Background
Sherman, Martin was born on November 21, 1920 in Newark. Son of Louis and Anna (Norkin) Sherman.
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Martin Sherman
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Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1941. Master of Science, Rutgers University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1948.
Career
Research fellow in entomology, Rutgers University, 1941-1943; research assistant, Cornell Univercity, 1945-1948; entomologist, Beech-Nut Packing Company, Rochester, New York, 1948-1949; member of faculty, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1949; professor entomology, U. Hawaii, 1958-1986; professor emeritus entomology, U. Hawaii, since 1986. Fulbright scholar U. Tokyo, 1956-1957, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College of Denmark, 1966. Visiting professor Rutgers University, 1973.
Achievements
Membership
Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Fellow: American Institute Chemists. Member: International Society for Study Xenobiotics, Hawaiian Entomology Society (president 1969-1970), Japanese Society Applied Entomology and Zoology, American Registry Professional Entomologists, Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Society Toxicology, American Chemical Society, Entomological Society of America (governor board 1974-1977, president Pacific branch 1970), Torch Club, Jewish War Veterans United States of America, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Phi Alpha.
Connections
Son of; married Ruth Goldsmith, September 25, 1943 (divorced November 1975). Children: Laurel Deborah Sherman Englehart, Susan Leslie Sherman Kitakis.
