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Biographical Memoirs
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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Biographical Memoirs
Volume 61
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
1992
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The National Academy of Sciences was established in 1863 by Act of Congress 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 corporate charter the Academy established the National Research Council in 1916, the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, and the Institute of Medicine in 1970.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
ix
LLOYD VIEL BERKNER
BY ANTON L. HALES
3
ROBERT BIGHAM BRODE
BY WILLIAM B. FRETTER ASSISTED BY DAVID L. JUDD
27
KARL TAYLOR COMPTON
BY JULIUS A. STRATTON
39
CLYDE HAMILTON COOMBS
BY AMOS IVERSKY
59
CARL FERDINAND CORI
BY MILDREN COHN
79
GERTY THERESA CORI
BY JOSEPH LARNER
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JOHN HOLMES DINGLE
BY WILLIAM S. JORDAN, JR.
137
HARVEY FLETCHER
BY STEPHEN H. FLETCHER
165
ROBERT MINARD GARRELS
BY ROBERT A. BERNER
195
HOLLIS DOW HEDBERG
BY GEORGES PARDO
215
DWIGHT JOYCE INGLE
BY MAURICE B. VISSCHER
247
SOLOMON LEFSCHETZ
BY PHILLIP GRIFFITHS, DONALD SPENCER, AND GEORGE WHITEHEAD
271
ARTHUR WEEVER MELTON
BY MICHAEL I. POSNER
315
ELVIN CHARLES STAKMAN
BY C. M. CHRISTENSEN
331
OTTO STRUVE
BY KEVIN KRISCIUNAS
351
NORBERT WIENER
BY IRVING EZRA SEGAL
389
PERRY WILLIAM WILSON
BY ROBERT H. BURRIS
439
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CLARK WISSLER
BY STANLEY A. FREED AND RUTH S. FREED
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WENDELL PHILLIPS WOODRING
BY ELLEN J. MOORE
499
FREDERIK WILLIAM HOLDER ZACHARIASEN
BY MARK G. INGHRAM
517
CUMULATIVE INDEX
557
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Preface
On March 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Act of Incorporation that brought the National Academy of Sciences 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 bibliographies 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.
PETER H. RAVEN
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