PROFESSOR EMERITUS BRIGGS DIES
Prof. Emeritus William W. Briggs, 64, died of an apparent heart attack at his retirement home in Mesa, AZ, on Monday, Sept. 6, 1971. He was employed at Purdue University from 1946 to 1970. At the time of his recent retirement, he was active in freshman engineering counseling.
A native of Michigan, he received his BA degree in 1932 from the University of Michigan and an MS degree in 1949 from Purdue. He was married to Rena Raymond in 1929, and she survives.
After he joined the Purdue staff as an instructor in air transportation, he was promoted to assistant professor in the department in September, 1949.
In 1960, he became an associate professor of aeronautical engineering, and that same year joined the staff of freshman engineering. He served in that department until his 1969 retirement when he was made professor emeritus.
Also surviving are three children, Jack Briggs of Bryan, TX; Mrs. Joanne Nipple of West Lafayette, and Mrs. Joyce Spile of Davenport, IA; also three sisters.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 9/7/1971
Prof. Emeritus William W. Briggs, 64, died of an apparent heart attack at his retirement home in Mesa, AZ, on Monday, Sept. 6, 1971. He was employed at Purdue University from 1946 to 1970. At the time of his recent retirement, he was active in freshman engineering counseling.
A native of Michigan, he received his BA degree in 1932 from the University of Michigan and an MS degree in 1949 from Purdue. He was married to Rena Raymond in 1929, and she survives.
After he joined the Purdue staff as an instructor in air transportation, he was promoted to assistant professor in the department in September, 1949.
In 1960, he became an associate professor of aeronautical engineering, and that same year joined the staff of freshman engineering. He served in that department until his 1969 retirement when he was made professor emeritus.
Also surviving are three children, Jack Briggs of Bryan, TX; Mrs. Joanne Nipple of West Lafayette, and Mrs. Joyce Spile of Davenport, IA; also three sisters.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 9/7/1971
PROFESSOR EMERITUS BRIGGS DIES
Prof. Emeritus William W. Briggs, 64, died of an apparent heart attack at his retirement home in Mesa, AZ, on Monday, Sept. 6, 1971. He was employed at Purdue University from 1946 to 1970. At the time of his recent retirement, he was active in freshman engineering counseling.
A native of Michigan, he received his BA degree in 1932 from the University of Michigan and an MS degree in 1949 from Purdue. He was married to Rena Raymond in 1929, and she survives.
After he joined the Purdue staff as an instructor in air transportation, he was promoted to assistant professor in the department in September, 1949.
In 1960, he became an associate professor of aeronautical engineering, and that same year joined the staff of freshman engineering. He served in that department until his 1969 retirement when he was made professor emeritus.
Also surviving are three children, Jack Briggs of Bryan, TX; Mrs. Joanne Nipple of West Lafayette, and Mrs. Joyce Spile of Davenport, IA; also three sisters.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 9/7/1971
Prof. Emeritus William W. Briggs, 64, died of an apparent heart attack at his retirement home in Mesa, AZ, on Monday, Sept. 6, 1971. He was employed at Purdue University from 1946 to 1970. At the time of his recent retirement, he was active in freshman engineering counseling.
A native of Michigan, he received his BA degree in 1932 from the University of Michigan and an MS degree in 1949 from Purdue. He was married to Rena Raymond in 1929, and she survives.
After he joined the Purdue staff as an instructor in air transportation, he was promoted to assistant professor in the department in September, 1949.
In 1960, he became an associate professor of aeronautical engineering, and that same year joined the staff of freshman engineering. He served in that department until his 1969 retirement when he was made professor emeritus.
Also surviving are three children, Jack Briggs of Bryan, TX; Mrs. Joanne Nipple of West Lafayette, and Mrs. Joyce Spile of Davenport, IA; also three sisters.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 9/7/1971
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