Murray Goodman

Background

Goodman, Murray was born on July 6, 1928 in New York City. Son of Louis and Frieda (Bercun) Goodman.

Education

Bachelor of Science magna cum laude with honors in Chemistry, Brooklyn College, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1953; Doctor of Science honoris causa, CUNY, Staten Island, 1995; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Ioannina, Greece, 1995.

Career

Assistant professor, Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, 1956-1960; associate professor, Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, 1960-1964; professor of chemistry, Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, 1964-1971; director polymer research institute, Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, 1967-1971; professor of chemistry, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, since 1971; department chairman Chemistry, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, 1976-1981. Visiting professor U. Alberta, Canada, 1981, Lady Davis Visiting Professor, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1982. William H. Rauscher lecturer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982.

BioMega lecturer McGill University, 1998.

Achievements

• Murray Goodman has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, American Chemical Society, American Pepetide Society (Pierce award 1989), American Society Biological Chemists, Chemical Society, Biophysics Society, Protein Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Zelda Silverman. August 26, 1951; children: Andrew, Joshua, David.

Father:

Louis Goodman

Mother:

Frieda (Bercun) Goodman

Spouse:

Zelda Silverman

child:

Joshua Goodman

child:

David Goodman

child:

Andrew Goodman