Mount Rainier, Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone National Parks James Kip Finch (B.S. 1906), American engineer and educator, dean of Columbia Engineering from 1941 to 1950 Maurice L. Sindeband (E.E. 1907), American electrical engineer, former president of the Ogden Corporation Kingdon Gould Sr. (E.M. 1909), financier and polo player; father of ambassador Kingdon Gould Jr. Grover Loening (M.S. 1910), American aircraft manufacturer, designer of first successful monoplane José Raúl Capablanca (1910), one of the greatest chess players of all time Alfonso Valdés Cobián (E.E. 1911), Puerto Rican industrialist, co-founder of Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico Eugene Dooman (1912), counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo vital in the negotiations between the U.S. and Japan before World War II David Steinman (PhD. 1911), director of the reconstruction of Brooklyn Bridge Harry Babcock (1912), 1912 Olympic champion in pole vaulting Harvey Seeley Mudd (B.S. 1912), Metallurgical Engineer, president of Cyprus Mines Corporation, co-founder of Claremont McKenna College and namesake of Harvey Mudd College of Engineering Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (E.M. 1912), United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia, United States Ambassador to Switzerland, United States Ambassador to Guatemala Edwin Armstrong (E.E. 1913), inventor of the frequency modulation transmission method Willard F. Jones (M.S. 1916), naval architect, head of National Safety Council's marine section and Vice President of Gulf Oil Seeley G. Mudd (B.S. 1917), American physician, professor and major philanthropist to academic institutions; namesake of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library of Princeton University Philip Sporn (E.E. 1917), Austrian engineer and recipient of IEEE Edison Medal; former president and CEO of American Electric Power Allen Carpé (E.E. 1919), first person to have climbed Mount Bona, Mount Fairweather, and Mount Logan Radu Irimescu (1920), former Romanian ambassador to the United States Langston Hughes (1922), poet of the Harlem Renaissance Arthur Loughren (M.S. 1925), Pioneer in radio engineering and television engineering Edward Lawry Norton (M.S. 1925), Bell Lab engineer, developer of Norton equivalent circuit Hyman Rickover (M.S. 1928), Father of the Nuclear U.S. Navy Hugh Alessandroni (Columbia College: B.A. 1929, SEAS: 1931), member of the US Fencing Hall of Fame, 2-time Olympian, 2-time US foil champion, 7 team national championships Raymond D. Mindlin (B.S. 1931), researcher and professor known for his contributions to applied mechanics, applied physics, and Engineering Sciences, recipient of National Medal of Science Helmut W. Schulz (B.S. 1933, M.S. 1934), President Dynecology, developed uranium centrifugation (gas centrifuge), laser analysis, safe waste conversion Robert D.