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Collection Dayton C. Miller Collection

Appendix

Chronology of Honors and Awards

  • 1886 Ph.B. degree from Baldwin College.
  • 1889 M.A. degree from Baldwin College.
  • 1890 D.Sc. degree from Princeton.
  • 1899 Appointed trustee of Baldwin-Wallace college. Chairman of the Board from 1936.
  • 1903 Publication of LABORATORY PHYSICS.
  • 1908 Publication of THE FLUTE AND FLUTE-PLAYING.
  • 1914 Lowell Institute lectures, SOUND ANALYSIS.
  • 1916 Publication of THE SCIENCE OF MUSICAL SOUNDS.
  • 1917 Edward Longstreth medal for papers on "A 32-Element Harmonic Synthesizer" and The Henrici Analyzer and Devices for Extending and Facilitating its use."
  • 1921 The Cleveland Museum of Art exhibit of the flute collection.
  • 1921 Became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • 1924 Honorary degree D.Sc. from Miami University.
  • 1925 Became president of American Physical Society.
  • 1926 Elliott Cresson medal of the Franklin Institute for fundamental investigations in acoustics.
  • 1926 American Association for the Advancement of Science Award; Kansas City.
  • 1927 Honorary degree L.LD. from Western Reserve.
  • 1927 Cleveland distinguished service medal.
  • 1927 Los Angeles Flute Club Award; February 6th.
  • 1927 Ambrose Swasey Chair of Physics at Case.
  • 1927 Brownsea Castle Sale.
  • 1927 Honorary degree D.Sc. from Dartmouth College.
  • 1927 Museum of Peaceful Arts Exhibit; May 24th.
  • 1928 New York Flute Club Award; February 26th.
  • 1928 Wagner Free Institute of Science Lectures.
  • 1929 Lecture, "The Science of Musical Sounds;" May 10th.
  • 1931 Elected president of Acoustical Society of America.
  • 1931 Elected member of the board of the Perkins Observatory, Ohio Weslyan.
  • 1932 Lecture, "The Anecdotal Histroy of the Science of Sound;" November.
  • 1933 Honorary degree L.LD. from Baldwin-Wallace College.
  • 1935 Publication of THE ANECDOTAL HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE OF SOUND.
  • 1935 Publication of bibliography, THE FLUTE.
  • 1936 Honorary degree D.Eng. from Case University.
  • 1937 Publication of SOUND WAVES: THEIR SHAPE AND SPEED.
  • 1938 Elected vice-president of THE SOCIETY OF RECORDER PLAYERS.
  • 1939 Publication of SPARKS, LIGHTNING, AND COSMIC RAYS.
  • 1940 Honors from Case University; July.

Other Memberships Included

  • National Academy of Sciences
  • The National Research Council
  • The American Philosophical Society
  • The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • The Cleveland Engineering Society
  • American Institute of Physics
  • American Astronomical Society
  • American Mathematical Society
  • American Acoustical Society
  • American Meteorological Society
  • Optical Society of America
  • Seismological Society of America
  • Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education
  • American Musicological Society
  • American Guild of Organists