LE ROY CLARK COOLEY
1833 - 1916
In recording the death of Le Roy Clark Cooley, for
thirty-three years Professor of Physics or Chemistry
in Vassar College, the Faculty desires to express
its appreciation of the man and of the teacher. His
strict fidelity to duty, his high ideals of life and
scholarship, his deep sense of moral responsibility,
impressed all with his strength of character, while
his justice, sympathy and kindly spirit won for him
the confidence and affection of those with whom he
lived and worked. During his long term of service
in Vassar College, from l874 to l907, he rarely failed
to meet a college engagement. His career as an edu-
cator covered a unique period in the development of
science. He was among the first to introduce labora-
tory method in the college course. His researches in
the field of radiant energy brought him to the thres-
hold of discoveries that have made others famous.
His clarity of expression, devotion to truth and im-
partial attitude of mind, comanded the respect and
admiration of many generations of students and made a
potent influence in their lives. Though Emeritus Pro-
fessor he continued to be identified in many ways
with the Faculty so that by his death the college
mourns the loss of a devoted officer and a loyal friend
Abby Leach
J. Leverett Moore
Ella McCa1eb
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