Thayer School

WHEREAS, FRANK WARREN GARRAN, Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering, devoted the last sixteen years of his life to the School as a teacher, a counselor, and an administrator, always without regard for personal welfare or credit and always with the sole thought and purpose of serving to the fullest extent of his great capacity the best interests of the School and its students, faculty, and alumni, and

Whereas, by his wise, friendly, and sympathetic advice to his students he attracted to the School those boys who could appreciate his ideals of professional engineering in the broadest sense of the term, and instilled in them the feelings of personal, social and professional responsibility which he himself possessed and which he believed to be the obligation of all engineers, and

Whereas, in his relations with the members of his faculty, he established a relationship of informal comradeship; encouraged complete freedom of discussion guiding them by conviction rather than edict; was always deeply interested in and sympathetic with both their personal and their professional problems; gave credit with complete unselfishness for all their accomplishments, often minimizing the assistance which he had given and without which his colleague's accomplishment would not have been possible; and by his own example of industry, perseverance, and complete devotion to his work set standards which his associates could only hope to approach, and Whereas, he brought to the School personal convictions in the truth of the philosophy underlying an engineering education based on a liberal arts foundation and emphasizing the unchanging fundamentals of engineering science with specialization a secondary and subordinate objective, and possessed the determination and ability to conduct the School along these lines to the accomplishment of the highest ideals of engineering education, and

Whereas, through his contacts with other members of his profession and with his associates in other engineering institutions, he contributed greatly to the advancement of these high ideals of engineering education and to the prestige of the School throughout the country,

Be it therefore resolved that by his death the Thayer School of Engineering has lost a great benefactor, and the faculty of the School has lost an admired and beloved friend and leader, and

Be it further resolved that this resolution be spread on the records of the School, that a copy be published in the DARTMOUTHALUMNI MAGAZINE, and that a copy be transmitted to the family of the deceased, signed in respect and affection by the members of the Thayer School faculty.

WILLIAM PHELPS KIMBALL EDWARD STICKNEY BROWN JRJOSEPH JOHN ERMENC JOHN HARVEY MINNICH JOHN MINOT HIRST NORMAN EDWARD WILSON REXFORD GLEN MOULTON FRANCIS REMINGTON DRURY STEPHEN RUSSELL STEARNS AUSTIN HORACE WELCH