Rollinson, Carl Linden, 1909-1995
Biographical Note
Carl Linden Rollinson (1909-1995) was born in Gowanda, New York, in 1909. He attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York; the University of Michigan; and the University of Illionis, where he received a PhD in chemistry. He worked for Dupont Company from 1940 until 1942, when he joined Monsanto Co. in Dayton, Ohio, eventually working on the Dayton Project, which was a part of the Manhattan Project. Rollinson was a professor of chemistry at the University of Maryland from 1946 until retiring in 1979. He died on October 31, 1995, and is buried next to his wife Gretchen A. at Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens in Rockville, Maryland.
Sources:
- University of Maryland's Department of Chemistry, "History of the Department of Chemistry", https://chem.umd.edu/about/department-pioneers/history, accessed June 10, 2022.
- Carl Linden Rollinson obituary, The Washington Post, Nov. 2, 1995, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/11/02/edmund-e-janiszewski-dies/7fdf3077-6fb9-4c4b-a9c1-9d65129a37f4/, accessed June 10, 2022.
- Carl L. Rollinson entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5342354/carl-linden-rollinson, accessed June 10, 2022.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Carl Rollinson Papers
This collection contains two works about the American Civil War by Dr. Carl Rollinson, The Civil War: A Portfolio of Fabulous Facts, Extrodinary Events, Inspiring Incidents, Piquant Personalities
and Chemistry in the Civil War
.