Henry Gerald Venemann papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSF 551

Staff Only

Content Description

Materials created, written, and collected by Henry Gerald Venemann when he was a Purdue student and faculty in Mechanical Engineering. Also includes materials collected and written about him after his death. Includes book, newspaper clippings, certificates, photographs, letters, and a letter sweater awarded to him in 1947, many years after his athletic achievements.

Dates

1906 - 2010

Creator

Venemann, Henry Gerald, 1884- (Person)

Access Information

The collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Portions of material in this collection are in the public domain. Other material copyrights held by Purdue University or original creator. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.

Biographical Information

Henery Gerald Venemann, son of Robert Venemann and Jennie Gerald, born on 3 Mar 1884 in Avon, Massachusetts. He entered Purdue as a student and after spending three years at Purdue, he transferred to Colorado University where he received his B.S, M.E. and taught for one year. He spent his next years at Harvard where he worked on a refrigerating thesis. He started his practical work as a chief engineer for the El Paso Ice and Coal Co. and later served in a like capacity for Colorado Springs, and Des Moines Ice and Cold Storage Co. In 1917, he entered sales work with the Baker Ice Machine Co. of Omaha, Nebraska and in 1920 was made General Sales Manager. He also served as a chief engineer for the Frick Ice Machine Co. In 1929, he joined the Mechnanical Engineering School at Purdue as an Associate Professor of Refrigeration and taught until 1954. He died on 15th Oct 1954 in West Lafayette, Indiana.