Background
Hotchkiss, William Otis was born on September 17, 1878 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Lyman Palmer and Almeda E. (Smith) Hotchkiss.
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Rural Highways of Wisconsin [1906 ]
(Originally published in 1906. This volume from the Cornel...)
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William Otis Hotchkiss
William Otis Hotchkiss, American college president, geologist.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University Wisconsin, 1903, C.E., 1908, Doctor of Philosophy., 1916. Doctor of Science, Lafayette College, 1929. Doctor of Laws, Middlebury College, 1936.
Doctor of Laws, University Wisconsin, 1937. Doctor of Science, Columbia, 1940.
Career
Mining engineer Donora Mining Company, Duluth, 1902. Exploration and geology work, Ontario, Canada, 1903. Construction engineering Madison, 1904.
Institute petrography and mineralogy University of Wisconsin, 1904-1907. Exploration and geological work, Cobalt, 1905. State geological survey of Wisconsin, 1906-1908, in charge economics geology, 1907.
State geologist of Wisconsin, 1909-1925. Director, 1919-1925, chairman, 1923-1925, State Highway Commission. President Michigan College of Mining and Technology, 1925-1935.
President Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1935-1943, emeritus president, since 1945. Construction engineering New Jersey Zinc Company, since 1944. Department director, brigadier general Army Specialist Corps, June-December 1942, in charge of Bureau of Engineering and Technology Personnel.
Started state highway work in Wisconsin and succeeded in having a hwy commission formed.
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Rural Highways of Wisconsin [1906 ]
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Rural Highways of Wisconsin [1906 ]
Membership
Member Science Advisory committee of Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, also chairman geology subcommittee Chairman New York State Regents Council on Apprentice Training. Fellow Geological Society American (member of council, treasurer). Member Association American State Geologists, Society Economics Geologists (president 1946), American Institute Mining Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Lake Superior Mining Institute, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Wisconsin Academy Science, Arts and Letters, Wisconsin History Society, Sigma Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, etc.
Club: Cosmos (Washington).
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Member, Wisconsin Highway Commission, 1911-1925, Chairman, 1923-1925. Special Committee, United States Bureau of Mines to report on Sulphur supplies for war use. 1917. President, Michigan Coll, of Mining and Technology, since 1925. Author: Rural Highways of WiR., 1906. Numerous articles in Tech, publications on geology and mining and highway engnrng. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Geology Society of American. Society of Eco. Geology. Mich, and Wisconsin Academy Science. Michigan Authors Assn. Wisconsin History Society Club: Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Connections
Married Edith Rachel Balsley, September 20, 1904. Children: Eugene Bishop, Edwin Lyman, Nancy (Mistress Henry C. Boschen).
- Father:
- Lyman Palmer Hotchkiss
- Mother:
- Almeda E. (Smith) Hotchkiss
- Spouse:
- Edith Rachel Balsley
- child:
- Eugene Bishop Hotchkiss
- child:
- Edwin Lyman Hotchkiss
- child:
- Nancy Hotchkiss (Mistress Henry C. Boschen)
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Born
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Died
June 20, 1954 (aged 75) -
Nationality
American