Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York, pt 2 - 3, Part 45

Author: Anderson, George Baker
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1424


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Laydon, D. E. L., was born in Schodack, N. Y., September 8, 1816. He is a son of John and Mary (Janes) Laydon, both were born in Ireland, and came to Schodack about 1840 and afterwards went to Nassau, N. Y., where Mr. Laydon died in IS;1, and his widow lives with a son-in-law, George W. Stratt of Nassau. Mr. Laydon was reared on a farm and educated in Vermont schools. He learned the carpenter's trade and has been a builder and contractor for some years; in 1877 he came to Bath, where he has since resided ; he is a real estate dealer and is president of the Albany and Sand Lake Plank Road Co., and is secretary and treasurer of the Rensselaer and Turnpike Road. In 1876 he was married to Mary F. Cotton of Sand Lake, a daughter of John T. Cotton, a wagon maker by trade; he died in Brooklyn in 1894. at the age of eighty-five, and his wife, Adaline E. Williams, died in Sand Lake January 7, 1882, at the age of fifty-eight. To Mr, and Mrs. Laydon were born three children: Walter S., Jennie B., and Jessie D. E. F. Mr. Laydon has been overseer of the poor and trustee of the village.


Lennon, Samuel J., born in Schodack, N. Y., December 31, 1814, is the son of James and Mary (Davis) Lennon, both natives of Wieklow, Ireland, and came to Schodack in 1828 and there lived and died, Samuel J. was educated in the common schools. He started in life at the age of ten years, learning the confectionery and pastry cook business, and after serving five years as an apprentice he worked two years as journeyman, and September 5, 1861, enlisted in Company C, 1st Battalion, Twelfth U. S. Infantry, HI. R. Rathbone, captain, and served three years, and about a week previous to expiration of enlistment he was taken prisoner on the Weldon Railroad and taken to Libby prison and held for three weeks and four weeks on Belle Island and was in Salisbury prison, N. C., five months. Mr. Lennon was in the following battles: Yorktown, Williamstown, Second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, three days in the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill, North Anna, Tolopotomoy Creek, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad. At the close of the war Mr. Lennon was sick two years and then entered the confectionery busi- ness in Nassau. His business rapidly increased, so that the output in sweets ex- ceeded one-half ton. Mr. Lennon has been correspondent for the local newspaper and others for thirty years.


Merchant, Abel, born in Schodack, January 31, 1829, is the son of Reuben and Susanah (Krum) Merchant, he a native of Amenia, Dutchess county, N. Y., and she of Schodaek, and a daughter of Martin Krum, one of the early settlers of Schodack. The grandfather of Abel Merchant was one of the pioneers of Schodack, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war at the battle of Saratoga, and first came from Connectient to Dutchess county, afterwards removing to Schodack, The father of Mr. Merchant


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was a farmer and for twelve years a merchant in Albany. In 1829 he purchased the Nassau Mills and removed to Nassau. In 1832 he bought the farm now occupied by his son Abel, and four years later disposed of the mill property. The mother died in 1844 and the father in 1850. Mr. Merchant graduated from Union College, class of '49, after a preparatory course at Nassau Academy. Upon graduating frem Union he was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society; and being the oldest of seven children, all of whom excepting himself are now dead, he assumed charge of the business affairs of the family, upon the death of his father, and has since remained on the old homestead. Mr. Merchant was one of the organizers of the Mutual In- surance Association of Nassau, Schodack and Chatham, and was its first president, which office he held for ten years, from 1856 to 1866, since which time has been its secretary; he is president of the Nassau Free Library, of which he was also one of the founders; he has been secretary and treasurer of the Nassan and Schodack Cem- etery Association for some years, has had the settlement of several large estates, and now has a number of trusts in hand amounting to several thousands of dollars. Hle was married in January, 1868, to Miss Clara L. Doty of Stephentown, and to them five children have been born: Clarinda, a graduate of Nassau Academy and of Wellesley College, Mass., a member of the Zeta Alpha society, and now a teacher at the Albany Female Academy. Henry D. was educated at Nassau Academy, gradu- ating from Union College in 1893, and from the Albany Law School in 1896, and also a member of Phi Beta Kappa; John C. and Abel, jr., are now students at Union College. Reuben died at the age of eight years. The family attend the Reformed Church. Mrs. Merchant was a daughter of Joseph S. Doty and Palmyra Jolls Doty, both of Stephentown, N. Y. The grandfather of Mrs. Merchant was William Doty, and she traces her ancestry to Edward Doty who came over in the Mayflower; her maternal grandfather was Stephen Van Rensselaer Jolls, who came from Rhode Island in the last century.


