Thomas Corwin Mendenhall II (born 10 July 1910 in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

 – died 18 July 1998 on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) was a professor of history at Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

, the sixth President of Smith College

Smith College

Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...

, and the leading authority on the history of collegiate rowing

College rowing (United States)

Rowing is one of the oldest intercollegiate sports in the United States. However, rowers comprise only 2.2% of total college athletes. This may be in part because of the status of rowing as an amateur sport and because not all universities have access to suitable bodies of water. In the 2002-03...

 in the United States

United States

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The grandson and namesake of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall

Thomas Corwin Mendenhall

Thomas Corwin Mendenhall was an autodidact US physicist and meteorologist.-Biography:Mendenhall was born in Hanoverton, Ohio to Stephen Mendenhall, a farmer and carriage-maker,...

 (1841-1924), physicist and meteorologist, his father was a Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

, Charles Elwood Mendenhall (1872-1935), and his mother, Dorothy Reed Mendenhall

Dorothy Reed Mendenhall

Dorothy Mabel Reed Mendenhall was a well-known American pediatrician and discoverer of the Reed-Sternberg cell.right|thumb|200px|Dorothy Reed Mendenhall-Biography:...

 (1874-1964), a well-known pediatrician.