Illinois Tech Engineering and Alumnus collection, 1941-1949
Collection
Identifier: 004.08.04
Issues of the Illinois Tech Engineer and Alumnus from 1941-1949, incomplete run. Contains the following issues:
- October 1945 (Vol. 11, No. 1)
- Contents: "Mexican- American Conference" by Paul D. Hermann; "Institute of Gas Technology: Annual Report" "Fire Protection Engineering" by Kent H. Parker; "Grease: New Industrial Applications" by John R. LeVally; "Small Business: Can It Have Research?" by Dr. Francis E. Godwin; "The Endless Frontier" by Dr. John D. Larkin; "Man of the Month: David Siegel" "Iron Ore" by Charles A Scarlott
- December 1945 (Vol. 11, No. 2)
- Contents: "Carbon Black in War and in Peace" by Leonard H Cohan; "The Veteran in Contemporary Education" by John F. White; "Fire Protection and Safety" by the Western Society of Engineers; "Our Future Engineers" by Harry McCormack; "Alice and the Slide Rule" by L.A. Hawkins and Sanford A. Moss; "The Five Year Gap" by R.C. Kinter; "Midwest Power Conference" by Stanton E. Winston; "Training for Battle" by Lincoln Maytham; "Iron Ore (Part III)" pepared by Charles A Scarlott; "Industrial Research" by Harold Vagtborg
- March 1942 (Vol. 7, No.3)
- Contents: "Our Ships Begin to Come In" by Paul O. Ridings; "Automobile Driving as a Problem in Mechanics" by J.F. Mangold; "Porcelain Enameling" by Warren L. Decatur; "Selection and Training for Tomorrow" by Alfred J. Cardall; "Punching Card Methods of Recording and Analyzing Statistical Material" by E.C. Schroedel; "A Women of the Eighties" by James C. Peebles; "New Cooperative Courses" by Kathryn Judkins; "Better Mouse Traps" "Obituary: Bion J. Arnold" "The Engineer Staff" "Forty-Seventh Commencement" "Help! Help! Help!" "Midwest Power Conference" "The Book Shelf" by F.R. White and Robert C. Kintner; "New Alumni Secretary" "The American Mathematical Monthly" "The Schoolmaster" "From Year to Year"
- May 1942 (Vol. 7, No. 4)
- Contents: "The Development Program" "Research Equipment in the Department of Electrical Engineering" by Jesse E. Hobson and LeRoy T. Anderson; "Our Wartime Calendar" "Unusual Engineering Opportunities in Public Health Work" by Herman N. Bundesen, M.D.; "Metallurgical Research in the Armour Research Foundation" by Raymond G. Spencer; "More Architects Wanted" "Eliminating Waste in Wartime" by Henry P. Dutton; "Better Mouse Traps" by R. J. Tinkham; "Good Neighbors" by Paul O. Ridings; "Help! Help! Help!" by John J Schommer; "Facts and Digures on E.S.M.D.T" "The Society of Sigma Xi" by Clark Crawford; "1942 Illinois Tech Relays" "Book Shelf" by F.A. Rogers and A.E. Flanigan; "The Schoolmaster" "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Junior Chemists Needed" "Pre-Engineering Programs"
- October 1942 (Vol. 8, No. 1)
- Contents: "Research in the Department of Physics" by J.S. Thompson; "Extinguishing Fire with Low Pressure Carbon Dioxide" by H.W. Lange; "The Schoolmaster" "The Engineer Staff" "Taylor at Colgate" "Professional Opportunities for Home Economists Trained in a Technological Institution"by Ruth Cowan Clouse; "Training for Defense becomes Training for War" by John I. Yellott; "War Training in Radio" by Gordon Lund; "Unintentional Sabotage" by Captain Laurence B. Tipton; "Better Mouse Traps" by L.R. Oaks; "Help! Help! Help!" by John J. Schommer; "The Book Shelf" by R.E. Peck, S.M. Spears and Roe L. Stevens "From Year to Year: Alumni Section"
- December 1942 (Vol. 8, No. 2)
