William Ward Pigman

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 spy as part of the "Karl group" for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU).cite book |last=Haynes |first=John Earl |authorlink= |coauthors=Harvey Klehr |title=Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America |year=1999 |publisher=Yale University Press |quote=In early 1936 Peters had Chambers obtain documents from two secret Communist sources, Julian Wadleigh in the State Department and Ward Pigman at the ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=M8p00bTFvRkC&pg=RA1-PA65&vq=pigman&dq=Joseph+Stenbuck&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U0-Apfgds5TbsSSuPoLNJcceCMlOA |isbn= ]

Biography

He had a Ph.D in chemistry. He worked for the National Bureau of Standards and the Labor and Public Welfare Committee.

He supplied documents to Whittaker Chambers and J. Peters for Soviet intelligence as early as 1936. In his book, Witness, Whittaker Chambers refers to Pigman using the pseudonym "Abel Gross". The Gorsky Memo cites him as "114th".

In 1954 he was at the Department of Biochemistry, at the New York Medical College. [cite book |last=Pigman |first=William Ward |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Radiation Research |year=1966 |publisher= |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fTddRTpDRXEC&q=%22Ward+Pigman%22&dq=&pgis=1 |isbn= ] He died on September 30, 1977 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Dr. W.W. Pigman, A Noted Researcher In Biochemistry, 67 |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F1EF83D5E167493C3A9178BD95F438785F9 |quote=Dr. William Ward Pigman, a professor and former chairman of the department of biochemistry at New York Medical College who was known for his work in carbohydrates, died yesterday of a heart attack at Woods Hole, Mass., while attending a scientific meeting. He was 67 years old. |publisher=New York Times |date=October 1, 1977 |accessdate=2008-07-01 ]

Works

*cite book |last=Pigman |first=William Ward |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Carbohydrates: Chemistry and Biochemistry |year=1972 |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn=
*cite book |last=Pigman |first=William Ward |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry |year=1946 |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn=
*cite book |last=Pigman |first=William Ward |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Carbohydrates: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physiology |year=1957 |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn=
*cite book |last=Pigman |first=William Ward |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Evaluation of Agents Used in the Prevention of Oral Diseases |year= |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn=
*cite book |last=Pigman |first=William Ward |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Chemistry of the Carbohydrates |year=1948 |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn=

Further reading

* Allen Weinstein, Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case (New York: Random House, 1997).
* Alexander Vassiliev, Untitled Notes on Anatoly Gorsky’s December 1948 Memo on the Failed American Networks (2003).

References