Royal D. Sloan joined the engineering faculty at the State College of Washington (later Washington State University) in 1923, becoming the second dean of the engineering college in 1942. He was known to be very supportive of his students, especially during the war years. As dean, he presided over the establishment of the divisions of Industrial Research and Industrial Services and their parent unit, the Washington State Institute of Technology. He served as both dean of the engineering college and institute vice-director until 1956 and continued to teach until his retirement in 1960. Sloan Hall at Washington State University was named after him in 1962.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other papers (approximately 100 items) of Royal D. Sloan, professor of Engineering at the State College of Washington. Topics include: the State College of Washington's College of Engineering; the dedication of Carpenter Hall on campus; and the U.S. President's Water Resources Policy Commission.
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Royal D. Sloan Papers, 1942-1950 (Cage 4408)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Royal D. Sloan gifted these papers to the WSU Libraries in 1960.
Royal D. Sloan Letters, 1941-1952
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