Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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T Li ci? r r iNCiS5Ui?Y, M. c., Professor of applied ricciuii ics. Professor Kingsbury, who succeeded Professor J. J. Guest in our Senior year, was a student in Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, from 1880 to 1881 ; he then served his apprenticeship in the machine shops of the Turner, Vaughn Taylor Co., located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. After two years in the Ohio State University at Columbus, he was inspector and draughtsman for the Wire Grip Fastening Co., of Boston. In 1887 he entered Sibley College, Cornell University, graduating in 1889 with the degree of M. E. During the next year he was instructor in Mechanical Engineering and Physics in the New Hampshire State College, and at the close of the year was appointed to full professorship, but resigned to accept the position of Superin¬ tendent o f the machine shop of the H. B. Camp Co., Cuyahoga P ' alls, Ohio. In 1891 he was reappointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the New Hampshire State College, where he remained until his call to Tech. Professor Kingsbury is a member of the “Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education,” and “The American Society of Mechanical Engineers,” a Fellow of “The American Association for the Advancement of Science,” and an associate member of the “American Society of Naval Engineers.” rOPI I T 1 . JONizS, M. C., Profcssor of Drawing and Machine Design. Professor Jones graduated from Sibley College, Cornell University, in 1888. The two years following graduation were spent partly in the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison and in the adjacent phonograph works at Orange, N. J., and partly in commercial engineering with the Western Engineering Company, of Nebraska. In 1890 he was at the head of the department of Mechanical Arts of the University of Tennessee, resigning in 1892 to accept the chair of Machine Design in the University of Wisconsin. Professor Jones has published a work on Machine Design which is used at present by the students at the Institute. He is among the latest acquisitions to the faculty, as he came to the Institute in 1899. CjIIOI OC H. white, S. E ., Professor of Civil Eagli cerii g. Professor White first began his work as a civil engineer in 1869, with Mr. W. P. Granger, of Worcester, who later became chief engineer of the Hoosac Tunnel. Professor White subsequently went to New York State, being engaged on the Adiron¬ dack Railroad, but returned to Worcester, entering the class of ’73 at Tech in advanced standing. In 1872 he left to engage in engineering work in various places in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Minnesota. He returned to Tech in 1875, and pursued Senior studies, at the same time tutoring in field practice. After graduat¬ ing, in 1876, he returned to Minnesota, where he remained engaged in railroad work until his appointment, in 1884, to the chair of Civil Engineering at the Institute. He resigned last year to accept a position with the City of Worcester. 16

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