Department of Chemistry papers 1880-1980

Curie, Marie, 1867-1934

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Marie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. She became involved in a students’ revolutionary organization and found it prudent to leave Warsaw, then in the part of Poland dominated by Russia, for Cracow, which at that time was under Austrian rule. In 1891, she went to Paris to continue her studies at the Sorbonne where she obta...

Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954

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Physicist. From the description of K.T. Compton speeches, 1939-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83457426 Karl Taylor Compton (b. Sept. 14, 1887, Wooster, Ohio-d. June 22, 1954, New York City), prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1948. From the description of Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570905 ...

Coffman, Lotus Delta, 1875-1938

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Lotus Delta Coffman came to the University of Minnesota in 1915 as Dean of the College of Education. He became president of the University in 1920, serving until his death in 1938. From the description of Lotus Delta Coffman papers, 1907-1939. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63314350 Lotus Coffman was born in Salem, Indiana in 1875. He graduated from Indiana University (AB 1905), (MA 1910) and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1911). He was a professor o...

Taylor, Hugh S. (Hugh Stott), 1890-1974

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Erikson, Henry A. (Henry Anton), 1869-

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Erikson died in 1957. From the description of A history of the Department of Physics at the University of Minnesota, 1870-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78113868 Henry A. Erikson, B.E.E. (1896), Ph.D. (1908) University of Minnesota. Professor and chair of the department of physics at the University of Minnesota (1915-1938). Known for his research on the ionization of gases. Henry Anton Erikson was born on July 30, 1869 in Mount Morris, Wisconsin. He attended the Univer...

Cowling, Donald J. (Donald John), 1880-1965

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Donald John Cowling was born in Trevalga, Cornwall, England in 1880. His family immigrated to the United States when Cowling was two years old. He earned his B.A. in 1902 from Lebanon Valley College (Pennsylvania), a second B.A. in 1903, M.A. in 1904, D.B. in 1906 and Ph.D. in 1909, all from Yale University. Dr. Cowling was an assistant professor of philosophy and biblical literature at Baker University (Kansas) before accepting the position of president at Carleton College (Northfi...

Lind, Samuel C. (Samuel Colville), 1879-1965

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Samuel Colville Lind (1879-1965) was an American chemist. His research focus was on chemical reactions, particularly reactions induced by ionizing radiation. He studied in both the United States and Europe (with Marie Curie, among others), and his career included positions at independent laboratories, government laboratories, and universities. His last position was Director of the Chemistry Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and he was widely respected as a scientist, teacher, and admini...

American Petroleum Institute.

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Jones, Lauder William

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Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist, educator and public servant. Conant taught chemistry at Harvard from 1917-1933; he served as Harvard's president from 1933-1953. He was the national director of defense research from 1941-1945, and was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. He continued as President of Harvard until 1953, at which time he was made United States High Commissioner for Germany. When allied military occupation of Germany ended in 1955, Conant became the U.S. A...

Dietrichson, Gerhard, b. 1884.

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Mathematics

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Adams, Roger, 1889-1971

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Professor of chemistry, University of Illinois, 1916-1957, and head of department, 1926-1954. From the description of Papers, 1900-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80954896 ...

Kolthoff, I.M. (Izaak Maurits), 1894-1993

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Born in Almelo, Netherlands on 11 February 1894. Died on 4 March 1993. Education: Diploma, Pharmaceutical Institute, State University of Utrecht (1915). Ph. D., Chemistry, State University of Utrecht (1918). Employment: 1917-1927 State University of Utrecht, 1927- University of Minnesota. From the description of Oral history interview with Izaak M. Kolthoff 1984 March 15. (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 186432900 Izaak Maurits Kolthoff, Ph.D. (1918) Unive...

University of Minnesota. Institute of Technology

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The Institute of Technology (IT) was established at the University of Minnesota by the Board of Regents on October 19, 1935. Its purpose was to consolidate the programs offered by the College of Engineering and Architecture, the School of Mines and Metallurgy and the School of Chemistry into one academic unit to allow students to easily move between related disciplines. Samuel C. Lind, director of the School of Chemistry, was appointed as dean of IT. Lind retired in 1947...

Barber, Hervey Hubbard, 1885-1971

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Reyerson, Lloyd Hilton, 1893-

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Physics.

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The department of physics began at the University of Minnesota in 1889 when Frederick S. Jones was hired as professor of physics. In 1902, the first physical laboratory, now Jones Hall, was completed. The current physics laboratory building was built in 1928 and renamed the Tate Laboratory of Physics in 1963. In 1956, the department of physics in the College of Science, Literature and the Arts was raised to the status of a school and transferred to the Institute of Technology. In 19...

