Milton Zaitlin

Background

Zaitlin, Milton was born on April 2, 1927 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Isadore and Martha (Padis) Zaitlin.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Botan. Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954.

Career

Technician, California Institute Technology, 1949-1950; research officer microbiology section, division plant industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia, 1954-1958; assistant professor department horticulture, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1958-1960; assistant professor, then professor department agricultural biochemistry, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1960-1973; professor department plant pathology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1973; associate director, now director Cornell Biotechnology Program, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1983-1998; director emeritus, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1998. Visiting research scientist University of California-Davis, 1979-1980. Recombinant DNA program advising committee National Institutes of Health, 1977-1980, plant working group, 1983-1984.

Science advisory bd.Plant Genetics, Inc., Davis, 1981-1985. Panel manager Plant Pathology/Weeds Competitive Grants Program USDA, 1993.

Achievements

• Milton Zaitlin has been listed as a noteworthy Plant pathology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Phytopathol.

Connections

Married Marjorie Jean Atkins, September 5, 1951. Children: David, Michael, Deborah, Paul.

Father:

Isadore Zaitlin

Mother:

Martha (Padis) Zaitlin

Spouse:

Marjorie Jean Atkins

child:

Michael Zaitlin

child:

David Zaitlin

child:

Deborah Zaitlin

child:

Paul Zaitlin