Series IV. Kurt F.J. Heinrich Files, 1945-2022, undated

Kurt F.J. Heinrich (1921-2015) was an Austrian American analytical chemist and a founding member of the Microanalysis Society. He was also a noted authority on electron probe analysis. Born in Vienna, Austria in 1921, Heinrich immigrated to Argentina with his family before World War II and earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires in 1949. He immigrated to the United States in 1957 and went to work for E.I. DuPont de Nemours in Wilmington, Delaware (1957-1964). At DuPont, he conducted research in the analysis of alloys and oxides by x-ray fluorescence and electron probe microanalysis.

In 1964, Heinrich joined the staff of the National Bureau of Standards’ Spectroanalysis Section. At the National Bureau of Standards, he conducted research on the theory and application of electron and ion probe microanalysis. In 1980, he was named the agency’s Chief of Office on International Relations, where he served until his retirement in 1988.

Heinrich was a longtime active member of the Microanalysis Society. He was a member of the group of scientists that founded the organization (then called the Electron Probe Analysis Society of America) in 1966 and served a term as the organization’s President (1969-1970). He authored and co-authored numerous articles and papers over the course of his scientific career. Heinrich also authored, co-authored, and edited several books, including Electron Beam X-Ray Microanalysis (1981).

This series contains the files of Kurt F.J. Heinrich, which were collected and maintained by the Microanalysis Society. The contents of the Kurt F.J. Heinrich Files are arranged into the following three sub-series: