Julian H. Gibbs (AC 1947) Papers, 1954-1985 and n.d.
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Julian H. Gibbs (AC 1947) Papers
Gibbs, Julian H.
Biographical History for: Julian H. Gibbs (AC 1947) Papers
Biographical Note Julian Howard Gibbs (AC 1947), chemist, was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts on June 24 1924. He graduated from Amherst in 1947, and received his Master's degree and Ph.D. from Princeton in 1949 and 1950 respectively. He taught at the University of Minnesota in 1951-52; worked at General Electric (1952-1955) and the American Viscose Corporation (1955-1960); and taught chemistry at Brown from 1960 until his appointment as Amherst president in 1979. From 1964 to 1972, he was the head of Brown's chemistry department. Gibbs's term as Amherst president was cut short by his sudden death on February 20, 1983, while skiing near Springfield, Massachusetts. Gibbs published several articles on chemistry during his life, and was actively involved in chemical research during his presidency. He was a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Physical Society (which awarded him the High Polymer Prize in 1967 for his research); and a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists. He was awarded honorary degrees by Amherst (1971) and Brown (1981). Gibbs married Cora Lee Gethman in 1946. They had four children, James, Judith, Jeffrey and Jonathan.
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Series 1: Speeches
Inaugural Address 1979
Speeches 1979
Speeches 1980
Speeches 1981
Speeches 1982
Conversation at Alumni Fund Workshop 1983 Feb 18
Series 2: Papers by Julian H. Gibbs
"Absence of Hydrogen Bonding in an Alcohol-Fluorohydrocarbon System," by R. S. McDonald, Julian H. Gibbs, and J. R. Ladd 1955
"An Adaptation of the Lattice-Gas to the Water Problem," by Paul D. Fleming III and Julian H. Gibbs 1974
"An Adaptation of the Lattice-Gas to the Water Problem. II. Second-Order Approximation," by Paul D. Fleming III and Julian H. Gibbs 1974
"Agreement between the Gelation and Molecular Dynamics Models of the Hydrogen-Bond Network in Water, by Biman Bagchi, Edward Donoghue, and Julian H. Gibbs 1982
"The Amorphous State and Glass Transitions," Section E1 of Unsolved Problems on Polymer Science 1962
"Application of Stochastic Theory to Dilute Gas Reactions," by Paul D. Fleming III, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1976
"Bimodality and Long-Range Order in Ideal Bose Systems," by Udayan Mohanty, Biman Bagchi, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1982
"Bimodality of Cluster-Size Distribution and Condensation in a Finite Lennard-Jones System," by Julian H. Gibbs, Biman Bagchi, and Udayan Mohanty (1 of 3) 1981
"Bimodality of Cluster-Size Distribution and Condensation in a Finite Lennard-Jones System," by Julian H. Gibbs, Biman Bagchi, and Udayan Mohanty (2 of 3) 1981
"Bimodality of Cluster-Size Distribution and Condensation in a Finite Lennard-Jones System," by Julian H. Gibbs, Biman Bagchi, and Udayan Mohanty (3 of 3) 1981
"Bond Angle, Dipole Moment, and Base Strength," by Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1954 Aug
"Chain Stiffness and the Lattice Theory of Polymer Phases," by Edmund A. DiMarzio and Julian H. Gibbs 1958
"A Comment on Comparisons of T2 (calorimetric) and T0 (vogel)," by Julian H. Gibbs and R. V. Ditzian n.d.
