William Ward Pigman
| William Ward Pigman | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 5, 1910 |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Employer | New York Medical College |
William Ward Pigman (March 5, 1910 – September 30, 1977), also known as Ward Pigman, was a former 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]
Biography
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, at the New York Medical College.[4]
He died on September 30, 1977 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts from a heart attack.[5]
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See also
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References
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- Allen Weinstein, Perjury: The Hiss–Chambers Case (New York: Random House, 1997).
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