Carlson, Elof Axel
Biography
Elof Axel Carlson was born July 15, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A. in 1953 from New York University and his Ph.D in Zoology in 1958 from Indiana University, where he studied under Hermann J. Muller. He became a lecturer in the Biology Department at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada from 1958-1960 and then went on to become both an Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology of the University of California, Los Angeles (1960-1968). In 1968, he joined the Biology Department of the State University of New York at Stony Brook as full professor, later becoming Distinguished Teaching Professor in 1974. He retired from Stony Brook to become a full time writer in 2000.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
C, 1976 - 2014
Of particular note in this subseries is the correspondence between Meselson and Jean Weigle (University of Geneva) in which they discuss Meselson's experiments on transduction (1959-1962).
Elof Carlson Collection
The Elof Carlson Collection documents the professional career of Dr. Elof Axel Carlson as a university level professor through his retirement to become a writer. Professionally, Dr. Carlson is best known for his biography of Nobel prize winning scientist Dr. Hermann J. Muller. The breadth and scope of the collection range from scientific research and laboratory notebooks to humorous essays on modern society.
Carlson, Elof Axel, 1967-1973, 1981
Helen Juliette Muller, 2015-02-25
Helen Muller, daughter of nobel prize-winning Herman Muller, is interviewes by Elof Carlson and Mila Pollock on Febuary 25, 2015.
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