- Contents: "Research in Acoustics and Vibrations at Armour Research Foundation" by H.A. Leedy; "The President's Report" "Research in the Department of Language and Literature" by Walter Hendricks; "Sigma Xi at IIT" by Rufus Oldenburger; "War Research Committee" "The Pre-Engineering Course" "1800 Ensigns" "New Faculty Members" "Student War Council" by Raymond W. Smith; "Better Mouse Traps" "The Schoolmaster" "What are we Going to Do to Win the War" by Benson Jewell; "Help! Help! Help!" "The Bookshelf" by M.J. Murray, C.O. Harris and H.L. Nachman; "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Was You There, Charlie?" "Midwest Power Conference, 1943"
- March 1943 (Vol. 8, No. 3)
- Contents: "What's Cookin' in the Department of Chemistry" by M.J. Murray; "We Still Measure our Freshmen" by William C Krathwohl; "Heald and Grinter Assis W M C" "Yellott Recieves Award" "The West Side Campus and the War" by Clarence L. Clarke; "Howard M. Raymond: Obituary" "Tech Relays" "Midwest Power Conference" "Better Mouse Traps" by Ernest W. Landen; "Help! Help! Help!" by John J. Schommer; "S.P.E.E" "New Trustees" "The Book Shelf" by Howard P. Vincent; "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Foresight" by Paul O. Ridings; "Crop Production Specialists Needed" "Any Ideas?" "Bird Guns Test Plane Windshields" "Conservation of Critical Materials by Use of Alternates" by John Horn
- May 1943 (Vol. 8 No. 4)
- Contents: "Research Comes to the Pampa" by Francis Godwin; "Domestic Underfeed Stokers" By Walter Knox and C.H. Sawyer; "War Training Courses in Electrical Engineering" by J.E. Hobson; "Physical Training Goes to War" By Arthur E. Wright; "A Progress Report on the War Training Program" by J. I Yellott; "Automobile Driving as a Problem in Mechanics" by J.F. Mangold; "The Tech Relays" "The Alumni Fund" "Placement Department" by John J. Schommer; "Better Mouse Traps" "S.P.E.E Meeting" "The Schoolmaster" "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Student War Council" by Harry E. Gillespie, Jr.
- October 1943 (Vol. 9, No. 1)
- Contents: "Fire Loss Prevention" by Geo. W Booth; "The Armed Forces at Illinois Tech" by C.A. Tibbals; "Social Science Research at Illinois Tech" by Yale Brozen and Herbet A. Simon; "Wood in War in Peace" by C.J. Hogue; "Psychology and the War Effort" by David P. Boder; "Changes in Shop Courses for Engineering Students at Illinois Institute of Technology" by J. S. Kozacka; "Better Mouse Traps" by Francis Godwin; "Obituaries: Alfred L. Eustice; C.W. Hills Jr; C. Paul Parker" "Help! Help! Help!" by John J. Schommer; "The Book Shelf" by E.C. Paustian and V.I. Komarewsky; "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Record Voice on Hairlike Wire" "Smoke was a Lifesaver in Sicily Invasion"
- December 1943 (Vol. 9, No. 2)
- Contents: "New Industrial Uses for Farm Crops" by Harry E. Barnard; "General Semantics at Illinois Tech" by Sanford B. Meech; "Physical Properties of Rubber Compounds" by Charles O. Harris; "Prophylactic Automobile Driving and Care" by Daniel Roesch; "New Trustees" by Paul O. Ridings; "The Schoolmaster" "Better Mouse Tramps: Automatic Control for the Paper Industry" by Clark E Thorp; "Midwest Power Conference- 1944" "The Sun Salutes Heald" "Institute of Gas Technology" by John I. Yellott; "New Faculty Members" "Help! Help! Help!" by John J. Schommer; "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Obituary: Bernard N. Sunny" "Dean Alderson" "Engineer Staff" "Book Shelf" by Arthur Howe Carpenter; "New Electronic Tube Flaw Detector"
- March 1944 (Vol. 9, No. 3)