"Comparison of Helix Stabilities of Poly-L-Lysine, Poly-L-Ornithine, and Poly (L-Diaminobutyric Acid)," by Martin L. Grourke and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1971
"The Composition Dependence of Glass Transition Properties," by J. M. Gordon, G. B. Rouse, Julian H. Gibbs, and W. M. Risen, reprint and drafts 1976
"Concerning the Kinetics of Polypeptide Synthesis on Ribosomes," by Carolyn T. MacDonald and Julian H. Gibbs 1969
"Condensation and Gelation: Clarification of Stockmayer's Analogy," by Claude Cohen, Julian H. Gibbs, and Paul D. Fleming III 1973
"Condensation Theory for Finite, Closed Systems," by Julian H. Gibbs and Edward Donoghue (1 of 3) 1977-1981
"Condensation Theory for Finite, Closed Systems," by Julian H. Gibbs and Edward Donoghue (2 of 3) 1977-1981
"Condensation Theory for Finite, Closed Systems," by Julian H. Gibbs and Edward Donoghue (3 of 3) 1977-1981
"Dilute Gelling Systems II. Polyesters," by F. P. Price, Julian H. Gibbs, and B. H. Zimm, reprint 1958
"Dipole Moment, Induction and Structure in Four Fluorine-Substituted Molecules," by Julian H. Gibbs and Charles P. Smyth 1951
"The Effects of Pressure on the Equilibrium Properties of Glass Forming Polymers," by Edmund A. DiMarzio, Julian H. Gibbs, and Paul D. Fleming III, reprint 1976 Sep-Oct
"Electric Polarization of Charged Particles in Square Potential Wells," by Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1954 Apr 15
"Electric Polarization of Solutions of Rodlike Polyelectrolytes," by John P. McTague and Julian H. Gibbs 1966
"Elementary Derivation of the Boltzmann Distribution Law," by Julian H. Gibbs 1971
"Enzyme Reaction Rates and the Stochastic Theory of Kinetics," by Alan M. Dunker, Joan E. Lusk, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint and papers 1979
"Fluorescence as a Conformational Probe of Beef Liver Phenylalanine Transfer RNA," by Thomas P. Zimmerman, Bonnie Robison, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint
Creation of "Fluorescence as a Conformational Probe of Beef Liver Phenylalanine Transfer RNA," by Thomas P. Zimmerman, Bonnie Robison, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint
Time of Creation of "Fluorescence as a Conformational Probe of Beef Liver Phenylalanine Transfer RNA," by Thomas P. Zimmerman, Bonnie Robison, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint
"Gas Condensation in the Tree Approximation," By Julian H. Gibbs, Biman Bagchi, and Udayan Mohanty (correspondence re: publication) 1980-1981
"Glass Temperature of Copolymers," by Edmund A. DiMarzio and Julian H. Gibbs 1959
"Grand Canonical Ensemble for an Approximated Lennard-Jones Potential" n.d.
"The Hard Sphere 'Glass Transition'," by J. M. Gordan, Julian H. Gibbs, and Paul D. Fleming III, reprint and papers 1976 Oct 1
"Hybridization and Dipole Moment," by Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1955
"Hydrodynamics of Amorphous Solids with Application to the Light-Scattering Spectrum," by Paul D. Fleming III and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1976 Jan 15
"Influence of Temperature and Ionic Strength on the Low - Frequency Dieletric Dispersion of DNA Solutions," by Ming Sung Tung, Robert J. Molinari, Robert H. Cole, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1977
"Kinetics of Biopolymerization on Nucleic Acid Templates," by Carolyn T. MacDonald, Julian H. Gibbs, and Allen C. Pipkin 1968
"Kinetics of Biopolymerization on Nucleic Acid Templates," by Julian H. Gibbs. Offprint from Stochastic Processes in Chemical Physics. 1969
"Kinetics of Synthesis and/or Conformational Changes of Biological Macromolecules," by Allen C. Pipkin and Julian H. Gibbs 1966
"Mean Chain Length Distributions in Finite Polycondensing Systems," by Edward Donoghue and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1978
"Mean Molecular Size Distributions and the Sol-Gel Transition in Finite, Polycondensing Systems," by Edward Donoghue and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1979 Mar 1
"Molecular Interpretation of Glass Temperature Depression b Plasticizers," by Edmund A. DiMarzio and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1963
"Molecular Theory of Surface Tension," by Arthur J. Yang, Paul D. Fleming III, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint and paper 1976 May 1
"A Molecular Theory of Interfacial Phenomena in Multi-Component Systems," by Julian H. Gibbs, Paul D. Fleming III, and Arthur J. Yang, reprint 1976 Jul 1
"Molecular Weight Dependence of the Low-Frequency Dielectric Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Gel-Fractionated DNA," by Robert J. Molinari, Robert H. Cole, and Julian H. Gibbs (1 of 2) 1981
"Molecular Weight Dependence of the Low-Frequency Dielectric Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Gel-Fractionated DNA," by Robert J. Molinari, Robert H. Cole, and Julian H. Gibbs (2 of 2) 1981
"Nature of the Glass Transition and the Glassy State," by Julian H. Gibbs and Edmund A. DiMarzio 1958
"Nature of the Glass Transition and the Vitreous State, by Julian H. Gibbs. (Chapter in Modern Aspects of the Vitreous State, ed. J. D. MacKenzie) 1960
"Nature of the Glass Transition in Polymers," by Julian H. Gibbs 1956
"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Synthetic Polynucleotides and Transfer RNA," by John P. McTague, Virginia Ross, and Julian H. Gibbs 1964
"On the Interpretation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Biological Membranes," by Stanley Kaufman, Joseph M. Stein, and Julian H. Gibbs n.d.
