Albert was the youngest son of John Martin and Anna Maria (Gehler)Scherrer who came from Switzerland to America in the early 1860's.
Albert was a chemist for the National Bureau of
Standards beginning in 1911.His Specialty was chemical analysis of Non-ferrous metals. Retired in 1940, but was called back to work to assist with a national defense research projects known as the "MANHATTEN PROJECT."(Atomic bomb).
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Obituary
John Albert Scherrer Rites Arranged for Tomorrow Afternoon
Expert on Non-Ferrous Metals Long a Chemist At Standards Bureau
John Albert Scherrer, 71, who retired in 1940 as chemist of the Bureau of Standards, died Saturday at his home, 305 West Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage a few days previously.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m tomorrow at the Pumphrey funeral home in Bethesda, with the Rev. J. Hillman Hollister of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Gaithersburg, Md.
Mr. Scherrer, who had been associated with the bureau since 1910, was recalled from retirement to assist in national defense research work. Moving to this city over 30 years ago, he was first with the Geological Survey. He was an expert on analysis of non-ferrous metals.
He was a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. He was born in New Cambria, Mo., and attended the University of Nebraska.
Mr. Scherrer is survived by this wife, Mrs. Blanche M. Scherrer.
[The Evening Star (Washington, DC) • 29 Jun 1942, Mon • Page 12]
He married in 1910 to Miss Clara Blanche Mills.
Albert was a chemist for the National Bureau of
Standards beginning in 1911.His Specialty was chemical analysis of Non-ferrous metals. Retired in 1940, but was called back to work to assist with a national defense research projects known as the "MANHATTEN PROJECT."(Atomic bomb).
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Obituary
John Albert Scherrer Rites Arranged for Tomorrow Afternoon
Expert on Non-Ferrous Metals Long a Chemist At Standards Bureau
John Albert Scherrer, 71, who retired in 1940 as chemist of the Bureau of Standards, died Saturday at his home, 305 West Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage a few days previously.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m tomorrow at the Pumphrey funeral home in Bethesda, with the Rev. J. Hillman Hollister of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Gaithersburg, Md.
Mr. Scherrer, who had been associated with the bureau since 1910, was recalled from retirement to assist in national defense research work. Moving to this city over 30 years ago, he was first with the Geological Survey. He was an expert on analysis of non-ferrous metals.
He was a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. He was born in New Cambria, Mo., and attended the University of Nebraska.
Mr. Scherrer is survived by this wife, Mrs. Blanche M. Scherrer.
[The Evening Star (Washington, DC) • 29 Jun 1942, Mon • Page 12]
He married in 1910 to Miss Clara Blanche Mills.
Albert was the youngest son of John Martin and Anna Maria (Gehler)Scherrer who came from Switzerland to America in the early 1860's.
Albert was a chemist for the National Bureau of
Standards beginning in 1911.His Specialty was chemical analysis of Non-ferrous metals. Retired in 1940, but was called back to work to assist with a national defense research projects known as the "MANHATTEN PROJECT."(Atomic bomb).
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Obituary
John Albert Scherrer Rites Arranged for Tomorrow Afternoon
Expert on Non-Ferrous Metals Long a Chemist At Standards Bureau
John Albert Scherrer, 71, who retired in 1940 as chemist of the Bureau of Standards, died Saturday at his home, 305 West Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage a few days previously.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m tomorrow at the Pumphrey funeral home in Bethesda, with the Rev. J. Hillman Hollister of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Gaithersburg, Md.
Mr. Scherrer, who had been associated with the bureau since 1910, was recalled from retirement to assist in national defense research work. Moving to this city over 30 years ago, he was first with the Geological Survey. He was an expert on analysis of non-ferrous metals.
He was a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. He was born in New Cambria, Mo., and attended the University of Nebraska.
Mr. Scherrer is survived by this wife, Mrs. Blanche M. Scherrer.
[The Evening Star (Washington, DC) • 29 Jun 1942, Mon • Page 12]
He married in 1910 to Miss Clara Blanche Mills.
Albert was a chemist for the National Bureau of
Standards beginning in 1911.His Specialty was chemical analysis of Non-ferrous metals. Retired in 1940, but was called back to work to assist with a national defense research projects known as the "MANHATTEN PROJECT."(Atomic bomb).
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Obituary
John Albert Scherrer Rites Arranged for Tomorrow Afternoon
Expert on Non-Ferrous Metals Long a Chemist At Standards Bureau
John Albert Scherrer, 71, who retired in 1940 as chemist of the Bureau of Standards, died Saturday at his home, 305 West Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage a few days previously.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m tomorrow at the Pumphrey funeral home in Bethesda, with the Rev. J. Hillman Hollister of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Gaithersburg, Md.
Mr. Scherrer, who had been associated with the bureau since 1910, was recalled from retirement to assist in national defense research work. Moving to this city over 30 years ago, he was first with the Geological Survey. He was an expert on analysis of non-ferrous metals.
He was a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. He was born in New Cambria, Mo., and attended the University of Nebraska.
Mr. Scherrer is survived by this wife, Mrs. Blanche M. Scherrer.
[The Evening Star (Washington, DC) • 29 Jun 1942, Mon • Page 12]
He married in 1910 to Miss Clara Blanche Mills.
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