Background
Zak, Bennie was born on September 29, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Morris and Lena (Snyder) Zak.
Zak, Bennie was born on September 29, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Morris and Lena (Snyder) Zak.
Bachelor of Science, Wayne State University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, 1952.
Junior associate pathology Detroit Receiving Hospital, 1951-1959. Assistant professor clinical chemistry in pathology Wayne State University, Detroit, 1957, from assistant professor to associate professor, 1961-1963, professor, 1965-1991, professor emeritus, from 1991. Consultant in field.
Served to 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1941-1945. Fellow National Academy Clinical Biochemists. Member American Chemical Society, American Association Clinical Chemistry (Ames award 1974, general diagnostics lecturer 1981).
Married Doris Kitty Selby. Children: Steven Dennis, Deborah Lise Zak Tataranowicz, Marsha Gale.