Lorenz G. Straub
Founder and Director of St. Anthony Falls Laboratory 1938-1963

Dr. Lorenz Straub joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota in 1930 as Associate Professor of Mathematics. Except for wartime service from 1941 to 1945 with the National Defense Research Committee of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, his professional career was at the University of Minnesota. He became Professor of Hydraulics in 1935, served as Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture from 1936 to 1938, was named Director of the Hydraulic Laboratory in 1942, and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering in 1945. He died at his desk at the Laboratory on October 27, 1963.