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Description: Summary: Photo of officers and senior officials of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1947. Anton Julius Carlson (1875-1956) was Professor of Physiology, University of Chicago; Kirtley Mather (1888-1978) was Professor of Geology, Harvard University; Forest Ray Moulton (1872-1952) was Executive Director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and Harlow Shapley (1885-1972) was Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University, and AAAS President. Edmund Ware Sinnott (1888-1968) was Professor of Botany, Yale University, and AAAS President-Elect; George Alfred Baitsel (1885-1971) was Professor of Biology, Yale University; Fernandus Payne (1881-1977) was Professor of Zoology and Genetics, Indiana University; Karl Lark-Horovitz (1892-1958) was Professor of Physics, Purdue University; Walter Richard Miles (1885-1978) was Professor of Psychology, Yale University; and Elvin Charles Stakman (1885-1979) was Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota Subject: Carlson, Anton J (Anton Julius) 1875-1956        Baitsell, George Alfred 1885-1971        Payne, Fernandus 1881-1977        Shapley, Harlow 1885-1972        Sinnott, Edmund W (Edmund Ware) 1888-1968        Stakman, E. C (Elvin Charles) 1885-1979        Lark-Horovitz, K (Karl) 1892-1958        Mather, Kirtley F (Kirtley Fletcher) 1888-1978        Miles, Walter R (Walter Richard) b. 1885        Moulton, Forest Ray 1872-1952        American Association for the Advancement of Science        Harvard University        University of Minnesota        Yale University        Purdue University        University of Chicago        Indiana University
Title: Officials of the AAS in 1947
Credit: Flickr: (seated left to right): Anton Julius Carlson, Kirtley Mather, Forest Ray Moulton, Harlow Shapley; (standing left to right): Edmund Ware Sinnott, George Alfred Baitsel, Fernandus Payne, Karl Lark-Horovitz, Walter Richard Miles, Elvin Charles Stakman Persistent URL: Link to data base record
Author: Smithsonian Institution
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