Frances Herdlinger
| Frances Herdlinger | |
|---|---|
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| Born | April 24, 1909 Omaha, Nebraska |
| June 15, 2004 (aged 95)June 15, 2004 (aged 95) | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Missouri |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Frances Herdlinger (April 24, 1909 – June 15, 2004) was an American chemist. She worked for Mars Inc., Chicago from 1930 to 1940.[1]
Biography[edit]
Herdlinger's image was used in the 1932 advertising campaign which represented Forrest Mars' famously high standards for quality and cleanliness,
Herdlinger was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Her father worked for the Great Western Insurance Agency setting up branch offices in the Midwest. Because of her father's business, the family moved almost every year. Herdlinger's mother died when she was 11 years old.[2]
Herdlinger finished her degree in chemistry and was turning twenty in the spring of 1929 when she graduated from the University of Missouri.[3] Her transcript shows that despite her many classes in chemistry, trigonometry, calculus and physics and preventive medicine, she found time to study classical culture, medieval history, and literature.[4]. She graduated in the very top of her class and was the only student to receive General Honors. The General Honors degree stipulated that she had passed proficiency exams in her minors as well as her major field of study. High scholastic ranking was a prerequisite for such wide ranging study.[5]. Herdlinger wrote in a job application that she was a member of the national honorary chemistry organization, Sigma Xi.[6]
Career[edit]
Herdlinger worked as a chemist at Mars Inc. from 1930 to 1940. Herdlinger later told her daughter that she got the job at Mars because one of her chemistry professors wrote to her about the opening.[7][8]
After ten years at Mars Inc., Herdlinger left her job to raise a family. The painting of her in the lab was presented to her as a retirement gift by the company.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Gize Carlile, Olga (June 10, 1995). "Three Musketeers was her project". Journal Standard. Freeport, IL.
- ↑ Herdlinger's daughter was a curator/historian and kept written notes on her mother's personal history
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Williams, Melissa (2018-05-30). "Meet Frances Herdlinger". Como Magazine. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ↑ University of Missouri graduate transcript
- ↑ "General Honors to One Student". Columbia Missourian. Columbia, Mo. 4 June 1929.
- ↑ Autographed letter, also confirmed in written notes that Herdlinger's daughter made in the 1980s
- ↑ Rayner-Canham, Marlene F.; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey W. Women in Chemistry. Diane Publishing. Search this book on
- ↑ Frances Herdlinger was herself a meticulous, volunteer history curator. Over the years, she shared many details of her career at Mars Inc. with her daughter, Anne Woodhouse, encouraging her to pursue a doctorate in history and a professional museum career in state historical organizations.
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