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Gompei Kuwada

1890

One of its first international students, Japanese-born Gompei Kuwada is an accomplished academic and athlete at WPI. He good-naturedly accepts the job of goat keeper for the school’s mascot. When he returns to Japan, Kuwada is in charge mechanical engineering operation of the Osaka Gas Company. The school mascot is still affectionately called Gompei in his honor.