Title: A. Douglas McLaren Radiation Biology Reprints

Date/Date Range :   1960s-1970s

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection of scientific reprints accumulated by biophysicist A. Douglas McLaren deals with the effects of photochemistry on nucleic acids, nucleotides, various viruses, and phages. There is also one reprint concerning photorecovery. Sparsely intermixed with Dr. McLaren's reprint collection are related notes and correspondence.

Call number: MS-1166

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], A. Douglas McLaren Radiation Biology Reprints, MS-1166. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one box.

Arthur Douglas McLaren was born on September 27, 1917 in Ipava, Illinois. He earned his B.A. from Park College in 1939 and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 1943. During his professional career, he held a number of different positions, including research chemist at E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co. (1943), assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1946), and professor of soil biochemistry at the University of California at Berkeley (1951-1979) in addition to a number of visiting professorships. McLaren also earned a number of fellowships, including Fulbright Fellow in Australia (1959) and Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in England (1966). His published works include Photochemistry of Proteins and Nucleic Acids (1964) and Soil Biochemistry (1966). McLaren died on January 21, 1979.

This collection of scientific reprints accumulated by biophysicist A. Douglas McLaren deals with the effects of photochemistry on nucleic acids, nucleotides, various viruses, and phages. There is also one reprint concerning photorecovery. Sparsely intermixed with Dr. McLaren's reprint collection are related notes and correspondence.

• McLaren, Arthur Douglas, 1917-.
• Radiobiology.