Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Private, prestigious, non-profit research and education institution. Founded 1890, originally as a biology research outpost of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (now the Brooklyn Museum). Largely underwritten by Carnegie Institution for Science from 1904-61.

Location:
Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Founding Date:
1890

Official Website:
http://www.cshl.edu/

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

David Baltimore Biologist 7-Mar-1938 Co-Discoverer, reverse transcriptase

Carol W. Greider Scientist 15-Apr-1961 Co-Discoverer of telomerase

Susan Hockfield Educator 24-Mar-1951 President of MIT

Oscar Riddle Biologist 27-Sep-1877 29-Nov-1968 Prolactin

Richard J. Roberts Scientist 6-Sep-1943 Eukaryotic (split) genes

Phillip A. Sharp Biologist 6-Jun-1944 Eukaryotic (split) genes

Meg Whitman Business 4-Aug-1956 CEO of Hewlett-Packard

Sewall Wright Biologist 21-Dec-1889 3-Mar-1988 Mathematics of evolution

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Barbara McClintock Scientist 16-Jun-1902 2-Sep-1992 Discovered transposable genes

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jeff Hawkins Inventor 1-Jun-1957 Inventor of the Palm Pilot and Treo

Susan Hockfield Educator 24-Mar-1951 President of MIT

James Watson Scientist 6-Apr-1928 Co-Discoverer of DNA

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