James Blish (1921-75) studied microbiology at Rutgers and then served as a medical laboratory technician in the US army during the Second World War. Among his best known books are Cities in Flight, A Case of Conscience, for which he won the Hugo in 1959 for Best Novel, Doctor Mirabilis, Black Easter and The Day After Judgement.
Robert A. W. Lowndes (1916-1998) was an American SF author. He was known best as the editor of Future Science Fiction, Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Quarterly.