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Arlie W. Schorger

Arlie William Schorger was born in Republic, Seneca County. A chemist who held 34 patents, he became a wildlife professor and wrote the standard book on the passenger pigeon.

At a glance

Born
1884-09-06
Died
1972-05-26
Education
Wooster College, Wooster, OH, Ph.B. in chemistry
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, M.A. 1908
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Ph.D. 1916
Known as
Scientist, Naturalist, Author
Organizations
Burgess Laboratories, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Life story

Arlie Schorger was born in 1884 in Republic, a village in Seneca County. He studied chemistry at Wooster College, took a master's at Ohio State in 1908, and a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1916.

He became director of chemical research at C. F. Burgess Laboratories, published The Chemistry of Cellulose and Wood in 1926, and in 1931 became president of Burgess Cellulose Company. He retired from chemistry in 1950 with 34 patents.

In retirement he turned to birds. He taught wildlife management at Wisconsin from 1951 and wrote The Passenger Pigeon (1955) and The Wild Turkey (1966). He won the Brewster Medal in 1958.

He died in 1972.

Timeline

  • 1884-09-06: Born (Republic, OH) source
  • 1908: M.A., Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) source
  • 1916: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) source
  • 1926: Publishes The Chemistry of Cellulose and Wood source
  • 1931: President of Burgess Cellulose Company source
  • 1950: Retires from chemistry source
  • 1951: Becomes professor of wildlife management at Wisconsin (Madison, WI) source
  • 1955: Publishes The Passenger Pigeon source
  • 1958: Wins the Brewster Medal source
  • 1972-05-26: Dies source

What Arlie is known for

  • Wrote The Passenger Pigeon: Its Natural History and Extinction (1955)
  • Held 34 patents as a chemist
  • Won the Brewster Medal in 1958
  • The Passenger Pigeon (1955)
  • The Wild Turkey (1966)
  • The Chemistry of Cellulose and Wood (1926)
  • 34 patents

Honors and things named for them

  • Brewster Medal (1958)

Family

  • wife: Margaret F. Davison

Ohio places

Where Arlie W. Schorger was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.

Further reading

Sources

Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.

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