Search Results
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Letter from Dudley Herschbach to Corinne Sebesta
- 2000-Nov-13
Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.
- Addressee Sebesta, Corinne
- Author Herschbach, Dudley R.
- Subject Herschbach, Dudley R., Nobel Prize winners
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Oral history interview with Vincent A. Calarco
- 2000-Nov-29
Vincent Calarco begins the interview with a discussion of his childhood years in New York City. Calarco was an ambitious and hard-working student who enjoyed chemistry and had a firm desire to attend college. After…
- Interviewee Calarco, Vincent A. 1942-
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Calarco, Vincent A., 1942-, Procter & Gamble Company, U.S. Army Research Laboratory. Ballistics and Weapons Concepts Division, NL Industries, Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton & Knowles Corporation, Chemical engineering, Chemical engineers
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Oral history interview with George C. Prendergast
- 2000-Dec-11 – 2000-Dec-13
George C. Prendergast was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four siblings. His father taught accounting and economics at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia; his mother worked for General…
- Interviewee Prendergast, George C., 1961-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Prendergast, George C., 1961-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Neurobiology, Pharmaceutical industry, Chemical industry
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52 items
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52 items
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56 items
Chemical Heritage, Volume 19 Number 3
- 2001 (Fall)
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60 items
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17 items
Take Your Child to Work Day at Beckman Instruments
- Circa 2001
This series of photographs documents employees and their children participating in Take Our Children to Work Day. Arnold Beckman was on hand for the event, as was a team of volunteers.
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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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4 items
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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6 items
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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2 items
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 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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6 items
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 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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10 items
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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13 items
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 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 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 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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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 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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Oral history interview with Foil A. Miller
- 2001-May-23 (First session)
- 2011-Jun-28 (Second session)
Foil A. Miller begins the interview by describing the origins of the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy [Pittcon]. Miller was involved early on with Pittcon and its two founding…
- Interviewee Miller, Foil A., 1916-
- Interviewer Sharkey, John B., Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Infrared spectroscopy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Miller, Foil A., 1916-, Chemists--Biography, University of Illinois at Chicago, Mellon Institute, University of Minnesota
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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 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