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Hiram Bentley Glass (January
17,
1906–January
16,
2005) was an
American
geneticist and noted
columnist. Born in
China to
missionary parents, he
attended college at
Baylor University in
Texas. He then furthered his
education at the
University of Texas, where he
received his
Ph.D. under the mentorship of
geneticist
Hermann Joseph Muller. His
first major academic appointment
was at
Johns Hopkins University, at
which time he was also a regular
columnist for the
Baltimore Evening Sun
newspaper.
In 1965, Glass became the first
Academic Vice-President and
Professor of Biological Sciences
at the
State University of New York at
Stony Brook.
Dr. Glass' scientific papers
were donated and are available at
the
American Philosophical Society.
Throughout his long scientific
career, he held many distinguished
academic titles, including
Selected bibliography
- Bentley Glass Progress or
Catastrophe: The Nature of
Biological Science and Its
Impact on Human Society (Praeger
Publishers, 1985).
ISBN 0275901076
- Bentley Glass, Owsei Temkin,
William L., Jr. Straus
Forerunners of Darwin, 1745-1859
(The Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1968)
ISBN 0801802229
- Bentley Glass "Ethical Basis
of Science" (Haifa, Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology, 1969)
- Bentley Glass "Science and
ethical values" (Greenwood
Press, 1981)
