Search Results Header
Search Results
1. Photograph of John Campbell Merriam
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: 1938
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
- Abstract: John Campbell Merriam (1869 - October 30, 1945) was a leading American paleontologist and the third president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1920-1938. He was the chairman of the National Research Council twice, in 1919-1920 and 1921-1923, and held other prominent positions in numerous scientific organizations. This photograph was taken in his CIW office before his 1938 retirement.
2. Photograph of Robert S. Woodward
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format: photographs
- Date: [between 1872 and 1924]
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation of New York Records. Series X. Graphic Materials. X.C. Staff and Trustees. Box no. 1A
- Abstract: The Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 to encourage investigation, research and discovery "in the broadest and most liberal manner." Under its first president, Daniel C. Gilman the institution mostly awarde d individual grants in various fields. The Institution's second president (from 1904 through 1920) was Robert S. Woodward, a physicist and mathematician, who had been a dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia University. Woodward changed the course, deciding to focus on supporting departments of research within the institution. This approach successfully allowed the Institution to support groups of researchers in related areas over many years.