Other Events:

• Occupation: farmer
• Residence: Brush Valley, Centre County, PA
• Residence: Kreider farm, Rebersburg, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1870, Penn Township, Centre County, PA

Notes:

COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

Philip Kreider, (was) a prominent farmer and merchant. He was born in Lebanon county, Penn., in 1803, and died in January, 1842. In December, 1828, he married Leah Bowman, who was born in Cornwall township, Lebanon county, January 3, 1803, and died April 4, 1856.
Eight children were born to them: Melinda Ann, widow of George W. Stover, of Penn township; William S., who died in 1855, aged twenty-three; Rozanna, who died in infancy; John Philip, who died leaving a family in Miles township; George, deceased in infancy; Reuben H., who died young; J. B. Kreider, M.D., practicing medicine in Bucyrus, Ohio; and Mary C. (Mrs. Weaver).



Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76919870/john-philip-kreider

Buried Section 1, Row 10, #12, next to wife, Isabella Royer Kreider, and son Calvin. Stone apparently read "J. Philip Kreider"

Family/Spouse: Isabella Jane Royer. Isabella (daughter of Henry Royer and Mary Gross) was born on 19 Feb 1834 in Pennsylvania; died on 29 Mar 1909 in Miles Township, Centre County, PA; was buried on 1 Apr 1909 in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Katherine KREIDER 1
Birth: ABT 1856 in PA 1
Note: 1870 - age 14.

Sources:
1. Type: Census
Title: 1870 U.S. Census
Place: Penn Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com

Other Events:

• Occupation: Prior to 1920 no occupation listed in census records. In 1920, chauffeur in automobile. His death certificate does not list an occupation.
• Census: 1900, Miles Township, Centre County, PA; Age 39, in the household of his mother
• Census: 1910, Miles Township, Centre County, PA; Head of household with his sister, May
• Census: 1920, Mifflinburg, Union County, PA; Head of household with his sister, May

Notes:

Name: Newton Philip KREIDER 1 2 3 4
Birth: 1861 in PA 5 6
Death: 1929 6
Burial: St. Peter's Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA 6
Note: 1870 - age 9.
1880 - age 19.

Sources:
1. Type: Census
Title: 1870 U.S. Census
Place: Penn Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
2. Type: Census
Title: 1880 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
Text: Newton P.
3. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
Text: N. P.
4. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
Text: Newton Philip
5. Type: Census
Title: 1880 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
6. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184008275/newton-philip-kreider

Section 6, Row 9, #6. Next to his sister, Mae R. Kreider (1871-1952).

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1900-farmer; 1910-own income; 1920-general carpenter; 1930-retired
• Census: 1900, Miles Township, Centre County, PA
• Census: 1910, Miles Township, Centre County, PA
• Census: 1920, Miles Township, Centre County, PA
• Census: 1930, Miles Township, Centre County, PA
• Census: 1940, Miles Township, Centre County, PA

Notes:

Section 6, Row 9, #8. Next to wife, Ella

Name: Wallace Jacob KREIDER 1 2 3 4 5 6
Birth: 21 FEB 1863 in PA 4
Death: 11 MAY 1949 4
Burial: St. Peter's Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA 4
Note: 1870 - age 7.
1880 - age 17.
Of Wolf's Store.

Sources:
1. Type: Census
Title: 1870 U.S. Census
Place: Penn Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
2. Type: Census
Title: 1880 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
3. Type: Book
Title: Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania
Author: J. H. Beers & Co.
Date: 1898
4. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
5. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
Text: Wallace J.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94594758/wallace-jacob-kreider

Wallace married Ella C. Hosterman on 12 May 1886 in Centre County, PA. Ella (daughter of John Kreamer Hosterman and Susanna Gramley) was born on 12 May 1868 in Pennsylvania; died on 11 Feb 1956; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Calvin J. KREIDER 1 2
Birth: 29 OCT 1866 3
Death: 23 JUL 1867
Note: 8m 25d 3 4
Burial: St. Peter's Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA 3

Sources:
1. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
Text: s/o J.P. & Isabella
2. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
Text: Calvin J.
3. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
4. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76920228/calvin-j-kreider

Section 1, Row 10, #11. Next to parents.

Other Events:

• Occupation: housekeeper
• Census: 1920, Mifflinburg, Union County, PA; In the household of her brother, Newton Kreider
• Census: 1930, Mifflinburg, Union County, PA

Notes:

Pennsylvania Death Certificate:
Name: May Rosella Krieder [May Rosella Kreider]
Age: 82
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1870
Birth Place: Centre County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 14 Oct 1952
Death Place: Rural Logan, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Phillip Kreider
Mother: Isabelle Royer
Marital Status: Never married
Certificate Number: 85151


Buried:
Section 6, Row 9, #7. Next to brother N. P. (Newton Philip Kreider)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184008338/mae-rosella-kreider

Other Events:

• Education: Franklin & Marshall College; Theology Johns Hopkins PhD.
• Church: United Church of Christ
• Occupation: Minister, Teacher, professor
• Residence: Toledo, OH; Lewisburg, PA.
• Census: 1910, Baltimore, MD
• Census: 1920, Toledo, Lucas County, OH
• Census: 1930, Toledo, Lucas County, OH
• Census: 1940, Toledo, Lucas County, OH

Notes:

Buried Section 6, Row 14, #2. Next to wife.
wedding date from Josephine

http://www.chem.utoledo.edu/Kreider.htm
obituary

Dr. Henry R. Kreider, First Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo
Dr. Henry R. Kreider, born into a rural Pennsylvania family April 24, 1874, graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with BA and MA degrees in 1898. In 1901, he was graduated by Eastern Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and was ordained as a minister in the Reformed Church (United Church of Christ). After his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Moyer in 1902 and his serving a pastorate of three years, he entered the graduate school in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University in 1904. He suspended his studies for two years for a teaching position at the Pennsylvania State Forest Academy at Mont Alto, Pennsylvania and a research fellowship at Dalhousie College, Halifax, N.S., then received his PhD in 1910 from Johns Hopkins.

For the following three years, 1910-1913, Dr. Kreider occupied the Chair of Chemistry at Baltimore Medical College, while continuing to do research in free radicals at Johns Hopkins University. In 1913 he accepted the position of Acing Professor of Chemistry at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.

In 1915, Dr. Kreider joined the fledgling University of Toledo, then located on Cherry Street, as Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Department, and he served in this capacity until his retirement in 1944. Dr. Kreider was a strong and stable influence in the growth and development of the department, as he oversaw its eventual move to University Hall at the new campus on W. Bancroft Street. He was a member of many scientific, professional, and fraternal organizations and was instrumental in establishing and was charter member of the Toledo Section of the American Chemical Society.

Dr. Kreider's unusual personality is shown by his activity in two fields of endeavor - science and the ministry. Along with his academic duties, he was able to continue his witness to a strong religious faith as assistant pastor of the then First Reformed Church of Toledo for seven years and later as pastor of the then Emanuel Reformed Church of Haskins, Ohio for eleven years and continued to be active in church work as long as his health permitted. Long after his retirement from the University he continued to write or talk on one of his favorite subjects, "Science and Religion" in which he found no conflict in his own mind, but felt that one strengthened the other. In 1959 he and his wife moved to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1961 at the age of 87.

He was a gentle, modest man with a keen sense of humor, a ready story and a flair for poetry. As an undergraduate at Franklin Marshall, he was designated class poet of his class of 1898. His stature as a scientist and teacher was enhanced by his kindly understanding of his students. They looked upon him as counselor and guide, as well as teacher. At his urging, many of the students went on to graduate school in chemistry or to medical school and have held influential positions throughout the country.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184009195/henry-royer-kreider

Henry married Mary Elizabeth Moyer on 25 Jun 1902. Mary (daughter of Joseph Klose Moyer and Mary Elizabeth Kline) was born on 24 Jul 1876 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; died on 23 Aug 1964 in Lewisburg, Union County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19965508/beatrice-r-hosterman

Daughter of Wallace J. and Ella C. Kreider. Wife of William H. Hosterman.

