Paul M.

Doty
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Paul Mead Doty (June 1, 1920 December 5, 2011)[1][2] was an emeritus Harvard Mal
linckrodt Professor of Biochemistry who specialized in the physical properties o
f macromolecules and was strongly involved in peace and security policy issues.[
3]
Doty was born in Charleston, West Virginia. He graduated from Penn State Univers
ity in 1941 and took his doctorate from Columbia University under Joseph Edward
Mayer. From 1943 to 1945, he was at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He jo
ined the chemistry department Harvard University in 1948 and became a member of
the National Academy of Science in 1957. In 1954, he helped to recruit James Wat
son to the Harvard Biolabs, the home of the Biology Department, as an assistant
professor. Doty later helped to found the Department of Biochemistry and Molecul
ar Biology and became its first chairman in 1968.[4] His scientific work involve
d the characterization of biopolymers such as DNA, proteins and collagen by opti
cal methods such as circular dichroism and light scattering. In his 42 years at
Harvard, he supervised the research of 44 students, 10 of whom have been elected
to the National Academy of Sciences.
As a graduate student, he worked on the Manhattan project, which led to his life
long involvement in activities aiming to avert nuclear war. He was a special ass
istant to the president for national security and member of the President's Scie
nce and Arms Control Advisory Committees and in 1973 was a founder and director
emeritus of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard.
He was a member of the board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He was in
volved for many years in the Pugwash Conferences. After retirement he continued
to work on Russian-American scientific relations and was board member of George
Soros' International Science Foundation that provided support to Russian scienti
sts in the 1990s.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Rice, S. A.; Haselkorn, R. (2012). "Paul Mead Doty (19202011)". Nature
481 (7381): 266. doi:10.1038/481266a. edit
Jump up ^ Meselson, M. (2012). "Paul Mead Doty (1920-2011)". Science 335 (6065):
181. doi:10.1126/science.1218031. PMID 22246766. edit
Jump up ^ "Paul Doty, 91, presidential adviser on nuclear arms control - The Bos
ton Globe". Boston.com. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
Jump up ^ P. Doty, "Watson at Harvard (19561976)", p. 203-209 in "Inspiring Scien
ce: Jim Watson and the age of DNA" edited by John R. Inglis, Joseph Sambrook Jan
A. Witkowkski ISBN 0-87969-698-2.
External links[edit]
Paul Doty's bio at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center
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