Walter Siegfried Loewe birthday letters

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 0271

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters titled "Professor W. S. Loewe: Greetings on His 75th Birthday" from professors, colleagues, and former students to Walter Siegfried Loewe.

Letters from Nobel Prize winners include: Corneille Heymans (page 108), Hermann Staudinger (pages 7 and 129), and Daniel Bovet (page 12).

Dates

1959

Creator

Loewe, Walter Siegfried, 1884-1963 (Person)

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Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Loewe (1884-1963) was born in Fuerth, Bauern, Germany, on 19 August 1884 to Hugust Loewe and Clotilde Blumenthal. He married Ida A. Witte on 27 November 1919, and they had two children: Herman L. Loewe and Susenne L. Puttuck. Loewe was an emeritus research professor of pharmacology at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. He is best known as a leading authority on the chemical structure of marijuana and its effects on human behavior and physiology. In 1935, Loewe left Germany and came to the United States where he started at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. In 1946, Loewe came to the University of Utah, and in 1957, he received emeritus status. Loewe has published over 350 different scientific papers, mostly on marijuana and other pharmaceutical topics. He died 24 August 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains letters titled "Professor W. S. Loewe: Greetings on His 75th Birthday" from professors, colleagues, and former students to Walter Siegfried Loewe. Loewe was born in Fuerth, Germany in 1884. He was an Emeritus Research Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Utah. He was best known as a leading authority on the chemical structure of marijuana and its effects on human behavior and physiology.