(1913
- 2006) Rosenblith received degrees from the Ingenieur Radiotelegraphiste,
University of Bordeaux, France, in 1936 and from the Ingenieur
Radioelectricien, Ecole Superieure d’Electricite, Paris,
in 1937. Before coming to MIT in 1951, he taught physics at UCLA
and at the South Dakota School of Mines and conducted research
at Harvard University. At MIT, he was an associate professor
of communications biophysics in the Department of Electrical Engineering,
becoming professor in 1957, Institute Professor in 1975, and professor
emeritus in 1984. He was chairman of the faculty from 1967 to
1969, associate provost from 1969 to 1971, and provost from 1971
to 1980. Rosenblith was central in developing the health sciences
and biomedical engineering at MIT and helped establish the Program
for Science, Technology, and Society. He is a member of the National
Academy of Sciences, the AAAS, and IEEE. In 1999, he was awarded
the Okawa Prize for work done in biomedical engineering. (The
Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999; “Walter
Rosenblith of MIT receives Okawa Prize for
work in biomedical engineering.” Tech Talk. 11/11/99.)
Rubin, Albert
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
(1927
- ) Rubin studied at Williams College and MIT and received an
MD from Cornell University in 1950. He was director of the Rogosin
Institute in 1963 and director of the Rogosin Kidney Center in
1971. In 1969, he was named a professor of biochemistry, surgery
and medicine at Cornell University Medical College. (The Complete
Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
S
Samson,
Fred
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
Schaefer, William
MC
130
MIT-California Division of Highways Project Oral History Collection,
1975
Schmitt, Francis O.
MC
55
Interviewed by Walter Rosenblith & Elting Morison;
with Killian
& Buchanan, 3/30/83
(1903
– 1995) Schmitt received an AB in 1924 and a PhD in 1927,
both from Washington University. He taught zoology at Washington
University from 1929 to 1941 before coming to MIT as a professor
of biology and head of the Department of Biology in 1941. At
MIT, Schmitt was an authority on the use of an electron microscope
and conducted innovative studies on kidney function, tissue metabolism,
and the chemistry, physiology, biochemistry, and electrophysiology
of the nerve. He became Institute Professor in 1955 and professor
emeritus in 1973. In 1962, Schmitt helped to found the Neurosciences
Research Program and served as its chairman from 1962 to 1974.
Schmitt was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the
American Philosophical Society, and a former president of the
Electron Microscope Society of America. He was awarded the Albert
Lasker Award in 1956, the Alsop Award in 1947, and the T. Duckett
Jones Award in 1963. (The Complete Marquis Who's Who.
Marquis Who's Who, 1999; http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/1995/41242.html.)
Schmitt, Robert
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
Schmitt, Otto
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
(?
– 1999) At the time of his death, Schmitt was professor
emeritus of physics and electrical engineering at the University
of Minnesota, which he joined in the 1940s. During World War
II, he conducted research to develop submarine detecting equipment.
In 1938 he invented the “Schmitt trigger” which is used
in electronic devices. Form 1958 to 1961, he was the chairman
of the Bio-Astronautics Council which studied the conditions needed
to support human life in space. (http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/datebook/1999/schmitt.html.)
Schwartz, Arthur
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Seamans,
Robert
Audio-Visual
Services
Roundtable with L. Bucciarelli & W. Hollister, 1997
(1918
- ) Seamans received a BS from Harvard University in 1939, an
MS from MIT in 1942, and an ScD from MIT in 1951. From 1941 to
1955, he was an associate professor at MIT in the Department of
Aeronautics and Astronautics and a staff engineer at the Instrumentation
Laboratory. He was associate director of NASA from 1960 to 1968
and deputy director from 1968 to 1969 during the Apollo project.
From 1978 to 1981, he was the dean of engineering at MIT. Today
he is professor emeritus of aeronautics and astronautics. (The
Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999; Waugh,
Alice C. “Apollo contributions remembered.” Tech
Talk. 11/29/95.)
