Papers, 1950-1966.

National Research Council (U.S.)

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of further knowledge and advising the federal government. The Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. From the descriptio...

Lawrence, John Hundale, 1904-

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John Hundale Lawrence was a medical physicist at the University of California, where he founded the Donner Laboratory (within the U.C. Radiation Laboratory, later named Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory after his brother, Ernest Orlando Lawrence). He also served as a regent of the University. From the description of Photographs from the John Hundale Lawrence papers [graphic]. ca. 1940-ca. 1985. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 227486105 John H. Lawrence (...

Eisenbud, Merril

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Scientist and educator. From the description of Merril Eisenbud papers, 1933-1997 (bulk 1948-1997). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984479 Biographical Note 1915, Mar. 18 Born, New York, N.Y. 1936 BSEE, New York University, New York, N.Y. ...

American institute of biological sciences

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Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965

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Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...

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...

Loutit, John F.

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Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986

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United States ambassador to India, 1951-1953 and 1963-1969. From the description of The Indo-American development program : the problems and opportunities : mimeograph, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867525 Chester Bowles was born on April 5, 1901, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University in 1924 (B.S.) and established the advertising firm of Benton and Bowles, with William Benton, in 1929. Bowles served in the Office of Price Administration ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory

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A federally funded research laboratory founded in 1947. Operated by Associated Universities, Inc., sponsored by nine northeastern universities under a contract with the United States Department of Energy, the Laboratory conducts research in high energy physics, basic energy sciences, nuclear energy, nuclear and medium energy physics and chemistry, and basic life sciences, including biology and medical use and effects of radiation, radioisotopes, and other nuclear tools. Environmental and energy ...

Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994

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Dean Rusk (1909-1994), U.S. Secretary of State, born in Cherokee County, Georgia. From the description of University of Georgia faculty papers, 1952, 1971-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477809 Dean Rusk was born in Cherokee County, Ga., on February 9, 1909. He attended Davidson College, graduating in 1931 as a Rhodes Scholar. He then attended St. John's College, Oxford. In 1946 he became assistant chief of the Division of International Security Affairs of the U.S. De...

Oak Ridge national laboratory

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Université Catholique de Louvain.

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Manley, John H.

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Hiyama, Yoshio, b. 1909.

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Herrmann, George, 1921-

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American eugenics society

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The Second International Conference on Eugenics, held in New York in 1921, produced one concrete result: the American Eugenics Society. Although the eugenics movement had been gaining strength in the United States for over a decade, there was at the time no formal organization through which to pursue its broader political and educational agenda. As a result, a group of prominent eugenicists founded the Eugenics Committee of the U.S.A., which became the Eugenics Society of America, a...

Bruce-Chwatt, Leonard Jan

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Calvin, Melvin, 1911-1997

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American nuclear society

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Libby, Willard F.

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Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980). From the description of Oral history interview with Willard Frank Libby, 1979 April 12 and 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81866341 Libby (1908-1980). From the description of Papers, ca. 1950-1980. (American Institute of Physics). WorldCat record id: 81276740 Libby was born Dec. 17, 1908; BS (1931) and Ph. D (1933), UC Berkeley; part of the Manhattan Project, 1941-45; professor, Institute for Nuclear Studies, Univ. of ...

Ceccato, Silvio.

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Dudley, Robert F. (Robert F.)

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Warren, Shields, 1898-1980

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Rockefeller Foundation. Program and Policy.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

International Atomic Energy Agency

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Parran, Thomas, 1892-1968

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Physician, Government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas Parran : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451560 Thomas Parran, Jr. was born on September 28, 1892 and raised near St. Leonard's, Maryland, on his family's tobacco farm. He attended St. John's College in Annapolis (1911, A.B.; 1915, A.M.). Finances influenced his decision to attend Georgetown (1915, M.D.) and to follow with an...

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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This collection of transparencies was used by representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) during a presentation before the Alaska House State Affairs Committee, April 4, 1970, in Juneau. At the time of the presentation, the A.E.C. was planning a second underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in 1971, code-named CANNIKIN. Testimony was heard from several groups against a second test as well as adverse testimony about the first test which took place in October, 1969 and was code n...

