MORLEY, EDWARD WILLIAMS (29 Jan. 1838-24 Feb. 1923), scientist and professor at WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY whose work with ALBERT MICHELSON laid a foundation for Albert Einstein's later work, was born in Newark, N.J., to Sardis Brewster and Anna Clarissa Treat Morley.
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NASSAU, JASON J. (29 Mar. 1893-11 May 1965), astronomer and skillful popularizer, was born in Smyrna, Turkey, to Greek parents, John and Maria Christie Nassau. He earned a Ph.D. from Syracuse University, and did graduate study at Columbia, Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities.
ODENBACH, FREDERICK L., SJ (21 Oct. 1857-15 Mar. 1933), priest, meteorologist, and professor at JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY for 40 years, was born in Rochester, N.Y., the son of John and Elizabeth Minges Odenbach. He received his bachelor's degree from Canisius College in Buffalo in 1881, joined the Society of Jesus in Sept.
PRINDLE KARL E. (10 Dec. 1902 - 13 Oct.1998) was twenty-four when he developed moisture-proof cellophane for DuPont in the mid-1920s. He was born in Charlotte, Vermont, to Carrie and Edwin H. Prindle, a lumberman at a sawmill. In 1925, Prindle graduated from Oberlin College. Prindle worked for DuPont after college until he began working for Dobeckmun Co. of Cleveland, now Dow Chemical, in 1932.
PRUTTON, CARL F. (30 July 1898-15 July 1970), chemical engineer and educator, was born in Cleveland to Daniel and Julia Seelbach Prutton. He attended Purdue University (1915-16) before serving in Mexico with the Natl. Guard., graduated from Case School of Applied Science (See: CWRU) in 1920, and joined the school's faculty as an instructor in chemistry.
ROBBINS, DR. FREDERICK CHAPMAN (25 August 1916- 4 August 2003) was a pediatrician, Nobel Prize laureate, and former Dean of the Medical School at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. Born to botanists William J. and Christine Chapman Robbins in Auburn, AL, Frederick Robbins grew up in Columbia, MO, and received his A.B. (1936) and B.S.
SCHEELE, WILLIAM E. (4 April 1920-10 Oct. 1998) was the director of the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY from 1949-1972. He was born in Cleveland to Pauline M. (Karl) and William C. Scheele, a bricklayer.
SCIENCE. In America during the 1800s science grew from the level of dilettantes to large-scale research performed by university-trained professionals. Financial support for science matured as well, outgrowing the individual's pocketbook to tap the coffers of government, corporations, and public and private institutions.
SHANKLAND, ROBERT SHERWOOD (11 Jan. 1908-5 Mar. 1982), physicist-educator and noted acoustical designer, was born in Willoughby, Ohio, to Frank N. and Margaret Jane Wedlock Shankland. After graduating from Willoughby High School, he attended Case School of Applied Science, receiving a B.S. in 1929 and an M.S.
SMITH, ALBERT W. (4 Oct. 1862 - 4 Mar. 1927), chemist, professor, and a founder of Dow Chemical Co., was born in Newark, Ohio to Geo. H. and Mary Smith, graduated from the University of Michigan in chemistry (1885), received a B.S. from Case School of Applied Science (1887) (see CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY), and his Ph.D.
VEGETATION, CIRCA 1800. When MOSES CLEAVELAND arrived in northeast Ohio in 1796, the land that would become Cuyahoga County was almost completely forested. We know this, and much more information about the area’s vegetation, from land su
The BLOSSOM, a 20,000-mi anthropological expedition sponsored by the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATIONAL HISTORY, was undertaken to make natural-history collections and surveys on the islands of the South Atlantic. Dr.
WICKENDEN, WILLIAM E. (24 Dec. 1882-1 Sept. 1947) was president of the Case School of Applied Science (later Case Institute of Technology; see CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY) and was active in the civic life of Cleveland.
ZAPF, NORMAN F. (14 July 1911-23 June 1974), a mechanical engineer whose research in streamlining led to the design and construction of streamlined locomotives, was born in Cleveland to Herman R. and Mabel (McNess) Zapf. He entered Case School of Applied Science, studying aerodynamics under Dr. Paul Hemke.