51 Notable alumni of
Stevens Institute of Technology
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Stevens Institute of Technology is 1328th in the world, 466th in North America, and 437th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 notable alumni from Stevens Institute of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Frederick Winslow Taylor
- Enrolled in Stevens Institute of Technology
- In 1883 studied mechanical engineering
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American mechanical engineer. He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. In 1909, Taylor summed up his efficiency techniques in his book The Principles of Scientific Management which, in 2001, Fellows of the Academy of Management voted the most influential management book of the twentieth century. His pioneering work in applying engineering principles to the work done on the factory floor was instrumental in the creation and development of the branch of engineering that is now known as industrial engineering. Taylor made his name, and was most proud of his work, in scientific management; as a result, scientific management is sometimes referred to as Taylorism. His main source of income came from patenting improvements to steelmaking.
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Jay Weinberg
- Occupations
- drummer
- Biography
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Jay Bradley Weinberg is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of Slipknot. He is the son of longtime Bruce Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg. He played with the punk rock band the Reveling and toured in 2009 as a drummer with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, substituting for his father. During 2010, he was briefly the drummer for Madball. During 2011 and 2012, Weinberg played with Against Me!. In 2014, Weinberg replaced Joey Jordison as the drummer for Slipknot, and stayed with the band until his firing in November 2023. In 2024, Weinberg was announced as the new drummer for Infectious Grooves, replacing Brooks Wackerman. He then joined Suicidal Tendencies, before leaving the band in early 2026.
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Alexander Calder
- Occupations
- watercoloristprintmakerdraftspersonsculptordesigner
- Biography
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Alexander "Sandy" Calder was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. Calder preferred not to analyze his work, saying, "Theories may be all very well for the artist himself, but they shouldn't be broadcast to other people." His father, Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandfather, Alexander Milne Calder, were also sculptors.
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Marques Brownlee
- Occupations
- television producerYouTubervlogger
- Biography
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Marques Keith Brownlee, also known professionally as MKBHD, is an American YouTuber, influencer, and professional ultimate frisbee player, best known for his videos reviewing technology devices. As of July 2025, he has more than 20 million subscribers across all channels and billions of total video views. In 2013, Vic Gundotra, a former senior vice president of Google, called Brownlee "the best technology reviewer on the planet right now". At the 10th Shorty Awards in 2018, he was named "Creator of the Decade". The username of his YouTube channel is a concatenation of MKB (Brownlee's initials) and HD (for high definition).
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Greg Gianforte
- Enrolled in Stevens Institute of Technology
- In 1983 graduated with Master of Science
- In 1983 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- business executiveengineerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Gregory Richard Gianforte is an American politician, businessman, and software engineer serving as the 25th governor of Montana since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gianforte served as the U.S. representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2021.
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Samuel P. Bush
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Samuel Prescott Bush was an American steel industry executive and the patriarch of the Bush family. He was the father of U.S. senator Prescott Bush, the paternal grandfather of former U.S. president George H. W. Bush, and the patrilineal great-grandfather of former president George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
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Henry Gantt
- Occupations
- mechanical engineerinventormanagerindustrial engineer
- Biography
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Henry Laurence Gantt was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for his work in the development of scientific management. He created the Gantt chart in the 1910s.
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León Febres-Cordero
- Enrolled in Stevens Institute of Technology
- In 1953 studied mechanical engineering
- Occupations
- chief officermechanical engineerpolitician
- Biography
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León Esteban Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra, known in the Ecuadorian media as LFC or more simply Febres-Cordero, was an Ecuadorian politician who was the 35th President of Ecuador, serving a four-year term from 10 August 1984 to 10 August 1988. During his presidency he sought to introduce market-oriented reforms, and also led a security crackdown on a small guerrilla group named ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!.
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L. Sprague de Camp
- Occupations
- literary criticjournalistmilitary officerwriterhistorian
- Biography
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Lyon Sprague de Camp was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major figure in science fiction in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Joseph Rochefort
- Occupations
- cryptographermathematicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Joseph John Rochefort was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946, particularly in the Battle of Midway. His contributions and those of his team were pivotal to victory in the Pacific War.
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Sixto Durán-Ballén
- Occupations
- university teacherarchitectpolitician
- Biography
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Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez was an Ecuadorian political figure and architect who served as the 37th president of Ecuador from 1992 to 1996. He previously served as Mayor of Quito between 1970 and 1978. In 1951, he co-founded a political party, the Social Christian Party. In 1991, he left the Social Christian Party and formed a new conservative group, the Republican Union Party (PUR), before running for president for the third time in 1992 where he was elected president.
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Igor Ansoff
- Occupations
- university teachereconomistmathematician
- Biography
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Igor Ansoff was a Russian-American applied mathematician and business manager. He is known as the father of strategic management.
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Frederick Reines
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Frederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. He may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle and the subsequent thorough investigation of its fundamental properties."
