Title:

College transcript of Joshua Lederberg

Creator:

Columbia University

Date:

17 December 1946

Description:

Joshua Lederberg's transcript from Columbia University.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 52

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

School records

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Free Text. Columbia University

Legacy ID:

BBALMA

NLM ID:

101584906X7685

Profiles Collection:

The Joshua Lederberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584906X7685

Annotation:

Author: Joshua Lederberg. Date Written: February 24, 1999. KW: Columbia College transcript; As might be expected, this document stores a great deal of information. Some items of note: Years 1-2 were fairly conventional in time duration: Sept. 1941- June 30 1943. By second semester freshman yr, I was enrolling in graduate courses (Botany 124 - morphogenesis, taught by Gordon Whaley; and there I met Evelyn Maisel [Witkin], then a grad. student. If not sooner, I certainly heard about Neurospora biochemical genetics there -- cf class notes and bibliographies. Chem 41 (intro organaic chemistry) and CC (history) were "achieved" namely passed by examination. Summer '42 I took Chem 42 (organic) taught by a visiting professor, Frank Stodola, who was so wonderfully supportive of me thoughout. By Year 2, I was into many graduate courses: Zoo-117 (Embryology: Ballantine, Barth); and Zoo-125 (a world-famous Cytology course - Franz Schrader); advanced math and physics; adv organic. Then, July 1 1943., inducted into Navy V-12 but assigned right back to Columbia though now in barracks, and accelerated schedule, startig that summer. Advanced physics and Phys-Chem. But having completed most pre-med requirements was assigned to service at US Naval Hospital St Albans, as hospital corpsman (in fact parasitology lab.) Shuttled back to Columbia when it was discovered I need to complete prerequisites in Literature, and took philosophy (logic: Nagel; Buchler; Gutman), and back again to USNH July 1 - Oct 1 when my medical school admission (Columbia P&S) took effect. D-day was of course June 6, 1944. Setting advanced levels of courses aside, My grades oscillated between A's and B's, except Navy Phys Ed, which I failed a/c swimming test. That nearly earned my expulsion from the V-12, but I eventually recouped. Actually from Sept. 1942 on I was spending most of my time in Francis Ryan's lab, first on Neurospora, later bacteria. But see other research reports on colchicine; physiology of mitosis; nucleolus (and other cytochemistry; "theory" of fixation;); and in medical school and with Tony Iannone, liver regeneration. And courses were a thin veneer over auto-didacticism. jl 2/25/99

Story Section:

Biographical Information

Lederberg Grouping:

NONE. No Epoch.