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chemistry educator

Edward Malcolm Kosower, American chemistry educator. J.S. Guggenheim Foundation fellow, 1977-1978; recipient Weizmann prize, City of Tel-Aviv, 1977, Kolthoff prize, Technion, 1984, Rothschild prize in chemistry, 1996. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Chemical Society, Society Neurosci.

Background

Kosower, Edward Malcolm was born on February 2, 1929 in Brooklyn. Son of William and Betty (Rosen) Kosower. arrived in Israel, 1972.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952.

Career

National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, Organic Chemistry Institute, U. Basel, Switzerland, 1952-1953; National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1954; assistant professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1954-1956; instructor, then assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1956-1961; associate professor, then professor of chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1961-1972; adjunct professor of chemistry, State University of New York, since 1972; professor of chemistry, Tel Aviv U., since 1972; chairman biophysics organic chemistry, Tel Aviv U., since 1989.

Achievements

  • Edward Malcolm Kosower has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, Society Neurosci.

Connections

Married Nechama Sternschuss, Mar.10, 1961. Children: David Ariel, Daria Claire.

Father:
William Kosower

Mother:
Betty (Rosen) Kosower

Spouse:
Nechama Sternschuss

child:
David Ariel Kosower

child:
Daria Claire Kosower