Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Ira Nelson Hollis “ Prexy ” Ira Nelson Hollis has always been active in the service of his country. From his entrance into the Annapolis Naval Academy until his resignation from the navy in 1893, he was occupied by his duties under the Naval Department. During this period he filled various positions—as Professor of Marine Engineering at Union College, as a member of the Advisory Board which built the White Squad¬ ron, as inspector in the Union Iron Works, as lecturer at the Naval War College, and as a designer of ship machinery. Many side-lights must have been thrown on problems by his early experiences while cruising in the Mediterranean and North Sea and along the African Coast, and later on the U. S. S. Charleston. For ten years he was Professor of Engineering at Harvard University, where he reorganized the department and conceived and supervised the construction of the Harvard Stadium. For seven years he has been President of the Institute, successfully carrying on its affairs and ever on the alert to advance its standing. He feels a personal interest in each student and is always ready to give his advice and assistance. Although our attainment of a broader education may be due in large measure to him, it is doubtful whether any of us can appreciate fully his ability. That his service to his country has not ceased is shown by his membership on the Committee on National Defense and by the frequency with which his views are sought. His brilliance as an engineer was attested by his election to the Presidency of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In any position he never loses an opportunity to boost Tech or to serve mankind. -NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY — 23

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List of Faculty I ha Nelson Hollis, 11 Boynton Street President U. S. Naval Academy, 1878; A. M., (Hon.) Harvard, 1899; L. H. D., Union, 1899; D. Sc., Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1912; Professor of Engineering, Harvard, 1893-1913; President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1913—. George Henry Haynes, 7 Otsego Road Professor of Economics and Political Science A. B., Amherst, 1887; Ph. D., Johns Hopkins, 1893; Instructor in Modern Lan¬ guages, W. P. I., 1887-88; Mathematics, 1888-89; Modern Languages, 1889-90; Professor of Economics and Political Science, 1893—. Walter Lewis Jennings, 18 Boynton Street Professor of Organic Chemistry A. B., Harvard, 1889, A. M., 1890, and Ph. D., 1892; Assistant in Chemistry, Harvard, 1890-92; Parker Fellow at Univ. of Berlin, 1893-94; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, W. P. I., 1894-99; Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1900—. Zelotes Wood Coombs, 32 Richards Street i ; •?; Professor of English, and Secretary of the Faculty A. B., Amherst, 1888, and A. M., 1895; Instructor in English, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1888-89; Univ. of Virginia, 1889-90; Clerk and Assistant in Languages, W. P. I., 1890-92; Instructor in Modern Languages, 1892-95; Assistant Professor, 1895-1901; Professor of French, 1901-03; Modern Languages, 1903-13; Secretary of the faculty, 1910—; Professor of English, 1913—. Harold BabJjItt Smith, 20 Trowbridge Street Professor of Electrical Engineering M. E., Cornell, 1891; Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering, Arkansas State Univ., 1892-93; ! Professor of Electrical Engineering, Purdue, 1893-96; W. P . I., 1896— [U. S. Naval Service, Consulting Engineer, February, 1917-March, 1919.] Alexander Wilmer Duff, 52 Fruit Street Professor of Physics B. A., 1 Univ. of New Brunswick, 1884, and Univ. of London, 1887; M. A., Univ. of Edinburgh, 1888, B. Sc., 1892, and D. Sc., 1901; Professor of Physics, Univ. of Madras, 1889-90; Univ. of New Brunswick, 1890-93; Purdue, 1893-99; W. P. I., 1899— [U. S. Air Service, Consulting and Experimental Engineer, January 1918-Aug. 1919]. « » Arthur Willard French, 202 Russell Street Professor of Civil Engineering C. E., Dartrhouth, 1892; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Dartmouth, 1895-98; Professor, W. P. I., 1899—. Willliam Warren Bird, 10 Harvard Street Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Director of the Washburn Shops B. S., W. P. I., 1887; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1878-91; As¬ sistant Professor of Steam Engineering, 1894-96; Professor of Mechanical Engineer¬ ing and Director of the Washburn Shops, 1903—. 24