Van Hise, Charles Richard (1857-1918)

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Degree for Jane Addams, May 31, 1904

Edward L. Burchard to Jane Addams, January 16, 1907

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, July 15, 1912

Collated Criticisms of the Draft Resolution, April 1914

Tribute to Frank A. Hutchins, May 20, 1914 (fragment)

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, September 15, 1914

List of Invitees to Henry Street Conference on September 29, 1914, September 22, 1914.

Why I Shall Vote for La Follette, September 10, 1924

John Dewey et al. to Andrew Carnegie et al. January 31, 1917

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Birth Date

1857-05-29

Death Date

1918-11-19

Birthplace

Fulton, Wisconsin

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Charles R. Van Hise was the first person to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, his being in geology. Van Hise then worked for the University, where he taught subjects such as chemistry, metallurgy, mineralogy, petrography, and geology, working his way up to becoming the president of the college in 1903. As president, he was instrumental in the creation of the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the financial and professional growth of the University. Van Hise also taught at the University of Chicago for a time. He also worked alongside Roland Irving on studying the Lake Superior region. Van Hise was also a consulting geologist for the United States Geological Survey from 1909 to 1918, and President of the Geological Society of America, the National Association of State Universities, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1916, and the International Geological Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. Van Hise had many publications, one of which being Concentration and Control (1912), which served as inspiration for the New Deal's National Industrial Recovery Act.

Van Hise married Alice Bushnell Ring in 1881. They had three children together. Van Hise died in 1918.