User:Nolabob

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Born	New Orleans
Country	United States
Current location	Colorado; Pennsylvania (at times)
Languages	English; Spanish (limited)
Time zone	MDT
Current time	Current time for UTC-6 is 15:08
Personality type	INTJ
Family and friends
Marital status	married
Children	2
Siblings	1
Education and employment
Occupation	Research scientist
Employer	retired
Education	PhD
High school	Jesuit High School of New Orleans
College	Tulane University
University	University of California, Berkeley
Account statistics
Joined	14 February 2011
Edit count	10,000+

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I currently reside in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. For many years, I resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where I lived when I first began contributions to the Wikipedia and some of its sister projects. I still spend a significant amount of time in Pennsylvania.

I earned a PhD in Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, which explains my particular interest in matters related to Chemistry and Materials on the Wikipedia.

I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, which explains why I have done so much Wikipedia editing on matters related to New Orleans. I am also an alumnus of Tulane University in New Orleans with a BS in Chemistry, having graduated from Jesuit High School of New Orleans in 1974.

Lists of my major contributions to the Wikipedia are below.

In December 2019, I created my first article for Wikiquote, that on Julius Rosenwald. This link is to my WikiQuote user page which lists my original articles for Wikiquote. I also originate WikiData items, usually for subjects that might not meet the notability threshold of Wikipedia or subjects for which there might not yet be sufficient verifiable references. Perhaps I could more accurately describe myself as a "Wikimedian" than a "Wikipedian".

I participate regularly in the Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia WikiSalons.

On January 1, 2022, the article I originated on the Christian Street Historic District achieved Did You Know status. The article about Curtis Imrie was a DYK on August 9, 2022.

As of February 2022, the article on Calutron Girls achieved Good Article status, an article for which I completed extensive upgrades. In February 2025, the article on Fritz Strassman achieved GA status. I had made extensive edits on this article, although so did many other editors. This article was truly a crowd-sourced effort.

In October 2022, I completed NPP Reviewer training and became an approved New Page Reviewer effective October 24, 2022.

Beginning on August 13, 2022, I began serving as a reviewer for articles nominated for Good Article status. As of August 22, 2022, I have completed three GA nomination reviews (passing two and failing one).

In October 2019, I received my first barnstar.

In August 2022, I awarded my first barnstar.

I have a test platform. Here is a user subpage with a list of tools.

My major contributions to the Wikipedia are in the collapsible tables below.