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John McLean
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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John McLean was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and United States Supreme Courts. He was often discussed for the Whig Party nominations for president, and is also one of the few people who served in all three branches of government.
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Charles Stewart Mott
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and businessman, philanthropist, a co-owner of General Motors, and the 50th and 55th mayor of Flint, Michigan.
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Peter Cooper Hewitt
- Occupations
- electrical engineerengineerinventor
- Biography
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Peter Cooper Hewitt was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901. Hewitt was issued U.S. patent 682,692 on September 17, 1901. In 1903, Hewitt created an improved version that possessed higher color qualities which eventually found widespread industrial use.
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Charles Petzold
- Occupations
- computer scientistprogrammerwriter
- Biography
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Charles Petzold is an American programmer and technical author on Microsoft Windows applications. He is also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and was named one of Microsoft's seven Windows Pioneers.
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Richard Reeves
- Occupations
- journalistbiographer
- Biography
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Richard Furman Reeves was an American writer, syndicated columnist, and lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
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David S. Rose
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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David Semel Rose is an American serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He is Chairman & CEO of the U.S Real Estate Market, a liquidity platform for institutional real estate investments,, Managing Partner of Rose Tech Ventures, a venture fund focused on Internet-based business, and Executive Chairman of Gust, which operates a collaboration platform for early stage angel investing.. He is the non-executive Chairman of the Board of the artificial intelligence company Thinkable AI and the online travel platform Bookitngo.
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Augustus Moore Herring
- Occupations
- aircraft pilot
- Biography
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Augustus Moore Herring was an American aviation pioneer, who sometimes is claimed by Michigan promoters to be the first true aviator of a motorized heavier-than-air aircraft.
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David J. Farber
- Enrolled in Stevens Institute of Technology
- In 1956 graduated with Bachelor of Engineering in electrical engineering
- In 1961 graduated with Master of Science in mathematics
- Occupations
- computer scientistinformation scientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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David Jack Farber was an American professor of computer science, noted for his major contributions to programming languages and computer networking and was a distinguished professor and co-director of Cyber Civilization Research Center at Keio University in Japan.
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Howard Roger Garis
- Occupations
- writernovelistchildren's writerjournalist
- Biography
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Howard Roger Garis was an American author, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Many of his books were illustrated by Lansing Campbell. Garis and his wife, Lilian Garis, were possibly the most prolific children's authors of the early 20th century.
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Amber S. Gell
- Occupations
- military flight engineer
- Biography
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Amber S. Gell is an American executive, program manager, former engineer and scientist, and STEM education advocate who specializes in human performance in extreme environments. A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, she currently works for Kongsberg Satellite Services in Norway as the Director of Strategy and Partnerships. She formerly worked for Lockheed Martin as a Program Manager. She has won awards for her accomplishments in space systems and educational outreach, including the 2010 Early Career Rotary National Award for Space Achievement and the 2013 Adler Planetarium Women in Space Science Award. She has a degree in aerospace engineering and business, and physiology (Fitness), and is also a certified group fitness instructor, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), Master Scuba Diver. Amber was also a member of the Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Mathematics Industry Advisory Board.
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Thelma Estrin
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineerbioinformatician
- Biography
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Thelma Estrin was an American computer scientist and engineer who did pioneering work in the fields of expert systems and biomedical engineering. Estrin was one of the first to apply computer technology to healthcare and medical research. In 1954, Estrin helped to design the Weizmann Automatic Computer, or WEIZAC, the first computer in Israel and the Middle East, a moment marked as an IEEE Milestone in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She was professor emerita in the Department of Computer Science, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
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Igor Bensen
- Occupations
- inventoraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Igor Vasilevich Bensen was a Russian-American engineer. He founded Bensen Aircraft, a US company which produced a successful line of gyrogliders (rotor kites) and autogyros.
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Jed Babbin
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Jed Lloyd Babbin is an American lawyer, writer, and former United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense who served during the first Bush administration. He is the author of the political books Inside the Asylum, Showdown, and In the Words of Our Enemies.
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Bill Destler
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 80)
- Enrolled in Stevens Institute of Technology
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- academic administratorprofessor
- Biography
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William Wallace Destler is an American university professor and administrator who served as the ninth president of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2017.
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Haoliang Xu
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Xu Haoliang is a Chinese diplomat serving as the United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General since 2023, Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 2023, and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support of UNDP in New York since 2019.
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Peter Ashmun Ames
- Occupations
- socialite
- Biography
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Peter Ashmun Ames was an American British Army intelligence officer and member of the Cairo Gang who was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army. Patrick Moran was later executed for his assassination.
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Ronald C. Arkin
- Occupations
- university teacherartificial intelligence researcher
- Biography
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Ronald Craig Arkin is an American roboticist and roboethicist, and a Regents' Professor in the School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is known for the motor schema technique in robot navigation and for his book Behavior-Based Robotics.
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Aaron Cohen
- Enrolled in Stevens Institute of Technology
- In 1958 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aaron Cohen was the Acting Deputy Administrator of NASA between 19 February 1992 and 1 November 1992 as well as the manager of the Space Shuttle Program from 1972.
