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 2 Collections and/or Records:
University Files - Johns Hopkins University, 1978-1993
Contains correspondence between members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, primarily Dr. Theodore Puck and faculty or staff of individual universities. Also includes information brochures regarding universities and their programs.
University Files - Rockefeller University, 1985-1995
Contains correspondence between members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, primarily Dr. Theodore Puck and faculty or staff of individual universities. Also includes information brochures regarding universities and their programs.