"On the Nature of Liquid Water," by Julian H. Gibbs, photocopies of article n.d.
"On the Temperature Dependence of Cooperative Relaxation Properties in Glass-Forming Liquids," by Gerold Adam and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint, paper, and work 1965 Jul 1
"Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules" (book review), by Julian H. Gibbs 1962
"Proton Magnetic Resonance Studies of Nucleotides and Synthetic 'Nucleoprotein'," by Virginia Ross and Julian H. Gibbs n.d.
"Relationship of the Virial Series to Vapor Condensation and the Liquid State," by Arthur J. Yang, Igor Pavlin, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint and paper 1983 Jun 1
"Sol->Gel Transition with Rings in a Finite Polycondensing System," by Biman Bagchi and Julian H. Gibbs 1982 Feb 17
"Statistical Mechanics of Biological Macromolecules," by Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1964
"Statistical Mechanics of Helix-Coil Transitions in Biological Macromolecules," by Julian H. Gibbs and Edmund A. DiMarzio 1959
"Statistical Thermodynamic Theory for Helix-Coil Transitions Involving Poly- and Oligonucleotides. II. The Case of Partial Binding," by William S. Magee, Jr., Julian H. Gibbs, and Gordon F. Newell 1965
"Stochastic Theory for Rate Constants of Chemical Reactions in Liquid Solution," by Paul D. Fleming III and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint 1975
"Study of Biological Activity Regenerated by the Oxidation of Fully Reduced Insulin," by Kenneth M. Pruitt, Bonnie S. Robison, and Julian H. Gibbs 1966
"Sufficient Conditions for the Arrhenius Rate Law," by Julian H. Gibbs 1972
"Theoretical Considerations of Biosynthesis and Regulation," by Jack Maniloff and Julian H. Gibbs, paper and work n.d.
"Theory for the Influence of Gravity on Liquid-Vapor Interfaces," by Arthur J.M. Yang, Paul D. Fleming III, and Julian H. Gibbs, reprint and paper 1977 Jul 1
"Theory of Helix-Coil Transitions in Polypeptides," by Julian H. Gibbs and Edmund A. DiMarzio, reprint 1958 Jun
"Theory of Helix-Coil Transitions Involving Complementary Poly- and Oligonucleotides. I. The Complete Binding Case," by William S. Magee, Jr., Julian H. Gibbs, and Bruno H. Zimm 1963
"Toward a Model for Liquid Water," by Julian H. Gibbs, Claude Cohen, Paul D. Fleming III, and Harold Porosoff 1973
"Transition from Random Coil to ?-Helix Induced by Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate," by Julian H. Gibbs and Martin J. Grourke 1966
"Vapor, Condensation, and the Liquid State," by A. J. Yang, Igor Pavlin, and Julian H. Gibbs 1983
"Vapor, Condensation, and the Liquid State," by A. J. Yang, Igor Pavlin, and Julian H. Gibbs - correspondence re: publication 1983-1984
Miscellaneous writings - Julian H. Gibbs n.d.
Series 3: Papers by Others
Angell, C. A. "Density Maxima in High Pressure Supercooled Water, and a Relationship between Water and Liquid SiO2" n.d.
Angell C. A. "Glass Transition with Negative Change in Expansion Coefficient" 1973
Angell, C. A., E. Williams, K. J. Rao, and J. C. Tucker. "Heat Capacity and Glass Transition Thermodynamics for ZnCl2: a Failure of the First Davies Jones Relation for dTg/dP" n.d.
Angell, C. A., and E. Williams. "Pressure Dependence of the Glass Transition Temperature in Ionic Liquids and Solutions: Evidence against Free Volume Theories" 1974
Angell, C. A., E. D. Finch, and L. A. Woolf. "Spin-Echo Diffusion Coefficients of Water to 2380 bar and -20º C" n.d.
Angell, C. A., and W. Sichina. "Thermodynamics of the Glass Transition; Empirical Aspects" n.d.
Bagchi, Biman, and Udayan Mohanty. "Bose-Einstein Condensation in Finite Systems," n.d.
