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Note: The David Mulvane Ehrsam and Edward Curtis Franklin Professorships in Chemistry, Endowed Professorships and Directorships, Stanford University, CA. - I found this reference on the Stanford Website; I don't know much more about it, yet. MLD 11-4-06
THE TWO EHRSAM professorships are named for a Stanford graduate, David Mulvane
Ehrsam, and one of his favorite chemistry professors, Edward Curtis Franklin. Patricia
Beck Ehrsam, David's widow, provided for the professorships in her 1994 bequest. The
first chair was established in 1994 and the second in 1996 in the Department of Chemistry.
David Ehrsam was born in Enterprise, Kansas, in 1904. Son of Virgiline and William J.
Ehrsam, he was one of six children. He was a part of the Class of 1923 at Los Angeles
Polytechnic High School, after which he attended Stanford, earning an A.F. in 1928 and
an A.B. in 1930 in chemistry. Upon graduation, he returned to Enterprise to join the family
firm, J.B. Ehrsam & Sons Manufacturing Co., which was founded by his grandfather in
1872. David's father was president of the firm until his death in 1944, when David took
over. David served as the company's chairman from 1951 until he retired in 1968. In
1969 he was elected mayor of Enterprise and he served until his death in 1970.
Edward Franklin also hailed from Kansas; he was born in Geary City in 1862. He earned
his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Kansas and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
From 1891 to 1903, Professor Franklin was on the faculty at the University of
Kansas. He came to Stanford in 1903, becoming one of the first faculty in the young university's
chemistry department, where David took organic chemistry with the popular professor.
Professor Franklin made a lasting impression on his student. Mrs. Ehrsam reported
that her husband spoke often of his "beloved professor," prompting her to honor
both men through her estate.
Source: Endowed Professorships & Directorships at Stanford University, printed in 2000. PDF copies of two pages with profiles of two professors in the possession of Michelle DeAngelo
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