John Sandt wore a number of hats at Marietta
In a 1928 letter to William Allen, president of Lafayette College, Marietta College President Edward Parsons asked about the teaching ability of a young alumnus of that Pennsylvania liberal arts college who was interested a one-year teaching position in the Mathematics Department.
“(He) is a little man with a good head on his shoulders,” Allen replied. “He is a competent mathematician and is prepared in mechanical drawing. He knows of the mathematics of surveying and could get experience in fieldwork in our summer school for engineers. He is a man of excellent character and unusual industry and dependability.”
And with that, the young John Sandt was hired as an instructor of mathematics at Marietta College for the 1928-29 academic year.
Marietta College’s Physics Club is pleased to welcome Xin Yang (Helen) Wu ’12 (Beijing, China) to talk about “Wind Energy in China,” at noon, Friday, March 30, in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium.
