Background
Silverman, Paul Hyman was born on October 8, 1924 in Minneapolis. Son of Adolph and Libbie (Idlekope) Silverman.
science administrator university official
Silverman, Paul Hyman was born on October 8, 1924 in Minneapolis. Son of Adolph and Libbie (Idlekope) Silverman.
Student, University Minnesota, 1942—1943. Student, University Minnesota, 1946—1947. Bachelor of Science, Roosevelt University, 1949.
Master of Science in Biology, Northwestern University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy in Parasitology, University Liverpool, England, 1955. Doctor of Science, University Liverpool, England, 1968.
Research fellow, Malaria Research Station, Hebrew U., Israel, 1951-1953;
research fellow department entomology and parasitology, School Tropical Medicine, U. Liverpool, 1953-1956;
senior science officer department parasitology, Moredun Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1956-1959;
head department immunoparasitology, Glaxo, Allen & Hanbury, Ltd., Ware, England, 1960-1962;
professor zoology and veterinary pathology and hygiene, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1963-1972;
chairman, head department zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1963-1968;
professor, department chairman biology, vice president for research, U. New Mexico, 1972-1977;
provost, research and graduate studies Control Administration, State University of New York, Albany, 1977-1979;
president Research Foundation, State University of New York, Albany, 1979-1980;
president, U. Maine, Orono, 1980-1984;
biological division Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1984-1986;
head biomedical division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1986-1987;
Adjunct Professor medical parasitology School Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1986;
associate laboratory director for life science, dir Donner Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1990;
director systemwide biotechnology research and education program, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1990;
director, Beckman's Scientific Affairs, Fullerton, California, 1990-1993;
associate chancellor Center for Health Sciences, Adjunct Professor medicine, University of California, Irvine, 1993-1996. Director Western Center, American Academy Arts and Sciences, since 1997. Consultant, Commission Colleges Universities, North Central Association Colleges Secondary Schools, since 1964.
Chairman Commision on Institutions Higher Education, 1974-1976. Fulbright professor zoology Australian National U., Canberra, 1969. Adjoint professor biology U. Colorado, Boulder, 1970-1972.
Member board National Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, Washington, 1975-1977. Director research in malaria immunology and vaccination United States Agency for International Development, 1965-1976. Board directors Inhalation Toxicology ResearchInst., Lovelace biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, 1977-1984, Hastings Center.
Member of New York State Governor's High Technology OpportunitiesTask Force. Chairman research and review committee New York State Science and Technology Foundation. Member president's council New England Land Grant Universities.
Board advisory Lovelace-Bataan Medical Center, Albuquerque, 1974-1977. Advising committee United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1983-1984.
Chairman research review committee New York State Science and Technology Foundation. Board directors Hastings Center, 1997-2004. Fellow Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, New Mexico Academy of Sciences.
Member American Society Parasitologits, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society Immunologists, British Society Parasitology (council), British Society Immunologists, Society General Microbiology, Society Protozoologists, American Society Zoologists, Human Genome Organization, American Institute Biological Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, New York Society Tropical Medicine, World Academy Art and Science, B'nai B'rith, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Nancy Josephs, May 20, 1945. Children: Daniel Joseph, Claire.