Oral history interview with Joshua Lederberg [electronic resource], 1998.

Biographical Note

Geneticist

Scope and Contents

Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees: elected December 1984, co-director of Commission on Science, Technology, and Government, Commission members, David A. Hamburg's presidency; report's impact; adviser of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency on Negotiations for Biological Weapons Convention; President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) and recommendations; scientists' political role; reminiscences of colleagues.

Subjects

• Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Endowments--Officials and employees.
• Interviews.
• Lederberg, Joshua--Interviews.
• Molecular biologists--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Science and state.
• Zane, Sharon interviewer.

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