| These men helped shape Auburn?s academic future in the 1890s,
led by President William LeRoy Broun (seated, center). More than
half left their names on buildings or streets or both. Left to right,
front row: Charles C. Thach, professor of English and political economy,
and later president; General James H. Lane, professor of civil engineering
and drawing; Otis D. Smith, professor of mathematics and later acting president;
Broun, president and professor of physics and astronomy; Patrick H. Mell,
professor botany and geology, and later second director of the Agricultural
Experiment Station; Colonel Alexander Bondurant, professor of agriculture;
Charles A. Cary, professor of physiology and veterinary medicine, and later
dean of veterinary medicine. Middle row: J.M. Stedman, professor
of biology; John Jenkins Wilmore, professor of mechanical engineering,
and later dean of engineering and mines; Charles H. Ross, professor of
modern languages and English; George Petrie, head professor of history,
and later dean of the academic faculty and dean of the graduate school.
Back row: Anthony Foster McKissick, professor of electrical engineering;
Bennett Battle Ross, professor of chemistry, and later dean of agricultural
sciences, chemistry and pharmacy; Colonel John H. Wills, commandant and
professor of military science and tactics. -- Photo: AU Archives |
