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Oral history interview with Robert W. Allington
- 2001-Nov-13
Robert W. Allington begins the interview with a sketch of his family history. His father, a scientist for the United States Department of Agriculture, and later at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln [UNL], encouraged…
- Interviewee Allington, R. W. (Robert W.), 1935-2006
- Interviewer Van Ness, John R., Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Poliomyelitis--Patients, Electrical engineers, People with disabilities, Allington, R. W. (Robert W.), 1935-2006, Electrical engineering, University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Poliomyelitis, Separation (Technology), Scientists with disabilities, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Oral history interview with Peter G. Gillespie
- 2001-Aug-01 – 2001-Aug-03
Peter G. Gillespie was born in Seattle, Washington in 1958; the elder of two brothers. Both Gillespie's mother, who came from Idaho, and his father, who came from Washington, attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon,…
- Interviewee Gillespie, Peter G., 1958-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Gillespie, Peter G., 1958-, Neurosciences, Pharmacology, Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Oregon Health & Science University, Hair cells, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Elsa Reichmanis
- 2001-Aug-01
Elsa Reichmanis begins the interview with a description of her family's immigration to the United States and her childhood years in Syracuse, New York. Reichmanis developed an interest in chemistry after taking a high…
- Interviewee Reichmanis, Elsa, 1953-
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Reichmanis, Elsa, Chemists, Women chemists, Women in science, Bell Labs, Syracuse University, Photonics
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Oral history interview with Richard W. Carthew
- 2001-Jul-02 – 2001-Jul-03
- 2001-Jul-05
Richard W. Carthew was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, the second youngest, and only son, of four siblings. His father received a degree in civil engineering from Queen's University and worked for the province-run…
- Interviewee Carthew, Richard W., 1956-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Carthew, Richard W., 1956-, Thermodynamics, RNA polymerases, Sharp, Phillip A., Neurobiology--Research, Ras oncogenes, Chiron (Firm), RNA interference, Rubin, Gerald, Medical scientists, Molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Stephen Buratowski
- 2001-Jun-11 – 2001-Jun-13
Stephen Buratowski, the oldest of four boys, grew up in Iselin, New Jersey. Stephen's father was working as a programmer for a subsidiary of International Business Machines when he met Stephen's mother, who was doing…
- Interviewee Buratowski, Stephen, 1962-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Buratowski, Stephen, 1962-, Khoury, George, Recombinant DNA, Sharp, Phillip A., Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School, Biology--Research
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Oral history interview with David E. Fisher
- 2001-Jun-06 – 2001-Jun-08
David E. Fisher grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey, the second of three children. His grandparents and their extended families had escaped Germany just in time—his grandfathers actually from camps—and settled…
- 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 Carlos A. Cuadra
- 2001-May-21
Carlos A. Cuadra, a pioneer in the field of information sciences, begins the interview by discussing his family and educational background. He describes how he continued his education while serving in the Navy during…
- Interviewee Cuadra, Carlos A.
- Interviewer Burke, Colin B.
- Sponsor Eugene Garfield Foundation
- Subject Cuadra, Carlos A., World War (1939-1945), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Rand Corporation, System Development Corporation, Information storage and retrieval systems, United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Information storage and retrieval systems--Business, Defense contracts, Intelligence service
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Alan MacDiarmid Nobel Lecture at Ewha University, South Korea
- Synthetic Metals: A Novel Role for Organic Polymers
- 2001-May-11
Alan MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa, and Alan Heeger won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 for their work on plastic polymers that can conduct electricity. This lecture, given by MacDiarmid at Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo…
- Creator Of Work Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo
- Subject MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007, Polymers, Nobel Prize winners, Conducting polymers, Organic conductors, Nanotechnology
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Oral history interview with Seth A. Darst
- 2001-Apr-01 (Session 1)
- 2001-May-03 (Session 2)
Seth A. Darst was born in Virginia, where his father was in the Army, but grew up in the Seattle, Washington area, where his father built houses and his mother taught piano. When President Carter’s economic policies…
- Interviewee Darst, Seth A., 1960-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Microbiologists, Electron microscopy, Crystallography, Rockefeller University, Scientists, Microbiology--Research, Darst, Seth A., 1960-
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Oral history interview with Daniel P. Raleigh
- 2001-Apr-24 – 2001-Apr-25
Daniel P. Raleigh grew up in Arcata, California, the youngest of four children. His father was a professor at Humboldt State University, his mother a homemaker who had also been a teacher. In addition, all three…
- Interviewee Raleigh, Daniel P., (Daniel Patrick), 1958-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Raleigh, Daniel P., (Daniel Patrick), 1958-, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Biochemistry, Proteins--Research
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Oral history interview with Yuri A. Lazebnik
- 2001-Apr-18 – 2001-Apr-20
Yuri A. Lazebnik was born in Severomorsk, Russia. After his parents' divorce, his mother moved with him to Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), but after she became ill, he was raised, for a few years, in Shakti by his…
- Interviewee Lazebnik, Yuri A., 1958-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Lazebnik, Yuri A., 1958-, Cell cycle, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Apoptosis, Johns Hopkins University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Soviet Union, France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
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Oral history interview with Jerome A. Berson
- 2001-Mar-21
Jerome Berson begins this interview with a discussion about his family, his early interest in chemistry, and his childhood in Florida. After high school, Berson attended college at City College of New York. He then…
- Interviewee Berson, Jerome A.
