Background
Banks, Ephraim was born on April 21, 1918 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Israel and Ada (Gezunsky) Banks.
Banks, Ephraim was born on April 21, 1918 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Israel and Ada (Gezunsky) Banks.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1949.
Junior metallurgist, New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, 1941-1946; research fellow, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, 1946-1949; research associate, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, 1949-1950; instructor to professor, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic U.), 1951-1987; professor emeritus, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic U.), since 1987. Consultant Westinghouse, General Motors, Mallinckrodt Chemical, since 1966.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Mineralogical Society of America. Member American Chemical Society (member executive committee inorganic division 1959-1962), American Physical Society, Electrochemical Society (associate editor journal.
1956-1985), American Crystallography Association.
Married Libby Kohl, March 17, 1945 (deceased May 14, 1985). Children: Thomas Israel, Jay Lewis.
