Carl August Baumann (1906–1999)

Carl August Baumann (1906-1999).

Carl Baumann occupies a unique place in the history of the American Institute of Nutrition (AIN) because as a graduate student he made the first oral presentation of research at the first annual scientific meeting of the society, which was held in New York in 1934. Thus, he initiated the tradition of graduate students presenting their research at the annual meeting. He was elected to membership...

Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich and the evolution of clinical thermometry.

Carl Woese

Not long after Carl Woese died, I received a message from Robin Gutell asking if I would contribute an article to this issue of RNA Biology. While my admiration for Carl's contributions to biology knows no bounds, I did not know him well personally. For that reason I advised Robin to strike my name off the list of contributors and replace it with that of someone who is better qualified than I a...

Carl J. Carl J. Levinson, MD, 1927–2011

With such a mentor, we are pushed to become much more than we could have been, to strive to achieve beyond ourselves. Carl exemplified this in his character not only for SLS and me but also in other organizations and places, such as AAGL, in Milwaukee, at Baylor, in San Francisco, and ultimately at Stanford. He influenced many leaders in the field today. To name just a few: Camran Nezhat, Rober...

Remembering Carl Woese

My first memory of Carl Woese was as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois. I attended a seminar course in which Carl was an instructor along with Professors Dick Davenport, Dave Stocum, and Dave Nanney. The first class was on a cold winter morning and Carl arrived late, looking hurried and wearing an impossibly large, puffy winter coat. I turned to my classmate, Doug Melton, and said ...