Abel Bliss
Abel Bliss, Jr. (August 8, 1853 – April 18, 1936) was an American engineer and businessman.
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Abel Bliss Professorship
Helen Eva Bliss, the daughter of Abel Bliss Jr., graduated from the University of Illinois in 1911 with a degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences.[4] After her retirement from working life, she established The Bliss Professor of Engineering in memory of her father. Part of the Bliss bequest was earmarked to support the Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center Endowment, and the remainder towards other projects for “advancing the scholastic activities of the School of Engineering.” [5] The bequest was so generous that it currently sustains several professorships annually at the School of Engineering, University of Illinois.
The Abel Bliss Professorship has been awarded to individuals such as
See also
References
- ^ Will County Illinois Archives Biographies : Bliss, Abel Jr 1853
- ^ "Abel Bliss rites today at his home". The Times. 19 April 1936. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Abel Bliss rites conducted Sunday". The Shreveport Journal. 20 April 1936. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ News & Events Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Engineering at Illinois
- ^ "Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Database Systems". Archived from the original on 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
- ^ Nanoengineering Laboratory Archived March 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
- ^ Geubelle Named Head of AE at Illinois Archived January 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ PHYSICS ILLINOIS
- ^ Valocchi Named a Bliss Professor Archived March 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ^ "College of Engineering Names Rob A. Rutenbar Next CS Department Head". Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ Chen, Deming. "Faculty Profile". ece.illinois.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
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