Myron Leslie Cohen

Background

Cohen, Myron Leslie was born on March 7, 1934 in New York City. Son of Henry and Minnie (Pechenik) Cohen.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1955. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Alabama, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1966.

Career

Research engineer Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Hercules, Inc., Cumberland, Maryland, 1955-1956. Senior thermodynamics engineer Republican Aviation Corporation, Farmingdale, New York, 1958-1960. Instructor mechanical engineering Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1960-1966.

Assistant professor mechanical engineering Stevens Institute of Technology, 1966-1969, associate professor mechanical engineering, 1969-1977, professor mechanical engineering, 1977-1978, director Medical Engineering Laboratory, 1975-1978. Professor Institute fur Biokybernetik und Biomedizinische Technik Universitat Karlsruhe, West Germany, 1974-1975. Director research and development hospital products Chesebrough-Ponds's Inc., Trumbull, Connecticut, 1978-1983.

President Chemical Abstracts Service Medical Systems, Inc., Branford, 1983-1991, chairman board, executive vice president, from 1991. Vice president Freshet Press, Rockville Centre, New York, 1970-1978. President C.A.S., Inc., Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 1975-1978.

Adjunct associate professor surgery College Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Newark, 1978-1992.

Achievements

• Myron Leslie Cohen has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineer, business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Temple Beth Tikvah, Madison, Connecticut, 1980-1982. Lieutenant United States Army, 1956-1958. Fellow: New York Academy Medicine.

Member: Connecticut River Salmon Association (board directors since 1987), New York Academy of Sciences, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (chairman New York section 1971-1972), Cardiovasc. Systems Dynamics Society, Society Biomaterials, Association Advancement Medical Instrumentation (spkygnomenometer standards committee), American Association of University Professors, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman standards committee on medical devices 1982), Theodore Gordon Flyfishers Club, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Sally Claire Gilman, June 19, 1955. Children: Amy Beth, David Lawrence, Hilary Annual.

Father:

Henry Cohen

Mother:

Minnie (Pechenik) Cohen

Spouse:

Sally Claire Gilman

child:

Amy Beth Cohen

child:

David Lawrence Cohen

child:

Hilary Annual Cohen