William Ward Pigman
William Ward Pigman (March 5, 1910 – September 30, 1977), also known as Ward Pigman, was a former chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York Medical College, and a suspected Soviet Union spy as part of the "Karl group" for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU).[1]
Biography
He had a Ph.D in chemistry. He worked for the National Bureau of Standards and the Labor and Public Welfare Committee. Earlier he had been a professor at the University of Alabama.[2]
He supplied documents to Whittaker Chambers and J. Peters for Soviet intelligence as early as 1936.[1] In his book, Witness, Whittaker Chambers refers to Pigman using the pseudonym "Abel Gross".[3] The Gorsky Memo cites him as "114th".
In 1954 he was at the Department of Biochemistry, at the New York Medical College.[4] He died on September 30, 1977 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts from a heart attack.[5]
Works
- Pigman, William Ward (1972). The Carbohydrates: Chemistry and Biochemistry.
- Pigman, William Ward (1946). Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry.
- Pigman, William Ward (1957). The Carbohydrates: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physiology.
- Pigman, William Ward. Evaluation of Agents Used in the Prevention of Oral Diseases.
- Pigman, William Ward (1948). Chemistry of the Carbohydrates.
References
- ^ a b Haynes, John Earl; Harvey Klehr (1999). Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. Yale University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=M8p00bTFvRkC&pg=RA1-PA65&vq=pigman&dq=Joseph+Stenbuck&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U0-Apfgds5TbsSSuPoLNJcceCMlOA. "In early 1936 Peters had Chambers obtain documents from two secret Communist sources, Julian Wadleigh in the State Department and Ward Pigman at the ..."
- ^ p. 49
- ^ [|Chambers, Whittaker] (1952). Witness. Random House. pp. 29, 385–386, 414, 419, 422, 425, 429, 442, 745. ISBN 0-89526-571-0.
- ^ Pigman, William Ward (1966). Radiation Research. http://books.google.com/books?id=fTddRTpDRXEC&q=%22Ward+Pigman%22&dq=&pgis=1.
- ^ "Dr. W.W. Pigman, A Noted Researcher In Biochemistry, 67". New York Times. October 1, 1977. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F1EF83D5E167493C3A9178BD95F438785F9. Retrieved 2008-07-01. "Dr. William Ward Pigman, a professor and former chairman of the department of biochemistry at New York Medical College who was known for his work in carbohydrates, died yesterday of a heart attack at Woods Hole, Mass., while attending a scientific meeting. He was 67 years old."
See also
Further reading
- [|Chambers, Whittaker] (1952). Witness. Random House. ISBN 0-89526-571-0.
- Alexander Vassiliev, Untitled Notes on Anatoly Gorsky’s December 1948 Memo on the Failed American Networks (2003).
- Allen Weinstein, Perjury: The Hiss–Chambers Case (New York: Random House, 1997).
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Pigman, William Ward |
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| Date of birth |
March 5, 1910 |
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September 30, 1977 |
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Woods Hole, Massachusetts |