Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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John Matthew Petrie Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1929, and M.S., 1931; Grad¬ uate Assistant in Chemistry, 1929-31; In¬ structor, 1931-32; Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1932-37; Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, 1937-. Albert Dunning King Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering B.S., M. I. T„ 1932, and M.S., 1933; Pro¬ fessor of Chemical Engineering, M. I. T„ 1938-39; Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, W. P. I., 1939-. PHYSICS Arthur Woolsey Ewell Professor of Physics and Head of Department 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-. Morton Masius Professor of Physics Ph.D., Univ. of Leipzig, 1908; Whiting Fel¬ low, Harvard, 1908-09; Instructor in Physics, W. P. I., 1909-15; Assistant Professor, 1915-19; Professor, 1919-. Samuel James Plimpton Assistant Professor of Physics Ph.D., Yale, 1905, and Ph.D., 1912; Loomis Fellow, 1905-06; Assistant in Physics, 1909- 12; Instructor, 1912-13; Johns Hopkins, 1913- 14; W. P. I., 1914-19; Assistant Professor, 1919-. Richard Alexander Beth Assistant Professor of Physics B. S., W. P. I„ 1927, and M.S., 1929; Dr. Phil. Nat., Univ. of Frankfurt, 1932; In¬ structor in Physics, W. P. I., 1927-29; Leave of absence, as Research Associate, Palmer Lab., Princeton Univ., 1934-35; Assistant Professor, 1932-. Willard Elliott Lawton Assistant Professor of Physics B.S., W. P. I., 1920, and M.S., 1922; Grad¬ uate Assistant in Physics, 1920-22; Instruc¬ tor, 1922-36; Assistant Professor, 1936-. Karl Wilhelm Meissner Assistant Professor of Physics Dr. Rer. Nat., Univ. of Tuebingen, 1914; Privatdozent in Physics, Univ. of Zurich, 1918-25; a. o. Professor of Advanced Ex¬ perimental Physics, Univ. of Frankfurt, 1925-28; ord. Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory, 1928-33; Direc¬ tor of the Physics Institute, 1933-37; Assist¬ ant Professor ci Physics, W. P. I., 1938-.

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Arthur Julius Knight Professor of Civil Engineering and Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds B.S., W. P. I., 1907; Instructor in Civil Engineering, 1910-16; Assistant Professor, 1916-30; Professor, 1930-; Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, 1917. Carl Frederick Meyer Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1922, and C.E., 1929; M.C.E., Cornell, 1938; Instructor in Civil Engineer¬ ing, W. P. I., 1924-29; Assistant Professor, 1929-38; Exchange Professor. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1936-37; Pro¬ fessor of Civil Engineering, W. P. I., 1938-. Stanley Herbert Fillion Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1930; M.S.E., Univ. of Mich¬ igan, 1934; Instructor in Civil Engineering, W. P. I, 1930-37; Assistant Professor, 1937-. CHEMISTRY Frederic Raymond Butler Professor of Chemistry and Acting Head of Department of Chemistry B.S., W. P. I., 1920, and M.S., 1922; A.M., Harvard, 1924, and Ph.D., 1925; Graduate Assistant in Chemistry, W. P. I., 1920-22; Instructor, Mass. State College, 1925-27; Assistant Professor, W. P. I., 1927-37; Professor, 1937-. Maurice Edward Smith Professor of Chemistry B.A., Univ. of New Brunswick, 1917; M.A., Univ. of Toronto, 1919, and Ph.D., 1921; Assistant in Chemistry, 1917-21; Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Queen’s University, 1921-22; Instructor In Chemistry, W. P. I., 1924-27; Assistant Professor, 1927-38; Pro¬ fessor, 1938-. Harry Benjamin Feldman Assistant Professor of Chemistry B.S., W. P. I., 1926, and M.S., 1929; Student Assistant in Chemistry, 1925-26; Graduate Assistant, 1926-27; Graduate Assistant in Chemistry and Physics, 1927-28; Instructor in Chemistry, 1928-36; Assistant Professor, 1936-. Charles Henry Stauffer Instructor in Chemistry A.B., Swarthmore. 1934; A.M., Harvard. 1936, and Ph.D., 1937; Assistant in Organic Chemistry, Harvard, 1934-36; LTniversity Fellowship, 1936-37; Instructor in Chemistry, W. P. I., 1937-. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Frank Charles Howard Professor of Chemical Engineering and Acting Head of Department of Chemical Engineering S.B., M. I. T., 1917, and S.M., 1924; In¬ structor in Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Ill., 1926-36; Assistant Professor, W. P. I., 1936-.

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Robert Thompson Young, Jr. Instructor in Physics B.A., Univ. of Montana, 193 0; M.A., Univ. of Illinois, 1932; Ph.D., Harvard, 1936; Assistant in Physics, Univ. of Illinois, 1930- 32; Instructor, W. P. I., 1935-. ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS Albert James Schwieger Professor of Economics, Government, and Business, and Head of Department B.A., Hamline, Univ., 1928; M.A., Clark Univ., 1929; Ph.D., Harvard, 1936; Scholar and Assistant in Economics and Sociology, Clark Univ., 1928-29; Fellow, 1930-32; In¬ structor in Economics, Univ. of No. Dakota, 1929-30; Austin Scholar, Harvard Univ., 1932-33; Instructor in Economics and Gov¬ ernment, W. P. I., 1930-36; Assistant Pro¬ fessor, 1936-37; Professor of Economics, Government and Business, 1937-. Paul Herbert Norgren Assistant Professor of Economics, Government, and Business B.S., W. P. I., 1927; A. M., Harvard, 1937; Assistant Professor of Economics, Govern¬ ment and Business, W. P. I., 1937-. Frank Kuhns Shallenberger Instructor in Economics, Government, and Business A.B., Leland Stanford Univ., 1935; M.B.A., Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, 1938; Instructor in Economics, Government and Business, W. P. I., 1938-. ENGLISH Charles Joseph Adams Professor of English and Head of Department A.B., Amherst, 1896; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1908-13; Assistant Pro¬ fessor of English, 1913-30; Professor, 1930-. Paul Richard Swan Assistant Professor of English and General Secretary, S. C. A. A.B., Clark Univ., 1923, and A.M., 1929; Instructor in English, W. P. I., 1927-36; Assistant Professor, 1936-; General Secre¬ tary, W. P. I. S. C. A., 1925-. Edwin Higginbottom Assistant Professor of English A. B., Clark Univ., 1926; A.M., Harvard, 1932; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1927-34; Instructor in Modern Lan¬ guages and History, 1934-36; Assistant Pro¬ fessor, 1936-37; English, 1937-. MODERN LANGUAGES Leland Leavitt Atwood Professor of Modern Languages and History and Head of Department B. A., Clark Univ., 1916; M.A., Cornell, 1922; Ph.D., 1927; Instructor in Modern Lan¬ guages, 1917-18; 1919-24; Assistant Profes¬ sor, North Carolina College of Women, 1924-26; Clark Univ., 1926-30; Professor, W. P. I., 1930-34; Professor of Modern Languages and History, 1934-.