William Ward Pigman
Born(1910-03-05)March 5, 1910
DiedSeptember 30, 1977(1977-09-30) (aged 67)
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
OccupationChemist
EmployerNew 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]

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, of 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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References

  1. ^ a b John Earl Haynes; Harvey Klehr (1999). Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300129874.
  2. ^ p. 49
  3. ^ Whittaker Chambers (1952). Witness. Random House. pp. 29, 385–386, 414, 419, 422, 425, 429, 442, 745. ISBN 0-89526-571-0.
  4. ^ Pigman, William Ward (1966). Radiation Research.
  5. ^ "Dr. W.W. Pigman, A Noted Researcher In Biochemistry, 67". New York Times. October 1, 1977. Retrieved 2008-07-01.

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