Background
Avigan, Joel was born on January 8, 1920 in Warsaw, Poland. Came to the United States, 1955. Son of Isaac and Cypra (Pilicer) Wegmeister.
Avigan, Joel was born on January 8, 1920 in Warsaw, Poland. Came to the United States, 1955. Son of Isaac and Cypra (Pilicer) Wegmeister.
Master of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1954.
Research chemist, Israel Research Council, Tel Aviv, 1950-1952; visiting scientist laboratory metabolism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1955-1964; research chemist laboratory cellular metabolism, National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Bethesda, 1964-1991. Visiting scientist laboratory chemical enzymology Shell Research Ltd., Sittingbourne, England, 1963.
Member council on arteriosclerosis American Heart Association Lieutenant Israeli Air Force, 1948-1950. Member American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Married Vita Poznansky, January 11, 1947. Children: Mark I., Ruth Z., David E.