No. |
Date |
Commencment Speaker |
Honorary Degree Recipients |
106 |
June 13, 1931 |
Charles Butler, Architect, New York City |
Charles Butler; D.Sc. |
William Leland Thompson; LL.D. |
107 |
June 11, 1932 |
Clarence F. Hirshfeld, Detroit Edison Company |
Clarence F. Hirshfeld; D.Eng. |
William L. Robb; D.Eng. |
108 |
June 17, 1933 |
Leonor F. Loree, President, D & H Railroad Co. |
Leonor F. Loree; D.Eng. |
Charles P. Perin; D.Eng. |
Daniel L. Turner; D.Eng. |
109 |
June 16, 1934 |
Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada |
Richard B. Bennett; LL.D. |
Hugh L. Cooper; D.Eng. |
George O. Knapp; D.Eng. |
Howard McClenahan; D.Eng. |
110 |
June 15, 1935 |
Major General Edward Murphy Markham,
Chief Engineers, USA |
Edward W. Arms; D.Eng. |
Edward M. Markham; D.Eng. |
111 |
June 13, 1936 |
Samuel Ferguson, Chairman of the Board,
Hartford Electric Light and Power Co. |
Samuel Ferguson; D.Eng. |
Edwin S. Fickes; D.Eng. |
Louis D. Ricketts; D.Eng |
112 |
June 14, 1937 |
Homer L. Ferguson, President,
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. |
Ralph H. Chambers; D.Eng. |
Homer L. Ferguson; D.Eng. |
Homer R. Stanford; D.Eng. |
113 |
June 13, 1938 |
Rear Admiral Luther E. Gregory
Civil Engineer Corps, Retired |
Luther E. Gregory; D.Eng. |
Henry H. Porter; D.Eng. |
114 |
June 12, 1939 |
Stephen F. Voorhees, Architect,
Voorhees, Walker, Foley and Smith |
Rolland G. Allen; D.Eng. |
Norman M. Smith; D.Eng. |
Stephen F. Voorhees; D.Eng. |
115 |
June 17, 1940 |
Clark H. Minor, President,
International General Electric Co. |
Eduardo J. Chibas; D.Eng. |
Clark H. Minor; D.Eng. |
Robert C. Stanley; D.Eng. |
116 |
June 16, 1941 |
Philip D. Reed, Chairman of the Board,
General Electric Co. |
Philip D. Reed; D.Eng. |
Frederick E. Williamson; D.Eng. |
117 |
May 17, 1942 |
Albert N. Williams, President, Western Union Telegraph Co. |
Harry A. Hopf; D.Eng. |
John A. Sampson; D.Sc. |
Arthur S. Tuttle; D.Eng. |
Albert N. Williams; D.Eng. |
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July 7, 1942 |
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118 |
Dec. 23, 1942 |
Alexander Loudon, Netherlands Ambassador to US |
Alexander Loudon; LL.D. |
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1942 |
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Albert W. Davison; D.Eng. |
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April 17, 1943 |
Commander John R. Perry |
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June 19, 1943 |
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Sept. 23, 1943 |
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119 |
Dec. 23, 1943 |
Eugene E. Wilson, Vice Chairman of the Board, United Aircraft Corp,. Hartford, CT |
Eugene E. Wilson; D.Eng. |
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Feb. 26, 1944 |
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June 21, 1944 |
Philip W. Henry |
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120 |
Aug. 20, 1944 |
Allen B. Du Mont ’24, President, Allen B.
Du Mont Laboratories, Inc.
|
Allen B. Du Mont; D.Eng. |
121 |
Oct. 21, 1944 |
Maj. Gen. William Henry Harrison, Chief,
Procurement and Distribution Service, US Army |
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Feb. 22, 1945 |
Percival M. Sax ’90, Consulting Engineer |
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April 22, 1945 |
James H. McGraw, Jr., President, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Inc. |
James H. McGraw, Jr.; D.Eng. |
Charles S. Pillsbury; D.Eng. |
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June 22 1945 |
Malcolm Pirnie, C.E. |
Henry B. Davenport; D.Eng. |
Joseph H. Nuelle; D.Eng. |
Malcom Pirnie; D.Eng. |
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Oct. 24, 1945 |
Rear Admiral Lewis B. Combs ‘16, Asst. Chief, Bureau of Yards & Docks, US Navy |
Lewis B. Combs; D.Eng. |
Thomas F. Farrell; D.Eng. |
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Feb. 22, 1946 |
Rear Admiral John J. Manning ‘15, Chief,
Bureau of Yards & Docks, US Navy |
John J. Manning; D.Eng. |
William H. Harrison; D.Eng. |
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June 24, 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Edmond H. Leavey, Chief of Transportation, Army Service Forces |
Ralph W. Gallagher; D.Eng. |
Edmond H. Leavey; D.Eng. |
James Pine; D.Eng. |
134 |
Feb. 1, 1947 |
Arthur S. Adams, Provost, Cornell University |
Arthur S. Adams; D.Eng. |
Willem F. Westendorp; D.Eng. |
135 |
June 16, 1947 |
Harry A. Winne, Vice President of Engineering Policy, General Electric Co. |
Harry A. Winnie; D.Eng. |
136 |
Aug. 30, 1947 |
Francis E. Gallagher, President, Behr-Manning Corp. |
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137 |
Jan. 24, 1948 |
Frank W. Abrams, Chairman of the Board,
Standard Oil Company |
Frank W. Abrams; D.Eng. |
138 |
June 11, 1948 |
Charles Erwin Wilson, President, GM Corp. |
H. Mansfield Horner; D.Eng. |
Charles Erwin Wilson; D.Eng. |
139 |
Sept. 4, 1948 |
Robert Paxton, Manager, GE Corp. |
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140 |
Jan. 29, 1949 |
Harvey N. Davis, President, Stevens Institute of Technology |
Harvey N. Davis; D.Eng. |
141 |
June 10, 1949 |
Ben Moreell, President, Jones, & Laughline Steel Corp. |
Matthew A. Hunter; D.Eng. |
Thomas D. Jolly; D.Eng. |
Ben Moreell; D.Eng. |
Edward R. Weidlein; D.Eng. |
125th Anniversary |
Oct. 1949 |
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Hiland G. Batcheller; D.Eng. |
Eugene Holman; D.Eng. |
Amory Houghton; D.Eng. |
Charles Edward Wilson; D.Eng. |
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1949 |
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Louis St. Laurent; LL.D. |
Francis T. Spaulding; LL.D. |
142 |
Jan. 27, 1950 |
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Chairman,
Joint Chief of Staff, Department of Defense |
Omar N. Bradley; D.Eng. |
Don G. Mitchell; D.Eng. |
James W. Parker; D.Eng. |
143 |
June 9, 1950 |
Harry Stanley Rogers, President, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn |
Lucius D. Clay; D.Eng. |
James D. Cunningham; D.Eng. |
John W. Doty; D.Eng. |
Harry S. Rogers; D.Eng. |
C. Guy Suits; D.Eng. |