From the Times Record (Troy, New York) October 12, 1951
PROF. L.B. Puffer, R.P.I. GRADUATE, DIES IN VERMONT
Former Instructor At Institute, Authority On Covered Bridges, Expires
Prof. Louis B. Puffer, 65, of the University of Vermont, a graduate of R.P.I. and an instructor there for 11 years, died yesterday at his home at Burlington, Vt.
Professor Puffer, widely-known authority on the covered bridges of Vermont, graduated from R.P.I. with the class of 1909 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. He served as an instructor of mathematics at the Troy school until 1920 when he became assistant production manager of the Federal Signal Co. at Albany until 1921.
He joined the faculty at Vermont in September 1921, where he was serving as a professor of civil engineering.
Professor Puffer, a native of Bennington, Vt., was a member of the Green Mountain and Adirondack Mountain clubs; of the American Society of Engineers, A.S.E.E., the American Geophysics Union and was past president of the Vermont Society of Engineers. He belonged to the Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi fraternities.
He personally photographed more than 200 covered bridges in Vermont, travelling into remote sections of the state on back roads for many of his pictures. He contended that Vermont had probably more covered bridges than any other state in the Union.
His wife, the former Ruth B. Resseguie, and three children, Mrs. H.W. Folkins, Miss Helen B. Puffer and N. Mearns Puffer, survive.
PROF. L.B. Puffer, R.P.I. GRADUATE, DIES IN VERMONT
Former Instructor At Institute, Authority On Covered Bridges, Expires
Prof. Louis B. Puffer, 65, of the University of Vermont, a graduate of R.P.I. and an instructor there for 11 years, died yesterday at his home at Burlington, Vt.
Professor Puffer, widely-known authority on the covered bridges of Vermont, graduated from R.P.I. with the class of 1909 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. He served as an instructor of mathematics at the Troy school until 1920 when he became assistant production manager of the Federal Signal Co. at Albany until 1921.
He joined the faculty at Vermont in September 1921, where he was serving as a professor of civil engineering.
Professor Puffer, a native of Bennington, Vt., was a member of the Green Mountain and Adirondack Mountain clubs; of the American Society of Engineers, A.S.E.E., the American Geophysics Union and was past president of the Vermont Society of Engineers. He belonged to the Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi fraternities.
He personally photographed more than 200 covered bridges in Vermont, travelling into remote sections of the state on back roads for many of his pictures. He contended that Vermont had probably more covered bridges than any other state in the Union.
His wife, the former Ruth B. Resseguie, and three children, Mrs. H.W. Folkins, Miss Helen B. Puffer and N. Mearns Puffer, survive.
From the Times Record (Troy, New York) October 12, 1951
PROF. L.B. Puffer, R.P.I. GRADUATE, DIES IN VERMONT
Former Instructor At Institute, Authority On Covered Bridges, Expires
Prof. Louis B. Puffer, 65, of the University of Vermont, a graduate of R.P.I. and an instructor there for 11 years, died yesterday at his home at Burlington, Vt.
Professor Puffer, widely-known authority on the covered bridges of Vermont, graduated from R.P.I. with the class of 1909 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. He served as an instructor of mathematics at the Troy school until 1920 when he became assistant production manager of the Federal Signal Co. at Albany until 1921.
He joined the faculty at Vermont in September 1921, where he was serving as a professor of civil engineering.
Professor Puffer, a native of Bennington, Vt., was a member of the Green Mountain and Adirondack Mountain clubs; of the American Society of Engineers, A.S.E.E., the American Geophysics Union and was past president of the Vermont Society of Engineers. He belonged to the Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi fraternities.
He personally photographed more than 200 covered bridges in Vermont, travelling into remote sections of the state on back roads for many of his pictures. He contended that Vermont had probably more covered bridges than any other state in the Union.
His wife, the former Ruth B. Resseguie, and three children, Mrs. H.W. Folkins, Miss Helen B. Puffer and N. Mearns Puffer, survive.
PROF. L.B. Puffer, R.P.I. GRADUATE, DIES IN VERMONT
Former Instructor At Institute, Authority On Covered Bridges, Expires
Prof. Louis B. Puffer, 65, of the University of Vermont, a graduate of R.P.I. and an instructor there for 11 years, died yesterday at his home at Burlington, Vt.
Professor Puffer, widely-known authority on the covered bridges of Vermont, graduated from R.P.I. with the class of 1909 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. He served as an instructor of mathematics at the Troy school until 1920 when he became assistant production manager of the Federal Signal Co. at Albany until 1921.
He joined the faculty at Vermont in September 1921, where he was serving as a professor of civil engineering.
Professor Puffer, a native of Bennington, Vt., was a member of the Green Mountain and Adirondack Mountain clubs; of the American Society of Engineers, A.S.E.E., the American Geophysics Union and was past president of the Vermont Society of Engineers. He belonged to the Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi fraternities.
He personally photographed more than 200 covered bridges in Vermont, travelling into remote sections of the state on back roads for many of his pictures. He contended that Vermont had probably more covered bridges than any other state in the Union.
His wife, the former Ruth B. Resseguie, and three children, Mrs. H.W. Folkins, Miss Helen B. Puffer and N. Mearns Puffer, survive.
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