Wilmore, John Jenkins
Biography
John Jenkins Wilmore (1864-1943), a native of Indiana, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1888 and began a fifty-five year career at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) as an instructor in the department of Mechanic Arts. He earned the professional degree of Mechanical Engineer in 1891, also from Purdue. Wilmore served as the Dean of the Engineering Department at API from 1907 until 1943. He also served on a three-person committee which administered the college in lieu of a president from 1932 to 1935, which resulted in the Board of Trustees conferring upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. During his career, Wilmore saw enrollment in engineering grow from about twenty students to around nine hundred. The Wilmore Engineering Laboratories building on the campus of Auburn University was dedicated in 1952 and underwent renovations in 2001.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Accession 7-21-82, 1903 - 1904
This accession consists of correspondence of the engineering department of Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) from January 1903 to March 1904. The bulk of the correspondence consists of inquiries into purchases of equipment and books for the department and resulting correspondence and purchase orders. The remainder of the collection includes flyers and invitations to related conventions and workshops.
Accession 17-057, 1834 to 1994, bulk 1883 to 1935
This accession contains items belonging to John Jenkins Wilmore, including essays, speeches, correspondence, documents, books, and photographs in the form of digital files. Much of the correspondence is written to Hannah A. Wilmore. There is some correspondence from John W. Jenkins, Secretary of the Territory of Colorado. There are documents belonging to dentist John W. Wilmore and linens belonging to John Jenkins Wilmore and Moselle Whitaker Wilmore.
Accession 19-068, circa 1910 to 1937
This accession consists of two photographs of John Jenkins Wilmore and a mineral, crystal, and fossil collection belonging to Wilmore.
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