Papers of Hallowell Davis, 1941-1979 (inclusive).

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Papers of Hallowell Davis, 1941-1979 (inclusive).

Includes Davis' records, 1941-1942, as secretary of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, such as minutes, committee memoranda, and correspondence; and Davis' historical account of his collaboration with Alfred Loomis on the human electroencephalogram they developed in the 1930s.

2 boxes and 1 folder.

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Davis, Hallowell, 1896-1992

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Physiologist and otolaryngologist (1896-1992). Graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1922, and served on its faculty from 1923 to 1946. Director, Central Institute for the Deaf (1946-1965). Research professor of otolaryngology (1946-1965) and professor of physiology (1946-1965), Washington University School of Medicine. From the description of Oral history interview with Hallowell Davis, 1977. 1977. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 61332021 Da...

Federation of American societies for experimental biology

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Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975

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Alfred Lee Loomis, 1887-1975, A.B. in physics, 1909, Yale University; LL.B. 1912, Harvard Law School, was a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation from 1931 until his death in 1975. He established Loomis Laboratories in 1926 in Tuxedo Park, New York, to conduct independently financed research on a wide range of scientific topics. As chairman of the Microwave Committee of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), he was influential in establishing the governme...