Background
Grobman, Alexander was born on September 5, 1927 in Lipcani, Bessarabia, Romania. Son of Gershon and Frima (Twersky) Grobman.
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Alexander Grobman
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Alexander Grobman, Peruvian High technology company executive. Recipient World Seed prize Federation International des Semences, 1990. Member Accion para el Desarrollo (Peru branch International Society for Development), Lima, since 1960. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society, American Management Association, Association for Computer Machinery.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Ohio State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.
Career
Assistant professor, U. Nacional Agraria, Lima, Peru, 1949-1953;
director, head, National Cooperative Maize Program, Lima, 1953-1960;
professor, director, U. Nacional Agraria, Agronomy Institute, Lima, 1958-1960;
director research division, SIPA, Minstry Agriculture, Lima, 1961-1966;
director Research and Development Latin American, Northrup, King & Company, Minneapolis, 1966-1976;
associate director general, International Center Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia, 1977-1979;
chief, National Institute Agricultural Research and Promotion, Ministry Agriculture, Lima, 1980-1983;
president, Gentec-Grobman Genotecnica S.A., Lima, since 1983. Board directors Peruvian Nuclear Energy Institute, Lima, 1962-1968, National Research Council, Lima, 1971-1975, 80-85. Senior associate Industry Council for Development, New York City, since 1980.
Consultant World Bank, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, since 1984.
Achievements
Membership
Member Accion para el Desarrollo (Peru branch International Society for Development), Lima, since 1960. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society, American Management Association, Association for Computer Machinery.
Interests
Connections
Married Ana Maria Rajkovic, July 13, 1956 (deceased September 1978). Children: Daniel, Bernardo, Ian, Ronald. Married Anita Cimerman, December 16, 1979.
