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…

Boris Magasanik begins the interview with a description of his childhood years in Vienna, Austria. Shortly after graduating from the Gymnasium in 1937, Magasanik immigrated to the United States to live with his sister…

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…

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…

Art reproduced from image depicting Mendeleev's Periodic System on on the wall of the Mendeleev Institute of Weights and Measures.

The interview begins with Konrad E. Bloch describing his childhood in Neisse, Germany, and his undergraduate education at Technische Hochschule in Munich. During a research assistantship in Davos, Switzerland, Bloch had…

Small glass Bayer orange flavoured children's chewable aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size.

Small glass Bayer flavoured children's size aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size, containing pink tablets.

The press release discusses the features of the eCAP ssDNA 100 kit.

The press release announces three chemistry kits for DNA analysis: the eCAP ssDNA 100, the eCAP dsDNA 1000, and the LIFluor dsDNA 1000.

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

Scientific literature of the mid-90s favorably reviewed the Coulter MAXM hematology autoanalyzer's performance for medical offices and laboratories.

Wallace and Joseph Coulter founded the Coulter Corporation to market…

Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 50 tablet size, contains tablets.

Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with "12 Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin (5 grs. each)" in white text on brown background. Tin pillbox contains…

Glass Bayer aspirin bottle, 300 tablet size, contains white tablets.

Glass Bayer aspirin bottle, 200 tablet size, contains white tablets.

Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 100 tablet size, reads "Genuine Bayer Aspirin, Micro-Thin Coating".

The office pictured was in Arnold Beckman's home; he was 93 when the photograph was taken. The two color photographs were taken during his 90th birthday celebration.

Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first…

Laura Coulter-Jones, standing behind a podium beneath a Coulter banner, addresses the audience at an unknown event.

Her uncle and father, Wallace and Joseph Coulter, founded the Coulter Corporation to market Coulter…

Joseph Coulter III, standing behind a podium beneath a Coulter banner, addresses the audience at an unknown event.

His uncle and father, Wallace and Joseph Coulter, founded the Coulter Corporation to market Coulter…

The photographs depict Wallace and Joseph Coulter, Jr. One group photo includes Sue Van, a Coulter Corporation executive and later President and CEO of the Wallace Coulter Foundation, and Don Grantham.

Wallace and…

Beckman Instruments released the Oligo 1000M in 1995.

Beckman's Paragon line of electrophoresis systems debuted in 1981. The CZE 2000 was released in 1993.

The Synchron systems run a wide range of clinical chemistry tests including drug and biological fluid analyses. The CX7 debuted in 1991.