Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Ned Harkness, who led RPI to the 1954 NCAA men's hockey tournament championship, and college president Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson react during his induction into the Engineers' Ring of Honor on Feb. 9, 2007, at Houston Field House in Troy.