Dept. of Human Genetics (University of Michigan) records 1937-1977

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Dept. of Human Genetics (University of Michigan) records 1937-1977

Established in 1956, the Department of Human Genetics traces its origins to the Laboratory of the Vertebrate Biology, created in 1941, and reorganized in 1950 as the Institute of Human Biology. Following the retirement of Lee Raymond Dice, the Institute was reconfigured as a department under the direction of James V. Neel.Records consist of the correspondence and administrative files of Lee Raymond Dice and James V. Neel relating to the development of genetic research and study at Michigan. Also included are articles and reprints by Dice, Neel, and other faculty associated with genetic and heredity research at Michigan. Three photographs are also included.

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University of Michigan. Department of Human Genetics

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Established in 1956, the Department of Human Genetics traces its origins to the Laboratory of the Vertebrate Biology, created in 1941, and reorganized in 1950 as the Institute of Human Biology. Following the retirement of Lee Raymond Dice, the Institute was reconfigured as a department under the direction of James V. Neel. From the description of Dept. of Human Genetics (University of Michigan) records, 1937-1977. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id:...

University of Michigan. Laboratory of Vertebrate Biology

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University of Michigan. Institute of Human Biology

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Neel, James V. (James Van Gundia), 1915-2000

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Papers of James V. Neel, pioneering human population geneticist and professor in the Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School. Curt Stern's first graduate student at the University of Rochester, and a post-doctoral student under Theodosius Dobzhansky, Neel began his career as a Drosophila geneticist, but after taking his first professional appointment as an assistant professor at Dartmouth, decided to alter his course into human genetics. Reasoning that he...

Dice, Lee Raymond 1887-1977

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Professor of zoology, and director of the Institute of Human Biology. From the description of Lee Raymond Dice papers, 1903-1964. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421488 Lee Raymond Dice was born July 15, 1887, in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from Washington State College Preparatory School in 1907, received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1911 and his M.S. (1914) and Ph.D. (1915) from the University of California. Before comin...