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Reminiscences (PDF) REMINISCENCES James Murray Luck, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus Stanford University Founder of Annual Reviews Copyright © 1999 by The James Murray Luck Memorial Fund. For informa- tion, please write to Annual Reviews, 4139 El Camino Way, P.O. Box 10139, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0139 USA. Annual Reviews and the Editors of its publications assume no responsibility for the statements expressed in this volume. Typesetting by Ruth McCue Saavedra. Printing provided by Consolidated Publications, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. Binding provided by Malloy Lithographing, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI. Dedicated to the families and friends of James Murray Luck and Eroeda Nicholaevna Sinitskaya Luck. ANNUAL REVIEWS is a nonprofit scientific publisher established to promote the ad- vancement of the sciences. Beginning in 1932 with the Annual Review of Biochemis- try, the Company has pursued as its principal function the publication of high-quality, reasonably priced Annual Review volumes. The volumes are organized by Editors and Editorial Committees who invite qualified authors to contribute critical articles review- ing significant developments within each major discipline. The Editor-in-Chief invites those interested in serving as future Editorial Committee members to communicate directly with him. Annual Reviews is administered by a Board of Directors, whose members serve without compensation. 1999 Board of Directors, Annual Reviews Richard N. Zare, Chairman of Annual Reviews Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University Peter F. Carpenter, Founder, Mission and Values Institute W. Maxwell Cowan, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bethesda Sandra M. Faber, Professor of Astronomy and Astronomer at Lick Observatory, University of California at Santa Cruz Eugene Garfield, Publisher, The Scientist Samuel Gubins, President and Editor-in-Chief, Annual Reviews Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., Professor of Biochemistry, University of California at Berkeley Joshua Lederberg, University Professor, The Rockefeller University Gardner Lindzey, Director Emeritus, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Sharon R. Long, Professor of Biological Sciences, Stanford University Michael Peskin, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr. Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden Harriet A. Zuckerman, Vice President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Management of Annual Reviews Samuel Gubins, President and Editor-in-Chief Richard L. Burke, Director for Innovation John W. Harpster, Director of Sales and Marketing Steven J. Castro, Chief Financial Officer Gwen Larson, Director of Production ANNUAL REVIEWS OF Anthropology Genetics Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Astronomy and Astrophysics Immunology Biology Biochemistry Materials Science Political Science Biomedical Engineering Medicine Psychology Biophysics and Biomolecular Microbiology Public Health Structure Neuroscience Sociology Cell and Developmental Biology Nuclear and Particle Science Earth and Planetary Sciences Nutrition SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS Ecology and Systematics Pharmacology and Toxicology Excitement and Fascination of Sci- Energy and the Environment Physical Chemistry ence, Vols. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Entomology Physiology Intelligence and Affectivity, Fluid Mechanics Phytopathology by Jean Piaget PORTRAIT CONTENTS Foreword by Joshua Lederberg...................................................................... xi I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1 Genealogy: The Luck “Clan”.............................................................. 1 General Themes and Purposes ............................................................ 2 CHILDHOOD YEARS............................................................................... 3 TEENAGE YEARS .................................................................................... 9 UNIVERSITY YEARS............................................................................. 13 Wrangel Island Occupation ............................................................... 15 Victoria College................................................................................. 17 Book Salesman................................................................................... 18 Marine Biological Station.................................................................. 20 Cambridge University........................................................................ 20 Joseph Needham ................................................................................ 21 J. B. S. Haldane ................................................................................. 23 Thesis Research and Examinations ................................................... 24 T. R. Parsons and E. B. Ludlam......................................................... 25 II. ANNUAL REVIEWS INC. ..................................................................... 28 THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND SCHOLARSHIP (SPOSS) ................................................................... 36 REVIEWING AND ABSTRACTING IN GENERAL ............................ 37 Royal Society Scientific Information Conference .............................. 37 ORGANIZATION............................................................................. 38 CONFERENCE LITERATURE........................................................... 38 EXHIBITIONS ................................................................................ 41 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ............................................................ 42 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONFERENCE .................................. 42 International Conference on Scientific Abstracting .......................... 46 UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION ...................................................... 46 A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE ........................................................................... 48 Senator Humphrey’s Proposal........................................................... 51 Council of Biology Editors Conference ............................................. 55 III. COOOPERATIVES................................................................................ 60 Introduction ....................................................................................... 60 Cambridge and London Cooperative Societies ................................. 60 Consumer Cooperative Society of Palo Alto, California................... 62 The Cooperative Movement in California ......................................... 71 Peninsula Housing Association ......................................................... 76 vii Stanford Cooperative Housing .......................................................... 79 Credit Unions..................................................................................... 81 Political Cooperation ........................................................................ 86 Conclusion ......................................................................................... 88 IV. THE STANFORD YEARS AND VARIOUS DIVERSIONS ............... 90 In Pursuit of Justice ........................................................................... 90 THE MOONEY-BILLINGS CASE ....................................................... 90 THE FLAG SALUTE CONTROVERSY ............................................... 91 THE HENRY MILLER CONTROVERSY ............................................. 91 S. P. L. Sörensen ................................................................................ 94 First Teaching Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges........................................................................... 95 Symposium on Teaching Practices in Biochemistry .......................... 97 American Association for the Advancement of Science..................... 98 Pacific Division of the American Association of the Advancement of Science ............................................................. 104 MIXING MEETINGS AND VACATIONS .............................................. 105 Yosemite National Park .................................................................. 109 Bicycling Through Northern Europe .............................................. 109 V. NUTRITION ......................................................................................... 114 Wartime Nutrition ........................................................................... 114 Annual Review of Nutrition............................................................. 120 Food Prices in Palo Alto................................................................. 121 VI. POPULATION/OVERPOPULATION ............................................... 126 Conference on World Population Emergency Campaign............... 129 The Margaret Beattie Lecture......................................................... 137 Lecture to the Swiss Friends of the USA......................................... 148 VII. AN INTERLUDE IN THE USSR...................................................... 156 VIII. SWITZERLAND .............................................................................. 158 Radio Interview ............................................................................... 158 The Fallet Award ............................................................................ 165 Swiss American Society Lecture ....................................................
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