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Oral history interview with Carver A. Mead
- 2004-Sep-30
- 2004-Dec-08
- 2005-Aug-15
… Freshman year, I had Linus Pauling for freshman chemistry. I had just some fabulous teachers. Sophomore year, nobody wanted … perceived, you certainly don’t have people rushing to or from the chemistry department at all. MEAD: Oh, that was very interesting. Of …spin resonance, which is right at the boundary between physics and chemistry. I was always terribly jealous of their stuff, because they got …
- Interviewee Mead, Carver
- Interviewer Brock, David C., Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Sponsor Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Subject Mead, Carver, Electronic industries, Electronics engineers, Semiconductor industry, Microelectronics, Integrated circuits, Entrepreneurship
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Oral history interview with Pamela B. Meluh
- 2007-Nov-26
- 2007-Nov-28
…started going to college at University of Maryland, College Park—in chemistry—and in the end I think he also didn’t finish college, but he was …. I want to go pursue that”? MELUH: Yeah. That happened with chemistry, and with computer science, and I think along the way I’ve always …majors. And I even ruined my entire January vacation by taking horrible chemistry courses like homogeneous metal catalysis . . . whatever that is. …
- Interviewee Meluh, Pamela Bernadette
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Meluh, Pamela Bernadette, Molecular biology, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.), Tubulins, Yeast, Molecular cloning, Cell separation, Cytology, Microtubules, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Cornell University. Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College, Johns Hopkins University
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Oral history interview with Samuel M. Kunes
- 1999-Nov-15 – 1999-Nov-17
…--? KUNES: Have a chemistry set? Well, not at that age. I did later. COHEN: Later on? …had a motor; you plugged it in. Around that time I got some kind of chemistry set. But I didn't know what I was doing with the chemistry set. I …think it was still a bit on the plant side. But I actually became a chemistry major. I'm not quite sure why I became a chemistry major, but-- …
- Interviewee Kunes, Samuel Martin, 1957-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kunes, Samuel Martin, 1957-, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Genetics, Central nervous system, Drosophila, Harvard University, Molecular biology, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with James L. Waters
- 2002-Aug-21
…belong to groups like the Boy Scouts [of America], or own a children’s chemistry set? What were you up to when you were ten, eleven, and fourteen … something that went “poof!” I never did any of the chemistry experiments like the boy did in the marvelous book that I read a … terms of electronics, a term of metallurgy, two terms of physical chemistry, two terms of chemistry, a term of AC [alternating current] machinery…
- Interviewee Waters, James L., 1925-
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Daemmrich, Arthur
- Sponsor Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation
- Subject Waters, James L., 1925-, Electrical engineering, Electrical engineers, Gel permeation chromatography, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Businesspeople, Waters Associates, Inc.
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Oral history interview with J. Lawrence Wilson
- 1999-Aug-30
…mechanical engineering major? WILSON: Well, I took freshman chemistry. I did win an award for the highest grade in Vanderbilt for freshman chemistry. [laughter] I took some metallurgy courses, which were essentially chemical courses, but the only chemistry I had after that was when I first joined Rohm and Haas. I enrolled…
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Oral history interview with Arul M. Chinnaiyan
- 2008-Oct-21 – 2008-Oct-22
…in the sciences, whether it be astronomy or science, even physics, chemistry, and biology early on, but I think I was inspired most by biology … Right, Science and Nature.3 CARUSO: [Journal of] Biological Chemistry.4 So, I mean it seems like you had a very successful graduate career …with a different angle and get it into say JBC [Journal of Biological Chemistry] or some other journal. CARUSO: You made it sound like you…
- Interviewee Chinnaiyan, Arul M., 1969-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Chinnaiyan, Arul M., 1969-, Molecular biology, Apoptosis, Biochemical markers, Prostate--Cancer, Research grants, DNA microarrays, University of Michigan, Pathology
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Flesh Foods, with Methods for their Chemical, Microscopical, and Bacteriological Examination
- A practical hand-book for medical men, analysts, inspectors, and others
- 1900
… …SELECT WORKS for ANALYSTS, ENGINEERS, & OTHERS DAIRY CHEMISTRY FOR DAIRY “MANAGERS, CHEMISTS, and Analysts. A Practical Handbook …THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY, Hs a mark of Regard and Esteem.…
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NOBCChE News, Volume 10, Number 3
- 1989-Jun
