Herbert S. Posner

Background

Posner, Herbert S. was born on August 30, 1931 in New York City. Son of Abraham W. and Gertrude (Shapiro) Posner.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1953; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1958; Master in Regional Planning, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990.

Career

Biochemist, National Heart Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1954-1958; biochemist, National Institute Mental Health, Washington, 1958-1965; biochemist, National Institute Dental Research, Bethesda, 1965-1967; pharmacologist, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1967-1986; planning intern, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, North Carolina, 1988; planning consultant, Durham City/County (North Carolina) Planning Department, 1989-1990. Consultant in field, Durham, since 1993.

Achievements

• Herbert S. Posner has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Commander United States Public Health Service, 1954-1967. Member Indiana Scholars Association North Carolina Triangle (president 1991-1993, newsletter editor since 1993), Osler Literature Roundtable, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, landscaping, independent studies, volunteer for social service agency, tutor in public school.

Connections

Married Lorraine Tan, September 6, 1953 (deceased 1993). Children: Barbara A. Posner Zimmer, Richard A., TrudyE. Married Isabel Miriam Leon Samfield, December 17, 1995.

Father:

Abraham W. Posner

Mother:

Gertrude (Shapiro) Posner

Spouse:

Lorraine Tan

Spouse:

Isabel Miriam Leon Samfield

child:

TrudyE Posner

child:

Barbara A. Posner Zimmer Posner

child:

Richard A. Posner