Edward Bausch

{{short description|American engineer and executive}}

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| birth_place = Rochester, New York, US

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| death_place = Rochester, New York, US

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| occupation = Engineer, business executive

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| father = John Jacob Bausch

| mother = Barbara (Zimmermann) Bausch

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Edward Bausch (September 26, 1854 – July 31, 1941)John N. Ingham. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KRjPBj19i-4C&pg=PA56 Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders], 1983. pp. 56–57. was an American engineer and business executive, who served as president of Bausch & Lomb Optical Company from 1926 to 1935.[http://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/edward-bausch/ "Edward Bausch"], OSA History, The Optical Society. Accessed September 8, 2017 In 1933, he was named an Honorary Member of the Optical Society "For his preeminent service in the advancement of optics."{{Cite web |title=Edward Bausch |website=Optica |url=https://www.optica.org/History/Biographies/bios/Edward-Bausch |access-date=2024-06-17}} He was awarded the twelfth ASME Medal in 1936. He served as chairman of the board until his death.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-bausch-he/166213136/ |agency=Associated Press |title=Bausch, Head of Big Optical Firm, Dies |newspaper=The San Bernardino Daily Sun |place=Rochester, New York |volume=50 |page=3 |date=1944-07-31 |publication-date=1944-08-01 |access-date=2025-02-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Bausch was born in Rochester, New York to John Jacob Bausch and Barbara (Zimmermann) Bausch. He obtained his engineering degree from Cornell University in 1874. He was a brother of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He spent his life-long career at the optical supply business Bausch & Lomb, where he was president from 1926 to 1935, and saw it "grow from an obscure spectacle shop to an industry of worldwide importance." One of his early accomplishments in the late 19th century was the development and production of the company's first commercial microscope.Donovan A. Shilling (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=fj5unLZwg0QC&pg=PA19 A Photographic History of Bausch + Lomb]. p. 19.

He died in Rochester on July 31, 1944.