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  Oral history interview with Roald Hoffmann

  • 2014-Oct-16 (First interview)
  • 2014-Oct-17 (Second interview)
  • 2015-Mar-21 (Third interview)

  Roald Hoffmann was born Roald Safran in Złoczów, Poland, in 1937. When the Nazi Wehrmacht reached Złoczów in 1941, Roald’s family went into hiding, then into a labor camp. His father bribed the guards to allow Roald,…

  • Interviewee Hoffmann, Roald
  • Interviewer Caruso, David J., Reinhardt, Carsten
  • Subject Hoffmann, Roald, Hückel molecular orbitals, Chemistry, Organic, Boranes, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Nobel Prize winners, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Djerassi, Carl
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Carl Djerassi

  • 1985-Jul-31

  In this interview Carl Djerassi begins with his early years in Vienna and Bulgaria, including his schooling at the American College in Sofia. This is followed by his immigration to the United States, with special…

  • Interviewee Djerassi, Carl
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
  • Subject Djerassi, Carl, Syntex Corporation, Cetus Corporation, Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Zoecon Corporation, Wayne State University, Stanford University, Chemistry, Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, Chemists--Biography, Steroids