… …A High School Chemistry Teacher's Prespective By Lucy H. McCorkle, Chemistry Teacher, Cardozo … knowledge of all aspects of contemporary organic chemistry. Associate Scientists Requires BS in Chemistry and 3 years’ relevant…
- Publisher National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
- Subject National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Chemists, Chemical engineers, African American chemists, African American engineers, Newsletters, Periodicals
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 24 Number 4
- 2006 (Winter)
…Malaguti under the title, Hua- hsiieh chih-nan [Guide to Chemistry] (1873). The Advocates of Chinese Chemistry Hobson, Martin, Billequin …De- velopments in the History of Chemistry, in 1985. Today interest in the history of chemistry has three major … contains chapters on the major areas of chemistry (inorganic, organic, analytical, and physical), on chemistry before…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 18 Number 4
- 2000 (Winter)
… “Chemistry has not CHF’s Chemistry Is Electric! traveling exhibit on display … textbooks, discussed factors that prevent history of chemistry from being incorporated into chemistry pedagogy: chemistry teachers … chemistry we The Chemical Abstracts office in the chemistry library at Ohio…
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National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers newsletter, October 1977
- 1977-Oct
…areas: | synthesis of new inorganic and organic materials : Organic Chemistry in plasmas Radiation Chemistry or organic materials Surface Chemistry … in Analytical Chemistry as well as the establishment of an active research program of high quality. Minimum qualifications are a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry or Postdoctoral work in Analytical’ Chemistry. Two years of postdoctoral…
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NOBCChE Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 2
- 1984-Mar
…Dr. William. A. Lester, Jr. University of California Department of Chemistry Berkeley, CA 94720 Vol. 5, No. 2 First Class U. S. Postage PAID Rochester …faculty position open for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Industrial Chemistry. Selected candidate will coordinate M.S. in Industrial Chemistry …campus of the University of Cincinnati, seeks an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Chemistry, inorganic…
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National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers newsletter, December 1976
- 1976-Dec
…Institute of Technology in 1935, and in 1936 he became Head of the Chemistry Department at Talledega College, a position which he held until 1943 …the Annual Meeting in the ro ree Ss fields: Ei achenetey and Organic Chemistry Chemical Engineering Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Plans for symposia are being…
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Protecting the Public Health
- 1954
…. The story is not unique. It is unusual only in that the field of chemistry itself represents an un- usual challenge, allowing little margin …chemical process. For millions of years the ingenious and creative chemistry of nature was taken for granted. Only in recent times has man come ……
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Oral history interview with Alexander S. Whitehead
- 1991-Mar-01
…d always been interested in natural things. So I was interested in chemistry and interested in biology; not particularly interested in physics …it in some sort of formal context. I found I was probably better at chemistry than anything else, had an understanding of chemical reactions, simple …I was at, you couldn't also do biology if you did chemistry and physics. There just wasn't enough room in the curriculum. So …
- Interviewee Whitehead, Alexander S.
- Interviewer Lindee, Susan M.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Whitehead, Alexander S., Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, RNA--Research, Proteins--Research, Acute phase proteins, Embryology
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Oral history interview with H. Eugene McBrayer
- 1992-May-11
…engineering was the thing that appealed to me. I’d always been good in chemistry. I started to learn more about the chemical industry and chemistry …courses on our own. I had a very good blend of some excellent chemistry training, physics training, and then engineering. They had three …trying to get into Vanderbilt med school, trying to make an A in a chemistry course where the professor was notorious for grading on a curve. …
- Interviewee McBrayer, H. Eugene, 1932-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject McBrayer, H. Eugene, 1932-, Chemical engineering, Exxon Corporation, Petroleum refineries, ExxonMobil Chemical (Firm), Environmental protection, Oil spills--Environmental aspects, Pollution
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Oral history interview with Thomas J. O'Dell
- 2003-Jul-14 – 2003-Jul-16
…captured my imagination at the time, I think. I also had a chemistry teacher, I remember; she was a teacher who was just out of college … biggest crush on her at the time, and that made me a great fan of chemistry. [mutual laughter] That was another class I couldn’t wait to get …, all the bio [biology] and chem [chemistry] and other majors like that, it was always, “You know, there’s this…
