CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Richard G. Folsom - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"44389f24-25ac-45b8-9c3e-4e4db47c59f1","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Richard_G._Folsom","wgTitle":"Richard G. Folsom","wgCurRevisionId":1144321324,"wgRevisionId":1144321324,"wgArticleId":19225918,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Webarchive template wayback links","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","1907 births","1996 deaths","American mechanical engineers","California Institute of Technology alumni","University of Michigan faculty","Presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute","20th-century American engineers","Academics from California","20th-century American academics"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel": "wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Richard_G._Folsom","wgRelevantArticleId":19225918,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":6000,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q73228","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform", "platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher", "ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.16"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Richard_G._Folsom.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="2056"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Richard_G._Folsom.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1370"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1096"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Richard G. Folsom - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_G._Folsom"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_G._Folsom"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Richard_G_Folsom rootpage-Richard_G_Folsom skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" title="Main menu" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="n-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages"><span>Special pages</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Richard+G.+Folsom" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Richard+G.+Folsom" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Richard+G.+Folsom" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Richard+G.+Folsom" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Biography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Biography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Biography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Biography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Biography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Biography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Youth_and_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Youth_and_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Youth and education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Youth_and_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career_in_education_and_administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Career_in_education_and_administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Career in education and administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Career_in_education_and_administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Selected_publications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Selected_publications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Selected publications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Selected_publications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard G. Folsom</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 3 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-3" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">3 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A._%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85" title="ريتشارد جي. فولسوم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ريتشارد جي. فولسوم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%89._%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85" title="ريتشارد جى. فولسوم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ريتشارد جى. فولسوم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gilman_Folsom" title="Richard Gilman Folsom – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Richard Gilman Folsom" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q73228#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Folsom" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Richard_G._Folsom" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Folsom"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Folsom"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Richard_G._Folsom" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Richard_G._Folsom" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&oldid=1144321324" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Richard_G._Folsom&id=1144321324&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRichard_G._Folsom"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRichard_G._Folsom"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Richard_G._Folsom&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q73228" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American mechanical engineer</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_G._Folsom.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Richard_G._Folsom.png/220px-Richard_G._Folsom.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="377" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Richard_G._Folsom.png/330px-Richard_G._Folsom.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Richard_G._Folsom.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="740" /></a><figcaption>Richard G. Folsom at Michigan</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Richard Gilman Folsom</b> (1907 – 1996) was an American <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanical engineer">mechanical engineer</a>, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, and the twelfth president of <a href="/wiki/Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</a>. He also known as the 91st president of the <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="American Society of Mechanical Engineers">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a> in the year 1972–73. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Youth_and_education">Youth and education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Youth and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Folsom was born on February 3, 1907, in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, to Harry Gilman Folsom and Mabel Hazard Folsom.<sup id="cite_ref-043ME_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-043ME-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1929, he married Carroll Grace Greene. He died on March 11, 1996, in Napa, CA. </p><p>He received B.S., M.S. and P.h.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the <a href="/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology" title="California Institute of Technology">California Institute of Technology</a> (in 1928, 1929 and 1932, respectively). His Ph.D. thesis was entitled <i>An experimental investigation of the phenomena produced by the highly turbulent flow of water past a series of sharp obstacles</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-86FzA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86FzA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_in_education_and_administration">Career in education and administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career in education and administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1933, he became an instructor in mechanical engineering at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_at_Berkeley" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California at Berkeley">University of California at Berkeley</a>, rising to full professor. From 1947 to 1953, he was chairman of the mechanical engineering department and from 1952 to 1953 he was also director of the mechanical engineering laboratories.<sup id="cite_ref-5FHZc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5FHZc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1953 to 1958, he was director of the Engineering Research Institute at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>. </p><p>In 1958, he was appointed president of Rensselaer. In 1960, the institute established a department of nuclear engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-LKjUo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LKjUo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The institute also began to enroll women during this time. Previously, the institute had awarded degrees to only 69 women, the first being in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Kr7pu_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kr7pu-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971, he retired from the presidency. In 1976, a new <a href="/wiki/Folsom_Library" title="Folsom Library">library</a> that had been started during his presidency was named in his honor. </p><p>Considered one of America's top authorities in the theory and practice of fluid dynamics, he was involved in diverse research projects including food preservation by atomic energy, landing of supersonic aircraft, development of upper-atmosphere research, machining of tough metals, high-temperature metallurgy, acoustics, industrial air pollution and the building of structure to resist bomb blasts. During World War II he was instrumental in developing the landing vehicles used at Normandy and in the Pacific. His studies were published in numerous professional and technical journals, and he presented over 60 paper in the fields of mechanical and chemical engineering and higher education. </p><p>During his career, he was advisor, consultant or board member for a variety of corporations and political entities as well as academic, technical, scientific and military institutions and organizations. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the American Society for Engineering Education. During his association with ASME, Folsom was an honorary director, president, Wright Lecturer, and Centennial Medallion Award recipient. Among his many awards, Folsom received a Navy Distinguished Service Award for engineering contributions and the Lamme Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_publications">Selected publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Folsom, Richard Gilman. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/2435/1/Folsom_rg_1932.pdf">An experimental investigation of the phenomena produced by the highly turbulent flow of water past a series of sharp obstacles</a>.</i> Diss. California Institute of Technology, 1932.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-043ME-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-043ME_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#birthYear=1907&p=recordResults&givenName=richard&searchType=exact&surname=folsom">1910 U.S. census</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101124092809/http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html">Archived</a> 2010-11-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Los Angeles Assembly District 70, Los Angeles, California</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86FzA-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86FzA_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etd.caltech.edu/etd/available/etd-06042004-104603/unrestricted/Folsom_rg_1932.pdf">Richard Gilman Folsom thesis</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5FHZc-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5FHZc_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/181/01/news.pdf">Caltech Engineering and Science Alumni News</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LKjUo-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LKjUo_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"News Notes: Classroom and Campus", <i>New York Times</i>, June 12, 1960</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kr7pu-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kr7pu_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Rensselaer Open in Full to Women", <i>New York Times</i>, October 19, 1960</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://president.rpi.edu/leadership/richard-gilman-folsom">Richard Gilman Folsom</a>, Office of the President at rpi.edu</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73228#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata737" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73228#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata737" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73228#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/288196687">VIAF</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCJQ7XhDPJP9b3FkKDbd">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p202458423">Netherlands</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Academics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=115259">Mathematics