Beatrice married William H. Hosterman about 14 Jul 1921 in Reformed Church, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. William was born in 1896 in Centre County, PA; died in Aug 1980 in Goodwin House, Alexandria, VA; was buried in Lewinsville Presbyterian Cemetery, McLean, Fairfax County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Section 1, Row 10, #13. New and old stone. Philip is son of Wallace. Wallace is son of J. Phliip and Isabella Kreider. Therefore, Philip is buried next to his grandparents.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76931928/philip-kreider

Other Events:

• Education: University of Toledo, B.A.; Columbia University, M.A,
• Occupation: Taught Jr. High math & science Toledo, OH 7 years. Taught Sr. High biology, Washington, DC: 1944-45, Child welfare & PA dept of Public Welfare: 1958-7

Notes:

Obituary
Josephine K. Ziegler Auten, peacefully departed this life January 2, 2007. She was born April 22, 1906 in Mont Alto, PA, the daughter of Henry R. and Mary Elizabeth (Moyer) Kreider. She grew up in Toledo, OH, lived for a number of years in Gainesville, FL, and for nearly 50 years in Lewisburg, PA. Her last 6 years were spent in Columbus, OH. She was predeceased by her first husband Edwin A. Ziegler, in 1967, by her second husband John T. Auten, in 1976, and by her daughter Elizabeth Z. Olson in 2006. She is survived by two daughters, Miriam M. Ziegler (Thomas Baldwin) of Tucson, AZ, and Joanna Z. Page (Alan Page) of Belchertown, MA; a brother, Henry R. Kreider of St. Petersburg, FL, and a sister, Ruth Hiltner of Cleveland, OH; seven grandchildren, David (Pamela) Zweizig, Miriam Zweizig (Michael Biggins), Andrew (Holly) Zweizig, James Page, Matthew (Sara) Page, Rebecca Baldwin, Ruth Baldwin; six great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson. Mrs. Auten earned a B.A. from the University of Toledo (OH) and a M.A. from Columbia University. She had a long career as a teacher, social worker, and devoted wife and mother. Her life was filled with volunteer civic, philanthropic, and church work, including the Red Cross, the Tri-County Girl Scout Council, the A.A.U.W., the League of Women Voters, the Lewisburg Business and Professional Women's Club, and the Lewisburg Civic Club. She was an active member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Lewisburg, PA for over 50 years. A local memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2007 in the Westminster chapel at the Westminster-Thurber Community, 717 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 228-8888. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to St. John's U.C.C., 1050 Buffalo Rd., Lewisburg, PA 17837, or to the Ziegler-Auten scholarship fund, Penn State Mont Alto, 1 Campus Drive, Mont Alto, PA 17237.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76817211/josephine-ziegler

Section 1, row 2, #3

Josephine married Edwin Allen Ziegler on 08 Jun 1935. Edwin (son of Thomas Royer Ziegler and Lydia Anna Yearick) was born on 20 Sep 1880 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; died on 14 Oct 1967 in Lewisburg, Union County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josephine married John Thompson Auten in 1974. John was born on 6 Nov 1887 in White Hall, Greene County, IL; died on 21 Jun 1976 in Lewisburg, Union County, PA; was buried in Union Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary
KREIDER, Henry Royer on March 31, 2012, Henry Royer Kreider died in St. Petersburg, at the age of 100. He was born Dec. 31, 1911, in Baltimore, MD to Henry and Elizabeth (Moyer) Kreider. He receive a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Toledo and a Ph.D in chemistry from Ohio State University. Following graduation, Dr. Kreider worked for the American Medical Association, where he worked on drug standardization; at Mead Johnson, and served as associate director of research at William S. Merrell; as director of research at Cheesebrough-Ponds; as Vice-President of Viobin Corporation; and as director of research at Sherman Laboratories. Dr. Kreider was a member of the American Chemical Society, the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, American Research Directors, American Institute of Chemists, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Chi. An Intellectually curious person, Dr. Kreider read and traveled extensively, was an avid sailor, a cyclist, graduating to a three-wheeler at the age of 95. He was a loving husband to his wife Virginia who predeceased him in 2005, and caring father, grandfather and great-grandfather. We will all miss his great sense of humor. Survivors include his two children, Kent Kreider and Joan Berardo; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of his life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked memorial contributions be made to University of Toledo. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that contributions be made to the Henry R. Kreider Scholarship in Chemistry, University of Toledo, Attn: Alan A. Pinkerton, 2024 Bowman-Oddy, Mailstop 602, Toledo, OH 43606-3390.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida. Sunday, 8 April 2012


