Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Jfr -Si DANIEL FRANCIS CALHANE, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. “Dinny” Professor of Industrial and Electro-Chemistry Born in Bradford, Mass.; Graduated from Haverhill High School; A.B. Harvard Univ., 1894; A.M. Harvard Univ., 1896; Ph.D., 1904; Instructor at St. John’s Mili¬ tary School, N. Y., 1894-95; Garland School, Concord, Mass., 1896-97; Harvard Univ., 1899-1903; Instructor W.P.I., 1903-13; Assistant Professor, 1913-18; Professor, 1918-; Member of the American Electro-Chemistry So¬ ciety; Author of publications covering investigations in Organic and Electro-Chemistry. PERCY ROBERT CARPENTER, A.B. “Doc” “Percy” Professor of Physical Education and Head of Department Born in Menden, Ct.; Graduated from Exeter Acad¬ emy; A.B., Harvard University, 1907; Hitchcock Fellow, Amherst, 1906-9; Assistant Dean, 1908-10; Instructor in Physical Education, 1909-10; Assistant Professor, 1910-11; Associate Professor 1911-16; Professor of Physical Edu¬ cation, W. P. I., 1916; Director of Sports, Foyer du Soldat, Paris, 1917-18; Author of “A Translation of All American Sports and Games in French ; Member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges; American Physical Asso¬ ciation; Wachusett Country Club; Exeter Alumni Asso¬ ciation; Harvard Club. ZELOTES WOOD COOMBS, A.B., A.M. “Coombsie” Professor and Head of the English Department and Secretary of the Faculty Born in Wrentham, Mass.; Graduated from Worcester High School, 1884; A.B., Amherst College, 1888; A.M., Amherst College, 1895 ; Attended University of Virginia, University of Berlin, Alliance Franqaise; Instructor of English, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1888-89 ; Uni¬ versity of Virginia, 1889-90; Clerk and Assistant in Languages W. P. I., 1890-92; Instructor of Modern Languages, 1892-95; Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, 1895-1901; Prof, of French, 1901-03; Prof, of English and Modern Languages, 1903-13; English, 1913-; Member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa F raternities. Nineteen

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ITT IIIHIII HIE hip hie: hid hid iiii hie wfL mi gm J) j . LELAND LEAVITT ATWOOD, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Doc “Atty” Professor of Modern Languages and Head of the Department Born in Plymouth, N. H.; Graduated from Plymouth High School, 1913; A.B. Clark Univ, 1916; member of Alpha Sigma Alpha Fraternity; Musical Association; Dramatic Club; M.A., Cornell University, 1922; Ph.D., Cornell, 1927; Instructor in Modern Languages at Cornell, 1917-18; Assistant Professor North Carolina College for Women, 1925-26; Clark Univ., 1926-30; Pro¬ fessor W.P.I., 1930-; Member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity; Modern Language As sociation of America. FREDERICK RAYMOND BUTLER, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D. Rosy Cheeks” Assistant Professor of Chemistry Born in Worcester, Mass.; Graduated from Worcester North High School, 1916; B.S., W.P.I., 1920; M.S., W.P.I. 1922; M.A., Harvard Univ., 1924; Ph.D., Har¬ vard, 1925 ; Instructor in Chemistry, Mass. State College, 1925-27; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, W.P.I., 1927-; Member of Tau Beta Pi Honorary Engineering Frater¬ nity; Society of Sigma Xi; American Chemical Society; American Assoc, for Advancement of Science; N. E. Assoc, of Chem. Teachers; A.A.U.P. RICHARD ALEXANDER BETH, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Dick” Assistant Professor of Physics Born in New York City; Graduated from Lynbrook High School, Lynbrook, L. I., N. Y., 1923; B.S., W.P.I., 1927; M.S., W.P.I., 1929; Ph.D., University of Frankfurt (Goethe Univ.), 1932; Member of Theta Chi Fraternity; Member of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi honorary frater¬ nities; Instructor in Physics, W.P.I., 1927-29; Interna¬ tional Exchange Fellow to Germany, 1929-30; Fellow of the Alexander von Humbolt Foundation, Berlin, 1930-32 ; Ass’t. Professor of Physics, W.P.I., 1932-.

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inr iiiHiii iiif hip iiif inn inn mi iiif iiir iih CUE jft J HAROLD WINTHROP DOWS, B.S., M.E. “Banjo Eyes” “Colonel” Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Born in Salem, Mass.; Graduated from Salem High School; B.S., W. P. I., 1918; U. S. Army, 1918-19; M.E., W. P. I., 1930; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, 1919-30; Assistant Professor, 1930-; Member of Tan Beta Pi and Sigma Xi Honorary Fraternities; American Society of Mechanical Engineer?. A. WILMER DUFF, B.A., M.A., B.Sc., D.Sc. “A Wtimer” Professor of Physics and Head of the Department Born in St. John, N. B., Canada ; Graduated from St. John High School; B. A. University of New Brunswick, 1884, and University of London, 1887 ; M.A. University of Edinburgh, 1888; B.Sc., 1892; D.Sc., 1901; LL.D. Uni¬ versity of New Brunswick, 1920; Professor of Physics, University of Madras, 1889-90; University of New Brunswick, 1890-93; Purdue University, 1893-99; W. P .1., 1899-; Member of the Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity; Sigma Xi; Author of Elementary Experimental Mechan¬ ics, Textbook of Physics, College Physics, Physical Measurements. ARTHUR WOOLSEY EWELL, A.B., Ph.D. “Punk” Professor of Physics Born in Bradford, Mass.; A.B., Yale University., 1897 ; Ph.D., 1899; Assistant in Physics, Yale, 1897-1900; In¬ structor, W. P. I., 1900-04; Assistant Professor, 1904-10; Professor, 1910-; Major in U. S. Army, 1917-18; Head of the Bomb Unit of the Air Service, A. E. F.; Consult¬ ing Engineer in Refrigeration; Fellow, American Acad¬ emy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow in American Physical Society; Society of Refrigeration Engineers; Societe Franchise de Physique. Twenty