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Preface vii ing-specific formatting, however, cannot be Detlev Wulf Bronk 3 By Frank Brink, Jr. Vannevar Bush 89 by Jerome B. Wiesner Rufus Cole 119 by C. Phillip Miller Wallace Osgood Fenn 141 By Hermann Rahn Paul Darwin Foote 175 By Allen V. Astin William Zev Hassid 197 By Clinton Ballou And Horace A. Barker Frank Lappin Horsfall, Jr. 233 By George K. Hirst About PDFthis file: This new digital representation of original workthe has been recomposed XMLfrom files created from o the original typesetting files. breaks Page are true the line lengths, word to original; breaks, heading styles, and other typesett aspublication this inserted.Please versionoftypographicerrors have been accidentallyretained, and some print use the may Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Biographical Memoirs V.50 http://www.nap.edu/catalog/573.html CONTENTS vi Otto Laporte 269 By H. R. Crane And D. M. Dennison Philip Duryeé McMaster 287 By Walther F. Goebel Maria Goeppert Mayer 311 riginal paper book, not from the By Robert G. Sachs the authoritative version for attribution. Arnold Rice Rich 331 ing-specific formatting, however, cannot be By Ella H. Oppenheimer Richard Edwin Shope 353 By Christopher Andrewes William Hammond Wright 377 By C. D. Shane Acknowledgments for the Photographs 397 About PDFthis file: This new digital representation of original workthe has been recomposed XMLfrom files created from o the original typesetting files. breaks Page are true the line lengths, word to original; breaks, heading styles, and other typesett aspublication this inserted.Please versionoftypographicerrors have been accidentallyretained, and some print use the may Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Biographical Memoirs V.50 http://www.nap.edu/catalog/573.html PREFACE vii Preface riginal paper book, not from the The Biographical Memoirs is a series of volumes, first published in 1877, the authoritative version for attribution. containing the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of ing-specific formatting, however, cannot be Sciences and 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 written by an individual familiar with the discipline and the scientific career of the deceased. These volumes, therefore, provide a record of the lives and 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 contributions, these memoirs should also include those aspects of their lives in their home, school, college, or later life that led them to their scientific 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, 1863, the Academy works to further science and its use for the general welfare by bringing together the most qualified individuals to deal with scientific and technological problems of broad significance. DAVID R. GODDARD HOME SECRETARY PATRICIA RYAN LYLES ASSOCIATE EDITOR About PDFthis file: This new digital representation of original workthe has been recomposed XMLfrom files created from o the original typesetting files. breaks Page are true the line lengths, word to original; breaks, heading styles, and other typesett aspublication this inserted.Please versionoftypographicerrors have been accidentallyretained, and some print use the may Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. PREFACE viii riginal paper book, not from the the authoritative version for attribution. ing-specific formatting, however, cannot be http://www.nap.edu/catalog/573.html Biographical MemoirsV.50 Copyright © National Academy ofSciences. Allrights reserved. About PDFthis file: This new digital representation of original workthe has been recomposed XMLfrom files created from o the original typesetting files.