School of Arts and Sciences. Department of Biophysics
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1957-
Biography
The Department of Biophysics was established in 1957 with funds from May McShane Jenkins and named in honor of her late husband Thomas Courtenay Jenkins (1866-1938), a Baltimore financier and art collector.
As of 2016, Bertrand García-Moreno is the department chair.
Source: http://biophysics.jhu.edu/about/history/
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Department of Biophysics records
Record Group — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030160323]
Identifier: RG-04-210
Abstract
In 1949, the first course in biophysics was offered at Johns Hopkins. The following year Jenkins Hall was dedicated as the center of biophysical research at the Homewood campus. This collection consists of materials pertaining to the 50th anniversary of Biophysics at Hopkins, circa 1999, including items from previous anniversaries.
Dates:
circa 1999
Found in:
Special Collections