Original Articles, listed below in the order in which I wrote them.
Perhaps the quality improved as I became more experienced.
Number	Article	Description
1	Hap Glaudi	Sports journalist
2	Mel Leavitt	Television journalist and historian
3	Charles L. Dufour	Humorist and writer
4	Charles C. Bass	Innovator in medicine and dentistry
5	Adrien de Pauger	Cartographer for the original design of New Orleans
6	James A. Knight	Medical ethicist
7	Abraham Louis Levin	Medical innovator
8	Irish Bayou	Community in New Orleans
9	Stanhope Bayne-Jones	Medical scientist
10	Southern Regional Research Center	Research facility for agriculture and agricultural products
11	Alexander John Drysdale	Artist
12	Paul E. Poincy	Artist
13	Andres Molinary	Artist
14	William C. Drinkard	Scientist and inventor
15	Beulah Levy Ledner	Pastry chef
16	Frank Joseph Davis	Writer and television journalist
17	Nylon Rope Trick	Scientific demonstration
18	My Brother's Keeper Challenge	Public-private partnership promoting intervention of prominent people with disadvantaged young people
19	Maria Vicenta Rosal	Latin American religious leader and feminist
20	Herbert S. Eleuterio	Scientist and inventor
21	Constant C. Dejoie, Sr.	Civic leader and businessperson
22	Robert Bledsoe Mayfield	Artist
23	Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities	Non-profit organization for advancing educational causes in Louisiana
24	Eleanor McMain	Leader of progressive movements
25	Barcelona Guitar Orchestra	Orchestra of classical guitarists
26	Albert W. Dent	Civic leader and academic administrator
27	Edgar B. Stern Sr	Philanthropist and business person
28	Michael T. Dugan	Academic
29	Clifton H. Johnson	Historian
30	Cary 14 Spectrophotometer	Scientific instrument
31	Arnold Thackray	Science historian
32	Dog Aging Project	On-going biological study of aging in dogs
33	Mardi Gras Doubloons	Coin-like Mardi Gras throws commemorating Mardi Gras Krewes
34	Jerome LeDoux	Roman Catholic priest
35	Arthur Perry	College basketball coach
36	Bayou Metairie	Stranded distributary in southeast Louisiana
37	Bartholomew Fussell	Abolitionist
38	Edith Rosenwald Stern	Philanthropist and patron of the arts
39	Charles E. Fenner	New Orleans businessperson of Merrill Lynch fame
40	Nehemiah Atkinson	professional tennis player and coach in New Orleans
41	Royal D. Suttkus	Ichthyologist and founder of a major collection of fishes
42	New Orleans Recreation Department	Civic organization
43	Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans	Notable for architecture and history
44	William C. Edenborn	Louisiana industrialist and inventor
45	Paul Crawford	Jazz musician and historian
46	Curtis and Davis Architects and Engineers	Defunct architectural firm
47	Leon C. Weiss	"Huey Long's architect"
48	Schwegmann Brothers Giant Supermarkets	Early big box retailer
49	Sara T. Mayo	Physician and humanitarian reformer
50	Werlein's for Music	Long-standing music retailer and publisher that served New Orleans
51	Christian Street Historic District	aka Black Doctors' Row (Philadelphia)
52	Leon C. Megginson	Academic noted for his clarifying statement about Darwinism
53	Robert W. Tebbs	Architectural photographer noted for photoessay of defunct plantation homes
54	Hogan Jazz Archive	Repository at Tulane University
55	Giuseppe Ferrata	Composer, musician, professor, inventor
56	Elijah F. Pennypacker	Abolitionist
57	Basilica of St. Stephen (New Orleans)	In Uptown New Orleans
58	Curtis Imrie	Pack burro racer
59	Jean-Louis Dolliole	Architect who was a free person of color
60	Lory Schaff	Leader in adult literacy education
61	Herman Neugass	Athlete and Olympic boycotter
62	A Studio in the Woods	Environmental art studio
63	Richard Koch	Architectural preservationist and photographer
64	Leonard Spangenberg	New Orleans architect
65	New Orleans Arts and Crafts Club	Organization for modernist art & historic preservation
66	Mona Minkara	Scientist and advocate for the visually impaired
67	Shipcarpenter Square	Historic residential neighborhood in Lewes
68	L'Union	African-American newspaper
69	Solari's	Defunct gournet food store in New Orleans
70	Le Moniteur De La Louisiane	First newspaper in Louisiana
71	Annabelle Bernard	New Orleans-born operatic soprano
72	Prosper Lamal	Entrepreneur responsible for blue street tiles in New Orleans
73	Gertrude F. Rempfer	Scientist and inventor

