The Joseph Henry Lectures

Joseph Henry

For Joseph Henry, internationally-renowned physicist, leader of the American scientific community, professor at Princeton, and first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, societies were essential for the progress of science. Formal or informal, local or national, societies provided scientists the critical judgments and appreciation they needed. In helping to found the Philosophical Society of Washington, Henry attempted to make it the epitome of what a local scientific society should be.

In 1931 the Society inaugurated the Joseph Henry Lectures. They have been sponsored annually (except 1943) by the Society in honor of its first president.

Date	Description
May 12, 1961 #1510	The 30^th Joseph Henry Lecture New Developments in High Magnetic Field Research Francis Bitter Massachusetts Institute of Technology Transcript
May 11, 1962 #1526	The 31^st Joseph Henry Lecture The Theory of the Electron F. Rohrlich State University of Iowa Transcript
May 10, 1991 #1979	The 60^th Joseph Henry Lecture The Case for Ending Drug Prohibition and The Emerging Alternative Addiction Paradigm Joe G. Foreman Scientist and Former President of the Society Abstract
May 15, 1992 #1997	The 61^st Joseph Henry Lecture Is It Possible to Construct a Perception Machine? Gerald M. Edelman Rockefeller University
May 14, 1993 #2013	The 62^nd Joseph Henry Lecture Origin, Evolution, and Distribution of Life in the Universe Cyril Ponnamperuma Director, Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, University of Maryland Abstract
May 13, 1994 #2029	The 63^rd Joseph Henry Lecture Environmental Influences on Brain Structure and Function Marian Diamond Professor of Anatomy, Department of Integrative Biology, and Director, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley Abstract
May 12, 1995 #2045	The 64^th Joseph Henry Lecture Designer Brain: Receptor-Neurotransmitter Research, the Scientific and Social-Ethical Implications Richard M. Restak George Washington Medical School
May 3, 1996 #2060	The 65^th Joseph Henry Lecture How do Protein Molecules Self-Assemble? George D. Rose Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
May 2, 1997 #2075	The 66^th Joseph Henry Lecture Mars in Fact versus Fiction Donna Lee Shirley Jet Propulsion Laboratory
May 8, 1998 #2091	The 67^th Joseph Henry Lecture What Hubble Didn't Know About the Universe Vera C. Rubin Carnegie Institution of Washington
May 7, 1999 #2106	The 68^th Joseph Henry Lecture Quantum Crystallography, a Tool for Enhancing Information from Crystallographic Data Jerome Karle Naval Research Laboratory Abstract
May 7, 1999 #2106	The 68^th Joseph Henry Lecture Visualization of an Ion Channel by use of Crystallography Isabella Karle Naval Research Laboratory Abstract
May 12, 2000 #2118	The 69^th Joseph Henry Lecture Global Warming: Hot Talk, Cold Science S. Fred Singer President, Science and Environmental Policy Project Abstract
May 11, 2001 #2132	The 70^th Joseph Henry Lecture The Human Computer and the Birth of the Information Age David A. Grier Associate Professor, George Washington University Abstract \| Transcript
May 17, 2002 #2147	The 71^st Joseph Henry Lecture The Cholesterol Myths Uffe Ravnskov Independent Researcher Abstract
May 16, 2003 #2163	The 72^nd Joseph Henry Lecture Biology and Humans in Space Baruch Blumberg 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine Abstract
May 28, 2004 #2178	The 73^rd Joseph Henry Lecture Oceans and Human Health A Symbiotic Relationship between People and the Sea Rita R. Colwell Retiring Director, National Science Foundation Abstract
May 13, 2005 #2193	The 74^th Joseph Henry Lecture Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe William Phillips NIST, Nobel Laureate Abstract
May 12, 2006 #2207	The 75^th Joseph Henry Lecture Latest Scientific Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers Jim Garvin Chief Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract
May 11, 2007 #2223	The 76^th Joseph Henry Lecture The Very First Light The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe John Mather 2006 Nobel Laureate This year's Henry Lecture is sponsored by Millstein & Taylor, PC. Abstract
May 16, 2008 #2239	The 77^th Joseph Henry Lecture Arsenic in Ground Water Aquatic Chemistry and Mitigation through a Sustainable Filtration Technology Abul Hussam George Mason University This year's Henry Lecture is sponsored by Larry Millstein and Robin Taylor. Abstract
May 1, 2009 #2255	The 78^th Joseph Henry Lecture Our Microbial Partners and Their Roles in Health and Disease Claire M. Fraser-Liggett Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland Abstract
May 14, 2010 #2270	The 79^th Joseph Henry Lecture Cosmos and Culture Life in the Universe and Its Implications for Humanity Steven J. Dick Historian Abstract
May 20, 2011 #2286	The 80^th Joseph Henry Lecture 2020 Vision: A Decadal View of New Worlds and New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics Debra Elmegreen Maria Mitchell Professor of Astronomy and Department Chair, Vassar College, and President of the American Astronomical Society Abstract
May 25, 2012 #2302	The 81^st Joseph Henry Lecture Synthesizing Life Lee Cronin Gardiner Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow Sponsored by Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC. Abstract

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