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Show 1611 '. has undertaken shows him to be industrious. He is social, sympathetic and entertaining. The following men recommend him as peculiarly suited to administrative work of the character here in question: Cubberly, Dr. Elwood P., Stanford Swain, Dr. Robert E. " H Wilbur, President These men all know him both as a student and as a teacher. Their acquaintance with him extends over a period of twenty years. . ‘ . In addition I attach a telegram from Pres. Chas. W. Elliott and Albert W. Smith, acting President Cornell University. The high regard in which he is held by his faculty members at the University of the City of New York is unusual. PROFESSOR MILO SMITH KETCHUM Professor Ketchum is an unusually interesting personality. He is a man of immense size, very tall, weighs about 2 two hundred fifty pounds and is well proportioned. His personal appearance is good. He is quiet, tho in no sense diffident, imperturbable, determined, serious, with an intense sympathy for the young man going through the struggle for an education without financial resources. He impresses one with his seriousness, scholarship, courage and stability. p He was raised in the middle west and educated in its schools. His highest academic degree is his B.A. and C.E. degree and yet he is professor of civil engineering in one of the largest and oldest American universities. He was for fourteen years Dean of the Engineering School at the University of Colorado and was tendered the position of President of the He has taught in western, middle Colorado School of Mines. He has had practical western and eastern universities. experience in the construction of mills for the handling of ores, in bridge building and designing, and in connection with the construction of the government plant at Nitro, West Virginia He was actually in charge of the work built during the war. This work involved an expenditure of sixty millions at Nitro. Nineteen thousand men were under the supervision of dollars. He was and charge of Prof. Ketchum in this construction. selected for the work by D. C. Jackling of the Utah Copper Co. Professor Ketchum is the author of at least five standard works on engineering problems. property of his own. He has substantial From every vieWpoint he has been a success as an engineer. I am attaching hereto the following expressions of opinion as to Professor Ketchum. |