Mynders, Archibald D., was born in Albany, N. Y., July 27, 1860. He is a son of Jonathan and Magdaline (Halenbeck) Mynders; he was born in Guilderland, and she was born in Bethlehem, both in Albany county. Mr. Mynders was a traveling man and lived and died in Albany county where his wife also died. Mr. A. D. Mynders was left an orphan and has made his own way in the world. He was under his grandmother's care, Jane Ann Hallenbeck, widow of Peter Hallenbeck, and one of the wealthiest men of Slingerlands, Albany county. Mr. Mynders received a common school edu- cation and began life working on the farm for his grandfather; he got twenty-five cents per day and board. When about fourteen years of age he came to Albany and worked for Amos Van Groesbeck, a carpet dealer of North Pearl street, for about two years and then went to Poughkeepsie and studied for a professional nurse in the Hudson River State Hospital, taking a two years' course. September 15, 1887, he married Jennie L. Lord, by whom one son has been born; Clayton R. Mr. Mynders returned to Albany and worked at various occupations. April 5, 1890, he came to Bath-on-the-Hudson and purchased a newspaper route of about 200 enstomers from Harry Bates of Broadway, East Albany, and now has about 1,000 customers. He is now handling the news business in all its branches, conducting his route per- sonally, and in four years built himself a home on the corner of Third street and MeNorton avenue, and in addition to the news business carries tobacco, cigars, can-


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dies, and soft drinks. Mr. Myaders employs one clerk and has two boys assisting in the newspaper route; he has a system of blowing whistles which is very satisfac- tory. Mr. Mynders has the agency of supplying the Bath schools with books.


Penney, Thomas, born in Lincolnshire, England, February 12. 1850, is the son of Thomas and Ann (Broome) Penney, natives of England, who in the fall of 1852 came to Albany and in 1865 went to Saratoga and engaged in farming and in 1893 came to East Albany, where they now reside. Thomas was reared in Albany and educated in old school No. 10; he learned the carpenter's trade and followed that work until 1882, when he engaged with the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad as car inspector and has since continued with the company. Ile came to Bath in 1881 and is now stationed at Troy, where he has charge of car inspection and repairs. He was first married in December, 1872, to Annie Thornley of Al- bany and had one son, Arthur William. Mr. Penney is a Republican in politics and at present is president of the village. He is a member of Greenbush Lodge No. 337, F. & A. M., and also of Greenbush Chapter No. 274, R. A. M.


Pitts, Alvah, born January 14, 1815, is the son of William and Charity (Hoag) Pitts, who came to Nassau in an early day and settled about three miles north of where Mr. Pitts now lives and there both lived and died, Mr. Pitts was a farmer by occupation ; he and his wife were members of the M. E. church. Alvah has been one of the successful farmers of the town. Ile located on his farm in 1865, but in 1883 removed to Nassau. 1Ie was married in 1840 to Margaret Traver of Schodack, N. Y. They have three children: William II., who married Lavina Germond; they have three children: Anna, Bertha, and J. Alvah. After her death he was married to Mrs. Ida Mickle, by whom he has two children: Margaret and Oscar. George, who married Emma Taylor of Saratoga county, N. Y. Susan J. is the wife Martin P. Carpenter of New Lebanon, N. Y. Mr. Pitts has been assessor eleven years. The family attend the M. E. church.