Bagchi, Biman, and David W. Oxtoby. "The Effect of Frequency Dependent Friction on Isomerization Dynamics in Solution"; Bagchi, Biman, and Y. Oono. "Crossover Between Gaussian and Self-Avoiding Limits Via Finite Order Self-Avoiding Walk: Conformation Space Renormalization for Polymers VII,"; work on 2D and isolated rings and Mayer's theory for Van de Waals' fluid n.d.
Bagchi, Biman, and David W. Oxtoby. "Interference Effects on Relaxation in Three-Level Systems" 1981
Bagchi, Biman, Graham R. Fleming, and David W. Oxtoby. "Theory of Electronic Relaxation in Solution in the Absence of an Activation Barrier" n.d.
Bagchi, Biman, and David W. Oxtoby. "Theory of Non-Markovian Exciton Transport in a One Dimensional Lattice" n.d.
Barker, J. A., M. R. Hoare, and J. L. Finney. "Relaxation of the Bernal Model" 1975
Chang, S. S., and A. B. Bestul. "Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Properties of o-Terphenyl Crystal, Glass, and Liquid" 1972
Comfort, Alex. "Experimental Gerontology and the Control of Aging" 1970
Donoghue, Edward. "Analytic Solutions of Gelation Theory for Finite, Closed Systems" 1982
Donoghue, Edward. "Formula for the Weight Average Molecular Weight in Flory's Theory of f-functional Polycondensation above the Gel Point" n.d.
Falk, Michael, and Ruth E. Thomas. "Molecular Size Distribution in Random Polyfunctional Condensation with and without Ring Formation: Computer Simulation" n.d.
Flory, Paul, and John Rohner, Jr. "Statistical Mechanics of Cross-Linked Polymer Networks" n.d.
Goldstein, Martin. "Validity of the Ehrenfest Equation for a System with More than One Ordering Parameter: Critique of a Paper by DiMarzio" 1975
Goldstein, Martin. "Viscous Liquids and the Glass Transition. V. Sources of the Excess Specific Heat of the Liquid" 1975
Heckmann, K. "Single File Diffusion" n.d.
Hoare, Michael. "Stability and Local Order in Simple Amorphous Packings" n.d.
James, Hubert M., and Eugene Guth. "Theory of the Elastic Properties of Rubber" 1943
Jonas, J., T. DeFries, and D. J. Wilbur. "Molecular Motions in Compressed Liquid Water" 1976
Kell, George S. "Completely Hydrogen-Bonded Interpenetrating Networks in Low-Temperature Water: Their Geometrical Possibility and Stability" 1974
Lesikar, Arnold V. "The Significance of the Composition Dependence of the Glass Transition" n.d.
Lieb, W. R., and W. D. Stein. "Testing and Characterizing the Simple Pore"; "Testing and Characterizing the Simple Carrier"; "Quantitative Predictions of a Non-Carrier Model for Glucose Transport across the Human Red Cell Membrane" n.d.
Mohanty, Udayan, E. Berkcan, and L. N. Cooper. "The Bethe Ansatz, Periodic Boundary Conditions and Relations between Various Models" n.d.
Mohanty, Udayan, and Stuart A. Rice. "A Generalization of the Ewald-Oseen Extinction Theorem: Relation to Surface Polarization" n.d.
Mohanty, Udayan, Katja Lindenberg, and V. Seshadri. "Hamiltonian Model for the Brownian Motion of a Rigid Motor" n.d.
Mohanty, Udayan, Katja Lindenberg, and V. Seshadri. "On the Brownian Motion of a Rigid Motor." With letter to Julian H. Gibbs 1982
Mohanty, Udayan, K. E. Shuyler, and I. Oppenheim. "On the Exact and Phenomenological Langerin Equations for a Harmonic Oscillator in a Fluid" 1981
Mohanty, Udayan, "Properties of Mayer Cluster Expansion." Correspondence, copy of paper, and reprint 1982
Mohanty, Udayan, miscellaneous work n.d.
Mohanty, Udayan, work on vapor condensation n.d.
