Moises Kankolsky Agosin

Background

Agosin, Moises Kankolsky was born on December 1, 1922 in Marseilles, France. Son of Abraham W. and Rachel S. (Kankolsky) Agosin. came to the United States, 1968, naturalized, 1973.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Chile, 1948.

Career

Intern, Salvador Hospital, Santiago, Chile, 1946; resident parasitology and medical entomology, Salvador Hospital, 1948; Rockefeller Foundation fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1952-1954; research associate, National Institutes of Health, 1955; head biochemistry section, department parasitology, U. Chile, 1957-1959; department chairman chemistry, professor of chemistry, U. Chile, 1960-1967; research professor zoology, U. Georgia, Athens, since 1968. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1960, U. London, 1964. Honorary professor of University Cayetano Heredia, Peru, 1984 consultant in field.

Achievements

• Moises Kankolsky Agosin has been listed as a noteworthy Zoology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Microbiology. Member American Society Biological Chemists, Biochem.Soc. (London), American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, American Society Parasitology (Bueding-von Brand Memorial award 1990), Chilean Academy Sciences(research professor emeritus 1992).

Connections

Married Frida Halpern, June 19, 1948. Children— Cynthia Regina, Marjorie Stella, Mario Daniel.

Father:

Abraham W. Agosin

Mother:

Rachel S. (Kankolsky) Agosin

Spouse:

Frida Halpern