Genealogy Project</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DAA520;">Academic offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Livingston_W._Houston" title="Livingston W. Houston">Livingston W. Houston</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/University_President" class="mw-redirect" title="University President">President</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</a> </b><br />1958 – 1971 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Grosh" title="Richard J. Grosh">Richard J. Grosh</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Presidents_of_Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute145" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#E2231B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #222222, inset -2px -2px 0 #222222;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute_presidents" title="Template:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presidents"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute_presidents" title="Template talk:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presidents"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute_presidents" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presidents"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Presidents_of_Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute145" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_presidents_of_Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (page does not exist)"><span style="color:white;"><b>Presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</b></span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Blatchford_(university_president)" title="Samuel Blatchford (university president)">Blatchford</a> (1824–28)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chester_(university_president)" title="John Chester (university president)">Chester</a> (1828–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliphalet_Nott" title="Eliphalet Nott">Nott</a> (1829–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_S.S._Beman" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan S.S. Beman">Beman</a> (1845–65)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Winslow" title="John F. Winslow">Winslow</a> (1865–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Brinsmade" title="Thomas C. Brinsmade">Brinsmade</a> (1868)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Forsyth_(college_president)" title="James Forsyth (college president)">Forsyth</a> (1868–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gurley" title="William Gurley">Gurley</a> (acting, 1886–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Powers" title="Albert E. Powers">Powers</a> (acting, 1887–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Peck" title="John H. Peck">Peck</a> (1888–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer_C._Ricketts" title="Palmer C. Ricketts">Ricketts</a> (1901–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_O._Hotchkiss" title="William O. Hotchkiss">Hotchkiss</a> (1935–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_W._Houston" title="Livingston W. Houston">Houston</a> (1943–58)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Folsom</a> (1958–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Grosh" title="Richard J. Grosh">Grosh</a> (1971–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Low" title="George Low">Low</a> (1976–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Berg_(educator)" title="Daniel Berg (educator)">Berg</a> (1984–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_I._Landgraf" title="Stanley I. Landgraf">Landgraf</a> (acting, 1987–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_W._Schmitt" title="Roland W. Schmitt">Schmitt</a> (1988–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Byron_Pipes" title="R. Byron Pipes">Pipes</a> (1993–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_J._Barton" title="Cornelius J. Barton">Barton</a> (1998–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Ann_Jackson" title="Shirley Ann Jackson">Jackson</a> (1999–2022)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_A._Schmidt" title="Martin A. Schmidt">Schmidt</a></b> (2022– )</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Presidents_of_the_American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers225" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Presidents_of_the_American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Template:Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Presidents_of_the_American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Template talk:Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Presidents_of_the_American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Presidents_of_the_American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers225" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Mechanical_Engineers" title="American Society of Mechanical Engineers">Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1880–1899</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Henry_Thurston" title="Robert Henry Thurston">Robert H. Thurston</a> (1880–1882)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin_Leavitt_Jr." title="Erasmus Darwin Leavitt Jr.">Erasmus D. Leavitt</a> (1883–1884)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Edson_Sweet" title="John Edson Sweet">John E. Sweet</a> (1884–1885)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josephus_Flavius_Holloway" title="Josephus Flavius Holloway">Josephus F. Holloway</a> (1885–1886)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coleman_Sellers_II" title="Coleman Sellers II">Coleman Sellers II</a> (1886–1887)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Herman_Babcock" title="George Herman Babcock">George H. Babcock</a> (1887–1888)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Horace_See" title="Horace See">Horace See</a> (1888–1889)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_R._Towne" title="Henry R. Towne">Henry R. Towne</a> (1889–1890)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oberlin_Smith" title="Oberlin Smith">Oberlin Smith</a> (1890–1891)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Hunt" title="Robert W. Hunt">Robert W. Hunt</a> (1891–1892)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Harding_Loring" title="Charles Harding Loring">Charles