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Henry R. Mahler

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Henry R. Mahler
Personal details
Born1921
Died1983
NativityAustria
ReligionProtestant
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN33793831
RankTechnician Third Grade
Rank at RitchiePrivate
Camp RitchieClass 13 (30 October – 23 December 1943)
SectionE
TeamIPW 62
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Henry R. Mahler (1921–1983) was a United States Army Private who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 13.

Biography[edit | edit source]

He came to the United States in 1938 and was admitted to Swarthmore College from which he graduated with honors in 1943. After postdoctoral training at the Texas Research Foundation he worked as research assistant (1949-50) and later as assistant professor (1951-55) at the Enzyme Institute of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Henry held a continuing appointment as an Honorary Research Fellow of the University College, London.

He attended With the certainty that Indiana University has benefitted by its close ties with this scientist, now be it resolved that the faculty pay its deepest respect to the memory of Henry R.

He worked as a in 1962 he received a Research Career Award from the National Institutes of Health. He was an outstanding teacher and a powerful speaker who was able to transmit his enthusiasm to his audience and particularly to his students. He worked as research chemist (biochemistry).

He was a member of many American professional chemical, biochemical, and biological societies and was an elected representative of the Council of the American Society for Neurochemistry. He recently he had been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institut fur experimentelle Midizin at Gottingen in West Germany. He at Berkeley, Mahler met and married Annemarie Ettinger, also from Vienna.

He moved in 1955 to Bloomington, Indiana, as associate professor; was appointed professor on July 1, 1957; and became Research Professor of Chemistry and Neural Sciences on July 1, 1966. He worked as a in 1957 Mahler went as Visiting Professor to Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Research notes[edit | edit source]

  • BS Rose to Captain

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Technical record[edit | edit source]

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 62
Class_ASN 33793831
Class_Name Mahler, Henry R.
match_method asn_exact_name_exact
row_source both

Timeline[edit | edit source]

  • Born 1921.
  • 30 October 1943 — Entered Class 13 (IPW Ge).
  • 23 December 1943 — Graduated Class 13 (German Document examiner).
  • 24 April 1944 — Promoted to T/3.
  • At Berkeley, Mahler met and married Annemarie Ettinger, also from Vienna.

Sources[edit | edit source]

  • Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
  • Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
  • NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
  • 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
  • Dan Gross, Timeline of Henry R. Mahler for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
  • Dan Gross, Timeline of Mahler, Henry R. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: HENRY R. MAHLER.doc)