UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - In 2026, Penn State celebrates the centennial anniversary of awarding its first doctoral degree - in physics - to Marsh White. This degree was awarded from the then-School of Chemistry and Physics at the Pennsylvania State College, known today as the Department of Physics in the Penn State Eberly College of Science.
White, who also earned his master's degree from Penn State in 1920, set out to disprove Einstein's theory of relativity in his doctoral thesis. Despite not succeeding, White contributed to a growing body of science and nonetheless, became the first person to do so from Penn State - emphasizing the importan...