Ordway, John Morse

Person summary

Name: Ordway, John Morse
Date of birth: 1823
Date of death: 1909
Place of birth: United States, Massachusetts, Amesbury
Place of death: United States, Massachusetts, Saugus
Occupation: Professor of Metallurgy and Industrial Chemistry 1869-1884; Chairman of the Faculty 1880-1882; MIT Corporation Life Member 1866-1869; Professor of Biology at Tulane University, New Orleans 1885-1909.
Website: https://archivesspace.mit.edu/agents/people/974

Description

John Morse Ordway was an American chemist who worked as an industrial chemist before coming to MIT as a professor of Metallurgy and Industrial Chemistry (1869-1884). He also served as the department head of the Chemistry department from 1869 to 1884, Chairman of the Faculty from 1880 to 1882, and was an MIT Corporation Life Member from 1866 to 1869. He left MIT to become a professor of Biology at Tulane University, New Orleans from 1885 to 1909.