Raney, Mrs. B., was born in Ireland; she is the daughter of Christopher and Margaret (Powers) Russell of Ireland. Mr. Russell died when Mrs. Raney was a mere child. Mrs. Rancy and a brother, John, came to America when he was sixteen and she seventeen years of age. They then sent for their only sister and their mother remained in Ireland, where she died in 1883. John Russell received his education in Ireland and was a good scholar for a boy. He began to work in the iron works of Troy, and soon after he worked in a drug store, and finally in the grocery business as a clerk. lle came to Greenbush when still a young man and en- gaged in mercantile trade, which business he followed until his death, August 12, 1883. His wife, daughter of Cornelius Ryan, mentioned in this work, died in 1878. Ile left two children: Mary A, and John C. At the death of Mr. Russell, Mr. Raney bought out the business which has since proved very successful. The hus- band of Mrs. Raney was Michael Raney, who came from Ireland when a young man, and here died in 1878. 1fc left one son, John C., at home. Mr. Russell was city clerk and also village treasurer.


Reichard, Elmer E., M.D., born in Nassau, March 12, 1866, is the son of Calvin T. and Almeda (Bartle) Reichard, both natives of Rensselaer county. Ile is a son of John Reichard, a son of Mr. Reichard who came from Germany and settled in


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Rensselaer county, where he lived and died. The father of Dr. Reichard was a farmer; he died June 12, 1887, and his widow lives with Dr. Reichard. Dr. Reich- ard was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Averill Park Seminary. He then taught school one year and began the study of medicine with Arlington Boyce of East Schodack ; he graduated from Albany Medical College in 1892 and practiced his profession at East Schodack for a short time, and then lo- cated at Poughkeepsie and after six months left on account of health and located at Hoag Corners, where he has since had a successful practice. He was married Feb. 27, 1895, to Lottie M. Hitchcock, a native of Poughkeepsie. N. Y., and a daughter of Mark and Maria Dewey of Oklahoma Territory, but he died in Kansas. Mr. Reichard is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Schodack Union Lodge No. 87, F. & A. M., and Tsatsawassa Lodge No. 356, I. O. O. F.


Sharkey, Andrew J., was born in Ireland; his parents having died he came to Al- bany; he was the son of Barnett and Bridget Sharkey, both of whom lived in Bal- lina, Parish of Kilmore, County of Mayo, Ireland. Mr. Sharkey was engaged in the horseshoeing business and with the Hudson River Railroad; he was also employed in the cotton mills in St. Lawrence county for about three years. He then went to Onconta, N. Y., remaining there for about eight years, returned to Albany, staid a short time in Troy, and then removed to Greenbush in 1881 and is now employed by the Boston & Albany Railroad in the shops. Ile has made his own property and now owns the place on Second street where he lives, and a house on East Eighth street. Mr. Sharkey was married in 1853 to Mary Welsh of Ireland by whom he has eight children, of whom three are living: John F. of Greenbush, Bernard L. at home, and Kate M. at home. When a young man Mr. Sharkey spent some time at sea, and when sailing for Galatz, Turkey, was shipwrecked. Ile has made a beautiful model of the sailing vessel on which he came to the United States; it is called the Atlantic of Liverpool. Mr. Sharkey had a brother, James Sharkey, who was in the late war, and died in Massachusetts. He was left on orphan at the age of eight years, and was employed in a shop making horseshoe nails. Ile was employed in the Atlantic of Liverpool while coming to this country, which probably accounts for his coming to the United States. Ile is a natural mechanie but says he never at- tended school,


'Twining, Francis B., was born in Lansingburgh, December 3, 1856. He was edu- cated in the public schools and Lansingburgh Academy. At the age of fifteen he became elerk in a grocery store here. Three years later he went to Troy and en- tered the employ of old National Exchange Bank as messenger. Some time after- wards he entered the employ of Ide Bros. & Bruce, shirt and collar manufacturers, asclerk. In 1882 he became partner in the concern, under the firm name of George P. Ide, Bruee & Co. After a few years Mr. Bruce withdrew and the firm name has since been, George P. Ide & Co. In December, 1889, he married Nomina, daughter of Dr. 1). 1). Bucklin of Lansingburgh, by whom one daughter has been born: Elca- nor. Mr. Twining's father, Alfred, was born in the town of Tolland, near Lenox, Mass., in 1806. Ile was well educated and was a merchant by occupation ; he eame here when a young man and married Mary Frances Barton of Lansingburgh, by whom four children have been born: William, Frederick, Charles, and Francis B. They are all dead with the exception of the youngest son. Mr. Twining was a cloth-


