Joel Mervin Kauffman

Background

Kauffman, Joel Mervin was born on January 3, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963.

Career

Senior development chemist, Imperial Chemical Industries Organics Inc., Dighton, Massachusetts, 1964-1966; research associate, Massachusetts College Pharmacy and Science, Boston, 1966-1967, 77-79; associate professor, Massachusetts College Pharmacy and Science, Boston, 1986-1992; director R & D division pilot chemicals, New England Nuclear Corporation, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1969-1976; assistant professor of chemistry, Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, Boston, 1979-1985; professor, Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, since 1992; research professor, University of Sciences Philadelphia (formerly Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science), since 1997. Consultant Franklin Research Center, Philadelphia, 1982-1990.

Achievements

• Joel Mervin Kauffman has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator, researcher, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Americans for Legal Reform, Washington, since 1985. Associate Consumers Union, Yonkers, New York, since 1991, CSICOP, 1993-1998. Member American United Seperation Church of State, since 1994.

Member American Chemical Society (award), National Motorists Association, Pocono Environmental Ednl. Center, Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club, Greening Earth Society.

Connections

Son of david and Mathilde (Goldstein) K. Married Thea Barbara Feldman, June 20, 1967 (divorced March 1980). Married Helen Ehrlich Plotkin, June 6, 1981.

Children; Michael, Alec.

Spouse:

Helen Ehrlich Plotkin

Spouse:

Thea Barbara Feldman