Lester Goldstein

Background

Goldstein, Lester was born on June 28, 1924 in Brooklyn.

Education

AB, Brooklyn College, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1953.

Career

Instructor biology Queens College, 1950. Teaching assistant zoology University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1950-1951, associate professor biology, 1959-1964, professor biology, 1964-1967. United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow University California-Berkeley, 1953-1955.

Damon Runyon fellow University California-San Francisco, 1955-1956. Research associate University California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1955-1959. Professor biology Institute Development Biology, University Colorado, Boulder, 1967-1968, professor cell biology, 1968-1982.

Professor, director Thomas Hunt Morgan School Biological Science, University Kentucky, Lexington, since 1982. Consultant editor McGraw Hill, 1970-1980. Editor Academy Press, 1975-1980, Springer Verlag, since 1981.

Achievements

• Lester Goldstein has been listed as a noteworthy biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Genetics Society of America, American Society Cell Biology (council 1970-1972).

Connections

Son of Charles and Gussie (Silverman) G. Divorced; children– Natasha, Nina.

Father:

Charles Goldstein

Mother:

Gussie (Silverman) Goldstein

child:

Nina Goldstein

child:

Natasha Goldstein