Search Results
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Oral history interview with Michael W. Hill
- 2000-Jun-26
Michael W. Hill begins his interview by discussing how he was first drawn to the information and documentation side of chemistry. While at Lincoln College, Hill planned to become a chemist. He received his BS and MSc…
- Interviewee Hill, Michael (Michael W.)
- Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
- Sponsor Eugene Garfield Foundation
- Subject Hill, Michael (Michael W.), Chemistry, Richards, Rex, Sir, 1922-, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, National Reference Library of Science and Invention, Great Britain. Patent Office. Library, Science Reference Library (British Library), Institute of Information Scientists, FID Congress, International Association of Technological University Libraries, Information science
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5 items
Oral history interview with Jacques Tocatlian
- 2000-Jun-22
Jacques Tocatlian has always had an international take on learning and acquiring information. He was born in Egypt, where he attended a French secondary school. From there, Tocatlian moved on to study industrial…
- Interviewee Tocatlian, Jacques, 1929-2019
- Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
- Sponsor Eugene Garfield Foundation
- Subject Tocatlian, Jacques, 1929-2019, Chemical literature, Information science, Communication in science, Unesco, UNISIST (Program), Chemical engineers, Information storage and retrieval systems, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Scott W. Rogers
- 2000-Jun-19 – 2000-Jun-21
Scott W. Rogers was born and grew up in Ogden, Utah. His father, a meat inspector, and his mother, a housewife, were divorced when Scott was about six years old; his father left the state, and Scott lived with his…
- 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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21 items
Report of the Black Staff Dialogue Planning Committee Findings
- 2000-Jun-19
Executive summary and report of the Black Staff Dialogue Planning Committee's findings on the experiences of Black staff at the University of California, Berkeley. This report is based on data collected by over 110…
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5 items
Oral history interview with Nathalie Dusoulier
- 2000-Jun-19
Nathalie Dusoulier begins her interview by discussing her family background and education. She recounts how she started working in information science from her background in pharmacology. She then speaks about her…
- Interviewee Dusoulier, Nathalie, 1927-2010
- Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
- Subject Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France), Pharmacology, Chemistry--Nomenclature, Women in information science, Pharmacologists, Institut de l'information scientifique et technique (France), United Nations, Chemistry--Abstracting and indexing, Women in science, Information storage and retrieval systems--Chemistry, Dusoulier, Nathalie, 1927-2010, Information science
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Oral history interview with Helga Schmid
- 2000-Jun-14
Helga Schmid begins the interview by discussing the growth of her interest in the world of information. While attending the Vienna University, she studied mathematics and physics and also worked on gaining her teaching…
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Oral history interview with Claudio Todeschini
- 2000-Jun-13
Claudio Todeschini was born in Tripoli, Libya, and spent his childhood in Italy and South Africa. He received his first degree in civil engineering from the University of Capetown, South Africa. He began his graduate…
- 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 James B. Bliska
- 2000-May-30 – 2000-May-31
- 2000-Jun-01
James B. Bliska was born in Grand Junction, Colorado, in 1959, the youngest of four children. His father was an architect originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan who died when James was only five years old. His mother was…
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Oral history interview with Patrick Brennwald
- 2000-May-22 – 2000-May-24
Patrick Brennwald is the youngest of three children, two boys and a girl. They lived first in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago; when Patrick was about ten, his parents divorced, and a few years later his mother…
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Oral history interview with Lee Ann Niswander
- 2000-May-15
- 2000-May-17 – 2000-May-18
Lee Ann Niswander was born in Bluffton, Ohio, the fourth child of six. Her parents were moderately devout Mennonites until her father's job caused them to move to Okemos, Michigan, where they became Methodists. Both…
- Interviewee Niswander, Lee Ann
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Niswander, Lee Ann, Women in science, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Genetics, Microdissection, Neural tube
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Oral history interview with Erin Schuman
- 2000-Apr-12
- 2000-Apr-19
- 2000-Apr-26
- 2000-May-17
Erin M. Schuman was born in San Gabriel, California, though spent most of her childhood in Huntington Beach, the oldest of three siblings; her mother was a teacher at a Catholic school. She was a "serial hobbyist" with…
- Interviewee Schuman, Erin, 1963-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Schuman, Erin, 1963-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Women in medicine, Neurobiology, Neural transmission, Neurotransmitters
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5 items
Oral history interview with Norman N. Li
- 2000-May-05
Norman Li begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood years in Fuzhou, China. After World War II, Li's family moved to Taiwan, where Li completed high school. Li then attended National Taiwan…
- Interviewee Li, Norman N., 1933-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Li, Norman N., 1933-, Chemical engineering, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Liquid membranes, Patents, UOP Inc., Allied-Signal Inc., Emigration and immigration
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7 items
Arnold Beckman's 100th birthday
- 2000-Apr
The photographs document birthday celebrations.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical…
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Letter from Susumu Tonegawa to David Brock
- 2000-Apr-21
Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.
