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Amos G. Throop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amos Gager Throop (born 1811, died 1894) was a businessman and politician in Chicago, Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s. The scenic Throop Peak, known for its 360 degree views stretching from the Mojave Desert all the way to the Pacific Ocean, sits on the Pacific Crest Trail and is also named after Mr. A fervent adherent to liberal religion, Throop established a Universalist group in Pasadena in 1886. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amos_G._Throop   (363 words)

Adrian Scrope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia One of Adrian Scrope's sons, William is thought to have come to North America where he changed his name to William Throope presumably to avoid retribution. Some of William's descendants are referred to as Throop. Adrian Scrope has several notable descendants including Professor Charles W. Woodworth, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Medal of Honor winner Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adrian_Scrope   (281 words)

Throops of the World Throop Parmacy Museum, Schoharie, NY (`Highlights of the collection include a wooden safe studded with iron knobs, show globes, an extensive collection of apothecary bottles and jars, advertisement posters, spittoons and the shotgun used to protect the store...') One of the former Throop University buildings (now Pasadena's `Green Castle') was the scene of a pivotal piano lesson in a 2001 Coen brothers film. NB: The Bob Throop Construction site recently disappeared, but courtesy of the Internet Archive, I have been able to put it back together, and am hosting it myself in its original, unmodified form. www.boulder.swri.edu /~throop/throop.html   (291 words)

YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Scrope Notable descendants of Adrian Scrope include Professor Charles W. Woodworth, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Medal of Honor winner Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, and California Institute of Technology benefactor Amos G. Throop. Bolton Castle is still owned by descendants of the Scrope family. www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Scrope   (804 words)

[Caltech] [All the best Caltech resources at information-network.be] He then convinced two of the leading American scientists of the time, physical chemist Arthur Amos Noyes and experimental physicist Robert Andrews Millikan, to join Caltech's faculty and contribute to the project of establishing it as a center for science and technology. The school was known successively as Throop University, Throop Polytechnic Institute, and Throop College of Technology, before acquiring its current name in 1920. Caltech remains, to this day, a small and highly focused university, with approximately 900 undergraduates, 1300 graduate students, and 900 faculty members (including 378 professors, 54 permanent research faculty, and 545 postdoctoral researchers.) It is a private institution, governed by its Board of Trustees. www.information-network.be /Caltech   (3135 words)

newintro2.html Founded in the heart of Pasadena by the Honorable Amos G. Throop, it was originally named Throop University. The transformation of Throop into an institution of worldwide renown was a process of several stages. The Institute has the largest ratio of National Academy of Sciences members to total faculty of any university in the country; this is also true of membership in the National Academy of Engineering. www.pma.caltech.edu /GSR/newintro2.html   (1378 words)

Naval Armed Guard; Normandy Invastion, June 1944 Throop was credited with the destruction of one plane on this date. Fragments from German shells landed on the stern gun deck of the George G. Crawford on June 10. The William Carson suffered five casualties on June 9 when a shell landed inside her 3"/50 gun tub [a gun platform on the bow or stern which resembled a tub] and exploded. www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq104-7.htm   (2752 words)

Archives for Caltech 101 Founded by Amos G. Throop, an aging Chicago politician and Universalist minister, Throop was the only school More... April 12 2004 - The modern Caltech owes much of its character to the vision of its troika of founders: astronomer George Ellery Hale, physicist Robert Andrews Millikan, and chemist Arthur Amos Noyes (nicknamed by a campus wag "Tinker, Thinker, and Stinker"). April 5 2004 - One November morning in 1891, 35 students walked through the doors of the Wooster Block (now part of the Green Hotel) and attended the first classes of Throop University. today.caltech.edu /today/story-archive?section_id=132   (1310 words)

San Gabriel Mountains Throop Peak (pronounced "troop") was named for Amos G. Throop, founder of CalTech, formerly called Throop College. Throop Peak is reached by going right for a short ways then on the users' trail which climbs to the right. At the summit of Throop Peak there is a plaque commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the California Institute of Technology (originally called Throop University). www.etreking.com /eTreking/Pages/SanGabriels.html   (10376 words)

