MY MEMORIES

Charles Glenn Petersen

Iowa State University

In the Fall of 1960, I returned to college, actually the same college but now it was a university. I moved into the Sigma Pi Fraternity house just a block west on Lincoln Way from Clyde Williams Field. (Today it is the former football field.)

I was continuing in my pursuit of a degree in Electrical Engineer as a Junior. I was taking only 3 courses: a 6-credit-hour EE course, a 4-credit Differential Equations math course, and a 3-credit Strength of Materials course from T&AM. T&AM is the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Department which teaches what I call basic engineering courses. However, we called it Torture and Applied Murder, because the department was known for its rigor.

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