Setlow, Jane
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1919
- ) Setlow received a BA from Swarthmore College in 1940 and
a PhD from Yale University in 1959. From 1960 to 1974, she served
in the biology division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
In 1974, she joined the Brookhaven National Laboratory as a biophysicist.
From 1978 to 1980, she was a member of the Recombinant DNA Molecule
Program Advisory Committee of the NIH. (The Complete Marquis
Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Sgaramella, Vittorio
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Siefert, William Walther
MC
89
Ocean Engineering Oral History Collection, 1962-1976.
Simopoulos, Artemis
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1933
- ) Simopoulos received a BA from Barnard College in 1952 and
an MD from Boston University in 1956. He joined the NIH in 1968
where he worked until 1986. There he served as a pediatrician,
the executive director of child and family research, and vice
chairman and executive secretary of the nutrition coordinating
committee. Simultaneously, he served as the executive secretary
for the National Academy of Sciences from 1974 to 1976. In 1990,
he joined the Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health as the
director and became its president in 1990. He was awarded the
Outstanding Achievement Award for Promoting Nutrition and Fitness
and Positive Health from the government of Greece in 1992. (The
Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Singer, Maxine
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1931
- ) Singer received an AB from Swarthmore College in 1952 and
a PhD from Yale University in 1957. Throughout her career, Singer
has been an advocate for responsible biochemical genetic research.
During the recombinant DNA controversy in the 1970s, she co-wrote
the Singer-Soll letter with Dieter Soll warning about the unpredictable
consequences that could occur from genetic research. She was
a research chemist at the NIH from 1958 to 1974, then chief of
the Laboratory of Biochemistry at the National Cancer Institute.
In 1988, she became the president of the Carnegie Institution.
She co-authored with Paul Berg Genes and Genomes: A Changing
Perspective and Dealing with Genes: The Language of Heredity.
She also served on the editorial board of Science
magazine. In 1999, she was awarded the
National Science Board's Vannevar Bush Award. (The
Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999; Contemporary
Authors Online. The Gale Group, 1999.)
Singer, Daniel
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1930
- ) Singer received a BA from Swarthmore College in 1951 and
an LLB from Yale University in 1954. He served as a law clerk
and a motions clerk in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
from 1956 to 1958. In 1958, he joined the law firm of Fried,
Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen in Washington, DC as an
associate and became a partner in 1965. He was a participant
and speaker at the Asilomar Conference in 1975. (The Complete
Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Sinsheimer, Robert
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1920
- ) Sinsheimer received an SB in 1941, an MS in 1942, and a PhD
in 1948, all from MIT. He was a staff member of MIT’s Radiation
Laboratory from 1942 to 1946 before going to Iowa State University
where he taught biophysics from 1949 to 1957. In 1957, he joined
the faculty at the California Institute of Technology where in
1967, Sinsheimer was able to isolate, purify and synthetically
replicate viral DNA. He left CalTech in 1977 for the University
of California, Santa Barbara, where he was chancellor from 1977
to 1987 and became professor emeritus in 1990. In 1968, he was
named California Scientist of the Year, and he is a member of
the National Academy of Sciences. (The Complete Marquis Who's
Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999; http://93106.ic.ucsb.edu/051099/.)
Smith, Barry
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
Smith, Kevin
77-110
Physical Science Study Committee Oral History Collection, 1956-1976
Soderberg, Carl Richard
77-37
Oral history collection, 1976
Spizizen, John
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1917
- ) Spizizen received a BA from the University of Toronto in
1939 and a PhD from the California Institute of Technology in
1942. He was associate professor of microbiology at Western Reserve
University from 1946 to 1954 and professor and the head of microbiology
at the University of Minnesota from 1961 to 1965. In 1965, he
was the chairman of microbiology at the Scripps Clinic and Research
Foundation. In 1979, he left for the University of Arizona to
serve as a professor. In 1987, he was named professor emeritus.