- Interviewee O'Dell, Thomas J., 1960-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject O'Dell, Thomas J., 1960-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Neurosciences, Electrophysiology, Neurotransmitters, Hippocampus (Brain)
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Oral history interview with Roy M. Long
- 2005-Dec-02 – 2005-Dec-04
…you describe that? LONG: Following an examination in biology or chemistry premed students would walk up to you and say, “Well, what did you …students. I had much smaller classes which dealt with aspects of organic chemistry in terms of the cellular environment: protein chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry. I also had a molecular biology class where we learned about DNA …
- Interviewee Long, Roy M., 1969-
- Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Long, Roy M., 1969-, Molecular biology, Cytology, Genetic engineering, Biochemistry, Genetic regulation, RNA, Medical College of Wisconsin, Yeast--Genetics, Yeast
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Oral history interview with Scott W. Rogers
- 2000-Jun-19 – 2000-Jun-21
… thing. But she was always willing to buy me the microscope or the chemistry set or something like that, if that's what I wanted to do. That's … me to Denver, as a student, for special topics in courses on some chemistry things I was interested in. So this was really quite a progressive …here in chemistry, for high school students. So there were many, many opportunities…
- Interviewee Rogers, Scott W., 1955-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Rogers, Scott W., 1955-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Drosophila--Genetics, Immunology, Neurosciences
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Oral history interview with Jay T. Last
- 2004-Jun-21
…built little electric motors and things like that, had the occasional chemistry set or something like that. BROCK: So was education and learning … mentioned your early sort of electrical tinkerings and occasional chemistry set. Were those supplied by your parents or were they things that …but that was for other reasons. But good physics instruction, good chemistry. Very good chemistry instruction. Good humanities. BROCK: …
- Interviewee Last, Jay T.
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Last, Jay T., Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Fairchild (Firm), Transistors, Integrated circuits, Teledyne, Inc., Intel Corporation, Art--Private collections
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Oral history interview with Benjamin S. Glick
- 2002-Jun-11 – 2002-Jun-13
…what I found most engaging. VAN BENSCHOTEN: Right. GLICK: Chemistry and physics. VAN BENSCHOTEN: How did that interest show itself … in particular who was very inspirational, Mr. Raymond, who was my chemistry teacher in high school. He was a very dedicated teacher. He was very …ones. A strong character, but really he did a very good job teaching chemistry, and I used to love his classes. VAN BENSCHOTEN: Any notable…
- Interviewee Glick, Benjamin S., 1961-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Glick, Benjamin S., 1961-, Conservative Judaism, Golgi apparatus, Mitochondrial DNA, Endoplasmic reticulum, Biochemistry, University of Chicago, Cytologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Gerald Weissmann
- 2007-Aug-02
…assumption that this would loosen the fluid within the joint. The polymer chemistry of that was thought very simple. You raise anions and the anions …relatively uninterested in science. In fact, I got a C+ in organic chemistry. I also broke a lot of glassware. The man who gave me the C+ was …industry. I'm just wildly impressed by it. That is better living through chemistry. [laughter] It's pure chemistry and mechanics, mechanical engineering…
- Interviewee Weissmann, Gerald
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Weissmann, Gerald, Bellevue Hospital, Liposomes, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Frank J. Biondi
- 1996-Mar-19
…engineering, which at Lehigh meant you took all the courses that a chemistry student took, plus the engineering courses—heat engines, and physics …the transistor reduction work in one of my laboratories, since much chemistry and electrochemistry was needed and not workable in the physics labs … device process development laboratory. I was no longer in the chemistry department. I'm now over in the electronic device applied groups…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 25 Number 1
- 2007 (Spring)
…future lectures. Alan Shusterman (Reed College, Portland, Oregon) More Chemistry Set Memories A recent article on chemistry sets in CHF’s collections …international management consulting, primarily in the marketing of new chemistry-based technologies. And all this began with a chemistry set! Stanley …chemical brainteaser, repro- duced by permission ofthe Royal Society of Chemistry from Chemistry Su Doku, volume 1 (Cambridge: RSC Publishing, 2005…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 29 Number 3
- 2011 – 2012 (Fall/Winter)
…. Mead My support helps CHF preserve the work of early pioneers in chemistry and current scientists who can see beyond the present to chemistry … …[DEPARTMENTS] Calendar From the Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry Reactions Milestones Making the Process Thanks to Chemistry Sealed…