Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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To the Memory of Edward Lee Hancock Able Teacher, Scholar, Author Untiring Worker True Gentleman, Beloved Friend We, the Class of 1912 Respectfully Dedicate This Our Aftermath

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Edward Lee Hancock Professor of Applied Mechanics , M. E. Department 1909-1912 URING the past school year the Worcester Poly¬ technic Institute experienced a second mis¬ fortune in the loss by death of one of its faculty members, Prof. Edward Lee Hancock. Although the class of 1911 and the class of 1912 were the only ones to come into close touch with Professor Hancock in class room work nevertheless all realized that a great teacher and friend of the Institute was gone from our midst. Edward Lee Hancock was born June 28, 1873, in Sheldsmound, Ill. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1898, and in 1902 received his degree, M.S., from his Alma Mater, after serving as Instructor from 1900 to 1902. He then went to Purdue University where he was Instructor from 1902 to 1906. In 1906 he was made Assistant Professor, and in 1909 came to us as Professor of Applied Mechanics, in which capacity he served until his death on October 1, of last year. Professor Hancock was a mem¬ ber of the American Society for Testing Materials and of the International Society for Testing Materials and also of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Those of us who met him in the class room were fortunate in more ways than one. One of the first impressions conveyed to us as students was that we had to deal with a square and firm man. A fellow honest with himself and at all times conscientious about his work never had to fear for his welfare in Applied Mechanics; this was because Professor Hancock always endeavored to understand his students as perhaps few men can do. His tireless perseverance and great patience in aiding the less brilliant in the class were two characteristics of the man and of the teacher that won the confidence and respect of all of his classes. Although the theory was somewhat complicated and the work hard we were ever brought to see the practical side of the training being received. Probably many of us were first brought to a realization of the importance 7