Bennett Jay Cohen

Background

Cohen, Bennett Jay was born on August 2, 1925 in Brooklyn.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1949; Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1953.

Career

Director department animal care, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 1949-1953; university veterinarian, University of California-Berkeley, 1953-1954; director vivarium, assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954-1962; associate professor to professor laboratory animal medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1962-1985; research scientist Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 1986; founder Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1962; unit director, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, until 1985. Member various advisory committees National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1960. Consultant universities, pharmaceutical companies.

Achievements

• Bennett Jay Cohen has been listed as a noteworthy Veterinarian educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Gerontological Society American. Member American Veterinary Medical Association, American Association for Lab Animal Science (president 1958-1960, Griffin award 1966), American Physiological Society, American Association Accreditation Laboratory Animal Care, Institute Laboratory Animal Resources in NAS, Mich.Soc. for Medical Research (president 1980-1984).

Interests

• Avocations: jogging; tennis.