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Oral history interview with Louis A. Girifalco
- 2008-Jun-10
…University], undergraduate work. CHOI: And I see that you majored in chemistry. GIRIFALCO: I did. I majored in chemistry. I had decided … how they first got interested in chemistry or science in general. GIRIFALCO: Well, the first thing was a chemistry set. Of course, I was only twelve, didn’t know what to do with it…
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Oral history interview with Jeffrey L. Noebels
- 1991-Mar-04
… pretty interested in, I think, in working with me. He bought me a chemistry set at one point in my life. But otherwise, I think my childhood …hardware stores and things like that. THACKRAY: You mentioned a chemistry set. NOEBELS: [Yes]. THACKRAY: How early was that? …the brain works. THACKRAY: Yet your vita says you graduated in chemistry from University College London. NOEBELS: No, I didn’t graduate…
- Interviewee Noebels, Jeffrey L., 1950-
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Kohler, Frances
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Noebels, Jeffrey L., 1950-, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Neurology, Neurogenetics, Neuroscientists
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Oral history interview with Matthew L. Meyerson
- 2006-Jan-17 – 2006-Jan-19
…sure. I don’t think so, but maybe. She was also my teacher again as a chemistry teacher in tenth grade, but was not so special in doing that. …What’s that we were saying? FRENKEL: We were talking about the chemistry teacher being the same teacher in tenth grade. MEYERSON: Oh, … have a Harvard M.D./Ph.D. student in my lab. So he wanted to do a chemistry project. It was in collaboration with a chemistry group, and it was…
- Interviewee Meyerson, Matthew L. 1963-
- Interviewer Krenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Meyerson, Matthew L. 1963-, Genetics, Cell cycle--Regulation, Diagnosis, Laboratory, Cytology, Weinberg, Robert A. (Robert Allan), 1942-, Telomerase, Human genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Cancer--Genetic aspects, Lungs--Cancer
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Oral history interview with Michael J. Overduin
- 2005-Feb-08 – 2005-Feb-09
…proteins existed and how the machines of life really carry out the chemistry that allows us to think and be, and that’s where I’ve been ever since … individual signals from hydrogens and nitrogens and see the basic chemistry of life. So I took courses in biochemistry and spectroscopy from …courses, and these were very important: microbiology labs, organic chemistry labs. Also field trips we would do each summer. No, actually it was…
- Interviewee Overduin, Michael J., 1967-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Overduin, Michael J., 1967-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Proteins--Research, Endocytosis
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Oral history interview with Gökhan S. Hotamışlıgil
- 2002-Dec-12 – 2002-Dec-13
…school. The science curriculum was very intense. And then we had a chemistry lab, physics lab, biology labs, although we didn’t spend enough time…
- Interviewee Hotamışlıgil, Gökhan S., 1962-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Hotamisligil, Gökhan S., 1962-, Coup d'état (Turkey : 1980), Genetics, Monoamine oxidase, Harvard School of Public Health, Molecular genetics, Metabolism, Immune response, Cardiovascular system--Diseases, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Malcolm E. Pruitt
- 1986-Jan-15
… in chemistry. BOHNING: I would like to ask you a little …other students at ACU that you remember that went on to careers in chemistry? PRUITT: There was one person in the chemistry department who … NOTES 1. W. N. Masters and L. P. Floyd, High School Chemistry and W. N. Masters and T. A. Willard, High School Chemistry…
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Oral history interview with Malcolm E. Pruitt
- 1988-Sep-09
…cooperation, in the 1930s they did come up with a lot of breakthroughs in chemistry in the U.S. But soon -- because of World War II, then the Vietnam … invited some from chemistry departments to speak on fundamental subjects. Chemistry departments … and chemistry people chatting with each other; particularly, university and industry…
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Oral history interview with Donald A. Green and Willard C. Asbury
- 1985-Dec-09
… connection with synthetic rubber, or for other kinds of acetylene chemistry as well? GREEN: Well, that was considered the main purpose …attention to all the exciting things that are happening in polymer chemistry today but, actually it has rather fizzled out. The most exciting …Polymer Pioneers (Philadelphia: Center for the History of Chemistry, 1986). INDEX A Acetaldehyde, 9, 14 Acetylene chemistry…
- Interviewee Asbury, Willard C., 1900-1986, Green, Donald A., 1905-1988
- Interviewer Morris, Peter J. T.
