(left to right): Walter Bauer, Rebecca Price Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981), and Macyln McCarty

Summary

Harvard University biologist Walter Bauer, Chairman of the Whitney FoundationŒs Scientific Advisory Committee; Rockefeller Institute microbiologist Rebecca Price Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981); and Rockefeller Institute biologist Macyln McCarty, 1960. Lancefield was accepting the T. Duckett Jones Memorial Award in October 1960 for her work on hemolytic streptococci. She served as president of both the Society of American Bacteriologists (1943) and American Association of Immunologists (1961) and in 1970 was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her pioneering work on streptococci and their relation to rheumatic fever.

Subject

• Bauer, Walter
• Lancefield, Rebecca Price Craighill 1895-1981
• McCarty, Maclyn
• Harvard University
• Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
• Rockefeller Institute
• Society of American Bacteriologists
• American Association of Immunologists
• National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5069

Repository Loc.

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

Date

1960

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

• Women scientists
• Bacteriology

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5069]