University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

Page 26 text:

% .if%9. BLUE HEN Thomas Alexander Baker, B. S. Professor of Animal Husbandry Professor Baker was graduated from Cornell University in 1914 with the degree of B. S. From 1914 to 1917 he was Instructor of Animal Husbandry, Cornell University; 1917, Instructor General Agriculture. Iowa State Teach- ers College; 1918. Instructor Animal Husbandry and Dairying, St. John ' s State School of Agriculture, and 1919, Associate Professor Animal Husbandry, Delaware College. In 1920 he was named Professor of Animal Husbandry at Delaware. Professor Baker is a member of Alpha Zeta and Gamma Alpha Fraternities. Carlton Friend Miller, Ph. D. Pi-ofessor of Chemistry Dr. Miller was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1885. He was gradu- ated from Wesleyan University in 1909 with the degree of B. S. From 1909 to 1914 he was Assistant in Chemistry. Cornell University. In 1914 he received the degree of Ph. D. from Cornell Uni- versity. He was Instructor in Chem- istry at North Carolina State College from 1914 to 1917; he was Assistant Professor of Chemistrv at the same col- lege from 1917-1919. ' in 1919 he came to Delaware as Professor of Chemistry. He has been Treasurer of North Caro- lina State College Summer School, Sessions of 1917-18-19. Dr. Miller is a member of the Sigma Xi, Delta Sigma Phi and Gamma Delta Rho Fraternities. Twenty-two

Page 25 text:

BLUE HEN Howard Kent Preston, C. E. Professor of Mathematics and Engineering Professor Preston was graduated from Lafayette College in 1909, with the C. E. degree. He came to Delaware College in 1912 as Instructor in Mathe- matics and Engineering. In 191.5 he was made Assistant Professor of Mathe- matics at Delaware, which he held until 1918. In 1918 Professor Preston be- came a resident Engineer for the New Jersey State Highway Department. He returned to Delaware in 1920 as Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Engineering. He is a member of the American Asso- ciation of Engineers. Raymond Walter Heim, S. M. Professor of Vocational Agricultural Education Professor Heim was born near Wil- liamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1886. He attended Williamsport Dickinson Sem- inary and was graduated from Muncy Normal, Pennsylvania, in 1907. He taught school in Pennsylvania from 1905 to 1909, then entering Pennsyl- vania State College, from which he was graduated in 1913 with the degree of S. B. He was Supervisor of Voca- tional Agricultural Education at Water- ford Academy, Pennsylvania, 1913-1915. From 1915 to 1917 Professor Heim was State Supervisor of Vocational Educa- tion, Department of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, Penn.sylvania. He was an instructor at Pennsylvania State College Summer School of 1918. I- ' rom 1918 to 1919 he did graduate work at Cornell University, and at Columbia University. In 1919 Professor Heim came to Delaware College as Pro- fessor of Vocational Education, and as State Director of Vocational Edu- cation. He is the author of several State and Federal Vocational Bulletins and a member of the National Educational Association. Twenty-one

Page 27 text:

,afas. BLUE HEN George Lee Schuster, B. S., M. A. Professor of Agronomy Professor Schuster was born in An- derson, Indiana. He was graduated from Ohio State University in 1916 with the degree of B. S. in Agriculture. In 1918 he received the degree of M. S. from Ohio State. He was Assistant Professor of Farm Crops at Ohio State from 1917 to 1918. Professor Schuster served with the War Emergency Board in 1918. Later he became Research Agronomist at West Virginia Univer- sity, and came to Delaware College as Professor of Agronomy in 1920. Lathe Burton Row, Major of Infantry, U. S. A. Professor of Military Science and Tactics Major Row was born in Larned, Kan- sas. He entered West Point in 1909, from whence he was graduated in 1913. He has served with the Eleventh U. S. Infantry and as Adjutant in the 52nd U. S. Infantry, also as Adjutant of the Eleventh Infantry Brigade of the Sixth Division. He was Inspector of the 88th Division. While in the A. E. F. Major Row was attached to the Inspector Gen- eral ' s Department and stationed at Brest, France. Since 1919 he has been detailed to R. 0. T. C. work at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and Delaware College. Twenty-three