Grant Adelbert Covell Papers 1883-1904 1889-1904

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Grant Adelbert Covell Papers 1883-1904 1889-1904

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The Grant Adelbert Covell Papers consist of materials created and assembled by Covell during his student years and early years as a faculty member at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). Covell earned engineering degrees from Cornell University and was appointed the first faculty member in engineering at OAC in 1889. Covell served as the first Dean of Engineering at OAC, from 1908 until 1927.

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Covell, G. A. (Grant Adelbert)

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In 1889, Grant Adelbert Covell was appointed to the first professorship exclusively devoted to engineering at Oregon Agricultural College and soon thereafter he established the Department of Mechanical Engineering. When the School of Engineering was formed in 1908, Covell was selected to serve as the School's first Dean, a position he held until 1927. Grant Adelbert Covell was born on a farm in Bradford County, Pennsylvania on August 30, 1862. He attended and graduated f...

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Bloss, John McKnight, 1839-

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John McKnight Bloss (1839-1905) served as President of Oregon Agricultural College from 1892 until 1896. He entered Hanover College, Indiana in 1854 and received an A.B. degree with honors in 1860; in 1864-1865 he studied medicine at Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati. Bloss fought with the 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry in General McClellan's Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. On the morning of September 13th, 1862, Sergeant Bloss found what would later be known as "Lee's Lost Dispatch"...