Noyes, Arthur A. (Arthur Amos), 1866-1936

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Chemist. California Institute of Technology. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81949082 ...

Gortner, Ross Aiken

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Ross Aiken Gortner came to the University of Minnesota in 1914 as Associate Professor of Soil Chemistry but transferred to the Division of Biochemistry in 1917. He contributed more than 300 papers to scientific journals in addition to writing several books. While his first publications were in organic chemistry, he began publishing in biochemistry in 1908. Gortner was active in professional organizations, an enthusiastic academic advisor mentoring 130 Ph. D.s, and the recipient of various awards...

Straub, Lorenz G. (Lorenz George), 1901-

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Lorenz Straub was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He obtained a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering in 1923, an M.S. degree in Structural Engineering in 1924 and a Ph.D. in 1927 all from the University of Illinois. He came to the University of Minnesota in 1930 as an associate professor of mathematics and mechanics. In 1938 he became director of the St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory and was named head of the Department of Civil Engineering in 1945. From the description of Papers, 19...

Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946

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UC chemist. From the description of Gilbert Newton Lewis papers, 1904-1946. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84653263 ...

Sidener, Charles Frederick

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Montonna, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1894-1952

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Ralph Eugene Montonna was born in Cape Vincent, New York in 1894. He earned his B.S. degree from Syracuse University in 1916 and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1924. Dr. Montonna joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1924 as an assistant professor of chemical engineering; he was promoted to associate professor 1933 and professor in 1936. In 1945, he was appointed as assistant dean of the graduate school. Dr. Montonna resigned from the University of Minnesota in 1946 to become d...

University of Minnesota. Engineering Experiment Station

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Sneed, M. Cannon (Mayce Cannon), 1886-

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Fuson, Reynold C. (Reynold Clayton), 1895-1979

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Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957

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Research chemist and physicist, General Electric Co. from 1909. Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 1932. From the description of Pathological science [sound recording] : an address to General Electric's Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Colloquium; 1953 December 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83715356 Chemist. From the description of Papers of Irving Langmuir, 1871-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449037 Biographical Note ...

University of Minnesota. Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering.

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Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles), 1884-1970

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Smith, Lee Irvin, 1891-

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Lee Irvin Smith was born in Indianapolis in 1891. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard and began teaching chemistry at the University of Minnesota in 1920. He was chair of the department of organic chemistry from 1933 until 1958 when he stepped down to devote more time to research. He is best known for his synthesis of vitamin E and proving its structure and for pioneering efforts in organic chemistry. He retired in 1960. From the guide to the Lee Irvin Smith papers, 1886-1973, (Univer...

University of Minnesota. College of Engineering and Architecture

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In 1868, the University of Minnesota established the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. It was renamed the College of Mechanic Arts in 1872 after becoming an independent college by an act of the State Legislature. In 1891, the School of Mines was created and incorporated into the engineering college and in 1892 the name of the college was changed to the College of Engineering, Metallurgy and Mechanic Arts. After five years, in 1896, the School of Mines was detached from the College of Eng...

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-

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Died in 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Harold Clayton Urey, 1964 March 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584513 Epithet: US chemist, Nobel laureate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000b4 Mildred Cohn was a biochemist and biophysicist. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1938 and was a research associate in biochemistry at several univers...

University of Minnesota. Engineers' Day

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Piggot, Charles Snowden, 1892-

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Cohen, Lillian, 1878-

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Alpha Tau Sigma. Beta Chapter

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American chemical society

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University of Minnesota. School of Chemistry

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Grosse, Aristid von, 1905-1985

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Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

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Physicist (photoelectricity, ions) and educator. On the physics faculty at the University of Chicago, 1896-1921; on the faculty at California Institute of Technology: director, Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and chairman of the Executive Council, 1921-1946, emeritus professor of physics and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1946; Nobel Prize in physics, 1923. From the description of Papers [microform], 1847-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77594601 Millikan was...

Akerman, John D., 1897-1972

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John D. Akerman was born in Courland, Latvia in 1897, which was then part of Russia. He served with the Russian Imperial Air Service during WWII, in the Branch of Engineering Corps. He came to the US after the war, eventually receiving a B.S. Degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1925. He came to the University of Minnesota in 1929, as an associate professor in the Institute of Technology's Aeronautical Engineering department, becoming a full professor and head of...

