. 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. ablished themselvesin the dry-goods importing and jobbingtrade, Samuel, John W., and Joseph inthe firm of Graydon, Swanwick, & Co.,and William and James in the firm ofGraydon, McCreery, & Co. Prof. Graydons preparatory edu-cation was completed in 1868 at the Col-legiate Institute, New York. The fol-lowing year he went to Colorado with aview to prepare for the study of miningengineering; -but the death of
. 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. ablished themselvesin the dry-goods importing and jobbingtrade, Samuel, John W., and Joseph inthe firm of Graydon, Swanwick, & Co.,and William and James in the firm ofGraydon, McCreery, & Co. Prof. Graydons preparatory edu-cation was completed in 1868 at the Col-legiate Institute, New York. The fol-lowing year he went to Colorado with aview to prepare for the study of miningengineering; -but the death of his fatherin September, 1869, necessitated his re-turn home to care for the family. Entering Stevens Institute in s. d. (;K^^„..N ^^.^^ ^g^^, he took the full course of study with the Class of 1875. Before graduating he was compelled to go west onbusiness relating to his fathers estate. In 1878 he entered the employ of CharlesVogt, in New York, with whom he remained till 1882, when he joined in organ-izing the Graydon & Denton Manufacturing Co., for the manufacture and saleof rock-drills and other machinery. From 1886 he was for several years connected. THE FACULTY 275 with the Harrison Safety Boiler Works, and in September, 1892, he receivedthe appointment of Assistant Professor of Mechanical Drawing at StevensInstitute. In 1878 he married May Field, who died in 1886, leaving one son, Samuel,and three daughters, Winifred, Linda, and Fdith. In 1890 he married Mary , and five children have been born to them, Whitley, Mary Constance,MacDonald, Kenneth, and Margaret Graydon. FREDERICK LINCOLN PRYOR, Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering Frederick L. Pryor, son of Robert W. and Rachel A. (Walsh) Pryor,was born in Newark, N. J., April 6, 1875. He attended successively the primary,grammar, and high schools of that city. Before graduating from the high schoolhe decided to enter the Stevens Institute in the approaching fall. In order to pre
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