Guide to the Frank Y. Chuck Papers SC1550
Hanna Ahn
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Frank Y. Chuck papers
Creator:
Chuck, Frank Y.
source:
Fong, Bernadine Chuck
Identifier/Call Number: SC1550
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1912-2020
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials relating to the life and career of Frank Y. Chuck, a
noted research chemist and one of Stanford University's earliest graduates of color.
Included are photographs, academic transcripts, diplomas, domestic and international
patents, professional papers, notebooks, correspondence, and an oral history interview
transcript.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Y. Chuck (1900-1994) was a research chemist who patented a technique for the
dehydration of milk and the stabilization of whey products through crystallization so they
would dissolve easily in liquid, a process that allowed milk products to be shipped overseas
during wartime and is still used today in the production of household items such as instant
hot cocoa mix and powdered milk.
He also developed an effective treatment for coccidiosis, an avian disease that ravaged
California in the 1930s, and was credited with saving the state's poultry industry at the
time. In addition, he began his own research laboratory where he studied the stabilization
of vitamins to manufacture vitamin concentrates and other nutritional products for the
animal husbandry industry.
For his research and innovations, Dr. Chuck was awarded twenty-seven U.S. patents and ten
foreign patents. He was also called in as an expert witness in a Canadian lawsuit involving
an infringement on his milk dehydration patents in the 1960s between two large dairy
companies.
Frank Y. Chuck, born Faw Yap Chuck, received three degrees in Chemistry from Stanford
University: a Bachelor of Arts in 1922, a Degree of Engineer in 1923, and a Doctor of
Philosophy in 1925.
His daughter Bernadine Chuck Fong, also a Stanford graduate and former president of
Foothill College, became a Trustee of Stanford University in 1987.
Sources Oral history interview transcript (1985, Frank Y. Chuck papers (SC1550). Dept. of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biography prepared by Bernadine Chuck Fong (2020), Frank Y. Chuck papers (SC1550). Dept. of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item] Frank Y. Chuck papers (SC1550). Dept. of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Bernadine Chuck Fong, 2020.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian American students--California.
Asian Americans -- California -- Stanford
Asian-Americans -- History
Chemistry -- Study and teaching.
Patents--United States
Oral history
Chuck, Frank Y.
Fong, Bernadine Chuck
Series 1. Biographical Materials
1912-2020
Box 1, Folder 1
Biography (Authored by Bernadine Chuck Fong)
1994-2020
Box 1, Folder 2
Photograph with Father
1912
Box 1, Folder 3
Photographs in Stanford Quad
1923
Box 1, Folder 6
Photographs in Stanford Quad
1924
Box 1, Folder 7
Photographs in Stanford Quad
1925
Box 1, Folder 10
Media Articles - Daily Palo Alto Times
1951-1953
Box 1, Folder 11
Knights of Columbus
1954-1955
Box 1, Folder 12
Stanford University Chinese Club and Clubhouse
1969-1991
Box 1, Folder 13
Oral History Interview
1981-05-15
Box 1, Folder 14
Profiles in Excellence
1985
Box 1, Folder 15
Media Articles - Miscellaneous
1990-1994
Box 1, Folder 16
Media Articles - SAPAAC Award
1992
Box 1, Folder 17
Media Articles - AAMA Award
1993
Box 1, Folder 18
Citation - The Chinese in America
2003
Box 1, Folder 19
Media Articles - The Source
2004
Box 1, Folder 20
Media Articles - Sandstone and Tile
2005
Box 1, Folder 22
Bernadine Chuck Fong Materials, Undated
Box 1, Folder 23
Materials on Coccidiosis
1929
Box 1, Folder 24
Materials on Coccidiosis
1934-1950
Series 2. Education and Research
1915-1936
Box 2, Folder 1
Academic Records (and related correspondence)
1915-1928
Box 2, Folder 2
Bachelor of Arts Degree
1922
Box 2, Folder 4
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
1925
Box 2, Folder 6
Photograph of E.C. Franklin
1927
Box 2, Folder 8
Laboratory Notebooks
1928-1960
Box 2, Folder 9
A More Effective Control of Coccidiosis
1933
Box 2, Folder 10
Citation - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1934
1936
Box 2, Folder 11
A Therapeutic Preparation for the Control of Avian Coccidiosis
1936
Box 2, Folder 12
Research Notes on Milk Bacteria, Undated
Box 2, Folder 13
Types of Coccidial Infections, Undated
Series 3. Patents
1915-1964
Box 3, Folder 1
Patent Specifications
1915-1934
Box 3, Folder 2
Foreign Patents: Therapeutic Processes
1932-1935
Box 3, Folder 3
Patent Specifications: Veterinary Remedy for Coccidiosis
1934-1951
Box 3, Folder 4
Patent: Therapeutic Substances and Processes of Manufacture
1935-1937
Box 3, Folder 5
Patent: Disintegrating and Distributing Apparatus
1936
Box 3, Folder 6
Patent: Egg Treatments and Products
1936
Box 3, Folder 7
Patent: Dehydration Processes
1940
Box 3, Folder 8
Patent Correspondence
1935
Box 3, Folder 9
Patent Correspondence
1936
Box 3, Folder 10
Patent Correspondence
1937
Box 3, Folder 11
Patent Correspondence
1938
Box 3, Folder 12
Patent Correspondence
1939
Box 3, Folder 13
Patent Correspondence
1945
Box 3, Folder 14
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1937-1941
Box 3, Folder 16
Miscellaneous Notes, Undated
Box 3, Folder 18
Frank Y. Chuck Research Laboratories - Iotab (Iotein Tablets)
1939
Box 3, Folder 19
Office of Price Administration
1942-1945
Box 3, Folder 20
Fla-Pana Registration
1950
Box 3, Folder 21
Fla-Pana Research Laboratories
1955-1963
Box 3, Folder 22
Documentation on Patent Infringement Lawsuit
1934-1960
Box 3, Folder 23
Transcript of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
1964
Series 4. Oversized Materials
flat-box 4
Photograph Album, Undated
flat-box 4, Folder 1
Cubberley Portrait and Related Articles
1939-1991
flat-box 5
Laboratory Notebook
1931-1937
