Anson Marston Medal: Concept Study

Object NameDrawing

Artist / Maker Christian Petersen (Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)

Date1938

Originu.s.a

MediumPaper; brown pencil

Dimensions7 3/4 x 11 in. (19.7 x 27.9 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LinePurchased by University Museums from Mary Petersen. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberum92.64b

Status

Not on view

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Published ReferencesGilkey, Herbert J. "Anson Marston: Iowa State University's First Dean of Engineering." 1968. Iowa State University, College of Engineering, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A. "The Marston Medal, established in 1938 by Iowa State, is awarded annually to an engineering alumnus of at least thirty years standing. It is of gold and the list of awardees constitutes a representative cross-section of the country's foremost engineers of their respective vintages. The conditions of bestowal are covered by Appendix III C5. Only in one war year (1943) was there no recipient. Marston Medalists 1938 Earl O. Shreve, '04 1939 Thomas H. MacDonald, '04 1940 James W. Hook, '05 1941 Henry J. Brunnier, '04 1942 LeRoy L. Hidinger, '06 1944 Laurance T. Gaylord, '04 1945 Paul S. Clapp, '13 1946 Fred T. Whiting, '13 1947 Thomas R. Agg, '05 1948 Roy W. Crum, '07 1949 Wilbur M. Wilson, '00 1950 Conrad E. Frudden, '09 1951 Ralph W. Atkinson, '06 1952 Fred R. White, '07 1953 Walter T. Wells, '10 1954 Theodore V. Houser, '15 1955 Gene Boyde Landes, '10 1956 James O. Jackson, '17 1957 Ronald J. Rockwell, '27 1958 Arthur Q. Adamson, '07 1959 W. Murray Joslin, '23 1960 Guy W. Morrison, '10 1961 Wilmot A. Danielson, '07 1962 Ward D. Harrison, '32 1963 Whitworth Ferguson, '21 1964 Roy B. Gray, '09 1965 Maurice R. Harrison, '17 1966 Arthur M. Wahl, '25 1967 Chester W. Cunningham, '15 1968 Ronald L. McVey, '24"

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