Joyce Jacobson Kaufman (b. 1929)

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Subject: Kaufman, Joyce Jacobson 1929-; Martin Marietta Corporation; Research Institute for Advanced Study (Baltimore, Md.); Johns Hopkins University

Summary: American chemist Joyce Jacobson Kaufman (b. 1929), shown holding a molecular model, was working at the Martin Marietta Company's Research Institute for Advanced Studies, Baltimore, Maryland, when this photograph was taken, July 1964. A few years later, she returned to Johns Hopkins University as a research scientist and associate professor of anesthesiology, and elected a fellow by the American Institute of Chemists and American Physical Society. She is noted for carrying out the first all-valence-electron, three-dimensional quantum-chemical calculations, and for research on the clinical effects of tranquilizers and narcotic drugs.
Cite as: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4572
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

7/3/1964

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