Pappus said that when the old-guard professors of Thayer's time died in the 1870s, the "replacements were all graduates with questionable qualifications to become professors heading their respective departments." [Pappus, p. 378-380]. Is this judgement valid? I doubt Church or Davies had more experience or reputation when they became department heads.
Publications:
Cullum #2222. B-WI: A-MN (CvW Vet); CE: Asst Prof USMA 69-74: Prof Math USMA 78-98: Author Math texts: Ret98: Mem many learned societies: D-NYC 6Nov18 a-75: Ob-AR 19. [From 1990 Register of Graduates]
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Pappus said that when the old-guard professors of Thayer's time died in the 1870s, the "replacements were all graduates with questionable qualifications to become professors heading their respective departments." [Pappus, p. 378-380]. Is this judgement valid? I doubt Church or Davies had more experience or reputation when they became department heads.
Publications:
Cullum #2222. B-WI: A-MN (CvW Vet); CE: Asst Prof USMA 69-74: Prof Math USMA 78-98: Author Math texts: Ret98: Mem many learned societies: D-NYC 6Nov18 a-75: Ob-AR 19. [From 1990 Register of Graduates]
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References:
Arney, Chris, West Point's Scientific 200: Celebration of the Bicentennial. Biographies of 200 of West Point's Most Successful and Influential Mathematicians, Scientists, Engineers, and Technologists, 2002.
"The Professorship of Mathematics at West Point," Letter to the editor of the New York Times by "Graduate," April 17, 1878.