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Oral history interview with Catherine T. Hunt
- 2009-Mar-26
- 2009-Aug-28
Catherine T. Hunt grew up in Bronxville, New York, one of seven children. Her father was a chemist at Allied Chemical Company, and Katie often went to work with him and always had questions for him about why things are…
- Interviewee Hunt, Catherine T. 1955-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Hunt, Catherine T. 1955-, Chemistry, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Women in chemistry, Rohm and Haas Company, American Chemical Society, Dow Chemical Company, Science--Study and teaching, Sustainable development, Chemists, Women chemists
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Oral history interview with Amy H. Newman
- 2009-Aug-25 – 2009-Aug-26
Amy Hauck Newman was raised in Buffalo, New York, one of two sisters. Her mother was an elementary school teacher; her father, a mechanical engineer. She enjoyed school from a young age and was interested in literature,…
- Interviewee Newman, Amy H., 1958-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Newman, Amy H., 1958-, Women in science, Receptor-ligand complexes, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Pharmacology, Dopamine--Receptors, Cocaine
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Oral history interview with Allison Aldridge
- 2004-Aug-25
- 2009-Aug-23
Allison A. Aldridge calls Ottawa, Kansas her home town. Her father was in the Air Force, her mother worked in industry and she has three brothers. When she was young Aldridge wanted to be a veterinarian, but working…
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4 items
Oral history interview with Gloria L. Anderson
- 2009-Aug-21
Gloria L. Anderson was born and raised in Altheimer, Arkansas, and had five brothers. Her father was a farmer and then a janitor; her mother a domestic worker and a creative seamstress. Anderson was always good in…
- Interviewee Anderson, Gloria L. (Gloria Long), 1938-
- Interviewer Brown, Jeannette E.
- Subject Anderson, Gloria L. (Gloria Long), 1938-, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Women in chemistry, African American women scientists, Antiviral agents, Scientists, Black, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Women in science--Study and teaching
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Oral history interview with Margaret E.M. Tolbert
- 2009-Aug-13
Margaret E. M. Tolbert was born in Suffolk, Virginia at a time when rural Virginia was still very segregated. She and her siblings were raised by their grandmother within a large extended family. Growing up, Tolbert…
- Interviewee Tolbert, Margaret E.M., 1943-
- Interviewer Brown, Jeannette E.
- Subject Tolbert, Margaret E.M, 1943-, Chemists, Women chemists, Women in science, African American women chemists, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Institute. Carver Research Foundation, National Science Foundation (U.S.), BP America (Firm), Argonne National Laboratory, Scientists, Black
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Oral history interview with Cynthia J. Burrows
- 2009-Jul-15 – 2009-Jul-16
Cynthia J. Burrows was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, one of two children. Her father was an electrical engineer in the aerospace industry, and her mother was a housewife. She liked school and was a good student; she had…
- Interviewee Burrows, Cynthia J., 1953-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Burrows, Cynthia J., 1953-, Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry), Lehn, J.-M. (Jean-Marie), Carpenter, Barry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, University of Utah, Women in chemistry, Women in science--Social aspects, Working mothers, Chemists, Women chemists
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2 items
Oral history interview with Madeleine Jacobs
- 2009-May-28
Madeleine Jacobs grew up in Washington, D.C., the younger of two children. Her father was a musician, her mother a secretary. The television program Watch Mr. Wizard convinced her she wanted to be a scientist, in…
- Interviewee Jacobs, Madeleine, 1946-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Jacobs, Madeleine, 1946-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, Draft, Sex discrimination, Journalism, Science writers, Smithsonian Institution, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), United States. National Bureau of Standards, American Chemical Society
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3 items
Oral history interview with Sally Chapman
- 2009-Jan-05 (First session)
- 2009-Jan-06 (Second session)
Sally Chapman's interest in science was fostered both by her "tinkerer" father and by the nationwide interest in innovative science education that occurred after Sputnik. She attended Smith College and worked for the…
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Oral history interview with Catherine Hurt Middlecamp
- 2008-Dec-10 – 2008-Dec-11
Catherine Hurt Middlecamp was born in Queens, New York, though she grew up in Garden City, New York. Hers was a family of teachers and so Middlecamp wanted to be a teacher as well. She loved school, was active in many…
- Interviewee Middlecamp, Catherine Hurt, 1950-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Middlecamp, Catherine Hurt, 1950-, Women in science, Women chemists, Chemists, Women--Social conditions, Social justice, Minorities in science
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Oral history interview with Dorit Hanein
- 2008-Dec-03
Dorit Hanein was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, but grew up in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, where her family was engaged in an Israeli-Dutch program to foster soybean cultivation. She and her sister attended all-girl, Roman…
- Interviewee Hanein, Dorit, 1961-
- Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Hanein, Dorit, 1961-, Chemistry, Israel--Tel Aviv, Soldiers, Biomineralization, Biochemistry, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Women in chemistry, Working mothers
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Oral history interview with Karin M. Reinisch
- 2008-Nov-10 – 2008-Nov-11
Karin M. Reinisch grew up in Massachusetts, one of two daughters. Her father was a physicist, a professor at University of Massachusetts; her mother was a housewife. Her parents were immigrants from Germany, and…
- Interviewee Reinisch, Karin M., 1966-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Reinisch, Karin M., 1966-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Cytology, Reoviruses
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Oral history interview with Sylvie Doublié
- 2008-Nov-05 – 2008-Nov-06
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Doublié, Sylvie, 1965-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Doublié, Sylvie, 1965-, Biology, Women in science, Crystallography, Transfer RNA, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, DNA polymerases, RNA--Data processing
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3 items
Oral history interview with Barbara Panning
- 2008-Aug-27 – 2008-Aug-28
Barbara Panning was born in Switzerland, one of three children. The family moved to Toronto, Canada, when Barbara was a young child, but Barbara continued to summer in Switzerland. She had an idyllic childhood and…