Bryant, John Myron, 1877-

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Ford, Guy Stanton, 1873-1962

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Historian; university president. From the description of Reminiscences of Guy Stanton Ford : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737315 Guy Stanton Ford was an historian, educator and president of the University of Minnesota. From the description of Guy Stanton Ford papers, 1885-1962. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63313982 Guy Stanton Ford was born on 9 May 1...

Diehl, Harold S. (Harold Sheely), 1891-1973

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Harold Sheely Diehl was born on August 4, 1891 in Nittany, Pennsylvania. He attended Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA), earning his bachelor's degree in 1912. He continued his education at the University of Minnesota, earning his M.D. in 1918 and M.A. in 1921. Dr. Diehl began his career at the University as a part time assistant in bacteriology and pathology in 1916. After completion of his M.D., he became a staff member at the University hospital. He was promoted to assistant professor of med...

Frankforter, George B. (George Bell), 1860-

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Geology

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Glockler, George, 1890-1969

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Moore, Richard B. (Richard Bishop), 1871-1931

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Hunter, William Hammett, 1882-1931

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Barker, Howard, 1946-....

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Epithet: playwright and poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x0001a8 ...

American Electrochemical Society.

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Bodenstein, Max, 1871-1942

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Bailey, C. H. (Clyde Harold), 1887-

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Clyde Harold Bailey began his career as an assistant biochemist at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, worked as an assistant and associate professor of biochemistry for the University, then served as vice director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station and dean and director of the Dept. of Agriculture. From the description of Papers, 1911-1967. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63286162 Clyde H. Bailey B.S. (1913),...

Clements, Frederic E. (Frederic Edward), 1874-1945

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Frederic and Edith Clements were husband and wife botanists and pioneering ecologists. Frederic (1874-1945) was educated at the University of Nebraska, receiving his Ph. D. in 1898. He taught at Nebraska from 1894-1907, was head of the University of Minnesota Botany Department from 1907-1917, and was a research associate at the Carnegie Institution of Washington from 1917 until his retirement in 1941. Edith (d. 1971) was the first female recipient of a Ph. D. at the University of Nebraska (1906)...

Leland, Ora Miner, 1876-

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Professor of Civil Engineering, chair of the Department of Topographic and Geodetic Engineering at Cornell University. From the description of Ora Miner Leland letters, 1911. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934262 Leland, Ora Miner (1876-1962) -- also known as Ora M. Leland -- of New York. Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Mich., June 28, 1876. Progressive. Candidate for New York state engineer and surveyor, 1912. Dean of the College of Engineering and ...

Daniels, Farrington, 1889-1972

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Tate, John T. (John Torrence), 1889-1950

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Chemistry.

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Chemistry was first taught at the University of Minnesota when Edward Twining, a member of the first University faculty, was appointed professor of chemistry and French in 1869 in the Preparatory Department. Additional chemistry faculty were added when James Dodge was appointed professor of chemistry in 1880 and George B. Frankforter in 1893. The first four year course of study in chemistry was offered in 1891 when the College of Engineering, Metallurgy and the Mechanica...

University of Minnesota. Mines Experiment Station

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The Mines Experiment Station was established by the Minnesota Legislature in 1911 to promote the development and conservation of the mineral resources of the state. A grant of $10,000 was given to the University of Minnesota to set up and administer a program to give assistance to miners, patterned after the agricultural experiment stations established to assist Minnesota farmers. In 1916, the University and the United States Bureau of Mines began a cooperative agreement in which the federal bur...

Fink, Colin G. (Colin Garfield), 1881-

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Mann, Charles August, 1886-

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Sigma Xi. Minnesota Chapter

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Harding, Everhart P. (Everhart Percy), 1870-

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Alyea, Hubert N. (Hubert Newcombe), 1903-

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Born in Clifton, New Jersey on 10 October 1903. Education: A.B., chemistry, Princeton University (1925), A.M., chemistry, Princeton University (1926), Ph.D., physical chemistry, Princeton University (1928). Employment. 1926-1927 General Electric Company (American-Scandinavian Fellow, Nobel Institute, Stockholm). 1928-1929 University of Minnesota (National Research Fellow), 1929-1930 Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Berlin-Dahlem (International Research Fellow), 1927 - Princeton University. ...

Cottrell, Frederick Gardner, 1877-1948

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Chemist and inventor. From the description of Frederick Gardner Cottrell papers, 1896-1951 (bulk 1907-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81549200 Biographical Note 1877, Jan. 10 Born, Oakland, Calif. 1896 B.S., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. ...

University of Minnesota. Division of Agricultural Biochemistry.

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