Leonard Solomon Lerman

Background

Lerman, Leonard Solomon was born on June 27, 1925 in Pittsburgh. Son of Meyer Louis and Freamah (Hoffman) Lerman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1950.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago, 1949-1951; from assistant to associate professor, U. Colorado, Denver, 1951-1963; professor biophysics, U. Colorado, Denver, 1963-1965; professor molecular biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1965-1976; professor, chairman biology, State University of New York, Albany, 1976-1984; director diagnostics, Genetics Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1987; senior lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1987. Member panel Department Energy, Washington, 1986-1993. Member Health and Environmental Research Advisory Committee Board, Board Radiation Effects Research, National Research Council, 1988-1996.

Achievements

• Leonard Solomon Lerman has been listed as a notable Science educator, scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member NAS, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts & Sciences, American Society Biological Chemists, Human Genome Organisation, American Society Human Genetics.

Connections

Married Claire Carol Lindegren, July 14, 1952 (divorced September 1973). Children: Averil, Lisa, Alexander. M.Elizabeth Knox Taylor, May 11, 1974 (divorced 1996).

Father:

Meyer Louis Lerman

Mother:

Freamah (Hoffman) Lerman

Spouse:

Claire Carol Lindegren

child:

Alexander Lerman

child:

Averil Lerman

child:

Lisa Lerman