Background
Kaufmann, Berwind Petersen was born on April 23, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Rudolph and Ida (Petersen) Kaufmann.
Kaufmann, Berwind Petersen was born on April 23, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Rudolph and Ida (Petersen) Kaufmann.
Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1918. Master of Arts, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925.
Assistant department biology University of Pennsylvania, 1916-1924. Teacher biology Northeast High School, Philadelphia 1919-1925. Professor biology Southwestern University, Memphis, 1926-1928.
Professor, head department botany University of Alabama, 1928-1936.
National Research Council fellow in biological science California Institute Technology, 1932-1933. Guest investigator department genetics Carnegie Institution, 1936, 37, resident investigator, 1937-1962, acting director, 1960-1961, director, 1961-1962.
Professor zoology and botany, senior research scientist University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1962-1967, professor emeritus, 1967-1975. Company-principal investigator science research program United States Public Health Service.
Guest investigator Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1955-1963.
Director graduate program development Adelphi College, 1962-1964.
Member Biology Council. Member Executive Committee National Research Council. Member Marine Biological Corporation, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Member Biological Stain Commission.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Long Island Biological Association (assistant secretary, director), American Society Cell Biology, American Society Naturalists (vice president 1951), Botanical Society American, American Society Zoologists, Genetics Society American (secretary-treasurer 1941-1943, vice president 1944, president 1961), Society Cell Biology, National Academy Sciences, Society for Study Evolution, Radiation Research Society, Society for Study Development and Growth, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha.
Married Jessie Thomson McCulloch, April. Children: Berwind Norman, Carl Bowman, Anders Joseph.