Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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24 ENGINEERING FACULTY

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exs s o l FACULTY George Preston Bacon Professor of Physics A. B.. Dartmouth, 1887; A.M., Dartmouth, 1890. BAX, 1BK. Instructor in Mathematics and Physics, Ripon College, 1888-89; Instructor in Physics and Chemistry, Peekskill Military Academy, 1890-92; Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Beloit College, 1892-1902; Professor of Physics, Wooster College, 1902-08; Assistant Professor of Physics, Simmons College, 1910-19. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Physical So¬ ciety; American Astronomical Society; Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Harry Poole Burden Associate Professor of Civil Engineering B. S., University of Maine, 1912. OX. Instructor in Civil Engineering, Tufts, 1913-18; Assistant Professor, 1919-21; Associate Professor, 1922-. Member: American Society Civil Engineers (Associate); Boston Society Civil Engineers; Massachusetts Highway Association; Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Charles Harris Chase Professor of Steam Engineering S.B., M. I.T., 1892. Instructor and Assistant Professor, Tufts, 1896-1908. Member: A.S.M.E. (member, Executive Committee, Boston Branch); Society for Promotion of Engineering Education; American Association of University Professors; Chairman of Trustees, Stoneham Public Library; Chairman, Stoneham Republican Town Committee; A. F. and A. M.; I. O.O. F. Aut hor of various articles in technical print and some chapters in a book on steam engineering. Samuel Lukas Conner Associate Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., University of Delaware, 1897; M.S., 1912. A t 2. Instructor ,Tufts, 1909; Member, Committee on Education under General Staff of War Department, 1919-20. A.A.A.S.; Society for Promotion of Engineering Education; American Association University Professors; American Railway Engineering Association; Massachusetts Highway Association; New England Railroad Club; Medford City Planning Board; President, Hillside Cooperative Bank; University Club. Author of: Efficiency in Trackwork; Piling and Timber Trestle Work; Manual for Highway Construction; Text on Highway Construction; Editorials and Magazine articles. William Penn Cresson Fletcher Professor of International Law and Diplomacy Studied at Ecole des Sciences Politiques. Ph.D., Columbia, 1922. Secretary, American Legation, Lima, Peru, 1909-12; Secretary, American Embassy, London, Service, 1923-26. Member: American Society Int. Law; Century Club (New York); Metropolitan Club (Washington); Racquet (Philadelphia); Nassau (Princeton); Fellow, It. G. S. Author of: Persia; The Cossacks: Their History and Country; The Holy Alliance; Diplo¬ matic Portraits. ©

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Paul Alva De Mars Professor of Electrical Engineering 8 . 11 ., M. I. T., 1920. Engineer, N. E Tel. and Tel., 1920-27. Member: Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. William Kendall Denison Professor of the Latin Language and Literature A.B., Tufts, 1891; A.M., Harvard, 1892; A. M., Tufts, 189.3. Z ' l ' , t BK. Studied at Harvard Graduate School, 1891-95; American School of Classical Studies in Rome, 1895-96. Head of Latin Department, Tufts, 1897-. Member: American Philological Society; Archaeological Institute of America; Classical Association of New England; University Club of Boston. Frank Williams Durkee Professor of Chemistry A. B., Tufts, 1888; A.M., 1899; Sc.D., 1921. AT, 4 BK. Instructor in Chemistry, Gymnasium and Natural History, 1889-95; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1898-1917; Professor Inorganic Chemistry, 1917; Professor of Chemistry, 1917-. Consulting chemist for Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Co., National Casket Co., and others. Member: American Chemical Society; German Chemical Society; American Electro-Chem¬ ical Society; Society of Chemical Industry; American Institute Mining and Metallurgical En¬ gineers; Society for Promotion of Engineering Education; A.A.A.S.; University Club of Boston; Sons of American Revolution. Author of: Oxidation of Sodium Sulphide and Hydrosulphide to the Sulphate by Electrolysis; Action of Water of Hub Coal Mine on Cast Iron; Notes on Experiments in General Inorganic Chemistry; Notes on Qualitative Analysis; and others. Walter Elwood Farnham Professor of Graphics B. S., University of Maine, 1917. K2. Instructor, University of Maine, 1909-17; Head of English Department, New Bedford Tex¬ tile School, 1917-18; Instructor in Engineering Drawing, University of Illinois, 1918-19; Assistant Professor of Graphics, Tufts, 1919-25; Associate Professor, 1925-27; Professor, 1927-. A.S.M.E.; Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Charles Ernest Fay Wade Professor of Modern Languages A.B., Tufts, 1868; A.M., 1872; Litt.D., 1890. BAX, 4 BK. Teacher, District 1, Nashua, N. II., winter of 1862-63; Middle District, Bristol, R. I., 1863-64; Danvers Center, Mass., winter term, 1865-66 Walker Special Instructor in Mathematics, 1868-69; Instructor in Modern Languages, 1869-71. Member: Modern Language Association of American (Charter member); N. E. Modern Language Association (charter member); N. PL Association of College and Secondary Schools (charter member) and first “college” President; Old Cambridge Shakespeare Association (Hon¬ orary); Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences; Philadelphia Geographical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Officer of the Order of St. Charles, Monaco; 20th Century Club; Harvard Travellers Club; Harvard Mountaineering Club; Appalachian Mountain Club (Charter member and President for 4 terms); English, French, Italian and Canadian Alpine Clubs (Honorary); Catalan Excursion Association. Author of many articles, professional and alpinistic. Editor of Appalachia for 40 years and of Alpine Americana 1907-14.