Jack Preiss

Background

Preiss, Jack was born on June 2, 1932 in Brooklyn. Son of Erool and Gilda (Friedman) Preiss.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, City College of New York, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Duke U., 1957.

Career

Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1960-1962; assistant professor department biochemistry, biophysics, University of California, Davis, 1962-1965; associate professor, University of California, Davis, 1965-1968; professor, University of California, Davis, 1968-1985; chair department biochemistry, University of California, Davis, 1971-1974, 77-81; professor department biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1985; chair department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1985-1989. Member editorial board Journal Bacteriology, 1969-1974, Architecture Bio-chemical Biophysics, since 1969, Plant Physiology, 1969-1974, 77-80, associate editor, 1980-1992, editor, 1993-1995. Editor Journal Biological Chemistry, 1971-1976, 78-83, 94-, Plant Physiological Biochemistry, since 1997.

16th loomis lecturer Iowa State University, 1997-1998.

Achievements

• Jack Preiss has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (Charles Pfizer award in enzyme chemistry 1971), Bio-chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists and Molecular Biology, American Society Microbiologists, American Society Plant Physiologists, Society for Complex Carbohydrates, Protein Society, Pan American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (secretary general 1994-1996, vice chairman since 1997).

Connections

Children: Jennifer Ellen, Jeremy Oscar, Jessica Michelle.

Father:

Erool Preiss

Mother:

Gilda (Friedman) Preiss

child:

Jennifer Ellen Preiss

child:

Jessica Michelle Preiss

child:

Jeremy Oscar Preiss