He is a member of the American Society of Microbiology and the
American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (The
Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Steiner, Lisa Amelia
MC
86
Women in Science and Engineering Oral History
(1933
- ) Steiner received a BA from Swarthmore College in 1954, an
MA from Radcliffe College in 1956, and an MD from Yale University
in 1959. From 1962 to 1965, she was a researcher at Washington
University’s School of Medicine and in 1967, she joined the
faculty of MIT as an assistant professor of immunology. She has
done research on the biochemical aspects of the immune system.
In 1980, she became a full professor and currently conducts research
on the development of the immune system at the Steiner Laboratory
at MIT. (The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's
Who, 1999; http://web.mit.edu/biology/steiner/.)
Stetten, DeWitt
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1909
– 1990) Stetten received a BA from Harvard University in
1930, an MD from Columbia University in 1934, and a PhD from Columbia
University in 1940. He taught at several medical schools including
Harvard Medical School, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons,
and Rotger Medical School. In 1970, he became director of the
National Institutes of Health, serving until 1974. He remained
at the NIH until 1986 also serving as deputy director, science
advisor to the director, and chairman of the Recombinant DNA Molecule
Program Advisory Committee. He was a member of the AAAS, American
Chemical Society, and the American Society of Biologists and Chemists.
(The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Stever, H. Guyford
MC
55
Interviewed by Walter Rosenblith & Elting Morison;
with Killian
& Wiesner, 11/18/82
(1916
- ) Stever received an AB from Colgate University in 1938 and
a PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1941. He
spent most of his career working towards improving the relationship
between science, technology and the government. From 1941 to
1942, he was member of MIT’s Radiation Laboratory before
joining the Office of Science, Research, and Development where
he worked analyzing enemy technology during World War II. In
1946, he joined the faculty of MIT, becoming a professor in 1956.
During his twenty years at MIT, he served as the head of the departments
of mechanical engineering, naval architecture, and marine engineering.
He also conducted research dealing with guided missiles and transonic
speed flight. In 1965, he left MIT to become the president of
the Carnegie Institute of Technology where he oversaw its merger
with the Mellon Institute. He was the head the National Science
Foundation from 1973 to 1976 and served as science advisor to
President Ford. Some of the advisory panels he was a part of
include the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and various panels in Congress.
(The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999;
Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists. Gale Research, 1995.)
Stratton, Julius
(1) MC 55
Interviewed by W. Rosenblith & Elting Morison;
with Brown & Weisskopf, 12/22/82
(2)
MC 55
Interviewed by Walter Rosenblith & Elting Morison;
with Brown & Weisskopf, 10/24/83
(1901
– 1994) Stratton received an SB from MIT in 1923, an SM
from MIT in 1926, and an ScD from the Eidgenossische Technische
Hochschule in 1928. He joined MIT in 1924 as a research assistant
in the Department of Electrical Engineering, becoming an assistant
professor in 1928 and a professor of physics in 1941. His research
focused on communications and theoretical physics. He was a member
of MIT’s Radiation Laboratory during World War II where he
worked on the development of LORAN and assisted in the planning
of the use of radar for the Normandy invasion. Following the
war, he was the first director of the Research Laboratory of Electronics
at MIT in 1944, the first provost of MIT in 1949, and the first
chancellor of MIT in 1959. From 1959 to 1966, he served as the
eleventh president of MIT. After retiring in 1966, he became
a trustee of the Ford Foundation and served as it’s chairman
from 1967 to 1971. He authored Electromagnetic Theory
in 1941 and was chairman of the Commission on Marine Science,
Engineering, and Resources from 1967 to 1969. (The Complete
Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999; “President
Emeritus Julius Adams Stratton Dies at 93.” Tech Talk.
06/29/94.)
