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Oct 08, 2019 ERIK
Charles E. Thorne
In 1878, The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College formally was renamed The Ohio State University. With that change, the educational emphasis moved towards a liberal arts education rather than strictly agricultural and mechanical arts.
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Oct 08, 2019 ERIK
Edmund Secrest
Edmund Secrest (1882-1949) was Ohio’s first state forester and also served as associate director and director of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster.
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Oct 08, 2019 ERIK
Clifton J. Latiolais
During his 25 years at University Hospital, Clifton Latiolais radically transformed pharmacy services and the role of pharmacists in hospitals by:
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Oct 01, 2019 ERIK
Esther van der Knaap
It has taken 10,000 years of domestication trial and error to create the huge variety of tomatoes found in today’s farmers markets. Until the pioneering work by Esther van der Knaap, associate professor of horticulture and cr
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Oct 01, 2019 ERIK
Stillman Robinson
Stillman Robinson (1838-1910) led a varied and interesting life. He began his career as an apprentice machinist in order to earn money for college, then made the 625 mile journey from his home in Vermont to the University of
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Oct 01, 2019 ERIK
William G. Myers
In 1981, while being awarded the Georg Charles de Havesy Nuclear Pioneer award, the presenter dubbed William Myers (1908-1988) ‘the godfather of the cyclotron.’ His road to that honorific began much earlier – in 1940, just a year
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Oct 01, 2019 ERIK
Paul M. Fitts
Upon completion of his PhD in psychology, Paul Fitts (1912-1965) joined the military, where he rose to the rank Lieutenant Colonel and became the first director of the Psychology Branch of the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
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Sep 24, 2019 ERIK
Velma Vizedom Everhart
Velma Vizedom Everhart (1916-2013) served as a chapter advisor and later national president of the Home Economics honorary Phi Upsilon Omicron.
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