Biographical Memoirs

Biographical Memoirs

Volume 70

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309055413
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309589352
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1996
  • Month: September
  • Pages: 445
  • Language: English

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 70 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.

  • Biographical Memoirs
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • WILLIAM L. BROWN
    • PERSONAL HISTORY
    • PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
      • COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
      • CORPORATE CAREER
      • RESEARCH CAREER
      • PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER
      • AFTER ELECTION TO THE ACADEMY
      • BROWN'S LEGACY
    • IMPORTANT HONORS AND MEDALS
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • KENNETH STEWART COLE
    • PERSONAL HISTORY
    • RESEARCH ON CELL MEMBRANES
    • ACADEMIC HONOURS
    • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    • REFERENCES
  • HENRY EYRING
    • REFERENCES
  • ALFRED GILMAN
    • HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
      • DEGREES
      • HONORARY DEGREE
      • UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
      • MEMBERSHIPS
      • PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • HENRY GILMAN
    • HONOURS, DISTINCTIONS AND TRIBUTES
    • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    • PAPERS BY H. GILMAN REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT
    • OTHER WORKS BY H. GILMAN REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT
    • OTHER REFERENCES
  • MORRIS HOWARD HANSEN
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ROBERT PAUL HANSON
    • PERSONAL HISTORY
    • PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
      • 1946-49: THE FORMATIVE YEARS
      • 1950-55: CONTINUED LINES OF RESEARCH PUNCTUATED BY SOME SURPRISES
      • 1956-60: ONGOING DIRECTIONS MIXED WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES
      • 1961-65: HOST-VIRUS-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS AND VIRUSES IN NEW PLACES
      • 1966-70: OLD DISEASES, MORE NEW DISEASES
      • 1971-75: ENDEMIC VIRAL DISEASE PROBLEMS AT HOME, EPIDEMIC EMERGENCIES AWAY
      • 1976-80: A TIME OF CONSOLIDATION OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS
      • 1981-87: REFLECTIONS OF THE "BIG PICTURE"
    • CONCLUSION
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ROBERT FLEMING HEIZER
    • REFERENCES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • FREDERICK SEYMOUR HULSE
    • EDUCATION
    • THE EARLY CAREER
    • THE LATER CAREER
    • ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITION
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • LEON ORRIS JACOBSON
    • EARLY LIFE
    • POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER
    • HONORS
    • RESEARCH ON THE START OF CHEMOTHERAPY
    • RESEARCH ON RECOVERY FROM RADIATION INJURY
    • RESEARCH ON ERYTHROPOIETIN AND ERYTHROPOIESIS
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • WARREN KENDALL LEWIS
    • BOOKS
    • SOME OF LEWIS'S RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
    • WARTIME ACTIVITIES
    • HIS AGGRESSIVE TEACHING
    • CONSULTING
    • THE ENGINEER IN SOCIETY
    • AWARDS AND HONORS
      • NOTE
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • CHOH HAO LI
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • BERND THEODOR MATTHIAS
    • PERSONAL HISTORY
    • LECTURING ABILITY AND IMPACT ON THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
    • SCIENTIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • EGON OROWAN
    • 1. ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE
      • EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN BERLIN
      • ON CRYSTAL PLASTICITY
      • THE CONTROVERSY WITH F. ZWICKY
      • BIRMINGHAM 1937-1939
      • CAMBRIDGE 1939-1950
      • THE THEORY OF THE YIELD POINT
      • THE DECISION TO GO TO M.I.T.
      • CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 1950-1989
      • FRACTURE AND THE FRACTURE INSTABILITY
      • CRYSTAL PLASTICITY
      • GEOLOGY
      • SOCIONOMY
      • OTHER ACTIVITIES
      • FAMILY LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
    • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • EFRAIM RACKER
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • HERSCHEL L. ROMAN
    • HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • HARRY LIONEL SHAPIRO
    • PERSONAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION
    • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS
    • POSITIONS, SERVICE, AND HONORS
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • FRANK LUDVIG SPITZER
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • MERLE ANTONY TUVE
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • JOHN WEST WELLS
    • EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION
    • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
    • THE FINAL YEARS
    • NOTES
    • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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