University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Department of Engineering MoHTIMKH Kl.WYN CoOLKY. M.E., LL.D., Dean o .c- NIMETEEN-TEN MICHIGANENSIAN mm Born. Canindaigua. N. Y.. March 28, 1855. Prepared at Cunindaigua Academy. Entered U. S. Naval Academy and graduated as Cadet Eng. in ' 78. Connected with the Bureau of Steam Engineering. In 1881 detailed to teach at University of Michigan. Appointed Asst. Prof, of M. E. and resigned from Navy in 1885. Passed Asst. Eng. of Michigan State Naval Brigade and served on Yosemite during the Spanish American War. Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Michigan Engineering Society. U. S. Naval Institute. U. S. Society of Naval Engineers. Society for Promotion of Engineering Education. and National Association of Stationary Engineers. The original act of 1S37 made provision for this department, but no instruction was given in engineering until lN. :i-.)i. and no degree until 1H( ((. This was largely due to the financial condition of university at this time, although no separate department was established, engineering work was long eonducti il us a sub-division of the Literary Department and was developed and controlled by that faculty till 1S9.5. At this time the regents gave it an individual status of its own. making it co-ordinate with the other departments, ( has. K. Green, Professor of Civil Engineering, was made dean. The require, mcnts for entrance were practically those of the Literary Department, however, more credit was demand- ed for graduation. In the first year 331 students matriculated, and from then on the department has had a most remarkable growth. The home of the department was the old Civil Engineering building which had earlier been the home of the president. The present engineering building was completed in lilDl, and in five years had become so inadequate that it has recently been enlarged about one-third of its former capacity. The department now includes courses leading to the degrees of M.E., E.E., Mar.E., N ' a.E. and Arch.E.. tach possessing its own head of the department. The naval tank in the university was for some time the only one possessed by any university in the country. The department has recent, ly inaugurated a series of four, five and six year courses, with the corresponding degrees of U.S. in pref- erence for Kng. or Arch., Bachelor of Engineering anil Master of Engineering, and this scheme seems to promise a satisfactory solution for the many criticisms directed against a purely technical or engineering education !27]

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- NINBTKEN-TCN MICHIGA.NE2NSI AH illlilllilPlllililiJilllilllllllllBllBlii Department of Law BURNS HUTCHINS. I ' h. 1).. 1 . IX. Dean Born, Lisbon. N. H.. April 8, 1847. Prepared New Hampshire Conference Seminary at Tilton. Vermont Conference Seminary at Newberry. Entered YVesleyan University at 19. Studied at the University of Vermont and Dartmouth Entered University of Michigan in the fall of ' 67. Graduated with degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1871 . structor in History and Rhetoric in 1872 and Asst. Prof, in 1873. Left to practice law and in 1884 returned to the University as Jay Professor of Law. Went to Cornell in 1887 to organize law department, n 1895 was recalled to Michigan as Dean of the department. Acting President in 1897-1898 during Dr. Angell ' s absence. Member of New York Bar Association, American Association, Mich- igan Political Science Association. Received honorary degree of Doctor of Law from Wisconsin in 1897 Acting President of the University. This department w;is provided for in the Organic Act in March, 1859. The Law School was opened on October 8. and included three professorships. w hich were later styled Marshall, Kent and Jay chairs. James V. Campbell. Charles Walker and Thomas M. Cooler were elected to fill these chairs, with Professor Campbell acting as dean. The first class was graduated in 1800. The original home of the school was the old chapel, and not till October, IHIili, did it have a home of its own. The build- ing was reconstructed and greatly enlarged in 1893. Again in 1898 it was practically demolished and rebuilt as it now stands. A fourth professorship was established in 188(i. and named for the Hon- orable Richard Fletcher, of Boston. This chair was first filled by Ashley Palmer. The fifth chair was the Tappan professorship established in 1879, first filled by Alpheus Felch. In 1871 Professor Cooley became dean of the department. The original course consisted of two terms, each six months long, lasting from October through March. The instruction was entirely by lectures, and at the com- pletion of the course the degree of LL.D. was given In 1877 an entrance examination in English was required. In 18S4 the terms were lengthened to nine months each, and in 1895 a third year was required for the completion of the course. The Practice Court as it now stands was established in the year 1894-1893. 126] I

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MICHIGANENSIA.N Department of Medicine and Surgery VICTOR CLARENCE VAI-GHX, Ph. D., M. 1) , LL. 1)., Dean H Born, Randolph County. Mo., Oct. 27, 1851. Studied at Central College, Fayette, Mo. Graduated from Mt. Pleasant College with B. S. in 1872. In 1874entered Universityof Michigan for graduate study. Obtained Master of Science in 1875 and Ph. D. in ' 76. Entered Department ot Medicine and graduated in 1878. In 1876 Asst. in Chemistry Laboratory. Asst. Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in 1880. Made full Professor in 1883 and Director of Hygienic Laboratory in 1887. Dean of the Department since June. 1891. Major Surgeon in Spanish War. Member of the German Chemistry Society, French Society of Hy- giene, Hungarian Society of Hygiene, and Association of Ameri- can Physicians. The Department of Medicine and Surgery was brought into existence by the organization of a faculty by the I ' niversity on May 15, 1850. The Department formally opened tile following October with Abram Sager as president. The course consisted of lectures which extended over a period of six months, from the first of October to the last of March. Clinical instruction was furnished from the be- ginning, and it was for the benefit of these clinics that various efforts were made to move the department to Detroit. However, in September, 1858, the regents formally decided against the Detroit project, thus insuring a more compact and unified department. In the year 1870-71. eighteen women were en- rolled in the department. By this time the need of laboratory instruction was apparent, ami as a result in 1872 the laboratory of Pharmacology was procured. This was followed by one for Physiology in 1884, Hygiene in 1888 and Clinical Medicine in 1881. Laboratory instruction has always been very thorough. In the same year, the new University Hospital was opened, accommodating about eighty patients. In 1880 the course was lengthened to three years and in 1H!H) to four years. About the year 1890 a six-year course leading to the degrees of A. B. and M. D. was offered, and the final step has lately been taken which requires the degree of A.B. before that of M.D. can be conferred. A valuable addition to the hospitals is that of the Psychopathic Ward which the Legislature some time ago provided for. In this way the medical student is furnished with an unusual opportunity for the study of insanity and nervous disorders. The new Medical building was completed in 1903 and is a remarkably well designed and complete structure. 1281