Background
Tessman, Irwin was born on November 24, 1929 in Brooklyn. Son of Morris and Anna Tessman.
Tessman, Irwin was born on November 24, 1929 in Brooklyn. Son of Morris and Anna Tessman.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1954.
Research fellow, Cornell Univercity, 1954-1957; research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957-1959; associate professor biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1959-1962; professor, Purdue University, since 1962; visiting professor, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1967-1968; professor, University of California, Irvine, 1970-1972.
Member American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics Society of America, American Society Photobiology, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Ethel Stolzenberg, June 19, 1949. 1 son, Adam.