Margaret Floy was born in New York City, New York back in 1871 to Francis and Elizabeth. She was the only child so to pass time she read, long before she started school. In school, she learned French and German. In 1886, she graduated from high school at 15.   She entered Vassar College in Poughkeepsie graduating in 1891. She continued her education at Cornell, however during that time Cornell hadn’t acknowledged the admission of females, so she earned her Master’s degree from Vassar. After graduation, she went to work for Wells College in Aurora, New York. She stayed there 6 years before moving to Cornell working in the laboratories. In 1903, she returned to Vassar where she remained for the rest of her life. She suffered a stroke in 1937, never fully recovering she died in 1939, she w... 10/27/2018

Stepan Prokopovych was born in Shpotvka, Russian Empire back in 1878. He graduated from St. Petersburg Institute of Engineers Ways of Communication in 1901. He stayed at that institution for two years after graduation as an instructor. In 1906, he was appointed to the Chair of Strength of Material at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute leaving in 1911.He moved back to St. Petersburg where he worked as a Professor in the Electrotechnical Institute and the St. Petersburg Institute of the Railways from 1911-1917.In 1922, he moved to the United States working for Westinghouse Electric Corporation until 1927. He moved again to be a faculty professor at the University of Michigan creating the first bachelor’s and doctoral programs in engineering mechanics. His textbooks have been published in 36 l... 09/23/2018

Charles Henry Thompson was born in Jackson, Mississippi back in 1895 to Patrick and Sara. Both of his parents were teachers so after high school he enrolled in Virginia Union University graduating in 1917 with a Bachelor’s Degree. He was drafted into the U.S. Army having trained at Camp Grant, deployed to France where he rose through the ranks being discharged was a Regimental Sergeant Major. After being discharged he continued his education with a double major at the University of Chicago graduating in 1919, he received a Master’s Degree in 1920 and a Ph.D. in 1925. He was a professor at Howard University for 40 years from (1926-1966). He died in1980 at 84 in Hyattsville, Maryland.What you may not know about Charles is that he was the first African American to obtain a doctoral degree ... 09/06/2018

Stanley Donald was born in Hay Springs, Nebraska back in 1915 to Stanley Sr. and Hermie. Both of his parents were teachers, when he was 6 years old the family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended Coe College graduating with a liberal arts degree in chemistry and mathematics, then onto Lafayette College where he earned his Master of Science degree. From there he attended MIT in Cambridge where he received his doctorate in 1940.After graduation, he started his career at Corning Glass researching uses for glass and ceramics. During his years at Corning he invented many things that we still use today. He held around 60 patents, two of which I will mention in the blog. The first one was in 1948 when he mistakenly heated a piece of FotoForm glass to 900ºC. That mistake lead to what we now... 08/14/2018

Elizabeth Griscom was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back in 1752 to Samuel and Rebecca. Being born into a strict Quaker household she learned to sew from her great-aunt Sarah. She attended a Quaker-run state school. While assisting her father in the upholster business she fell I love with John. The couple eloped in 1773 marrying at Hugg’s Tavern in Gloucester City, New Jersey.When the American Revolutionary War started John was a member of the Pennsylvanian Provincial Militia. John was killed in action when a gunpowder keg exploded. She continued to repair uniforms, making tents, blankets and stuffed paper tube cartridges for the Continental Army.After the war she married again twice, all total she had five daughters and no sons. She spent the last three years with her daughter Jan... 06/19/2018

William Robinson was born in Ireland back in 1840. I don’t know when he moved to the United States but he grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A. in 1865, his M.A. in 1868 and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from Boston University in 1907. In 1867, during his spare time he began developing a system that is still in use to this day. it took him three years before installing it in 1870. He started his own company in 1873, more on that in a moment. That company was bought out in 1881. He held several patents, the first coaster brake used on bicycles, roller bearing skates and a repeating telephone. He died in 1921 at 80 in Brooklyn, New York.What you may not know about William is that he invented the first track circuit used in railway signaling, that system ... 06/14/2018

