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Spencer Heath Archive
Item 2573
Letter from F. A. (“Baldy”) Harper, Foundation for Economic Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, to Spencer H. MacCallum, The Science of Society Foundation, Elkridge, Maryland, enclosing news clipping about Dr. Roger J. Williams
May 23, 1957
Dear Spencer:
In your studies of anthropology, it seems to me that you might want to explore the Williams area of concern — or did I write to you of this before? He is the fellow who wrote “Free and Unequal” and “Biochemical Individuality” which seem to me to be something really great on the horizon of new explorations of thought.
Harriet sent this clipping to us, knowing of my interest in Williams’ work. She seems to have now gotten a few minutes to write letters and things, now that her comprehensives are over. Bless her, she did “distinction” work on her comprehensives, we hear.
Sincerely,
/s/ Baldy
F. A. Harper
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Williams To Encourage New “Science Of Man”
DR. ROGER JOHN WILLIAMS, director of the Biochemical institute, University of Texas, will be the lecturer for the Carleton chapter of Sigma Xi Wednesday, in Boliou 1 at 7:30 p.m. Sigma Xi is a national society for the encouragement of scientific research.
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son award of American institute of nutrition in 1941, the Chandler Medal. Columbia university in 1942 and the Southwest regional award. American chemical society in 1950. |
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Williams’ main interest lies in a union between chemistry and anthropology which would lead to a more comprehensive “science of man.” Although such studies now exist, he feels that they should be enlarged and developed by competent chemists investigating scientifically the reasons that man behaves the way he does. Williams stresses the importance of biochemical individuality. Alcoholism is one of the specific problems which he feels can be solved by a cooperation between the fields of chemistry and anthropology. Williams believes that alcoholism can be cured and even prevented on the basis of nutritional factors involved.
Williams received his BS from the University of Redlands, MS and PhD from the University of Chicago, BSc from the University of Redlands, DSc at Columbia university and DSc at Oregon State college.
He has received the Mead John-
‘s.
Metadata
| Title | Correspondence - 2573 |
| Collection Name | Spencer Heath Archive |
| Series | Correspondence |
| Box number | 16:2411-2649 |
| Document number | 2573 |
| Date / Year | 1957-05-23 |
| Authors / Creators / Correspondents | F. A. Harper |
| Description | Letter from F. A. (“Baldy”) Harper, Foundation for Economic Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, to Spencer H. MacCallum, The Science of Society Foundation, Elkridge, Maryland, enclosing news clipping about Dr. Roger J. Williams |
| Keywords | Williams |