Herta R. Leng (1903-1997), 1940
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Creator: Science Service
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1940
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5248
Austrian-born physicist Herta R. Leng (1903-1997) fled Austria in 1939 and eventually immigrated to the United States in 1940. This photograph was taken when she was awarded an American Association of University Women International Fellowship. With that fellowship support, she continued her research on radioactivity at Purdue University and later joined the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), where she taught until 1968. Every year, RPI honors Leng with the Herta Leng Memorial Lecture series.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5248
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1940
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5248]