Accession No.: 2003-08
PROCESSING RECORD
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ARCHIVES
Enright, J. T. (James Thomas), 1932-2004
James Thomas Enright Papers, 1960-2000
Physical Description: 13 record center cartons; 2 16mm films
Arrangement of Collection: Papers are organized in 7 series: 1. Laboratory Notebooks.
2. Writings. 3. Lecture Notes. 4. Addresses. 5. Reprints. 6. Subject Files. 7.
Correspondence.
Description: The papers include correspondence, laboratory notebooks, lecture notes,
manuscripts of published papers, subject files and other papers of biologist James
Thomas Enright. The papers document the professional life of James Enright, including
research on biological rhythms and sensory biology, teaching at the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, and his academic life at the University of California, San Diego from his
years as a graduate student California until his retirement as Professor in 2000. Included
are two 3” 16mm films entitled on boxes as follows: Roadside, coming home (mostly
over exposed); Shores (not too good)
Enright was an American biologist educated at UCLA and UCSD. Enright came to the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1957 as a Research Assistant, and joined the
Zoology faculty at UCLA in 1963. He was appointed Assistant Professor at UCSD/SIO
in 1966, became an Associate Professor in 1968, and a full professor in 1974. He retired
from UCSD/SIO in 2000.
Biological rhythms
Circadian rhythms