Herta R. Leng (1903-1997), 1940

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5248]

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

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Summary

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.

Subject

  • Leng, Herta R
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Purdue University

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5248

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1940

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Topic

  • Women scientists
  • Physics

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5248]

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