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Detlev Wulf Bronk (August 13, 1897 – November 17, 1975) was a prominent American scientist, educator, and administrator. He is credited with establishing biophysics as a recognized discipline.
Detlev Wulf Bronk was a prominent American scientist, educator, and administrator. He is credited with establishing biophysics as a recognized discipline. Bronk served as president of Johns Hopkins University from 1949 to 1953 and as president of The Rockefeller University from 1953 to 1968.
Nov 18, 1975 · Dr. Detlev Wulf Bronk, president emeritus of Rockefeller University and the former president of Johns Hopkins University, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the...
Detlev Wulf Bronk 1950-1962 NAS President Finally, in 1950, Richards decided that Detlev Bronk (1897-1975) was sufficiently deeply involved in a major transformation of the Academy that the latter should appropriately replace him as president.
Detlev Bronk was President of the National Academy of Sciences from 1950 to 1962. He is credited with the establishment of biophysics as a discipline and the development of methods for measuring nervous tissue metabolism and electric activity, especially the mechanism of synaptic transmission.
DETLEV WULF BRONK was born in 1897 in New York City, where his father, Mitchell Bronk, was pastor of the Ascen- sion Baptist Church at 1 60th Street and Park Avenue. Det received his unusual Christian names through his mother, Marie Wulf, whose father was Detlev Wulf, a businessman in New York City.
Dec 11, 2013 · Son of well-known Baptist clergyman (and descendant of Jonas Bronck, for whom the Bronx was named), Bronk served as a Naval flyer in World War I before earning degrees from Swarthmore (B.A. 1920) and the University of Michigan (M.S., physics, 1922; Ph.D., physics and physiology, 1926).