Significant Contributions to:
Number	Article	Description
1	George E. Burch	Medical researcher
2	List of people from New Orleans	Notable New Orleanians
3	William Bruce Mumford	Figure in the US Civil War
4	National World War II Museum	Museum in New Orleans
5	Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans	Historic cemetery in New Orleans
6	Irish Channel, New Orleans	Historic district
7	My Gal Sal	Historic aircraft at the National WWII Museum
8	Jesuit Bend, Louisiana	Community in New Orleans
9	John Churchill Chase	Editorial cartoonist
10	Rachel Lloyd	Scientist
11	Earl L. Muetterties	Scientist
12	Wayne Mack	Broadcast journalist
13	Mr. Bingle	Fictional character
14	Amistad Research Center	For African-American heritage
15	pH Meter	Scientific instrument
16	Spectronic 20	Scientific instrument
17	Eamon Kelly	Tulane University administrator
18	Explorer Wendell Phillips	Archeologist and explorer
19	Albert C. Ledner	Architect
20	Scientific celebrity	Popularly known scientists
21	George Bissell	Oil industry pioneer in the United States
22	Struble Trail	Multi-use recreational trail in Chester County, PA
23	Ernie Freeman	Jazz musician
24	Holt Cemetery	Historic potter's field in New Orleans
25	Wilhelm Ostwald	Scientist and father of the field of physical chemistry
26	Saul Hertz	Physician-scientist
27	Annie Trumbull Slosson	Fiction writer and entomologist
28	Chalmette National Cemetery	Historic military cemetery
29	Otto Schott	Inventor of high quality optics
30	Ralph E. Oesper	Science historian
31	Klaus Grutzka	Industrial artist
32	Antonio Neri	Priest and pioneer in the science of glass-making
33	Philip P. Werlein	Music publisher and retailer
34	Amelia Laskey	Ornithologist and autodidact
35	Calutron Girls	A group of Manhattan Project workers
36	Virginia Holsinger	Food scientist
37	John Duffy	Medical historian
38	Agnes Pockels	Colloid scientist and autodidact
39	Walter Lear	Physician and social activist
40	Joan Luedders Wolfe	Environmental activist
41	Althea Sherman	Ornithologist
42	Cordelia Stanwood	Ornithologist
43	Henri Devaux	Surface scientist and religious philosopher
44	Alan Charlton	British diplomat
45	Langenstein's	New Orleans grocery store chain
46	St. Frances Cabrini Church	Roman Catholic Church built in modernist style
47	Sasha Suda	CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
48	Ernest Lagarde	Literary scholar of Louisiana Creole descent (mostly copyediting)
49	Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp	WWII facility in Pennsylvania
50	Christopher Drew	Investigative journalist
51	Robert H. Socolow	Environmental scientist
52	Edward Baquet	Creole restaurateur & civil rights activist
53	Arnaud's	Older, well-established Louisiana Creole restaurant
54	Roman bridge of Salamanca	Structure of significant historical and cultural value

Beginning in March 2017, I volunteered to assist the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute. The position of Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute ceased to exist as a result of the economic downturn from the 2020 global pandemic.

As a volunteer at the Science History Institute, I made significant contributions to,
edited extensively, or originated, the articles listed in this collapsible table:
Number	Article	Description
1	pH meter	Scientific instrument
2	Spectronic 20	Scientific instrument
3	Cary 14 Spectrophotometer	Scientific instrument
4	Arnold Thackray	Science historian
5	Leroy Hood	Biologist, inventor of several scientific instruments
6	Carl Axel Arrhenius	Early chemist, research led to discovery of several elements
7	Nils Johan Berlin	Early chemist, devised means of separating rare earth elements
8	Jöns Jacob Berzelius	Chemist, important in the early history of the field
9	Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand	Swedish chemist who made contributions to the forerunner of the periodic table
10	Bohuslav Brauner	Czech chemist who contributed to understanding periodicity, atomic weights and rare earth chemistry
11	Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran	Chemist, discoverer of several elements, pioneer in the field of spectroscopy
12	Fritz Strassmann	Nuclear chemist whose pioneering research led to discovery of nuclear fission
13	Harold G. Richter	Nuclear chemist and environmental chemist
14	Friedrich Wöhler	Early pioneer in organic chemistry
15	Wilhelm Ostwald	Physical chemist

I have edited many other articles, too numerous to list here. I started contributing to the Wikipedia in February 2011. In addition, I have uploaded many photographs to the Wikimedia Commons and am beginning contributions to Wikivoyage. I usually have something under development in my sandboxes:

I have interest at present in upgrading the articles on Nina Floy Bracelin, and gas lighting, as well as several others not listed here.

COI statement

There have been a handful of articles that I have edited or originated for which I have or have had a personal connection. However, I have never been paid or received compensation of any sort for any writing or editing that I have done for the Wikipedia. I always seek to hold myself to Wikipedia's standards for maintaining a Wikipedia's neutral point of view, without any Wikipedia:Advocacy, and for ensuring subject matter is suitably WP:RS supported. Should anyone have concerns about my contributions to the Wikipedia, I ask that the individual let me know.