Background
Lester, Oliver Clarence was born on November 3, 1873 in Morris County, Kansas, United States. Son of John Augustus and Mary Virginia (Watts) Lester.
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Oliver Clarence Lester
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Bachelor of Arts, Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 1897, Master of Arts, 1898. Department of Administration and Management., Yale, 1902, Doctor of Philosophy, 1904. Doctor of Laws, Colorado College, 1941.
Career
Professor Latin and Greek, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1897-1898. Assistant professor Latin and Greek, Central College, 1898-1901. Assistant in physics Yale, 1901-1904, Loomis fellow in physics, 1903-1904, instructor physics, 1904-1907.
Professor physics U. Colorado, since 1907, dean Graduate School, since 1919, vice president, since 1931, also acting president, 1922-1923, 32-33, retired 1942, with titles of dean, professor, Vice-President emeritus.
Professor physics U. Indiana, 1942-1943. Professor physics, University of Colorado, 1943-1949, retired 1949.
Physicist Colorado State Geological Survey, 1914-1918. Director research Carnatite Products Company (Vanadium Products Company), Boulder, Colorado, 1919-1922.
Consultant in geophysics Midwest Refining Company, 1925-1930, General Petroleum Company, 1926-1928.
Director First National Bank in Boulder, United American Life Insurance Company.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (president South.W. division, 1933-1934), American Physical Society, American Association Science Workers), American Geography Society. Member American Society Engineering Education, American Geophysical Union, Colorado-Wyoming Academy Science (president 1929-1930), American Association Physics Teachers, Colorado State History Society (life), Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Pi Sigma. Club: Boulder Golf.
Connections
Married Pynk Johnson, September 8, 1897. Children: Katherine Wheeler (Mistress H. Laurence Humbley), Oliver Clarence, John Augustus.
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Nationality
American