Background
Preiss, Ivor Louis was born on March 24, 1933 in New York City. Son of Louis H. and Caroline (Rozum) Preiss.
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Ivor Louis Preiss
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Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1955; Master of Science, U. Arkansas, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Arkansas, 1960.
Career
Design draftsman, Technology Corporation, Elmsford, New York, 1953-1954;
research fellow, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1957-1960;
research associate physics department, lecturer chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1961-1966;
associate professor of chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1966-1971;
professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, since 1971;
professor nuclear engineering and engineering physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, since 1991. Chairman Brookhaven-Rensselaer Environmental Partnership, since 1993. Consultant Canberra Industry, Meriden, Connecticut, 1960-1978, General Electric R & D Center, Schenectady, New York, since 1980, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1985, Gould Elec.
Inc., General Electric Corporation Research.Ctr. Expert witness on environmental heavy metals. Member chemistry, physics and mathematics applications commission on nuclear and radio chemistry NAS/National Research Council.
Achievements
Membership
Vice president region-district Parent-Teachers Association, Colonie, New York, 1970-1975. Board directors New York State Parent-Teachers Association, Albany, 1975-1978. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (membership chair 1966), American Physical Society, Zeta Psi (president), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Jean M. Sevor, January 15, 1956 (divorced 1969). Married Lorraine M. Dxson, July 27, 1970. Children: Susan, Sharon, Sandra, Bradley, Michelle.
