William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer. He founded Parsons Brinckerhoff, one of the largest American civil engineering firms.
William Barclay Parsons
Lieutenant Colonel Parsons in France, October 1918.
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is the engineering and applied science school of Columbia University. It was founded as the School of Mines in 1863 and then the School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry before becoming the School of Engineering and Applied Science. On October 1, 1997, the school was renamed in honor of Chinese businessman Z.Y. Fu, who had donated $26 million to the school.
School bulletin, from the era before the most recent name change
Herman Hollerith, Founded a company that merged with other companies to become IBM
Edwin Armstrong, developer of FM Radio
José Raúl Capablanca, Chess prodigy and the highest ranked chess player on the Elo rating system