Show I I ENGINEERS TU TO HEAR AA DURAND IN DISCUSSION President of American Society So So- 50 1 of Mechanical Engineers Engineers En En- I En-I to Visit Utah Chapter Wednesday I ID D Dr William F F. F Dur Durand nd president i of the American Society of Me Me- MeI j I Engineers will speak to toe I Ithe the e Utah tah section of or the the I chamber of or commerce mon n at the I Wednesday evening at 8 15 o o'clock clock W IV I III it was announced Saturday by II Trask Jr secretary of or the local I Section section The meeting w will ill be bo held J der the auspices of the Engineer Engineer I Ing of Utah Dr liz- Dr Durand who Is on a tour of oft j I Ithe t the the country In behalf of or the organ organ- organ organ-I Iza tion on which he represents has se- se e for or his subject here The EnI EnI En En- Ji Profession Profession Its Its Antiquity and ad Its Obligations He will arm arrive e I 7 l i iii Salt Lake Lal early Wednesday I morning VARIED V RIED CAREER I r.- r. M pro Durand was born In Bethany Conn n. March 5 1859 and was grad graduated I in 1880 from the United States lna al l academy For the next seven I rs he was in m naval service ser In Ina Iii a 1887 1881 he resigned to take up teaching teach teach- i jug ing g as a a a. profession first at the theY Y Michigan State Agricultural college v.- v. where ere he was professor of ot A I engineering cal al until 1891 and then 1 I where e he was professor iII ing until 1904 It Itin III fas in 1904 that he went to Stan Stan- d where he became of mechanical engineering I retiring from active service in June 1924 Il t 1 is s said id that Dr Durand Durands s probably ably 2 mot most noteworthy service was Ya rendered to the at tt the time olie war wai In 1917 h he hen was was' was sin in Washington WashIngton Wash Wash- ington as as' chairman of the national advisory comm committee It tee for aeronautics U II of J h committee he has been a member since 1915 and vice ice chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the nat national ional research council coun coun- c cil cli committee on engineering The f following year rear he spent In Paris as scientific to the United States embassy representing the then n national research council and c charged arged with the duty of effecting aEd and maintaining an Interchange between between be be- tween tweet Paris and Washington of aland and ad si scientific j i war problems problem and also as as' as of the commission com com- commission mission on war inventions INVENTOR INVENT R AND AUTHOR AUTHOR I s a an ar inventor Dr Durand is best known nEwn fO for foi his lus three-point three caliper r fo determining true circular contours contours con- con tours and ad his i radial adial for tor or av v rag raging ng ordinates In polar diagrams dia- dia grams rams As a an n author he is known f for oi thre thep hooks books Resistance and Practical PropulsIon of or Ships Marine rine Engineering and ic ics S of Pipelines In addition to pos- pos a hundred technical papers published in governmental reports and the technical press p Dr Durand has been a member o he society since ince 1883 and was a pres president dent from 1911 to 1913 He las tas long been active in San Fran- Fran lo local al section and was wag its chairman aIrman in 1919 20 1919 9 9 20 He Is also a ajI jI member ember of the American I Institute A Electrical Engineers the American Amen Ameri- can Soci Society ty rf of Naval Kayal aval Engineers gold medal and life membership in the Society Technique Mart Man ne the tile National Academy of Sd- Sd f ces eS the American Philosophical society and the American Academy ff or Sciences I I Dr William Villiam F. F Durand I pi y ihre ih- ih S re S i. i c |