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Student 1901-1904Faculty Member 1904-1954Head, Department of Physics 1923-1954As a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virgnia Tech), Frank Leigh Robeson helped draw plans for many campus building…
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering1893-1918Department Head, Mechanical Engineering1902-1913Dean of Engineering1913-1918An entertaining speaker and inspirational professor, Professor, Lingan Strother Randolph helped design and construct a campus wat…
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Dean, School of Engineering 1928-1952Director, Engineering Experiment Station1932-1952An engineer, educator, administrator, and author, Earl Bertram Norris worked professionally in the industrial field, taught mechanical engineering, and served as…
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President 1891-1907Known as the "Father of VPI," John McLaren McBryde laid the foundation for modern Virginia Tech. He increased bachelor's degree offerings, added graduate programs, created an infirmary, and christened the motto Ut Prosim. The fi…
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Professor 1905-1945Head, Department of Geology 1907-1945The head of VPI's Geology Department for 38 years, noted geologist Roy Jay Holden sited Virginia's first gas well, located water wells when a shortage threatened VPI, and assessed the safety …
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Student 1872-1873College Physician 1891-1920Consulting Physician 1920-1935During more than half of his life, Dr. William F. Henderson treated thousands of cadets at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virgin…
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Class of 1925Member, Board of Visitors 1963-1971Board Chairman, Virginia Tech Foundation1969-1973, 1986-1991A generous benefactor of his Alma mater, John W. Hancock Jr. was an astute businessman who founded Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation and J…
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Head, Department of Physics 1954-1959President 1962-1974President Emeritus 1975-One of the university's greatest presidents, T. Marshall Hahn Jr. engineered Virginia Tech's evolution from a college to a major research university. The dynamic leade…
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Student, 1917-1920, 1921-1922Six years after graduating from VPI, Fred Durham bought the C. Lee Cook Company, which merged with three other companies in 1955 to form Dover Corp., today a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. As president and chairman…
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Secretary, YMCA 1918-1964Director of Religious Affairs 1957-1964A Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Paul Neyron Derring was the first blind man to complete college in Virginia. While heading the YMCA at VPI, he became a father figure to countless students,…