H. Loring</a> (1892–1893)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eckley_Brinton_Coxe" title="Eckley Brinton Coxe">Eckley B. Coxe</a> (1893–1894)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_F._C._Davis" title="Edward F. C. Davis">Edward F. C. Davis</a> (1894–1895)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Billings" title="Charles E. Billings">Charles E. Billings</a> (1895–1896)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Fritz" title="John Fritz">John Fritz</a> (1896–1897)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Reed_Warner" title="Worcester Reed Warner">Worcester R. Warner</a> (1897–1898)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wallace_Hunt" title="Charles Wallace Hunt">Charles W. Hunt</a> (1898–1899)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Melville" title="George W. Melville">George W. Melville</a> (1899–1900)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1900–1919</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hill_Morgan" title="Charles Hill Morgan">Charles H. Morgan</a> (1900–1901)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_T._Wellman" title="Samuel T. Wellman">Samuel T. Wellman</a> (1901–1902)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Reynolds_(engineer)" title="Edwin Reynolds (engineer)">Edwin Reynolds</a> (1902–1903)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Mapes_Dodge" title="James Mapes Dodge">James M. Dodge</a> (1903–1904)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Swasey" title="Ambrose Swasey">Ambrose Swasey</a> (1904–1905)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ripley_Freeman" title="John Ripley Freeman">John R. Freeman</a> (1905–1906)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Winslow_Taylor" title="Frederick Winslow Taylor">Frederick W. Taylor</a> (1906–1907)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Remsen_Hutton" title="Frederick Remsen Hutton">Frederick R. Hutton</a> (1907–1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Minard_Lafever_Holman" title="Minard Lafever Holman">Minard L. Holman</a> (1908–1909)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Merrick_Smith" title="Jesse Merrick Smith">Jesse M. Smith</a> (1909–1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Westinghouse" title="George Westinghouse">George Westinghouse</a> (1910–1911)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Daniel_Meier" title="Edward Daniel Meier">Edward D. Meier</a> (1911–1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Crombie_Humphreys" title="Alexander Crombie Humphreys">Alexander C. Humphreys</a> (1912–1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Freeman_Myrick_Goss" title="William Freeman Myrick Goss">William F. M. Goss</a> (1913–1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Hartness" title="James Hartness">James Hartness</a> (1914–1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Brashear" title="John Brashear">John Brashear</a> (1915–1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Schenk_Jacobus" title="David Schenk Jacobus">David S. Jacobus</a> (1916–1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ira_Nelson_Hollis" title="Ira Nelson Hollis">Ira N. Hollis</a> (1917–1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_T._Main" title="Charles T. Main">Charles T. Main</a> (1918–1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mortimer_Elwyn_Cooley" title="Mortimer Elwyn Cooley">Mortimer E. Cooley</a> (1919–1920)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920–1939</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_J._Miller" title="Fred J. Miller">Fred J. Miller</a> (1920–1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Salisbury_Carman" title="Edwin Salisbury Carman">Edwin S. Carman</a> (1921–1922)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dexter_S._Kimball" title="Dexter S. Kimball">Dexter S. Kimball</a> (1922–1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_L._Harrington" title="John L. Harrington">John L. Harrington</a> (1923–1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_R._Low" title="Fred R. Low">Fred R. Low</a> (1924–1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_F._Durand" title="William F. Durand">William F. Durand</a> (1925–1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_L._Abbott" title="William L. Abbott">William L. Abbott</a> (1926–1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_M._Schwab" title="Charles M. Schwab">Charles M. Schwab</a> (1927–1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Dow" title="Alex Dow">Alex Dow</a> (1928–1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Ambrose_Sperry" title="Elmer Ambrose Sperry">Elmer A. Sperry</a> (1929–1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Piez" title="Charles Piez">Charles Piez</a> (1930–1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_V._Wright" title="Roy V. Wright">Roy V. Wright</a> (1931–1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Conrad_N._Lauer" title="Conrad N. Lauer">Conrad N. Lauer</a> (1932–1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrey_Abraham_Potter" title="Andrey Abraham Potter">A. A. Potter</a> (1933–1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Aaron_Langevin_Doty" title="Paul Aaron Langevin Doty">Paul Doty</a> (1934–1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Flanders" title="Ralph Flanders">Ralph E. Flanders</a> (1935–1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Loren_Batt" title="William Loren Batt">William L. Batt</a> (1936–1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Hervey_Herron" title="James Hervey Herron">James H. Herron</a> (1937–1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_N._Davis" title="Harvey N. Davis">Harvey N. Davis</a> (1938–1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Christie" title="Alexander Graham Christie">Alexander G. Christie</a> (1939–1940)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940–1959</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Horton_McBryde" title="Warren Horton McBryde">Warren H. McBryde</a> (1940–1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_A._Hanley" title="William A. Hanley">William A. Hanley</a> (1941–1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Wentworth_Parker" title="James Wentworth Parker">James W. Parker</a> (1942–1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_V._Coes" title="Harold V. Coes">Harold V. Coes</a> (1943–1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_McFarland_Gates" title="Robert McFarland Gates">Robert M. Gates</a> (1944–1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Davison_Bailey" title="Alex Davison Bailey">Alex D. Bailey</a> (1945–1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/D._Robert_Yarnall" title="D. Robert Yarnall">David R. Yarnall</a> (1946–1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eugene_W._O%27Brien" title="Eugene W. O'Brien">Eugene W. O'Brien</a> (1947–1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ervin_G._Bailey" title="Ervin G. Bailey">Ervin G. Bailey</a> (1948–1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_M._Todd" title="James M. Todd">James M. Todd</a> (1949–1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_D._Cunningham" title="James D. Cunningham">James D. Cunningham</a> (1950–1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._Calvin_Brown" title="J. Calvin Brown">J. Calvin Brown</a> (1951–1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reginald_J._S._Pigott" title="Reginald J. S. Pigott">Reginald J. Pigott</a> (1952–1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Steele_Blackall_Jr." title="Frederick Steele Blackall Jr.">Frederick S. Blackall Jr.</a> (1953–1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_K._Sillcox" title="Lewis K. Sillcox">Lewis K. Sillcox</a> (1954–1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_William_Rowsen_Morgan" title="David William Rowsen Morgan">David W. Morgan</a> (1955–1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Warren_Barker" title="Joseph Warren Barker">Joseph W. Barker</a> (1956–1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_F._Ryan_(engineer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William F. Ryan (engineer) (page does not exist)">William F. Ryan</a> (1957–1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Nobel_Landis" title="James Nobel Landis">James N. Landis</a> (1958–1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_B._Warren" title="Glenn B. Warren">Glenn B. Warren</a> (1959–1960)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960–1979</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walker_Lee_Cisler" title="Walker Lee Cisler">Walker L. Cisler</a> (1960–1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_H._Bryne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William H. Bryne (page does not exist)">William H. Bryne</a> (1961–1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clifford_Harold_Shumaker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clifford Harold Shumaker (page does not exist)">Clifford H. Shumaker</a> (1962–1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_B._Smith" title="Ronald B. Smith">Ronald B. Smith</a> (1963–1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Otto_Bergman" title="Elmer Otto Bergman">Elmer O. Bergman</a> (1964–1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_N._Muller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry N. Muller (page does not exist)">Henry N. Muller</a> (1965–1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_H._Harlow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James H. Harlow (page does not exist)">James H. Harlow</a> (1966–1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_N._Rowley_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis N. Rowley Jr. (page does not exist)">Louis N. Rowley Jr.</a> (1967–1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_F._Habach" title="George F. Habach">George F. Habach</a> (1968–1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Edward_Marlowe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donald Edward Marlowe (page does not exist)">Donald E. Marlowe</a> (1969–1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Allen_Franklin_Rhodes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Allen Franklin Rhodes (page does not exist)">Allen F. Rhodes</a> (1970–1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Andrew_Roe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenneth Andrew Roe (page does not exist)">Kenneth A. Roe</a> (1971–1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard G. Folsom</a> (1972–1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_C._Drucker" title="Daniel C. Drucker">Daniel C. Drucker</a> (1973–1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_B._Robertson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard B. Robertson (page does not exist)">Richard B. Robertson</a> (1974–1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Tutt_III" title="Charles L. Tutt III">Charles L. Tutt III</a> (1975–1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_C._Miller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Earle C. Miller (page does not exist)">Earle C. Miller</a> (1976–1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stothe_Peter_Kezios&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stothe Peter Kezios (page does not exist)">Stothe P. Kezios</a> (1977–1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Orval_Leroy_Lewis" title="Orval Leroy Lewis">Orval L. Lewis</a> (1978–1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Nelson_Zwiep&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donald Nelson Zwiep (page does not exist)">Donald N. Zwiep</a> (1979–1980)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_E._Jones_(engineer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles E. Jones (engineer) (page does not exist)">Charles E. Jones</a> (1980–1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Gaither" title="Robert B. Gaither">Robert B. Gaither</a> (1981–1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serge_Gratch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Serge Gratch (page does not exist)">Serge Gratch</a> (1982–1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_M._Scott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank M. Scott (page does not exist)">Frank M. Scott</a> (1983–1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Kotnick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Kotnick (page does not exist)">George Kotnick</a> (1984–1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leroy_S._Fletcher" title="Leroy S. Fletcher">Leroy S. Fletcher</a> (1985–1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Deloye_Fitzroy" title="Nancy Deloye Fitzroy">Nancy D. Fitzroy</a> (1986–1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Rosenberg_(engineer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Rosenberg (engineer) (page does not exist)">Richard Rosenberg</a> (1987–1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_L._Daman" title="Ernest L. Daman">Ernest L. Daman</a> (1988–1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_O._Velzy" title="Charles O. Velzy">Charles O. Velzy</a> (1989–1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_E._Bergles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arthur E. Bergles (page does not exist)">Arthur E. Bergles</a> (1990–1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nathan_H._Hurt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nathan H. Hurt (page does not exist)">Nathan H. Hurt</a> (1991–1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Falcon" title="Joseph A. Falcon">Joseph A. Falcon</a> (1992–1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_H._Fernandes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John H. Fernandes (page does not exist)">John H. Fernandes</a> (1993–1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_J._Torpey" title="Paul J. Torpey">Paul J. Torpey</a> (1994–1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daniel_T._Koenig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel T. Koenig (page does not exist)">Daniel T. Koenig</a> (1995–1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_J._Goldstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard J. Goldstein (page does not exist)">Richard J. Goldstein</a> (1996–1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keith_B._Thayer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keith B. Thayer (page does not exist)">Keith B. Thayer</a> (1997–1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winfred_M._Phillips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Winfred M. Phillips (page does not exist)">Winfred M. Phillips</a> (1998–1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_E._Nickell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert E. Nickell (page does not exist)">Robert E. Nickell</a> (1999–2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_R._Parker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John R. Parker (page does not exist)">John R. Parker</a> (2000–2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._Weiblen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William A. Weiblen (page does not exist)">William A. Weiblen</a> (2001–2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Skemp" title="Susan Skemp">Susan H. Skemp</a> (2002–2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reginald_I._Vachon" title="Reginald I. Vachon">Reginald I. Vachon</a> (2003–2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Armen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry Armen (page does not exist)">Harry Armen</a> (2004–2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_E._Feigel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard E. Feigel (page does not exist)">Richard E. Feigel</a> (2005–2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_E._Shoup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terry E. Shoup (page does not exist)">Terry E. Shoup</a> (2006–2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Y._Zamrik" title="Sam Y. Zamrik">Sam Y. Zamrik</a> (2007–2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_M._Barlow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas M. Barlow (page does not exist)">Thomas M. Barlow</a> (2008–2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amos_E._Holt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amos E. Holt (page does not exist)">Amos E. Holt</a> (2009–2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_T._Simmons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert T. Simmons (page does not exist)">Robert T. Simmons</a> (2010–2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Rockwell" title="Victoria Rockwell">Victoria Rockwell</a> (2011–2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marc_Goldsmith" title="Marc Goldsmith">Marc Goldsmith</a> (2012–2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Madiha_Kotb" title="Madiha Kotb">Madiha Kotb</a> (2013–2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._Robert_Sims" title="J. Robert Sims">J. Robert Sims</a> (2014–2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julio_C._Guerrero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julio C. Guerrero (page does not exist)">Julio C. Guerrero</a> (2015–2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Keith_Roe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Keith Roe (page does not exist)">K. Keith Roe</a> (2016–2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charla_Wise" title="Charla Wise">Charla K. Wise</a> (2017–2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Said_Jahanmir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Said Jahanmir (page does not exist)">Said Jahanmir</a> (2018–2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Laudenat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Laudenat (page does not exist)">Richard Laudenat</a> (2019–2020)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="float:left;">2020–present</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_A._Erler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bryan A. Erler (page does not exist)">Bryan A. Erler</a> (2020–2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahantesh_Hiremath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahantesh Hiremath (page does not exist)">Mahantesh Hiremath</a> (2021–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Ohland" title="Karen Ohland">Karen Ohland</a> (2022-2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_R._Kurfess&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas R. Kurfess (page does not exist)">Thomas R. Kurfess</a> (2023–2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Ipri-Brown" title="Susan Ipri-Brown">Susan Ipri-Brown</a> (2024–2025)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&oldid=1144321324">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&oldid=1144321324</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1907_births" title="Category:1907 births">1907 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1996_deaths" title="Category:1996 deaths">1996 deaths</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_mechanical_engineers" title="Category:American mechanical engineers">American mechanical engineers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:California_Institute_of_Technology_alumni" title="Category:California Institute of Technology alumni">California Institute of Technology alumni</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:University_of_Michigan_faculty" title="Category:University of Michigan