H. Orin Halvorson Papers, 1953-1971

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H. Orin Halvorson Papers, 1953-1971

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This collection covers Halvorson's involvement in the American Society of Microbiology, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the Society of American Bacteriologists. Two specific items of interest in Series III discuss racial discrimination in the scientific community and a listing of approximately 30 of the most eminent bacteriologists in the 1950s.

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UMBC, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

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UMBC, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

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Halvorson, H. Orin (Halvor Orin), 1897-1975

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H. Orin Halvorson (1897-1975) received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering (1921) and a Ch.E. degree (1922) from the University of Minnesota. He continued graduate work in Bacteriology at Minnesota, receiving the Ph.D. in 1928, and remaining as a member of the Bacteriology faculty until 1949, becoming Director of the Hormel Institute there in 1943. In 1949, Dr. Halvorson was appointed head of the Bacteriology Department at the University of Illinois, and when the School of Life Sciences opened ther...

American society for microbiology

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Society of American Bacteriologists.

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American Academy of Microbiology

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