- John Daniel Runkle
John Daniel Runkle (1822 - 1902) was a U.S. educator and
mathematician . He served as acting president ofMIT from 186870 and president between 1870 and 1878.Professor Runkle was born at Root, New York State. He graduated in 1851 at the
Lawrence Scientific School ofHarvard University and wasprofessor of mathematics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1865 until his retirement in 1902. Manual training was introduced into the institutecurriculum largely at his instance. He founded the "Mathematical Monthly" in 1859 and continued its publication until 1861.His publications include:
* "New Tables for Determining the Values of Coefficients in the Perturbative Function of Planetary Motion" (1856)
* "The Manual Element in Education" (1882), reprinted from the "Reports" of theMassachusetts Board of Education
* "Report on Industrial Education" (1883)
* "Elements of Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry" (1888)In the town of
Brookline, Massachusetts , Runkle was a chairman of the School Committee and an early advocate of mathematics and technical education. An elementary school located at 50 Druce Street was established in his name in 1897.----
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