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William B. Hamilton

William B. Hamilton was the fourth dean of the department of Engineering and Science. He got his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Alabama Polytechnic institute, where he later became an instructor in woodwork from 1902-1903. He left academia and went to work as a mechanical draftsman for Hardie-Tynes Mfg. Co., in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1905, he moved to Toronto, where he worked as head draftsman for John Inglis Company. He worked in Toronto for only a year before moving to Corliss, Wisconsin, and worked as a mechanical draftsman and engineer for the Wisconsin Engine Company from 1905-1907. In 1907, he went back into the academic field when he moved to Ruston, Louisiana to become the superintendent (Dean) of the Mechanic Arts Department of Louisiana Industrial Institute.

Unfortunately, there is not much record of his stay in Ruston, due to a fire at the Old Main building.