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His parents were Frederick and Caroline Porter. Russell showed an early aptitude for art. He graduated from Vermont Academy in 1891 and went on to study engineering at Norwich University and at the University of Vermont and later studied architecture and art at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a young architect he designed at least ...
Vermont Academy (VA) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory, boarding and day school in Saxtons River, Vermont, serving students from ninth through twelfth grade, as well as postgraduates. Founded in 1876, the campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Vermont Academy Campus Historic District in 2015.
Lisa Lindahl (née Eugénie Louise Zobian; [2] born November 23, 1948) [2] is an American entrepreneur, writer, and inventor. [3] In 1977, Lisa Lindahl co-created the "Jogbra", the first sports bra , working alongside Hinda Miller and Polly Smith . [ 4 ]
Emily Goss Davenport Weeks (April 29, 1810 – October 5, 1862) was an American inventor from Vermont. Together with her husband Thomas Davenport, they invented an electric motor and electric locomotive around 1834. [1] [2] [3] Davenport kept detailed notes and actively contributed to the process of the inventions. [3]
Dartmouth College students on The Green in 1922, during undergraduate years of Laurence G. Leavitt. Laurence Gillelan Leavitt (1903–2000) was the longtime headmaster of Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont, United States, where he succeeded in steering the preparatory school from dire financial straits to financial health by strengthening its curriculum and building its extracurricular ...
Robert Gilmour "R. G." LeTourneau (/ l ə t ˈ ər n oʊ /; November 30, 1888 – June 1, 1969), born in Richford, Vermont, was a prolific inventor of technologies related to earthmoving machinery, and founder of LeTourneau Technologies and LeTourneau University. [1]
Samuel Morey (1762–1843) was an inventor who held a number of patents, including a steam-operated spit (1793), a windmill (1796), a steam pump (1799), and the internal combustion engine (1826). He began steamboat experiments in 1790 and was awarded a patent in 1803 for improvements on a steam engine. [10]
Pages in category "Inventors from Vermont" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Roger L. Easton; L.