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educator geneticist

David Apirion, American Geneticist, educator. Research on Ribonucleic acid processing, differentiation. Recipient Tuvia Kushnir prize, Alexander Milman prize, Sir Maurice Block award; grantee in field Active Big Brothers of St. Louis; board directors Center Reform Congregation. Served with Israeli Army, 1953-1955; Member Single Resource Organisation (board directory).

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.

Education

Master of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Glasgow University, 1963.

Career

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.

Achievements

  • David Apirion has been listed as a noteworthy Geneticist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Big Brothers of St. Louis. Board directors Center Reform Congregation. Served with Israeli Army, 1953-1955.

Member Single Resource Organisation (board directory).

Connections

Married Mary Riddle McKinley, September 10, 1963 (divorced April 1984). Children– Jonathan, Michael, Alison.

Father:
Shlomo Zalman Apirion

Mother:
Zehava Golda (Shevkes) Apirion

Spouse:
Mary Riddle McKinley

child:
Jonathan Apirion

child:
Alison Apirion

child:
Michael Apirion