Jonathan Joshua Kurland

Background

Kurland, Jonathan Joshua was born on January 11, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Mildred Esther (White) Kurland.

Education

Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1960; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1968.

Career

Research associate, Columbia University, New York City, 1967-1968; chemist, Union Carbide corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1968-1975; project scientist, Union Carbide corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1975-1984; research scientist, Union Carbide corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia, since 1984. Invited speaker Gordon Conference on Free Radical Reactions, 1983.

Achievements

• Jonathan Joshua Kurland has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Kanawha County Association for Gifted Children, Charleston, 1980-1983. Vice president Lilliput Orchestra, Charleston, 1985-1988. Board directors Charleston Chamber Music Society.

Member American College of Surgeons (chairman Kanawha Valley section 1976, chairman central region 1977-1978), AIChE, American Society for Testing and Materials, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Dorothy Baker, September 13, 1964. Children: Brenda, Zelig.

Father:

Samuel Kurland

Mother:

Mildred Esther (White) Kurland

Spouse:

Dorothy Baker

child:

Zelig Kurland

child:

Brenda Kurland