Arthur E. Silver [Photograph for the U of M Class of 1902]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.O.1981.34
Description
A sepia 1/2 portrait taken in 1902 by Ramsdell & Halloran of Bangor, ME. The subject is Arthur E. Silver in his University of Maine graduation photo. He's a young man looking slightly to his right in a three piece suit with high collar and patterned, diamond-point bowtie. Silver was active in organizing Class of 1902 events and reunions; Fogler Library houses an archive of photographs and textual materials that Silver curated in his lifetime regarding this graduating class. Silver spent his career in electrical engineering, receiving professional recognition for a cost saving innovation in rural electrification in 1951 and an honorary doctorate from U of M in 1954.