1960 in the FSU Biological Science History project

1960 In the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University (updated 29 Oct 02)

In 1960, an interdisciplinary group of FSU scientists, including members of Biological Science, secured $3 million in funding from the Atomic Energy Commission to establish the Institute of Molecular Biophysics. See also "History of Molecular Biophysics at Florida State University."

The National Science Foundation provided funds for aquisition of the department's first electron microscope, and the electron microscope facility was set up during the first semester of 1960 [tentative, expected to happen as of 1958-59 annual report].

In the department's 1958-59 annual report, Conradi Building is described as "overcrowded," and hope was expressed that the department might get a new building in the "Science Center" (the area west of Woodward that was later the site of the Biology Unit I building) and be able to vacate Conradi. Forty years later, Conradi was still occupied.

In 1960, Professor J. Herbert Taylor, together with 15 other scientists, formed the American Society of Cell Biology, of which he would be elected president in 1969.

On 23 May 1960, a newspaper article announced, "Florida State University's Conradi Building was emptied of students today while police searched for a bomb but nothing unusual was found. An anonymous telephone call to FSU officials about 1 p.m. warned that a bomb was in the building where hundreds of students were taking final exams. Tests and classes resumed after about 30 minutes."

Administration
Faculty roster
Arrivals
Departures
Awards to faculty, students, staff
Publications
Obituaries

Administration

Department head: Leland Shanor

Arrivals

New faculty members Hans Gaffron and Norman I. Bishop
New Assistant Professor Sherwood M. Reichard

Departures

Assistant Professor John A. Davison, who left to accept a position at Louisiana State University
Instructor William D. Fisher, who left to accept a position at Syracuse University
Assistant Professor Meredith Leam Jones, who left to accept another position

Awards

Faculty Awards

Student Awards

John Kinsey, an undergraduate biology major, and Rhodes B. Holliman, a graduate student, received award certificates for their outstanding student performance. These awards were sponsored by the Phi Sigma Society, a national organization devoted to the promotion of research in the biological sciences.

Staff Awards

Obituaries

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