Abstract
This chapter presents the personal experiences of Max A. Lauffer. As a child and teenager, Lauffer participated actively in the work of the farm. This interest was so strong that, after retirement, Lauffer returned to the farm of his boyhood for the last years of life. At Penn State, Lauffer learned enough German to be able to read scientific papers. He had three full years of biological sciences; mathematics through calculus; general, analytical, and organic chemistry; several courses in biochemistry; and a non-mathematical course in physical chemistry. On continuing at Penn State for a master's degree in biochemistry, Lauffer's program included a graduate course in physical chemistry—a course based on problem solving. At the Princeton branch of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Dr. Stanley gave Lauffer very general instructions. He expected him to do biophysical or physical biochemical experiments with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). The whole field of virus research was just emerging. Lauffer made flow double refraction of TMV and of related viruses his first project.
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