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ing merchant and died in 1885, and his wife died in 1888. Mr. Twining is a member of the Troy Club, of the Laureate Boat Club, of the Pafraets Dael Club, and of the Riverside Club of Lansingburgh. Ile is one of the directors of the People's Bank of Lansingburgh.


Tyndall, James J., was born in Greenbush in December, 1862. He was a son of George and Ellen Tyndall, both natives of Ireland who came to Greenbush about sixty years ago and here lived and died. He died in 1882 and she died in 1895. Mr. Tyndall was reared and educated in Greenbush, and began life railroading for the Hudson River Railroad. Ile was fireman for eleven years and for the last ten years has been engineer. April 20, 1881, he was married to Mary A. Vaughn, daughter of Judge Michael Vaughn and Margaret (Collins) Vaughn of East Albany. To Mr. and Mrs. Tyndall were born two danghters: Nellie and Bertha. Mr. Tyndall is a mem- ber of the C. M. B. A., and is a member of the B. of L. F. Mr. Tyndall owns the home he resides in, No. 437 Broadway.


Tifft, Willard D., was born in Nassau, August 13, 1834. He was a son of Spragne and Sophia B. (Watson) Tifft. He was born in Nassau, July 12, 1800, and she was born in 1809, in Red Rock, Colombia county. The grandfather of Mr. Tifft was a native of Rhode Island and came to Nassau where he lived and died. The father of Mr. Tifft was always a farmer; was the oldest man in the town of Nassau and at the time of his death in May, 1896, lacked two months and fifteen days of being ninety-six. Ilis widow is eighty-seven years of age. Mr. Tifft was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. From the age of twenty-one until twenty-five he remained on the farm with his parents, receiving twelve dollars per month. HIe then came to lloag's Corners and engaged in partnership with George W. Caswell; after a year and a half he bought him out and formed a partnership with Charles S. White and was with him for about six years. Mr. Tifft then sold out to him and engaged in the wood and lumber business; after three years he purchased a farm which he kept two years, then bought out Mr. White and has since continued in business. Ile was assessor for four years and is a member of Gratitude Lodge No. 674 F. & A. M. July 4, 1864, he married Adaline S. Larkin of Nassau, by whom six children have been born: Minnie M., Delmer D., who died November 15, 1890, Charles S., Jennie A., Mabel F., Florence A.


Thompson, John, was born in the North of Ireland (Londonderry), December 18, 1843. lle was a son of William and Margaret Thompson, he born in Scotland and she in Ireland; he died in Ireland and his wife died in Greenbush. Mr. Thompson was reared and educated in Ireland, and at the age of fourteen years was copyist in an attorney's office. At the age of seventeen he came to Albany and began to work for the National Express Company and was with them for two years. He then began to work for the New York Central Railroad and was with them until 1866; since then he has been with the B. & A. and has been train dispatcher from 1872 until the present. Mr. Thompson is a member of Greenbush Lodge No. 337, F. & A. M., and also of Chapter No. 274, R. A. M., and assisted in the organization of that chapter. In 1868 Mr. Thompson was married to Margaret Potts of Tyrone, Ireland, by whom nine children have been born: Martha J., Sarah, John C., Mar- garet, Jessie, Josiah B., Mary A. and Angusta; one died unnamed. Mrs. Thompson died February 22, 1894.