Sullivan,
Walter
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Sullivan,
James
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Sweet, William
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
(1910
- ) Sweet received an SB from the University of Washington in
1930, a BSc from Oxford University in 1934, and an MD from Harvard
University in 1936. He served as a neurosurgeon at Massachusetts
General Hospital from 1945 to 1977 and as senior neurosurgeon
from 1977 to 1996. Simultaneously in 1945, he began teaching
at Harvard Medical School as an instructor of surgery. In 1965,
he was appointed professor and in 1976, professor emeritus. He
authored Pain and the Neurosurgeon: A Forty Year Experience
in 1969 and co-authored Pain: Its Mechanisms and Neurosurgical
Control in 1955 with J. C. White. (The Complete Marquis
Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
T
Talalay, Paul
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
(1923
- ) Talalay received an SB from MIT in 1944 and an MD from Yale
University in 1948. He taught at the University of Chicago as
an assistant professor in biochemistry and surgery from 1950 to
1957 and became a full professor in 1957. In 1963, he became
the director of the Department of Pharmacology at Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine. Currently, he is a professor in the Department
of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at Johns Hopkins and conducts
research dealing with chemoprotection against cancer and the enzymology
of steroid hormones. (The Complete Marquis Who's Who.
Marquis Who's Who, 1999; http://www.med.jhu.edu/pharmacology/pages/faculty/
talalay.html.)
Talbot, Paul
MC
130
MIT-California Division of Highways Project Oral History Collection,
1975
Taylor,
Charles Fayette
77-118
Oral history collection, 1976-1977
Tesoro, Giuliana Cavalieri
MC
86
Women in Science and Engineering Oral History
(1921
- ) Tesoro received a PhD from Yale University in 1943. She
has done research at a number of companies such as Onyx Chemical
Company, J. P. Stevens, the Textile Research Institute, and Burlington
Industries. Her research focuses on polymers, specifically textile
chemistry. She developed the first antistatic chemical of synthetic
fibers, improved the permanent press property of textiles, and
developed flame resistant fabrics. In 1973, she was a visiting
professor at MIT and in 1985, she left MIT for a position as a
research professor at the Polytechnic University in Brooklyn.
She received the Olney Medal of the American Association of Textile
Chemists and Colorists in 1963 and she is a member of the AAAS
and the American Chemical Society. She also holds over one hundred
patents. (Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists. Gale Research,
1995; The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who,
1999; MC 86)
Teuber, Hans-Lukas
MC
133
MIT Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects Oral
History Collection, 1976.
(1916
– 1977) In 1947, Teuber established the Psychophysiological
Laboratory at the New York University Bellevue Medical Center.
There he conducted research on head injured war veterans, children,
and infrahuman animals. In 1961, he joined MIT where he organized
the new Department of Psychology which became the Department of
Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Also at MIT, he helped to establish
the first MIT Review Committee on Human Subjects after he resigned
in protest as the chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon
General of the US Army for experiments done on humans with psychedelic
drugs. (http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entries/gross2_r.html.)
Thomas, Charles
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Thompson, Dorothy Dewhurst
MC
86
Women
in Science and Engineering Oral History
Thornton, Ray
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1928
- ) Thornton received a BA from Yale University in 1956 and a
JD from the University of Arkansas in 1956. He practiced private
law from 1956 to 1970 in Sheridan and Little Rock, Arkansas.
From 1971 to 1973, he served as the attorney general of Arkansas
and he served as a member of the 93rd to 95th
and 102nd to 104th Congresses as a representative.
Currently, he is an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme
Court. While he was a member of the 93rd to 95th
Congresses, he was the chairman of the subcommittee on Science,
Research and Technology and was involved in national legislation
for the regulation of recombinant DNA research. (The Complete
Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Thurow, Lester
Museum
Interviewed 6/21/90
Tiollais, Pierre
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
1934
- ) Tiollais received an MD from the University of Paris. From
1967 to 1972, he was a scientist at the Institute Nationalle de
la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale. In 1972, he joined the
faculty of medicine at the University of Paris as a professor.
In 1980, he joined the Institute Pasteur as chief of a laboratory
and in 1988, he became a professor there. He has conducted research
in AIDS, retroviruses, hepatitis B and cancer. In 1980, he helped
develop a vaccine for hepatitis B effective in animal cells using
recombinant DNA techniques. Currently, he is a member of the
Department of AIDS and Retroviruses at the Institute Pasteur.
(The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999;
http://www.pasteur.fr//recherche/RAR/RAR1999/
unites.html#D8;
http://www.pasteur.fr//actu/presse/com/dossiers/vaccins/
vac1.html.)
