Background
Basquin, Olin Hanson was born on January 30, 1869 in Dows, Iowa, United States. Son of Oliver William and Hannah (Valentine) Basquin.
Basquin, Olin Hanson was born on January 30, 1869 in Dows, Iowa, United States. Son of Oliver William and Hannah (Valentine) Basquin.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyah University, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1894. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1895, Doctor of Philosophy, 1901, Doctor of Science, 1930.
Assistant professor physics, 1901-1909, professor applied mechanics, 1909-1926, Northwestern University. With Haskelite Manufacturing Corporation since 1926, now vice president in charge of engineering. Editor: Luxfer Prism Pocket Book, 1898.
Luxfer Prism Hand Book (translation into German and French), 1899.
Also papers on experimental work in physics and in strength of materials. Chanute Medal, 1915, by Western Society Engineers for best paper in civil engineering.
Member Western Society Engineers, Sigma Xi, Delta Tau Delta. Associate engineer-physicist as specialist on study of tests of steel columns, United States Bureau Standards, summer, 1916.
Married Jessie C. Guthrie (died 1907). Married second, Anna Stuart, September 12, 1908. Children: Harold G., Maurice H. Chief engineer