The Life Sciences Foundation collection is comprised of oral history and research interviews with individuals who played significant roles in the birth and growth of the biotechnology industry. In December 2015, the Life Sciences Foundation merged with the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now Science History Institute).
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Oral history interview with Robert Carpenter
- 2012-Jan-10
- 2012-Apr-03
- 2013-Jan-29
Robert Carpenter was born in San Diego, California, in 1945. He moved to South Bend, Indiana, where his father started a family bakery when he was an infant. When Carpenter was in elementary school, the family moved to…
- Interviewee Carpenter, Robert, 1945-
- Interviewer Jones, Mark, 1958-, Stokes, Cassandra
- Subject Carpenter, Robert, 1945-, United States Military Academy, Vietnam War (1961-1975), Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration, Baxter International Inc., Recombinant DNA, Biotechnology, Tissue plasminogen activator, Genzyme Transgenics Corporation
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Oral history interview with Gabriel Schmergel
- 2011-Dec-15
- 2012-Sep-18
Gabriel Schmergel was born in 1940 in Budapest, Hungary. He immigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen shortly after the Soviet Union defeated the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. His parents worked manual labor…
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Oral history interview with Helen Donis-Keller
- 2013-May-27
Helen Donis-Keller was born in Madison, Wisconsin, but grew up in Elkhart, Indiana. As a child, she loved art, so she pursued a degree in graphic design and photography at The University of Cincinnati. She spent two…
- Interviewee Donis-Keller, Helen
- Interviewer Jones, Mark, 1958-
- Subject Donis-Keller, Helen, Career changes, Women in science, Geneticists, Women geneticists, Genetics--Research, Gene mapping, Artists
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Oral history interview with Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos
- 2012-Aug-06
Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos was born in Turkey in 1922 to parents of Greek descent. Due to Turkish expulsion of the Greeks when he was three months old, the family left for the Greek mainland. Because his father was…
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Oral history interview with David Pyott
- 2011-Nov-08
David Pyott was raised in India and Scotland. An early love of languages led him to work and study in mainland Europe, while pursuing a BA in German language and literature at the University of Edinburgh. Later, he…
- Interviewee Pyott, David, 1953-
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Pyott, David, 1953-, Executives, Executives--Biography, Businesspeople, Corporations, Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical industry, Chemical industry
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Oral history interview with Henri Termeer
- 2006-May-23 (First interview)
- 2006-Dec-07 (Second interview)
- 2007-Aug-02 (Third interview)
- 2008-Dec-18 (Fourth interview)
- 2011-Sep-30 (Fifth interview)
Henri Termeer begins his interview by discussing his parents’ histories, the influence of family, and his entrance into the business world. He describes how, as a boy, he began to develop leadership skills as early as…
- Interviewee Termeer, Henri A.
- Interviewer Everson, Ted, Dionisio, Jennifer, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Baxter International Inc., Termeer, Henri, 1946-2017, Executives, Genzyme Center (Cambridge, Mass.), Gaucher disease--Treatment, Gaucher disease, Biotechnology, Biotechnology industries, Emigration and immigration
