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Biographical 71'lemoirs
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
13iograplbicat ~emo';rs
VOLUME 54
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 1983
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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.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER 0-309-03391-8
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 5-26629
Available from
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, N.W
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20418
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
JESSE WAKEFI ELD BEAMS
BY WALTER GORDY
ELMER KEISER BOLTON
BY ROBERT M. JOYCE
WILMOT HYDE BRADLEY
BY V. E. MCKELVEY
JAMES BRYANT CONANT
BY PAUL D. BARTLETT
GRIFFITH CONRAD EVANS
BY CHARLES B. MORREY
RUDOLF KOMPFNER
BY J. R. PIERCE
COLIN MUNRO MACLEOD
BY WALSH MCDERMOTT
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CONTENTS
SAMUEL MARION McELVAI N
BY GILBERT STORK
WALTER JOSEPH MEEK
BY CHANDLER McC. BROOKS
RUDOLPH LEO BERNHARD MINKOWSKI
BY DONALD E. OSTERBROCK
LEONARD ISAAC SCHIFF
BY F. BLOCH
ADOLPH HANS SCHULTZ
BY T. DALE STEWART
EDMUND WARE SINNOTT
BY W. GORDON WHALEY
WILLIAM HAY TALIAFERRO
BY DAVID W. TALMAGE
ROBERT ERASTUS WILSON
BY L. WILLIAM MOORE AND
DONALD L. CAMPBELL
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PREFACE
rrhe Biographical Memoirs is a series of volumes, beginning
in IS77, containing the biographies of cleceased members of
the National Academy of Sciences ant! bibliographies of their
published scientific contributions. The goal of the Academy
is to have these memoirs serve as a contribution toward the
history of American science. Each biographical essay is writ-
ten by an indiviclual familiar with the discipline and the
scientific career of the deceased. These volumes, therefore,
provide a record of the lives ant! works of some of the most
distinguished leaders of American science as witnessed and
interpreted by their colleagues and peers. Though the
primary concern is the members' professional lives and con-
tributions, these memoirs also include those aspects of their
lives in their home, school, college, or later life that led them
to their soentlilc career.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, honorary
organization of scientists and engineers elected on the basis
of outstanding contributions to knowledge. Established by a
Congressional Act of Incorporation on March 3, IS63, the
Academy works to further science ant] its use for the general
welfare by bringing together the most qualifier! inclividuals to
deal with scientific and technological problems of broad
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BRYCE CRAWFORD, JR.
Home Secretary
CAROLINE K. McEUEN
Associate Editor
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