THOMAS MESSINGER DROWN. 869 



at Lafayette College and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

 His methods of teaching were broad, and looked toward high ideals, 

 and while he furnished incentive for the man of quick intellect, he 

 had a keen and generous sympathy for the slow worker. 



His published papers afford abundant evidence of his industry, 

 cleai thought and critical judgment, as well as of his power to originate, 

 plan and execute important investigations. His papers in the Trans- 

 actions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers constitute a 

 record of his efforts to improve the quality of analytical procedures 

 in connection with metallurgical chemistry, both by contributions 

 from his laboratory and through the development of a rational dis- 

 cussion of the subject. The series of papers which form a part of the 

 Reports of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts record the 

 results of the extensive work which has become both an inspiration 

 and a model for the investigation of water supplies throughout the 

 country, and also contain the records of other investigations under- 

 taken in connection with the Board of Health. These alone con- 

 stitute a worthy memorial. 



His administration of the office of secretary of the Institute of 

 Mining Engineers, and that of head of the Chemical Department of 

 the Institute of Technology, and especially his success as president of 

 Lehigh University, all attest his executive ability, and each will long 

 reflect something of his clear judgment, broad thinking and syste- 

 matic method-^. 



In Dr. Drown a gentle nature was combined with marked executive 

 ability, and broad scholarly culture wath scientific attainment. This 

 was reflected in hi ■ administrative work, which he carried with a firm, 

 but never with a rough hand. While generous and sympathetic, he 

 was always just in his judgment of others, and this combined with an 

 exceptional personal charm, and an unselfishness such as is seldom 

 equaled, endeared him to pupils, colleagues and friends, who will 

 remember him not only as one who won their regard, and often their 

 affection, but also as one who equally compelled their esteem because 

 of his attainments as an educator and as a scientist. 



H. P. Talbot. 



