Schmitt, Francis Otto, 1903-1995

Molecular biologist (1903-1995). Schmitt received his bachelor's degree in 1924 and his Ph.D. in physiology in 1927 from Washington University. He served on the faculty of the university's Zoology department from1929 to 1941, when he was recruited by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to head its microbiology department and where he established the first U.S. center for electron microscopy. In 1962 Schmitt established the Neurosciences Research Program at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

From the description of Oral history interview with Francis Otto Schmitt, 1982. 1982 (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 65287379