Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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List of Faculty IRA NELSON HOLLIS President of the Institute U. S. Naval Academy, 1878; A. M., (Hon.) Harvard, 1899; L. H. D., Union 1899; D. Sc., Univ. of Pittsburg, 1912; Professor of Engineering, Harvard, 1893-1913; President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1913 . GEORGE HENRY HAYNES Professor of Economics and Government A. B., Amherst, 1887; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1893; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1887-88; Mathematics, 1888-89; Modern Languages, 1889-90; Professor of Economics and Government, 1893—. WALTER LOUIS JENNINGS 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 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; English and Modern Languages, 1903-13; Secretary of the Faculty, 1910—; Professor of English, 1913—. HAROLD BABBITT SMITH Professor of Electrical Engineering M. E., Cornell, 1891; Adjunct Professor of Electrical Enineering, Arkansas State Univ., 1892- 93; Professor, Purdue, 1893-96; W. P. L, 1896—. ALEXANDER WILMER DUFF Professor of Physics B. A., Univ. of New Brunswick, 1884, and Univ. of London, 1887; M. A. Univ. of Edin¬ burgh, 1888, B. Sc., 1892 and D. Sc., 1901; L. L. D., Univ. of New Brunswick, 1920; Professor of Physics, Univ. of Madras, 1889-90; Univ. of New Brunswick, 1890-93; Purde, 1893- 99; W. P. I., 1899—. ARTHUR WILLARD FRENCH Professor of Civil Engineering C. E., Dartmouth, 1892; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Dartmouth, 1895-98; Professor, W. P. I., 1899—.

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Ira Nelson Hollis “ Prexy ” t b n President Hollis is a man with whom the student body as a whole has little opportunity to become acquainted; and few undergraduates realize the real good fortune of the Institute in having such a man at its head. Modest and unassuming as he appears around the Hill, it is with difficulty that we appreciate the fact that Prexy is one of the country’s leading mechanical engineers. A graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, he held various im¬ portant positions connected with the Navy Department, among them being Professor of Marine Engineering at Union College, member of the Advisory Board which built the White Squadron, and lecturer at the Naval War College. In 1893 he resigned from the navy department to become the head of the Engineering Department at Harvard University. During his ten years of service there, he conceived and supervised the construction of the Harvard Stadium. One of the more recent honors to be bestowed on President Hollis was his election to the presidency of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It was as a member of a delegation from this organization that he went to Europe last summer in the interests of uniting the engineers of all nations. During his nine years of service to the Institute, he has always held the interests of every student at heart. Although we seldom come into personal contact with him, we cannot but appreciate the great work that he is doing. 15

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WILLIAM WARREN BIRD Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Director of the Washburn Shops B. S., W. P. I., 1887; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1887-91; Assistant Professor of Ste a m Engineering, 1894-96; Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Washburn Shops, 1903—. PERCY ROBERT CARPENTER Professor of Physical Education A. B., Harvard, 1907; Hitchcock Fellow, Amherst, 1906-09; Assistant Dean, 1908-10; Instructor in Physical Education, 1909-10; Assistant Professor, 1910-11; Associate Professor, 1911-16; Professor of Physical Education, W. P. I., 1916 —. ALTON LINCOLN SMITH Professor of Drawing and Machine Design B. S., W. P. I., 1890, and M. S., 1899; Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, W. P. I., 1890-91; Instructor in Mechanical Drawing, 1891-1900; Assistant Professor of Drawing and Machine Design, 1900-06; Professor, 1906—. JOSEPH OLIVER PHELON Professor of Electrical Engineering B. S., (Mechanical Engineering) W. P. I., 1887, and B. S. (Electrical Engineering), 1890; M. M. E., Cornell, 1901; Instructor in Physics, W. P. I., 1887-96; Electrical Engineering, 1896-1900; Fellow, Cornell Univ., 1900-01; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, W. P. I., 1901-07; Professor, 1907—. CHARLES METCALF ALLEN Professor of Hydraulic Engineering B. S., W. P. I., 1894, and M. S., 1899; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, 1894-1902; Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering, 1902-06; Professor, 1906-09; Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, 1909—. ARTHUR WOOLSEY EWELL Professor of Physics A. B., Yale, 1897, and Ph. D., 1899; Assistant in Physics, Yale, 1897-99; Instructor, W. P. I., 1900-04; Assistant Professor, 1904-10; Professor, 1910—. ALBERT SUTTON RICHEY Professor of Electric Railway Engineering B. M. E., Purdue, 1894, and E. E., 1908; Assistant Professor of Electric Railway Engineering, W. P. I., 1905-07; Professor, 1907—. HOWARD CHAPIN IVES Professor of Railroad Engineering Ph. B., Yale, 1898, and C. E., 1900; Instructor in Civil Engineering, W. P. l , 1900-03; Assistant Professor, Univ. of Penn., 1903-06; Assistant Professor of Railroad Engineering, W. P. I., 1906-12; Professor, 1912—. 17