Rust, S. Murray

From Lehigh Engineering Heritage Initiative

**S. Murray Rust**
S. Murray Rust, alumnus
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Degree:	B.S. mechanical engineering
Graduation:	1934
Notable Achievement:	former chairman and director of The Rust Engineering Company

S. Murray Rust is a member of the Lehigh University undergraduate class of 1934. He retired as chairman and director of The Rust Engineering Company, which is now part of The Washington Group. As a student, Rust was a mechanical engineer, participated in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and was a member of Pi Tau Sigma and Delta Phi. Since graduation, he has maintained his ties with Lehigh, having served as president of the Lehigh Alumni Association, class president, and is an emeritus trustee of the university.

Rust feels that the future of the country, its culture and civilization depend on our ability to pass on our knowledge, reasoning ability and values to the succeeding generation. To achieve this, he says, we need good schools and must see to it that all able (and some not so able) students attend them. This, he says, can only be achieved through scholarships and careful attention to the administration of our schools. For these reasons, Rust established the Rust Engineering Co. Scholarship, and has served on the governing board of every school he has attended and several others.

Rust and his wife, Elinor, live in Orleans, Massachusetts.