Background
Mendelsohn, Everett Irwin was born on October 28, 1931 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Morris H. and May (Albert) Mendelsohn.
Mendelsohn, Everett Irwin was born on October 28, 1931 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Morris H. and May (Albert) Mendelsohn.
AB, Antioch College, 1953. Postgraduate, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1960.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rhode Island College, 1977.
Research associate science public policy Graduate School Public Administration Harvard University, 1960-1965, associate professor history of science Graduate School Public Administration, 1965-1969, professor history of science Graduate School Public Administration, since 1969, chairman department history of science Graduate School Public Administration, 1971-1978, 1997-2000, master Dudley House, 1997—2002. Overseas fellow Churchill College, University Cambridge, England. Fellow Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel, 1978.
Visiting fellow Zentrum für Interdizsciplinare Forschung, Bielefeld, West Germany, 1978. Fellow Wissenschafts Kolleg, Berlin, 1983-1984. Professor invitée Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, 1989, 90.
Director research group on bio-medical science Program on Technology and Society Harvard University, 1966-1968. Member Society Fellows, 1957-1960. Olaf Palme professor University Sweden, 1994.
Trustee Cambridge Friends School, The Sanctuary. Board directors Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies. Chairman of the executive committee American Friends Service Com.New England regional office.
Member Common for Science and Cultural History of Mankind United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Chairman Harvard-Radcliffe Child Care Council. Member Cambridge Common for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Education.
President Institute for Peace and International Security. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president, chairman of the section L, commission on arms control and national security), American Academy Arts and Sciences (chairman program Middle East Security Studies. Member Academie International d'Historie des Sciences, History Science Society (council), International Academy History Medicine, International Council Science.Policy Studies (president), American Scandinavian Foundation (fellowship committee).
Married Mary B. Anderson, September 14, 1974. Children by previous marriage: Daniel Leeds, Sarah Ellicott, Joanna Moore. 1 stepson, Jesse Marshall Wallace.