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3 itemsOral history interview with John L. Holmes
- 2013-Dec-12
John L. Holmes was born in North London, United Kingdom, the son of a civil servant and a stay-at-home mother. From an early age, Holmes was encouraged to read, write and experiment. World War II disrupted his…
- Interviewee Holmes, John L., 1931-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Mass spectrometry, University of Ottawa, Mass spectrometers, Mass spectrometers--Maintenance and repair, Holmes, John L., 1931-
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3 itemsOral history interview with Ronald D. Macfarlane
- 2011-May-26
Ronald Macfarlane was born in Buffalo, New York, the oldest of three children. An excellent teacher in high school sparked his interest in chemistry, and Macfarlane attended the University of Buffalo, majoring in…
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3 itemsOral history interview with Alex G. Harrison
- 2013-Nov-13
Alex G. Harrison was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, one of two sons. His parents were farmers but had the Scottish appreciation for education. Harrison attended a one-room school, where his aunt was teacher. He…
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5 itemsOral history interview with Nico M. Nibbering
- 2013-Jun-07 (First session)
- 2013-Jun-08 (Second session)
Nico M. Nibbering was born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, one of eight children. When school resumed after World War II, Nibbering did well and tested into high school, where he chose the science and mathematics track and…
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22 itemsOral history interview with Alfred O.C. Nier
- 1989-Apr-07 (First session)
- 1989-Apr-08 (Second session)
- 1989-Apr-09 (Third session)
- 1989-Apr-10 (Fourth session)
Alfred O. C. Nier was born in Minnesota in 1911 to parents who had emigrated from Germany. Having been interested in radios during high school, Nier decided to study electrical engineering when he enrolled at the…
- Interviewee Nier, Alfred O. (Alfred Otto), 1911-1994
- Interviewer Krick, Thomas, Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject American Society for Testing and Materials, Mass spectrometers, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, University of Minnesota, Nier, Alfred O. (Alfred Otto), 1911-1994, American Society for Mass Spectrometry
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7 itemsOral history interview with Seymour Meyerson
- 1991-Mar-07
Seymour Meyerson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Chicago from which he received his undergraduate degree. By 1943 Meyerson began active service with the US military, spending the…
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3 itemsOral history interview with Burnaby Munson
- 2010-Apr-09
Burnaby Munson entered Tarleton State College in central Texas and transferred to the University of Texas in Austin, Texas; physical chemistry was his favorite subject. He studied the reactions of acetylene while in…
- Interviewee Munson, Burnaby
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-, Franklin, J. L. (Joseph Louis), 1906-, American Society for Testing and Materials, Mass spectrometers, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Munson, Burnaby, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Chemists
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4 itemsOral history interview with Fred W. McLafferty
- 2007-Jan-22 (First session)
- 2007-Jan-23 (Second session)
McLafferty discusses his upbringing as he continued his education in chemistry in an accelerated degree program at the University of Nebraska during World War II. Having enlisted in the war and after months of combat,…
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5 itemsOral history interview with James A. McCloskey, Jr.