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John William Lieb
- Occupations
- electrical engineer
- Biography
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John William Lieb was an American electrical engineer for the Edison Electric Light Company. Lieb was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1904 to 1905. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "the development and operation of electric central stations for illumination and power."
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John White Howell
- Occupations
- electrical engineer
- Biography
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John White Howell was an American electrical engineer who spent his entire professional career (1880 to 1930) working for Thomas Edison, specializing in the development and manufacturing of the incandescent lamp.
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Gerard J. Foschini
- Enrolled in Stevens Institute of Technology
- In 1967 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics
- Occupations
- inventor
- Biography
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Gerard Joseph Foschini, was an American telecommunications engineer who worked for Bell Laboratories from 1961 until his retirement. He died in September 2023. His research has covered many kinds of data communications, particularly wireless communications and optical communications. Foschini has also worked on point-to-point systems and networks.
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Chadwell O'Connor
- Years
- 1914-2007 (aged 93)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Chadwell O'Connor was an American inventor and steam engine enthusiast. He is most remembered as the inventor of an improved fluid-damped tripod head, for which he won Academy Awards in 1975 and 1992.
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Carmelo Garcia
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carmelo G. Garcia is an American politician from the state of New Jersey. He represented the 33rd Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly as part of the Democratic Party for one two-year term. In June 2024, he pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and bribery charges related to his time working for the Newark, New Jersey, city government from 2017 to 2019.
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Louis Alan Hazeltine
- Occupations
- physicistengineer
- Biography
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Louis Alan Hazeltine was an engineer and physicist, the inventor of the Neutrodyne circuit, and the Hazeltine-Fremodyne Superregenerative circuit. He was the founder of the Hazeltine Corporation.
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Julian Kennedy
- Occupations
- mechanical engineer
- Biography
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Julian Kennedy was an American engineer and inventor, known for his national and international contributions to the steel industry. He was awarded the ASME Medal in 1928.
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Zehev Tadmor
- Years
- 1937-.. (age 89)
- Occupations
- researcherchemist
- Biography
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Zehev Tadmor is a retired Israeli chemical engineer who has served as distinguished professor, president, and chairman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He is also chairman of the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, a policy research center. His main research interest is polymer and plastics engineering and processing. He won the Emet Prize in 2005.
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Lewis H. Nash
- Years
- 1852-1923 (aged 71)
- Occupations
- inventorpolitician
- Biography
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Lewis H. Nash was an American engineer who invented the liquid-ring-vacuum pump, and was the holder of over a hundred United States patents for pumps, engines, and other equipment. He founded the Nash Engineering Company in 1905, and served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
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Frank D. Graham
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- 1875-1965 (aged 90)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Frank Duncan Graham was a prolific and eloquent writer of Audel's guides. Graham seemed to specialize in subjects related to steam engines and other types of engines.
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Alexander Crombie Humphreys
- Occupations
- mechanical engineer
- Biography
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Alexander Crombie Humphreys was a Scottish American mechanical and consulting engineer, along with a water-gas plant builder, and the 2nd President of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Joseph Bushnell Ames
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Joseph Bushnell Ames was an American novelist during the early 20th century.
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Paul Aaron Langevin Doty
- Years
- 1869-1938 (aged 69)
- Occupations
- mechanical engineer
- Biography
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Paul Aaron Langevin Doty was an American mechanical engineer, vice-president and general manager of the St. Paul Gas Light Co., president of St. Paul Trust and Savings Bank, and investor. He was the 53rd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1934–35.
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William Raimond Baird
- Years
- 1848-1917 (aged 69)
- Biography
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William Raimond Baird was the namesake of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities and publisher of its early editions.
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John A. Bensel
- Occupations
- civil engineer
- Biography
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John Anderson Bensel was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was President of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1910. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1911 to 1914.
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Lingan S. Randolph
- Years
- 1859-1922 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- mechanical engineer
- Biography
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Lingan Strother Randolph was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1893 to 1918 at Virginia Tech.
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Richard H. Rice
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Richard Henry Rice was an American mechanical engineer and inventor who is known for many patents related to improvements to the Corliss steam engine, and his partnership in founding the Rice & Sargent Engine Company of Providence, Rhode Island.
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David Schenk Jacobus
- Years
- 1862-1955 (aged 93)
- Occupations
- inventor
- Biography
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David Schenk Jacobus was an American mechanical engineer, head of the Engineering Department of Babcock & Wilcox, inventor and educator, who served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1916–17.
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Robert Thurston Kent
- Years
- 1880-1947 (aged 67)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Robert Thurston Kent was an American mechanical engineer, editor of Industrial Engineering and consultant, known as one of the foremen of scientific management.
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Jean Scholtz
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Jean Clarice Scholtz is an American computer scientist known for her contributions to human–computer interaction, and particularly for developing the "Common Industry Format" for usability test results while at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