Tooze, John
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
U
Uzman, Betty
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
(1922
- ) Uzman received a BS from the University of Arkansas in 1942
and an MD from Washington University in 1945. From 1950 to 1971,
she was the chief of biological ultrastructure and pathology at
the Children’s Cancer Research Foundation in Boston. Simultaneously,
she taught at Harvard Medical School starting as an instructor
in 1949, eventually becoming a professor in 1972. She left Harvard
in 1974 for Louisiana State University where she was a professor
of pathology. From 1978 to 1988, she was a professor at the University
of Tennessee. She is a member of the AAAS, the American Society
of Cell Biology, and the American Academy of Neurology. (The
Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
V
Valley, Shea Alice LaBont
MC
86
Women in Science and Engineering Oral History
Valtz, Amelia Brooks
MC
86
Women in Science and Engineering Oral History
Vellucci, Alfred
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Veneziano, Daniele
Museum
W
Wade, Nicholas
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1942
- ) Wade received a BA in 1960 and an MA in 1963, both from Cambridge
University. From 1967 to 1971, he was a journalist for Nature
magazine. From 1972 to 1982, he was a journalist for Science
magazine where he covered the Asilomar conference. In 1982, he
became an editorial writer for the New York Times and in
1990, editor of the Science section. Some of the books he has
authored are The Ultimate Experiment in 1977, The Nobel
Duel in 1981, and A World Beyond Healing in 1987.
(The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Walters, LeRoy
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1940
- ) Walters received a BA from Messiah College in 1962, an M.Phil
from Yale University in 1970, and a PhD from Yale in 1971. After
receiving his degree, he served as the director of the Center
for Bioethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. From 1975 to
1980, he was an associate professor of philosophy there. From
1976 to 1977, he was the chairman of the US Department of Health,
Education and Welfare’s work group on informed consent for
the national immunization policy studies. He was also a member
of the NIH Advisory Committee during that time. (Contemporary
Authors Online. The Gale Group, 1999.)
Weisskopf, Victor
(1)
MC 55
Interviewed by Walter Rosenblith & Elting Morison;
with Stratton & Brown, 12/22/82
(2)
MC 55
Interviewed by Walter Rosenblith & Elting Morison;
with Stratton & Brown, 10/24/83
(1908
- ) Weisskopf received a PhD from the University of Goettingen
in 1931. During his career, he made a number of contributions
to quantum electrodynamics and nuclear and particle physics.
In 1937, he accepted a teaching position at the University of
Rochester and in 1943, he worked on the Manhattan Project at the
Los Alamos Laboratory. He joined the faculty of MIT as a professor
in the physics department in 1945, becoming Institute Professor
in 1966. In 1967, he became the head of the Department of Physics,
a position he held until 1973. From 1961 to 1965, he was director
general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research. In
addition to his physics work, he worked towards promoting arms
control and disarmament and helped found both the Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientist and the Federation of American Scientists.
He was awarded the Max Planck Medal in 1956 and the National Medal
of Science in 1980. (The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis
Who's Who, 1999; “Guth is Appointed Weisskopf Professor.”
Tech Talk. 1/29/2000.)
Weissmann,
Charles
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
(1931
- ) Weissmann received an MD and a PhD from the University of
Zurich. He has been president of the Swiss Society for Cell and
Molecular Biology, director of the Molecular Biology Institute,
and chairman of the science board of Biogen. In 1986, he was
named president of Ernst Hadorn-Stiftung. He was the chairman
of the EMBO Standing Advisory Committee on Recombinant DNA in
1975. (The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who,
1999; MC 100.)
