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Oral history interview with Carolyn R. Bertozzi
- 2003-Aug-17 – 2003-Aug-18
Carolyn Bertozzi grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, the second of three girls. Her father was a nuclear physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, her mother a secretary in MIT's physics department.…
- Interviewee Bertozzi, Carolyn R., 1966-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Women molecular biologists, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology--Research, Carbohydrates--Physiological effect, Bertozzi, Carolyn R., 1966-, Molecular biologists, Nobel Prize winners
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9 items
Oral history interview with Lilianna Solnica-Krezel
- 2004-Apr-19 – 2004-Apr-20
Lilianna Solnica-Krezel was born in Cieplice-Sląskie, a small village in the mountains in the southwestern part of Poland, but grew up in Sandomierz, Poland, at a time when the country was still under the communist…
- Interviewee Solnica-Krezel, Lilianna
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Solnica-Krezel, Lilianna, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Women in science, Women in medicine, Mutagenesis, Cytoskeleton, Physarum polycephalum, Emigration and immigration
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9 items
Oral history interview with Yixian Zheng
- 2003-Sep-09 – 2003-Sep-11
Yixian Zheng was born and raised in Chongqing, the Sichuan province of China, the elder (by about nine years) of the family's two daughters. Both of her parents were professors at Chongqing University—her mother in…
- Interviewee Zheng, Yixian, 1969-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Zheng, Yixian, 1969-, Women in science, Centrosomes, Microtubules, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Women in medicine, Women medical scientists, Emigration and immigration
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9 items
Oral history interview with Carl Djerassi
- 1985-Jul-31
In this interview Carl Djerassi begins with his early years in Vienna and Bulgaria, including his schooling at the American College in Sofia. This is followed by his immigration to the United States, with special…
- Interviewee Djerassi, Carl
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Djerassi, Carl, Syntex Corporation, Cetus Corporation, Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Zoecon Corporation, Wayne State University, Stanford University, Chemistry, Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, Chemists--Biography, Steroids, Emigration and immigration
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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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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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Oral history interview with Francis O. Rice
- 1984-Jan-04 (First session)
- 1984-Jan-05 (Second session)
Francis O. Rice discusses his life and career in this interview, which begins with mention of his early days in England, his studies at Princeton, and his teaching at New York University. Rice describes his teaching,…
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9 items
Oral history interview with George A. Olah
- 2000-Feb-03
George A. Olah begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood years in Budapest, Hungary. Olah first developed an interest in chemistry after taking a chemistry course at the Technical University of…
- Interviewee Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927-2017
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Traynham, James G.
- Subject University of Southern California, Dow Chemical Company, Chemists, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, Chemists--Biography, Nobel Prize winners, Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927-2017, Emigration and immigration
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7 items
Oral history interview with Herbert C. Brown
- 1994-Nov-11
Herbert C. Brown studied at Crane Junior College, where he became fascinated by chemistry and its history; when Crane closed down, Brown was among the students invited to work in Nicholas D. Cheronis' Synthetical…
- Interviewee Brown, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1912-2004
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject University of Chicago, World War (1939-1945), United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Wayne State University, Purdue University, Emigration and immigration, Nobel Prize winners
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8 items
Oral history interview with Koji Nakanishi
- 1985-Feb-15
This interview covers the life of Koji Nakanishi from his early education in Egypt to his current work as Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University and Director of the Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research in…
- Interviewee Nakanishi, Kōji, 1925-2019
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Nakanishi, Kōji, 1925-2019, Columbia University, Infrared spectroscopy, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Circular dichroism, Chemistry, Organic, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Tōhoku Daigaku, Tōkyō Kyōiku Daigaku, Nagoya Daigaku, Natural products--Research, Emigration and immigration
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8 items
Oral history interview with Frank R. Nissel
- 2002-Mar-20
Frank R. Nissel begins the interview by describing his early childhood and schooling in Berlin, Germany, and subsequent move to Egypt due to the emergence of Adolf Hitler's policies. Arriving in Egypt at the age of…
- Interviewee Nissel, Frank R., 1925-2014
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Subject Welex, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Nissel, Frank R., 1925-2014, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Roy G. Neville
- 2005-Jun-20 (First session)
- 2005-Jun-21 (Second session)
Roy G. Neville comments on his family and his childhood in Bournemouth, England during the start of World War II, while admitting that he was not very intrigued by his first chemistry lesson but enjoyed performing…
- Interviewee Neville, Roy G.
