken, NJ)

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PREFACE NOTHER LINK has been added to Stevens' chain, and may this new LINK hold as strong to the memories of its readers as those welded before.

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Franklin DeRonde Furman, M.E. X, 4 R RANKLIN DDR PURMAN was born August 30 1870, in Ridgely Caroline County ' - l ' ' ' 4 - ' ' 1 0' 1 1 ' 1 Md. His ancestors were among the early settlers of the southeastern part of New .sg 0 York State, coming from France and Holland. While he was still very young his family . f , moved to Monsey, Rockland County, N. Y., and from there to Jersey City, N. J. His early education was obtained in the schools of Monsey and Jersey City, I Q I 3 and for three years he attended the Hasbrouck Institute of the latter city. After his graduation from here he obtained valuable experience in ofhee and factory work in New York City, and in 1889 entered Stevens Institute, from which he was graduated in 1893 with the degree of Mechanical Engineer. During his four years there he had been very prominent in college activities, being in his Freshman year, one of the organizers of the Stevens Life,' in his Junior, president of his class, and also served on the IviINK'BOLL1'Cl, and at the commencement exercises of his class, delivered the valedictory address. While a student he had assisted in the Drawing Department and after graduating returned as an Assistant in the same. He also aided the work in Surveying, a part of the course of the Department of Mathematics, and had charge of the Mechanical Drawing in the Stevens School. While there he developed an elementary course in drawing which has since been used in a number of High Schools. In 1897, in connection with his other work, he took the position of managing editor of the Stevens Institute Indicator, and brought it up to its highest state of eflicieney. In 1899 he received the appoint- ment as Assistant to Professor MacCord in the work of the upper classes. The next year he was relieved of the work in the lower classes and in Stevens School, leaving him more time in which to develop his new work. In 1902 his rank was changed from Assistant Professor of Mechanical Drawing to Associate Professor of Mechanical Drawing and Designing. In 1904 he received his full professorship. It would be well to lay special stress upon the work which Prof. Furman has done along the lines of Institute publications and the preparation of instruction notes for the students. He was for three years business manager of the Stevens Life, and in the same capacity for the LINK of 1892 made a financial success of it, quite a record for that annual. In accepting the office of managing editor of the Stevens Indicator in 1897 he had a hard proposition to meet. The publication had an accumulated debt of 351,600 When he turned it over to his successor in 1902 it had a surplus of over 31,500, and had really earned in five years more than 84,600 The Alumni Association, recognizing what he had done for the Indicator increased the remuneration of the editor to include one-half the net profits in addition to the flat salary of 35200 per year which had previously been paid. Not the least satisfaction that Prof. Furman feels in connection with this work is the fact that during his entire administration of five years each edition appeared on time. In 1900 he arranged and introduced a system of notes directing the students of the upper classes in their work in the draughting-rooms. Later the work of instruction in Valves, Valve Diagrams, and 8