Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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John E. Sinclair, Ph.D., Professor of Higher Mathematics. Doctor Sinclair is a radnate of Dartmouth College, being a member of the Class of 1858. He spent a year in teaching in Adrian, Mich., and in 1859 he went to Washington Universitv as a tntor. In 1863 he returned to his Alma IMater and be¬ came Professor of Mathematics in the Chandler Department of the college, which position he held until coming to Tech in 1868. He has been associ¬ ated, thus, with the Institute throngh- ont her entire history. He received the degree of A.M. from Washington University in 1863 and in 1879 from Dartmonth College. In 1883 he was given by Dartmonth the degree of Ph.D. While no longer actively con¬ nected with the Institute, he will not soon be forgotten at Tech, surely not by the Class of 1909, whose faltering steps he guided through the mazes of higher mathematics. Leonard P. Kinnicutt, S.D., Professor of Chemistry. Doctor Kinnicutt graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the Class of 1875. He then studied two vears and a half abroad, spending one year at Heidel¬ berg and a vear and a half at the University of Bonn. On his return to America Dr. Kinnicutt studied a short time at Johns Hopkins Univer¬ sity and became Instructor in Quali¬ tative Analysis at Harvard. In 1882 Dr. Kinnicutt received the degree of S.D. from Harvard, and one year later came to W. P. I. as Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1885 he received the full professorshi]). Doctor Kinnicutt is a recognized authority on sanitation and has made a careful and exhaustive studv of this subject, both in this country and abroad. 14

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Edmund Arthur Engler, Ph.D., LL.D. President Edmund Arthur Engler, President of the Worcester Polytechnic Insti¬ tute, was born in St. Louis, Mo., December 23, 1856. He graduated from Washington University in 1876, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1877 he was given the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, in 1879 that of Master of Arts, and in 1892 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In 1901 he received from his Alma Mater the degree of Doctor of Laws. From 1881 to 1901 Doctor Engler was Professor of Mathematics at Washington University. In 1896 he was in addition made Dean of the School of Engineering connected with that institution. During these years he found time to pursue his studies in Europe, thus rounding out an already excellent preparation for a scholarly career. The ramifications of Doctor Engler’s work in the field of science have been many and various. From 1898 to 1901 he was President of the Academy of Science of St. Louis; previous to this time he had been a member of the Washington University eclipse expedition to Norman, Cal., and had served for a time as Secretary of the Round Table of St. Louis, He was Chairman of the Jury in the Department of Manufactures at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, and in 1901 was Chairman of the International Jury on Instruments of Precision at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Doctor Engler is a member of the National Geographical Society, of the Council of the American Antiquarian Society, of the Amer¬ ican Mathematical Society, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. lie has contributed largely to scientific journals and periodicals. Following the resignation of President Mendenhall in 1901, Doctor Engler was elected President of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His incumbency has been marked by high executive service, which has left material evidence of its results in new buildings, better equipment, a larger Faculty, and a greatly increased student body. He has made a good pilot to hold the wheel, and he can add an appreciative Class of 1909 to the crew of alumni who are working with him for the highest good and greatest development of the Institute. 13

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George H. H aynes, Ph.D., Professor of History cvid Eco?io nics, Doctor Haynes formed an early acquaintance with the Institute, joining its teacliing staff directly upon graduating from Amherst College in 1887. In 1890 he left Tech to pursue a course of study at Johns Hopkins University, from which institution he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1893. He returned to the Institute as Pro¬ fessor of History and Economics. The scope of Dr. Haynes’ work embraces a larger held than his course of instruction at the AVorcester Poly¬ technic Institute, helpful and inter¬ esting as he makes those to the undergraduate. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the American Political Science Asso¬ ciation, and the American Antiqua¬ rian Society. His publications in¬ clude two books, as well as many c on¬ tributions to journals devoted to his- torv and government. Walter L. Jennings, Ph.D., Professor of Of ' ganic Chemistry. Doctor Jennings received his A.B. degree from the University of Harvard in 1889. After three years of advanced work at the same univer¬ sity, he received the degree of Ph.D. The following two years were spent in study at Berlin and Heidelberg. On his return from Europe he came to the AVorcester Polytechnic Institute as Assistant Professor of Phvsics. « 15