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He transferred to the University of Wisconsin, where he completed his final year and a half and received the Bachelor of Science degree in 1916 (and later, in 1932, the Civil Engineering degree)
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After four years on the faculty at Purdue University, Solomon Hollister came to Cornell as Professor and Director of the School of Civil Engineering in 1934. He became Associate Dean and then Dean of the College of Engineering in 1937, a position he held for twenty-two years, until his retirement in 1959.
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Solomon Hollister was awarded honorary Doctor of Engineering degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Purdue University, and Lehigh University, and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin. He was elected to honorary membership in no fewer than six national professional societies: American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Mechanical
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He was a Research Associate and President of the Paleontological Research Institute in Ithaca and contributed scientific papers and one book to the literature of this field. Solomon Cady Hollister was a famous man, a distinguished man, a good man, a man of great achievements; to those who knew him well, he was a Renaissance man.
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