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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY COLD SPRING HARBOR LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 1947 LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1924 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOUNDED 1890 FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR 1 9 4 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page The Long Island Biological Association Officers 5 Board of Directors 5 Committees 6 Members 7 Report of the Director 11 Reports of Laboratory Staff 18 Reports of Summer Investigators 23 Course of Bacteriophages 29 Nature Study Course 30 Cold Spring Harbor Symposia Publications 34 Laboratory Staff 36 Summer Research Investigators 37 Report of the Secretary, L. I. B. A. 38 Report of the Treasurer, L. I. B. A. 40 THE LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION President Robert Cushman Murphy Vice-President Secretary Arthur W. Page E. C. Mac Dowell Vice-President and Treasurer Assistant Secretary Grinnell Morris B. P. Kaufmann Director of The Biological Laboratory, M. Demerec BOARD OF DIRECTORS To serve until 1951 T. Bache Bleecker Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Ross G. Harrison Yale University Caryl P. Haskins Haskins Laboratories, New York B. P. Kaufmann Carnegie Institution Grinnell Morris Oyster Bay, N. Y. Arthur W. Page Huntington, N. Y. Harlow Shapley Harvard University To serve until 1950 Robert Chambers New York University George W. Corner Carnegie Institution of Washington Th. Dobzhansky Columbia University Mrs. Van S. Merle-Smith Oyster Bay, N. Y. John M. Schiff Oyster Bay, N. Y. Harold C. Urey University of Chicago Willis D. Wood Huntington, N. Y. To serve until 1949 H. A. Abramson Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. M. Demerec The Biological Laboratory Henry Hicks Westbury, N. Y. Dudley H. Mills New York, N. Y. Stuart Mudd University of Pennsylvania Medical School Robert Cushman Murphy American Museum of Natural History John K. Roosevelt Oyster Bay, N. Y. To serve until 1948 W. H. Cole Rutgers University Mrs. George S. Franklin Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. E. C. Mac Dowell Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. William B. Nichols Syosset, N. Y. Roland L. Redmond Oyster Bay, N. Y. B. H. Willier Johns Hopkins University 5 Members Emerti R. C. Leffingwell Oyster Bay, N. Y. Henry L. Stimson Huntington, N. Y. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mrs. G. S. Franklin Grinnell Morris E. C. Mac Dowell William B. Nichols Robert Cushman Murphy Arthur W. Page John K. Roosevelt WOMEN'S COMMITTEE President-Mrs. George S. Franklin Vice-President-Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Secretary-Mrs. Alvin Devereux Treasurer-Mrs. George Nichols Chairman, House Committee-Mrs. Percy H. Jennings Chairman, Membership Committee-Mrs. John C. Hughes FINANCE COMMITTEE Grinnell Morris William B. Nichols Willis D. Wood BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Mrs. George S. Franklin, Chairman Mrs. Percy H. Jennings B. P. Kaufmann Henry Hicks William B. Nichols SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE George W. Corner, Chairman L. C. Dunn Edwin J. Grace E. C. Mac Dowell Alexander Hollaender Alfred E. Mirsky 6 FOUNDERS Contribution ofatleast $5,000 in money or property Carnegie Corporation John & Mary Markle Foundation Mrs. Ethel Clyde Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Mrs. Henry W. de Forest Mrs. Acosta Nichols Mrs. Leonard Elmhirst Arthur W. Page Marshall Field Rockefeller Foundation Mrs .Otto H. Kahn John M. Schiff Russell C. Leffingwell Wawepex Society PATRONS Contribution of at least $500 Miss Rosina Boardman George Nichols John Chase Mrs. George Nichols W. R. Coe Arthur W. Page John W. Davis Herbert L. Pratt Mrs .Henry W. de Forest Victor Rakowsky W. E. Erhart John K. Roosevelt S. A. Everitt Walter J. Salmon Marshall Field John M. Schiff Childs Frick Carl J. Schmidlapp Hugo Fricke Donald Scott Princess Andrew Gagarin Howard C. Smith Mrs. Walter Jennings Henry L. Stimson Alfred Ephraim Kornfeld Henry C. Taylor Russell C. Leffingwell Wawepex Society Gerald M. Livingston William C. Whitney Foundation Mrs. Wilton Lloyd-Smith George Whitney Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Willis D. Wood A. G. Milbank Mrs. Willis D. Wood 7 SUSTAINING MEMBERS Harold A. Abramson Mrs. F. Trubee Davison Mrs. Harold A. Abramson Mrs. Henry P. Davison Mark H. Adams Mrs. Henry L. de Forest Winthrop W. Aldrich Mrs. Henry W. de Forest Mrs. Henry Anderson Robert F. de Graff Mrs. F. Huntington Babcock William A. Delano Richard F. Babcock Max Delbruck Mrs. Daniel Bacon M .Demerec E. Farrar Bateson Mrs. M. Demerec Dennistoun M. Bell Mrs. Richard Derby Frederick Bernheim Mrs. James A. de Tomasi Susan A. Black Mrs. Alvin Devereux Edward S. Blagden Abigail Camp Dimon Mrs. Edward S. Blagden Th. Dobzhansky Mrs. Charles Bleecker Mrs. John Foster Dulles T. Bache Bleecker Jackson A. Dykman Mrs. T. Bache Bleecker Mrs. Jackson A. Dykman Harold F. Blum Mrs. Walter Earle Dietrich Bodenstein Ferdinand Eberstadt Mrs. Herbert Bodman Mrs. Albert