Biographical Memoirs

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 62 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again. Table of Contents Front Matter GEORGE FREDERIC BARKER WILLIAM BLOOM SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY JOHN NATHANIEL COUCH THE EARLY YEARS: FAMILY AND EDUCATION Battlefield, Laboratory, Classroom THE PROFESSIONAL YEARS: GENTLEMAN AND SCHOLAR THE LATER YEARS: RETIREMENT NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY MAX LUDWIG HENNING DELBRUCK FAMILY BACKGROUND EARLY INTEREST IN SCIENCE Bristol Copenhagen and Zrich THE BERLIN YEARS (1932-37) Early Days at Caltech Vanderbilt University and the Phage Group Cold Spring Harbor and the Phage and Phycomyces Courses Return to Caltech DNA as Genetic Material THE PHYCOMYCES PERIOD (1953-81) The Cologne Interlude (1961-63) PERSONALITY Sense of Humour The Intellectual Man LAST DAYS HONORS REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY MICHAEL DOUDOROFF SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY HERBERT FRIEDMANN SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY JACOB FURTH EARLY YEARS IN RESEARCH, 1918-32 CORNELL, 1932-47 A SHORT STAY IN DALLAS, 1947-49 RADIATION BIOLOGY AT OAK RIDGE, 1950-54 HARVARD AND THE CHILIDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1954-59 THE FINAL YEARS, COLUMBIA, 1961-79 NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY JOY PAUL GUILFORD SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY JOEL HENRY HILDEBRAND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES OTHER AWARDS AND LECTURESHIPS SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY GERARD PETER KUIPER SOURCES NOTE SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY BIDELMAN'S PAPERS EARLY LIFE AND FORMATIVE YEARS FIRST CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NUTRITION PROGRAM AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING CORNELL AS A CENTER FOR HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH AND TEACHING PUBLIC SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II AND IN THE POSTWAR YEARS INTERPRETATION OF IMPORTANT ADVANCES AND RELEVANT ISSUES IN NUTRITION FOR POLICY MAKERS ENCOURAGEMENT OF FACULTY COLLEAGUES HONORS MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN CHANGING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF NUTRITIONAL ISSUES AND IN PROMOTING THE TEACHING... SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY THE EARLY YEARS RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT COLUMBIA WORLD WAR II RETURN TO COLUMBIA SCIENTIST STATESMAN NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY RICHARD BROOKE ROBERTS FAMILY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION PREWAR YEARS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON WARTIME PEACE, ARMS CONTROL, AND SOME POLITICS THE BIOPHYSICS GROUP AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM STUDIES OF BIOSYNTHESIS IN E. COLI MACROMOLECULAR BIOSYNTHESIS THE BRAIN NOTE SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY KENNETH DAVID ROEDER SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FRANZ SCHRADER SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY WILLIAM SMITH TILLETT NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY MAURICE BOLKS VISSCHER NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ROBERT WILLIAMS WOOD SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY DON MERLIN LEE YOST SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOK REVIEWS Cumulative Index