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Wooster (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər / ⓘ WUUST-ər [4]) is the county seat of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, the city lies approximately 50 mi (80 km) south-southwest of Cleveland, 35 mi (56 km) southwest of Akron and 30 mi (48 km) west of Canton. The population was 27,232 at the 2020 census. [5]
It was founded as a partnership in 1880 by Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929) and Ambrose Swasey (1846–1937). The company was best known for two general types of products: astronomical telescopes and turret lathes .
Similar expansion of fraternal groups was sweeping through other Ohio institutions, as old-line Eastern fraternities gazed westward. But about the time Wooster was established a juncture had been reached where a burst of anti- secret society fervor [ 6 ] had trimmed somewhat what until then had been full-throated support of such civic groups at ...
Included was a 64–0 victory at Ohio State on November 1, 1890, in the Buckeyes' first-ever home football game. [58] Shortly thereafter, intercollegiate sports were banned by the College President. [59] After varsity athletics returned in 1901, Wooster became an early member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC).
Wooster has received recognition for having appeared the most times at national speech and debate tournaments, with sixty-three appearances since the early 1930s. [5] The Wooster High School Speech and Debate team was crowned state champions by the OHSSL in 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2015.
The crater Swasey on the Moon is named after him, as is the asteroid 992 Swasey.; At CWRU, the chair of "Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics" was named for his endowment. (Lawrence M. Krauss was named to this position in 1993.)
Named after Worcester R. Warner and Ambrose Swasey, who built it at the beginning of the 20th century, it was initially located on Taylor Road in East Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The observatory, which at that time housed a 9.5-inch (24 cm) refractor , was donated in 1919 to the Case School of Applied Science.
Maccabee received a B.S. in physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from American University, Washington, D.C. In 1972 he began his career at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland; which later became the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.