William Ward Pigman | |
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Born | March 5, 1910 |
Died | September 30, 1977 | (aged 67)
Occupation | Chemist |
Employer | New York Medical College |
William Ward Pigman (March 5, 1910 – September 30, 1977) was a chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York Medical College, and a suspected Soviet Union spy as part of the "Karl group" for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU). [1]
He was born on March 5, 1910.
He had a Ph.D. in chemistry. He worked for the National Bureau of Standards and the Labor and Public Welfare Committee. Earlier he had been a professor at the University of Alabama. [2]
He supplied documents to Whittaker Chambers and J. Peters for Soviet intelligence as early as 1936. [1] In his book, Witness, Whittaker Chambers refers to Pigman using the pseudonym "Abel Gross". [3] The Gorsky Memo cites him as "114th".
In 1954, he was at the Department of Biochemistry, of the New York Medical College. [4]
He died on September 30, 1977, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts from a heart attack. [5]
William Ward Pigman | |
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Born | March 5, 1910 |
Died | September 30, 1977 | (aged 67)
Occupation | Chemist |
Employer | New York Medical College |
William Ward Pigman (March 5, 1910 – September 30, 1977) was a chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York Medical College, and a suspected Soviet Union spy as part of the "Karl group" for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU). [1]
He was born on March 5, 1910.
He had a Ph.D. in chemistry. He worked for the National Bureau of Standards and the Labor and Public Welfare Committee. Earlier he had been a professor at the University of Alabama. [2]
He supplied documents to Whittaker Chambers and J. Peters for Soviet intelligence as early as 1936. [1] In his book, Witness, Whittaker Chambers refers to Pigman using the pseudonym "Abel Gross". [3] The Gorsky Memo cites him as "114th".
In 1954, he was at the Department of Biochemistry, of the New York Medical College. [4]
He died on September 30, 1977, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts from a heart attack. [5]