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John A. Mandel

Professor of Chemistry

Centurion, 1912–1929

Full Name John Alfred Mandel

Born 19 October 1865 in Stockholm (Hedvig Eleonora), Sweden

Died 5 May 1929 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Proposed by Graham Lusk and Edward K. Dunham

Elected 4 May 1912 at age forty-six

Century Memorial

During the period of nearly sixty years that had elapsed since he came from Sweden to the United States, John Alfred Mandel taught chemistry in this city. He was associated with the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, then with the College of the City of New York.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1930 Century Association Yearbook