![]() ![]() Jordan Baruch, the first male, sat next to Rhoda Wasserman, the last female. In his freshman physics class, Jordan’s professor announced there would be gender-segregated seating in alphabetical order. During these years, Jordan was an enthusiastic Boy Scout, becoming an Eagle Scout. The kymograph was made up of parts that Jordan bought from junk pushcarts. A talk of his, based on another high school project, “On the Action of Ions on Cardiac Muscles-A Home Made Kymograph,” was named “Best of the Session” by the Science Congress of the American Institute. One of his projects on hydroponics was selected to be exhibited in the New York World’s Fair. At James Madison High School he participated in the after-school activities of the Microscope Club. Jordan already knew how to read when he entered Midwood Elementary School (PS 99) and graduated eighth grade as an honor student in January 1936. Jordan’s father then sought other opportunities, becoming a stockbroker in a small Wall Street firm. Both his father and grandfather were in the wholesale fur business until the collapse of that business in the 1940s. J ORDAN JAY BARUCH was born August 21, 1923, in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn. Noise control systems, and application of computer technology.” “For contributions to technology transfer to industry, ![]()
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