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USS DENVER Deck Log & War Diary, July 1943 Lt., D-V (G), U.S.N.R. Underway with Task Group 36.2, OTC Rear Admiral A. Merrill in MONTPELIER, to proceed to a point southwest of the island of Rendova in order to intercept Japanese forces and destroy them. Lt., D-V (G), U.S.N.R. Underway in company with Task Group 36.2, OTC Rear Admiral A. Merrill in U.S.S. MONPELIER in order to go to a point 20 miles north of Visu Visu Point, New Georgia Island, in order to intercept and destroy Japanese surface units. Lt., D-V (G), U.S.N.R. Steaming as before on various courses and speeds, maneuvering to go alongside tanker. www.hazegray.org /navhist/denver/logjul43.htm   (10221 words)

People Pictures George Gable - George served on the SS Amos G Throop and the SS Battle Mountain, a tanker Gun Crew of the SS William G Fargo Dave Williams manning the 20 MM - Dave served on the SS Thomas Nelson, SS Topila, SS Absaroka, SS Albert E Watts, SS Mission San Luis Obispo and the SS Esso Camden www.armed-guard.com /ag1.html   (421 words)

Throop Peak The peak is named for Amos G. Throop, who in 1891 founded Throop University in Pasadena, which later became the California Institute of Technology. From Mount Hawkins, hike northeast on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) 3/4 mile to where the trail begins to contour around Throop Peak. Please report any corrections or changes to the Mountain Records Chair. angeles.sierraclub.org /hps/guides/14g.htm   (185 words)

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DanBio.htm Amos G. Throop -- A Brief History of Caltech. I visit here uder threat of imminent arrest, even though I have a complimentary (thanks!) library card. mywebpages.comcast.net /dantsmith/aAquarium/DanBio.htm   (75 words)

Hiking with the Ivy League of Southern California This peak, at 9138 feet, is named for Amos G. Throop [1811­1894] founder of Throop University, now known as Caltech. Park in the clearing on the north side of the road. The distance is 4 miles round trip with a 1200 foot elevation gain. ivy.hiking.info /april03.html   (261 words)

caltech.html The California Institute of Technology traces its origins to a local school of arts and crafts founded in 1891 by the Honorable Amos G. Throop and named after him, Throop University. Astronomer George Ellery Hale, the first director of Mount Wilson Observatory, who became a member of Throop's board of trustees in 1907, envisioned Throop as an institution of engineering and scientific research of the highest rank. Research emphases are in algorithms; communication protocols, concurrent computation, and networks; graphics and human-computer interaction; novel computational substrates, including quantum mechanical computers and molecular computers; VLSI, with a specific emphasis on asynchronous and analog VLSI; high-confidence systems, including fault tolerance, program verification, and security; information theory; learning theory; computer vision; and large-scale scientific computing. www.sweb.cz /vademecum/ms/caltech.html   (312 words)

Some LA County Placenames THROOP PEAK - Named for Amos G. Throop, founder of Throop University, now known as Cal Tech. HANCOCK PARK - Once part of Rancho La Brea, the area was named for oilman Major G. Allan Hancock who, in 1916, donated the land to the county. In 1911, after the Los Angeles Terminal Railway had built a line from the city to the island, it assumed its present name. www.laalmanac.com /geography/ge13.htm   (2257 words)

Field Trips Log August 2004 Gently ascending as you traverse the north face of Throop Mountain, in a little less than two miles you arrive at a junction where you have a choice of going to the left two more miles over Mt. Burnham to Mt. Baden-Powell or sharply to the right to Throop Peak. I also wanted to see if there were any butterflies hilltopping on Throop Peak. The trail that goes up from there is actually the old trail which is not in good shape, so what you need to do is drive a few tenths of a mile east where there is parking available on the north side of the highway directly across from the trail. www.calflora.net /bloomingplants/fieldtripslogaug04.html   (6333 words)

Plant Guide to Dawson Saddle Trail Marker plaque: "Throop Peak 9138', in honor of Amos G. Throop, founder of Throop University in 1891, now known as the California Institute of Technology; May 13, 1992. A new, direct, steep path to Throop Peak is on right; stay left on PCT. Sign: "(left) 2 mi Mt Baden-Powell; (right) Little Jimmy Campground 2.5 mi; (right) Throop Peak. tchester.org /sgm/plants/guides/dawson_saddle_trail_print.html   (548 words)

