Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1917 — Prominent Men in Khaki. [ARTICLE]

Prominent Men in Khaki.

A striking instance of the quality of Uncle Sam’s reserve engineers was furnished at the ceremonies when Columbia university conferred the honorary doctorates on Marshal Joffre, Vice Premier Viviani, Lord Cunliffe, and the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour. One of the chief dignitaries at that ceremony was William Barclay Parsons, chairman of the board of trustees of the university and one of the most distinguished engineers in the city, who presided in Ills khaki uniform as a major of engineers. Another prominent figure was Arthur S. Dwight, internationally known as a metallurgist, also a major In the engineer corps.