Left to right: Unidentified woman and Edward Dorris McAlister (b. 1901)

Subject: McAlister, Edward Dorris b. 1901-, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oregon.....Type: Black-and-white photographs.....Date: 1930. C. 1930s.....Topic: Biophysics. Women scientists.....Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5596].....Summary: An unidentified woman and Edward Dorris McAlister (b. 1901) are shown working at the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Radiation and Organisms in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The apparatus shown was being used to measure the strength of ultraviolet radiation by killing algae. After earning a Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley, in 1927, McAlister taught at the University of Oregon, 1927-1930, and then worked for the Smithsonian, 1930-1941. His specialty was infrared spectroscopy and instrumentation, and biophysics.....Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives.....Persistent URL:Link to data base record ( siris_arc_306307 ) .....Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives.....View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. ( http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=&fq=object_type:Photographs&fq=online_media_type:Images&view=grid&repo=flickr )