James LuValle

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James LuValle ( James Ellis "Jimmy" LuValle ; born November 10, 1912 in San Antonio , † January 30, 1993 in Te Anau in New Zealand ) was an American sprinter and chemist .

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he won the bronze medal in the 400-meter run in 46.8 seconds behind his compatriot Archie Williams and the British Godfrey Brown (46.7 seconds).

James LuValle graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1936 and received his PhD under Linus Pauling from the California Institute of Technology . After briefly teaching at Fisk University , he became the first African American to work in the Eastman Kodak Company's laboratory from 1941 to 1953 . From 1975 to 1984 he was laboratory manager at Stanford University .

literature

  • Edray Herber Goins: A Lifetime Filled with Awards and Honors. In: The History of Caltech's Underrepresented Students. 1993 ( PDF; 620 kB ( Memento from November 9, 2005 in the Internet Archive ))

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