Abstract :
Bion J. Arnold, the sixteenth president of the Institute, was born in Casnovia, Michigan, August 14, 1861. His early education was gained in the public schools of Ashland, Nebraska. later attending the University of Nebraska and Hillsdale (Michigan) College, from which he received the degree of B. S. in 1884 and M. S. in 1887. In 1888–89 he took a post-graduate course in electrical engineering at Cornell University.
