Paul M. Doty
Paul Mead Doty(June 1, 1920 – December 5, 2011)[1][2]was Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry atHarvard University,specializing in the physical properties of macromolecules and strongly involved in peace and security policy issues.[3]
Biography
[edit]Doty was born inCharleston, West Virginia.He graduated fromPenn State Universityin 1941 and took his doctorate fromColumbia UniversityunderJoseph Edward Mayer.From 1943–45, he was at thePolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.[citation needed]He joined the chemistry department Harvard University in 1948, became a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciencesin 1951,[4]and became a member of theNational Academy of Sciencesin 1957.[5]In 1954, he helped to recruitJames Watsonto the Harvard Biolabs, the home of the biology department, as an assistant professor.[citation needed]
In 1960, while working in Doty's lab,Julius Marmurdiscovered thereversible hybridization of DNA.Doty later helped to found the Department ofBiochemistryandMolecular Biologyand became its first chairman in 1968.[6]His scientific work involved the characterization of biopolymers such asDNA,proteinsandcollagenby optical methods such ascircular dichroismand light scattering. In his 42 years at Harvard, he supervised the research of 44 students, 10 of whom have been elected to theNational Academy of Sciences.[citation needed]
As a graduate student, he worked on theManhattan project,which led to his lifelong involvement in activities aiming to avertnuclear war.He was a special assistant to the president for national security and member of the President's Science and Arms Control Advisory Committees and in 1973 was a founder and director emeritus of theBelfer Center for Science and International Affairsat Harvard.[citation needed]
He was a member of the board of theBulletin of the Atomic Scientists.[citation needed]He was involved for many years in thePugwash Conferences.He was also a member of theAmerican Philosophical Society.[7]After retirement he continued to work on Russian-American scientific relations and was board member ofGeorge Soros'International Science Foundationthat provided support to Russian scientists in the 1990s.[citation needed]
Awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Rice, S. A.; Haselkorn, R. (2012)."Paul Mead Doty (1920–2011)".Nature.481(7381): 266.Bibcode:2012Natur.481..266R.doi:10.1038/481266a.PMID22258598.
- ^Meselson, M. (2012)."Paul Mead Doty (1920-2011)".Science.335(6065): 181.Bibcode:2012Sci...335..181M.doi:10.1126/science.1218031.PMID22246766.S2CID206539493.
- ^Marquard, Bryan (6 December 2011)."Paul Doty, 91, presidential adviser on nuclear arms control".Boston.Retrieved2011-12-06.
- ^"Paul Mead Doty".American Academy of Arts & Sciences.Retrieved2022-09-09.
- ^"Paul M. Doty".nasonline.org.Retrieved2022-09-09.
- ^P. Doty, "Watson at Harvard (1956–1976)", pp. 203–09, in "Inspiring Science: Jim Watson and the age of DNA" edited by John R. Inglis, Joseph Sambrook Jan A. Witkowkski;ISBN0-87969-698-2.
- ^"APS Member History".search.amphilsoc.org.Retrieved2022-09-09.
- ^"ACS Award in Pure Chemistry".American Chemical Society.RetrievedJanuary 18,2014.
External links
[edit]- Oral history interview transcript with Paul Doty in December 2004, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- Paul Doty biodata,Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center website
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