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Excerpt from History of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1894 Having recently been compelled to write several brief historical sketches of the Institute the writer became interested in its early history. In preparing these narratives he found the official publications giving the characteristics of the School at the time of its foundation to have become very rare. In fact, very few of them antedating 1840 are known to be in existence. For these reasons he determined to expand the sketches and publish a short history of the Institution which should consist largely of a de scription of the development of its curriculum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Palmer Chamberlain Ricketts was born on January 17, 1856 in Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, the third child and third son of Palmer Chamberlaine Ricketts, lawyer and editor, and Eliza (Getty) Ricketts. In 1865, after the death of his father, whose ancestors had received a grant from Lord Baltimore in 1648, his mother removed to Princeton, New Jersey, to provide for the education of her children.
Inheriting a taste for mathematics, which was nurtured by his relatives and tutors, he became interested in science and engineering, and, in 1871, he entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1875 he received the degree of civil engineer.
Although he engaged in engineering practice for many years, his work in this field was largely incidental.
In 1875 he was appointed assistant in mathematics and astronomy; in 1882, assistant professor, and in 1884, professor of rational and technical mechanics, succeeding William Hubert Burr. His influence did not become dominant in the institution, however, until he was elected director in 1892. From that time until his death in Baltimore in 1934, he was the central figure in its development. When he assumed the directorship, the school had fewer than two hundred students and only meager resources. Such buildings as it possessed were destroyed by a series of fires shortly after he became president in 1901.
Enlisting the support of several philanthropists, among whom were Andrew Carnegie and Margaret O. S. Sage, he raised a sizable endowment and created a new campus with facilities for 1, 750 students, the maximum number during his administration. Even more important was his influence on the curriculum. When he became director, Rensselaer offered only undergraduate courses in civil engineering and general science. In spite of the fact that the enrolment had continued to decline, many alumni were opposed to any kind of specialization; and only after bitter controversy did he succeed, in 1907, in inducing the faculty and trustees to approve the establishment of undergraduate courses in electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.
In 1913 he was instrumental in the establishment of an undergraduate course in chemical engineering and the organization of courses leading to advanced degrees. Before his death seven undergraduate courses in engineering had been organized, the course in general science had been supplanted by courses in biology, chemistry, and physics, and provision had been made for degrees in architecture and business administration. Although he insisted on the need of specialization, he held that it would eventually lead to the reëstablishment of a single undergraduate course in engineering, with options in major fields.
Anticipating this program, he did much to liberalize and broaden the curriculum. Of goodly height and sturdy physique, with massive head and rugged features, he was capable of prolonged effort. Brusque and direct, he was, nevertheless, one of the most lovable of men, humorous, modest, and gifted with a sense of proportion that enabled him to see his achievements in due perspective. Although he was the author of a History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and numerous reports and monographs, he shrank from publicity and, for many years, remained almost unknown to the public.
He died of pneumonia in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, where he had been ill for several weeks from a complication of diseases. He was buried in Troy, New York.
His reputation rests upon his contributions to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He became increasingly prominent in the industrial, financial, philanthropic, and cultural life of the community. As a result of the centennial celebration of the Institute in 1924, his services to engineering education also received general recognition; and, during his later years, he was honored by many universities, professional societies, and foreign governments.
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He married on November 12, 1902 to Vjera Conine Renshaw, of Baltimore.
