Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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HIT IIIHIII IMF me hie no m uu hie hr. 11 j jl ALBERT SUTTON RICHEY, B.M.E., E.E. “A. Sr Al” Professor of Electric Railway Engineering Born in Uluncie, Indiana; Graduated from Uluncie High School; B.M.E., Purdue University, 1894, and E.E., 1908 ; Assistant Professor of Electric Railway Engineer¬ ing, W. P. I., 1905-07; Professor, 1907-; Chairman Inter¬ fraternity Council; Member of Phi Delta Theta Frater¬ nity; Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi; Fellow, American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Engineers Club of New York; University Club of Boston; American Electric Railway Association; Worcester Country Club; Worcester Rotary Club. FRANCIS WILLIAM ROYS, B.S., M.E. Spider” Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of Department Born in Nantucket, Mass.; Graduated from Worcester Academy, 1905; B.S., W. P. I., 1909; M.E., W. P. I., 1917; Member of Glee Club; Member of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity; Sigma Xi; with Holyoke Machine Co., 1909-10; Instructor W. P. I., 1910-16; M. I. T., 19 16-17; Assistant Professor, 1917-23; Professor, 1923-; Author of Materials of Engineering Construction; Member A S. M. E.; A. S. T. M ; A. S. S. T. ALFRED LINCOLN SMITH, B.S., M.S. “Dingtoe” “A. L.” Professor of Drawing and Machine Design and Assistant to the President Born in Mattoon, Ill.; Graduated from Springfield, Mass., High School, 1886 ; B.S., W. P. I., 1890; M.S., W. P. I., 1899; Member Sigma Xi Honorary Fraternity; Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, 1890- 91; Instructor of Mechanical Drawing, 1891-1900; As¬ sistant Professor, 1900-06; Professor, 1906-; Assistant to the President, 1923 ; Chairman of Committee on Students, 1914; Committee on Scholarships, 1919; Member A. S. M. E , A. A. U. P. and N. E. Historical Society. Twenty-eight

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ITT II1HIII IIIF jue we wo ud wl we iub.. Illl flB Jb Jk SAMUEL JAMES PLIMPTON, Ph.B., Ph.D. Plimp” Assistant Professor of Physics Born in Hartford, Conn. Graduated from Hartford High School; Ph.B., Yale, 1905, and Ph.D., 1912; Loomis Fellow, 1905-06; Stanley Electric Works, 1906-1910; As¬ sistant in Physics, 1909-12; Instructor, 1912-13; Johns Hopkins, 1913-14; W. P. I., 1914-19; Assistant Professor 1919-; Visiting Professor, University of London, 1919- 1920; Member Christ Church, Oxford University. Author of: “Recombination of Ions in Gases,” “Scattering of Rays in X-Ray Diffraction,” “Partial Differential Equa¬ tion of Mathematical Physics.” Member Sigma Xi. CARLETON ALLEN READ, S.B. “B. Ar Professor of Steam Engineering Born in North Hanover, Mass. Graduated from M. I. T., 1891 ; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, M. I. T., 1891-99; Professor, University of New Hampshire, 1899- 1908; Professor of Steam Engineering, W. P. I., 1908-; In charge of evening steam courses at Franklin Union, 1908- 16; Member of Theta Chi and Sigma Xi Fraternities; American Society of Mechanical Engineers. HARRIS RICE, B.S., A.M. Ricey” Professor of Mathematics Born in Worcester; Graduated from English High School, 1907; B.S., W. P. I., 1912; A.M., Harvard, 1922; Instructor in Mathematics, Tufts, 1915-19; Harvard, 1918; Assistant Professor, Tufts, 1919-20; W. P. I., 1920- 24; Professor, 1924-; Secretary of the Tech Council; Member of Sigma Xi Honorary Society; American Mathematical Society; Mathematical Society of America; Association of Teachers of Mathematics in N. E.; A. A. U. P.; S. P. E. E.; American Association for the Ad¬ vancement of Science. Twenty-seven

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Jill £1 J JL MAURICE EDWARD SMITH, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. “ Tombstone” Assistant Professor of Chemistry Born in New Brunswick, Canada; Graduated from Fredericton High School; B.A., University of New Bruns¬ wick, 1917; M.A., University of Toronto, 1919, and Ph.D., 1921; Assistant in Chemistry, 1917-21; Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Queen’s University, 1921-22; In¬ structor in Chemistry, W. P. I., 1924-27; Assistant Pro¬ fessor, 1927-; Assistant Analyst in Food and Drug Divi¬ sion of Department of Health of Canada, 1922-24; Mem¬ ber of Society of Sigma Xi; American Chemical Society; Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry. HERBERT FOSTER TAYLOR, B.S. “Herb” Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Secretary- Treasurer of the Alumni Association Born in Amesbury, Mass.; Graduated from Amesbury High School; B.S, W. P. I., 1912; Assistant Editor of the Aftermath; Member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Frater¬ nity; Skull; Class President; Track “W”; C. E. Society; with Northern Pacific Railroad, 1912-14; U. S. A., Engi¬ neer Officer’s Training Camp, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Sept.-Nov., 1917; Regimental Adjutant with 319th En¬ gineers; Captain, July, 1918-19; Assistant Engineer, City of Cleveland, 1920; Assistant Professor, Civil Engineer¬ ing, W. P. I., 1920; Secretary-Treasurer of the Alumni Association, 1922-. Twenty-nine