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 3 Collections and/or Records:
Cleere Dr. Roy, 1970-1972, 1970-1972
Contains correspondence between members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, primarily Dr. Theodore Puck, and other individuals or companies. Includes correspondence related to business practices and experimentation results and progress, publications when exchanged for review, newspaper articles, photographs, cards, and occasionally patient information when related to research.
University Files - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973-1993
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.
Usher, Mr. Tom, 1990-2000
Contains correspondence between members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, primarily Dr. Theodore Puck, and other individuals or companies. Includes correspondence related to business practices and experimentation results and progress, publications when exchanged for review, newspaper articles, photographs, cards, and occasionally patient information when related to research.