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Sound files ; digital, mp3 file |
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Transcript : (38 leaves) ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Chemical Heritage Foundation Oral History Transcript ; 0009.
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Interview conducted by Leon B. Gortler at Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. |
| Summary |
Cheves Walling begins this interview by describing his family, early education, and undergraduate days at Harvard. He then discusses his graduate education at the University of Chicago, stressing the major review article on the peroxide effect that he and Frank Mayo wrote in 1940. Walling next examines the research that he undertook at Du Pont, U.S. Rubber, and Lever Brothers, emphasizing the work that he did before 1950 at U.S. Rubber. Finally, Walling examines his academic career at Columbia and the University of Utah. Throughout the interview he reflects upon the emergence and maturation of physical organic chemistry. |
| Cite As |
Cheves Walling, interviewed by Leon B. Gortler at Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1979 September 12 (Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Oral History Transcript 0009). |
| Note |
Sound files Science History Institute. |
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Transcript Science History Institute. |
| Use |
No restrictions on access. Reproduction and use with permission. Chemical Heritage Foundation. |
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Born in Evanston, Illinois on 28 February 1916. Died on 19 June 2007. Education: B.A., chemistry, Harvard University (1937), Ph.D., organic chemistry, University of Chicago (1939). Employment: 1939-1942 . I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc; 1943-1949 U.S. Rubber Company; 1949-1952 Lever Brothers Company; 1952-1966 Columbia University; 1970- University of Utah. |
| Indexes |
Transcript has been indexed. |
| Note |
Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
| Subject(s) |
Walling, Cheves, 1916- -- Interviews.
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Mayo, Frank R. (Rea), 1908-1987.
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Kharasch, M. S. (Morris Selig), 1895-1957.
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Westheimer, F. H., (Frank Henry) 1912-
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
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Chemists -- Biography.
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Chemists -- Interviews.
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Polymerization.
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Oral histories.
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Interviews. aat
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| Alternate Author |
Gortler, Leon B. interviewer.
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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| Alternate Title |
Cheves Walling oral history interview |
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