Notable people · Business · Education · Engineer
Lucien Lucius Nunn
Born in Medina, Nunn went west to Telluride, Colorado, where he worked with George Westinghouse on an early alternating-current power plant. He later founded the Telluride Association and Deep Springs College.
At a glance
- Born
- 1853
- Died
- 1925
- Education
- Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
- Known as
- Business, Education, Engineer
- Organizations
- Telluride Association, Deep Springs College
Life story
Lucien Lucius Nunn was born in Medina, Ohio, in 1853. He went to Oberlin College and then Harvard Law School.
In 1880 he moved to Telluride, Colorado, where he practiced law and invested in real estate, mining, newspapers and banking. With George Westinghouse he built the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, described as the world's first alternating-current plant used for industry.
Later he turned to education. He founded the Telluride Institute, a work-study program that grew into the Telluride Association at Cornell and other schools, and in 1917 he founded Deep Springs College, a small two-year school built on student labor, study and self-government.
He died of tuberculosis in Los Angeles in 1925 and is buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. Both his schools still operate.
Timeline
What Lucien is known for
- Built the Ames hydroelectric plant, called the first AC plant for industrial use, with Westinghouse
- Founded Deep Springs College (1917)
- Founded the Telluride Institute / Association
- Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, Colorado
- Telluride Institute
- Deep Springs College (1917)
Honors and things named for them
- Deep Springs College and the Telluride Association continue his work
Family
- wife: a zoologist (name not given in source)
Ohio places
Where Lucien Lucius Nunn was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Born: Medina, Medina County ZIP 44256 · Medina · Medina County
- School: Oberlin, Lorain County ZIP 44074 · Oberlin · Lorain County
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.
- Wikipedia: L. L. Nunn birth in Medina, Oberlin and Harvard Law, Telluride, Ames plant, Deep Springs, death and burial