- Interviewee Panning, Barbara, 1963-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Panning, Barbara, 1963-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Biochemists, X chromosome, Cytology, DNA--Research, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Yolanda Sanchez
- 2008-Jul-29
- 2008-Jul-31
Yolanda Sanchez was born in El Paso, Texas, but grew up in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She was one of five children whose father was an architect, now a teacher, and a housewife. Sanchez spent a year in New Zealand,…
- Interviewee Sanchez, Yolanda, 1962-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Sanchez, Yolanda, 1962-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Antioncogenes, DNA repair, Science and state, DNA--Research, Minorities in science
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7 items
Oral history interview with Donna J. Nelson
- 2008-Jul-21 – 2008-Jul-22
Donna J. Nelson's oral history begins with a discussion of her childhood in Eufaula, Oklahoma—a small town with Native American influences that grew into a much larger town throughout her youth. Heavily influenced by…
- Interviewee Nelson, Donna J., 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Webb-Halpern, Leah
- Subject Nelson, Donna J., 1969-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, Sex discrimination, University of Texas at Austin, Purdue University, Brown, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1912-2004, University of Oklahoma, Minorities in science, Carbon nanotubes, Working mothers, Dewar, Michael James Steuart
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2 items
Oral history interview with Patricia F. Ducy
- 2008-Jul-16 – 2008-Jul-17
Patricia F. Ducy grew up in Lyon, France, an only child. Her father was in insurance and her mother was a secretary. She attended a very good school a fair distance from her home, so she spent much time with her…
- Interviewee Ducy, Patricia F., 1964-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ducy, Patricia F., 1964-, Genetics, Pharmacy, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Transcription factors, Baylor College of Medicine, Osteoblasts, Columbia University, Women in science
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Oral history interview with Caroline Kisker
- 2008-Jun-18 – 2008-Jun-19
Caroline F. Kisker grew up in West Berlin, West Germany, where she attended the John F. Kennedy German-American grammar school. After completing her Abitur, Kisker planned to study medicine, but due to the complicated…
- Interviewee Kisker, Caroline F., 1964-
- Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kisker, Caroline F., 1964-, Biochemistry, Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, Tetracyclines, California Institute of Technology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Drugs--Design, DNA repair, Women in science
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Oral history interview with Chavela M. Carr
- 2008-Jun-16 – 2008-Jun-17
Chavela M. Carr grew up near Indianapolis, Indiana in a large family. From early childhood she was interested in school, finding the math-based sciences interesting. Due to a high school human genetics course, Carr…
- Interviewee Carr, Chavela M., 1965-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Carr, Chavela M., 1965-, Drosophila, Genetics, Biology, Protein-protein interactions, Yeast, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Women in science, Influenza viruses
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Oral history interview with Nina R. Salama
- 2008-Mar-27 – 2008-Mar-28
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Salama, Nina R.
- Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Salama, Nina R., Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Women in science, Women in medicine, Bacteria--Research, Helicobacter pylori, Bacterial diseases
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Oral history interview with Hao Wu
- 2008-Jan-30 – 2008-Jan-31
Hao Wu's oral history begins with a discussion of her childhood in China, during which her family was separated and forced to relocate to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. Despite the difficulties…
- Interviewee Wu, Hao, 1964-
- Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Wu, Hao, 1964-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, CD4 antigen, Glycoproteins, Crystallography, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Audrey C. Rust
- 2007-Jul-05
Audrey Rust begins her oral history with a discussion of her love of Nature and how she came to work for the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST). The vast majority of her interview is focused on her work with POST, even…
- Interviewee Rust, Audrey C.
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Subject Rust, Audrey C., Peninsula Open Space Trust, Women in science, Conservation of natural resources
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Oral history interview with Kathleen L. Collins
- 2006-Jul-10 – 2006-Jul-12
Kathleen L. Collins grew up in Norwell, Massachusetts, a small town near Boston, the second of four children. Her father was a teacher and an assistant principal. Her mother was a nurse until she stayed home with her…
- Interviewee Collins, Kathleen L., 1963-
- Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Collins, Kathleen L., 1963-, Catholic Church, Molecular biology, Molecular cloning, DNA--Synthesis, Baltimore, David, University of Michigan, Women in medicine, HIV infections, Immune response
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Oral history interview with Jennie R. Patrick
- 2006-Mar-30
Jennie R. Patrick grew up in Gadsden, a small, typically Southern, town in Alabama, the fourth of five children. Her parents were laborers whose formal education stopped in junior high school. As a child, she had no…
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Oral history interview with Rebecca W. Heald
- 2005-Oct-17 – 2005-Oct-19
Rebecca W. Heald grew up in Greenville, a small college town in western Pennsylvania, where she was the youngest of three daughters. Her father was a chemistry professor at Thiel College in Greenville, and her mother…
- Interviewee Heald, Rebecca W., 1963-
- Interviewer Mejia, Robin
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Heald, Rebecca W., 1963-, Biochemistry, Nuclear membranes, Cell cycle, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Spindle (Cell division), Women in science, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists, Molecular biologists, Women molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Reatha Clark King
- 2005-May-01
Reatha Clark King was born in Pavo, Georgia, the second of three daughters. Her father was a sharecropper who never learned to read or write, and her mother, who went to school only through third grade, worked as a…
- Interviewee King, Reatha Clark, 1938-
- Interviewer Brown, Jeannette E.
- Subject King, Reatha Clark, 1938-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, United States. National Bureau of Standards, United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency, City University of New York, Metropolitan State University, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, General Mills Foundation, African American women, African American women chemists, Scientists, Black