Background
Adams, Elijah was born on January 14, 1918 in Buffalo. Son of Joseph and Matilda (Berkman) Adams.
Adams, Elijah was born on January 14, 1918 in Buffalo. Son of Joseph and Matilda (Berkman) Adams.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, 1942.
Intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1942-1943. Assistant pathology Yale University School Medicine, 1946-1947, United States Public Health Service fellow in biochemistry, 1947-1948. Assistant resident medicine New Haven Hospital, 1948-1949.
American Cancer Society fellow physiological chemistry University of California at Los Angeles, 1949-1950.
Visiting investigator Laboratory Hereditary and Metabolic Disorders, U. Utah, 1950-1952. Surgeon United States Public Health Service, biochemistry research National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1952-1955.
Associate professor pharmacology New York University School Medicine, 1955-1958. Professor, director department pharmacology Saint Saint Louis University School Medicine, 1958-1963.
Professor, department chairman biochemistry U. Maryland.
School Medicine, Baltimore, 1963-1979.
Served to captain, Military Cross, Australia, 1943-1946. Member American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Blanche Macoff, June 27, 1943. Children: Margaret, Janet, Joseph, James.