Dr. Robert Norton "Herbert" Wolfe

1908 - 1987  (79 years)

• Name	Robert Norton "Herbert" Wolfe  [1]
  Prefix	Dr.
  Nickname	Herbert
  Birth	22 Feb 1908	Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Herbert Wolfe
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150942117
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  _FSFTID	L5PY-79P
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  _TAG	Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
  Death	Dec 1987	Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States   [1]
  	Cause: Heart attack
  	Retired physicist Robert N. Wolfe, 79, a retired research physicist for Eastman Kodak Co., died of a heart attack at home Dec. 11. Mr. Wolfe was born in Falls City, Neb., and in 1930 graduated from Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. From 1930-35 he attended the University of Rochester where he received his master's and doctorate degrees in physics. He was selected for membership in Sigma Xi, a national scientific honor society. Mr. Wolfe joined Kodak as a physicist in 1935 and worked in their research laboratory for 38 years. He retired as senior research associate in 1973. For 20 years Mr. Wolfe worked in the field of photographic sensi-tometry, improving the sensitivity of film, especially with the use of filters and more efficient light sources. Mr. Wolfe studied the way light is scattered by turbidity, as it is inside the light-sensitive coating on photographic film, and thereby distorting an otherwise crisp photograph. He also designed high-efficiency viewing screens for both front and rear slide and movie R.N. Wolfe dies projection. Mr. Wolfe was frequently called on by astronomers and scientists around the country involved with photographing and mapping the spectrum, to help solve problems that arose with their photographic systems. He also contributed many papers to scientific journals and was a fellow of the Optical Society of America. He is listed in American Men of Science and Who's Who in the East. In addition to his scientific career, Mr. Wolfe was socially active through work in his church and the community. He was a member for more than 50 years of the Downtown Presbyterian Church. He served as a deacon, elder and leader in their social action work. He was a founding member of the Friends of Fight, which became Metro-Act. Mr. Wolfe is survived by his wife, Ruth C. Wolfe; a son, Alan Wolfe; a daughter, Judith W. Mark; a brother, Laurence Wolfe, of Fairfield, Iowa; a sister, Elizabeth Seath, of Lexington, Ky.; and four grandchildren. Ben Loudon
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
  	Address: 2650 Lake Avenue Rochester, Monroe County, New York 14612 United States 585 428-7775
  Person ID	I790	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Arthur Eacrett Wolfe,   b. 23 Feb 1880, Malvern Mills, Iowa, United States d. 29 Oct 1946, Carson, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Ione Norton,   b. 27 Dec 1879, Humbolt, Richardson County, Nebraska, United States d. 5 Jan 1935, Malvern Mills, Iowa, United States (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1907
  Family ID	F10454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Bentley Coxford,   b. 13 Jul 1909, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States d. 23 Aug 1996, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	29 Sep 1933	Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
  Children	1. Judith Ione "Judy" Wolfe,   b. 2 Feb 1939, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alan David Wolfe,   b. 1 Apr 1942, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States d. Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States
  Family ID	F278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 29 Sep 1933 - Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States Death - Cause: Heart attack - Dec 1987 - Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S56] Social Security Administration, US, Social Security Death index 1935-2014 (A), (\i ancestry.com\i0 ?(https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/ : 2011)), entry for Robert Wolfe, Dec 1987, SS no. 073-09-6053, accessed 9 Sep 2021 (Reliability: 3). Name?tab?Robert Wolfe Social Security Number?tab?073-09-6053 Birth Date?tab?22 Feb 1908 Issue year?tab?Before 1951 Issue State?tab?New York Last Residence?tab?14610, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Death Date?tab?Dec 1987