Background
Weisblat, David Irwin was born on August 11, 1916 in Coshocton, Ohio, United States. Son of Morris and Yetta (Laddin) Weisblat.
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David Irwin Weisblat
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Education
Bachelor summa cum laude, Ohio State University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1941. Postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1943.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 1980.
Career
With, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, 1943-1981; director biochemistry research, Upjohn Company, 1962-1968; vice president pharmaceutical research and development, Upjohn Company, 1968-1981; director, Upjohn Company, 1973-1981; member chemistry panel, Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center. member science review committee, Neogen Corporation, 1981-1990; member, World Health Organization Onchocerciasis Chemotherapy Project Working Group, 1981-1982.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman library committee Western Michigan University, 1958-1964, member chemistry advisory committee, 1958-1968. Member science advisory committee Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Foundation, 1976. Member molecular biology committee Michigan High Technology Task Force, 1981-1982.
President Galesburg-Augusta Community School Board, 1960-1962. Trustee Charlestown Township Board, 1959-1963, Kalamazoo Science Foundation, 1974-1990. Trustee Kalamazoo Symphony Society, Inc., 1968-1977, president, 1971-1973.
Board directors Reproductive Health Care Center/Planned Parenthood South Central Michigan, 1981-1987. Secretary Charleston Township Planning Commission, 1979-1990. Planned Parenthood Federation American Great Lakes Region Executive Committee, 1987-1989.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Intra-Science Research Foundation (honorary). Member American Chemical Society (associate editor Chemical Revs.), Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Connections
Married Edna Christine Hawkinson Weisblat, April 11, 1942. Children: Ann Weisblat Ford, Sara Weisblat Schastok, David.
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April 21, 1990 (aged 73) -
Resting place
Cremated -
Nationality
American
Education
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1937
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1941
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1943
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1980