- Contents: "Evolution of the 3-Phase 60-Cycle A.C. System" by Thomas James Higgins; "The Treatment of Wood to Reduce Combustibility" by A.J. Steiner; "Serving the Army and Navy" by L.E. Grinter; "Industrial Training- War Style" by J.H. Hazlehurst; "Better Mouse Traps" by Norman C. Penfold; "Have You Any Foreign Maps?" "Institute of Gas Technology" by J.I. Yellott; "Red Cross War Fund" "Help! Help! Help!" by John J. Schommer; "Midwest Power Conference" "New Faculty Members" "Obituary: Bernard L. McNulty" "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Motor Keeps Gyros Spinning" "Electrical Systems of Tomorrow's Aircraft"
- May 1944 (Vol. 9, No. 4)
- Contents: "Toppling the Tower of Babel" by Howard P. Vincent; "Physical Training at Illinois Tech" by Bernard Weissman; "The Importance of Business Subjects in the Engineering Cirriculum" by C.R. Glaves; "War Training for Women" by Paul Ridings and Marie Seaberry; "The Small Plant Can be Safe" by E.C. Woodward; "Two Recent Conferences in Chicago" by Roland A. Budenholzer and Sanford B. Meech; "Recipients of Honorary Degrees from Illinois Institute of Technology" by Sanford B. Meech; "Better Mouse Traps" by C.O. Dohrenwend; "Institute of Gas Technology" by J.I. Yellott; "Help! Help! Help!" by John J. Schommer; "Book Shelf" by S.I. Hayakawa; "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Tech Men, If You are Inducted" by William C. Krathwohl
- October 1944 (Vol. 10, No. 1)
- Contents: "Education for Veterans" by Dean C.A. Tibbals; "Electron Waves and Their Use in Microscopy and Diffraction" by Paul L. Copeland and Carroll W. Lufcy; "Illinois Tech a Sponsor of the First Electronics Conference" "The Fire Protection Problem" by Arthur H. Jens; "Facing the Modern World" by George D. Birkhoff; "The Present and Future of ESMWT" by William Bachrach; "Help! Help! Help!" by John J. Schommer; "Better Mouse Traps" by Robert Tinkham; "Ordnance Award" "The Book Shelf" by W.I. Hayakawa; "From Year to Year: Alumni Section"
- December 1944 (Vol. 10, No. 2)
- Contents: "Jet Propulsion" by J.I. Yellott; "New Electrical Machinery Lab" by E.H. Schulz; "New Illinois Tech Trustees" "Chemical Detectives" by Loretto Fox; "New Staff Members" "Veterans in College" by Arleen Wilson; "Better Mouse Traps" by W.R. Mehaffey; "The Automotive Laboratory" by Daniel Roesch; "From Year to Year: Alumni Section" "Midwest Power Conference"
- October 1945 (Vol. 11, No. 1)
- Contents: "Mexican- American Conference" by Paul D. Hermann; "Institute of Gas Technology: Annual Report" "Fire Protection Engineering" by Kent H. Parker; "Grease: New Industrial Applications" by John R. LeVally; "Small Business: Can It Have Research?" by Dr. Francis E. Godwin; "The Endless Frontier" by Dr. John D. Larkin; "Man of the Month: David Siegel" "Iron Ore" by Charles A Scarlott
- December 1945 (Vol. 11, No. 2)
- Contents: "Carbon Black in War and in Peace" by Leonard H Cohan; "The Veteran in Contemporary Education" by John F. White; "Fire Protection and Safety" by the Western Society of Engineers; "Our Future Engineers" by Harry McCormack; "Alice and the Slide Rule" by L.A. Hawkins and Sanford A. Moss; "The Five Year Gap" by R.C. Kinter; "Midwest Power Conference" by Stanton E. Winston; "Training for Battle" by Lincoln Maytham; "Iron Ore (Part III)" pepared by Charles A Scarlott; "Industrial Research" by Harold Vagtborg
- Spring 1946 (Vol. 11, No. 3)
- Contents: "The Work of the Industrial Engineer" by Joesph Palma, Jr.; "Heating Requirements" by Dr. Stephen S. Visher; "A Neglected Chapter" by Dr. Arno B. Luckhardt; "A Review of Atomic Energy" by Philip W. Swain; "Armour Research Foundation, Annual Report"
- Summer 1946 (Vol. 11, No. 4)
