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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80
Biographical Memoirs
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
The National Academy Press publishes the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States.
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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Biographical Memoirs
VOLUME 80
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80
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.
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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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80
CONTENTS
PREFACE
vii
DANIEL I.ARNON
BY BOB B.BUCHANAN
3
LIPMAN BERS
BY IRWIN KRA AND HYMAN BASS
23
GEORGE DAVID BIRKHOFF
BY OSWALD VEBLEN
45
KARL WOLFGANG DEUTSCH
BY RICHARD L.MERRITT, BRUCE M.RUSSETT, AND ROBERT A.DAHL
59
ZVI GRILICHES
BY MARC NERLOVE
81
JOHN C.HARSANYI
BY KENNETH J.ARROW
109
MICHAEL HEIDELBERGER
BY HERMAN N.EISEN
123
ALFRED DAY HERSHEY
BY FRANKLIN W.STAHL
143
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KARL FERDINAND HERZFELD
BY JOSEPH F.MULLIGAN
161
WILLIAM SUMMER JOHNSON
BY GILBERT STORK
185
RICHARD STOCKTON MACNEISH
BY KENT V.FLANNERY AND JOYCE MARCUS
201
EDWARD JAMES MCSHANE
BY LEONARD D.BIRKOVITZ AND WENDELL H.FLEMING
227
ROBERT LEE METCALF
BY MAY R.BERENBAUM AND RICHARD LAMPMAN
241
DAVID RITTENBERG
BY DAVID SHEMIN AND RONALD BENTLEY
257
RUTH SAGER
BY ARTHUR B.PARDEE
277
RAY FRED SMITH
BY PERRY ADKISSON, WILLIAM ALLEN, JOHN CASIDA, AND EDWARD SYLVESTER
291
FRANK HAROLD SPEDDING
BY JOHN D.CORBETT
301
SAM BARD TREIMAN
BY STEPHEN L.ADLER
329
ROBERT RATHBUN WILSON
BY BOYCE D.MCDANIEL AND ALBERT SILVERMAN
349
ROBERT BURNS WOODWARD
BY ELKAN BLOUT
367
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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80
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.
R.STEPHEN BERRY
Home Secretary
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