Background
Fraenkel, George Kessler was born on July 27, 1921 in Deal, New Jersey, United States. Son of Osmond Kessler and Helene (Esberg) Fraenkel.
Fraenkel, George Kessler was born on July 27, 1921 in Deal, New Jersey, United States. Son of Osmond Kessler and Helene (Esberg) Fraenkel.
In 1942, he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard. During World World War II, he was hired by the National Defense Research Committee. After the war, he graduated Cornell with a doctorate in 1949.
Research group leader, National Defense Research Committee, 1943-1946;
instructor chemistry, Columbia University, New York City, 1949-1953;
assistant professor, Columbia University, 1953-1957;
associate professor, Columbia University, 1957-1961;
professor, Columbia University, 1961-1991;
Eugene Higgins professor Graduate School Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 1986-1991;
professor emeritus, Columbia University, since 1992;
department chairman chemistry, Columbia University, 1966-1968;
dean graduate school arts and science, Columbia University, 1968-1983;
dean emeritus, Columbia University, since 1983;
vice president special projects, Columbia University, 1983-1986. Member postdoctoral fellowship committee National Academy Science-National Science Foundation, 1964-1965. Chairman.Gordon Research Conference Magnetic Resonance, 1967.
Member Arts College advanced.council Cornell Univercity, 1964-1974. Member, board directors Atran Foundation, New York City, since 1968, commission on budget and finance, since 1986. Treasurer Atran Foundation, since 1988.
Quotations: “We are now determining the structure and function of medically important proteins implicated in Parkinson’s disease, how viral proteins insert themselves into cells, medical imaging, memory function and quantum computing,”.
Trustee Columbia University Press, 1968-1971, Walden School, New York City, 1964-1966. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, International Electron Spin Resonance Society. Member Association Graduate Schools (Executive Committee 1976-1980, vice president 1977-1978, president 1978-1979, Chairman of Commission policies on graduate education 1969-1971), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Johanna-Maria Herzog, June 30, 1951 (divorced August 1965). Married Elizabeth R. Rosen, November 11, 1967 (divorced January 1990). Married Eva S. Cantwell, February 3, 1990.