EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Woods Hole, MA

Founding Date:
1930

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rachel Carson	Scientist	27-May-1907	14-Apr-1964	Silent Spring
Henrik Dam	Scientist	21-Feb-1895	Apr-1976	Discovered Vitamin K
D. Carleton Gajdusek	Scientist	9-Sep-1923	12-Dec-2008	Kuru (slow virus infections)
Haldan K. Hartline	Scientist	22-Dec-1903	17-Mar-1983	Physiology of the retina
E. Newton Harvey	Zoologist	25-Nov-1887	21-Jul-1959	Light-emitting organisms
Ethel Browne Harvey	Zoologist	14-Dec-1885	2-Sep-1965	Embryology of sea urchins
Alan L. Hodgkin	Scientist	5-Feb-1914	20-Dec-1998	Electrical impulses in nerves
Andrew F. Huxley	Scientist	22-Nov-1917		Electrical impulses in nerves
Kathryn D. Sullivan	Astronaut	3-Oct-1951		Columbus Center for Science and Industry
Selman A. Waksman	Scientist	22-Jul-1888	16-Aug-1973	Streptomycin and other antibiotics

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tim Hunt	Scientist	19-Feb-1943		Regulators of cell cycle

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James L. Dunlap	Business	c. 1938		President and COO of Ocean Energy, 1996-99
W. H. Krome George	Business	27-Mar-1918	6-Sep-2004	Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, 1975-83
Ethel Browne Harvey	Zoologist	14-Dec-1885	2-Sep-1965	Embryology of sea urchins
Susan Hockfield	Educator	c. 1951		President, MIT
Hamilton James	Business	3-Feb-1951		President of Blackstone Group
Breene M. Kerr	Business	c. 1929		Kerr Consolidated, Inc.
John F. Swope	Business	c. 1939		President of Chubb, 1980-94
Richard F. Syron	Business	25-Oct-1943		CEO of Freddie Mac
Selman A. Waksman	Scientist	22-Jul-1888	16-Aug-1973	Streptomycin and other antibiotics
Thomas B. Wheeler	Business	c. 1936		CEO of Massachusetts Mutual Life, 1988-99
Alfred M. Zeien	Business	1930		CEO of Gillette, 1991-99

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