Biographical Memoirs: V. 91 (National Academy of Sciences: the National Academies)

389 Pages·2009·1.97 MB·English

by  Office of the Home Secretary

Biographical Memoirs

Biographical Memoirs
VOLUME 91
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
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The National Academy of Sciences was established in 1863 by Act of Con-
gress as a private, nonprofit, self-governing membership corporation for
the furtherance of science and technology, required to advise the federal
government upon request within its fields of competence. Under its cor-
porate charter the Academy established the National Research Council in
1916, the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, and the Institute of
Medicine in 1970.
Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the authors
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
National Academy of Sciences.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE vii

WILLIAM FOXWELL ALBRIGHT 3
BY THOMAS E. LEVY AND DAVID NOEL FREEDMAN
HANS ALBRECHT BETHE 31
BY GERALD E. BROWN AND SABINE LEE
CHANDLER McCUSKEY BROOKS 59
BY KIYOMI KOIZUMI AND MARIO VASSALLE
HERBERT CHARLES BROWN 79
BY EI-ICHI NEGISHI
GLENN WILLARD BURTON 93
BY ARNEL R. HALLAUER
PETER ELIAS 109
BY ROBERT G. GALLAGER
STANLEY MARION GARN 125
BY C. LORING BRACE
NORMAN HENRY GILES 137
BY MARY E. CASE AND FREDERICK J. DE SERRES
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CONTENTS
CLYDE ALLEN HUTCHISON JR. 153
BY DONALD S. MCCLURE AND JACOB BIGELEISEN
KONRAD BATES KRAUSKOPF 177
BY W. G. ERNST
HERMANN JOSEPH MULLER 189
BY ELOF AXEL CARLSON
DAVID DEXTER PERKINS 221
BY ROWLAND H. DAVIS
CLIFFORD LADD PROSSER 243
BY GEORGE N. SOMERO
THEODORE THOMAS PUCK 259
BY DAVID PATTERSON

PAUL KARL STUMPF 285
BY ERIC E. CONN
CHAUNCEY GUY SUITS 307
BY ROBERT J. SCULLY AND MARLAN O. SCULLY
ROGER JOHN WILLIAMS 319
BY DONALD R. DAVIS, MARVIN L. HACKERT, AND LESTER J. REED
SHANG FA YANG 333
BY KENT J. BRADFORD

VERNON ROBERT YOUNG 351
BY NEVIN S. SCRIMSHAW, ARNOLD L. DEMAIN,
AND NAOMI K. FUKAGAWA

BRUNO HASBROUCK ZIMM 367
BY CAROL BETH POST AND RUSSELL F. DOOLITTLE

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PREFACE
On March 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Act of
Incorporation that brought the National Academy of Sci-
ences into being. In accordance with that original charter,
the Academy is a private, honorary organization of scientists,
elected for outstanding contributions to knowledge, who
can be called upon to advise the federal government. As an
institution the Academy’s goal is to work toward increasing
scientific knowledge and to further the use of that knowledge
for the general good.
The Biographical Memoirs, begun in 1877, are a series of
volumes containing the life histories and selected bibliog-
raphies of deceased members of the Academy. Colleagues
familiar with the discipline and the subject’s work prepare
the essays. These volumes, then, contain a record of the life
and work of our most distinguished leaders in the sciences,
as witnessed and interpreted by their colleagues and peers.
They form a biographical history of science in America—an
important part of our nation’s contribution to the intellectual
heritage of the world.
JOHN I. BRAUMAN
Home Secretary
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