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Adolph Hecht
Papers, 1945-1975

The Washington State University Libraries acquired this collection from Adolph Hecht on 19 August 1979. It was accessioned as MS 79-42. Robert W. Hadlow processed the collection in February 1994.

BIOGRAPHY

Adolph Hecht was born on 25 July 1914, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Calumet High School, receiving his diploma in 1932. Hecht earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in botany from the University of Chicago in 1936 and 1937. His master's thesis was on the meiotic irregularities of a sterile Rudbeckia. Hecht completed his Ph.D. in botany at Indiana University, where he studied with the plant geneticist Ralph E. Cleland. He received his degree in 1942. For his doctoral dissertation, Hecht conducted a cytogenetic survey of Oenothera, subgenus Rudbeckia.

In 1947, after serving as an aviation physiologist in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Hecht came to Pullman, where be came an assistant professor of botany at Washington State College. He replaced Hannah Aase, a long-time botanist at the college. Hecht became chair of the WSC Department of Botany in 1955 and retired from Washington State University in 1979 as a full professor. He has published widely in the field of plant genetics.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

This collection contains professional and personal papers of Adolph Hecht. Much of it is correspondence of a general nature. Two folders contain letters between Hecht and Ralph E. Cleland, professor of botany at Indiana University and Hecht's mentor; others contain correspondence and other items concerning meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division. Also included are papers regarding other professional associations, and papers concerning committee work at WSU.

CONTAINER LIST

 BOX  FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

 1      1    Correspondence, 1945-54
        2    Correspondence, 1955-66
        3    Correspondence, 1967-71
        4    Correspondence, 1972
        5    Correspondence, 1973
        6    Correspondence, 1974-75
        7    Correspondence with Ralph Erskine Cleland, 1945-60
        8    Correspondence with Ralph Erskine Cleland, 1961-71
        9    Correspondence with Friends and WSC Alums, 1972-73
 
 2     10    Commission on Undergraduate Education in Biological
               Sciences, WSU, 1963-71, Correspondence
       11    National Science Foundation, Botanical Society of
               America, Fourth Summer Institute, WSU, Pullman, 1961,
               Correspondence
       12    NSF Summer Institute, Pullman, 1961, Photographic negative
       13    American Association for the Advancement of Science
               (AAAS), Pacific Division, 1954 Meeting, WSC, Pullman
       14    AAAS, Pacific Division, 1969 Meeting, WSU, Pullman,
               Program--Pollen and Pollen Physiology
       15    AAAS, Pacific Division, 1969 Meeting, Correspondence
       16    AAAS, Pacific Division, 1969 Meeting, Photographs
       17    Electron Microscope Center, WSU, 1971
       18    Grade Summaries, Zoology Courses, WSC-WSU, 1942-61
       19    Innovative Instructional Projects, WSU, 1973-74
       20    Organization for Tropical Studies
       21    Petition to the Board of Regents, WSU, for the establish-
               of a Program in Basic Medical Education, 1975
       22    Radiation Protection Program, WSU, 1961