Roberts Rugh

Roberts Rugh

Roberts Rugh, radiobiologist,embryologist
Born April 16, 1903
Springfield, Ohio
Died November 11, 1978 (aged 75)
Bethesda, Maryland
Citizenship United States
Nationality American
Fields radiobiology, embryology
Institutions Lawrence College
Faculty 1927-1928
Hunter College
Instructor 1929-1939
New York University
Instructor 1939-1948
Columbia University
Professor of Radiology 1948-1971
Senior Medical Consultant and Lecturer 1971-1978
Alma mater Oberlin College
A.B. 1926
Columbia University
M.A. 1927
Ph.D. 1935
Spouse Harriette Sheldon
Children Mary Elizabeth (Rugh) Downs
William Arthur.

Roberts Rugh, Ph.D. (16 April 1903 – 11 November 1978), radiation biologist and embryologist.

Life

Roberts Rugh was born to Arthur and Gertrude (Roberts) Rugh in Springfield, Ohio on April 16, 1903 and died on 11 November 1978 in Bethesda, Maryland. Rugh married Harriette Sheldon on July 24, 1926 and the couple had two children, Mary Elizabeth (Rugh) Downs and William Arthur.[1]

Education

Rugh earned his A.B. (1926) from Oberlin College and his M.A. (1927) and Ph.D. (1935) from Columbia University.[2]

Professional career

Roberts Rugh seated at a work table looking into a microscope. There are glass petri dishes in the foreground.

Roberts Rugh began his professional career as a faculty member at Lawrence College (1927-1928) and went on to teach at Hunter College (1929-1939) and New York University (1939-1948) before moving to Columbia University.[3][4]

At Columbia, Rugh joined the Radiological Research Laboratory, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Here, he served as a Professor of Radiology (1948-1971) in addition to directing research on the effects of ionizing radiation (1948-1971) and serving as a senior medical consultant and lecturer (1971-1978).[5][6][7][8][9] Rugh devoted many of his research pursuits in the field of embryology and published many papers and wrote several books on this topic.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Photograph shows Rugh at work.[26]

Selected publications involving radiation

Noted books

Rugh also wrote a number of books, including:

References

  1. ↑ Rugh, Harriette (Sheldon) (1982). "Roberts Rugh Papers, 1949-1979". University of Tennessee Libraries, Special Collections. MS 1076: 7.
  2. ↑ Rugh, Harriette (Sheldon) (1982). "Roberts Rugh Papers, 1949-1979". University of Tennessee Libraries, Special Collections. MS 1076: 7.
  3. ↑ Rugh, Roberts. "Developmental Effects Resulting from Exposure to X-Rays: I. Effect on the Embryo of Irradiation of Frog Sperm." ‘’Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society’’ (1939): 447-471.
  4. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Frank Exner. "Developmental effects resulting from exposure to X-rays. II. Development of leopard frog eggs activated by bullfrog sperm." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (1940): 607-619.
  5. ↑ Rugh, Roberts. "Developmental Effects Resulting from Exposure to X-Rays: I. Effect on the Embryo of Irradiation of Frog Sperm." ‘’Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society’’ (1939): 447-471.
  6. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Frank Exner. "Developmental effects resulting from exposure to X-rays. II. Development of leopard frog eggs activated by bullfrog sperm." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (1940): 607-619.
  7. ↑ Rugh, Roberts. "The mouse thyroid and radioactive iodine (I131)." Journal of Morphology 89.2 (1951): 323-365.
  8. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, et al. "X-rays: are there cyclic variations in radiosensitivity?." Science 142.3588 (1963): 53-56.
  9. ↑ Rugh, Roberts. "Why radiobiology?." Radiology 82.5 (1964): 917-920.
  10. ↑ Rugh, Harriette (Sheldon) (1982). "Roberts Rugh Papers, 1949-1979". University of Tennessee Libraries, Special Collections. MS 1076: 7.
  11. ↑ Rugh, Roberts. "Histological effects on the embryo following X‐irradiation." Journal of morphology 85.3 (1949): 483-501.
  12. ↑ RUGH, ROBERTS, and JOAN WOLFF. "Reparation of the fetal eye following radiation insult." AMA archives of ophthalmology 54.3 (1955): 351-359.
  13. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Helen Clugston. "Protection of mouse fetus against X-irradiation death." Science 123.3184 (1956): 28-29.
  14. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Sylvia Jackson. "Effect of fetal x‐irradiation upon the subsequent fertility of the offspring." Journal of Experimental Zoology 138.2 (1958): 209-221.
  15. ↑ Rugh, Roberts. "X-irradiation effects on the human fetus." The Journal of pediatrics 52.5 (1958): 531-538.
  16. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Erika Grupp. "Response of the very early mouse embryo to low levels of ionizing radiations." Journal of Experimental Zoology 141.3 (1959): 571-587.
  17. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Erika Grupp. "Exencephalia Following X-Irradiation of the Pre-Implantation Mammallan Embryo." Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology 18.3 (1959): 468-481.
  18. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Erika Grupp. "Fractionated x-irradiation of the mammalian embryo and congenital anomalies." The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy, and nuclear medicine 84 (1960): 125-144.
  19. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Marlis Wohlfromm. "Can the mammalian embryo be killed by X‐irradiation?." Journal of Experimental Zoology 151.3 (1962): 227-243.
  20. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, et al. "Persistent stunting following x‐irradiation of the fetus." American Journal of Anatomy 115.1 (1964): 185-197.
  21. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, et al. "Cataract development after embryonic and fetal x-irradiation." Radiation research 22.3 (1964): 519-534.
  22. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, and Marlis Wohlfromm. "Prenatal X-irradiation and postnatal mortality." Radiation research 26.4 (1965): 493-506.
  23. ↑ Rugh, Roberts. "Effect of ionizing radiations, including radioisotopes, on the placenta and embryo." Birth Defects, Orig. Article Ser. 1 (1965).
  24. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, Marlis Wohlfromm, and Andre Varma. "Low-dose X-ray effects on the precleavage mammalian zygote." Radiation research 37.2 (1969): 401-414.
  25. ↑ Rugh, Roberts, et al. "Responses of the mouse to microwave radiation during estrous cycle and pregnancy." Radiation research 62.2 (1975): 225-241.
  26. ↑ "Roberts Rugh". Embryo Project Encyclopedia (Late 1920s-Early 1930s). ISSN: 1940-5030.