Zinder, Norton D.
Person
Biography
Norton Zinder, a New Yorker, received his A.B. degree from Columbia University in 1947 and went on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received a Ph. D. in 1952. As a graduate student, he discovered bacterial transduction , showing that Bacteriophage can carry genetic material from a donor to recipient bacteria. He returned to New York in 1952 to Rockefeller University (then known as The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research) as an Assistant. At Rockefeller he was later appointed an Associate in 1956, Associate Professor in 1958 and Professor in 1964, and later appointed Dean of Graduate and Post Graduate studies. In 1977 he was designated the John D. Rockefeller Professor of Molecular Genetics. During these Rockefeller years, he made significant findings regarding small RNA and DNA infected with bacteriophage and continued his molecular biology research until his retirement from Rockefeller University in 1989.
Zinder served in the national policy arenas as a member of the Board of Army Science and Technology and as the chair of the NIH committee to review the National Cancer Plan as well as the advisory committee of the Human Genome Project. Elected to the National Academy of Science in 1969, he served on committees addressing Recombinant DNA, overseeing the disposal of US chemical weapon stockpiles and chemical warfare defense. He has been a member of the Visiting Committees at Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Duke Universities. Zinder also served on the Board of Trustees of Cold Spring Harbor Lab from 1967 to 1986 (including as Secretary to the Board). Dr. Zinder died in New York on February 3, 2012 at the age of 83.
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Handwritten letter from Francis Crick to Sydney Brenner #34, 21/01/1959
Item — Box CP03, Folder: 36
Identifier: SB_01_01_0131_122
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
21/01/1959
Handwritten letter from Norton Zinder to Sydney Brenner, 25/10/1966
Item — Box CP20, Folder: 11
Identifier: SB_01_01_0799_007
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
25/10/1966
Handwritten letter from Norton Zinder to Sydney Brenner, 28/04/1977
Item — Box CP11, Folder: 22
Identifier: SB_01_01_0444_011
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
28/04/1977
Letter from Norton Zinder to Sydney Brenner #1, 7/9/1961
Item — Box CP20, Folder: 11
Identifier: SB_01_01_0799_001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
7/9/1961
Letter from Norton Zinder to Sydney Brenner #2, 29/11/1965
Item — Box CP20, Folder: 11
Identifier: SB_01_01_0799_002
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
29/11/1965
Letter from Norton Zinder to Sydney Brenner #3, 4/10/1966
Item — Box CP20, Folder: 11
Identifier: SB_01_01_0799_006
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
4/10/1966
Letter from Norton Zinder to Sydney Brenner #4, 28/12/1988
Item — Box CP20, Folder: 11
Identifier: SB_01_01_0799_009
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
28/12/1988
Letter from Sydney Brenner to Norton Zinder #1, 31/08/1961
Item — Box CP20, Folder: 11
Identifier: SB_01_01_0799_003
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
31/08/1961
Letter from Sydney Brenner to Norton Zinder #2, 11/7/1961
Item — Box CP20, Folder: 11
Identifier: SB_01_01_0799_004
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
11/7/1961
Letter from Sydney Brenner to Norton Zinder #3, 19/10/1966
Item — Box CP20, Folder: 11
Identifier: SB_01_01_0799_005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
19/10/1966
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