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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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Sep 24, 2019 ERIK
Edgar Dale
Edgar Dale (1900-1985) was internationally renowned for his most famous breakthrough — the Cone of Experience — and its theory of the relationship between multimedia elements and the retention of memory through users.
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Sep 24, 2019 ERIK
Martha L. King
Martha King (1918-2007) was a leading figure in writing instruction, literacy research and the development and study of informal classrooms within the College of Education at Ohio State. In the 1970’s, Dr. King and Dr.
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Sep 24, 2019 ERIK
Beatrice J. Cleveland
Beatrice Cleveland (1921-2012) influenced the lives of thousands of Ohio’s young people and volunteer leaders through her life-long involvement with the 4-H youth program at Ohio State.
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Sep 24, 2019 ERIK
Gay Su Pinnell
Gay Su Pinnell, professor emerita of The Ohio State University School of Teaching and Learning, and her colleague Irene Fountas created the standards that our educational system abides by today. Pinnell and Fountas’ work was
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Sep 18, 2019 ERIK
Sidney L Pressey
Sidney Pressey, (1888-1979) was a professor of psychology at The Ohio State University from 1921 until his retirement in 1959. As a boy, Pressey was often bored in school, feeling that he already knew the subject material, or
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