Massachusetts Institute of Technology Directory of Students, 1939
Dublin Core
Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Directory of Students, 1939
Alternative Title
MIT Student Directory
Subject
Colleges
Universities
Description
A page from the 1939 edition of Technique, the yearbook for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This page shows the directory of students. A notable student listed is Major Jack Cameron Heist (1919-1944). Maj. Heist was born to Henry S. Heist and Christina Heist on November 6, 1919, in Eustis, Florida. He received his commission on May 29, 1939, to serve in World War II. Maj. Heist was an Ammunition Officer for the XIX Corps. He died during his service in an ambush on September 2, 1944, near Thiant, France. He is currently buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. Maj. Heist is one of 85 Florida residents interned at Epinal.
Source
Digital reproduction of original yearbook page: Technique (Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939), page 284. http://interactive.ancestry.com/1265/41349_630630_0121-00313/295056304?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/38722788/person/20409592223/facts/citation/157573325883/edit/record .
Publisher
Date Created
ca. 1939
Date Copyrighted
1939
Date Issued
1939
Is Part Of
Technique (Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939): Source Repository.
Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
476 KB
Medium
1 yearbook page
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by Technique.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by The Wilkes-Barre Record and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Epinal Cemetery Project
Curator
Almanza, Esteban
Cepero, Laura
External Reference
"Libération de Thiant." La Voix Du Nord. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/liberation-de-thiant-l-histoire-bouleversante-du-ia27b36952n2369051.
"Maj Jack C Heist." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=heist&GSiman=1&GScid=1991677&GRid=56372930& .
"Local Men in Armed Forces." The Wilkes-Barre Record, December 24, 1942, page 6. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4441134/the_wilkesbarre_record/.
Citation
Esteban Almanza, “Massachusetts Institute of Technology Directory of Students, 1939,” RICHES, accessed August 24, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6978.