Weil, Joseph, 1897-

Joseph Weil was Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Florida from 1937 to 1963. He received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1918 and his M.S. from Pittsburgh in 1926. He joined the University of Florida's faculty in 1921 as an instructor of physics and electrical engineering and later became head of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Weil also served as the first Director of the Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station. He retired from the faculty in 1966 and became provost for the New York Institute of Technology and later Special Assistant to the President of the Florida Institute of Technology.