- Britton Chance
Britton Chance (born
July 24 ,1913 ) is Eldridge Reeves Johnson UniversityProfessor Emeritus of Biophysics at theUniversity of Pennsylvania . He received a B.A. (1935), M.A. (1936) and Ph.D. degree in 1940 at theUniversity of Pennsylvania , where he was a member ofSt. Anthony Hall . He earned a second Ph.D. atCambridge University in 1942. In 1952 he received asD.Sc. from Cambridge. His research interests focus on the use ofinfrared light to characterize the properties of various tissues and the breasttumor s. He joined theUnited States National Academy of Sciences in 1952. Chance received theNational Medal of Science in 1974.During World War II, Dr. Chance worked for the
Radiation Laboratory at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology which was working on the development of radar.He won a gold medal for the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the 5½ Meter Class, alongside
Edgar White andSumner White .Awards
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SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Fellow, 2007
*APS -American Physical Society - Fellow, 2007External links
* http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/people/1900s/chance_britton.html - A good biography of Britton Chance,PhD2
* http://www.icasinc.org/bios/chance.html - a long CV of Prof. Britton Chance
* [http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/biocbiop/faculty/pages/chance.html Academic home page]
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