Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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CSQMQEWEAMMEO ..... Dr. Jefferson E. Kershner was born August 16, 1854, in Perry Town- ship, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common and select schools and Keystone State Normal School, entering Franklin and Mar- shall in 1873. Upon graduation in 1877 he delivered the Franklin Ora- tion. He also received his A.M. at Franklin and Marshall in 1879. For two years he studied theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Lancaster. He then took graduate work in mathematics and astronomy at Yale University 1879-80. In 1880 he was elected Professor of Mathe- matics at Franklin and Marshall, which chair he held until his death June 29, 1922, when attending a convention, at Niagara Falls, of the American Society of Electrical Engineers of which he was a member. In 1885 he was given his Ph.D. by Yale University. As one of the most beloved teachers at Franklin and Marshall he devoted his efforts to its Welfare. It was largely through his interest that the elaborate Daniel Scholl Ob- servatory was donated to the college in 1885. As director of the observa- tory he made many valuable and important astronomical observations and discoveries which received national recognition. He also wrote a number of valuable theses on astronomical and physical topics. He entered heart and soul into the mathematics and physics department and did much in building up the physics department, especially the branch of electricity, making it the well equipped department it is today. Dr. Kershner was before his death a Fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, an associate member of the American Society of Physics, Consulting Engineer of the Conestoga Traction Company and the Edison Electric Company. Due to his active research in scientinc fields and his truly remarkable discoveries and books which he has written he received the degree S.D. last Commencement from his Alma Mater as a public recognition of his efforts. It was a most pronounced expression of good will and appreciation of his life-long services by the institution which he had so faithfully -served for over forty years. Students held him in the highest regard and esteem, for to them he was an inspiration and a help. We find he was as popular in educational and social circles as he was in college. Great indeed has been his work and hosts of people, young and old, will ever hold him in grateful remembrance for the instructive and entertaining hours they were permitted to spend in his scholarly yet un- ostentatious company. - 25215 'x ,N ,F X I J ,F X F A - IN 1' Q v N TN N N .N f ,x .S sf , J fx J IX A ,N N 5 N -ML ,V l .N K X

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