Married Sarah Eleanor Slate, born June 21, 1885, died July 16, 1958, daughter of Professor Frederick Slate and Ella H. De Wolfe. Professor Slate was Professor of Physics at University of California, Berkeley.
Ernst van Loben Sels married Eleanor, December 1, 1909 at Berkeley, California. There were no children born to the marriage. Ernst studied at Cornell University and also at University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering. His brother, MCC van Loben Sels, was also a student at Cornell when Ernst was there.
Ernst was a Captain in the U.S. Army during WWI and served at St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest. He worked full time managing his investments and specialized in railroads in which he was a director. When both he and Eleanor died a foundation they had founded continued to financially aid college students, found a day care center for working mother's and many other philanthropic gifts were given to charities.
Ernst van Loben Sels married Eleanor, December 1, 1909 at Berkeley, California. There were no children born to the marriage. Ernst studied at Cornell University and also at University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering. His brother, MCC van Loben Sels, was also a student at Cornell when Ernst was there.
Ernst was a Captain in the U.S. Army during WWI and served at St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest. He worked full time managing his investments and specialized in railroads in which he was a director. When both he and Eleanor died a foundation they had founded continued to financially aid college students, found a day care center for working mother's and many other philanthropic gifts were given to charities.
Married Sarah Eleanor Slate, born June 21, 1885, died July 16, 1958, daughter of Professor Frederick Slate and Ella H. De Wolfe. Professor Slate was Professor of Physics at University of California, Berkeley.
Ernst van Loben Sels married Eleanor, December 1, 1909 at Berkeley, California. There were no children born to the marriage. Ernst studied at Cornell University and also at University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering. His brother, MCC van Loben Sels, was also a student at Cornell when Ernst was there.
Ernst was a Captain in the U.S. Army during WWI and served at St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest. He worked full time managing his investments and specialized in railroads in which he was a director. When both he and Eleanor died a foundation they had founded continued to financially aid college students, found a day care center for working mother's and many other philanthropic gifts were given to charities.
Ernst van Loben Sels married Eleanor, December 1, 1909 at Berkeley, California. There were no children born to the marriage. Ernst studied at Cornell University and also at University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering. His brother, MCC van Loben Sels, was also a student at Cornell when Ernst was there.
Ernst was a Captain in the U.S. Army during WWI and served at St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest. He worked full time managing his investments and specialized in railroads in which he was a director. When both he and Eleanor died a foundation they had founded continued to financially aid college students, found a day care center for working mother's and many other philanthropic gifts were given to charities.
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