Philip Gollnick (1934-1991) earned his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin, and his M.S. in Physical Education (1960) and Ph.D. in Physical Education and Biochemistry/Physiology (1963) from Washington State University. He began teaching as an assistant professor in the Physical Education department in 1963, and moved to the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology in 1984, attaining the rank of professor. He was internationally recognized for his work in skeletal muscle metabolism and its regulation, and did research on the muscles of the astronauts who flew on the space shuttle Columbia. He died of a heart attack at 56 in 1991.
This collection consists of papers of Washington State University professor Philip Gollnick. It includes correspondence, research and grant files, article manuscripts and reprints, conference and travel files, subject files, and a small number of research photographs.
Preliminary inventory:
Box 1. Biographical information and curriculum vitae, and mixed files: research, article manuscripts, correspondence, international professional travel, grants, subject files.
Box 2. Mixed files: grants, research files, article manuscripts and reprints, and loose, unsorted papers.
Box 3. Correspondence and loose, unsorted papers.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Philip Gollnick Papers, 1985-1991 (MS.1991.52)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection was transferred to the Washington State University Libraries by the WSU Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology Department in 1991 (MS.1991.52).
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