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Leighton, Arthur Whiting

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1894 -- 1973 - 1973

Biography

Abstract:

Arthur Whiting Leighton was a professor of engineering design and graphics who taught engineering design at Tufts for over 45 years (1917-1963) and was known for his dedication to students. Leighton served as counselor for freshman and sophomore engineering students from 1931-1960 and as director of counseling for the College of Liberal Arts and Jackson College from 1936-1948a. From 1944-1946, he served as director of the Veteran's Center at the Tufts School for War Veterans. During his life, Leighton was active in various Congregational church organizations.

Arthur Whiting Leighton (March 7, 1894 - March 12, 1973) served as instructor of technical design at the University of Maine (1914-1917), as instructor of technical drawing at Tufts (1917-1919) where he also took classes and was made an honorary member of the class of 1917, and as a mathematics teacher at the Huntington School (1921-1922). He received his B.S. from the University of Massachusetts in 1921, his Ed. M. from Harvard in 1924, and his Ed. D. from Harvard in 1932.



As professor of engineering graphics Leighton taught engineering design at Tufts for over 45 years (1917-1963) and was known for his dedication to students. Leighton served as counselor for freshman and sophomore engineering students from 1931-1960 and as director of counseling for the College of Liberal Arts and Jackson College from 1936-1948. From 1944-1946, he served as director of the Veteran's Center at the Tufts School for War Veterans. During his life, Leighton was active in various Congregational church organizations. He was married to Frances Rowland Freeman, and they had one son, Arthur W. Leighton, Jr.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Arthur W. Leighton Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS056
Scope and Contents This collection includes church organizational documents and brochures, correspondence, educational records, essays, news clippings and photographs from Tufts University professor Arthur Whiting Leighton. In addition to his service to Tufts as a professor of engineering design and graphics, Leighton was active in a number of local Congregational church organzations. Some of these organizations included in his papers are North Street Church, Boston Congregational Club, Woburn Association of...
Dates: 1913 -- 1973
Found in: Tufts Archival Research Center