A July 2010 interview with Bob (Class of 1949) and Jean Raymond who witnessed first-hand the birth of the engineering school.
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This joint apprentice program between the GE operation in Pittsfield and the UMass College of Engineering in Amherst was a pioneering industry-university partnership that afforded highly qualified high school graduates a full scholarship to UMass along with practical work experience in the GE plant.
The November 28 issue of E&E News offers a stirring tribute to William E. Heronemus, considered the “father of modern wind power.”
Wind energy research and development began at UMass Amherst under the leadership of program founder, Professor William E. Heronemus. Professor Heronemus, along with a number of other faculty, began looking into a number of areas related to wind energy potential.
Many of us at the College of Engineering know very little about the larger-than-life faculty members who ran the college during its early years, even those professors whose names have been immortalized in our buildings. One of these pioneers was Professor of Chemical Engineering Joseph Sol Marcus of Marcus Hall fame.
A history of the institution and College of Engineering, as written in 1973 by Professor John H. Dittfach.
A history of the institution and College of Engineering, as written in 1973 by Professor John H. Dittfach.
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The roots of Engineering can be traced back to a crude shop that was to be the backbone of Engineering. Read the history compiled by technicians Francis A. (Bugsy) Duda and Charles Cichanowicz.
A narrative by David C. N. Robb, Massachusetts Zeta ’56