Background
Oster, Gerald was born on March 24, 1918 in Providence. Son of David and Sarah (Arkand) Oster.
Oster, Gerald was born on March 24, 1918 in Providence. Son of David and Sarah (Arkand) Oster.
Bachelor of Science, Brown University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1943.
Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943-1944; Research associate, Princeton University, 1944-1945; Research associate, Rockefeller Institute, 1945-1949; associate, Birkbeck College, London, 1949-1950; Rockefeller fellow, Royal Institution, London, 1950-1951; visiting scientist, Sorbonne, Paris, 1951; professor, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1951-1969; professor biophysics, Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York City, 1969-1988; senior scientist Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Brooklyn College, 1989-1990.
Married Selmaree Greene, May 11, 1973. Children: Tatiana, Felix, Alexander.