History of Physics at Otterbein

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LOUIS H. McFADDEN Profusor of Physics a.nd Chemistry

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Figure 2.7: Louis H. McFadden, Merchant Professor of Physics and Chemistry, in 1903. Photo and caricature from the 1903 Sibyl. become the chief chemist of a manufacturing company in Dayton, Ohio. Other members of the McFadden family also served the university ably. In 1898 the senior McFadden’s other son, Thomas G. McFadden, was appointed Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Biology and Geology. He served until 1900. His sister, Cora A. McFadden, taught English for a year in the 1880s, then returned in 1916 as Dean of Women, a post she held for 12 years. Altogether, members of this family served Otterbein for a total of 62 years.

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