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

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)