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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution smithsonian institution archives smithsonianinstitutionarchives women's history month womenshistorymonth women in science womeninscience 2014 2014-03-01 20140301 groupshot people indoor monochrome Subject: McAlister, Edward Dorris b. 1901-        Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory        University of California, Berkeley        University of Oregon Type: Black-and-white photographs Date: 1930     C. 1930s Topic: Biophysics      Women scientists Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5596] Summary: An unidentified woman and Edward Dorris McAlister (b. 1901) are shown working at the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Radiation and Organisms in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The apparatus shown was being used to measure the strength of ultraviolet radiation by killing algae. After earning a Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley, in 1927, McAlister taught at the University of Oregon, 1927-1930, and then worked for the Smithsonian, 1930-1941. His specialty was infrared spectroscopy and instrumentation, and biophysics Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Subject: McAlister, Edward Dorris b. 1901- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory University of California, Berkeley University of Oregon Type: Black-and-white photographs Date: 1930 C. 1930s Topic: Biophysics Women scientists Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5596] Summary: An unidentified woman and Edward Dorris McAlister (b. 1901) are shown working at the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Radiation and Organisms in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The apparatus shown was being used to measure the strength of ultraviolet radiation by killing algae. After earning a Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley, in 1927, McAlister taught at the University of Oregon, 1927-1930, and then worked for the Smithsonian, 1930-1941. His specialty was infrared spectroscopy and instrumentation, and biophysics Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
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