- Contents: "The Ohmite Laboratory" by L.W. Matsch and Herbert Levy; "Engineering Education" by Dr. Alfred C Ames; "City Noise" by Haldon A. Leedy; "Institute of Gas Technology, Research Activity" by Captain Elmore S. Pettyjohn; "Radiant Heating" by Napier Adlam; "The Impact of War on Economic Theory" by Dr. Pearce Davis; "Coal as the Fuel for the Gas Turbine" by John I Yellott and A. D. Singh; "Development and Evaluation of Crankcase Oils" by Norman C. Penfold; "The Consumer and Product Design" by Emmet J. Lowry
- October 1946 (Vol. 12, No. 1)
- Contents: "Lithography Comes of Age" by Wade E. Griswold; " Fire Causes and Lessons They Teach" by John J. Ahern; "Linear Relationships in Gas Turbines" by John T. Rettaliata; "Technology in Selected Mexican Industries" by Milton E. Nelson; "The Professional Man's Education" by John Day Larkin; "Incentives to Production" by Henry P. Dutton; "Safety- Training and Testing Drivers" by Robert C. Peterson; "Schoolmaster" "Radio Communication and its Import in International Relations"
- May 1947 (Vol. 12, No. 4)
- Contents: "Some Modern Uses for Packaged Gases" by J.I. Banash; "Romance in Steel" by Henry Penn; "The Graduate School" by W.A. Lewis; "Lightning Protection in Review" by E.R. Whitehead; "The Engineering Library- Storehouse or Laboratory" by William H.Hyde; "Armour Research Foundation- Recent Developments in Magnetic Recording" by Marvin Camras; "Safety- Home is no Haven from Harm" by E. Clark Woodward; "One of Ours" by Earl C. Kubicek; "Notable Books of 1946" by Harvey Curtis Webster; "University Conference on Corrosion and Metal Protection" "The Schoolmaster" "Pocket Research"
- October 1948 (Vol. 14, No. 1)
- Contents: "Food Technology Comes into its Own- and to Technology Center" by Milton E Parker; "The Engineer and the Weatherman" by Joanne Starr Malkus; "Hermann Hesse: Nobel Prize Novelist" by F.K. Richter; "Sports and Illinois Tech" by Frederick W. Jauch; "Research Facilities in Illinois" by Roy C. Newton; "Mark Twain's Adventures in Inventions" by Earl C. Kubicek
- December 1948 (Vol. 14, No. 2)
- Contents: "You Can Read Faster- and Learn More" by Elizabeth A. Simpson; "Magnetic Records for Home Entertainment" by Marvin Camras; "A Community Mobilizes for Engineering Education" by Harold L. Minkler; "Sports and Illinois Tech" by Frederick W. Jauch; "Midwest Power Conference" "Why Not Higher Octanes?" by Daniel P. Barnard; "Blueprint for Economics Education" by Pearce Davis
- March 1949 (Vol. 14, No. 3)
- Contents: "A Visit with Grandma Moses" by F.K. Richter; "Engineers and Unions" by James W. Fairchild and William H. Harrison, Jr.; "Current and Future Research at the Institute of Gas Technology" by Elmore S. Pettyjohn; "Biology in Action" by Leslie R. Hedrick; "A Year of Research" "Midwest Power Conference"
- May 1949 (Vol. 14, No. 4)
- Contents: "Keep the Home Fires from Burning" by Jack S. Castiglia; "Mr. Sherlock Holmes: Scholar and Scientist" by Earl C. Kubicek; "Occupational Aptitude Testing" by Phil S. Shurrager; "Dionysius Lardner: Purveyor of Useful Knowledge" by Mentor L. Williams; "How Foreign Policy is Made" by Royden Dangerfield; "Please Print Plainly!" by Otto Eisenschiml
Dates
- Creation: 1941-1949
Creator
- Armour College of Engineering (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Research
Collection Size
25 Issues
Biographical Note
The Illinois Tech Engineer and Alumnus was a subscription-based magazine published by the Armour College of Engineering with articles about the college, general engineering news and projects in Chicago, and alumni news. It published four issues a year starting in 1934.
Provenance
Taken from 1998.130
Creator
- Armour College of Engineering (Organization)
Subject
- Armour College of Engineering (Organization)
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository