Abstract :
Arthur William Berresford, thirty-third president of the Institute (1920–1921), was born in Brooklyn, New York, in the year 1872. After the completion of his grade school education, he entered the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute to prepare for his professional career and was graduated with the class of 1892. He then entered as Senior at Cornell University, graduating in 1893 with the degree of M. E. in Electricity.
