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Alexander Calandra
Alexander Calandra, a professor of physical science, was born in 1911. Physical science is attributed to the nonliving parts of our world, and physics, astronomy and other fields are concerned physical sciences. He had a Ph.D. for said degree and taught at Washington University in the Department of Physics in Arts and Sciences. Washington College first became an institution in 1857 and is well known for its accomplishments in the sciences and it's school for the deaf. His career began in 1947 at this college and he did not retire until 1979. In the year 1969 he participated in a Conference on Education that was held in Washington D.C. and spoke about his particular field of study. Throughout Alexander Calandra’s life he worked at many different institutions, these being: Brooklyn College, Webster College (which is now Webster University), The University of Chicago, and The Ministry of Education in Jamaica.

There were a number of foundations in which he became a consultant of, these include: the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. Within his lifetime he became part of the Cooperative Test Service, which with time has become the Educational Testing Service, and he spent much of his time evaluation tests as well as the overall construction of exams. He also became interested in how science is taught to children; with this interest he took the place of first editor of the St. Louis-Post Dispatch. While he was a part of this production, he only focused on one main feature of the article, “Children’s Corner.” As a guest speaker at many state conferences for teachers and a participant on a program called “The Magic People”, which aired on CBS, most of his time was aimed at teaching the masses.

Alexander Calandra is mainly known for his story, “The Barometer Story”, which has been published in over 200 books and magazines. In many books "The Barometer Story" is actually titled, "Angels on a Pin". Angels on a pin is a used to mean that people pay attention to irrelevant details and it is also known for its relevance to the Middle Ages as a popularly known allusion. He has also won a few awards that were focused upon his field of study, science. He was awarded the Robert A. Millikan Award for his teachings in physics as well as an award for his instruction of science to non-science majors and his improvements made; this award is called the Ohaus Award. Alexander Calandra died on March 8th of 2006, he was 95 years old.