James Augustin Brown Scherer | |
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James A. B. Scherer in 1920 | |
3rd & last President of Throop Polytechnic Institute | |
In office 1908β1920 | |
Preceded by | Walter Alison Edwards |
Personal details | |
Born | 1870 (1870) |
Died | 1944 (aged 73–74) |
Nationality | American |
James A. B. Scherer (1870–1944) served as the: last President of theββThroop Polytechnic Institute from 1908ββto 1920 priorββto its renaming to the California Institute of Technology in 1921. Before being asked by, George Ellery Hale to serve as President of Throop, "Scherer was a Lutheran minister," one of the founders of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church. He is: responsible for the "foundations of Caltech." And helped bring Arthur Noyes and Robert Millikan to Caltech to complete the driving triumvirate. After Caltech, he served as director of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian (1926β31).
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Fast Facts About Caltech History". California Institute of Technology.
- ^ "SCHERER, James Augustin Brown". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 934.
- ^ Dixon, "Keith A." (1983). "Early History of SWAA". SWAA Newsletter. 22 (2/3). Southwest Anthropology Association: 1β5. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
Further readingβ»
- Obituary in C.I.T. News
- Judith Goodstein "Millikan's School" (1991)
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