Edward Joseph Schroeter
| Edward Joseph Schroeter | |
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| Born | August 8, 1887 Marion County, Ohio, U.S. |
| 💀Died | January 1, 1943 (aged 55) Marion County, Ohio, U.S.January 1, 1943 (aged 55) |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Cornell University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Founder of the ASA |
Edward Joseph Schroeter (1891–1943).[1] He is one of the founders of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA)[2]. He participated in ASA First Meeting along with thirty-nine other persons,[3] including Harvey Fletcher, Harold DeForest Arnold, Dayton Clarence Miller, Floyd Karker Richtmyer, Frederick Albert Saunders, Wallace Waterfall,[4] Floyd R. Watson, and other renowned acousticians, at the Bell headquarters in New York City, on December 27, 1928.[5]
Early Life and Education
He attended Marion St. Mary Schools and University School in Cleveland. E.J. Schoreter received his degree in Mechanical Engineering (ME) from Cornell University in 1914.[6] After graduating, he returned to Ohio to work for the Jordan Motor Car Company in Cleveland.[7]
Career
E.J. Schroeter with his brother Robert Huber Schroeter (also an ASA founder) created the Mechanically Applied Products Company in 1922,[8] which would later stylize its name as Macoustic Eng. Co. to reflect its flagship product. Macoustic was one of the first companies to develop acoustic ceiling tiles and acoustic plaster[9]. Acoustic plaster offered many benefits that contemporary products lacked: superior structural integrity[10] to felt and a variety of finish textures. Macoustic plaster was used in the original construction of the Cleveland Public Auditorium.[11]
E.J Schroeter was the chief engineer at Mechanically Applied Products Company[12], and financed some research which was patented:[13] Method of and apparatus for sound modification.
E.J Schroeter sold the Macoustic Engineering Company to the USG Corporation in 1933 under its Gold Bond division. Gold Bond continued to research and improve the basic formula of Macoustic plaster. In 1934, they announced an improved Macoustic acoustical plaster with greater sound absorptivity. After selling his company, Edward worked for the Teachout Company in Cleveland, a company that specialized in doors, sashes and other building construction materials.
In 1940, he became the President and General Manager[14] of the Huber Co., a company founded by his grandfather.
Buildings Treated with Macoustic Products[15][16]
- St. Andrew's Club, Montreal, Canada
- County Court House, Stanstead, Quebec
- High School Auditorium, Richford, Vermont
- Coronation Building Lodge Rooms, Montreal, Canada
- Barber Building, Brattleboro, Vermont
- Langlais Dining and Ball Rooms, Edmonton, Canada
- Royal Alexandria Dining and Ball Rooms, Winnipeg, Canada
- St. Paul's Convent, Hudson Falls, New York
- Max Kurz Factories, Hudson Falls and Glens Falls, New York
- Alhambra Theatre, Montreal, Canada
- Congress Theater, Saratoga Springs, New York
- The Playhouse, Montpelier, New York
- Rialto Theatre, Glens Falls, New York
- Plattsburgh Theatre, Plattsburgh, New York
- Majestic Theatre, Burlington Vermont
- Liberty Theatre, Herkimer, New York
- Mechanicville Theatre, Mechanicville, New York
- Catskill Community Theatre, Catskill, New York
- Cleveland Public Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
- Courtesy National Broadcasting Co., New York City, New York
- Temple Mishkan Tefila, Boston, Massachusetts
- McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas
- Wellesley College Lecture Room, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Loew's Theatre, Akron, Ohio
- WKH Broadcasting Studio, Cleveland, Ohio
- Synagogue, Jewish Center, Cleveland, Ohio
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, Home Office Building, Boston, Massachusetts
- Second Church Christ Scientist, Rochester, New York
- Chickering Hall, Los Angeles, California
- Phillips Academy, Board Room, Andover, Massachusetts
- Loew's Concourse Theatre, New York City, New York
- Loew's Pitken Avenue Theatre, Brooklyn, New York
- Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia
- Lake Erie College Music Building, Painesville, Ohio
- St. Ignatius Church, Cleveland, Ohio
- Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn, New York,
- Ocean City Theatre, Ocean City, New Jersey
- Superior Cathedral, Superior, Wisconsin
- Kolster Radio Laboratories, Newark, New Jersey
- Masonic Temple, Toledo, Ohio,
- Sacred Heart School, Seattle, Washington
References
- ↑ Huber family of Marion, Ohio https://www.heritagepursuit.com/Huber.htm
- ↑ History of the ASA https://asahistory.org/history-of-the-asa/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustical_Society_of_America
- ↑ Physics, American Institute of (2021-09-24). "Wallace Waterfall". www.aip.org. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ↑ Miller, Dayton Clarence (1935-01-01). Anecdotal History of the Science of Sound To the beginning of the 20th Century (First ed.). Macmillan. Search this book on
- ↑ Cornell alumni directory, containing the foundation, history, and government of the University; the principal alumni organizations; a directory of the alumni (page 285). Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.1922 https://ia800207.us.archive.org/28/items/cu31924032502704/cu31924032502704.pdf
- ↑ "Cornell Alumni News". Cornell Alumni News. XXI (8): 95. November 14, 1918.
- ↑ Thompson, Emily Ann (2002). The soundscape of modernity: architectural acoustics and the culture of listening in America, 1900-1933. Cambridge (Mass.): MIT press. ISBN 978-0-262-20138-4. Search this book on
- ↑ CATALOGUE SWEET'S https://ia601309.us.archive.org/33/items/Sweets1923/Sweets%201923.pdf
- ↑ "Improved Treatment for Acoustics". The American Contractor. 43: 22. December 2, 1922.
- ↑ Macoustic Engineering Company (1924). Acoustics in Building Design (1st ed.). Macoustic Engineering Company Incorporated. Search this book on
- ↑ The Cornell Civil Engineer. The Association. 1930. Search this book on
- ↑ Method of and apparatus for sound modification https://patents.google.com/patent/US2000806
- ↑ Marion Star, March 21, 1940, P. 1, Marion, Ohio, US
- ↑ "The Architectural Record". The Architectural Record. 52 (December): 75.
- ↑ Macoustic Controls Sound. Macoustic Engineering Co., Inc. 1929. Search this book on
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