Background
Lal, Gobind Beharl was born on October 9, 1889 in Delhi, India. Son of Bishan and Jagge (Devi) Lal.
Lal, Gobind Beharl was born on October 9, 1889 in Delhi, India. Son of Bishan and Jagge (Devi) Lal.
Student St. Stephen’s High School, Delhi, 1900-1903. Graduate research fellow in social sciences, University of Calif.
Came to the United States, 1912. Assistant professor general science, Hindu College, University of Punjab, 1909-1912, also contributing to journals in Delhi. Feature writer San Francisco Examiner, 1925-1930.
Science editor Universal Service, International News Service and American Weekly. Science editor emeritus Hearst Newspapers, 1954-1982. Watumull Foundation Research Fellow in history Indian science, Columbia University, 1946-1948.
Co-winner Pulitzer Prize for Scientific Journalism, 1937. Winner George Westinghouse Distinguished Science Writers Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1946. Guggenheim fellow, 1956.
American Medical Association citation, 1958. Taraknath Das Foundation prize, Columbia, 1958.
Member National Association Science Writers (president 1940-1941.