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Van Valkenburg, Smith, born in Schodack, November 11, 1813, is the son of Peter C. and Maria (Griffith) Van Valkenburg, both born in Schodack, N. Y., he born Jan- vary 25, 1782, and she born May 20, 1790. The father of Sinith Van Valkenburg, moved from Schodack in 1814, kept a hotel in Nassau until 1837 and then followed farming until his death in 1846; his wife died September 25, 1878. Smith was edu- cated in the common schools and Westfield Academy of Massachusetts. He re- mained in the hotel until twenty- five years of age and in 1836 engaged in the mer- cantile business until 1868, since which time he has lived retired. He now owns 110 acres of land and it is on this farin that the grounds of the Agricultural and Liberal Arts Society of Rensselaer county is located. He was postmaster in Nassau under General Harrison; he was married in 1840 to Phoebe Griffiths, daughter of John Griffiths, one of the carly settlers of Albany county. To Mr, and Mrs. Van Valken- burg were born three children; Maria, born in 1842 and died in 1860; John, born November 22, 1844; Phoebe, born in 1849 and died in 1873. John was educated in Nassau Academy and was with his father in the mercantile business three years; in 1868 his father sold to Charles E. IInested and he and Jolm were in partnership eleven years, and then Mr. Van Valkenburg sold to Mr. Huested and in 1881 again engaged in the mercantile business and sold in 1882, and in 1886 again went into business and in 1891 was burned out and then rebuilt the store which is now occu- pied by Mr. Witbeck, John Van Valkenburg at the age of twenty-one was ap- pointed town clerk and was justice of the peace eleven years; he was then elected supervisor one year. Mr. Van Valkenburg is a member of Gratitude Lodge, F. & A. M. He was married in 1869 to Sarah Mead, by whom he has four daughters: MarĂ­a E., wife of Delmar Lynd, who have one son, John A. ; Florence J., Katherine D, and Fannie P. Smith was one of the organizers of the Nassau, Schodack and Chatham Mutual Insurance Company, organized in 1856, and was secretary about ten years. Mrs. Van Valkenburg died in 1881 and he married Mary E. Kane of Schodack, a daughter of D. Kane of Albany.


Wood, John B., was born in Schodack, March 22, 1839 and is a son of Hosea and Annie (McGill) Wood, he a native of Schodack and she of Columbia county, N. Y. The grandfather, Benjamin Wood, went from Albany county to Saratoga county and died mu Clinton Park in 1851; he married Betsey Du Bois of Schodack. The father of Betsey was Richard Du Bois, who came from Dutchess county and was a pioneer of Schodack, The maternal grandparents were Gilbert and Maria McGill, who came from Scotland; he was a captain on a sail vessel, sailing from Glasgow to New York city, and in old age he settled in Clearmont, where he died. Hosea Wood came to Schodack where he married and remained until 1861, when he re- moved to Stuyvesant, Columbia county, and remained until 1884, he then came to East Greenbush and bought the Peter Hogle farm; he died in 1888 and his wife died in 1853. John B, was reared in Schodack and educated in Saratoga. In 1872 he married Lucy M. Hadsell, daughter of William and Elvira (King) Hadsell, of Berk- shire county. Mass. She was a daughter of Dr. King of Lebanon Springs and a graduate from Miss Willard's Seminary of Troy. Lucy M. Wood graduated at IIolyoke, Mass. To Mr. and Mrs. Wood have been born two children: Walstine II. and Hazel E. Mr. Wood was educated for the ministry, but gave it up on account of ill health and took up farming. In 1884 Mr. Wood located on a farm in East Greenbush, where he has since carried on general farming.


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Waugh, John, was born in Westchester county, N. Y., October 2, 1854. He was a son of William and Latitia ('Taylor), he a native of Scotland and she of England. The father of Mr. Waugh came to Verplanks, where helived and died. Mr. Wangh was educated in the common schools of Verplanks and worked at various occupa- tions. In 1873 he engaged in the ice business, and in 1880 he came to Albany and continued that business. He was employed as agent for the Knickerbocker Ice Company for sixteen years, and was also in their employ for seven years previous. Mr. Waugh is now engaged with the Consolidated Ice Company of New York city, of which he is agent. April 19, 1885, Mr. Waugh married Phoebe Simkins of Mon- trose, by whom four children have been born; Raymond (deceased), Ethel M., John E. (deceased), and Nina (deceased). Mr. Waugh has been overseer of poor for one year, and is at preseut collector. He is a member of Cortland Lodge No. 6, 1. O. O. F. of Peekskill, N. Y.


