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DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Papers

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Identifier: MS C 474
Abstract

DeWitt Stetten, Jr., informally know as Hans, was a noted biochemist and Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Health. The collection primarily documents Stetten's post-NIH activities between 1979 and 1990 when he acted as a consultant to the NIH, especially through his personal correspondence which makes up the bulk of the collection.

Dates: 1936-1990

Donald S. Fredrickson Papers

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Identifier: MS C 526
Abstract Donald Sharp Fredrickson (1924-2002) was an American physiologist and science administrator who made contributions to American medicine over the course of four decades, first as a laboratory scientist, then as a leader of several prominent medical research institutions. As director of the National Institutes of Health from 1976 to 1981, Fredrickson mediated between scientists and the federal government during contentious, far-ranging debates over the direction of medical research policy,...
Dates: 1910-2002 (bulk 1960-1999)

Harold E. Varmus Papers

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Identifier: MS C 598
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, administrative files, photographs, and audiovisual materials document the professional career of Harold Eliot Varmus, who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery of the cellular origins of cancer, and who later served as Director of the National Institutes of Health from 1993-2000 and President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer from 2000-2010. The bulk of the collection consists of Varmus' speeches and professional activities at...
Dates: 1904-2010

Joshua Lederberg Papers

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Identifier: MS C 552
Abstract

Lederberg won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum and George Beadle "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria." He was professor of genetics at Stanford University, president of Rockfeller University, and public servant to presidents, national groups, and governmental organizations.

Dates: 1904-2008

Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

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Identifier: MS C 566
Abstract

Marshall W. Nirenberg is best known for his work on deciphering the genetic code by discovering the unique code words for the twenty major amino acids that make-up DNA, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1968. This collection of correspondence, laboratory administrative and research materials, and publications documents Nirenberg's career as a researcher in biochemical genetics at the National Institutes of Health.

Dates: 1937-2003 (bulk 1957-1997)

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American Society for Microbiology 1
Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989 1
Bishop, J. Michael, 1936- 1
Bristol Laboratories 1
Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government 1
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Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-2018 1
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.) 1
Collins, Francis S. 1
Columbia University 1
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004 1
Crow, James F. (James Franklin), 1916-2012 1
Federation of American Scientists 1
Fredrickson, Donald S. 1
Gallo, Robert C. 1
Genetics Society of America 1
Institute of Medicine (U.S.) 1
International Congress of Biochemistry (5th : 1961 : Moscow, Russia) 1
Lederberg, Joshua 1
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 1
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on International Security and Arms Control 1
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 1
National Research Council (U.S.) 1
National Research Council (U.S.). Space Science Board 1
Neurosciences Research Program 1
Nirenberg, Marshall W. 1
Rockefeller University 1
Shortliffe, Edward Hance 1
Stanford University. Department of Genetics 1
Stetten, DeWitt, Jr. 1
Temin, Howard M. 1
United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 1
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Science and Technology Advisory Panel 1
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment 1
United States. Defense Science Board 1
United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Executive Panel 1
United States. Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management 1
United States. Threat Reduction Advisory Committee 1
University of California, San Francisco 1
University of Wisconsin 1
Varmus, Harold 1
World Health Organization 1
Yale University 1
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