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Chemistry, Chemists, Chemists--Biography, Neville, Roy G., Science--Historiography, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Herbert Morawetz
- 1986-Apr-01
In this interview, Herbert Morawetz traces his early life prior to leaving Czechoslovakia on the Nazi invasion and resettling in Canada, where he studied chemical engineering at the University of Toronto. He describes…
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Oral history interview with Herman Mark
- 1986-Feb-03 (First session)
- 1986-Mar-17 (Second session)
- 1986-Jun-20 (Third session)
In this first of three interviews Herman Mark starts with his study of relatively stable free radicals under the direction of Wilhelm Schlenk, first in Vienna and then in Berlin. After a post doctoral period at the…
- Interviewee Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992
- Interviewer Bohning, James J., Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Canadian International Paper Company, Polymers, Alfrey, Turner, 1918-1981, Macromolecules, Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937, Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Chemists--Biography, Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992, Meyer, Kurt H. (Kurt Heinrich), 1883-1952, Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Chemie, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Chemists, Cellulose, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Alan G. MacDiarmid
- 2005-Dec-19
This oral history is part of a series supported by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS), University of California, Santa Barbara, under the National Science Foundation Grant No. SES 0531184. Researchers using…
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Oral history interview with Peter B. Lederman
- 2011-Sep-01 (First session)
- 2011-Sep-19 (Second session)
Peter B. Lederman was born in Weimar, Germany. When Peter was seven the family left for the United States, spending about six months in England on the way finally settling in New York City. When he entered the…
- Interviewee Lederman, Peter B. (Peter Bernd), 1931-2020
- Interviewer Caruso, David J., (David Joseph), 1978-, Hunter, Sarah L., 1985
- Subject Lederman, Peter B. (Peter Bernd), 1931-2020, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, University of Michigan, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Shell Oil Company, Esso Research and Engineering Company, Chemical engineers, Water--Pollution, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Richard E. Honig
- 1996-Apr-27
Richard E. Honig was born in Göttingen, Germany, the eldest of three boys. He attended Robert College, an American college in Istanbul, from which he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in electrical…
- Interviewee Honig, Richard E. (Richard Edward), 1917-2001
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Honig, Richard E. (Richard Edward), 1917-2001, American Society for Testing and Materials, Mass spectrometers, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Physicists--Biography, Mass spectrometry, RCA Laboratories, Physicists, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with L. Louis Hegedus
- 2013-Dec-05 (First session)
- 2013-Dec-06 (Second session)
L. Louis Hegedus grew up in Szolnok, Hungary. After completing the chemical engineering program of the Technical University of Budapest, he was recruited to work at the Research Institute for the Organic Chemical…
- Interviewee Hegedus, L. Louis, 1941-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Boytim, Jacqueline
- Subject Polyesters, General Motors Corporation, Elf Atochem, Automobiles--Catalytic converters, Catalyst poisoning, Chemistry, Organic, Hegedus, L. Louis, 1941-, Research Institute for the Organic Chemical Industry, Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Roald Hoffmann
- 2014-Oct-16 (First interview)
- 2014-Oct-17 (Second interview)
- 2015-Mar-21 (Third interview)
Roald Hoffmann was born Roald Safran in Złoczów, Poland, in 1937. When the Nazi Wehrmacht reached Złoczów in 1941, Roald’s family went into hiding, then into a labor camp. His father bribed the guards to allow Roald,…
- Interviewee Hoffmann, Roald
- Interviewer Caruso, David J., (David Joseph), 1978-, Reinhardt, Carsten
- Subject Hoffmann, Roald, Hückel molecular orbitals, Chemistry, Organic, Boranes, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Nobel Prize winners, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Djerassi, Carl, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Allan S. Hay
- 1986-Jul-24
Allan S. Hay begins the interview with a description of his secondary and undergraduate education in Alberta. After briefly describing his graduate work at the University of Illinois and a summer job at Du Pont, he…
- Interviewee Hay, Allan S., 1929-
- Interviewer Wise, George, Fine, Leonard W.
- Subject Hay, Allan S., 1929-, Plastics--Research, Chemistry, Polymers, Chemists, General Electric Company, Chemists--Biography, Polyphenylene oxide, University of Alberta, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Andrew S. Grove
- 2004-Jul-14 (First session)
- 2004-Sep-01 (Second session)
Andrew S. Grove begins the first interview session with a description of his undergraduate life at the City College of New York, where exposure to influential professors shaped his professional outlook and personal…
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Oral history interview with Marion David Francis
- 1997-Jan-24
Marion David Francis begins his interview with a discussion of his childhood in Canada. Deeply influenced by his industrious parents and siblings, Francis worked his way through high school and college at a logging…
- Interviewee Francis, Marion D., 1923-2016
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Subject Biochemists, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Procter & Gamble Company, Fluorides, Francis, Marion D., 1923-2016, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Michael J.S. Dewar
- 1991-Jan-22
In his oral history Michael J. Dewar describes his education and long career in chemistry, both in academia and industry. He discusses his research and colleagues at Courtalds, Ltd. , his learning physical chemistry,…
- Interviewee Dewar, Michael J.S., 1918-1997
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Dewar, Michael J.S., 1918-1997, Molecular orbitals, Courtalds, Limited, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Konrad E. Bloch
- 1993-Mar-22
The interview begins with Konrad E. Bloch describing his childhood in Neisse, Germany, and his undergraduate education at Technische Hochschule in Munich. During a research assistantship in Davos, Switzerland, Bloch had…
- Interviewee Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject University of Oxford, Biosynthesis, Biochemists, Human Genome Project, Cholesterol, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-, Columbia University, Nobel Prize winners, Cholesterol--Synthesis, Nutrition, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Orlando Aloysius Battista
- 1992-Feb-23
O. A. Battista begins the interview by describing his childhood in Cornwall, Canada, as one of eight siblings born to a poor, uneducated laborer and a housewife. Battista proudly details his family's hard-working nature…
- Interviewee Battista, O. A. (Orlando Aloysius), 1917-1995
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Hemostasis, Surgical, American Viscose Corporation, O. A. Battista Research Institute, Psychotropic drugs, Viscose process, Battista, O. A. (Orlando Aloysius), 1917-1995, Cellulose--Chemistry, FMC Corporation, University of Texas, Microcrystalline polymers, Chemists--Biography, Emigration and immigration