Lynn Margulis

Lynn Margulis

female, 71 years old
Jewish, endosymbiotic theory, university of massachusetts amherst, Dr. Lynn Margulis, University Professor, Department of Geosciences…NationalMedalofSciencerecipient, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, earth science, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. Lynn Margulis (born March 15, 1938) is a biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts...
Ernest R. Davidson

Ernest R. Davidson

male, 73 years old
University of Washington, national academy of science, terre haute, Rose Polytechnic Institute, NationalMedalofSciencerecipient, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Ernest R. Davidson Born October 12, 1936 in Terre Haute Indiana, is Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Davidson...
Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush

male, deceased (1974)
computer pioneer, engineer, analog computer, Futurologist, Information scientist, Tufts University alumni…National Inventors Hall of Fame, information science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, Presidential Medal for Merit recipient, NationalMedalofSciencerecipient
Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 - June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his work on analog computing, his...
John Backus

John Backus

male, deceased (2007) (San Francisco, California, United States)
Turing Award laureate, programming language creator, NationalMedalofSciencerecipient, IBM 704, Backus-Naur form, National Medal of Science…Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer, University of Virginia
John Warner Backus was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language...
Ernst Mayr

Ernst Mayr

male, deceased (2005)
Centenarian, NationalMedalofSciencerecipient, Ernst Walter Mayr, Kempten im Allgäu, Kempten, speciation…Systematics and the Origin of Species, Historian of science
Ernst Walter Mayr (July 5, 1904, Kempten, Germany - February 3, 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts U.S.), was one of the 20th century's leading...
Carl Woese

Carl Woese

male, 81 years old
professor, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Ecologist, Conservationist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty, ribosome…NationalMedalofSciencerecipient, University of Illinois faculty, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Carl Richard Woese (born July 15 1928, Syracuse, New York) is an American microbiologist famous for defining the Archaea (a new domain or kingdom...
James van Allen

James van Allen

male, deceased (2006)
University of Iowa, physicist, death from cardiovascular disease, from Iowa, subatomic particle, Vannevar Bush Award recipient…University of Iowa alumni, NationalMedalofSciencerecipient
James Alfred Van Allen (September 7 1914 - August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa. The Van Allen radiation belts...