University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, November 10, 1987
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Tuesday Forum
Engineers draft manuscript to mark school's centennial
By GARY LARSON
THE FAR SIDE
Photos courtesy of University Archives Top: The shop and power plant used by the School of Engineering burned down in 1898 after it was struck by lightning. Above: In 1893, Frank Marvin was named the first dean of the School of Engineering.
The undergraduate engineering programs have been creased over the years to serve social needs. The need that each of them meets is easily inferred from their names: civil, 1720; electrical, 1886; chemical, 1895; mechanical, 1899; mining, 1899; architectural, 1913; industrial, 1920; petroleum, 1937; aeronautical, 1941; metallurgical, 1943; engineering
The School of Engineering was created in 1891, and Frank O. Marvin was named dean in 1893. Up through 1997 about 16,000 degrees have been granted to engineering students out of a total of about 150,000 degrees from the University. Roughly 11 percent of the degrees granted have been received by engineering and architecture students.
Architecture, which began in 1920, was an integral part of the school until 1968. In that year a new department, Architecture and Urban Design was formed.
physics, 1945; geological, 1948 and computer engineering, 1984. Mining, industrial, metallurgical and geological engineering programs have been discontinued.
John Fraser, second chancellor of the University, began engineering instruction at Kansas in 1870. The first graduating class at KU in 1873 consisted of four students, and one of them was granted a degree in civil engineering, the first engineering degree granted in the state.
By JAMES MALONEY
From 1870 to 1909, engineering was taught primarily in Old Fraser, Old Blake and Old Fowler. Only old OFowler exists today and is called Stauffer-Flint Hall used by the School of Journalism. In 1910, three buildings were dedicated for engineering and geology instruction — Old Haworth, Marvin and a laboratory complex south of Marvin Hall. Only Marvin stands today, and it houses the School of Architecture and Urban Design. Lindley Hall housed several engineering departments from 1945 to 1975. Today, Learned Hall completed in 1975, is the principal building where undergraduate engineering instruction occurs.
The National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering have as members the top scientists and engineers of the nation. The University is fortunate to have on its faculty one scientist in the Academy of Science and three engineers in the Academy of Engineering.
High school students who select engineering as a field of study have made the same high school preparation as those planning to work for degrees in mathematics, chemistry and physics — four years each of English and mathematics and two or three years of science. While in high school, many students took a four-part examination, the American College Testing Program (ACT). The covers English, mathematics, natural science and social science. The average scores on these examinations for undergraduates in the School of
Engineering place them first in mathematics, natural science and social science and second in English, behind journalism.
Engineering students are an outstanding group. The fact that the average beginning monthly salaries of bachelor of science degrees in engineering from $2,000 to $2,500 is an indication of their worth in industry.
The University in turn has recognized the achievements of graduates from the school. Since 1941, the University has recognized each year a few of its most distinguished graduates with the "Distinguished Service Citation." About 260 have been awarded to alumni, 50 of whom were engineering alumni.
James Maloney is an emeritus professor of chemical engineering at the University of Kansas.
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