Background
Halperin, Jerome Arthur was born on February 21, 1937 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harry Nathan and Frieda (Niestat) Halperin.
Halperin, Jerome Arthur was born on February 21, 1937 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harry Nathan and Frieda (Niestat) Halperin.
Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1958. Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1962. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Mercer University, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), Massachusetts College Pharmacy, 1995. Doctor of Science (honorary), Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1996.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Western University of Health Sciences, 2000.
Commissioned officer, United States Public Health Service, 1958;
advanced through grades to assistant surgeon general (rear admiral), United States Public Health Service, 1983;
staff pharmacist, United States Public Health Service Hospitals, Department Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Albuquerque and New York City, 1958-1961;
radiological health specialist, California Health Department, Berkeley, 1962-1965;
agreement states coordinator, Bureau Radiological Health, Rockville, Maryland., 1965-1966;
director industrial radiation and air hygiene, Kansas Department Health, Topeka, 1966-1968;
regional representative, Bureau Radiological Health, Chicago, 1968-1971;
director, Northeastern Radiological Health Laboratory, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1971-1973;
deputy associate director new drug evaluation, Bureau Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Rockville, Maryland., 1974-1977;
deputy director, Bureau Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Rockville, Maryland., 1977-1982;
acting director Office of Drugs, National Center for Drugs and Biologics Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, 1982-1983;
vice president technical, Chemical Industries Basel Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Edison, New Jersey, 1983-1989;
executive director, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., 1989-1995;
executive vice president, Chief Executive Officer, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., since 1995. Chairman Conference on Pharmacy 21st Century Virginia, 1984. Consultant World Health Organization, since 1979.
Trustee American Institute History of Pharmacy, Food & Drug Law Institute, American Found.for Pharmaceutical Education.
Member Board Health, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 1971. Board directors Perspective Woods Citizen Association, Olney, Maryland, 1977—1980. Fellow: American Public Health Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Pharmaceutical Association (Remington Honor medal 2001), American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Member: Food & Drug Administration Alumni Association (board director), International Pharmaceutical Federation (expert member board pharmaceutical science).
Married Barbara Anne Hott, September 1, 1963. Children: Alicia Jennifer Odom, Rachel Elizabeth Halperin Montgomery.