Background
Schachman, Howard Kapnek was born on December 5, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris H. and Rose (Kapnek) Schachman.
Schachman, Howard Kapnek was born on December 5, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris H. and Rose (Kapnek) Schachman.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Princeton, 1948. Doctor of Science (honorary), Northwestern University, 1974.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Naples, 1990.
Fellow National Institutes of Health, 1946-1948. From instructor to assistant professor University California, Berkeley, 1948-1954, associate professor biochemistry, 1954-1959, professor biochemistry and molecular biology, 1959-1991, chairman department molecular biology, director virus laboratory, 1969-1976, professor emeritus, department molecular and cell biology, 1991-1994, professor graduate school, since 1994. Member science council and science advisory board Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy, since 1988.
Consultant board science Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1988—1997. Member science advisory committee Research ! American, since 1990. William Lloyd Evans lecturer Ohio State University, 1988.
Carl and Gerty Cori lecturer Washington University School Medicine, 1993. Faculty research lecturer University California, Berkeley, 1994. Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research visiting professor University Alberta, 1996.
Wellcome visiting professor in basic medical science, 1999—2000. Walter C. MacKenzie lecturer School Medicine University Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2001.
Author: Ultracentrifugation in Biochemistry, 1959.
Member board science counselors Cancer Biology and Diagnosis division National Cancer Institute, 1989-1992. Ombudsman in basic science National Institutes of Health, 1994—2002. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1947.
Member of National Academy of Sciences (chairman biochemistry section 1990-1993, panelist science responsibility and conduct of research 1990-1992), American Association for the Advancement of Science (member committee on science freedom and responsibility since 1998, Science Freedom and Responsibility award 2000), Academy National Dei Lincei (foreign member), Federation American Societies for Experimental Biology (president 1988-1989, public affairs executive committee since 1989, public service award 1994), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (president 1987-1988, chairman public affairs committee 1989—2000, Merck award 1986, Herbert A. Sober award 1994, public service award established in his name 2001 2001), American Chemical Society (California section award 1958, award in chemical instrumentation 1962).
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Married Ethel H. Lazarus, October 20, 1945. Children– Marc, David.