Employer Profile: Caltech Started as a local school of arts and crafts, founded in 1891 by the Honorable Amos G. Throop Known as the California Institute of Technology since 1920, when George Ellery Hale, Robert Andrews Millikan, and Arthur Amos Noyes set the school on its new course of pursuing scientific research of the greatest importance A private, independent university situated on 124 acres with some 40 laboratory and research buildings; not affiliated with either the University of California system or the California State University system chronicle.com /jobs/profiles/226.htm?pg=i   (289 words)

"Recent Additions to the Library," Compiled by HELEN M. MCFARLAND, Librarian, Kansas State Historical Quarterly, May, 1939 ELLENBECKER, JOHN G., The Indian Raid on the Upper Little Blue in Southern Nebraska During the Sixties. MARCY, RANDOLPH BARNES, and G B MCCLELLAN, Adventure on Red River: Report on the Exploration of the Headwaters of the Red River. COULTER, ELLIS MERTON, William G. Brownlow, Fighting Parson of the - Southern Highlands Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1937. www.kancoll.org /khq/1939/39_2_mcfarland.htm   (6946 words)

History of Palmyra by the Woman's Society of the Western Presbyterian Church One stood on the west corner of Main and Carroll streets; another on the north side of Jackson, between Cuyler and Fayette streets and the third on the east side of Throop street. In 1835 the village was divided into three districts each with its stone school house. On May 16, 1861, this company marched to the front with Joseph W. Corning, captain; G. White, lieutenant; H. Draime, ensign. www.palmyrany.com /presbyhistory.htm   (5719 words)

Pasadena - Los Angeles Hotels, Travel & Vacation Guide The institute evolved from an arts and crafts school founded in 1891 by the famous Amos G. Throop, changing its focus to science after astronomer George E. Hale became a board member in 1907. One of the world's leading scientific research centers and a pioneer in earthquake science and molecular biology, CalTech counts 29 Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and faculty, including biologist and current president, David Baltimore. This grand complex was inspired by the early 20th-century City Beautiful movement. www.all-la.com /la/pasadena.html   (720 words)

Pasadena Visitors and Convention Bureau - Pasadena's Historical Sites and Museums The California Institute of Technology, originally named Throop University, was founded in 1881 by wealthy Chicago businessman Amos G. Throop. Tournament of Roses House and Wrigley Gardens, purchased by William Wrigley of Wrigley Chewing Gum fame in 1914, is a beautiful white Italian Renaissance home located on Orange Grove Boulevard, once known as "Millionaires' Row." Today, the house serves as the headquarters for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association. Caltech is known worldwide as the home of earthquake science, rocket and space research, and the International Planetary Society. www.pasadenacal.com /pk5.htm   (1140 words)

SPACE.com -- Lessons to Learn: JPL and The Competition JPL grew out of the California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, a private university that was founded 1891 by the Honorable Amos G. Throop as Throop University, a local arts and crafts school. Today's JPL conceives, designs and runs more robotic space missions than any other place on Earth. www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/jpl_works_010801-1.html   (902 words)

Saint Elizabeth On the more serious side of life, Amos G. "Father" Throop, a convinced and generous Universalist, established his Polytechnic Institute, later to develop into the California Institute of Technology, and made possible a floriation of Victorian Romanesque in the fantastic wooden church erected on the southeast corner of Chestnut and Raymond. About 1868, Henry G. Monks, a relative of Benjamin Wilson, bought a tract of two thousand acres from Dr. Griffin and Wilson. This included everything north from Villa to Woodbury Road and from Lake to the Arroyo, "Monk's hill." There it Jay in the sun for more than another decade, undeveloped, until two men from the Buckeye State, John Painter and B. Ball, after pioneering in Iowa, arrived in Pasadena and quickly realized its possibilities. www.saintelizabethchurch.org /default.cfm/PID=10.11.1.3   (6473 words)

la_historyofla.php Amos G. Throop founds the Throop Polytechnic Institute of Pasadena, which would later become the California Institute of Technology. Along with the mortal populace, several new kindred arrive, but as none of the local kindred vouch for them, they are invited to leave by the new Hound. Mayor Stephen G. Foster of Los Angeles, a physician, resigns his office to join a lynch mob. www.ordodracul.com /storytellers/la_historyofla.php   (9305 words)

USGS GNIS (GNIS) Named for Amos G Throop, who established Throop University in 1891, a forerunner of California Institute of Technology. Display FIPS55 Place Code Note: Not all place codes are available through this site. geonames.usgs.gov /pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=252256   (180 words)

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