I kind of have a feeling that I should know who this guy is — but I don’t. Architecture — got that. Professor — check. If it’s obvious to everyone but me, then so be it. Let the comments roll! How about that pointer — doesn’t it seem a [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Mystery Image #6
Posted in unidentified photographs, tagged faculty, identified image, mystery image, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI School of Architecture on May 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Mystery Image #5 – create a caption
Posted in RPI Trivia, unidentified photographs, tagged college history, costumes, mystery image, Rensselaer, RPI, RPI history, student clubs, student traditions on May 16, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This photo really intrigues me! In all of my RPI history travels, which includes extensive research for exhibits on student clubs and student traditions, I haven’t found an explanation for this image. I hope I stumble across something someday that will help me identify this curiously dressed group of men! I’m [...]
this week in May
Posted in RPI Trivia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged commencement speakers, May 1970, National Student Strike, Rensselaer, RPI, RPI students, sit in, war protest on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finals week is coming to an end and from my vantage point (limited as it may be), it has been very quiet on campus this week. It definitely feels like the semester is winding down. On the job I often live in the past and today I wondered how very different [...]
Mystery Image #4 – two for one
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, unidentified photographs, tagged chemistry lab, faculty, identified image, mystery image, organic chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI students on May 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is a two for one special — ID this person and two unidentified photos find a home. The first photo brings back bad memories of organic chemistry. The 3D molecules that he’s holding didn’t help me at all. There are some more clues in the second photo. We see a chemistry lab nicely staged [...]