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Oral history interview with Michael Klymkowsky
- 1989-Mar-08
…not clear what biophysics is exactly. And I think it wasn’t as much chemistry, which I don’t like so much as biochemistry, and so that was part …worked with a chemist there. I was working for somebody who was in the chemistry division. THACKRAY: Who was that? KLYMKOWSKY: Bob [Robert…
- Interviewee Klymkowsky, Michael W., 1953-
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morris, Stephanie
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Klymkowsky, Michael W., 1953-, Biophysics, Acetylcholine--Receptors, Neurobiology, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Rockefeller University, Cytology, Cytoplasmic filaments
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Oral history interview with Venkatesh Murthy
- 2008-Feb-14
- 2008-Feb-17 – 2008-Feb-18
…an entrance exam, which is very competitive. You do math, physics, chemistry, also some written English, and I think the statistics right now … forced curriculum where you did incredibly serious math, physics, chemistry, and all applied engineering things. You do mechanical, you do thermodynamics…
- Interviewee Murthy, Venkatesh
- Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Murthy, Venkatesh, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Neurosciences, Synaptic vesicles, Molecular neurobiology, Smell
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Oral history interview with Christopher A. Ross
- 1991-Mar-02
…physics course, freshman year. I had to come back and take biology and chemistry and organic chemistry and physics all over again. In fact…
- Interviewee Ross, Christopher A.
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Kohler, Frances
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ross, Christopher A., Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Physicians, Neurosciences, Molecular neurobiology
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Oral history interview of the toxic substances control act from the perspective of Charles F. Lettow
- 2010-Apr-23
…too strong. Actually, I probably took more than enough courses in chemistry to get a chemistry major, but I really was a chemical engineer. …
- Interviewee Lettow, Charles F., 1941-
- Interviewer Roberts, Jody A., 1976-, Hardy, Kavita D.
- Subject Lettow, Charles F., 1941-, Chemicals--Law and legislation, Environmental policy, Environmental protection, Hazardous substances--Law and legislation, Toxic Substances Control Act (United States), United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Oral history interview with Sherry Bartolucci
- 2005-Jan-05
…differentiate us from other foundations.” THACKRAY: This is not Physical Chemistry 101. BARTOLUCCI: He was so funny. I said, “Would you be prepared … on the lawn, teams throwing things to each other. The timing and chemistry didn’t work. This was in 2002. We finally said, “Okay. This isn…
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Oral history interview with John C. Martin
- 2007-Apr-13
…antiviral potential. The chemists here had some knowledge of nucleotide chemistry. That being said, chemists can work in a variety of chemistry …
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Oral history interview with Eric G. Pamer
- 2000-Jul-24 – 2000-Jul-26
…past: Nature, Science, and [I] also looked in Journal of Biological Chemistry and started putting together a file on trypanosomes. And then [I] …you look at residency programs or colleges and look at biology and chemistry majors, that the representation of some of the minorities that you…
- Interviewee Pamer, Eric G., 1955-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Pamer, Eric G., 1955-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Schistosomiasis, African trypanosomiasis, Communicable diseases, Immunology
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CMC Saves Your Neck
- Part of 1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
…CMC, a new laun- dry finishing aid developed by Hercules cellulose chemistry. Col- lars and cuffs treated with CMC have fullness of body without …home use, write Hercules. Hercules’ business is solving problems by chemistry for industry... ... soaps, detergents, rubber, insecticides, adhesives…
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Oral history interview with Tatsuya Hirano
- 2002-Dec-11 – 2002-Dec-13
…tradition. HIRANO: Well, yes, actually, she studied agricultural chemistry, or something like that, in university. MAESTREJUAN: And was …technician in Japan. She doesn't have any Ph.D., but she had a degree in chemistry in college. And at some point she had the opportunity to work in …
- Interviewee Hirano, Tatsuya, 1960-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Hirano, Tatsuya, 1960-, Molecular biology, Genetics, Cytology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Brain drain, Minorities in science, Yeast--Genetics, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Karel Svoboda
- 2004-Aug-19 – 2004-Aug-20
…serious science stuff, which were these honors classes in physics and chemistry, I really just liked it, and again it came relatively easy, and the …techniques and insights from different fields and putting together chemistry, genetics, and neurobiology, and physiology, I think there are lots…
- Interviewee Svoboda, Karel, 1965-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Svoboda, Karel, 1965-, Neuroscientists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Neocortex, Synapses, Neurosciences--Research, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview of the toxic substances control act from the perspective of Don R. Clay
- 2012-Mar-16
…[Chemical Manufacturers Association], and now, you know, American [Chemistry] Council. You had SOCMA [Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates …American Association for [the] Advancement of Science, 6 American Chemistry Council, 26 Ames test, 13 Arkansas, 29 asbestos, 2, 4, 5, 10, …
- Interviewee Clay, Don R., 1937-
- Interviewer Roberts, Jody A., 1976-, Hardy, Kavita D.
