Jerold Jay Zuckerman

Background

Zuckerman, Jerold Jay was born on February 29, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Earle and Evlyn Judith (Weisman) Zuckerman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1957; A.M., Harvard University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1962; Doctor of Science, University Cambridge, England, 1976; D.h.c., Aix-Marseille III, France.

Career

Chemist, Smith, Kline & French laboratories, Philadelphia, summer 1956; chemist, Houdry Process Corporation, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, summer 1957; teaching fellow, Harvard University, 1957-1960; assistant professor Summer School, Harvard University, 1967; associate professor, Harvard University, 1970; chemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, summer 1958; supervisor student in chemistry Sidney Sussex College, U. Cambridge, England, 1961-1962; assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1962-1968; associate professor, State University of New York, Albany, 1968-1972; professor of chemistry, State University of New York, Albany, 1972-1976; director research, State University of New York, Albany, 1972-1973; professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1976-1987; department chairman chemistry, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1976-1980; George Lynn Cross research professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1984-1987. Visiting professor Technology U., Berlin, 1973, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1987. Professor associé U. Aix-Marseille III, 1979, 82.

Panel chairman National Research Council-National Academy Sciences, 1970-1975. Consultant National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, Bethesda, Maryland., Walter de Gruyter Company, Berlin, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Life Systems, Inc., ICAIR Systems Division, Cleveland, Carstab Corporation, Cincinnati, E.I. du Pont de Nemours NEN Products division, Billerica, Massachusetts. American Cyanamid Corporation, Stanford, Connecticut.

Panelist National Science Foundation.

Achievements

• Jerold Jay Zuckerman has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President board of trustees Brunswick Common School District, New York, 1972-1976. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association of University Professors, American Chemical Society, American Institute Chemists, Association Harvard Chemists, American Society for Testing and Materials, Association University of Pennsylvania Chemists, Cambridge Society, Royal Society Chemistry, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Connections

Married Rose Elizabeth Stinson, June 4, 1959. Children: Lesley Jeanne, Thomas Abraham, Amanda Joy, Kathryn Jane, Amy Jo Allyn.

Father:

Harry Earle Zuckerman

Mother:

Evlyn Judith (Weisman) Zuckerman

Spouse:

Rose Elizabeth Stinson

child:

Amy Jo Allyn Zuckerman

child:

Thomas Abraham Zuckerman

child:

Kathryn Jane Zuckerman

child:

Amanda Joy Zuckerman

child:

Lesley Jeanne Zuckerman