Welsch, Frederico
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Wheeler, Cornelia
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Whitmarsh, Charles
MC
130
MIT-California Division of Highways Project Oral History Collection,
1975
Wick, Emily
(1)
Audio-Visual Services
(2) MC
356
MIT Alumnae Oral History Collection
Widnall, Sheila Evans
MC
86
Women in Science and Engineering Oral History
(1938
- ) Widnall received a BS in 1960, an MS in 1961, and an ScD
in 1964, all from MIT. In 1964, she became the first alumna to
join the engineering faculty, serving as an assistant professor
of mathematics and aeronautics. She became an associate professor
in 1970 and professor in 1974. In addition to teaching, she served
as the head of the Division of Fluid Mechanics from 1975 to 1979,
the director of the Fluid Dynamics Laboratory from 1979 to 1990,
and as the chairman of the faculty from 1979 to 1980. She also
established an Anechoic Wind Tunnel at MIT where she conducted
research on vortices and their relation to aerodynamics. Her
other research has dealt with wing theory, unsteady aerodynamics,
and turbulence. Outside of MIT, she was the first director of
University Research of the US Department of Transportation from
1974 to 1975, and the first woman to serve as Secretary of the
Air Force from 1993 to 1997. She is a member of the AAAS, the
AIAA, the NAS, and the NAE. Her awards include the Lawrence Sperry
Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
in 1972, the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Society of
Women Engineers in 1975, and the Washburn Award from the Boston
Museum of Science in 1987. (The Complete Marquis Who's Who.
Marquis Who's Who, 1999; Encyclopedia of World Biography,
2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998; MC 86)
Wiegand, Ronald
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Wieman, Lawrence
MC
130
MIT-California Division of Highways Project Oral History Collection,
1975
Wiesner, Jerome
MC
55
Interviewed by Walter Rosenblith & Elting Morison;
with
Killian & Stever, 11/18/82
(1915
– 1994) Wiesner received a BS in 1937, an MS in 1938, and
a PhD in 1950, all from the University of Michigan. Wiesner was
a member of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT from 1942 to 1945
where he conducted research on microwave radar and worked on developing
an airborne radar system. He was appointed a professor at MIT
in 1950 and was head of the Department of Electrical Engineering
from 1959 to 1960. He worked in MIT’s Research Laboratory
of Electronics from 1946 to 1961. Wiesner was dean of science
from 1964 to 1966 and provost from 1966 to 1971. From 1971 to
1980, he served as the thirteenth president of MIT. During most
of his career, Wiesner was an advocate for arms control, helping
to establish the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and lobbying
for a partial nuclear test ban treaty. He served in many advisory
positions in the government such as science advisor to President
Kennedy and President Johnson. He was a member of the IEEE, the
AAAS, the NAS and the NAE. Some of the awards he received are
the President’s Certificate of Merit in 1948, the National
Academy of Engineering's Arthur M. Bueche Award for long-term
contributions to public understanding of the risks of the nuclear
age in 1985, and the government of Colombia's The Order of Boyaca,
its highest distinction "in recognition of the distinguished
service to humankind" in 1980. (The Complete Marquis
Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999; “President emeritus
Jerome Wiesner is dead at 79.” Tech Talk. 10/26/94.)
Williams, Alfred (Sandy)
MC
89
Ocean Engineering Oral History Collection, 1962-1976
Williams, Carroll
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
(1916
- 1991) Williams received an SB from the University of Richmond
in 1937, an AM from Harvard University in 1938, and a PhD from
Harvard in 1941. He joined the faculty of Harvard in 1946 as
assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 1948 and
a full professor in 1953. In the 1950s, he was the first to identify
and extract the juvenile hormone in insects responsible for their
maturity. This lead to the development of third generation pesticides.
He also discovered additional brain hormones that control maturity
and enzymes that control muscles. He served as the chairman of
the Department of Biology at Harvard from 1959 to 1962, and as
the chairman of the Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology
from 1972 to 1973. He was a member of the AAAS and the NAS.
(The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999;
“Memorial Minutes on Carroll Williams (FAS) and Aaron Gissen
(HMS) and Louis Zetzel (HMS).” The Harvard University
Gazette. 03/21/1996)
Wollman, E. L.