- Subject Clay, Don R., 1937-, Chemicals--Law and legislation, Environmental policy, Environmental protection, Hazardous substances--Law and legislation, Toxic Substances Control Act (United States), United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Oral history interview of the toxic substances control act from the perspective of J. Clarence Davies
- 2009-Oct-30
…notion when I started. Since I was neither a lawyer nor had any chemistry training whatsoever, the Council, in its wisdom, decided that it …brought up in the Midwest as a conservative Republican, had gotten his chemistry…he was a chemical engineer, actually, as well as a lawyer. But his…
- Interviewee Davies, J. Clarence
- Interviewer Roberts, Jody A., 1976-, Hardy, Kavita D.
- Subject Davies, J. Clarence, Chemicals--Law and legislation, Environmental policy, Environmental protection, Hazardous substances--Law and legislation, Toxic Substances Control Act (United States), United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Oral history interview of the toxic substances control act from the perspective of Victor J. Kimm
- 2011-Feb-03
… in society. […] And [EPA should also] know something about green chemistry, [the existing safer substitutes…] The last two items on [my …22 G Gingrich, Speaker Newton L., 18 Goldman, Lynn R., 13 green chemistry, 11 Greenwood, Mark A., 15 H hydrofluorocarbons, 24 I Inside…
- Interviewee Kimm, Victor J., 1934-
- Interviewer Roberts, Jody A., 1976-, Hardy, Kavita D.
- Subject Kimm, Victor J., 1934-, Chemicals--Law and legislation, Environmental policy, Environmental protection, Hazardous substances--Law and legislation, Toxic Substances Control Act (United States), United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (United States)
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Oral history interview with Claudio Todeschini
- 2000-Jun-13
…from nuclear physics to nuclear science, nuclear engineering, nuclear chemistry, nuclear medicine, and the engineering sciences. The IAEA’s intention …areas. For example, Czechoslovakia dealt with all the terminology for chemistry, the life sciences, biology, and those areas. The United States …
- Interviewee Todeschini, Claudio, 1937-
- Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
- Sponsor Eugene Garfield Foundation
- Subject Todeschini, Claudio, 1937-, Civil engineering, Civil engineers, Euratom, International Nuclear Information System
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Oral history interview with Jorge E. Galán
- 1996-Mar-18 – 1996-Mar-20
…there?" So it's not quite science. I can't say that I had the little chemistry set and all this kind of thing. I cannot say anything of that. …into veterinary school tend to hate--biological physics or biological chemistry and all this--I was just loving every second of them. I just really…
- Interviewee Galán. Jorge E., 1956-
- Interviewer Meldrum, Marcia L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Galán. Jorge E., 1956-, Veterinary medicine, Communicable diseases, Salmonella, Horses--Diseases, Proteins--Secretion, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Curtiss, Roy, Microbiologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Monica L. Vetter
- 2004-Nov-05
- 2004-Nov-08
…calculus, algebra, and geometry, and I couldn’t fit all of them in, plus chemistry, physics, and biology, plus English and all the other classes I needed …took a lot of the just basic life sciences like biochemistry, organic chemistry; then I also took anatomy, human anatomy, histology. …
- Interviewee Vetter, Monica L., 1963-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Vetter, Monica L., 1963-, Women in medicine, Women in science, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Neurobiology, Molecular genetics, Women medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Tian Xu
- 2000-Jul-11 – 2000-Jul-13
…, etc. I basically borrowed three books: one mathematics book, one chemistry book, and one physics book, which were actually used to teach high …teachers in the school also started to teach us math, physics, and chemistry. They did their best to help us.] That half year was— I have no other…
- Interviewee Xu, Tian 1962-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976), Xu, Tian 1962-, Genetics--Research, Geneticists, Medical scientists, Medicine, Cancer--Research
