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November-December 2014
Volume 102, Number 6
Page 403
DOI: 10.1511/2014.111.403
To the Editors:
I enjoy reading Henry Petroski’s Engineering columns, but I would like to point out a small error in the September–October one, "Aspirants, Apprentices, and Student Engineers." Petroski correctly credits the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy as being the first private school to offer civil engineering. However, he incorrectly had it established in Norwich, Connecticut. It was founded in 1819 in Norwich, Vermont, the hometown of its founder, Captain Alden Partridge. It did spend a few years in Connecticut but not in Norwich. It is now Norwich University, located in Northfield, Vermont, and still offers engineering programs.
Joseph E. Byrne
Norwich University
Northfield, VT
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