Background
Perlman, David was born on December 30, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Jess and Sara Perlman.
Perlman, David was born on December 30, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Jess and Sara Perlman.
AB, Columbia University, 1939. Master of Science, Columbia University School Journalism, 1940.
Reporter, Bismarck (North Dakota) Capital, 1940;
reporter, San Francisco Chronicle, 1940-1941;
reporter, science editor, San Francisco Chronicle, 1952-1977;
city editor, San Francisco Chronicle, 1977-1979;
associate editor, science editor, San Francisco Chronicle, since 1979;
reporter, New York Herald Tribune, Paris, New York City, 1945-1949;
European correspondent, Colliers magazine and New York Post, 1949-1951. Regents professor human biology University of California, San Francisco 1974. Visiting lecturer China Association Science and Technology, Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai, 1983.
Science writer-in-residence University of Wisconsin, 1989.
Founding director Squaw Valley (California) Community Writers. Board directors Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1990—1999. Trustee Scientists Institute Public Information, 1986—1994.
Chairman public service award committee National Science Board, 1998—2001. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (member committee Public Understanding Science 1985-1990, advisory board Science-81-86 magazine, Career Excellence award 2009), California Academy of Sciences. Member: Astronomical Society Pacific (board directors 1976-1978), National Association Science Writers (president 1970-1971, Distinguished Science Journalism award 1994), Council Advancement of Science Writing 1976-1980, Sigma Xi.
Married Anne Salz, October 15, 1941 (deceased 2002). Children: Katherine, Eric, Thomas.