Word: riddiford
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discourses in several scientific fields, but also the scientists to follow them up. The success stems from the "extremely professional standards we have set. If they don't learn science, they learn how to write and hopefully without exception, both," Williams explains. One of his past "pupils" includes Lynn Riddiford '54, professor of zoology at the University of Washington at Seattle, who organized the symposium. As a junior at Radcliffe, she heard Williams address a pre-medecine forum at which she says she asked him a "silly question." He answered by telling...
...Riddiford and other associates of Williams highlight his most important works as discovering the source of hormones controlling insect development, and mapping the first sketch of the insect endocrine system. He also worked extensively with juvenile hormone, identifying the hormone's source, which enabled him to contribute significantly to insect control. His discovery of the "paper factor"--the ability of certain organisms to develop natural defenses against insects--led to the multi-million dollar pesticide industry. His new approaches to insect control were featured a couple of years ago in a Nova program on public television. Williams has also devised...
...idea of being a scientist Currently Williams has the most under graduates in the entire Biology department, and as some speculate, more than all the other divisions combined. By doing extensive research, the students become experts quickly and can participate in discussions and develop their own ideas. Since Riddiford's time in the lab, the ratio of undergraduates to graduates working under Williams' has been reversed. When she was there in the early 50s, she was the only undergraduate included among 20 or so graduates. Currently, more than 20 undergraduates work for Williams while only one graduate student...