Yadeau, George HI., born in North Greenbush, N. Y., August 23, 1844, is the son of Moses and Emily (Barringer) Yadeau, he born in St. Lynn, Canada, and she born in North Greenbush, N. Y. He came to North Greenbush when a young man where he died soon after coming there and his widow has since resided with George H. George II. was reared on a farm and educated in Wynantskill, N. Y., and has followed farming in North Greenbush and Schodack, and then in Kinderhook about three years and then again to Schodack and in 1872 came to Nassau and located near where he resides. In 18944 he bought the Jolm W. Pitt farm where he now lives and makes a specialty of small fruit. He owns 156 acres of land. He has been a collector three years and supervisor five years. He was married March 25, 1866, to Mary Morris, daughter of William H. and Harriet Straight, both born in Nassau, he a son of S. Danas Morris, one of the first settlers of Nassau, and built one of the first houses in the village. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Straight was Shadrich Straight, an early settler of Stephentown. To Mr. and Mrs. Yadeau were born four children: Adella (deceased), Alta, Will, and Jennie (deceased). Mr. Yadeau enlisted Jannary 9, 1864, in Co. H, 169th N. Y. Vols., and served until the close of the war. Ile was turnkey under Sheriff Harrington thirteen months and has always held the chairmanship of prominent committees and the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Yadeau is a member of Schodack Union Lodge No. SI, F. & A. M.


Anderson, William, was born in New York city, March 11, 1834. He is a son of James H. and Christina Rodgers, both born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent, and came to America in about 1832. He died in West Troy and she died m Saratoga county. Mr. Anderson was reared and educated in Saratoga. He then went to Schenectady and learned the machinist trade, and then came to Troy about 1859 and worked for the Lilly Safe Works. He came to Greenbush in 1871 and worked in the Boston-Albany shops for fourteen years. He worked in the machine shops of West Albany and for the last two years worked in the machme shops of Greenbush. Mr. Anderson was married to Mary J. Jones of Berlin, N. Y., by whom have been born four children: Christiana E., deceased; Jennie, deceased; Eva M. and Mary. For his second wife he married Anna J. Thompson, by whom has been born one child, who died in infancy. His third wife was Orelia Rockerfeller, daughter of Stephen Rockerfeller of Bath, N. Y. Mr. Anderson has been engaged in mercantile business for about fourteen years.


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Raymond, William Galt, was born at Princeton, lowa, March 2, 1859. He was prepared for college at the grammar and high schools in Leavenworth, Kansas, and at the Kansas State University took an engineering course. In 1879, 1880 and 1881 he was employed on surveys and construction for the Kansas Pacific Railroad and the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, and in 1881 entered the Washington University at St. Louis, Mo., where he remained for one year. After another year in railroad construction for the Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad, he returned to the Washington University in the fall of 1883, and was graduated in 1884 with the degree of C. E. In 1884 he was appointed instructor in civil engineer- ing in the University of California, which position he resigned in 1890 to undertake some special railroad investigation in Califorma. With Mr. James L. Bay he subse- quently opened the office of Raymond & Bay, consulting engineers, in San Francisco, Cal., and engaged actively in engineering work in the State. Ile was town engineer of Berkley, Cal., in 1892, when he came to Troy to assume the chair of Geodesy, Road Engineering, and Topographical Drawing in the Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute, which position he now holds. He is engineer to the Board of Water Com- missioners of Troy, and as chief engineer constructed the Troy and New England Electric Railway. He has served on numerous other engineering works as consult- ing engineer. Ile is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. While in California and in Troy he has been active in Sunday school work, and is superin- tendent of the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian church in Troy, where he has instituted new and advanced methods. Ilis publications are a text book on survey- ing and numerous papers on engineering subjects, including a number on Engineer- ing Education.




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