Professor Lynn Thorndike (July 24, 1882—December 28, 1965) was born in Lynn, Mass. and received his B.A. from Wesleyan in 1902 and his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1905. He taught at Western Reserve until 1924, when he transferred to Columbia, where the bulk of his research focused on medieval alchemy and experimentation. An avid golfer, he was also known to be reserved in large audiences and to favor loud neckties.