Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Professors Leonard P. Kinnicutt, D.Sc., Professor of Chemistry Doctor Kinnicutt was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1875. ITe then took a course of study abroad, spend¬ ing one year at Heidelberg, and a year and a half at Bonn. He also studied a short time at Johns Hopkins University, and then became instructor in Qualitative Analysis at Harvard. Doctor Kinnicutt received his D.Sc. degree from Harvard in 1882, and a year later came to Tech as Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1885 he received the full pro¬ fessorship. Doctor Kinnicutt is a recognized authority on sanitation, both in this country and abroad. Levi L. Con ant, Ph.D., Professor of Higher Mathematics Doctor Conant was born in Littleton, Mass., in 1857. He prepared for college at Andover, graduating from Dartmouth in 1879. Prom 1880- 83 he was principal of the high school in Mankato, Minn., later serving as Superintendent of Schools in Deadwood, S. D., also in Rapid City in the same State. In 1887 Doctor Conant was made Professor of Mathe¬ matics in the Dakota School of Mines, which position he filled until 1890. He came to the Institute in 1891. Doctor Conant is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Mathematical Society. For a long period he was a member of the School Committee of Worcester, acting last year as its Chairman. He is one of the nine members of the newly reorganized State Board of Education. 16

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Edmund Arthur Engler, Ph.D., LL. D. President Edmund Arthur Engler was born in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 23, 1856. He graduated from Washington University in that city in 1876, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1877, that of Master of Arts in 1879, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1892. In 1901 his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. Doctor Engler served as Professor of Mathematics at Washington University for twenty-seven years, and for the last two years as Dean of the Engineering School connected with that institution. He has amplified his scholarly career by studies in Europe. The wide scope of President Engler’s work in science is shown best by the positions he has served on various committees, and his member¬ ship in learned societies. Some of his positions have been: President of the Academy of Science of St. Louis (1898 to 1901) ; Member of Wash¬ ington University Eclipse Expedition to Norman, Cal.; Secretar}- of the Round Table of St. Louis; Chairman of the Jury in the Department of Manufactures at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, and Chairman of the International Jury on Instruments of Precision, at the Louisiana Purchase Expositiou. He is a member of the National Geographical So¬ ciety, 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. Doctor Engler has been President of the Worcester Polytechnic In¬ stitute since 1901. and his nine years have been years of progress. 15

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George H. Haynes, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Political Science Doctor Haynes graduated from Amherst College in 1887, and at once became one of the teaching force at Tech, where he remained for three years. In 1890 he left, to pursue a course of study at Johns Hop¬ kins University, where he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1893. He returned to the Institute and accepted the professorship which he now holds. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the American Political Science Association, and the American Antiquarian Society. Walter L. Jennings, Ph.D., Professor of Organic Che?nistry Doctor Jennings is a Harvard graduate, having received his A.B. in 1889. After three years of advanced work at the same college, he received his Ph.D. The following two years were spent in study at Berlin and Heidelberg. On his return from Europe he came to Tech as Assist¬ ant Professor of Physics, later becoming Assistant Professor of Chem¬ istry. Doctor Jennings has the happy faculty of making a scientific lecture very entertaining. He is a tennis expert and a patron of sport in general. Zelotes Wood Coombs, A. M., Professor of Modern La?iguages Professor Coombs graduated from Amherst College in 1888. For a year after graduation he was an instructor in Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Later he went to the University of Virginia, both as a student and instructor. In 1890 he came to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as Instructor in Modern Languages. He held this position, together with that of President’s Clerk, until 1894, when he went abroad and studied at the University of Berlin. On his return he was made Assistant Pro¬ fessor of Modern Languages at Tech. He spent the summer of 1901 in study in Paris, and since 1903 has been the head of the Language Depart¬ ment. 17