Biographical memoirs.

Biographical Memoirs
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Biographical Memoirs
Frederic C. Bartter September 10, 1914-May 5, 1983
	EARLY LIFE
	ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
	PERSONAL QUALITIES
	HONORS
	CHRONOLOGY
		Postgraduate Training And Fellowships
		Professional Appointments
		Memberships
	Selected Bibliography
George Wells Beadle October 22, 1903-June 9, 1989
	EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
	DROSOPHILA STUDIES: CROSSING OVER, VERMILION AND CINNABAR
	BEADLE AND TATUM
	NEUROSPORA CRASSA AND GENE ACTION
	BEADLE AS LABORATORY HEAD
	CHAIRMAN OF THE DIVISION OF BIOLOGY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
	HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
		Honorary Degrees
			Doctor of Science
			Legum Doctor (LL. D.)
			Litterarum Humaniorum Doctor (L.H.D.)
			Doctor of Public Service
		Awards
		Professional And Honorary Societies
	Selected Bibliography
Solomon A. Berson April 22, 1918-April 11, 1972
	Selected Bibliography
Raymond Thayer Birge March 13, 1887-March 22, 1980
	EARLY LIFE
	BERKELEY
	CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
	HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
	RAYMOND BIRGE, THE MAN
	Selected Bibliography
William Henry Chandler July 31, 1878-October 29, 1970
	EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
	TREES IN TWO CLIMATES
		Death by Freezing
		The Rest Period
	FRUIT TREE NUTRITION—THE ZINC STORY
	REFLECTIONS, CONVICTIONS, AND FAITH
	Selected Bibliography
Gertrude Mary Cox January 13, 1900-October 17, 1978
	EARLY YEARS
	SOUTHERN VENTURE
	PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
	TRAVELS
	CLOSING REMARKS
	Selected Bibliography
Conrad Arnold Elvehjem May 27, 1901-July 27, 1962
	EARLY YEARS
	RETURN TO WISCONSIN
	NICOTINIC ACID
	THE B VITAMINS AND AMINO ACIDS
	PUBLIC SERVICE
	UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
	AWARDS
	Selected Bibliography
Gottfried Samuel Fraenkel April 23, 1901-October 26, 1984
	EARLY LIFE
	BRITAIN
	AMERICA
	CLOSING REMARKS
	HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
	Selected Bibliography
Haldan Keffer Hartline December 22, 1903-March 18, 1983
	EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
	PROFESSIONAL CAREER
	MAJOR SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
		Single Optic Nerve Fibers
		The Receptive Field
		The Generator Potential
		The Hartline-Ratliff Equations
	A SENSE OF HUMOR
	HONORS AND AWARDS
	HOME AND FAMILY
	CONCLUDING REMARKS
	Selected Bibliography
Mark Kac August 16, 1914-October 25, 1984
	AMERICA
	MATHEMATICAL WORK
		Independence and the Normal Law
		Brownian Motion and Integration in Function Space
		Statistical Mechanics
	PERSONAL APPRECIATION
	HONORS, PRIZES, AND SERVICE
	Selected Bibliography
Aldo Starker Leopold October 22, 1913-August 23, 1983
	PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE
	HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
	Selected Bibliography
Manfred Martin Mayer June 15, 1916-September 18, 1984
	EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
	SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION
	TEACHER AND MENTOR
	HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
		Professional And Academic Positions
		Learned Societies
		Honorary Memberships
		Other Professional Activities
		Prizes And Awards
	Selected Bibliography
Walsh McDermott October 24, 1909-October 17, 1981
	EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
	THE MCDERMOTT LABORATORY
		Penicillin
		Antimicrobial Therapy for Infections in Animals
		More Penicillin and the Role of Drugs in Combination
	EDITORIAL WORK
	CHANGE IN FOCUS: PUBLIC HEALTH
	WORK IN THE JOHNSON FOUNDATION
	PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
	FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE
	CREATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
	AWARDS
	ETHICS, THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, AND MODERN SCIENCE
	Selected Bibliography
Theophilus Shickel Painter August 22, 1889-October 5, 1969
	EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
	CHROMOSOME CYTOLOGY AND SEX CHROMOSOMES
	DROSOPHILA CYTOGENETICS
	UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
	RETURN TO SCIENCE
		Selected Bibliography
George Polya December 13, 1887-September7, 1985
	ORIGINS AND CAREER
	PROBABILITY
	COMPLEX ANALYSIS
	REAL ANALYSIS, APPROXIMATION THEORY, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
	COMBINATORICS
	MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
	TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS
	Selected Bibliography
Edward Lawrie Tatum December 14, 1909-November 7, 1975
	EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
	THE STANFORD YEARS (1937-1945)
		Neurospora and the One Gene-One Enzyme Theory
		Anticipating the One Gene-One Enzyme Theory
		Tryptophane and E. coli K-12
		Tatum and Lederberg—Genetic Recombination in Bacteria
	RETURN TO STANFORD (1948-1956)
	THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE (1957-1975)
	THE NOBEL PRIZE (1958)
	IN CONCLUSION
	Selected Bibliography
Cornelis Bernardus Van Niel November 4, 1897-March 10, 1985
	EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
	DELFT: WORKING WITH KLUYVER
	PACIFIC GROVE: HOPKINS MARINE STATION
	PHOTOSYNTHESIS STUDIES
	METHANE PRODUCTION AND CARBON DIOXIDE UTILIZATION
		Bacterial Taxonomy
	DENITRIFICATION
	VAN NIEL THE GENERALIST
	TEACHER AND COLLEAGUE
	RETIREMENT
	HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
		Degrees And Honorary Degrees
		Fellowships And Professional Appointments
		Awards And Honors
		Learned Societies
	Selected Bibliography
Robert H. Whittaker December 27, 1920-October 20, 1980
	EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
	SCIENTIFIC WORK
		The Continuum of Plant Species Distribution
		Plant and Insect Population Patterns, and Element Cycling
		Dimension Analysis and the Classification of the Kingdoms
		Desert and Forest: Structure and Function
		Species Diversity, Ordination Methods
	TEACHER, DIPLOMAT, HONORED RESEARCHER
	HEALTH PROBLEMS
	IN CONCLUSION
	Selected Bibliography
Maxwell Myer Wintrobe October 27, 1901-December 9, 1986
	EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE
	THE TULANE YEARS (1927-1930): \'\'ANEMIA OF THE SOUTH,\" NORMAL BLOOD VALUES, THE WINTROBE HEMATOCRIT,...
	JOHNS HOPKINS (1930-1943)
	THE UTAH YEARS (1943-1986)
		The Utah Group and the Wintrobe Legacy
		Clinical Hematology; Principles Of Internal Medicine; Blood, Pure And Eloquent
	RETIREMENT FROM THE CHAIR OF MEDICINE
	Selected Bibliography
Cumulative Index