Strait (Louis Avrom) Papers, 1939-1971

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Summary

Title:
Louis Avrom Strait papers
Dates:
1939-1971
Creators:
Strait, Louis Avrom
Abstract:
Extent:
7.5 linear feet (6 cartons).
Language:
Preferred citation:

Louis Avrom Strait papers. UC San Francisco, Special Collections

Background

Scope and content:

Collection materials include committee minutes, correspondence, lectures, reports, speeches, related to his research and departmental activities. Prominent subjects include Biophysics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Dates range from 1939-1971.

Biographical / historical:

Louis Avrom Strait was born in Denver, CO, September 27, 1907. He attended local schools, receiving his A.B. (1930) and A.M. (1932) from the University of Colorado. He was granted the PhD (Physics) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. Dr. Strait was an instructor, then asst. professor in physics at Colorado from 1930 to 1932. He was invited to set up a spectrographic laboratory at UCSF by the deans of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, and was its director until retirement. He was a fellow (1937-38), then moved from instructor to professor of Biophysics, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, holding joint titles in these schools, becoming emeritus in 1971. The following year UCSF conferred upon him the honorary LL.D. He was a civilian with the Atomic Energy Commission and in the Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1943-45, and held a Fulbright professorship in Cairo, 1950-51. Dr. Strait was a member of AAAS, the American Chemical Society, the Optical Society of America, American Physics Society, Society of Applied Spectroscopy, the American Pharmaceutical Association and the New York Academy of Science. His research interests included spectroscopy and molecular structure, chemical and biological applications; H-bonding properties of biogenic and other amines.

Acquisition information:
Papers received April 3, 1975.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by UC San Francisco, Special Collections staff.
Date Prepared:
1939-1971
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library & Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Louis Avrom Strait papers. UC San Francisco, Special Collections

Location of this collection:
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US