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The Monitor presented by Rob Sorensen - Author, Educator

  • The Center at Holiday Inn Lehigh Valley 7736 Adrienne Drive Breinigsville, PA, 18031 United States (map)

Bob Sorensen

Bob Sorensen

Bob Sorenson is a professor of Civil Engineering Emeritus at Lehigh and have held previous faculty positions at Texas A&M and Virginia Tech. My graduate studies were at Lehigh (M.S.) and UC Berkeley (Ph.D.).

The talk title is "John Ericsson and the USS Monitor". The focus will be on the design and construction of the Monitor which is better understood by briefly considering the life and character of Ericsson.

Earlier Event: February 2
The Lost Cause presented by Ed Bonekemper - Historian
Later Event: April 5
The Gettysburg Address presented by Malcolm Gross - Author, Lecturer