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Title: Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Furman, Franklin De Ronde, 1870- ed
Subjects: Stevens family Morton, Henry, 1836-1902 Stevens Institute of Technology
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J., Stevens institute of technology
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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62 158 A. S. Miller 162 158 W. L. Lyall 162 160 C. H. Page, Jr. ....... 162 E. A. Uehling 162 Henry Morton 164 A. C. Humphreys 194 A. M. Mayer 203 R. H. Thurston 210 Edward Wall 218 C. W. MacCord 219 A. R. Leeds 223 C. F. Kroeh 229 De Volson Wood 234 W. E. Geyer 239 J. E. Denton 241 J. B. Webb 245 Coleman Sellers 250 THE FACULTY T. B. Stillman 254 D. S. Jacobus 257 Adam Riesenberger 263 C. A. Carr 264 W. H. Bristol 265 A. F. Ganz 270 F. DeR. Furman 272 S. D. Graydon 274 F. L. Pryor 275 F. L. Sevenoak 276 E. R. Knapp 277 W. J. Moore 279 C. O. Gunther 279 xxii THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THE FACULTY—Continued Page Page F. J. Pond 280 L. A. Martin 283 C. B. LePage 281 H. W. Johnson 283 W. A. SnouDY 282 F. M. Hummel 284 Portraits of the Alumni and Illustrations of Their Work, Arranged in Al-phabetical Order 287-630 Portraits of Associate Members of the Alumni Association, and Illustrations OF Their Work 631-634 The Class of 1903 636 The Class of 1904 640 History of the Institute
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cL^Uiyn^-yX- I History of the Institute INTRODUCTION THE official history of the Stevens Institute of Technology dates fromApril 15, 1867, when Mr. Edwin Augustus Stevens, in his will, be-queathed a block of land adjoining the family estate at Castle Point,Hoboken, N. J., $150,000 for the erection of a building, and $500,000 as an en-dowment, for an institution of learning. Although unexpressed in his will, it is known that Mr. Stevens had inmind an institution devoted to the advancement of the mechanic arts, to whichhe had contributed in no small degree. He was the surviving member of a familytrio — father and two sons — of pioneer engineers whose achievements gave thefirst great impetus to mechanical engineering in America. Of the remarkablework accomplished by these three men, the world at large knows but little, doubt-less owing to their modesty and to their absolute independence of public support,which permitted them to carry on quietly and unobservedly the construction ofste

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