Item BSDB/6/2/1 - BSDB Secretaries: Elizabeth Deuchar, Frank Billet and Alan Fisk, Early SDB, SDB Inaurgural Meeting.

Extent: 1 folder

Folder of material produced by/relating to BSDB Secretaries Elizabeth Deuchar 1964-66, Frank Billet 1966-71 and Alan Fisk 1966-71 and the inaugural meeting and early days of the SDB: Small red notebook: 'Century cash book' for the Embryologists Club inscribed 'E Deuchar, Embryologist's Club & Soc. Devel. Biol'; list of receipts and expenses Nov 1962 to 27 May 1965; includes 2 loose stationary receipts from M Johns, Small red notebook: 'St George Memorandum Book'': inscribed 'Soc Devel Biol Petty Cash Expenses, E M Deuchar''; list of expenses October 1964 to 25 May 1966; includes 3 loose receipts. Correspondence between Elizabeth Deuchar, Alan Fisk and Frank Billett. Elizabeth Deuchar: Letters sent out to members accepting/declining applications for reading a paper at the inaugural meeting, 1964. Acceptance letters from attendees, 1964. Bundle of letters from members about reading papers at the inaugural meeting, Sep-Nov 1964. Booklet: 'Calendar of Meetings of Biological Societies for the Year 1965', compiled by The Biological Council. SDB Club booklet c 1965, stating aims, list of committee staff and members, forthcoming meetings etc. Annotated minutes of the Society's first Annual General Meeting (as SDB) on 20 June 1964. Draft letter of SDB aims to be sent to scientists in UK, 31 Jan 1964. Draft of proposed rules of the SDB, 1 May 1964 and rules with suggested amendments, nd [c 1964]. Correspondence with Dr J H Humphry and Dr Leslie Brent of the Nat. Inst. for Med. Research, Mill Hill, London N W 7, Sep-Nov 1964. Correspondence with Prof. F W Rogers Brambell, Dept. Zoology, Bangor, N. Wales, Aug-Nov 1964 Frank Billett: Correspondence with Dr John McKenzie and Prof C D Waddington, 30 Sep 1966-Mar 1967. Correspondence with Dr Sydney Smith, St Catherine's, Cambridge, 1969. Correspondence with John McKenzie (SDB/BSDB Treasurer 1969-?) 1970 Misc. Correspondence with members mainly about presenting papers at meetings, 1970. BSDB Cambridge Meeting 3-4 April 1970 programme and drafts. Minutes of the 7th AGM, held in Leicester, 15 July 1971. Accounts 1971.

Admin History: Elizabeth Marion Deuchar (1927-1979): Biochemical Embryologist; Zoology (Oxford), PhD (Edinburgh) under C. H. Waddington, contributed important work on embryonic induction, uptake of amino acids into embryo from yolk proteins, control mechanisms in somite segmentation and studies in early mammalian embryos; 1953-66: Lecturer and Reader at UCL (Anatomy Department), 1968: University of Bristol, 1972: University of Exeter; Embryologist's Club/SDB Secretary 1962-67. Alan Fisk: B.Sc., 1936 (Imperial College, St Mary's), Biology Department, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London W2, Embryologist's Club Secretary 1950-1962, SDB Treasurer 1964- c 1970 Francis (Frank) S Billett, Zoology Dept., University of Southampton, SDB Committee Member, Hon.Sec., 1965-1971; ISDB Secretary 1980s Dr John McKenzie: (Anatomy Dept., Aberdeen University) SDB/BSDB Sec/Treasurer 1969-1978?, Founder Sec/Treasurer of EDBO