faculty">University of Michigan faculty</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Presidents_of_Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Category:Presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute">Presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_American_engineers" title="Category:20th-century American engineers">20th-century American engineers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Academics_from_California" title="Category:Academics from California">Academics from California</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_American_academics" title="Category:20th-century American academics">20th-century American academics</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 13 March 2023, at 02:30<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_G._Folsom&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" lang="en" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><picture><source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" width="88" height="31"><img src="/w/resources/assets/mediawiki_compact.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="25" height="25" loading="lazy"></picture></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-header-container vector-sticky-header-container"> <div id="vector-sticky-header" class="vector-sticky-header"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-start"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-start vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" aria-hidden="true"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-sticky-header-search-toggle" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.vector-sticky-search-form.icon"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </button> </div> <div role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box"> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="vector-sticky-search-form" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia"> <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-sticky-header-toc vector-sticky-header-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-sticky-header-toc-label" for="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar-primary" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard G. Folsom</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-end" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icons"> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-talk-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="talk-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbles mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbles"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-subject-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="subject-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-article mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-article"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-history-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="history-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-history mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-history"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only mw-watchlink" id="ca-watchstar-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="watch-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-star mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-star"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="wikitext-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikiText mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-wikiText"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-ve-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-edit mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-edit"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-viewsource-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-protected-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-editLock mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-editLock"></span> <span></span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-buttons"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet mw-interlanguage-selector" id="p-lang-btn-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-language"></span> <span>3 languages</span> </button> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive" id="ca-addsection-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="addsection-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbleAdd-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbleAdd-progressive"></span> <span>Add topic</span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-end"> <div class="vector-user-links"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-b766959bd-kbl7f","wgBackendResponseTime":146,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.248","walltime":"0.348","ppvisitednodes":{"value":1280,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":55491,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":1552,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":10,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":0,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":0,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":24595,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 279.787 1 -total"," 27.32% 76.442 1 Template:Authority_control"," 22.87% 63.980 1 Template:Short_description"," 20.43% 57.174 2 Template:Navbox"," 19.39% 54.241 1 Template:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute_presidents"," 14.05% 39.300 2 Template:Pagetype"," 9.72% 27.189 1 Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"," 9.55% 26.710 1 Template:Reflist"," 8.25% 23.085 7 Template:Main_other"," 5.50% 15.400 1 Template:S-bef"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.129","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":4157105,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-api-ext.eqiad.main-5fb5d7d7d9-xpgs4","timestamp":"20250213190635","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Richard G. Folsom","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_G._Folsom","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q73228","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q73228","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2008-09-08T02:38:01Z","dateModified":"2023-03-13T02:30:54Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/98\/Richard_G._Folsom.png","headline":"American mechanical engineer, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1907\u20131996)"}</script> </body> </html>