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Wood, Shirley
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Worden, Frederic
MC
226
Francis O. Schmitt Oral History of Neuroscience Project, 1986
(1918
– 1995) Worden received an AB from Dartmouth College in
1939 and an MD from the University of Chicago in 1942. He joined
the faculty of MIT in 1969 as a professor of psychiatry and was
the director of the Neurosciences Research Program until 1983.
In 1983, he was named professor emeritus. Previous to MIT, he
served on the faculty of UCLA from 1953 to 1969 as research psychiatrist
and as a professor of psychiatry. He was also a supervisor of
therapy and a clinical director at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt
Hospital from 1950 to 1953. He served on the boards of Dartmouth
Medical School and the NIMH and was a member of the AAAS and the
Society for Neuroscience. (The Complete Marquis Who's Who.
Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Wright, Susan
MC
100
Recombinant DNA History Collection
Wyley
Museum
Biographical interview by Bill Stuckey, 1970
Wyman, Jeffries
MC
85
J. Robert Oppenheimer Oral history Collection, 1975-1976
Z
Zacharias, Jerrold
(1) Museum
Biographical interview by Bill Stuckey, 1970
(2)
77-10
Physical Science Study Committee Oral History Collection, 1956-1976
(3)
MC
55
Interviewed by Walter Rosenblith & Elting Morison;
with Edgerton & Benedict, 4/23/84
(1905
– 1986) Zacharias received an AB in 1926, an AM in 1927,
and a PhD in 1933, all from Columbia University. From 1931 to
1940, he was an assistant professor at Hunter College before joining
the Radiation Laboratory at MIT. There he worked with I. I. Rabi
in the molecular beam laboratory and was responsible for installing
the first microwave radar on a US destroyer. For a brief period
from 1944 to 1945, he directed the engineering division at Los
Alamos Laboratory. He joined the faculty of MIT in 1946 as a
professor of physics, becoming Institute Professor in 1966 and
professor emeritus in 1970. From 1946 to 1956, he was the director
of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science. In 1955, he supervised
the construction of the first atomic clock. In 1956, he chaired
the Physical Science Study Committee at MIT where he worked towards
reorganizing and modernizing high school physics curriculums.
He received the Oersted Medal for Notable Contributions to the
Teaching of Physics in 1960. (The Complete Marquis Who's Who.
Marquis Who's Who, 1999; The Scribner Encyclopedia of American
Lives, Vol. 2: 1986-1990. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.)
Zachau, Hans G.
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(1930
- ) Zachau received a diploma in chemistry from the University
of Frankfurt in 1953 and a DSc from the University of Tübingen
in 1955. He was a researcher at the Max Planck Institute from
1958 to 1961 and at the University of Köln from 1961 to 1966.
In 1967, he joined the University of München as a professor.
He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the American
Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (The Complete
Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Zander, Alvin
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(1913
- ) Zander received a BS in 1936, an MS in Public Health in 1937,
and a PhD in 1942, all from the University of Michigan. From
1946 to 1947, he was an assistant professor at Springfield College.
He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1959 as
a professor of psychology and director of the Research Center
for Group Dynamics. From 1973 to 1980, he was the associate vice
president of the University of Michigan. He is a member of the
American Psychological Society. (The Complete Marquis Who's
Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999.)
Zarsky, Leona Norman
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Zimmerman, Burke
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Zinder, Norton
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(1928
- ) Zinder received an AB from Columbia University in 1947, an
MS from the University of Wisconsin in 1949, and a PhD from the
University of Wisconsin in 1952. He joined the faculty of Rockefeller
University in 1952, becoming a professor of genetics in 1964 and
professor emeritus in 1999. He also served as the dean of graduate
and post graduate studies from 1993 to 1995. Zinder is known
for his discovery of bacterial transduction and the discovery
of the F2 phage. He currently conducts research on the molecular
genetics of phages. He is a member of the AAAS, the NAS, and
the Genetics Society of America. He was awarded the Eli Lilly
award in microbiology in 1966, the United States Steel Award in
Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences in 1966,
and the Medal of Excellence from Columbia University in 1969.
(The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 1999; Notable
Twentieth-Century Scientists. Gale Research, 1995.)
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