- Addressee Brock, David C.
- Author Tonegawa, Susumu, 1939-
- Subject Nobel Prize winners, Tonegawa, Susumu, 1939-
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11 items
Oral history interview with Andrew C. Chan
- 2000-Apr-17 – 2000-Apr-18
- 2000-Apr-20
Andrew C. Chan was born in Hong Kong, the eldest of four children. His father was an engineer, his mother a teacher. When Chan was seven the family emigrated to the United States. His father was able to continue his…
- Interviewee Chan, Andrew Chee-Yuen, 1959-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Chan, Andrew Chee-Yuen, 1959-, Immunologists, Medical scientists, Immunology--Research, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine, Minorities in science, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Rheumatology, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Robert C. De Lisle
- 2000-Apr-10 – 2000-Apr-12
Robert C. De Lisle was born in Buffalo, New York, the fourth of seven children. His father was an electrical engineer who holds patents on several of his inventions and who, now that he is retired, is studying cosmology…
- Interviewee De Lisle, Robert C., 1957-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cytologists, Cytology--Research, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Medicine, Gastroenterology, De Lisle, Robert C., 1957-
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Expand Your Horizons
- 2000-Apr-01
One of a series of events held in Philadelphia for sixth grade girls interested in careers in science. Speakers talk about their careers as women in science and lead attendees in conducting experiments related to their…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society. Philadelphia Section
- Subject Women in science, Science--Study and teaching, Science--Experiments
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24 items
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Letter from John Cornforth to David Brock
- 2000-Mar-22
Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.
- Addressee Brock, David C.
- Author Cornforth, John, 1937-
- Subject Cornforth, John, 1937-, Nobel Prize winners
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Oral history interview with William W. Mattox
- 2000-Mar-13 – 2000-Mar-14
- 2000-Mar-17
William W. Mattox was born in South Bend, Indiana, two miles from the Michigan border; South Bend had the nearest hospital to his home town, Edwardsburg, Michigan. He has two brothers and one sister. His father began as…
- Interviewee Mattox, William W., 1957-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Mattox, William W., 1957-, Genetics, Drosophila, RNA--Data processing, RNA, Polymerase chain reaction, Gene expression, Molecular biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Oral history interview with Andrew D. Ellington
- 2000-Mar-06 – 2000-Mar-07
- 2000-Mar-09
Andrew D. Ellington was born in 1956 in Missouri; the elder of two siblings. His father was a title lawyer, and his mother was a high school mathematics and computer science teacher. From a very young age Ellington's…
- Interviewee Ellington, Andrew D., 1959-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ellington, Andrew D., 1956-, Benner, Steven A. (Steven Albert), 1954-, Nucleotide sequence, Evolution (Biology), Indiana University, Bloomington, University of Texas at Austin, HIV infections--Treatment, Biosensors, Medical scientists
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Letter from James D. Watson to David Brock
- 2000-Mar-08
Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.
- Addressee Brock, David C.
- Author Watson, James D., 1928-
- Subject Watson, James D., 1928-, Nobel Prize winners
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Oral history interview with Herbert Eleuterio
- 2000-Feb-25
Herbert Eleuterio was born in 1927 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. His parents had emigrated from the Azores, and he spoke no English until he began first grade. His interest in science was sparked by a middle-school…
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Oral history interview with Helen M. Berman
- 2000-Feb-11
Helen M. Berman begins the interview by discussing her scientific education and how a laboratory internship with Barbara W. Low, while studying at Barnard University, influenced her decision to go into the field of…