Arthur H. Livermore | |
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 Arthur Livermore 1961 | |
| Born | August 14, 1915 Monroe, Washington, United States |
| Died | October 12, 2009 (aged 94) Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Alma mater | B.A. Reed College 1940 Ph.D. University of Rochester 1944 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Arthur Hamilton Livermore (August 14, 1915 – October 12, 2009) was a science educator. He was educated at Reed College in Portland and in the University of Rochester in New York, where he worked on the synthesis of penicillin under Vincent du Vigneaud, who won the 1955 Nobel Prize in chemistry. He obtained a PhD in Chemistry in 1944. He taught biochemistry at Cornell University and Reed College to 1963. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1954 for work in Molecular & Cellular Biology.[1]
He worked for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, D.C. from 1963 to 1981. For 18 months, he worked in Penang, Malaysia, training educators from Asian countries. In the 1970s, he directed a program for a university science lecturers' exchange between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Cosmos Club.
After retirement, he continued as a science adviser, teacher and volunteer in Washington.
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References
- ^ The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Arthur H. Livermore Washington Post obituary
- How To Form and Operate a Local Alliance. A Handbook for Local Action To Improve Science and Technology Education
- Research and Development Toward the Improvement of Education
- A Process Approach to Elementary School Science
- Supply and Demand for High School Science Teachers in 1985
- Science Education at AAAS
- Science in the Primary Grades
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