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195547531/henry-r.-kreider

Memorial plaque

Henry married Virginia Ruggles in Jul 1936. Virginia was born on 19 Dec 1912 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; died on 05 Sep 2005 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, FL; was buried in First Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary
HILTNER RUTH MOYER KREIDER HILTNER, aged 94, died February 5, 2011. Ruth was born in Toledo, OH on April 23, 1916, to Mary Elizabeth Moyer and Rev. Henry Royer Kreider. Ruth married William Albert Hiltner on August 12, 1939. They lived for many years in Williams Bay, WI and later in Ann Arbor, MI. Ruth was active in volunteer work all her life, including serving as President of the Badger Girl Scout Council from 1966 to 1970. Ruth is survived by brother Henry Kreider, daughter Kathryn Mook; sons William and Stephen; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; her daughter Anne; and her sister Josephine Auten. Interment will be at Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, PA. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Ruth and Albert Hiltner Fund in Astronomy at the University of Michigan, 500 S. State St. Suite 5000, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382.
http://obits.cleveland.com/obituaries/cleveland/obituary.aspx?n=ruth-moyer-kreider-hiltner&pid=148949559

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66556131/ruth-moyer-hiltner

Ruth married William Albert Hiltner on 12 Aug 1939 in Reformed Church in Toledo, OH. William (son of John Nicholas Hiltner and Ida Lavina Schafer) was born on 27 Aug 1914 in North Creek, OH; died on 30 Sep 1991 in Ann Arbor, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: Bucknell U., 1954-56, Cornell U. NY, RN & B.S. 1959, Ohio State U. M.S. nursing
• Occupation: Clinical nurse-oncology, charge of staff & patient education Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Research Inst, OH S.U., Columbus, OH

Notes:

ELIZABETH ZIEGLER OLSON
Elizabeth Ziegler Olson, 69, of Dublin, died May 19, 2006, after a courageous, six-year battle with advanced ovarian cancer.
She was a loving companion, mother, sister and daughter who led a caring and compassionate life. Her sweetness, companionship and love will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She received her BSN from the New York Hospital-Cornell School of Nursing and her MSN from the Ohio State University. She worked in several Columbus hospitals and retired in 1999 from the Arthur G. James
Cancer Hospital. She was secretary-treasurer of NFA, a flying club at Don Scott Field, from 1998 to 2002. Since 1979 she had been active in the Oncology Nursing Society and was a long-time member of the North Community Evangelical Lutheran Church.
She was born Nov. 23, 1936, in Harrisburg, Pa. She was preceded in death by her father, Edwin Allen Ziegler, and her mother, Josephine Ziegler Auten of Columbus, survives.

She also is survived by long-term, dear friend Dick Willis of Columbus; sons David C. (Pamela) Zweizig of Chicago, and Andrew E. (Holly) Zweizig of Marysville; daughter Miriam E. McGuffin of Worthington; grandchildren John, Zachary, MeriBeth, Joshua, Nathan and Maggie; great-grandson Aiden; sisters Joanna Z. (Alan) Page and Miriam M. (Thomas Baldwin) Ziegler of Tucson, Ariz.; nieces and nephews; and many extended relatives and friends.
A memorial service will be held at the North Community Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saturday, June 10, 2006, at 11:30 a.m. Internment will be at the Lutheran Reformed Cemetery in Rebersburg, Pa.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ohio State University's Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital.
Arrangements are being made by Rutherford-Corbin Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 515 High St., Worthington, Ohio.
http://www.marysvillejt.com/archiveobit/
obits2006/archived_obituaries%20may06.htm

