What is Gordon Van Wylen?
'''Gordon John Van Wylen''' (February 6, 1920 – November 5, 2020)<ref>[http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n81-107930.html Library of Congress authority file]</ref> was an American physicist and author. He wrote many textbooks on [[thermodynamics]]. He was chair of the physics department at the [[University of Michigan]] from 1969 to 1972 and President of [[Hope College]] in [[Holland, Michigan]], from 1972 to 1987. He was born in [[Grant, Michigan]]. Van Wylen [[centenarian|turned 100]] in February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dayofgiving.hope.edu/ |title=Day of Giving 2020: Happy 100th, President Emeritus Van Wylen Match |access-date=2020-11-06 |archive-date=2020-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106004819/https://dayofgiving.hope.edu/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Van Wylen died on November 5, 2020 from [[COVID-19]] in [[Holland, Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Olgers|first=Greg|date=2020-11-05|title=Former Hope College President Gordon Van Wylen Dies|url=https://hope.edu/news/2020/campus-life/former-hope-college-president-gordon-van-wylen-dies.html|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Hope College|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Wylen, Gordon}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:Academics from Michigan]] [[Category:Scientists from Michigan]] {{US-bio-stub}}