. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. by Governor Abbett, but resigned the place aftera few months, in order to give his full time to newspaper work. He also declinedthe place of Consul-General at Berlin, which was offered to him by PresidentCleveland. Earhf in 1899 Col. Harvey purchased and became editor of the NorthAmerican Review, perhaps the most noted of literary and critical periodicals inthe United States. In November, 1899, financial
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. by Governor Abbett, but resigned the place aftera few months, in order to give his full time to newspaper work. He also declinedthe place of Consul-General at Berlin, which was offered to him by PresidentCleveland. Earhf in 1899 Col. Harvey purchased and became editor of the NorthAmerican Review, perhaps the most noted of literary and critical periodicals inthe United States. In November, 1899, financial distress overtook the famouspublishing-house of Harper & Brothers, and Col. Harvey, at the solicitation ofall parties in interest, ? undertook the task of reorganization. Within two years hesucceeded beyond the ex^pectations of himself or anybody else, and the house isnow more prosperous than ever before in its long history. Besides being presi-dent and chief owner of the publishing concern, he is the editor of HarpersWeekly. He is also a director of several financial institutions, and a member ofthe principal clubs in New York and London. 162 THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Alumni Trustees THE ALUMNI TRUSTEES 163 THE ALUMNI TRUSTEES The graduates who have served, or who are serving, as Alumni Trustees,and whose portraits are given in this section, are as follows. Their biographiesmay be found in alphabetical order with those of the Alumni toward the end ofthis volume. The years during which they held office are svibjoined: 1887- 1890 1890- 1893 1892- 1895 1892- 189s 1893- 1894 1894- 1896 1894- 1897 1895- 1898 I896-I897 1897- 1900 1898- I90I 1899- 1902 I900-I903 I90I- 1904 1902- 1905 1903- 1906 Alfred Philip Trautwein, , j^William Kent, , y^iWilliam Hewitt, , 74Alfred R. Wolff, , 76Edward Barry Wall,^ , ydDuRAND Woodman, , 80Frank E. Idell, , jyGeorge Meade Bond, , 80Harry de Berkeley Parsons, , 84Lewis Hallock Nash, , jyJohn Willi
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