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WPI Remembers Those Who Served

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Friday, May 27, 2011

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Every day, hundreds of people pass through the main doors of Boynton Hall to reach the administrative offices within. Few notice the large bronze tablet affixed to the granite wall about 10 feet to the left of the doors, and fewer still pause to examine it. The tablet was dedicated on Nov. 11, 1924, a [...]

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Remembering the Alumnus Who Helped America Chill

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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In the midst of this week’s unrelenting heat wave, there is probably no more soothing sound than the drone of an air conditioner exhaling its well-chilled breeze. As you bask in the AC, you may want to pause a moment to remember a WPI alumnus who pioneered a great deal of the technology that keeps [...]

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