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• W4379780223 abstract "MAGNUS SWENSON, INVENTOR AND CHEMICAL ENGINEER BY OLAF HOUGEN The career of Magnus Swenson in engineering, invention, manufacturing, business administration, and public affairs ranks him among the most versatile of American citizens. Unfortunately, Swenson made no attempt to record his achievements. He contributed practically nothing to scientific or engineering periodicals. He had a consuming passion for great achievements in chemical manufacture, production of machinery, in invention, in conserving the waste byproducts of industry, but was not concerned in the least with receiving recognition for his achievements or collecting the applause of future generations, or even of attaining credit and compensation for his enterprises. The sources of information for the material of this article are from personal interviews with Magnus Swenson, with his daughter, Mrs. Mary North, and with his former acquaintances. Through the courtesy of Mrs. North, hundreds of newspaper clippings in her possession were made available, as well as the large files of Swenson's personal correspondence. The government patents and specifications also constituted a reliable source of information. The sources of extant information were by no means exhausted. A complete study was not made of Swenson's correspondence, nor of newspaper files. No doubt there are still extant technical reports in the possession of numerous industrial organizations for which Swenson served as consulting engineer. Neither time nor expense permitted further search into these less accessible sources of information .1 1 The incentive for preparing this paper came from Professor Julius E. Olson, who introduced the writer to Magnus Swenson on a personal visit to Thorstrand in 152 MAGNUS SWENSON 153 The name of Magnus Swenson is a familiar one to members of the Norwegian- American Historical Association, and it is only fitting that Studies and Records should present an account of the man who for several years was president of this association. His work for the association was one of the many hobbies that filled his life in later years, after his scientific and civic work had won him eminence in the social and public life of Wisconsin. An attempt will be made in the following to describe his scientific career, and to estimate the significance of this phase of his many-sided contributions to the fife of America. His story is the familiar, yet ever-fascinating tale of the immigrant lad who came to America starved, penniless, and homeless, and who rose to become a distinguished citizen of his new country. He turned his hand to many tasks, from his early jobs as blacksmith, mechanic, and surveyor, and his scientific contributions as geologist, chemist, engineer, and inventor, to the later positions of honor and responsibility as bank director, regent of the University of Wisconsin, chairman of the commission to build Wisconsin's state capitol, food administrator for the state of Wisconsin, food relief ambassador to the Baltic countries in Europe, and president of a great steamship company. He was born in Langesand, Norway, April 12, 1854, on the estate of Thorstrand, near the city of Larvik. He left Norway at the age of fourteen, and America was his home until his death in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 29, 1936. When he was two years of age his mother died. The family then moved to Larvik where the father, Johann Swenson, owned and managed a large factory for the manufacture of rope. There were many advantages in being brought up in Larvik; here the boy had an opportunity to become familiar 1932. A full account of Swenson's life was presented at a meeting of the Ygdrasil Society in Madison, Wisconsin, on May 14, 1938. At the suggestion of Professor Einar Haugen, and with his editorial assistance, the present portion of this paper was selected for publication in Studies and Records. 154 STUDIES AND RECORDS with the mechanical skills of a large factory, to mingle with sailors returning from all parts of the world, and to attend the city schools. His father remarried, and as more brothers and sisters came into the world Magnus often found himself an abused and neglected stepchild. Shortly after his fourteenth birthday a second tragedy came into his life. His father's rope factory burned to the ground. The property was without insurance..." @default.
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