Rahman, A., M. J. Mandell, and J. P. McTague. "Molecular Dynamics Study of an Amorphous Lennard-Jones System at Low Temerature" 1976
Rehage, G., and G. Goldbach. "Die isotherm-isobare Volumennachwirkung bei Hochpolymeren nach Temperatur- und Druckänderungen" 1966
Rehage, G. "Neuere Ergebnisse über die glasige Erstarrung von Hochpolymeren" 1970
Robison, Bonnie, and Thomas P. Zimmerman. "Cation Dependence of the Transfer Reaction Catalyzed by Phenylalanyl Transfer Ribonucleic Acid Synthetase from Bakers' Yeast" 1971
Robison, Bonnie, and Thomas P. Zimmerman. "A Modified Procedure for Large-Scale Preparation of Beef Liver tRNA" 1970
Wetten, Raymond E., and Harry G. Moneypenny. "Fundamental Properties of Densified Polymeric Glasses" 1975
White, Howard, and William P. Jencks. "Mechanism and Specificity of Succinyl-CoA:3-Ketoacid Coenzyme A Transferase" 1976
Woodcock, Leslie V. "Glass Transition in the Hard-Sphere Model" 1976
Woodcock, Leslie V. "Hard-Sphere Fluid Equation of State" 1975
Series 4: Awards, Grants, Applications and Miscellaneous
Abstract of Paper by Julian H. Gibbs and Arthur J. Yang n.d.
American Physical Society, Submission of Abstracts' Instructions n.d.
Bagchi, Biman, Correspondence 1981-1983
Bagchi, Biman, Manuscript on 'Random Gel' model of water Sept. 1981
Bagchi, Biman, work on gel ring formation related to "Ring Formation and Molecular Weight Distributions in Branched-Chain Polymers," by Frank E. Harris, reprint [1954]
Black notebook, work on probability n.d.
Cell Mortality- Articles About 1977-1978
Peter Debye Award (1 of 3) 1975
Peter Debye Award (2 of 3) 1975
Peter Debye Award (3 of 3) 1975
"The Hard Sphere Glass Transition," lecture transparencies n.d.
Henry Frank Symposium, "Toward a Model for Liquid Water," manuscript, proof, and correspondence [1972]
Magee, William S., Jr., chemistry term paper 1960 Spring
Mayer, Joseph, correspondence n.d., 1980
"Mean Chain Length Distributions In Finite Polycondensing Systems," by Edward Donoghue and Julian H. Gibbs, printers proof [1978]
Mohanty, Udayan, correspondence with Julian H. Gibbs 1982-1984
National Bureau of Standards 1956-1978
NIH Research Grant 1962-1975
NIH Applications 1972-1976
NIH Sept. 1978
NIH Grant, 5 R01 GM 27951-02-04, "Statistical Mechanics of Biological Macromolecules" 1980-1982
NIH Grant, 5 R01 GM 27951-02-04, "Statistical Mechanics of Biological Macromolecules" 1980-1983
NIH Grant, 5 R01 GM 27951-02-04, "Statistical Mechanics of Biological Macromolecules" 1981-1985
NIH Grant, 5 R01 GM 27951-02-04, "Statistical Mechanics of Biological Macromolecules" 1979-1981
NIH Grant, 5 R01 GM 27951-02-04, "Statistical Mechanics of Biological Macromolecules" 1979-1980
NIH Grant, GM 10906, "Statistical Mechanics of Biological Macromolecules" 1979
NIH Heart-Lung Biomaterials Panel Meeting Feb. 1977
NIH Renewal Application 1978
National Research Council 1966-1977
National Science Foundation Applications (1 of 2) 1963-1977
National Science Foundation Applications (2 of 2) 1951-1977
New England Association of Schools and Colleges 1978
NATO Fellowship 1975
North-Holland Publishing Company 1970-1973
O-Miscellaneous n.d.
Kathlyn Parker 1976-1977
Correspondence re: Patent 1954
Pavlin, Igor, work on vapor condensation and the liquid state 1982
Petroleum Research 1978
Phi Beta Kappa- RI Alpha-Arrangements Committee 1971-1972
Physics and Chemistry of the Organic Solid State 1960-1961
Charts for Poly Peptide Paper n.d.
PAG 1978
Polarimeters 1960-1963
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Correspondence) 1956-1978
Porosoff, Harold- Reference Letter on Behalf of 1972
Pre-Medical Evaluation Letters n.d.
"Presentation to the Trustees of Julian Gibbs' Research," by R.H. Cole, Arthur J. Yang, Edward Donoghue and Igor Pavlin 1983 Feb 25
P-miscellaneous n.d.
Recognition: Who's Who in America final request, n.d.; National Register of Prominent Americans and International Notables certification, n.d.; Numerical Analysis (General Electric Course) certification, May 1954 n.d., 1954
Reprint requests 1983-1985
Sigma Xi Lecture, notes and transparencies 1979 Nov 9
Yang, A.J. "Quasi Chemical Approach to H2O Lattice-Gas" n.d.
Work- miscellaneous n.d.