Abstract :
A tablet to the memory of the late Paul Howes Norcross, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and American Institute of Consulting Engineers, who was lost in the Norman boat disaster on the Mississippi River, May 1925, was erected on the grounds of Georgia School of Technology, his Alma Mater, by his fellow engineers and unveiled October 30th with appropriate ceremonies witnessed by a representative group of students, friends and engineers from distant points. The principal address, “The Contributions of Paul Norcross to the Engineering Profession” was made by Robert Ridgway, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, who paid high tribute to Mr. Norcross for his public spirit and engineering ability.