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Fellow-Category: Natural Sciences
William R. Amberson
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1926–27: Amberson, Willliam R.: Appointed for the study of mechanisms involved in the electrical stimulation of nerve and muscle, principally with Dr. A. V. Hill, at University College, London; tenure, eight months from February 1, 1928. Born June 17, 1894, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Education: Lafayette College, Ph.B., 1915;
Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez was born and raised in Berkeley, attended Carleton College in Minnesota, and received his Ph.D. in geology at Princeton. His thesis research (and honeymoon) was in the roadless desert of northernmost South America, living with Guajiro Indians and smugglers. He then worked for an oil company in Holland, and in Libya at the
Nicanor Alurralde
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1931–32: Latin American Exchange Fellows, 1932 Appointed from Argentina: ALURRALDE, NICANOR: Appointed for studies of problems of railway engineering and management in the U
Theodore L. Althausen
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1929–30: Althausen, Theodore L.: Appointed for an investigation of certain physiological disturbances and functional regeneration of the liver under various conditions of experimental and spontaneous injury, principally with Professor P. Morawitz at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and with Profess
Dinsmore Alter
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1929–30: Alter, Dinsmore: Appointed for research on the application of statistical methods to meteorological and astronomical problems, especially with reference to the rainfall of the British Isles; tenure, twelve months from September 1, 1929.
Carlos A. Altavista
Born in La Plata, Argentina, in 1929, Carlos Alberto Altavista received his doctorate in astronomy from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) in 1956. That same year he joined the engineering faculty of UNLP as an auxiliary teacher in mathematics; he took up an appointment as Associate Professor in Celestial Mechanics there in 1964,
Howard Alper
Howard Alper is currently Visiting Executive at the International Development Research Center (IDRC), and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Ottowa. Mr. Alper researches both organic and inorganic chemistry, with potential applications in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and commodity chemical industries. He has discovered new reactions using homogeneous, phase transfer, and heterogeneous catalysis (such as