Skip to content
Contact Us

General Information

Bio

(1900-1969) Author. Clifford C. Furnas was born in Sheridan, Indiana, and died in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He spent many years at the University of Buffalo.

Full Name

Clifford C. Furnas

Locations

Erie

Author's Timeline

1900

BIRTH

Clifford Cook Furnas was born in Sheridan, Indiana, on October 24, 1900.

1932

LITWORK

Heat Transfer from a Gas Stream to a Bed of Broken Solids
United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

Nonfiction.

1936

LITWORK

The Next Hundred Years : The Unfinished Business of Science
Baltimore, Maryland: The Williams & Wilkins Company

Nonfiction.

1939

LITWORK

The Storehouse Of Civilization
Teachers College Columbia University
1125988479 ISBN-13: 978-1125988473
Nonfiction.

1950

OTHER

Mr. Furnas spent many years in the 1950s and 60s at the University of Buffalo serving as its chancellor and later serving as first president of the State University of New York at Buffalo.

1968

LITWORK

The Engineer
Time Life Science Library

Nonfiction written with Joe McCarthy.

1969

DEATH

Clifford C. Furnas died in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 27, 1967.

Found Wrong Information?

Contact us or use our form to request an update to your information or request an update on behalf of the author.

Have a Correction? pencil Contact Us paper-airplane