Following graduation from Three Rivers (Mich.) High School, he studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sc.B., 1924, S.M., 1929, Sc.D., 1931), doing his graduate work on servomechanisms under Vannevar Bush. He served virtually his entire career at M. I. T., first in the Electrical Engineering Department, of which he was department head 1938-52, and thereafter as Dean of the Graduate School from 1952 until his full time retirement in 1967. He then served part time for five years as advisor to students wishing to study abroad. When M.I.T. and Ohio State University established an exchange professorship in 1934, he was the first person selected from M.I.T.
During World War II, he was on part-time leave from M.I.T. to serve as chief of Division 7 (Fire Control) of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC). NDRC was a section of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), of which Dr. Bush was chairman.
Dr. Hazen devoted much of his later life to promoting and evaluating engineering education programs. During July and August, 1951, he, at the invitation of the Japanese government, chaired the Engineering Education Mission to Japan, to evaluate engineering programs at Japanese universities and make recommendations. He was also actively involved in setting up the Air Force Academy, and arranging the merger of Case Institute and Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as advisor and trustee at Robert College, Istanbul (interim President, 1961), American University of Beirut, the College of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia, and numerous others. (See "Who's Who in America" listings in the mid-1960s for more details.)
He lived with his wife and family in the Waverley section of Belmont (1928-32), Watertown (1932-34), Columbus, Ohio (1934-35), and again in Belmont until his death.
Children: Stanley Seamans (b. 1929), Martha Locke (1931-2006), Nathan Lord (b. 1934), Anne Webb (Hazen) Bowen (b. 1937).
During World War II, he was on part-time leave from M.I.T. to serve as chief of Division 7 (Fire Control) of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC). NDRC was a section of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), of which Dr. Bush was chairman.
Dr. Hazen devoted much of his later life to promoting and evaluating engineering education programs. During July and August, 1951, he, at the invitation of the Japanese government, chaired the Engineering Education Mission to Japan, to evaluate engineering programs at Japanese universities and make recommendations. He was also actively involved in setting up the Air Force Academy, and arranging the merger of Case Institute and Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as advisor and trustee at Robert College, Istanbul (interim President, 1961), American University of Beirut, the College of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia, and numerous others. (See "Who's Who in America" listings in the mid-1960s for more details.)
He lived with his wife and family in the Waverley section of Belmont (1928-32), Watertown (1932-34), Columbus, Ohio (1934-35), and again in Belmont until his death.
Children: Stanley Seamans (b. 1929), Martha Locke (1931-2006), Nathan Lord (b. 1934), Anne Webb (Hazen) Bowen (b. 1937).
Following graduation from Three Rivers (Mich.) High School, he studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sc.B., 1924, S.M., 1929, Sc.D., 1931), doing his graduate work on servomechanisms under Vannevar Bush. He served virtually his entire career at M. I. T., first in the Electrical Engineering Department, of which he was department head 1938-52, and thereafter as Dean of the Graduate School from 1952 until his full time retirement in 1967. He then served part time for five years as advisor to students wishing to study abroad. When M.I.T. and Ohio State University established an exchange professorship in 1934, he was the first person selected from M.I.T.
During World War II, he was on part-time leave from M.I.T. to serve as chief of Division 7 (Fire Control) of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC). NDRC was a section of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), of which Dr. Bush was chairman.
Dr. Hazen devoted much of his later life to promoting and evaluating engineering education programs. During July and August, 1951, he, at the invitation of the Japanese government, chaired the Engineering Education Mission to Japan, to evaluate engineering programs at Japanese universities and make recommendations. He was also actively involved in setting up the Air Force Academy, and arranging the merger of Case Institute and Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as advisor and trustee at Robert College, Istanbul (interim President, 1961), American University of Beirut, the College of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia, and numerous others. (See "Who's Who in America" listings in the mid-1960s for more details.)
He lived with his wife and family in the Waverley section of Belmont (1928-32), Watertown (1932-34), Columbus, Ohio (1934-35), and again in Belmont until his death.
Children: Stanley Seamans (b. 1929), Martha Locke (1931-2006), Nathan Lord (b. 1934), Anne Webb (Hazen) Bowen (b. 1937).
During World War II, he was on part-time leave from M.I.T. to serve as chief of Division 7 (Fire Control) of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC). NDRC was a section of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), of which Dr. Bush was chairman.
Dr. Hazen devoted much of his later life to promoting and evaluating engineering education programs. During July and August, 1951, he, at the invitation of the Japanese government, chaired the Engineering Education Mission to Japan, to evaluate engineering programs at Japanese universities and make recommendations. He was also actively involved in setting up the Air Force Academy, and arranging the merger of Case Institute and Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as advisor and trustee at Robert College, Istanbul (interim President, 1961), American University of Beirut, the College of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia, and numerous others. (See "Who's Who in America" listings in the mid-1960s for more details.)
He lived with his wife and family in the Waverley section of Belmont (1928-32), Watertown (1932-34), Columbus, Ohio (1934-35), and again in Belmont until his death.
Children: Stanley Seamans (b. 1929), Martha Locke (1931-2006), Nathan Lord (b. 1934), Anne Webb (Hazen) Bowen (b. 1937).
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