Background
Wolfsberg, Max was born on May 28, 1928 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Gustav and Ida (Engelmann) Wolfsberg. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
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Max Wolfsberg
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Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1951.
Career
Associate chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1951-1954;
chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1954-1963;
senior chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1963-1969;
professor of chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1966-1969. Visiting professor of chemistry Indiana U., Bloomington, 1965, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1963. Professor of chemistry University of California, Irvine, since 1969, department chairman, 1974-1980.
Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft guest professor of University Ulm, Federal Republic Germany, 1986. Forchheimer visiting professor Hebrew U., 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Chemical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Marilyn Lorraine Fleischer, June23, 1957. 1 daughter, Tyra Gwendolen.
Awards
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Atomic Energy Commission fellow, 1950-1951. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow, 1958-1959. Alexander von Humboldt awardee, 1977, reinvitations 1982, 93.Atomic Energy Commission fellow, 1950-1951. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow, 1958-1959. Alexander von Humboldt awardee, 1977, reinvitations 1982, 93.