Title:

Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Alden H. Emery, American Chemical Society

Creator:

Heidelberger, Michael

Recipient:

Emery, Alden H. and American Chemical Society

Date:

17 February 1954

Description:

In this letter Heidelberger continued to protest the decision of the Admissions Committee of the American Chemical Society in 1953, at the height of the McCarthyism, to deny membership in the society to the French chemist and Nobel Laureate, Irene Joliot-Curie, on the grounds that she was a communist. Heidelberger objected that this decision was itself political, that it undermined the freedom of scientific inquiry in the United States, and that a candidate's scientific qualifications alone should determine eligibility for membership. He pointed to the accomplishments of scientists in the Soviet Union as proof that basic science could thrive under communist regimes.

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 15

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Politics and Freedom

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Alden H. Emery, American Chemical Society, 1954
Letter from A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr. to Alden H. Emery, American Chemical Society, 1954
Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Alden H. Emery, American Chemical Society, 1954

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBDW

NLM ID:

101584940X59

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X59

Story Section:

Antigens and Antibodies: Heidelberger and The Rise of Quantitative Immunochemistry, 1928-1954