by Michael W. Dorsey Since its first issue went to press a century ago, the WPI Journal has chronicled the lives and careers of thousands of alumni. Together, their stories comprise a panorama as rich and exciting as the 20th century itself. To observe its 100th birthday, the Journal retells 100 of those stories. by Joan Killough-Miller For Maureen McCaffrey, helping manage one of the largest construction projects in the world is just another day on the job.

by Elizabeth Walker There are nearly as many adjectives to describe the late David Todd as there are friends, colleagues and students whose lives he touched. by Michael W. Dorsey The 16th installment of "The Entrepreneurial Spirit" looks at William Price, who has focused his inventive genius on a long list of problems in fields as diverse as cosmetics packaging and airplane manufacturing.

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Front cover: Completed in 1913, Grand Central Terminal in New York quickly became the crossroads of America. Today, this monumental transportation center symbolizes the incredible scientific, technological, social and political changes that have transformed our world over the past century. Hamilton Chapman, Class of 1886, a consulting engineer for Grand Central, was one of the thousands of WPI graduates who helped drive that change. He is among the 100 "people of the century" profiled in this special centennial issue of the Journal. Photo copyright Library of Congress/Corbis. Back Cover: A student enjoys a break from the end-of-term frenzy in Reunion Plaza. Photo by Lionel Delevingne.

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