Physician
His career named him as both a medical historian and a humanist. He was an Embryologist and pioneer of the contraceptive pill. He played a critical role in the discovery of progesterone. As third director of the Carnegie Institute of Washington's Department of Embryology, he made a number of contributions to the life sciences as well as to administration. He was not exposed to science much in school at a young age, even though he was born near the newly established Johns Hopkins University. He developed an early appreciation for science through conversations with his father about geography and by looking through the family's National Geographic magazines. He attended Baltimore Boys Latin School. During the summers of 1912 and 1913 he volunteered at the Grenfell Medical Mission in Battle Harbor, Labrador, as a medical assistant. During one of his summers at the mission, he met a fellow volunteer Betsy Lyon Copping, whom he married in 1915. From 1915 to 1919, he taught as an Assistant Professor at Berkeley University in California.
His career named him as both a medical historian and a humanist. He was an Embryologist and pioneer of the contraceptive pill. He played a critical role in the discovery of progesterone. As third director of the Carnegie Institute of Washington's Department of Embryology, he made a number of contributions to the life sciences as well as to administration. He was not exposed to science much in school at a young age, even though he was born near the newly established Johns Hopkins University. He developed an early appreciation for science through conversations with his father about geography and by looking through the family's National Geographic magazines. He attended Baltimore Boys Latin School. During the summers of 1912 and 1913 he volunteered at the Grenfell Medical Mission in Battle Harbor, Labrador, as a medical assistant. During one of his summers at the mission, he met a fellow volunteer Betsy Lyon Copping, whom he married in 1915. From 1915 to 1919, he taught as an Assistant Professor at Berkeley University in California.
Physician
His career named him as both a medical historian and a humanist. He was an Embryologist and pioneer of the contraceptive pill. He played a critical role in the discovery of progesterone. As third director of the Carnegie Institute of Washington's Department of Embryology, he made a number of contributions to the life sciences as well as to administration. He was not exposed to science much in school at a young age, even though he was born near the newly established Johns Hopkins University. He developed an early appreciation for science through conversations with his father about geography and by looking through the family's National Geographic magazines. He attended Baltimore Boys Latin School. During the summers of 1912 and 1913 he volunteered at the Grenfell Medical Mission in Battle Harbor, Labrador, as a medical assistant. During one of his summers at the mission, he met a fellow volunteer Betsy Lyon Copping, whom he married in 1915. From 1915 to 1919, he taught as an Assistant Professor at Berkeley University in California.
His career named him as both a medical historian and a humanist. He was an Embryologist and pioneer of the contraceptive pill. He played a critical role in the discovery of progesterone. As third director of the Carnegie Institute of Washington's Department of Embryology, he made a number of contributions to the life sciences as well as to administration. He was not exposed to science much in school at a young age, even though he was born near the newly established Johns Hopkins University. He developed an early appreciation for science through conversations with his father about geography and by looking through the family's National Geographic magazines. He attended Baltimore Boys Latin School. During the summers of 1912 and 1913 he volunteered at the Grenfell Medical Mission in Battle Harbor, Labrador, as a medical assistant. During one of his summers at the mission, he met a fellow volunteer Betsy Lyon Copping, whom he married in 1915. From 1915 to 1919, he taught as an Assistant Professor at Berkeley University in California.
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