outstanding scientific or engineering achievements in support of the objectives of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Note that the Stratton Student Center on the MIT campus is dedicated to a different former president of MIT, Julius Adams Stratton. Notes Sources New York Times: "Dr. S.W. stratton, Educaor, is Dead," October 19, 1931, accessed Dec 18, 2009 MIT: "SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON, 1861-1931", accessed Dec 21, 2009 MIT: "Stratton: Inaugural Address, accessed Dec. 22, 2009 External links 1861 births 1931 deaths University of Chicago faculty Presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Illinois Industrial University alumni NIST Directors People from Litchfield, Illinois