- Subject Petroleum industry and trade, Asbury, Willard C., 1900-1986, Atmospheric Nitrogen Company, United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Petroleum chemicals industry, Green, Donald A., 1905-1988, Standard Oil Company, Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Hydrogenation Engineering and Chemical Company, Standard Oil Development Company, Esso Research and Engineering Company, Solvay Process Company, Enjay Chemical Company, Ziegler-Natta catalysts, Chemical engineers
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Oral history interview with Emil L. Smith
- 1991-Jun-19 (First session)
- 1994-Mar-17 (Second session)
… is about instead of teaching the early chemistry of two thousand years ago. BOHNING: So chemistry and biology … I took physical chemistry and physical organic chemistry and everything else before I finished …society to deal just with the integrative aspects of all of protein chemistry because protein science is no longer chemistry. It's physical chemistry…
- 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 Jerry McAfee
- 1993-Jul-26
…years. He got out of Columbia University with a doctor's degree in chemistry, with a major in industrial chemistry, which was the nearest thing … He took chemistry because that's all there was to take, but he specialized in industrial chemistry. He was more of an industrial chemist and more of a chemical engineer…
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Oral history interview with Joseph Labovsky
- 1996-Jul-24
…Wilmington High School in 1930. I did well in the sciences--physics, chemistry, biology. I liked those subjects. Then came the Big Depression in …it was paint, I spent a whole day in the library reading up on the chemistry of paint, the machinery, and so forth. At the interview, I thought … I was doing stopped--polymer 66 was it--and my work was less with chemistry and more with machinery and instruments. Right up my alley! "Thanks…
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Oral history interview with David E. Fisher
- 2001-Jun-06 – 2001-Jun-08
…’ll talk about separately— I don’t think I can tell you that I did chemistry experiments in our garage. [mutual laughter] It was not the case …s degrees, because you have a double bachelor’s from Swarthmore in chemistry and biology, and at the same time a degree in cello from Curtis. …go to the classes because they all conflicted with really important chemistry and biology classes and math and all that stuff at Swarthmore. So…
- Interviewee Fisher, David E. (David Erich)
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Fisher, David E. (David Erich), Molecular biology, Oncology, T cells, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Immunology, Orthodox Judaism, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Yixian Zheng
- 2003-Sep-09 – 2003-Sep-11
…exposure did you get to anything in the realm of life sciences: biology, chemistry? ZHENG: I don't remember very clearly. I thought we had dissected …school. That high school was really good. We had definitely a very good chemistry class. The teacher was wonderful. Biology, I can't recall anymore ……
- Interviewee Zheng, Yixian, 1969-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Zheng, Yixian, 1969-, Women in science, Centrosomes, Microtubules, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Women in medicine, Women medical scientists, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with David Baltimore
- 1994-Feb-07
- 1995-Apr-13
- 1995-Apr-29
…things, a little bit and I got sick of them. Actually I ended up a chemistry major because they let me do research. They were much more forward-looking …INTERVIEW 3] NOTES 1. John T. Edsall and Jeffries Wyman. Biophysical Chemistry (New York: Academic Press, 1958). 2. Salvador E. Luria. General…
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Oral history interview with Charles N. Cole and Inder Verma
- 1995-May-06
…, I went to Herman because I decided that even though I had been a chemistry major, I didn’t want to continue to study chemistry. I had always …with me, but was a year or maybe two years older than I was, was a chemistry grad student at MIT. I contacted Ellen and she was living with a…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Hugh S. Taylor, December 19, 1939
- 1939-Dec-19
… 19th December 1939 Mr. Hugh S. Taylor, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry Princeton …be worthy of the benevolence of the gentlemen in your Department of Chemistry. I am currently planning to obtain the visa from the relevant …Rijksuniversiteit 19th Dec. 39. Herrn Hugh S. Taylor, Prof. of Physical Chemistry, Departm. of Chemistry. Princeton University - U.S.A …
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, December 13, 1938
- 1938-Dec-13
…would be conceivable that I could send you the Journal of Physical Chemistry and likely the Journal of Electrochemistry (or was it only the Chemisches … Ullman under vanadium and consult “Catalytic Processes in Applied Chemistry” by T.P. Hilditch (from Nostrand, New York edition). You will …vielleicht auch bei T.P. Hilditch: „Catalytic processes in applied Chemistry.“ (von Nostrand. Edit. New York). Die Hauptanwendung in der Stahlindustrie…
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Third Reich, Antisemitism, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, July 2, 1949
- 1949-Jul-02
… Ann Arbor Department of Chemistry July 2, 1949 Dear Max Albert, I wrote to you from Canada … Ann Arbor Department of Chemistry 2. Juli 1949 Lieber Max Albert Ich schrieb Ihnen vor zwei…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Kasimir Fajans, April 23, 1944
- 1944-Apr-23
…Professor Kasimir Fajans Department of Chemistry University of Michigan, Ann Arbor …Professor Kasimir Fajans Department of Chemistry University of Michigan, Ann Arbor…
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, September 4, 1937
- 1937-Sep-04
…UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY September 4, 1937 Dear Dr. Bredig, I hope this letter finds …UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 4. IX. 37 Lieber Dr. Bredig! Gestern an unseren sehr gelungenen…
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, August 22, 1937
- 1937-Aug-22
… ANN ARBOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY August 22, 1937 Dear Dr. Bredig, I have already confirmed … ANN ARBOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 22. VIII. 37. Lieber Dr. Bredig! den Eingang Ihres ersten…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig, February 8, 1938
- 1938-Feb-08
…Carborundum Company in response to his article in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry on the silicon carbide modification network. In the meantime, confirmation …Carborundum Company, auf seinen Artikel in der Industrial and Engineering Chemistry über Silicumcarbid Modificationenetz. Inzwischen ist hier nun auch…
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Letter from Richard Kuhn to Frank Stodola
- 1937-Jun-17
…1287 TELEFON 4752 Herrn Frank H. Stodola Yale University Depart. of Chemistry New Haven /Conn. U.S,A. Sehr geehrter Herr Stodola | Auf Jhre Anfrage…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, March 11, 1936
- 1936-Mar-11
…Naturwissenschaften), 1928, p. 493 Journal of Physical Chemistry (Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie), Volume 139, p. 211-212, 1928 Journal of Electro-Chemistry (Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie), Volume 37, p.7, 1931 Who is …East 41st Street, New York City, U.S.A. He is the editor of Colloid Chemistry, which I have contributed to. Prof. J. Teletow in Krakow is another … York City. U.S.A., 50 East 41th. Street (Herausgeber der “Colloid Chemistry” zu der ich Beitrag lieferte) Prof. J. Teletow in Krakow in die…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Third Reich
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Jubilee of the Discovery of Mauve and of the Foundation of the Coal-Tar Colour Industry
- 1906
… chemistry by the classic synthesis of unsaturated aromatie acids, and by a …were pupils of Mr. Thomas Hall, where we had our first education in Chemistry. We were afterwards examined by the late Sir Frederick Abel in chemistry …President, the Council, and the Fellows and Associates of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland, as representing the profession of Chemistry…
- Publisher Perkin Memorial Committee
- Editor Meldola, Raphael, 1849-1915, Green, Arthur G., Cain, John Cannell
- Printer Wright, George Edward
- Subject Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Coal-tar products, Coal-tar colors, Mauve, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft