Origin of the Physical Science Sections of the Ohio Academy of Science

Author Institution: Kent State University, Kent, OhioThe physical sciences in the program of the Ohio Academy of Science were represented only sporadically from the time of founding in 1891 until 1912. Concern for physical science was largely represented by the study of physical phenomena observed by field naturalists. A Section of Physics was organized in 1912, renamed Section of Physical Science in 1924, and reorganized as the Section of Physics and Astronomy in 1934 when a Section of Chemistry met for the first time. A Section of Mathematics was founded in 1938, and following continual decline was dissolved in 1954, but it was revived in 1965