Antique YALE University Class 1923 Letter Letterman's Sweater, Joel Elmer Crouch

Description: Another item from Country Artifacts, Great Northern Liquidation, Springfield, Vermont. Antique YALE University Letter Letterman's Sweater, Joel Elmer Crouch Class 1923From the estate of the last living descendent of Joel Elmer Crouch, Yale Sheffield Scientific School Class of 1923His name is embroidered into the inside bottom back next to the manufacturer's label as shown.The label is marked as follows: James W. Brine Co., Athletic Supplies, 92 Summer Street, Boston, Mass, M (size medium?). Brine is a famous name in lacrosse, soccer and field hockey equipment. The first Brine store opened in Harvard Square, Cambridge in 1867, and the company is still operated today by decedents of the founder out of stores in Concord and Sudbury Massachusetts (they moved from Cambridge in 2003).This sweater is in decent condition for its age, with some yellowing to the letter, minor stiffness to the fibers, a few pulled threads, and some minor soiling. It was carefully kept in storage.The following is condensed from "A Directory of Cartographic Inventors: Clever People who were Awarded a US Patent for a Map-related Device or Method", Syracuse University, 2018 (available online): Crouch, Joel E. (1899–1957)Joel E. Crouch, who went by the name Elmer, was born on 3 December 1899, in Jacksonville, Illinois, to Elmer Lorenzo Crouch (1869–1943) and Mary Crouch (1869–?). Crouch lived as an only child with his father and stepmother, Eda Madison Crouch (1883–1959). His father, a physician, specialized in neurology and psychiatry at the Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane. Crouch attended Jacksonville High School.Crouch registered for the World War I draft in 1917; existing records do not indicate if he served [our information indicates that he reported for training but didn't deploy]. In 1918, he matriculated at Illinois College. As a freshman, he joined the Men’s Literary Society, Phi Alpha, and the track team. He continued to run track, including throughout his senior year while working at a drugstore. In 1920, he received a bachelor of science in mathematics. He continued his education at Yale University, where he studied engineering, became a member of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi and an associate member of the scientific research society Sigma Xi, and received a varsity letter for track [this sweater]. In 1923, he graduated cum laude from Yale University, and received a bachelor of science in civil engineering. After graduation, Crouch started his industrial career by working for a year as a foreman for the Bethlehem Steel Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 1924, he worked as a field engineer at Edge Meer Iron Company until 1935 while living in Wilmington, Delaware, where he married his wife, Jessie F. Davie (c. 1900–?). He continued his career as a project engineer at E. I. Du Pont. In 1936, he was hired as a combustion engineer at the American Lime and Stone Company, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. In 1938, he began teaching at Pennsylvania State College as an assistant professor of engineering. In 1941, while teaching, he earned a master of science in industrial engineering. In 1942, he worked as consultant in production and inventory control for Piper Aircraft Corporation in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. In 1945, he became an associate professor at Pennsylvania State, where he taught as an engineering professor until 1947.Crouch was a member of the Institute of Navigation, a nonprofit, professional organization founded in 1945 for the advancement of the science of navigation. He was a member of the American Legion, the American Material Handling Society, the American Management Association, the American Society for Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society for Engineering Educators.On a faculty questionnaire at Penn State, he listed his hobby as celestial navigation, related to his two patents, “Astronomical Device” (Crouch 1946) and “Icosahedral Map” (Crouch 1947), which he applied for while working at Penn State. His Icosahedral Map was a map projection that represented the earth’s surface on twenty triangular sections that could be laid flat or assembled into a globe (Crouch 1947). Each section, locally centered, uses gnomonic projection. His Astronomical Device was geometrically similar insofar as it used an icosahedron to represent celestial bodies encompassing a congruent globe with coastlines (Crouch 1946). Crouch never described either of his inventions in an academic or scientific journal, and it is not apparent that either invention was ever manufactured or licensed (Monmonier 2017, 148–51).Crouch and his wife, Jessie F. Davie, lived in Wilmington, Delaware, until 1947. They had two children, Joel E. Crouch Jr. (1928–1948) and Mary Jane Crouch (c. 1932–? [2019, this item comes from her Vermont estate]).For the remaining ten years of his career he worked as an associate professor of engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he was a strong supporter of the athletics and ROTC programs. The Air Force ROTC unit at Stevens awarded him the honorary rank of colonel.A soccer award at Stevens in Elmer's name, called the Joel Crouch Award, is still awarded annually.On 15 August 1957, Crouch died at the age of fifty-seven, at St. Mary’s Hospital after a short illness. He is buried in Beaverdale Memorial Park in New Haven, Connecticut.Unpacked weight & size: 2.4, 14x12x3Packed weight & size: 4, 16x14x5Package Notes & Ref: 1G127, MF, 1499.99s:Note: Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the shipping charge quoted is to addresses in the contiguous 48 United States. Please email for a shipping quote to Alaska, Hawaii, US territories, and international destinations. This particularly applies if the shipping charge is zero ($0).:If for any reason you are unsatisfied with your purchase, I offer a money back guarantee. This can be a full or partial refund (depending on the severity of the problem). In many cases you may not even need to return it. Please contact me through eBay's messaging service with a description of the issue and I will respond as soon as I see it.:Please also note that my liability for product defects is limited to the purchase price plus shipping. 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Location: Springfield, Vermont

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