Dr. Robert A. Millikan

MILLIKAN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 2/22/2014 at 10:58:34

Jackson Sentinel, July 24, 1931

DR. ROBERT A. MILLIKAN GIVEN AWARD

Former Maquoketa Boy Again Honored For His Outstanding Work

(The following article relating to a former resident of this city will be of interest to Maquoketa readers. Rev. Millikan, was pastor of the Congregational church here for a number of years, his son, Robert was a student at our Maquoketa high school.)

Dr. Robert A. Millikan, chairman of the executive committee of the California Institute of Technology has been given an award by the Oberlander Trust as an outstanding worker for the promotion of good will between the United States and German speaking countries according to word from New York. The award offers opportunity for travel and study in Germany. It is expected Dr. Millikan will avail himself of the opportunity to travel to Germany and return the visit to Pasadena earlier this year of Prof. Albert Einstein. Dr. Millikan, accompanied by Mrs. Millikan expects to travel to England to attend scientific gatherings, including the Faraday celebration of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the centenary of the British Association of the Advancement of Science. The Millikans hope to spend some time with their son, Allen, who is doing graduate work in biochemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge.