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

Person

Staff Only

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:

Theodore Puck, 1988 November 13

Item

Identifier: U158.03.0142.00005

Abstract

Dr. Theodore Puck stands at a podium in front of a building.

Dates: 1988 November 13

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U158, Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research Records / Photographs, Portrait and Action / Box 142: Portrait and Action Photographs 4 x 5 inches and Smaller

Theodore Puck Speaking From Podium, 1988 November 13

Item

Identifier: U158.03.0048.00078

Abstract

Theodore Puck speaks to audience from podium.