Background
Frederick A. Bettelheim was born on June 3, 1923, in Gyor, Hungary.
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Ithaca, NY 14850, United States
In 1953 Frederick A. Bettelheim earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University.
Gallery of Frederick Bettelheim
1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, United States
In 1954 Frederick A. Bettelheim received a Master of Science degree in food science from the University of California, Davis. In 1956 Bettelheim and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physical chemistry from this university.
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In 1953 Frederick A. Bettelheim earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University.
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1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, United States
In 1954 Frederick A. Bettelheim received a Master of Science degree in food science from the University of California, Davis. In 1956 Bettelheim and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physical chemistry from this university.
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Experimental Physical Chemistry
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1971
Introduction to General, Organic & Biochemistry
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1984
Laboratory Experiments for Bettelheim’s Organic and Biochemistry
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1997
Frederick Abraham Bettelheim
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Education
In 1953 Frederick A. Bettelheim earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. In 1954 he received a Master of Science degree in food science from the University of California, Davis. In 1956 Bettelheim and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physical chemistry from this university.
Career
Frederick A. Bettelheim joined the Resistance movement during World War II. After the war, he moved to Palestine, fought with the Israel Defense Forces, and was wounded in the battles before the founding of the state of Israel. He then emigrated to the United States. In 1957, he joined the faculty at Adelphi University, becoming a full professor in 1963; he also served as chair of the department of chemistry from 1985 to 1991. Two years later, he retired, but continued to write and give lectures on his work.
Bettelheim held ten patents for his work and was highly regarded as the author, with Jerry March, of the textbook Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry (1984; 6th edition, 2001). He was also the author of Experimental Physical Chemistry (1971), co-author of Laboratory Experiments for Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry (3rd edition, 1997), monographs, and chapters to other scholarly works.
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Frederick A. Bettelheim was married to Vera S. Bettelheim. He was a father of Adriel A. Bettelheim and a stepfather of Eva Bornstein.
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Garden of Remembrance Cemetery, Clarksburg, Maryland, United States -
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1953
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1963 - 1993
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1985 - 1991