Michael Last Schlesinger

Background

Schlesinger, Michael Last was born on December 1, 1932 in Worms, Germany. Arrived in Israel (Palestine), 1933. Son of Johann Gottlieb Justus Schlesinger and Melita Naomi Loeb.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Hebrew U.-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 1958.

Career

Assistant Hubert H. Humphrey Center Experimental Medicine & Cancer Research, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, 1960—1963, lecturer, 1965—1966, senior lecturer, 1965—1969, associate professor, 1969—1973, professor, 1973—2002, professor emeritus, since 2002, chairman, 1987—1990, 1999—2002. National Institutes of Health fellow Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Research New York, 1964—1965, Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina, 1963—1964, visiting professor, 1969—1970, Mount Sinai School Medicine New York, 1975—1976, 1982—1983, University Pittsburgh, 1990—1991, Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1998—1999, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 2002—2003, Kennedy Institute Rheumatology, London, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Acting vice president & chairman, Research and Development authority Hebrew University Jerusalem, 1994—1995, vice president, chairman, 1977—1982, Paul Ehrlich Leukemic & Normal WBC Study Center, Hebrew U.-Hadassah Medical School, 1988—1996.

Member editorial boards Israel Journal Medical Sciences, 1970—1977, Human Immunology, since 1981, Thymus, 1981—1992, Galileo, 1994—2002, Mada, 1982—1993, science editor, 1986—1993.

Achievements

• Michael Last Schlesinger has been listed as a noteworthy medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of 7th European Immunology Meeting (Jerusalem) (chairman 1985), International Congress Reticuloendothelial Society (Jerusalem) (co-chairman 1978), 5th International Congress Transplantation Society (Jerusalem) (chairman 1974), Israel Cancer Association (member board trustees since 1983, member executive board 1995—2002), National Centre for Research and Development-DKFZ Bi-National Committee, National Committee Ministry of Health, Israeli Immunological Society (president 1977-1980, certified of appreciation 2005).

Connections

Married Ora Krolik, July 29, 1958. Children: Naomi, Ilana, Boaz.

Father:

Johann Gottlieb Justus Schlesinger

Mother:

Melita Naomi Loeb

Spouse:

Ora Krolik

child:

Ilana Schlesinger

child:

Boaz Schlesinger

child:

Naomi Schlesinger