Irving Abram Lerch

Background

Lerch, Irving Abram was born on June 29, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Abraham and Rissel (Lutwak) Lerch.

Education

Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1960; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1969.

Career

Research associate, University Chicago (Illinois) Hospitals, 1969-1973; first officer, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1973-1976; professor, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, 1976-1993; director international science affairs, American Physical Society, New York City, since 1991. Member board directors American College of Physicians, 1993-1994. Member United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Physics Action Council, since 1994, chairman group on telecommunication networks science, since 1994.

Member of advisory committee International Science Foundation, 1992-1996. Consultant mission expert International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1976-1987. Consultant physicist National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1978-1982.

Consultant expert World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1980-1981. Telecommunications consultant PW Comm., Secaucus, New Jersey, 1985.

Achievements

• Irving Abram Lerch has been listed as a noteworthy Medical physicist, science administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman American Association for the Advancement of Science commission on science freedom and responsibility, 1997. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Physicists in Medicine and Biology (editorial board 1980-1982), American Physical Society (public information and education committee 1980-1982), Radiation Research Society, Radiological and Medical Physics Society New York.

Connections

Married Sharon Primack, February 24, 1963.

Father:

Abraham Lerch

Mother:

Rissel (Lutwak) Lerch

Spouse:

Sharon Primack