Background
Zarem, Abe Mordecai was born on March 7, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of I.H. and Lea (Kaufman) Zarem.
management consulting executive
Zarem, Abe Mordecai was born on March 7, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of I.H. and Lea (Kaufman) Zarem.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1939. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1968. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1940.
Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1944. Doctor of Laws, University California at Santa Cruz, 1967.
Design engineer very high voltage power transmission system Allis Chalmers Research division, 1944. Group leader Ultra Micro Time Program Manhattan District Project/CalTech, 1944—1945. Initiator, group manager Microtime & Electro Optical Physical Research, United States Naval Test Station, 1945-1948.
Associate director, manager Los Angeles division Stanford Research Institute, 1948-1956. Member faculty University of California at Los Angeles, 1956-1961. Founder, chairman, president Electro-Optical Systems, Inc., Pasadena, California, 1956-1967.
Vice president Xerox Corporation, Los Angeles, 1963-1967, senior vice president, director corporation development, board directors, 1967-1969. Management and engineering consultant, 1969-1979. Founder, chairman Xerox Development Corporation, Los Angeles, 1975-1980.
Chairman strategic business planning, techno-economics and venture capital, president, owner Abe M. Zarem & Company, since 1981. Founder, managing director, Frontier Associate, since 1980. Member advisory committee competitive technical program State of California, 1989.
Member California Council of Scientific and Technology, chairman advanced science & technical programs committee, 1989-1997, distinguished fellow since 1997. Consultant, distinguished visiting executive in science and technical, senior advisor on technical transfer and commercialization and strategic planning studies Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, since 1997. Consultant, advisor, chair of senior advisory board University of California at Los Angeles Brain Research Institute, since 1997.
Member advisory board department urology University of California at Los Angeles, since 1994.
Traffic and parking commissioner City of Beverly Hills, 1971-1972, planning commissioner, 1972-1973. Board of directors Music Center Opera Association, Los Angeles, since 1968. National trustee City of Hope.
Trustee California Institute Arts, 1973-1976. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Science member (a founder) Solar Energy Society.
Member National.Acad. Engineering.
Married Esther Mariam Moskovitz, October 4, 1941. Children: Janet Ruth, David Michael, Mark Charles.