Background
Shelesnyak, Moses Chaim was born on June 6, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jonas and Fay (Leavitt) Shelesnyak.
Shelesnyak, Moses Chaim was born on June 6, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jonas and Fay (Leavitt) Shelesnyak.
Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy (U. fellow), Columbia, 1933; postgraduate, Alliance Francaise, Paris, summer 1929; postgraduate, New York School Social Work, 1938-1939.
Instructor physiology, pharmacology, Chicago Medical School, 1935-1936;
lecturer human growth, New College, Teachers College, Columbia, 1936-1937;
research associate, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1936-1940;
research associate Friedsam fellow, Beth Israel Hospital, New York City, 1940-1942;
acting head biophysics branch, United States Office Naval Research, Washington, 1946-1947;
head human ecology branch, United States Office Naval Research, 1946-1949;
lecturer ecology, Johns Hopkins University, 1949-1950;
director, Arctic Institute North America, Baltimore-Washington, 1949-1950;
senior scientist, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovoth, Israel, 1950-1958;
associate professor, Weizmann Institute Science, 1958-1959;
professor, Weizmann Institute Science, 1959;
head department biodynamics, Weizmann Institute Science, 1960-1968;
associate director, Interdisciplinary Communications Program, Office Assistant Secretary Science, Smithsonian Institution-New York Academy Sciences, 1967-1968;
executive secretary, Council Communication, 1968-1972;
director, Interdisciplinary Communications Program, Smithsonian Institution, 1968-1977;
research associate, Interdisciplinary Communications Program, Smithsonian Institution, 1977-1994. Director International Program Population Analysis, 1972-1977. President, chairman bd.Interdisciplinary Communication Associations, 1969-1984.
Visiting lecturer geography McGill University, 1948. Visiting professor College de France, 1960. Member board humanecology arid zones United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1954-1972.
Research committee International Planned Parenthood Federation, 1959-1972. Selection and advising committee International Training Program Physiology Reproduction, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1959-1970. Neuroendocrinology panel Interdisciplinary Brain Research Organisation, 1961-1994.
Expert advisory panelWHO, 1965-1970, more.
Board directors Santa Ynez Valley Hospital, Solvang, California Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arctic Institute North America, Eugenics Society. Member Aerospace Medical Association, American Association of University Professors, Israel, American chemical societies, American Institute Biological Science, American Physiological Society (director task force centennial commemorative committee, executive editor The Physiology Teacher 1977-1983, executive editor history section The Physiologist 1979-1983), American Polar Society, American Society Study Sterility, Animal Behavior Society, Arctic Circle, Bio-chemical Society Israel, British Glaciological Society, Ecological Society of America, Endocrine Society of America, Endocrine Society Israel, European Society Drug Toxicity, History Science Society, Institute Aeronautical Sciences, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Israel Fertility Society, Israel Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Israel Society Undersea Exploration, New York Academy of Sciences, International Society Research in Reproduction (founding), Society International Development, Society Research Child Development, Society General Systems Research, American Academy Political and Social Science, Academy Political Sciences, Population Association American, World Future Society, Academy Medicine Washington, Society Study Reproduction, Sigma Xi.
Foreign member La Sociedad Chilena d'Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Societa Italiana per il progresso della zootecnica, Societe Royale Belge de Gynecologie et d'Obstetrique. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington). Explorers (New York City).
Son of; married Roslyn Benjamin, January 28, 1942 (deceased July 1987). Children: Betty Jane (Mistress Franz Sondheimer), Henry Lawrence (deceased).