Background
Apirion, David was born on July 17, 1935 in Petah-Tikva, Israel. Came to the United States, 1963, naturalized, 1970. Son of Shlomo Zalman and Zehava Golda (Shevkes) Apirion.
Apirion, David was born on July 17, 1935 in Petah-Tikva, Israel. Came to the United States, 1963, naturalized, 1970. Son of Shlomo Zalman and Zehava Golda (Shevkes) Apirion.
Master of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Glasgow University, 1963.
Lecturer Glasgow University, 1963. Research fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1965. Assistant professor microbiology/immunology Washington University, St. Louis, 1965-1970, associate professor, 1970-1978, professor, since 1978.
Visiting scholar Cambridge University, England, 1973, Atila Jozef University, Seged, Hungary, 1980, National Academy of Sciences, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1980, Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1989, Banaras, Hindu University, India, 1985. Visiting professor Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 1974, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1980. Member editorial board J. of Bacteriology.
Organizer, chairman, American Society for Microbiology Conference Ribonucleic acid processing.
Active Big Brothers of St. Louis. Board directors Center Reform Congregation. Served with Israeli Army, 1953-1955.
Member Single Resource Organisation (board directory).
Married Mary Riddle McKinley, September 10, 1963 (divorced April 1984). Children– Jonathan, Michael, Alison.
