Background
SOLOMON, Arthur was born on November 26, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Mark K. Solomon and Hortense Nattans.
SOLOMON, Arthur was born on November 26, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Mark K. Solomon and Hortense Nattans.
AB, Princeton University, 1934. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Harvard University, 1937.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Cambridge University, England, 1947. Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, England, 1964.
Research associate in physics and chemistry Harvard, 1939-1941. Officer British Ministry Supply, 1941-1943. Member staff Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945.
Assistant professor physical chemistry Medical School, Harvard, 1946-1957, associate professor biophysics, 1957-1968, professor, 1968-1982, professor emeritus, from 1982. Associate in biophysics Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1950-1972. Director Read's Inc., Baltimore, 1946-1977, president, 1961-1977.
Member United States National Committee for Pure and Applied Biophysics, 1965-1972, United States National Committee for Biology, 1966-1971. Member United States National Committee for United Nations Educational, 1969-1974, member United States delegate to general assembly, Nairobi, 1976. Member visiting committee biology department Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1961-1965.
Member National Research Council committee on radiology, 1957-1959, committee on growth, 1954-1957. Secretary General International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics, 1961-1972. Member National Institutes of Health radiation study section, 1960-1963, biophysics science training committee, 1963-1968, chairman, 1966-1968.
Member United States delegate General Assembly of United Nations Educational, Paris, 1978. Member advisory panel on science, technical and society United Nations Educational, 1981-1984. Member board international organizations and programs National Academy of Sciences, 1973-1980, chairman, 1977-1979.
Member Commission on International Relations, 1977-1979. Member executive committee International Council of Scientific Unions, 1966-1972. United States delegate 17th, 18th General Assemblies of International Council of Scientific Unions, Athens, 1978, Amsterdam, 1980.
Chairman distinguished fellowship committee International Council of Scientific Unions-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1980-1985. Chairman Harvard committee on higher degrees in biophysics, 1959-1980. Chairman Harvard Medical School Oral History Committee.
Chairman Harvard Council on the Arts, 1973-1976.
Trustee Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, l946-76, president, l965-7l. Board overseers Boston Museum Fine Arts, l978-84. Member collectors committee National Gallery Art, Washington, l985-88.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Chemical Society, American Physiological Society, Biophysics Society, Society General Physiology. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
St. Botolph (Boston). Harvard (New York City and Boston).
Married Mariot Fraser Mathews in 1972.