H. Ely, Jr. George T. Bowdoin Boris Ephrussi Mrs. George E. Brower Mrs .B. Tappen Fairchild Averell Brown Vernon Bryson Marshall Field Dean Burk Ernst Fischer Mrs. Trowbridge Callaway Alexander Forbes Mc Keen Cattell Mrs. George S. Franklin Ernst Caspari George S. Franklin,Jr. Robert Chambers Mrs. John M. Franklin F. S. Child Childs Frick Mrs. F. S. Child Mrs. Childs Frick C. T. Church G. Gasic Mrs. C. T. Church Harvey D. Gibson Mrs. Henry E. Coe, Jr. Mrs. William B. Given W. H. Cole H. Bentley Glass George W. Corner Edwin J. Grace Duncan Cox Charles V. Graham Mrs. ,Duncan Cox Mrs. Arthur Gwynne Clinton H. Crane Mrs. Hamilton Hadden Mrs. Clinton H. Crane Mrs. Winston Hagen Mrs. Paul Cushman Paul Hammond William N. Davey Mrs. Paul Hammond John W. Davis Mrs. Montgomery Hare F. Trubee Davison William Hale Harkness 8 Ross G. Harrison Stuart Mudd Mrs. Ashton Hawkins Robert Cushman Murphy Alexander Hollaender Mrs. Robert Cushman Murphy Davenport Hooker James V .Neel Mrs. Sarah C. W. Hoppin Mrs. Acosta Nichols Clarence A. Horn George Nichols Mrs. George Hornblower Mrs. George Nichols Rollin D. Hotchkiss William B. Nichols Mrs. John C. Hughes Mrs. John W. Nields Oliver Iselin Juliet Nourse Mrs. Myron Jackson Mrs. D. Chester Noyes Mrs. Henry James Mrs. D .Grinnell Noyes Percy H. Jennings Laurence G: Noyes Mrs. Percy H. Jennings Grover O'Neill Mrs. Walter Jennings Arthur W. Page Everett C. Jessup Mrs. Arthur W. Page E. Elizabeth Jones Mrs. Walter H. Page Mrs. Otto Kahn Mrs. Paul G. Pennoyer Martin D. Kamen Isabel Peters B. F. Kaufmann Francis T. P. Plimpton Morris R. Keen Mrs. Charles Pratt Edward L.. Keyes Frederic R. Pratt Mrs. Frederick R. King Mrs. Frederic R. Pratt Mrs. Randall J. Le Boeuff, Jr. Richardson Pratt Mrs. Gertrude H. T. Le Boutillier Theodore H. Price Mrs. Russell C. Leffingwell Paul Pryibil H. T. Lindeberg Mrs. Paul Pryibil Mrs. H. T. Lindeberg Mrs. Edward Pulling Mrs. Wilton Lloyd-Smith Hale Pulsifer John M. Lockwood Mrs. Hale Pulsifer The Long Islander E. Racker S. E. Luria Otto Rahn E. C. Mac Dowell Roland L. Redmond D. A. Maclnnes Mrs. Roland L. Redmond John F. MacKay Mrs. Lansing P. Reed John B. Marsh Mrs. Gordon Rentschler Ernst Mayr Oscar W. Richards Mrs. Van S. Merle-Smith Harry C. Robb Leo M. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Robertson Mrs. Robert B. Meyer George Emlen Roosevelt L. Michaelis John K. Roosevelt Alfred E. Mirsky Mrs. Phillip Roosevelt Louis de B. Moore Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. Mrs. Louis de B. Moore Mrs. John E. Rousmaniere Mrs. Grinnell Morris Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough Mrs. Ray Morris Charles E. Sammis, Inc. 9 Theodore F. Savage Harriet E. Taylor Mrs. Theodore F. Savage Mrs. Henry C. Taylor John M. Schiff Dorothy Truesdell Francis 0. Schmitt Mrs. Donaldson Tucker Mrs. H. L. Schwartz, Jr. Isabel H. Tuthill Donald Scott Harold C. Urey Mrs. Donald Scott Roy Waggener G. Herbert Semler Charles 0. Warren Harlow Shapley Mrs. Charles 0. Warren Ida Sit ler Wawep ex Society Mrs. J. Barstow Smull Mrs. Francis M. Weld Sir T. Ashely & Lady Sparks A. M. White Carl C. Speidel M. J. D. White Mrs. Theodore E. Stebbins B. H. Willier J. Rich Steers, Jr. Mrs. Keyes Winter Curt Stern W. Wilton Wood, Inc. Mrs. Henry L. Stimson Willis D. Wood Mrs. Richard Storrs Mrs. Willis D. Wood George F. Sykes Sewall Wright Mrs. Eugene S. Taliaferro Stephen Zamenhof 10 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR The world we live in today is anything but a quiet and peaceful community of nations where the individual might pursue his occupations without distraction from the disturbing impact of everyday events.In- deed, ours is a world full of turmoil and upheaval, where the representa- tives of divergent economic ideas are locked in an apparently uncom- promising struggle; where the social order is undergoing radical change; where industrial developments are changing the modes of living of individ- uals, families, and nations, technological advances are breaking new trails on the road to improved health and comfort, and scientific research is exploring approaches to a new era of control of natural energy by man. In such a turbulent world, neither individuals nor organizations can remain static if they wish to accomplish more than is required for sur- vival. In the surge of activities stimulated by present events, new oppor- tunities are opened up for individuals and for institutions.This is par- ticularly true in the sphere ofscientific endeavor. The war brought into focus great possibilities in scientific research, and set in motion a chain of events that have awakened great public interest in the accom- plishments of scientists.The impetus given by national emergency still persists during this postwar period, and research activityisas intense now as it was during the war.But considerable changes have occurred in the conduct of research. Emphasis is shifting from a "war" type of research,in which effort was concentrated on the application of ex- isting knowledge for a quick solution of practical problems, to funda- mental research, in which effort is again turned toward the expansion of basic knowledge.