Gerhard Levy

Background

Levy, Gerhard was born on February 12, 1928 in Wollin, Germany. Son of Gotthold and Eliesabeth (Luebeck) Levy. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1953.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California at San Francisco, 1955; Doctor of Pharmacy, University of California at San Francisco, 1958; Doctor honoris causa, Uppsala (Sweden) U., 1975; Doctor honoris causa, Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1979; Doctor honoris causa, Long Island U., 1981; Doctor honoris causa, University of Illinois, 1986; Doctor honoris causa, Hoshi U., Japan, 1996; Doctor honoris causa, Ohio State University, 1998.

Career

Assistant professor pharmacy, U. Buffalo, 1958-1960; associate professor pharmacy, State University New York at Buffalo, 1960-1964; professor biopharmaceutics, State University New York at Buffalo, 1964-1972; distinguished professor pharmaceutics, State University New York at Buffalo, 1972-1975; department chairman pharmaceutics, State University New York at Buffalo, 1966-1970; university distinguished professor emeritus, State University New York at Buffalo, 1995. Visiting professor Hebrew U., Jerusalem. Consultant World Health Organization, 1966, Bureau Drugs Advisory Panel System, Food and Drug Administration, 1971-1974.

Member commission on problems of drug safety National Research Council, 1971-1975. Member pharmacology-toxicological committee National Institutes of Health, 1971-1975.

Achievements

• Gerhard Levy has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1950-1951. Fellow American Pharmaceutical Association, Academy Pharmaceutical Sciences (Takeru Higuchi Research prize 1983), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Institute Medicine of National Academy Sciences, American Assn.Pharm.

Scientists (Dale E. Wurster Research award 1992), American Society Experimental Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Connections

Married Rosalyn Mincer, June 8, 1958. Children: David, Marc, Sharon.

Father:

Gotthold Levy

Mother:

Eliesabeth (Luebeck) Levy

Spouse:

Rosalyn Mincer

child:

David Levy

child:

Sharon Levy

child:

Marc Levy