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Annie Warburton was born in Brunswick, New Jersey back in 1866. She enrolled in the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1890. After graduation in 1892 she worked at St. Luke’s Hospital, becoming Superintendent of Nursing at New York Hospital in 1907, she was named General Superintendent at Bellevue. During WWI, she became chief nursing inspector for the U.S. Army hospitals where she made key decisions about nursing. She died in Cobalt, Connecticut in 1954.What you may not know about Annie Warburton Goodrich, is that among her many accomplishments, she was the Founder of the U.S. Army School of Nursing and Dean at the Yale School of Nursing until her retirement in 1934. During WWII, she helped organize the Cadet Nurse Corps. One other thing in her spare time she was also pres... 04/23/2018

Emily Jazmin Tatum was born in Heidelberg, West Germany back in 1983. She graduated from Oxon High School in Maryland, ranking among the top-10 students in her class. After graduation, she entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. Following graduation in 2005 she was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, assigned to the 204th Support Battalion, end Brigade, 4th Infantry Division of the United States Army.She was leading a convoy through Al Klfl, Iraq when she was killed in action by a homemade IUD. She was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Hear, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon and the Combat Action Badge posthumously. What you may not know about ... 04/14/2018

Charles Ward was born in Eatonton, Georgia back in 1872 to George and Anna. He was only one of eighteen children born to the couple. He attended Knox Institute and Morris Brown University. He was 10 years old when he started earning a living by working at odd jobs like lumber yards, and brick and mortar positions. Later on, he was a school teacher in White Plains, Georgia.He was the first head electrician of U.S. Steel. Ever the entrepreneur, he was involved in much more than being an electrician. He helped import silver, tin and mahogany for the Gold Coast of West Africa. In 1922, he imported 100,000 tons of manganese and around $8,000,000.00 worth of mahogany. He also successfully designed a long-distance airplane.What you may not know about Charles Ward Chappelle is that he was an Af... 03/04/2018

John Rock was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts back in 1890. He graduated from Harvard University in 1918. A few years later you could find him operating his medical practice. By the 1940’s he was teaching at Harvard University Medical School. In 1931, he was the only Catholic physician to sign a petition to legalize something, more on that in a moment.It wasn’t until he was 70 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved what he had been working on for most of his adult life. For you see John Rock played a major role in the development of the first birth control pill. That approval came in 1960. He died in 1984 at 94. Until tomorrow keep a smile on your face, be contagious and pass it on 02/22/2018

Well when we left NW Arkansas Tuesday it was 25º not counting the wind chill. We touched down in Ft. Myers around 1PM to a sunny and nice 80º. Like all tourists I went walking down the beach hunting of course for that perfect sea shell this morning. While I picked up a few to show to my lovely bride of 50 years tomorrow. I just had to take a photo of the sunrise.Warm temps, with the love of my life and a sunrise like this, what could be better?Enjoy your day, live it to the fullest and keep that smile on your face, so far you’ve made it through another day. 02/07/2018

Judith Graham was born in Queens, New York back in 1919.  She studied physics at the University of Chicago where she married during her junior year.  After graduation, she taught physics at Hobart College in Geneva, New York.  Moving to California she continued her education at Stanford Research Institute.  She moved briefly to Oslo, Norway on a Fulbright research fellowship, before returning to Stanford School of Medicine.  From 1956-1970, she was a senior research associate advancing to senior scientist in 1970.  Sadly, she left us in 1975 at 56 due to a brain tumor.What you may not know about Judith Graham Pool is that she will forever go down in the history books for her discovery of cryoprecipitate.  It is a process used for creating the concentrated blood clotting for hemophilia p... 01/15/2018

Walter Marvin was born in San Bernardino, California back in 1889. In the 1920’s he was somewhat a successful farmer just making it by. However, this changed and thus he goes down in the history books, so let’s get to it.His fortune changed when he nursed some abandoned berry plants back to health. Those were a cross between a blackberry and loganberry. He opened a roadside stand in 1890. His wife served fried chicken dinners and within a few years they opened a restaurant.With the success of the restaurant Walter began to build an Old West town around it. The business was a success and thus would place him in the history books.What you may now about Walter Marvin Knott is that he was the creator of Knott’s Berry Farm and amusement park in California. His Knott’s Berry Farm jelly is sti... 10/31/2017

