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Lauffer, Max Augustus was born on September 2, 1914 in Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Max Augustus and Elsie (Keiper) Lauffer.
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Describes the physico-chemical laws underlying various kinds of motion in biological systems, with particular emphasis on the mathematics involved. Each chapter covers one type of biological motion, employing mathematics no more advanced than elementary calculus. Explained are biological phenomena such as osmotic pressure, frictional resistance, diffusion, motion in electrical fields, potentials at interfaces, transport across membranes, and entropy-driven processes. Also covered are viscosity, conversion of chemical to mechanical energy, and critical concentrations.
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Lauffer, Max Augustus was born on September 2, 1914 in Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Max Augustus and Elsie (Keiper) Lauffer.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1933; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1937.
Assistant, instructor biochemistry, University of Minnesota, 1935-1937;
fellow, assistant, associate, Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, Princeton, 1937-1944;
associate professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1944-1947;
professor biophysics, U. Pittsburgh, since 1947;
head Department, University Pittsburgh, 1949-1956;
dean division natural science, U. Pittsburgh, 1956-1963;
dean emeritus, U. Pittsburgh, since 1984;
Andrew Mellon professor biophysics, U. Pittsburgh, 1963-1984;
professor emeritus, U. Pittsburgh, since 1984;
department chairman, U. Pittsburgh, 1963-1967, 71-75;
consultant to provost, U. Pittsburgh, 1984-1986. Visiting professor of University Bern, Switzerland, 1952, Max Planck Institute Virus Research, Tubingen, Germany, 1965-1966, U. Philippines, 1967. Science advisory board Delta Regional Primate Research Center, Tulane University, 1964-1967.
National advisory general medical science council National Institutes of Health, 1963-1967. Member teaching staff Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1953-1956. Science advising committee Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Research, 1953-1983.
Consultant Research and Development Board, 1947-1953, surgeon general, 1961-1963.
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Member of the board Christian education U.P. Church United States of America, 1963-1972, member county church and society, 1963-1971, chairman, 1968-1971. Trustee Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1964-1979, 80-89, trustee emeritus, since 1990, chairman, 1971-1974. Board directors Health Research.and Superior vena cava syndrome Foundation, Pittsburgh, 1961-1967, 75-81.
Trustee College Wooster, 1967-1987, trustee emeritus, since 1987. Fellow New York Academy Science. Member American Chemical Society (chairman division biological chemistry 1949-1950, Pittsburgh award 1958), Federation American Scientists (chairman Pittsburgh branch 1958-1959), Biophysics Society (Executive Board 1958-1962, president 1961, archivist 1981-1991), American Society Biological Chemists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, World Federalist Association (vice chairman Pittsburgh chapter), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Chi Sigma, Gamma Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Sigma.
Married Dorothy Easton, December 20, 1936 (deceased 1963). 1 child, Edward William. Married Erika Erskine, March 21, 1964.
Children— Susan, Max, John.