Background
Arthur S. Obermayer was born in Philadelphia.
Arthur S. Obermayer was born in Philadelphia.
Obermayer graduated from Swarthmore College. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
His "four grandparents were all German." His family came from Creglingen. Obermayer was an enterpreneur. Meanwhile, he took Moleculon, Incorporated. public in 1981 and sold it to an Australian corporation in 1984.
Obermayer co-founded Meretz United States of America, later known as Partners for Progressive Israel.
He died of cancer on January 10, 2016 in Dedham, Massachusetts.