Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Office of the Chancellor.

Chancellor of Washington University, 1891-1907.

Born 1840 in Glenburn, Maine; graduated 1871 from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Main State College, 1873-1877; Professor of Engineering, Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan 1877-1883; Professor of Engineering, Union College, 1883-85; Professor of Mechanics and Dean of the Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University, 1885-1891; Chancellor, Washington University 1891-1907; President of the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company, ca. 1908-1912; died in St. Louis, May 1917.