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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 86. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11429.
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Biographical Memoirs


NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 86. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11429.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 86. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11429.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Biographical Memoirs

VOLUME 86

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
www.nap.edu

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 86. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11429.
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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.

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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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 86. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11429.
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CONTENTS

 

 

PREFACE

 

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LAWRENCE HUGH ALLER
BY MANUEL PEIMBERT

 

3

 

 

HARRY BEEVERS
BY MAARTEN J. CHRISPEELS

 

17

 

 

FRANK ALDEN BOVEY
BY FREDERIC C. SCHILLING AND ALAN E. TONELLI

 

37

 

 

NORMAN DAVIDSON
BY HENRY A. LESTER AND AHMED ZEWAIL

 

61

 

 

HARRY GEORGE DRICKAMER
BY JIRI JONAS

 

79

 

 

HAROLD EUGENE EDGERTON
BY J. KIM VANDIVER AND PAGAN KENNEDY

 

97

 

 

HOWARD E. EVANS
BY MARY JANE WEST-EBERHARD

 

119

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 86. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11429.
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WILLIS H. FLYGARE
BY DAVID CHANDLER

 

137

 

 

JESSE LEONARD GREENSTEIN
BY ROBERT P. KRAFT

 

163

 

 

DONALD R. GRIFFIN
BY CHARLES G. GROSS

 

189

 

 

WASSILY HOEFFDING
BY NICHOLAS I. FISHER AND WILLEM VAN ZWET

 

209

 

 

D. GALE JOHNSON
BY VERNON W. RUTTAN, JAMES J. HECKMAN, AND G. EDWARD SCHUH

 

229

 

 

ROBERT THOMAS JONES
BY WALTER G. VINCENTI

 

241

 

 

NORMAN CARL RASMUSSEN
BY KENT F. HANSEN

 

261

 

 

GLENN WADE SALISBURY
BY ROBERT H. FOOTE

 

277

 

 

WILLIAM REES SEARS
BY NICHOLAS ROTT

 

299

 

 

FOLKE KARL SKOOG
BY DONALD J. ARMSTRONG AND ELDON H. NEWCOMB

 

313

 

 

HIROSHI TAMIYA
BY ANDREW A. BENSON

 

335

 

 

EVON ZARTMAN VOGT, JR.
BY JOYCE MARCUS

 

355

 

 

ROBERT M. WALKER
By P. Buford Price and Ernst Zinner

 

379

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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.

R. STEPHEN BERRY

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