Jerome Burton Lando

Background

Lando, Jerome Burton was born on May 23, 1932 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Ruth (Schwartz) Lando.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1963.

Career

Chemist Camille Dreyfus Laboratory, Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina, 1963-1965. Assistant professor macromolecular science Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1965—1968, associate professor, 1968—1974, professor, 1974—2005, professor emeritus, since 2005. President, Chief Executive Officer Edison Polymer Inovation Corporation, since 2000.

Department chairman Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1978—1985. Erna and Jakob Michael visiting professor Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1987. Lady Davis visiting professor Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1992—1993.

Achievements

• Jerome Burton Lando has been listed as a noteworthy macromolecular science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry

Membership

Served to lieutenant United States Army, 1953-1955. Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Chemical Society, American Crystallographic Association, Society Plastics Engineers (research award 1994, education award 1999), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Geula Ahroni, December 2, 1962. Children: Jeffrey, Daniel, Avital.

Father:

Irving Lando

Mother:

Ruth (Schwartz) Lando

Spouse:

Geula Ahroni

child:

Daniel Lando

child:

Avital Lando

child:

Jeffrey Lando