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William L. Dudley Papers
Chronology

April 16, 1859
Born in Covington, Kentucky

1879
Isolated a new volatile alkaloid, "spigelina."

1880
B.S. from University of Cincinnati.

1880
Published "Chemical Examination of Urine."

1880-1881
Demonstrator of Chemistry, Miami Medical College of Cincinnati.

1881-1885
Comissioner of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition.

1881-1887
Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology, Miami Medical College

1885
Honorary Degree Doctor of Medicine from Miami Medical College.

1887
Chair of Chemistry at Vanderbilt University.

1897
Director of Affairs of Tennessee Centennial Exposition

1895 to Retirement (1912?)
Dean of Vanderbilt Medical School

1904
Secretary of section of Inorganic Chemistry at International Congress of Arts and Sciences in St. Louis.

1907
Recieved patent for flooring which he designed -- magnesia-cement composition containing cellulose water-proofed with paraffin and asbestos.

1908
Investigation of influence of coal gas on corrosion of wrought-iron pipe laid under Nashville streets.

September 8, 1914
Died in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates Uncertain:
Organized Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, president for 18 years.
Member of Executive Committee of the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Organizer and President of University Club of Nashville.
Unmarried.

Source of information: Reprint from Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 6, No. 10, page 856.

Overview | Chronology | Biography | File Listing
Incoming Correspondence Index | Outgoing Correspondence Index
List of Articles and Reprints by Dudley | Topics of Holograph Lecture Notes


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