Puck, Theodore T. (Theodore Thomas), 1916-2005

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Biography

Dr. Theodore Thomas Puck (1916-2005), the Institute's founding scientist, was a geneticist and a pioneer of somatic cell genetics and single-cell plating (cloning) and later studied the genetic causes of cancer. Puck earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Chicago and served as chairman of the University of Colorado Dept. of Biophysics from 1948 to 1967.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Encyclopedia Britannica Board of Editors, 1981

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Identifier: U158.03.0047.00052

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Encyclopedia Britannica Board of Editors pose for group portrait.

Dates: 1981

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U158, Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research Records / Photographs, Portrait and Action / Box 47: Portrait and Action Photographs Larger than 5 x 7 Inches

Theodore Puck and Dr. Maulder at Alumni Banquet, 1961 June 12

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Identifier: U158.03.0047.00044

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Dr. Maulder and Theodore Puck talk at Alumni banquet.

Dates: 1961 June 12

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