Jacob Yashphe

Background

Yashphe, Jacob was born on April 16, 1929 in Kameniz-Podolsk, Ukraine. Arrived in Israel, 1933. Son of Israel Joseph and Sara-Rivka (Fleishman) Yashphe.

Education

Master of Science in Biochemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1958. Master of Science in Microbiology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbial-Biochemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1961.

Career

Assistant instructor, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, 1958-1962; lecturer, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, 1966-1971; senior lecturer, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, 1971, 75-85; head department bacteriology, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, 1988-1992, 94-96; research fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1962-1965; research fellow, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1965-1966. Visiting scholar Brandeis U., Waltham, 1973-1974, 86-87. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1985-1986, 93-94.

Achievements

• Jacob Yashphe has been listed as a noteworthy Bacteriologist, microbiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Second lieutenant Israeli Infantry, 1949-1952. Member Israeli Microbiol. Society, Israeli Bio-chemical Society, American Society for Microbiology, New York Academy of Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: painting, swimming.

Connections

Married Diane Jacobs, December 5, 1965 (divorced 1972). Married Ilana Trachtenberg, June 20, 1979. Children: Eva, Shira, Doron.

Father:

Israel Joseph Yashphe

Mother:

Sara-Rivka (Fleishman) Yashphe

Spouse:

Diane Jacobs

Spouse:

Ilana Trachtenberg

child:

Doron Yashphe

child:

Shira Yashphe

child:

Eva Yashphe