Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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ANDREW HALL HOLT 1937 Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of Department B.S., in C.E., Univ. of Vermont, 1912; M.S., Univ. of Iowa, 1920; C.E., Univ. of Vermont, 1922; J.D., Univ. of Iowa, 1931, Instructor in Civil Engr., Univ. of Vermont, 1912-14; Univ. of Iowa, 1914-17; Asst. Professor, Univ. of Iowa, 1919-21; Asso. Professor, 1921-34; Professor, 1934-37; Profes¬ sor of Civil Engr., W.P.I., 1937-. ARTHUR JULIUS KNIGHT 1910 Professor of Civil Engineering and Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds B.S., W.P.I., 1907. Instructor in Civil Engr., 1910-16; Asst. Professor, 1916- 30; Professor, 1930-; Supt. of Build¬ ings and Grounds, 1917-. CIVIL ENGINEERING Even though the profession of Civil Engineering once included all branches that were not military, it is by no means a limited field in modern practice. Civil Engineers are busy the year through in the design, analysis, and erection of all types of structures—bridges, buildings, foundations, tunnels, harbors, docks, and dams. Other men who have graduated from this department are busy in all types of surveying, soils analysis laboratories, water supply and sewage disposal plants, and photogrammetric work. The curriculum of this department of the Institute is designed to provide a thorough grounding in the fundamental principles underlying all civil engineering practice, and at the same time to give the student a reasonable amount of the cultural and business training which should be a part of the mental equipment of a professional man. In the senior year, a limited opportunity is offered for varying this training in accordance with a student’s individual interests. CARL FREDERICK MEYER 1924 Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., W.P.I., 1922, and C.E., 1929; M.C.E., Cornell, 193 8. Instructor in Civil Engr., W.P.I., 1924-29; Asst. Professor, 1929-3 8; Exchange Profes¬ sor, Univ. of Hawaii, 1936-37; Pro¬ fessor of Civil Engr., W.P.I., 1938-. STANLEY HERBERT FILLION 1930 Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., W.P.I., 1930; M.S.E., Univ. of Michigan, 19 34. Instructor in Civil Engr., W.P.I., 1930-37; Asst. Profes¬ sor, 1937-. 28

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WALTER RAYMOND DeVOE 1924 Instructor in Pattern-making Assistant in Pattern-making, 1924-3 0; Instructor in Mech. Engr., 1930-40; Pattern-making, 1940-. JOSEPH BOARD CHAMBERLAIN 1936 instructor. Mechanical Engineering M.E., Rensselaer, 1933. FRANK STANLEY FINLAYSON 1937 instructor in Aeromechanics B.S., W.P.I., 1931. EDWARD WILLIAM ARMSTRONG 1937 instructor. Mechanical Engineering FRANK ASHLEY CROSBY, JR. 1940 Instructor, Mechanical Engineering EDWARD EARL JOSEPH HAFEY 1940 Instructor, Mechanical Engineering FRED NORMAN WEBSTER 1939 Graduate Assistant in Mechanical Engineering B.S., W.P.I., 1936. B.S., W.P.I., 1940. B.S., W.P.I., 1940. B.S., W.P.I., 193 9. 27

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ERNEST DANA WILSON 1940 Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry and Head of Department B.S., Univ. of Nebraska, 1913; Ph.D., Dniv. of Chicago, 1913. Instructor, Univ. of Nebraska, 1913; Research Asso. in Physical Chemistry, M.I.T., 1913- 14; Assistant, Univ. of Chicago, 1914- 15; Fellow, Mellon Institute, 1916-18; Chemical Engr. in Industry, and Consulting Practice, 1919-39; Professor of Chemical Engr. and Chemistry, W.P.I., March, 1940-. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY The fields of the chemist and the chemical engineer are closely related, but the development of modern industry has created a need for men of somewhat different aptitudes and training for work in each field. While the work of the chemist is chiefly in the laboratory studying reactions, the chemical engineer deals principally with the design, con¬ struction and operation of equipment, and the application of manufacturing processes in which chemical changes of materials are involved. To meet the training requirements for men in both branches of the profession, the Institute offers two distinct courses, Chemical Engineering and Chem¬ istry. The college also offers an additional year of graduate work in either Chemical Engineering or Chemistry, which leads to a degree of master of science. FREDERIC RAYMOND BUTLER 1920 Professor of Chemistry B.S., W.P.I., 1920, and M.S., 1922; A.M., Harvard, 1924, and Ph.D., 1925. Grad. Assistant in Chemistry, W.P.I., 1920-22; Instructor, Mass. State Col. lege, 1925-27; Asst. Professor, W.P.I., 1927-37; Acting Head of Dept., 1937- March, 1940; Professor of Chemistry, 1 937-. FRANK CHARLES HOWARD 1936 Professor of Chemical Engineering (Leave of absence) S.B., M.I.T., 1917, and S.M., 1924. Instructor in Chemical Engr., Univ. of Illinois, 1926-3 6; Asst. Professor, W.P.I., 193 6-3 7; Acting Head of Dept., 1937-March, 1940; Professor of Chemical Engr., 1937-. MAURICE EDWARD SMITH 1924 Professor of Chemistry B.A., Univ. of New Brunswick, 1917; M.A., Univ. of Toronto, 1919, and rh.D., 1921; Assistant in Chemistry, 1917-21; Lecturer in Organic Chemis¬ try, Queen’s University, 1921-22. In¬ structor in Chemistry, W.P.I., 1924- 27; Asst. Professor, 1927-3 8; Profes¬ sor, 193 8-. 29