Background
Bernfeld, Peter Harry William was born on June 1, 1912. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955. Son of Isidor and Elsa (Gutfreund) Bernfeld.
Bernfeld, Peter Harry William was born on June 1, 1912. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955. Son of Isidor and Elsa (Gutfreund) Bernfeld.
Master of Sciences, University Leipzig, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, University Geneva (Switzerland), 1937.
Came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955. Research fellowU. Geneva, 1937-1939, chief chemist department chemistry, 1939-1949, privat docent enzymology, faculty science, 1947-1949. Assistant professor School Medicine Tufts University, 1949-1951, associate professor, department biochemistry and nutrition 1951-1957, biochemist, cancer research unit, 1949-1957.
Senior vice-president, director research Biology-Research Institute and Biology-Research Consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1988, retired, 1988.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Toxicology, New York Academy of Sciences, American Association Cancer Research, American Institute Chemists, American Chemical Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Cecily Kroch, November 21, 1940. Children: Michele Marion, Mark Raymond.