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Oral History Interview with Paul J. Anderson
- 1995-May-18 – 1995-May-19
- 1995-May-22
…research you had a biochemical approach to things, or even physical chemistry. I'm not sure if you'd agree with that. Has that remained your …history, I felt that some of the sciences, maybe fields like physics and chemistry, were getting very quick doctorates in the late sixties and the early…
- Interviewee Anderson, Paul J., 1956-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Microbiologists, Medical scientists, Cancer--Treatment--Research, Cancer--Immunological aspects, Clinical immunology, Medicine--Research
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Oral history interview with Thomas M. Aitchison and Jean Aitchison
- 2000-Jul-04
…large bursary—to study physics instead. I hadn’t studied physics or chemistry for some years, but I’d taken a lot of extra math courses because …schedules as they’re coming out. And Jack Mills will bring along his chemistry schedules and bring up the points he found difficult. At the moment…
- Interviewee Aitchison, Jean, 1925-, Aitchison, Thomas M., 1923-
- Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
- Sponsor Eugene Garfield Foundation
- Subject Aitchison, Thomas M., 1923-, Aitchison, Jean, 1925-, British Aircraft Corporation, Librarians, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Classification, INSPEC, National Electronics Research Council (England), Ranganathan, S. R. (Shiyali Ramamrita), Bliss Classification Association, Information storage and retrieval systems
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Oral history interview with Victor Romano
- 2014-Jan-10
… lot of stuff. BERRY: Someone mentioned that he had sort of chemistry lab in his own property? ROMANO: Yes, he did. He owned a chemistry…
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What's Come Over Textiles?
- Circa 1951
…finished . . . fabrics to fit our mode of living. Whats come over Modern chemistry has given material aid to the textile industry in bringing about …processes and products. The story of textiles is a significant example of chemistry at work with industry to bring constantly increasing color and comfort…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Women in advertising, Textile fabrics, Textile industry, Children in advertising
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Progress Begins...With Paper!
- 1951
…has paper served so well in such an exciting variety of forms. And chemistry has ably assisted in making paper and paper products available to …medium; Aromatic Specialties for odor masking . . . and many others. Chemistry’s service to the men who work with paper is another example of the…
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That Men May Live As Neighbors
- Advertisement for Dow Industrial Chemicals
- 1946
…without the vigilant watchfulness of men armed with the safeguards of chemistry. One example is the widespread use of ferric chloride, in modern …carbons, so essential to the purity and good- ness of city water. Thus, chemistry serves us in still another way . . . that men may live as neighbors…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Sanitation, Sewage
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First Aid to Trees Transplanted!
- Advertisement for Dowax
- 1937
…protection of evergreens. To enumerate the multitudinous ways in which chemistry of today is serving mankind would be well nigh impossible. From the …houses in which we live; the trees and plants that grace our gardens, chemistry aids us in making these and thousands of other things better. CHEMICALS…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Chemical industry, Agricultural chemicals, Corporations, Trees--Transplanting, Advertising, Industrial
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Oral history interview with William Wishnick
- 1991-May-13
…really sophisticated. BOHNING: How did he get that interest in chemistry? WISHNICK: The story he tells, which I believe, is that he …BOHNING: Do you know why he pursued a law degree after he had his chemistry degree? WISHNICK: I don't know. I guess it was just a habit…
- Interviewee Wishnick, William, 1924-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Chemical industry, Businesspeople--Biography, Wishnick, William, 1924-, Businesspeople, Executives, Executives--Biography