NYU Washington Square College - Album Yearbook (New York, NY)

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BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT The Biology Department maintains an inten- sive research program which has opened new ave- nues of approach to countless secrets in the mys- terious worlds of cell development and endocrine disturbances. Professors Charipper, Gordon, and Schweizer are directing research projects on the influence of endocrine mechanisms as factors de- termining the constitution of blood. They have recently made considerable headway in clearing the problems of adrenal control of phagocytosis. Professor Kopac is making special use of the new techniques of micro-injection in a study of the na- ture, action, and location of enzymes and enzyme systems within the cell, while Professor Harnly is studying the hereditary transfer of tumors and the effects of drugs on genetic phenomena. Professor Marsland has succeeded in reversing what was long considered to be one of nature's im- mutable processes, the reproductive splitting of a fertilized egg. His work on the effects of pressure on cellular activity was sponsored by the Cancer Branch of the National Institute of Health, in View of its implications of possible methods of prevent- ing the multiplication of neoplastic growths. Professor Sandow is continuing his research on the physiology of muscle activity, and world- famous Research Professor Robert Chambers is conducting an extensive study of cell physiology under a grant from the Commonwealth Fund and the U.S. Public Health Service. The prominence of our Biology Department is not surprising in view of the excellence of its administration and the caliber of its faculty. We are all proud of it.

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SCIHENCIE RIESIEARCIHI ILAIBUR ATQRIHES The extent and scope of research conducted at an academic institution are, as a rule, faithful exponents of the quality of training which that institu- tion offers in a given Held. Under the leadership of outstanding men of high scientific standing and superlative administrative ability, our three chief scientific sections have accomplished what few others ever hoped to attain. Implementing a thorough undergraduate training program with a far- reaching graduate research system, the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Departments of this College have achieved a pre-eminence among the scientihc circles of the nation of which we can well be proud. ALBUM is happy to present to you the men who have done so much to make this pos- sible, and the distinguished products of their efforts. I1ARRY ADOLPH CHARIPPER B.S., M.S., PH.D. Professor of Biology Chairman, Biology Department JOHN EDWVARD VANCE, B.S., PH.D. Professor of Chemistry Chairman, Chemistry Department CAREL WILLEM VAN DER MERW1'E A.B., MS., PH.D. Professor of Physics Chairman, Physics Department

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