Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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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-.

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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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J. Edward Fitzgerald Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and History A.B., Clark University., 1927; M.A., Middle- bury College, 1931; Student Assistant in Geology, Clark Univ., 1925-27; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1927-34; In¬ structor in Modern Languages and History, 1934-36; Assistant Professor, 1936-. Claude Knight Scheifley Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and History A.B., Univ. of Pa., 1928; M.A., Cornell, 1934; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1928-33; German, Miami Univ., 1934-37; Assistant Professor of Modern Lan¬ guages and History, W. P. I., 1937-. MATHEMATICS Raymond Kurtz Morley Professor of Mathematics and Head of Department A. B., and A.M., Tufts, 1904; Pli.D., Clark, 1910; Instructor in Mathematics, Univ. of Maine, 1904-07; W. P. I., 1910-11; Univ. of Ill., 1911-12; Assistant Professor, W. P. L, 1912-17; Professor, 1917-21; tThe John E. Sinclair Professor of Mathematics, 1921-. Harris Rice Professor of Mathematics B. S., W. P. L, 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-. Harold Joseph Gay Professor of Mathematics A. B., Harvard, 1919; A.M., Clark, 1922; In¬ structor in Mathematics, W. P. I., 1919-24; Assistant Professor, 1924-38; Professor, 1938-. William Lewis Phinney, Jr. Assistant Professor of Mathematics B. S., Dartmouth, 1920; A.M., Clark, 1922; Instructor in Mathematics, W. P. I., 1920-30; Assistant Professor, 1930-. Edward Choate Brown Assistant Professor of Mathematics A. B., Harvard, 1918; M.A., LIniv. of Maine, 1923; Instructor in Mathematics, General Electric Engineering School, 1918-21 ; Univ. of Maine, 1921-24; W. P. L, 1924-36; As¬ sistant Professor, 1936-. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Herbert Foster Taylor Secretary-Treasurer of the Alumni Association B. S., W. P. I., 1912; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 1920-34; Secretary-Treas¬ urer of the Alumni Association, 1922-; Head, Placement and Publicity. 1938-.