Joel Martin Blatt

Background

Blatt, Joel Martin was born on October 28, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Philip and Dorothy (Sigelman) Blatt.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, City University of New York, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in Physiological Chemistry, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1968.

Career

Research associate, postdoctoral fellow department biological science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1968-1972; assistant professor, then associate professor department biochemistry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1972-1984; staff scientist diagnostics division, Miles Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1984-1988; senior staff scientist diagnostics division, Miles Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1988-1992; manager product improvement, ChemTrak Inc., Sunnyvale, California, since 1992.

Achievements

• Joel Martin Blatt has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Civil Liberties Union (local president 1980-1984), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Association Clinical Chemistry, American Society Microbiology, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Amy Jane Wahrsager, June 29, 1975. 1 child, Rebecca Anne.

Father:

Philip Blatt

Mother:

Dorothy (Sigelman) Blatt

Spouse:

Amy Jane Wahrsager

child:

Rebecca Anne Blatt