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at Appointment of Dr. Robert A. Alberty, now dean of the Graduate School Institute the University of Visconsin, as dean of the School of Science at the Massachusetts is of Technology was announced by Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, provost. The appointment
effective February 1. Dr. Alberty has also been appointed professor of chemistry. of Dr. Alberty will succeed Dr. Wiesner, who became dean of the School Special Assistant Science in 1964 after his return from Washington, where he had served as Wiesner has for Science and Technology to President Kennedy and President Johnson. Dr.
been acting dean since July 1, when he became provost. the A physical chemist, Dr. Alberty has conducted extensive research in particularly notable, field of biology, his work on enzymes and blood plasma proteins being
according to Dr . Wiesner.
President Howard W. Johnson of M.I.T., in commenting ou the appointment chemistry, a teacher said, "Dr. Alberty's distinguished record as a researcher in biological and and an administrator indicates the quality of leadership he will bring in continuing
broadening the role of science at the Institute." in Born in Winfield, Kansas, on June 21, 1921, Dr. Alberty attended schools of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, and received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University in war-time work on in 1943 and 1944. He then went to the University of Wisconsin to engage further the fractionation of plasma proteins and in.1947 received the Ph.D. degree after in the Chemistry research on the electrophoresis of gamma globulins. He became an -irstructor in 1950, professor Department in 1947, an * assistant professor in 1948, associate professor
in 1956 and associate dean of Letters and Science in 1962.
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of plasma Dr. Alberty's research has been concerned with the fractionation complexing constants of proteins, electrophoresis of proteins, ionization constants and tracer experiments, substances of biological importance, enzyme kinetics, deuterium 1950-51 he was a nuclear magnetic resonance and very fast reactions in solution. In on the physical chem- Guggenheim Fellow at the California Institute of Technology, working visiting lecturer on istry of enzymes under Professor Linus Pauling, and in 1955 he was a spent the spring the physical chemistry of enzymes at the University of California. Pe
semester of 1961 at the Max Planck Institute in Gottingen, Germany.
Dr. Alberty is co-author, with Professor Farrington Daniels, of "Physical Bender anEd Ccrrwel, Chemistry" (third edition, 1966) and, with Professors Varliclo, WIlliams, the Eli Lilly of "Experimental Physical Chemistry" (sixth edition, 1962). He received National Academy Award in Biological Chemistry in 1955. He was made a member of the Panel for Molecular of Sciences in 1965, was a member of the National Science Foundation and Biophysical Biology in 1958-61 and the National Institutes of Health Panel for Biophysics Sciences study of Chemistry, 1962-66. He is currently directcr of a National Academy of of the American Chemical postdoctoral education in the United States. He has been a member of the -editorial board Society Committee on Professional Training since 1965, is a member of the ACS, Sigma Xi, Phi of the Journal of the American Chemical Society and is a member
Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon and Alpha Chi Sigma. three children. Dr. Alberty's wife is the former Lillian Jane Wind. They have
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