Benjamin Elieser Eisenberg

Background

Eisenberg, Benjamin Elieser was born on January 4, 1933 in Bethlehem, South Africa. Son of Charles George and Ellen (Cooper) Eisenberg.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, U. Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1954; Master of Science in Agriculture, U. Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture, U. Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1968.

Career

Research fellow, Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, England, 1963-1964; plant breeder, South Africa Department Agriculture, Stellenbosch, 1957-1964; chief plant breeding, South Africa Department Agriculture, Stellenbosch, 1965-1977; biometrician, South Africa Department Agriculture, Pretoria, 1977-1984; assistant director division biometry, South Africa Department Agriculture, Pretoria, 1984-1992; deputy director, Biometric Institute, Pretoria, since 1992. Consultant U. Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1990-1994. Vis.rschr. Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1990.

Biometrical representative International Fertilizer Development Center, Alabama, 1991. Consultant in postgraduate studies in biometry for plant breeding U. Pretoria, U. Stellenbosch, South Africa, since 1990.

Achievements

• Benjamin Elieser Eisenberg has been listed as a notable Agricultural research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice chairman Stellenbosch Hebrew Synagogue, 1974-1977. Hebrew Order of David (secretary Pretoria 1986-1989, president 1989-1991, 94-).

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Married Masha Weinberg, June 25, 1961. Children: Neville, Brenda.

Father:

Charles George Eisenberg

Mother:

Ellen (Cooper) Eisenberg

Spouse:

Masha Weinberg

child:

Brenda Eisenberg

child:

Neville Eisenberg