- 2012-Mar-19 (First session)
- 2012-Mar-20 (Second session)
James A. McCloskey, Jr., grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He entered Trinity University in San Antonio, where he majored in chemistry; he earned a PhD in analytical chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.…
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4 itemsOral history interview with Henry Earl Lumpkin
- 1992-Jan-02
Henry Earl Lumpkin begins the interview by discussing his family background and how he learned to value education. His family had a tradition of attending Southwestern Texas State University and becoming school…
- Interviewee Lumpkin, Henry Earle, 1920-2012
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject American Society for Testing and Materials, Mass spectrometers, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Lumpkin, Henry Earle, 1920-2012, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Humble Oil and Refining Company (Incorporated in Tex.), Chemists
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5 itemsOral history interview with Raymond E. March
- 2014-Oct-27
Raymond March was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. March’s childhood was shaped by World War II, and by a mysterious polio-like paralysis which caused him to miss a great deal of school. He took an apprenticeship…
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4 itemsOral history interview with Marvin Margoshes
- 2011-Apr-06
Marvin Margoshes grew up in New York City, New York, one of three children. His parents had left the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his father from Galicia and his mother from Hungary, and had met as members of a Zionist…
- Interviewee Margoshes, Marvin
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical--Research, Chemists, Chemistry, Analytic, Chemists--Biography, Margoshes, Marvin
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5 itemsOral history interview with William S. Knowles
- 2008-Jan-30
William S. Knowles begins his oral history by discussing his early life during the Great Depression and his education, including time at Harvard University and Columbia University. Knowles spent the majority of his…
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5 itemsOral history interview with Keith R. Jennings
- 2008-Apr-24 (First session)
- 2008-Apr-25 (Second session)
Keith R. Jennings begins his oral history by discussing his youth and education in the United Kingdom, including his chemistry studies at University of Oxford, where he worked with Jack Wilfrid Linnett, and his…
- Interviewee Jennings, Keith R., 1932-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Chromatographic analysis, Jennings, Keith R., 1932-, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Chemical apparatus, Chemists
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6 itemsOral history interview with Richard E. Honig
- 1996-Apr-27
Richard E. Honig was born in Göttingen, Germany, the eldest of three boys. He attended Robert College, an American college in Istanbul, from which he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in electrical…
- Interviewee Honig, Richard E. (Richard Edward), 1917-2001
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Honig, Richard E. (Richard Edward), 1917-2001, American Society for Testing and Materials, Mass spectrometers, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Physicists--Biography, Mass spectrometry, RCA Laboratories, Physicists
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3 itemsOral history interview with Franz Hillenkamp
- 2012-Aug-20
Franz Hillenkamp was born in Essen, Germany. Having chosen the science and math track in the Gymnasium Hillenkamp went on to major in electrical engineering at Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM). He interrupted his…
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6 itemsOral history interview with Jean H. Futrell
- 2012-Oct-28 (First session)
- 2012-Oct-29 (Second session)
Jean H. Futrell was born in Grant Parish, Louisiana. He majored in chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, and also enrolled in the Air Force ROTC. Futrell attended the University of California at Berkeley…
- Interviewee Futrell, Jean H.
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject University of Utah, Mass spectrometers, University of Delaware, Mass spectrometry
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4 itemsOral history interview with Frank H. Field
- 2009-Dec-09 (First session)
- 2009-Dec-10 (Second session)
Frank H. Field was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, by an aunt, an uncle, and a grandmother. He entered Duke University, placing a year ahead in chemistry, but had very little money. To meet his expenses he worked…
- Interviewee Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-, Ionization, Rockefeller University, Chromatographic analysis, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Consolidated Engineering Corporation, Esso Research and Engineering Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company (Incorporated in Tex.), Franklin, J. L. (Joseph Louis), 1906-, Chemical apparatus
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4 itemsOral history interview with John R. Ferraro
- 2011-May-09
John R. Ferraro was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Richard T. Crane Technical High School, then worked at General Motors for three years before entering Illinois Institute of Technology, majoring in…
- Interviewee Ferraro, John R., 1918-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Chemists, Argonne National Laboratory, Ferraro, John R., 1918-, Chemists--Biography
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4 itemsOral history interview with Klaus Biemann
- 2006-Aug-29
Klaus Biemann's oral history begins with a discussion of his youth near Vienna, Austria. As pharmacy was the family profession, Biemann chose to study it at the University of Innsbruck. He soon developed an interest in…
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6 itemsOral history interview with John H. Beynon
- 2008-Apr-22
John H. Beynon was born in Ystalyfera, Wales, the older of two sons whose parents ended their education at secondary school. Beynon grew up in a coal mining town and attended a local university, the University of Wales…
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5 itemsOral history interview with Catherine Fenselau
- 2012-Apr-13 (First session)
- 2012-Apr-14 (Second session)
Catherine Fenselau grew up in York, Nebraska. Always interested in science, first archaeology and ultimately chemistry, she attended Bryn Mawr College. The chairman of the chemistry department, Ernst Berliner, became…