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Lippard, Vernon W., 1905-....

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Downs, Wilbur G., 1913-1991

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Wilbur Downs was an educator and physician, and served on the staff of the Rockefeller Foundation (1941-1961) and was associate director (1961-1971). He also served as director of the Virus Research Program in the Rockefeller Foundation's Division of Biomedical Sciences (1961-1971). From the description of Papers, 1932-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154270051 ...

American public health association

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The American Public Health Association was founded in 1872 as a professional organization of physicians, nurses, educators, sanitary engineers, environmentalists, social workers, optometrists, podiatrists, pharmacists, dentists, hygienists, and other community health specialists. In pursuit of its goal of protecting and promoting personal and environmental health, the APHA offers services including the promulgation of standards, the establishment of uniform practices and procedures, development ...

Cobb, Willaiam.

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Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission

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Wilson, Carroll L.

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Coursaget, Jean

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Gillon, Luc, 1920-....

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Osborn, Frederick, 1889-1981

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Historical/biographical note. From the description of Frederick H. Osborn Papers, 1941-1963. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177674693 Government official, businessman, and sociologist; d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1947-1954. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70959636 Frederick Henry Osborn was an administrator, humanist, scientist. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1903]-1980. (American Philosop...

Weinberg, Alvin Martin, 1915-2006

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Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-1977

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Physician; d. 1977. From the description of Soper slide collection, 1935-1941. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70952600 Dr. Soper joined the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1920 and engaged in the hookworm campaigns in Brazil and Paraguay (1920-1927). From 1927-1942 he was Regional Director of the IHD, at Rio de Janeiro, and was active in the study and control of yellow fever and malaria. Dr. Soper...

Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978

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In his nearly three decades of leadership of the natural sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), Warren Weaver contributed substantially to the mid-century revolution in biology and agricultural science. Over a lifetime dedicated to building bridges across the sciences, he also contributed significantly to mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, and scientific associations. Warren Weaver was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin in 1894. He received his B.A. and Ph.D., as well as a Ce...

Wenner-Gren foundation for anthropological research

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The Origin of Man Symposium was held April 2-4, 1965, at the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Chicago. It was convened by Sol Tax, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, and sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. From the description of Records of the Origin of Man Symposium, 1965 April 2-4. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248347 ...

Rust, John H. (John Howard), 1909-

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Barnard, Chester I., 1886-1961

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Business executive and management theorist. Barnard attended Harvard for three years but left in 1909 and went to work for A.T. & T. He rose rapidly in the company, becoming president of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company in 1927. He left the Bell system in 1948 and served for four years as president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Barnard is most famous for his classic study of the theory of organization The Functions of the Executive, published in 1938. From the description o...

Dienes, G. J. (George Julian), b. 1918.

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Kornberg, H. L.

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Bond, Victor P.

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Rusk, Howard A., 1901-1989

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Atomic Industrial Forum

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United Nations. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

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Kerr, J. Austin, 1900-

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John Austin Kerr received his medical degree from Northwestern University in 1924. He spent virtually his entire professional career, 1926-1965, as a staff member of the Rockefeller Foundation. His focus was the epidemiology of malaria and the implementation of malaria eradication programs. From the description of J. Austin Kerr letter : TLS, Chevy Chase, Maryland, to Ramón Córdoba Palacio, Medellín, Colombia, 1974. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 50124748 ...

Scott, Wendell G., 1905-....

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Bugher, John C., 1901-1970.

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John Clifford Bugher was Instructor of Mathematics and Physics (1919-1920) at Taylor University; Director of Public Health (1926-1928) for South Haven, Michigan; Assistant Instructor in Bacteriology (1922-1926), Senior Instructor in Pathology (1929-1932), and Assistant Professor in Pathology (1933-1937) of the University of Michigan; member of the field staff (1937-1951), Director for Medical Education and Public Health (1955-1959), consultant for Nuclear Affairs for the Rockefeller Foundation; ...