University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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' F' 4 11 i y lift? Ar . William Horatio Freedman Professor of Electrical Engineering Was born at New York in l867. Pursuecl an engineering course at Columbia School of Mines. Post- graduate Worlc done at Columbia. Received degree of C.E. at Columbia in 1889, E.E. at Columbia in 1891, and M.S. at Vermont in l908. Specialized in Electrical Engineering. Was John Lyndall Fellow at Co- lumbia, 1891-l899g Professor of Electrical Engineering at Vermont, l899-l9l0g Head of Applied Electricity at Pratt Institute 1910-19139 and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Vermont since l9l3. James S. Eaton Instructor in Meoharniicat Practice Nvas born in ISS9 at Surry, Maine. Pursued a course at the Elliott School, Boston, in t892-1893, special courses at the Institute of Technology, Boston, 1693, and Harvard during the summers of 1895 and l907. Received a diploma from the American Correspondence School in Mechanical Engineering. Special- ized in Mechanical Arts. Taught in Summer School of Manual Training at Belfast, Me., in 1893. Has been Instructor in Mechanical Arts at Vermont since 1893. Published Burning Wet Tan Bark in l902, and Boring a Crank Pin Hole in the American Machinist in l907. Thurman Willard Dix Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Xrxfas born in 1886 at East Montpelier, Vermont. Baccalaureate course pursued at Vermont. Received his B.S. in Civil Engineering at Vermont in l90S. l-las been Instructor at Vermont l908-l'9l0g Draftsman for Hydraulic Engineer, l909, New York State Barge Canal, 19105 New York State Department of Hy- draulics, 1910-1910. l-las been Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Vermont since l9l4. l-las specialized in Highway and Hydro-Electric Engineering. ls a member of the Vermont Society of Engineers. ls a member of ATQ. arse gf-iam? onset WF

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mio, 1 H t on tt. Henry Wasliington Blackburn Instructor of Mechanical Engineering Was born in 1886 at North Adams, Mass. Pursued his baccalaureate course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in l908. Has been Draftsman with G. F. Blake Co., Mass.9 Assistant with D. C. 81 Wm. B. Jackson Co., Engineers, Boston, Mass.: Instructor in Mechanical Engineering at Vermont since l9l0. blames William Elliot Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Was born in 1876 at Sioux City, la. pursued his baccalaureate course at lowa State College and did post-graduate work there. Received his B.C.E.. in 1897. and C. E. in IQO9 at lowa Stale College. Has been Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at Vermont since 1907. ls a member of American Society of Civil Engineers. Edward Robinson Professor of Meclianical Engineering Was born in i865 in New Jersey. Graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Received his BS. in Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Has traveled in Germany, France, and England. Specialized in Mechanical Engineering. Was Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,l59l-l892g Assistant Superintendent of Hartford Cycle Co. at Hartford, Conn., l892-l896g Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clarkson School of Technology. Has been Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vermont since 1902. Robert Douglas Thompson Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Was born in 1884 at Elizabeth, N. Pursued his baccalaureate course at Harvard flaawrence Scien- tific Schooll. Received his BS. at Harvard in l907. Specialized in Organization, Management, and Statistics. Has assisted in technical publications. Has been Electrical Superintendents' Assistant in General Electric Company: Assistant in Electrical Engineering at Harvardg Instructor in Electrical Engineering at Vermont 1910-1912, Assistant Professor, l9l3-. ls a member of AI. Wellington Estey Aiken Assistant Professor of English Was born at Benson, Vt., in lB76. Pursued baccalaureate course at Vermont. Post-graduate worlc done at Vermont fin absentiaj, and by correspondence with University of Chicago in Graduate School. Re- ceived his Ph.B. at Vermont in 19014 M.A. at Vermont in 1903. Specialized in English Literature and Rhetoric. Was head of the English Department of Mt. Hermon School, Hermon, Mass., l90l-l902, and has been Assistant Professor of English at Vermont since l9l2. Has published occasional articles in educational magazines. Has been a member of the town school board of Gill, Mass. ls a member of EN and QBK. I5

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Clllullege ui Zlrts anti bsziennes George Henry Perkins Dean Was born in 1844 at Cambridge, Mass. Studied in Knox College two years and two years at Yale. Tool: post-graduate work at Yale. Received bis AB. at Yale, in 18675 Ph.D., at Yale, in t9l2. Has traveled six times to the Pacific Coast by various routes and in the mining regions of the west and south- west, to the Hawaiian Islands for study of volcanoes, in 1905, to Europe for a pleasure trip, in I907, to Japan, China, India, Java, Ceylon, Egypt, Greece, Italy, in l9l0g to Alaska in l899, and Yellowstone Parkin l886, l897 and l900. Specialized in Geology. Has published eight reports as State Geologist, and about l00 articles in Various periodicals. Has been State Geologist since l898. l-las been Professor of Animal and Vegetable Physiology at University of Vermont, since I869g Howard Professor of Natural History, since 1881, Curator of Museum, since l872. ls a member of AXP. I7