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Roche Diagnostics, Physical organic chemistry, Biradicals, Conservation of orbital symmetry, Hückel, Erich, 1896-1980, University of Wisconsin, Doering, W. von E. (William Von Eggers), 1917-, Molecular orbitals, Berson, Jerome A., Chemists--Biography, Isotope dilution analysis, University of Southern California, Yale University, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Carbonium ions
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Oral history interview with Carlos T. Moraes
- 2001-Mar-13 – 2001-Mar-15
Carlos T. Moraes grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, one of three children. His father was in the military at first, but then became a mechanical engineer and a professor. His mother completed a degree in physical education.…
- Interviewee Moraes, Carlos Torres. 1962-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Moraes, Carlos Torres, 1962-, Biochemistry, Genetics, Religion and science, Minorities in science, Molecular genetics, Mitochondrial DNA--Abnormalities, Bilingualism, Research grants, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Jane E. Koehler
- 2001-Mar-02 – 2001-Mar-04
Jane E. Koehler was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1953, the third of four sisters. Her father was the son of German-American farmers from Missouri; he was a World War II veteran who was the first in his family to attend…
- Interviewee Koehler, Jane E., 1953-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Koehler, Jane E., 1953-, Autoimmune thyroiditis, Microbiology, Women in science, Communicable diseases, Angiomatosis, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Bartonella, Women in medicine, Clinical medicine--Research, Molecular biologists, Women molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Robert M. Hayes
- 2001-Feb-26
Robert M. Hayes begins the interview with a discussion of his father's and his stepfather's affect on his life. He describes how he traveled frequently because of his stepfather's acting career, attending over sixteen…
- Interviewee Hayes, Robert Mayo. 1926-
- Interviewer Burke, Colin B.
- Sponsor Eugene Garfield Foundation
- Subject Hayes, Robert Mayo, 1926-, Computer programming, Navy V-12 Program (U.S.), United States. National Bureau of Standards, Hughes Aircraft Company, Magnavox Government and Industrial Electronics Company, Advanced Information Systems, Inc, United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Information scientists, Mathematicians
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Oral history interview with Gary H. Gibbons
- 2001-Feb-20 – 2001-Feb-22
Gary H. Gibbons was born in 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the youngest of three siblings. His father was pharmacist-turned-schoolteacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his mother was a school teacher from…
- Interviewee Gibbons, Gary H., 1956-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Gibbons, Gary H., 1956-, Segregation, Cardiovascular system--Diseases, Cardiology, Stanford University, Morehouse School of Medicine, African Americans--Civil rights, Harvard Medical School, Renin-angiotensin system, Medical scientists, Scientists, Black
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Oral history interview with Raphael Katzen
- 2000-Oct-20 (First session)
- 2001-Feb-02 (Second session)
Donald Katz starts the interview by briefly referring to his current projects but then describes his family background and his genealogical interests, stimulated by his 1952 trip to his father's birthplace in a German…
- Interviewee Katzen, Raphael, 1915-2009
- Interviewer Brock, David C., Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Chemical engineering, Othmer, Mildred Topp, 1907-1998, Northwood Chemical Company (Phelps, Wis), Raphael Katzen Associates, Katzen, Raphael, 1915-2009, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Othmer, Donald F. (Donald Frederick), 1904-1995, Chemical engineers, Diamond Alkali Company, Vulcan-Cincinnati, Inc., Raphael Katzen Associates International
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Oral history interview with Kenneth H. Britten
- 2001-Jan-24 – 2001-Jan-26
Kenneth H. Britten was born in Washington, DC in 1958, the younger of two brothers. His father, Roy J. Britten, was a biophysicist who made notable achievements in the heyday of genetics, working at the Carnegie…
- Interviewee Britten, Kenneth H., 1958-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Britten, Kenneth H., 1958-, Newsome, William T., Neurobiology, Psychophysiology--Research, University of California, Davis, Visual cortex--Physiology, Primates--Research, Medical scientists, Molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Ivan Maxwell Robinson
- 2001-Jan-24
Ivan Maxwell Robinson begins the interview with a discussion of his family life and education. He was born in the small village of Lakeville, Nova Scotia, where his father ran the general store, and his mother was a…
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Oral history interview with Jacques-Emile Dubois
- 2001-Jan-21
Jacques-Emile Dubois begins the interview with a discussion of his family and early education. He discusses his paternal grandfather's and father's roles in World War I and his family's influence, his father's in…
- Interviewee Dubois, J. E. (Jaques-Emile), 1920-
- Interviewer Burke, Colin B.
- Subject Physical sciences, Chemistry--Nomenclature, Universität des Saarlandes, Physical scientists, Chemistry--Abstracting and indexing, Université de Paris, Dubois, J. E. (Jaques-Emile), 1920-, Information storage and retrieval systems--Chemistry, CODATA
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Oral history interview with Martyn D. Goulding
- 2001-Jan-09 – 2001-Jan-11
Martyn D. Goulding was born in 1958 in Auckland, New Zealand; the eldest of five siblings. His father was a blue-collar worker, originally from the Fiji Islands, who would later open his own plumbing manufacturing…
- Interviewee Goulding, Martyn D., 1958-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Goulding, Martyn D., 1958-, Religion, Cyclic adenylic acid, Tumors, Cells--Growth--Regulation, Oncogenes, University of California, San Diego, Transcription factors, Interneurons, Medical scientists
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Tintex Neon Yellow Neon Fabric Dye
- After 1970 – before 2000
Black cardboard box with a bright yellow design containing neon fabric dye. Dye instructions are printed in white on the back of the box. The powdered dye is contained in a paper packet. Dye instructions are also…
- Creator Of Work Kiwi Brands, Inc.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic
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Postage stamp from Comoros commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
- After 1979 – before 2000
Postage stamp from Comoros, an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina,…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 18 Number 4
- 2000 (Winter)
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52 items