| Description |
Sound files ; digital, mp3 file |
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Transcript : (60 leaves) ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Chemical Heritage Foundation Oral history transcript ; 0141.
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| Note |
Society of Chemical Industry oral history project. |
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This oral history is one in a series initiated by the Chemical Heritage Foundation on behalf of the Society of Chemical Industry (American Section). |
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The series documents the personal perspectives of the Perkin and the Chemical Industry Award recipients and records the human dimensions of the growth of the chemical sciences and chemical processes industries during the twentieth century. |
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Interviewed conducted by James J. Bohning at State College, Pennsylvania. |
| Summary |
Paul Weisz begins his oral history interview by discussing his family background in Austria-Hungary after World War I period, when his family moved to Berlin. Weisz was educated in the Gymnasium, where he developed an interest in physics and chemistry. Weisz attended the Technical University in Berlin and spent his free time in the laboratory of Wolfgang Kohlhoerster at the Institute of Cosmic Radiation Research, where he worked on Geiger counter instrumentation and cosmic ray measurements. Because of Hitler's rise to power, Weisz arranged an exchange program with Auburn University, earning his B.S. in physics in 1940. At the Bartol Research Foundation in Pennsylvania, Weisz worked on radiation counting and projects relating to the National Research Defense Council. After gaining clearance to do classified work, he moved to the MIT Radiation Laboratory where he helped to develop a long range navigation trainer (Loran). He accepted a position with Mobil Corporation, where he worked on catalysis. In 1966, he completed his Sc.D. at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich, where he had worked with Heinrich Zollinger on dye chemistry. Weisz concludes the interview by discussing innovation in industry, the importance of interdisciplinary thinking, and his later work on Alzheimer's Disease and angiogenesis. |
| Cite As |
Paul B. Weisz interviewed by James J. Bohning State College, Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Oral History Transcript 0141.) |
| 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. |
| Biography |
Born in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia on 2 July 1919. Died in Foxdale Village, Pennsylvania on September 25, 2012. Education: B.S. physics, Auburn University (1940), Ph.D., Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (1966). Employment: 1940-1946 Bartol Research Foundation ; 1946-1984 Mobil Research and Development Corporation. |
| Indexes |
Transcript has been indexed. |
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Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
| Subject(s) |
Weisz, Paul Burg, 1919- -- Interviews.
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Mobil Research and Development Corporation.
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Physicists -- Biography.
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Physicists -- Interviews.
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Oral histories. lcgft
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Interviews. aat
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| Alternate Author |
Bohning, James J., interviewer.
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section.
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| Alternate Title |
Paul B. Weisz oral history interview. |
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