Puck, Theodore T. (Theodore Thomas), 1916-2005
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 18 Collections and/or Records:
Aspen PAIDEIA Workshop, 1981
Individual portraits of attendees of the August 23-31, 1981 Aspen PAIDEIA Workshop. John Van Doren, Scott Thomson, Mortimer Adler, Roderick MacArthur, Leon Botstein, Charles Van Doren, Adolph Schmidt, Geraldine Van Doren, James O'Toole, Isaak Wirszup, James Nelson, Theodore Puck, Nicholas Caputi, Donald Cowan, Richard Hunt, Alonzo Crim, C.B. Cox, Dennis Gray, Douglass Cater.
Theodore Puck, between 1961-1979
Dr. Theodore T. Puck poses for portrait in front of bookshelves. Open book on table in front of Dr. Puck.
Theodore Puck, between 1961-1979
Theodore Puck holds test tube.
Theodore Puck, between 1961-1979
Theodore Puck poses for portrait in laboratory.
Theodore Puck, between 1961-1979
Dr. Theodore T. Puck places tube in centrifuge.
Theodore Puck, circa 1961-1969
Theodore Puck sits for portrait in laboratory.
Theodore Puck, circa 1961-1969
Theodore Puck sits for portrait in laboratory.
Theodore Puck and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member, between 1961-1979
Dr. Theodore Puck and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute male staff member use microscope in laboratory.
Theodore Puck and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Staff Member, between 1961-1979
Dr. Theodore Puck and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute male staff member use microscope in laboratory.
Theodore Puck and Second Man, between 1961-1975
Theodore Puck and second man stand next to microscope camera.
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