Glen Rollin was born in Twin Falls, Idaho in 1898, his wife Bessie Louise was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1905. The couple met on a passenger ship in 1927. They married in 1928.For their honeymoon they decided to go on an adventure through the Grand Canyon in a boat. Glenn was and experienced river runner while Bessie was a novice. They stopped and resupplied on November 18, 1928 at the Bright Angel Trail.When the couple failed to show up at the end an extensive search was started. Investigators and volunteers found the boat at the 237-mile marker upright and fully intact. Search as they may the couple has never been found. There were speculations on what happened however, all inquiries and roads led to a dead end. Thus, we may never know the fate Glen and Bessie Hyde. Several... 10/05/2017

Samuel Leeds was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back in 1841 to John and Rebecca. In 1861 the family moved to Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey. He married Sarah Hooton Roberts in 1866.During his lifetime, he was awarded almost 300 patents for a wide range of farming machinery, fertilizer drill, seed drill, potato digger, cultivator, furrower, pulverizer and a grass edger just to name a few. However, when he was issued U.S. Patent number 408,681 in 1889 that forever changed his life. His invention that has changed very little is still in use today. The materials have changed but the original concept hasn’t changed much (if any) for well over one-hundred years.Like many of us other than his God, wife and country Samuel Leeds Allen had another passion. That passion was sledding and in ... 09/23/2017

Ishi was born circa 1861 in California however, there is no official documentation of his real date of birth.  In 1865, his family was attacked in the Three Knolls Massacre killing almost most of the tribe.For the next 44 years Ishi and his family hid in the California wilderness.  During the California Gold Rush, all his family perished due to the miners bringing in new diseases such as smallpox and measles.   What you may not know about Ishi is that he was the last known member of the Yahi Indian tribe to survive.  He emerged ear the present-day foothills of Lassen Peak.  He spent the last 5 years of his life on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.  He died in 1916 at the university.  One of his bows, five arrows, a basket of acorn meal, a boxful of shell bead money, ... 09/01/2017

Ann Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts back in 1696. History has lost who her parents were, where she went to school and all the other interesting facts I write about. However, they are not in play for the rest of the story.She married James around 1723, the union produced 5 children of which 4 survived to adulthood. James died after a long illness in 1735 leaving Ann a widow with 4 children to support. What she did after his death will forever place her in the history books.In 1736, she petitioned the General Assembly of Rhode Island to let her practice her trade which was granted, a position she held until her death in 1763 when she was 66 years young.What you may not know about Ann Smith Franklin is her husband James was the brother-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. She was the first... 08/29/2017

Karl Guthe was born in Norman, Oklahoma back in 1905 to Cyril and Nellie. He attended college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After getting his BS in physics he worked for bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey.His job assignment was investigating the sources of static that would interfere with radio voice transmissions. He built an antenna designed to receive radio waves. It was mounted on a turntable allowing it to be rotated in any direction. By rotating the antenna on a set of Ford Model-T tires the general direction of a received signal could be pinpointed, that is except for one.After recording signals for several months, he determined the signal intensity rose and fell only once a day. The cycle was 23 hours and 56 minutes, the equivalent of the rotation of th... 08/17/2017

Sidney Farber was born in Buffalo, New York back in 1903 to Simon and Matilda. Graduating from State University of New York in 1923 he traveled to Freiburg, Germany in 1926, moving back to the United States entering Harvard Medical School in 1927.After graduation, he was appointed to Children’s Hospital, in 1929 he was a full-time pathologist. Receiving a grant, he worked on acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He was the first person to show that induction of clinical and hematological remission in this disease was achievable.   He began raising funds for cancer research in 1947.From the early 1950’s until his death in 1973 he was a presenter at Congressional hearing on appropriation for cancer research. What you may not know about Sidney is that he is regarded as the father of modern chemoth... 08/01/2017