Background
Salkind, Alvin J. was born on June 12, 1927 in New York City. Son of Samuel M. and Florence (Zins) Salkind.
Salkind, Alvin J. was born on June 12, 1927 in New York City. Son of Samuel M. and Florence (Zins) Salkind.
B.Ch.E., Polytechnic Institute New York, 1949; M.Ch.E., Polytechnic Institute New York, 1952; D.Ch.E., Polytechnic Institute New York, 1958; postgraduate and management courses, Pennsylvania State University, 1965; postgraduate and management courses, Harvard University, 1976.
Chemical engineer, United States Electric Manufacturing Company. New York City, 1952-1954;
senior scientist, Sonotone Corporation, Elmsford, New York, 1954-1956;
research associate, Polytechnic Institute New York, 1956-1958;
Adjunct Professor chemical engineering, Polytechnic Institute New York, 1960-1970;
with, Electricity Supply Board-Ray OVAC Company, Yardley, Pennsylvania, 1958-1979;
director technical, Electricity Supply Board-Ray OVAC Company, 1971-1972;
vice president technical, Electricity Supply Board-Ray OVAC Company, 1972-1979;
president, Electricity Supply Board Technology Company, 1978-1979;
professor, chief bioengineering division, department surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, since 1970;
visiting professor chemical engineering, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1979-1985;
professor biomedical engineering and chemical and biochemistry engring, Rutgers University, Piscataway, since 1985. Visiting professor and Executive officer Case Center for Electrochemical Science, 1981-1982.
Board directors, consultant various companies, research institutions and government organizations.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Fellow Academy Medicine of New Jersey, American College Cardiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Electrochemical Society (past chairman new technical committee, past chairman battery division), Association Advancement Medical Instrumentation, Industrial Research Institute (emeritus 1979), International Society Electrochemistry, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, PhiLambda Upsilon.
Married Marion Ruth Koenig, November 7, 1965. Children: Susanne, James.