Background
Shifrin, Kusiel Solomonovich was born on June 21, 1918 in Mstislavl', Russia. Came to the United States, 1992. Son of Solomon Nisanovich and Lubov Aronovna (Goracova) Shifrin.
Shifrin, Kusiel Solomonovich was born on June 21, 1918 in Mstislavl', Russia. Came to the United States, 1992. Son of Solomon Nisanovich and Lubov Aronovna (Goracova) Shifrin.
Master of Science, Leningrad State University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Leningrad Physics Technology Institute, 1943. Doctor of Science, Leningrad State Optical Institute, 1951.
Science worker, Leningrad Physics Technology Institute, 1940-1941; assistant professor optical laboratory, Main Geophysical Observatory, Leningrad, 1945-1951; head, Main Geophysical Observatory, Leningrad, 1951-1969; head ocean optical laboratory, Institute Oceanography, Moscow, since 1989; professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, since 1992.
Captain Red Army Air Force, Russia, 1941-1945. Fellow Optical Society of America.
Married Elizabeth Finkel, October 14, 1943 (deceased July 1993).