Zwemer, Raymund L. (Raymund Lull), 1902-1981

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Dates:
Birth 1902-03-30
Death 1981-10-05

Biographical notes:

Biologist, educator, and scientific administrator. Died 1981.

From the description of Raymund L. Zwemer papers, 1903-1979 (bulk 1940-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981996

Biographical Note

1902, Mar. 30 Born, Bahrain, Persian Gulf 1923 B.A., Hope College, Holland, Mich. 1924 1956 Published nearly one hundred articles on the structure and function of the adrenal glands, biological effects of potassium, and focused ultrasound 1925 1926 Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1926 Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1926 1928 National Research Council Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. 1928 1944 Instructor and assistant professor of anatomy, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y. 1929 Married Dorothy Ingebord Bornn 1941 United States delegate, Second Pan American Congress on Endocrinology, Montevideo, Chile 1941 1942 Lectured before learned societies and university groups in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil 1944 1947 Associate Chief, Division of Cultural Relations, State Department Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee on Cooperation with American Republics and Director of the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation, State Department 1947 1950 Executive Secretary, National Academy of Sciences Executive Secretary, National Research Council 1950 1955 Chief, Science and Technology Division, Library of Congress 1955 1957 Chief, Division of International Cooperation for Scientific Research, Unesco, Paris, France Guest Scientist and Consultant in Physiology, Naval Medical Research Center, Bethesda, Md. 1958 1961 Assistant Science Advisor, International Organizations, State Department 1961 Associate editor, American Journal of Physiology and Journal of Applied Physiology 1961 1962 Director, Biological Information User Survey, Biological Abstracts, Philadelphia, Pa. 1962 1973 Director, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Translation Project, Washington, D.C. 1973 Retired 1981, Oct. 5 Died, Silver Spring, Md.

From the guide to the Raymund L. Zwemer Papers, 1903-1979, (bulk 1940-1965), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Adrenal glands
  • Anatomy
  • Biology
  • Cortisone
  • Potassium
  • Ultrasonics

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  • Administrators
  • Biologists
  • Educators

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