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R. A. Fildes and H. Harris first identified the polymorphic nature of red cell adenylate cyclase
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Brian J. Culliford and Brian Wraxall developed the immunoelectrophoretic technique for haptoglobin typing in bloodstains.
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Culliford, of the British Metropolitan Police Laboratory, initiated the development of gel-based methods to test for isoenzymes in dried bloodstains. He was also instrumental in the development and dissemination of methods for testing proteins and isoenzymes in both blood and other body fluids and secretions.
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Spencer and colleagues first identified the polymorphic nature of red cell adenosine deaminase (ADA).
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Culliford published The Examination and Typing of Bloodstains in the Crime Laboratory, generally accepted as responsible for disseminating reliable protocols for the typing of polymorphic protein and enzyme markers to the United States and worldwide.
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The National Institute of Justice initiates a project that leads to tthe development of lightweight, flexible, and comfortable protective body armor for the police.
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Hopkinson and colleagues first identified the polymorphic nature of esterase D (ESD).
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The detection of gunshot residue (GSR) using scanning electron microscopy with electron dispersive X-rays (SEMEDX) technology was developed by J. E. Wessel, P. F. Jones, Q. Y. Kwan, R. S. Nesbitt and E. J. Rattin at Aerospace Corporation.
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J. Kompf and colleagues, working in Germany, first identified the polymorphic nature of red cell glyoxylase (GLO).
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The Federal Rules of Evidence, originally promulgated by the U.S. Supreme Court, were enacted as a congressional statute. They are based on the relevancy standard in which scientific evidence that is deemed more prejudicial than probative may not be admitted.
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Zoro and Hadley in the United Kingdom first evaluated GC-MS for forensic purposes.
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Fuseo Matsumur, a trace evidence examiner at the Saga Prefectural Crime Laboratory of the National Police Agency of Japan, notices his own fingerprints developing on microscope slides while mounting hairs from a taxi driver murder case. He relates the information to co-worker Masato Soba, a latent print examiner. Soba would later that year be the first to develop latent prints intentionally by “Superglue®” fuming.
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The fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) is adapted for use in the forensic laboratory.
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The FBI introduced the beginnings of its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with the first computerized scans of fingerprints.
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Brian Wraxall and Mark Stolorow developed the “multisystem” method for testing the PGM, ESD, and GLO isoenzyme systems simultaneously. They also developed methods for typing blood serum proteins such as haptoglobin and Gc.
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All info was gotten at http://www.forensicdna.com/Timeline020702.pdf
