Howard Allen Schneiderman

Background

Schneiderman, Howard Allen was born on February 9, 1927 in New York City. Son of Louis and Anna (Center) Schneiderman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1948; Master of Arts in Zoology, Harvard University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, Harvard University, 1952; Honorary Doctor of Science, La Salle College, 1975; Honorary Doctor of Science, Swarthmore College, 1982; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Toledo, 1984; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1986; Doctor of Science (honorary), Washington University, St. Louis, 1989; Doctor of Laws, Clemson U., 1989.

Career

Atomic Energy Commission predoctoral fellow, Harvard University, 1949-1952; University research fellow, Harvard University, 1952-1953; assistant professor zoology, then associate professor, Cornell Univercity, 1953-1961; professor biology, department chairman, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1961-1966; Jared Potter Kirtland Distinguished professor biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1966-1969; co-director Development Biology Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1961-1969; professor biological science, dean school, director, Center Pathobiology, University of California, Irvine, 1969-1979; department chairman developmental and cell biology, Center Pathobiology, University of California, Irvine, 1969-1975; senior vice president R & D,, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, from 1979; chief scientist, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, until 1990; member executive management committee, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1983-1990. Consultant General Medical Science Institute, National Institute Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, 1961-1979. Instructor invertebrate zoology Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1956-1958, trustee, member Executive Committee, 1966-1972.

Special research, development, genetics, insect hormones, and insect physiology. Board directors G. D.Searle and Company.

Achievements

• Howard Allen Schneiderman has been listed as a noteworthy Science educator, zoologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Advisory commissioner Marshall Scholarship Commission, 1973-1977, chairman, 1976-1977. Trustee Missouri Botanical Garden, from 1981. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences. Member National Academy Science (assembly life science from 1975), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society Experimental Biology (England), American Society Zoologists, Entomological Society American, Lepidopterist Society, Corporation Marine Biol Laboratory, American Society Naturalists, Society Developmental Biology (president 1965-1966), International Society Developmental Biology (director from 1981), Genetics Society American, American Association of University Professors, American Institute Biological Sciences, Society Chemical Industry, American Society Cell Biology, Japanese Society Developmental Biology, National Science Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Audrey MacLeod, September 16, 1951. Children: Anne Mercedes, John Howard.

Father:

Louis Schneiderman

Mother:

Anna (Center) Schneiderman

Spouse:

Audrey MacLeod

child:

Anne Mercedes Schneiderman

child:

John Howard Schneiderman