Often times, in my life, when a person learns that my last
name is “Eyring”, they will ask me, “Are you related to the Eyring Scientist or
Are you related the Eyring, President of Rick’s College”?
The answer is “YES” to both.
Here is the relationship:
My Great Grand Father “Henry Eyring” was my immigrant and
came from Germany somewhere around 1840.
This “Henry Eyring”, my GGF, had three (3) sons:
1) Ed
2) Andrew
3) Carl
1) Ed: had a son named “Henry Eyring” who was a great scientist and a colleague of Albert Einstein when they were both at Princeton University.
This “Henry Eyring” was a Chemist and the only reason he did not get the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, for his work back in the 30’s, was because the Nobel Committee did not understand his brilliant work and publication until many years later.
This “Henry Eyring”, had a son named “Henry B. Eyring” who was the President of Rick’s College.
2) Andrew: had a son named Wendell Eyring who had a son named
Wendell Eyring Jr. and that is me.
3) Carl: was a great scientist, at Brigham Young University,
where he also designed and supervised the construction of the “Carl F. Eyring Science Center” @ BYU which was, at that time, one of the largest such buildings in the Western United States and still stands on the Campus of BYU. One of “Uncle Carl’s” hopes was that maybe this
building would help Science to find a cure for the Leukemia that was killing him.
So that makes:
Carl F. Eyring “The Scientist” my Great Uncle
Henry Eyring “The Scientist” my 1st Cousin once
removed
Henry B. Eyring “The Rick’s College President” my 2nd
Cousin.