Marcel Schein (1902 - 1960)

Born 9 Jun 1902 in Trsztena, Árva, Hungary

Died 20 Feb 1960 at age 57 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Marcel Schein was born 9 June 1902^[1] in Trsztena, Árva, Hungary, which is present day Žilinský, Slovakia.^[2] His parents were Henry Schein and Hermina Messinger.^[1]

While at the university in Zurich, he fell in love with Hilde Schoenbeck, a blonde haired, blue-eyed Lutheran engineering student from Saxony.^[3] On June 2, 1927 they married.^[1][4]

His son Edgar Schein was born 5 March 1928.

Marcel studied at universities of Vienna, Würzburg and Zürich, where he got his PhD with "magna cum laude." In the years that followed, he taught at several European universities until 1938. Then he emigrated to the United States.

At the University of Chicago he became a member of staff at the Institute of Physics. He was simple researcher from 1938 to 1943, then an Assistant Professor from 1943 to 1945, and an Associate Professor until 1946. In 1946 he became full professor. His main field on research was cosmic rays.

He passed away 20 February 1960 at the age of 57 in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was buried in the Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.^[2][5][1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9N-KTPZ : 17 March 2020), Marcel Schein, 20 Feb 1960; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 March 2021), memorial page for Marcel Schein (9 Jun 1902–20 Feb 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #122107699, citing Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by RichardChampion68 (contributor 47486148).
3. ↑ Becoming American https://www.google.com/books/edition/Becoming_American/v6foCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hilde+schoenbeck&pg=PT7&printsec=frontcover Accessed 17 March 2021.
4. ↑ Prabook https://prabook.com/web/marcel.schein/1047795 Accessed 17 March 2021.
5. ↑ "Dr. Marcel Schein, U. of C. Cosmic Ray Expert, Dies". Chicago Tribune. February 21, 1960. p. 8. Retrieved 17 March 2021.