Search Results
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Oral history interview with Frank A. Laski
- 1994-May-13
- 1994-May-19
- 1994-May-26
Frank A. Laski was born in Detroit, Michigan; he grew up in Oak Park, a suburb of Detroit until about high-school age, when his family moved to Southfield, another suburb. His father's parents and sisters perished in a…
- Interviewee Laski, Frank Allen
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Laski, Frank Allen, Biochemistry, Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA, Sharp, Phillip A., Adenoviruses, Molecular cloning, Germ cells, University of California, Los Angeles, Drosophila
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Oral history interview with Carolyn E. Machamer
- 1994-May-06 – 1994-May-07
- 1995-May-03 – 1994-May-04
Carolyn E. Machamer was born and grew up in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, the oldest of three sisters. Her extended family, mother's in California and father's in Pennsylvania, remains close. Her father was a…
- Interviewee Machamer, Carolyn E., 1953-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Machamer, Carolyn E., 1953-, Biology, Viruses--Reproduction, University of Michigan. Cancer Center, Poliovirus, National Cancer Institute (U.S.), Virology, Histocompatibility antigens, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Women biologists
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Oral history interview with Bruce J. Nicholson
- 1994-Mar-14
- 1994-Mar-16 – 1994-Mar-18
Bruce J. Nicholson was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, in the middle of a hurricane, but was raised, principally, in Brisbane, the younger of two brothers. His mother was a bank teller until she wed; his…
- Interviewee Nicholson, Bruce J., 1954-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Nicholson, Bruce J., 1954-, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Neurobiology, Gap junctions (Cell biology), Proteins--Research
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16 items
Oral history interview with Emil L. Smith
- 1991-Jun-19 (First session)
- 1994-Mar-17 (Second session)
Emil Smith begins his oral history interview by discussing his undergraduate study of biology at Columbia University. He received a Guggenheim fellowship to Cambridge University until the outbreak of World War II. Smith…
- Interviewee Smith, Emil L., 1911-2009
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Biochemists, Smith, Emil L., 1911-2009, University of California, Los Angeles
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Oral history interview with Charles S. Zuker
- 1992-Dec-20
- 1993-Jan-30
- 1993-Apr-22
- 1994-Jan-29 – 1994-Jan-30
Charles S. Zuker was born and raised in Arica, Chile, on the border of Peru and Bolivia though the family moved to Santiago when Zuker was in the third year of his high school. His father was a prominent businessman,…
- Interviewee Zuker, Charles S., 1957-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Geneticists, Medical scientists, Genetics--Research, Medicine--Research, Drosophila, Photoreceptors, Neurobiologists, Zuker, Charles S., 1957-
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5m 53s
Passing Through: Behind The Scenes
- Circa 1993
This is a promotional work created by the National Plastics Center and Museum to advertise their educational video, Passing Through. Passing Through is a film for teenagers and high school science students in which a…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Producer WAVE, Inc.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Plastics, Educational films, Middle Ages
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26m 58s
Passing Through: An Introduction to Plastics
- Circa 1993
A high school student who is nervous about failing his chemistry test is transported to a vaguely Middle Ages, high fantasy castle where he meets a wizard trying to invent better armor for a knight. The student teaches…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Subject Educational films, Plastics, Middle Ages, Wizards
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57M 19S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1993
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1993 lecture includes the…
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Joseph and Walter Coulter, holding a "Coulter - Science Serving Humanity" banner
- 1993
The photograph was taken to mark the Coulter Corporation's 35th anniversary. The group in the photograph are presumably Coulter employees at the company's Miami headquarters. Most wear red and white--the company's…
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Glenn Seaborg and President George H. Bush
- After 1989 – before 1993
Color photograph of Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) standing with President George H. W. Bush (1924-2018) and a large group of students. The photograph is signed, "Best Wishes, George Bush."
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4 items
Extrusion of saran bubbles at Dow Chemical Company
- 1993
Four views showing various stages of the extrusion of saran bubbles from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. The employee visible in the photographs is unidentified. During…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Extrusion process, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Plastics--Extrusion, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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7 items
Environmental Concerns
- 1993
A rectangular beige game box with black text and an image of the game board printed on the cover. The box contains instructions, 30 "Help Save the Earth" cards, 8 "Canal Trip" cards, 6 wood player pieces, 60 silver wood…
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An Architectural Periodic Chart
- (May be the largest in the world.)
- 1993
Art reproduced from image depicting Mendeleev's Periodic System on on the wall of the Mendeleev Institute of Weights and Measures.
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10M 46S
AATCC: Your Leader in the Textile Industry
- Standards for the Textile Industry
- After 1980 – before 1993
Promotional video produced by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists to encourage new membership. Features then-president of the AATCC, William R. Martin, Jr. The AATCC is a professional organization…
- Creator Of Work American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
- Producer Horizon Video Productions, Inc.