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77098320/elizabeth-rebecca-olson

Elizabeth married Charles Russell Zweizig on 14 Jun 1959 in Lewisburg, Union County, PA, and was divorced on 17 Jun 1971. Charles (son of Charles Zweizig and Grace Lough) was born on 9 Jun 1935 in York County, PA; died on 14 Apr 2012 in Kenton, Hardin County, OH; was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Unknown Olson in 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Section 1, Row 2, #5. Next to stones for his parents and his sister.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77098126/edwin-allen-ziegler

Section 1, Row 2, #5. Next to stones for his parents and his sister.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77097998/edwina-may-ziegler

Section 1, Row 2, #5. Next to stones for her parents and her brother.

Other Events:

• Education: Reed College, B.S.; Oregon State University, PhD.
• Occupation: Professor

Notes:

http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/09/10/pioneering_engineer_professor_anne_hiltner_dies
Anne Hiltner, Case Western Reserve?s first female professor of engineering and an internationally recognized scientist and engineer, died Monday after a courageous battle with illness. She was 69.

?Our campus has lost a remarkable academic leader,? President Barbara R. Snyder said. ?As a woman in the sciences and engineering, Professor Hiltner?s entire career served as an inspiration to others. As a researcher of extraordinary ingenuity and accomplishment, she transformed her field. Her impact on the university, and on students and colleagues worldwide, cannot be overstated. We will miss her.?

Professor Hiltner came to the university in 1967, after earning a doctorate in physical chemistry from Oregon State University. She served as a research associate for one year with chemistry professor Irvin M. Krieger, and then joined the laboratory of professor Eric Baer, who was chairman of the Department of Macromolecular Science at the time. The connection with professor Baer proved fortuitous, as the pair forged a powerful scientific collaboration that persisted to the present. They also discovered personal compatibility, marrying in 1999.

?The dream of every faculty member is to try harder, harder,? Baer said. ?She always climbed mountains.?

From the very beginning, Baer recalled, his colleague was committed to excellence. Whether working in the laboratory, writing papers or advising graduate students, Hiltner remained laser-focused. ?She was a projects person,? Baer said.

In 1974, Hiltner became the university?s first female member of the engineering faculty when she became an assistant professor of macromolecular engineering. Seven years later she founded the Center for Applied Polymer Research (CAPRI), an organization that encouraged collaboration across disciplines and ultimately laid the groundwork for the program that she considered her greatest achievement, the awarding of a 10-year, $40 million National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC), the Center for Layered Polymeric Systems (CLiPS).

The NSF received more than 160 applications for STC funding, and gave awards to six. CLiPS is the university?s first and only STC, and involves several other university partnerships nationwide as well as collaboration with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

?The STC made her feel she had reached to the top of Everest,? Baer said. ?She really reached the pinnacle of her career.?

Over her career, Professor Hiltner published nearly 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and received multiple honors from professional scientific organizations. She was a Fellow of the American Chemical Society?s Division of Polymeric Materials, the American Institute for Medical Biological Engineering, and the High Polymer Physics Division of the American Physical Society.

In 2001, Professor Hiltner was the recipient of the American Chemical Society?s Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering. In 2004, Case Western Reserve named her the Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering. That same year, the Society of Plastics Engineers? Thermoplastic Materials and Foam Division presented Professor Hiltner its annual outstanding achievement award. In 2008, she received the American Chemical Society?s Award in Applied Polymer Science. In announcing the honor, the society cited Professor Hiltner?s ?pioneering contributions in understanding the connections between hierarchical structure and properties of polymers, their blends and composites.?

Even with all of the recognition, Baer said, ?her greatest joy was her involvement with the graduate students. She loved the creative, productive side of her work.?

Hiltner did not want formal remembrances or donations made in her name, Baer said. The greatest tribute others can make to Hiltner, he explained, is to continue her creative mission through their academic work.

Posted by: David Wilson, September 10, 2010