Balinkin, Isay A.

Dr. Isay Balinkin was known for his many contributions to scientific research in the field of color and for his innovative teaching methods. He was born on September 14, 1900 in Odessa, Ukraine. He attended Commercial High School in Odessa. By the summer of 1921, he had made his way to Constantinople as a political refugee. He found a job with the assistance of a relief commission in a new electrical laboratory at Robert College. The dean, L.A. Scipio, took an interest in Balinkin and helped him to enter the college where he studied Mechanical Engineering.

He came to the United States in 1925 and attended graduate school at the University of Cincinnati, receiving a master's degree in physics in 1926 and his Ph.D. in 1929. Balinkin was appointed Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cincinnati in 1929. He worked on the planning committee of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Starting in 1936, he also served as Research Consultant for the Cambridge Tile Mfg. Co. Balinkin spent 9 months each year teaching and the other 3 conducting research at the Cambridge Tile Manufacturing Co.

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