CORVALLIS, Ore. – The remarkable story of scientific illustrator Roger Hayward's life and work is the subject of Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center's newest web release, “Roger Hayward: Renaissance Man.”
Hayward collaborated for
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The remarkable story of scientific illustrator Roger Hayward's life and work is the subject of Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center's newest web release, “Roger Hayward: Renaissance Man.”
Hayward collaborated for many years with both Linus Pauling and Scientific American magazine.
Born in New England in 1899, Hayward attended the Masschusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated with honors in architecture. In the late 1920s he became chief designer at the Los Angeles-based Cram & Ferguson architecture firm. When the Great Depression hit, Hayward was forced to expand his skill set in order to make ends meet. His solutions to this dilemma ranged from crafting puppets and performing puppet shows in his home to building looms for his wife, who then sold her textiles at local markets.
Hayward worked on behalf of the United States government during World War II and became an expert on the subject of optics. He is now believed to have been a key contributor to the development of the Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
Following the war, Hayward built a reputation as a scientific illustrator of great importance, providing visuals for Scientific American's "Amateur Scientist" column for nearly 25 years and collaborating with Pauling on numerous publications including 1964's The Architecture of Molecules, for which Hayward served as co-author.
Roger Hayward: Renaissance Man recounts Hayward's story through a detailed narrative and more than 450 illustrations. A number of students worked to bring Hayward’s journ