William Ridgely Orndorff

Background

Orndorff, William Ridgely was born on September 9, 1862 in Baltimore. Son of William Wellmore and Mary J. (Ridgely) Orndorff.

Education

Student Baltimore City College, 1876-1881. Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1884, Doctor of Philosophy, 1887. Studied at university of Greifswald, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1897-1898, University of Munich, 1906-1907.

Career

Instructor chemistry, 1887-1890, assistant professor organic chemistry, 1890-1908, organic and physiological chemistry, 1898, Cornell Univercity. Professor organic and physiological chemistry, since 1902, and member of faculty Arts and Sciences, the faculty of the Graduate school and University faculty, and of medical faculty (at Ithaca), Cornell.

Achievements

• William Ridgely Orndorff has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Jury of Awards, Paris Exposition, 1889, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904 (secretary Group Jury Northern 23, Department of Liberal Arts), Panama Philippine Islands Exposition, San Francisco, 1915.

Connections

Married Charlotte Heinrich, 1912. Children: Mary Ridgely, William Ridgely.

Father:

William Wellmore Orndorff

Mother:

Mary J. (Ridgely) Orndorff

Spouse:

Charlotte Heinrich

child:

Mary Ridgely Orndorff

child:

William Ridgely Orndorff