Background
Pessen, Helmut was born on September 6, 1921 in Berlin, Germany. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Eugen and Charlotte (Bieber) Pessen.
physical biochemist researcher
Pessen, Helmut was born on September 6, 1921 in Berlin, Germany. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Eugen and Charlotte (Bieber) Pessen.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Temple University, 1961.
Control chemist Fred Whitaker Wool Company, Philadelphia, 1943-1946. Research associate American Viscose Corporation, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, 1947-1948. Inspector Food and Drug Administration, Philadelphia, 1950.
Research chemist United States Army Q. M. Pioneering Research Laboratory, 1950-1957. Free-lance technical translator, 1961-1963. Research scientist, senior scientist Eastern Regional Research Center United States Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, from 1963.
With United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Crystallographic Association, Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, Biophysics Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Norma Cooper Glasner, March 12, 1966.