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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 71. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5737.
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Biographical Memoirs

National Academy of Sciences


Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 71. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5737.
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National Academy of Sciences
of the United States of America



Biographical Memoirs

VOLUME 71

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
1997

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 71. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5737.
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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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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 71. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5737.
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CONTENTS

 

 

PREFACE

 

vii

 

 

JEROME W. CONN
BY WILLIAM H. DAUGHADAY

 

3

 

 

ALLAN V. COX
BY KONRAD B. KRAUSKOPF

 

17

 

 

JOHN MICHAEL DALY
BY MYRON K. BRAKKE

 

33

 

 

EDWARD SMITH DEEVEY, JR.
BY W. T. EDMONDSON

 

49

 

 

BERNARD N. FIELDS
BY SONDRA SCHLESINGER

 

63

 

 

RAYMOND MATTHEW FUOSS
BY MICHAEL A. COPLAN

 

79

 

 

LESTER ORVILLE KRAMPITZ
BY ROBERT HOGG, CHARLES G. MILLER, AND C. WILLARD SHUSTER

 

97

 

 

ERNEST GEORGE MERRITT
BY PAUL L. HARTMAN

 

111

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 71. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5737.
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ROBERT McC. NETTING
BY OLGA F. LINARES

 

125

 

 

ALLEN NEWELL
BY HERBERT A. SIMON

 

141

 

 

J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
BY H. A. BETHE

 

175

 

 

LINUS CARL PAULING
BY JACK D. DUNITZ

 

221

 

 

CARL PFAFFMANN
BY LORRIN A. RIGGS

 

263

 

 

EDWARD SAPIR
BY REGNA DARNELL AND JUDITH T. IRVINE

 

281

 

 

RICHARD LESTER SOLOMON
BY ROBERT A. RESCORLA

 

301

 

 

ROGER WOLCOTT SPERRY
BY THEODORE J. VONEIDA

 

315

 

 

DEWITT STETTEN, JR.
BY J. EDWIN SEEGMILLER

 

333

 

 

JABEZ CURRY STREET
BY K. T. BAINBRIDGE, E. M. PURCELL, N. F. RAMSEY, AND K. STRAUCH

 

347

 

 

FRANCIS JOHN TURNER
BY IRIS Y. BORG AND LIONEL E. WEISS

 

357

 

 

ERNEST GLEN WEVER
BY JACK VERNON

 

371

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 71. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5737.
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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

Home Secretary

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