james bonner (1910-1996) - Caltech Oral Histories

Stanford, where he first met George W. Beadle. Bonner and Horowitz commenton the direction of Caltech’s Biology Division in the 1930s—all experiment, nodescriptive biology, and an emphasis on genetics rare among universities at thattime. Comments on collaboration with chemists, including Linus Pauling.Reenergizing of the Biology Division in the late 1940s with the return of Beadle,Horowitz, Edward B. Lewis, and Max Delbrück. Beadle becomes chairman ofthe division; contrast between his and Morgan’s style of leadership. Growth ofBiology Division under Beadle.Administrative informationAccessThe interview is unrestricted.CopyrightCopyright has been assigned to the California Institute of Technology © 1981.All requests for permission to publish or quote from the transcript must besubmitted in writing to the University Archivist.Preferred citationJames Bonner, Sterling Emerson, Norman Horowitz and Donald Poulson.Interview by Judith Goodstein, Harriett Lyle and Mary Terrall. Pasadena,California, November 6, 1978. Oral History Project, California Institute ofTechnology Archives. Retrieved [supply date of retrieval] from the World WideWeb: http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Joint_BiologyContact informationArchives, California Institute of TechnologyMail Code 015A-74Pasadena, CA 91125Phone: (626)395-2704 Fax: (626)793-8756Email: archives@caltech.eduGraphics and content © California Institute of Technology.http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Joint_Biology

Caltech Biology Faculty, 1947. Standing: Keighley, Sturtevant, Went, Haagen-Smit, Wildman,Beadle, Lewis, Wiersma, Mitchell, Van Harreveld, Alles, Anderson; seated: (top step) Borsook,Emerson; (bottom row) Dubnoff, Bonner, Tyler, Horowitz.http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Joint_Biology

Errata:p. 9: “lady beetle”—The more common term is ladybug.p. 15: “a course by Timann on microbiology”—Correct spelling is [Kenneth] Thimann.http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Joint_Biology