- Subject American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, Textile industry, Textile chemistry, Career development, Congresses and conventions, Chemical industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers--Testing
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19 items
Oral history interview with Thomas C. Alber
- 1993-Mar-15
- 1993-Apr-09
- 1993-Jul-16
- 1993-Jul-23
- 1993-Jul-28 – 1993-Jul-29
- 1993-Dec-15
Thomas C. Alber grew up as an American in post World War II Japan and had to deal with issues related to his bilingualism and biculturalism. After moving to Los Angeles with his mother in 1964, Alber was encouraged in…
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2 items
Beckman Introduced DNA Chemistry Kits for Capillary Electrophoresis
- 1993-Oct
The press release announces three chemistry kits for DNA analysis: the eCAP ssDNA 100, the eCAP dsDNA 1000, and the LIFluor dsDNA 1000.
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2 items
Beckman Introduced Convenient Nucleic Acid Chemistry Kit for CE
- 1993-Oct
The press release discusses the features of the eCAP ssDNA 100 kit.
- Author Eastman, Elke
- Subject DNA--Analysis, Capillary electrophoresis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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2 items
Oral history interview with James A. Borowiec
- 1993-Sep-14
- 1993-Sep-17
- 1993-Sep-23
- 1993-Oct-01
- 1993-Oct-09 – 1993-Oct-10
James Anthony Borowiec was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1958, the youngest of four children. His father was a union lawyer, interested in local politics, and his mother was a housewife. His extended family, of Polish…
- Interviewee Borowiec, James A., 1958-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Borowiec, James A., 1958-, Boyer, Paul D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, SV40 (Virus), DNA replication, New York University. Medical Center, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Research, Geneticists, Medical scientists, Molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Carol W. Greider
- 1993-Sep-22
- 1993-Sep-24
- 1993-Sep-30
- 1993-Oct-05
Carol W. Greider was born in San Diego, California. Her father was a physicist; her mother was a biologist who died when Carol was young. Her father had a position at Yale University when Carol was a child, and they…
- Interviewee Greider, Carol W.
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Greider, Carol W., Circadian rhythms, Blackburn, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Helen), 1948-, Telomere, Telomerase, Cloning, Ribonucleases, Medical scientists, Molecular biologists, Women in science, Women in medicine, Women medical scientists, Women molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with David J. Julius
- 1993-Jul-20
- 1993-Jul-23
- 1993-Jul-27
- 1993-Jul-31
David J. Julius was born and grew up in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York, where he lived with his parents and two brothers, one older and one younger. His father was an engineer and his mother an…
- Interviewee Julius, David J., 1955-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Julius, David J., 1955-, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University. Comprehensive Cancer Center, Xenopus, Aplysia, Neurobiology, Electrophysiology, Serotonin--Receptors, Genetics, Biochemists, Geneticists, Medical scientists, Nobel Prize winners
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11 items
Oral history interview with Jerry McAfee
- 1993-Jul-26
Jerry McAfee begins this interview by discussing his parents and his childhood in Port Arthur, Texas. He became interested in chemical engineering at an early age because of the influence of his father who worked for…
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8 items
Oral history interview with Chalmer G. Kirkbride
- 1993-Jul-15
Chalmer Kirkbride begins the interview by describing his family background and childhood in Oklahoma and Kansas. During high school, Kirkbride's interests were influenced by his brother-in-law, a chemist for…
- Interviewee Kirkbride, Chalmer G., (Chalmer Gatlin), 1906-1998
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Sun Oil Company, Houdry Process Corporation, Kirkbride, Chalmer G., (Chalmer Gatlin), 1906-1998, Texas A & M University, Catalytic Construction Company, Chemical engineers
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2 items
Oral history interview with Peter R. Arvan
- 1993-Jun-29
- 1993-Jul-02
- 1993-Jul-05 – 1993-Jul-06
Peter R. Arvan begins the interview discussing his childhood in Queens, New York. Arvan’s family background played an important role in his development, including his mother’s escape from Nazi Germany as a teenager.…
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Oral history interview with William A. Muller
- 1993-May-06
- 1993-May-14
- 1993-May-24
- 1993-May-28
William A. Muller was born in Manhattan but grew up on Long Island; he is the oldest of three brothers, among whom might be found typical sibling rivalry. He is of Jewish ancestry, but his parents and his extended…
- Interviewee Muller, William A., 1953-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Muller, William A., 1953-, DNA, Genetic engineering, Clinical medicine--Research, Baltimore, David, Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology, Endothelial cells, Biochemistry, Cell adhesion molecules, Rockefeller University, Cornell University. Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College
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Oral history interview with Joseph P. Dougherty
- 1993-May-07
- 1993-May-11
- 1993-May-18
- 1993-May-21
Joseph P. Dougherty begins his oral history with a discussion of his youth in various parts of New York City and raises such topics as his family's religion and his father's experiences with the local unions. Dougherty…
- Interviewee Dougherty, Joseph P., 1952-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Virologists, Virology--Research, Medical scientists, HIV (Viruses), Medicine--Research, Genetic engineering, Dougherty, Joseph P., 1952-