Background
Erlanger, Bernard Ferdinand was born on July 13, 1923 in New York City. Son of Leo and Frieda (David) Erlanger.
Erlanger, Bernard Ferdinand was born on July 13, 1923 in New York City. Son of Leo and Frieda (David) Erlanger.
Bachelor of Science with highest honors, City College of New York, 1943. Master of Arts, New York University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1951.
Chemist United States Industrial Chemicals Company, Inc., Newark, 1943-1944. Technical adviser Manhattan Project, United States Army, Los Alamos, 1944-1946. Production manager Hexagon Laboratories, Incorporated, New York York City, 1946-1948.
Faculty Columbia, since 1951, professor microbiology, since 1966. Visiting scientist Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, 1961-1962, Institute Cell Biology, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 1978. Director research Sickle Cell Center, Columbia University College Physicians & Surgeons.
Technical assistant Manhattan Project Uravan, Colorado, Los Alamos, New Mexico. Member Fulbright-Hays Award Committee, 1966-1972. Invited expert analyst biochemistry and molecular biology edition Chemtracts.
Member study section neurological C, National Institutes of Health, 1985-1988. With United States Army, 1944-1946.
Member American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, Bio-chemical Society, New York Academy of Sciences (member conference committee 1978), Society Experimental Biological Medicine (associate editor proceedings 1981-1988), Harvey Society, American Society Immunologists, New York Heart Association, American Society Photobiology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Mu (Gamma award).
Married Rachel Fenichel, June 23, 1946. Children— Laura, Louis, Leon.