Petermann, Mary L.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 1908-1975. Mary Locke Petermann received her Ph.D. in Physiological Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1939. She conducted research in the Department of Physical Chemistry at Wisconsin until her 1945 appointment as chemist at Memorial Hospital. In 1946, Dr. Petermann became an associate of Sloan-Kettering Institute (SKI) and in 1963 became the first woman to be elected a member of SKI. She taught biochemistry in the Sloan-Kettering Division, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University; in 1951 she held the rank of associate professor; by 1966, full professor. In 1973, she became a member emeritus of SKI and retired to continue writing. She was the first to isolate and describe “Petermann's particles” which were later renamed ribosomes. For her work, she received several awards: in 1963, the Sloan Award; in 1966, the Garvan Medal of the American Chemical Society, an honorary Sc.D. degree from Smith College, and the Distinguished Service Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Hayes Martin Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0023
Scope and Contents
Approximately 7.5 cubic ft., 1782-1973. Contains materials relating to the treatment of cancer, to the history of Memorial Hospital, and to certain individuals associated with it. This includes biographical information on James Ewing, James Douglas, and J. Marion Sim; material on Mme. Marie Curie's visits to the U. S. in the 1920s; and files on cancer therapies and quackery. Also includes notes, drafts, and other materials relating to both editions of Martin's Surgery of Head and Neck...
Dates:
1782 - 1973
Mary L. Petermann Ph.D. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0010
Scope and Contents
Dr. Petermann's papers are fairly limited in their scope. Consisting of correspondence, SKI laboratory operations information, affirmative action files, photographs, and memorabilia, the records amount to one cubic foot of documents, one cubic foot of photograhs, and one third cubic foot of memorabilia. The papers generally describe Petermann's activities at Sloan-Kettering Institute. Her correspondence, which spans her affiliation with SKI, includes developments in her lab as...
Dates:
1946 - 1975
Oral History Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 0030
Scope and Contents
Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates:
1981 - 1998
Raymond Houde, 1991-04-09
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates:
1991-04-09
Sloan Kettering Institute Staff
Collection
Identifier: SKI 0005
Scope and Contents
Contains lists of SKI staff appointments and reprints of published scholarly research articles authored by SKI staff, arranged by numerical divisions.
Dates:
1950 - 1992