David Ledbetter Nanney Papers 1946-2008

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David Ledbetter Nanney Papers 1946-2008

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The experimental ciliatologist David L. Nanney spent much of his career studying the protozoan . Under Tracy M. Sonneborn at Indiana University, he completed a dissertation in 1951 on the mating habits of , but soon after joining the faculty at the University of Michigan, he turned his attention to . During his subsequent career in Ann Arbor (1951-1959) and at the University of Illinois (1959-1991), Nanney made a series of fundamental contributions to the cytology, genetics, developmental biology, and evolution of ciliates, influencing the work of other biologists such as Joe Frankel, Janina Kaczanowska, Linda Hufnagel, and Nicola Ricci. Since his retirement in 1991, Nanney has remained in Urbana. The Nanney Papers include a dense run of professional correspondence with ciliatologists, geneticists, students and colleagues regarding his pioneering research on ciliates and other professional matters. Of particular note is an extensive correspondence with Sonneborn, accompanied by several biographical essays written after Sonneborn's death, and a large body of correspondence of the controversial reorganization of the biological sciences departments at the University of Illinois in the 1970s. The collection also includes a selection of Nanney's writings and a handful of photographs. Tetrahymena Paramecium Tetrahymena

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