. History of the University of Michigan . assachusetts Institute ofTechnology and obtained the degree of Bachelor ofScience in 1SS7. The following year he was assist-ant in Mathematics at the same institution. Hethen took up law studies for a year at Harvard Uni-versity. In 18S9 he was called to the University ofMichigan as Instructor in Electrical Engineering,and the following year the title was changed to In-structor in Physics. In 1891 he became AssistantProfessor of Physics, and in 1S97 was advanced tothe rank of Junior Professor. In 1905 he was madeProfessor of Electrical Engineering. The
. History of the University of Michigan . assachusetts Institute ofTechnology and obtained the degree of Bachelor ofScience in 1SS7. The following year he was assist-ant in Mathematics at the same institution. Hethen took up law studies for a year at Harvard Uni-versity. In 18S9 he was called to the University ofMichigan as Instructor in Electrical Engineering,and the following year the title was changed to In-structor in Physics. In 1891 he became AssistantProfessor of Physics, and in 1S97 was advanced tothe rank of Junior Professor. In 1905 he was madeProfessor of Electrical Engineering. The year189S-1899 he spent in foreign study and receivedthe degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Uni-versity of Munich at the conclusion of his workthere. He is a member of the .American Associa-tion for the Advancement of Science, the AmericanPhysical Society, and the American ElectrochemicalSociety; also, an associate member of the AmericanInstitute of Electrical Engineers. He has been avestryman of Saint Andrews church, Ann Arbor, for. GEORGE VVASHINGlON PAIIERSI )N many years. On July 2, 1890, he was married toMerib Susan Rowley ( 1890), of Adrian, Michi- FREDERICK CHARLES NEWCOMBE was born at Flint, Michigan, May 11, 1858, sonof Thomas and Eliza (Gayton) Newcombe. Hisparents came to this country from England in 1849,
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