Horowitz, Norman H. (Norman Harold), 1915-2005 (Biologist)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1915 - 2005

Biographical/Historical

Background: Caltech professor of biology, 1947-1982; executive officer, Biology Division 1971-1976; chairman of the Biology Division, 1977-1980; Caltech alumnus (PhD, 1939).

Biographical/Historical

Collection Notes: Oral history, 1984. This 52-page oral history was done in two sessions and covers Horowitz's family background, postdoctoral work, involvement in the space program, administration of the Biology Division in the 1970s, personalities and trends at Caltech, and career achievements and honors.

Papers, 1942-1992. Correspondence; manuscripts; lab notebooks documenting Neurospora and Drosophila research; Space Sciences Steering Committee (NASA) subcommittee summary minutes, 1960-64, along with other papers documenting his involvement in the Mars program.

Collection size: 21 boxes; 9.5 linear ft.

Finding Aid available at the Archives.

Photo of Norman Horowitz (PhotoNet).

Restrictions: Partially processed (limited access).

See also: Joint Biology Oral History

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Biology Division 50th Anniversary Symposium

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: 1995-00148

Dates: 1978-11-01

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections

Biology Oral History: Joint Interview, 1978-11-06 - 1978-11-06

Item

Dates: 1978-11-06 - 1978-11-06

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections / Caltech Oral History Interviews / Uncategorized Items

Edward B. Lewis Memorial Service

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: 2004-00146

Dates: Date Created

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections

Historical File On Norman Horowitz

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: 1988-00472

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections

Norman H. Horowitz Papers

Collection

Identifier: 10116-MS

Abstract

The working papers, correspondence, manuscripts, and lectures of Norman Harold Horowitz form the collection known as the Papers of Norman Horowitz in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology. Horowitz was professor of biology at Caltech, and a pioneer in the fields of exobiology and biochemical genetics.

Dates: 1940-1992

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections

Norman Horowitz

File — Box Z19: Series II

Identifier: Z19

Dates: 19th century to present

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections / California Institute of Technology Historical Files / Series II: California Institute of Technology / Individuals

Norman Horowitz Oral History Interview with Rachel Prud'Homme, 1984-07-09 - 1984-07-10

Item

Dates: 1984-07-09 - 1984-07-10

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections / Caltech Oral History Interviews / Uncategorized Items

Norman Horowitz Oral History Interview with Rachel Prud'Homme [sound recording], 1984-07-09 - 1984-07-10

Item

Scope and Contents Interview, 1984, with Norman Horowitz, professor of biology emeritus and former chairman of the Biology Division (1977-1980), who arrived at Caltech as a graduate student in 1936. Recollections of Thomas Hunt Morgan; embryologist Albert Tyler, with whom he did his PhD; Caltech's marine biological station at Corona del Mar. Comments on Biology Division in the late 1930s: Calvin Bridges on Drosophila salivary chromosomes; Frits Went and James Bonner in plant physiology; Henry Borsook on...

Dates: 1984-07-09 - 1984-07-10