Background
Grobstein, Clifford was born on July 20, 1916 in New York City. Son of Aaron Joshua and Birdie (Yurdin) Grobstein.
educator author biological scientist
Grobstein, Clifford was born on July 20, 1916 in New York City. Son of Aaron Joshua and Birdie (Yurdin) Grobstein.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1936; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1940.
Grobstein was the chairman of the biology department and the dean of the school of medicine at the University of California at San Diego. The New York Times said that Grobstein "made important contributions to the study of cancer and of developmental biology." He is also known and respected by his fellow scientists for raising and framing ethical questions dealing with applications of the experimental biology. The National Academies Press said he "was a leading American developmental biologist of the last half of the twentieth century".
1966 - elected to of the National Academy of Sciences elected to the National Academy of Medicine elected to the American Academy of the Brachet Medal by the Belgium Royal Society the Anniversary Medal from City College of New York Grobstein was born in New York City and graduated from the City College of New York in 1936 with a Bachelor of Surgery degree in biology.
He received his Master of Surgery and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in zoology from the University of California at Los Los Angeles
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Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Hastings Center. Member American Society Zoologists (past president), American Society Cell Biologists, International Institute Embryology, Society Study Development and Growth (past president), National Academy of Sciences Institute Medicine.
Married Rose Gruver, August 6, 1938. Children: Paul, Joan. Married Ruth Hirsch Beloff, June 12, 1966.