Aser Rothstein

Background

Rothstein, Aser was born on April 29, 1918 in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Son of Samuel and Etta (Wiseman) Rothstein. emigrated to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1955.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Zoology, U.B.C., 1938; student, University California at Berkeley, 1938-1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1943; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Rochester, 1983.

Career

With atomic energy project, U. Rochester, since 1948; co-director, U. Rochester, since 1965; member of faculty, U. Rochester (Medical School), since 1946; professor radiation biology, U. Rochester (Medical School), since 1959; co-department chairman, U. Rochester (Medical School), since 1965; director Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, 1971-1987; director emeritus, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, since 1987; professor medical biophysics, U. Toronto Medical School, 1972-1987; professor emeritus, U. Toronto Medical School, since 1987; University professor, U. Toronto Medical School, 1980. Visiting professor Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1977. United States delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference, Paris, France, 1957.

National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow U.Bern, Switzerland, 1959-1960.

Achievements

• Aser Rothstein has been listed as a noteworthy Radiation biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society Canada.

Connections

Married Evelyn Paperny, August 18, 1940. Children: Sharon Leslie, David Michael, Steven Jay.

Father:

Samuel Rothstein

Mother:

Etta (Wiseman) Rothstein

Spouse:

Evelyn Paperny

child:

Steven Jay Rothstein

child:

David Michael Rothstein

child:

Sharon Leslie Rothstein