Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Jin iflnmniant g DOLPHUS BUSCH, donator of Busch Hall and of the Chair of German: Director of the Corporation of Washington University: benefactor of higher educa¬ tion and of charities both public and private, died the tenth of October, nineteen hundredjand thirteen. A man of the highest ideals, he maintained a most liberal business policy, and in the pursuance of it helped to build up the industrial supremacy of Saint Louis. Mr. Busch ' s services to the University, both as Director and donor, are inestimable. ® ILLIAM TAUSSIG, Director of the Corporation of Washington University, and former President of the Board of Education of the City of Saint Louis, died the tenth of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Mr. Taussig’s experience in civic matters and his genuine interest in education fitted him peculiarly for the zealous support which he gave to the University. G ALVIN MILTON WOODWARD, founder of the Polytechnic department of Washington University: former Dean of the Schools of Engineering and Archi¬ tecture: Thayer Professor of Mathematics and Ap¬ plied Mechanics, died the twelfth of January, nineteen hun¬ dred and fourteen. Besides his actual services to the Uni¬ versity proper. Professor Woodward conceived and carried out the idea of the establishment of The Manual Training School as a preparatory department of Washington Uni¬ versity His entire life was characterized by an active inter¬ est in the welfare of the student body, and up to the time of his death he was a familiar figure on the campus. X N the death of these men, faculty and students alike have lost three friends whose places will probably never be filled. The fruits of their labors will for¬ ever stand as monuments to their memory.

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lit s? ® a 1 1 lit t 1 i L i i David Franklin Houston, A. M., LL. D. O AVID FRANKLIN HOUSTON, Cliancellor of Washington University; A. B., South Carolina College, 1887: A. M., Harvard, 1892; LL. D., Tulane, 1903; LL. D., Wisconsin, 1906: Fellow at South Carolina College, 1887-1888; Su¬ perintendent of Schools, Spartanburg, S. C., 1888-1891; Graduate Student, Harvard, 1891-1894; President of Texas, 1894-1897; Associate Professor, 1897-1900; Professor, 1900-1902; Dean of the Faculty, University of Texas. 1899-1902; President, Agricul¬ tural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-1905; President University of Texas, 1905-1908; Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-; Member American Economic Asso¬ ciation; Member Southern Education Board; Fellow, Texas State Historical Society; Author, “A Critical Study of Nullification in South Carolina;” Trustee, John F. Slater Fund; Trustee, Rockefeller Sanitary Commission. 1015

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