Nora Mohler
Nora Mohler | |
|---|---|
 Nora Mohler, from a 1951 newspaper photograph. | |
| Born | 1898 Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 29, 1984 |
| Occupation | Physicist |
Nora May Mohler (1898[1] – November 29, 1984[2]) was an American physicist, elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1941.[3][4]
Biography
Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,[5] she was the daughter of John Frederick Mohler, a mathematician and physicist at Dickinson College and his wife Sarah Loomis Mohler.[6] Mohler attended Conway Hall Preparatory School in Carlisle, graduating as class valedictorian; she was the last girl to attend the school, which subsequently became an all-boys institution.[7][8] She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in 1917 from Dickinson College, and then undertook graduate studies at Bryn Mawr, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.[9][10]
After studying at Bryn Mawr and Radcliffe College, Mohler held teaching positions. She joined the faculty of Smith College as an instructor in 1927,[11][12] then began research work under the supervision of Gladys Anslow,[13] earning a PhD in 1934.[14] This was the first PhD in physics that Smith had ever awarded.[12] She attained the status of associate professor of physics by 1937; that year and the following, she conducted research at the Cavendish Laboratory.[14] From 1943 to 1946, she took a leave from Smith[15] to do wartime research at the MIT Radiation Laboratory and for the National Defense Research Committee.[11] She became chair of Smith's physics department in 1946.[14] In 1950, Dickinson awarded her an Honorary Doctorate of Science.[14][16][17]
In 1951, Mohler was elected Vice-Chair of the American Physical Society's New England section.[18] From 1953 through 1957, she served on the advisory board of the American Journal of Physics.[19]
Selected publications
- Mohler, Nora M. (1931-04-24). "A fused quartz Féry prism". Science. 73 (1895): 452–453. Bibcode:1931Sci....73..452M. doi:10.1126/science.73.1895.452-a. PMID 17810894. S2CID 35939998.
- Nicolson, Marjorie; Mohler, Nora M. (1937). "The scientific background of Swift's Voyage to Laputa". Annals of Science. 2 (3): 299–334. doi:10.1080/00033793700200611. (Described in Nature as "a very interesting study of Swift's Voyage to Laputa, in which they show how carefully Swift read the contemporary scientific literature and how skilfully he was able to make use of it in his own writings".[20])
- Mohler, Nora M.; Loofbourow, John R. (1952). "Optical filters". American Journal of Physics. 20 (8): 499. Bibcode:1952AmJPh..20..499M. doi:10.1119/1.1933302.
References
- ^ Who's who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. 1908.
- ^ "Obituaries". Science. 228 (4700): 758. 1985-05-10. doi:10.1126/science.228.4700.758. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17841007.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ Anonymous (1942-01-01). "Minutes of the Chicago, Illinois, Meeting November 21-22, 1941". Physical Review. 61 (1–2): 101–107. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.61.101.2. ISSN 0031-899X.
- ^ "Nora May Mohler". The Sentinel. 1984-12-03. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Collection Register: Mohler, Fred Loomis (1983–1974)" (PDF). Dickinson College. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Carlisle girl, last Conway Hall co-ed class valedictorian". Carlisle Evening Herald. 1913-05-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Last girl valedictorian". Public Opinion. 1913-05-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bryn Mawr College Annual Report, 1917–18". Bryn Mawr College. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi. Pi Beta Phi Fraternity. 1918.
- ^ a b "Smith Alumnae List Speakers". Lansing State Journal. 1954-05-23. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ a b Annual Report of the President of Smith College. 1962.
- ^ Grinstein, Louise S.; Rose, Rose K.; Rafailovich, Miriam H. (1993). Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-27382-7.
- ^ a b c d "Honor Mohler Family at Founders' Day Exercises" (PDF). The Dickinson Alumnus. May 1950. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "County Smith Club to Hear Talk by Physics Professor". The Berkshire Eagle. 1951-10-22. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mohler Nora C1". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Celebration of Founding Here Thurs.: Convocation in Bosler to Feature Speech, Awarding of Degrees". The Dickinsonian. 1950-04-28. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ Anonymous (1951-04-01). "Proceedings of the American Physical Society". Physical Review. 82 (1): 129–130. Bibcode:1951PhRv...82..129.. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.82.129. ISSN 0031-899X.
- ^ "AJP Advisory Board". American Journal of Physics. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "History of Science". Nature. 140 (1089): 1089. 1937. Bibcode:1937Natur.140R1089.. doi:10.1038/1401089b0.
External links
- Dickinsonian, June 10, 1915
- Annual Report of the Secretary of the Optical Society of America for the Calendar Year 1936
- John Mohler's obituary
- The Smith Alumnae Quarterly
- Annual Register of the Alumnae Association of Smith College
- Newton Demands the Muse: Newton's Opticks and the Eighteenth Century Poets
- American Men of Science