Background
Silverman, Alexander was born on May 2, 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Philip and Hannah (Schamberg) Silverman.
Silverman, Alexander was born on May 2, 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Philip and Hannah (Schamberg) Silverman.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Western University of Pennsylvania (now University of Pittsburgh), 1902, Master of Science, 1907, honorary Doctor of Science, 1930. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1905. Honorary Doctor of Science, Alfred University, 1936.
Chemist, Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, Pittsburgh, 1902-1904. Instructor chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 1905-1909, assistant professor, 1909-1912, professor inorganic chemistry, 1912-1951, head department of chemistry, 1918-1951, head, professor emeritus since 1952. United States delegate to International Union of Chemistry, Liege, Belgium, 1930.
Madrid, Spain, 1934.
Lucerne, Switzerland, 1936. Rome. Italy, 1938, London, England, 1947, Amsterdam, Holland, 1949, New York, 1951, Stockholm, Sweden, 1953, Zurich, Switzerland, 1955, Paris, France, 1957, Munich, Germany, 1959, member commission on inorganic nomenclature, since 1947, vice president, 1950-1955, president, 1955-1959, honorary president, since 1959.
Member Division Chemical and Chemical Technology, National Research Council, 1938-1941, 1947-1950, 1958-1960. Received Pittsburgh Award, American Chemical Society, 1940. Fellow American Ceramic Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists (national honorary.
Member Pennsylvania Ceramic Association, American Association University professors, Pennsylvania Academy Sciences.
Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon (national honorary. Member), Pi Lambda Phi (national honorary.
Member), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Elrose Reizenstein, December 16, 1908.