University of Florida. Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station

The predecessor of the Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station (EIES) at the University of Florida was the Engineering Experiment Station created, but not funded, by the Florida Board of Control in 1929. The Dean of the College of Engineering served as the Director of the Engineering Experiment Station. When the state legislature created EIES in 1941, Dean Joseph Weil was appointed its first director. He served as the director until 1949, when Ralph Alexander Morgen became the Station head. (Morgen was listed as Assistant Director prior to then.) Upon his departure in July, 1952, the directorship reverted to the Dean of the College of Engineering. Following that, the overall responsibility for the development and guidance of EIES was delegated to the College's Associate Dean for Research.

From the guide to the Records of the University of Florida Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station, 1919-1964, 1941-1964, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)