William Ward Pigman Explained

William Ward Pigman
Birth Date:	5 March 1910
Employer:	New York Medical College
Occupation:	Chemist

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]

Works

• Book: Pigman, William Ward . The Carbohydrates: Chemistry and Biochemistry . 1972 .
• Book: Pigman, William Ward . Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry . 1946 .
• Book: Pigman, William Ward . The Carbohydrates: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physiology . 1957 .
• Book: Pigman, William Ward . Evaluation of Agents Used in the Prevention of Oral Diseases .
• Pigman . William Ward . Chemistry of the Carbohydrates . Annual Review of Biochemistry . 1948 . 28 . 15–38 . 10.1146/annurev.bi.28.070159.000311 . 14432943 .

See also

• List of American spies
• John Abt
• Whittaker Chambers
• Noel Field
• Harold Glasser
• John Herrmann
• Alger Hiss
• Donald Hiss
• Victor Perlo
• J. Peters
• Lee Pressman
• Vincent Reno
• Julian Wadleigh
• Harold Ware
• Nathaniel Weyl
• Harry Dexter White
• Nathan Witt

Further reading

• • Allen Weinstein, (New York: Random House, 1997).

Notes and References

1. Book: John Earl Haynes . John Earl Haynes . Harvey Klehr . Harvey Klehr . Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America . 1999 . . 0300129874.
2. https://research.wsulibs.wsu.edu:8443/dspace/bitstream/2376/268/1/m_egan_120104.pdf p. 49
3. Book: Whittaker Chambers . Whittaker Chambers . Witness . . 1952 . 29, 385–386, 414, 419, 422, 425, 429, 442, 745 . 0-89526-571-0.
4. Book: Pigman, William Ward . Radiation Research . 1966 .
5. News: Dr. W.W. Pigman, A Noted Researcher In Biochemistry, 67 . . October 1, 1977 . 2008-07-01 .