Background
Silverstone-Sopkin, Philip Arthur was born on October 9, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Eugene Henry and Rose (Sopkin) Silverstone. arrived in Colombia, 1981.
Silverstone-Sopkin, Philip Arthur was born on October 9, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Eugene Henry and Rose (Sopkin) Silverstone. arrived in Colombia, 1981.
Bachelor, U. Miami, 1961; Bachelor of Science, U. Miami, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 1971; postgraduate, California State University, Los Angeles, 1978-1979, 80-81.
Presidential intern, Smithsonian Institution, Fort Pierce, 1972-1973; instructor, Cerritos College, Norwalk, California, 1973-1979; instructor, California State University, 1980-1981; instructor, Bolívar College, Cali, Colombia., 1981-1982; assistant professor, U. del Valle, Cali, 1979-1980; associate professor titular, U. del Valle, Cali, since 1984. Research associate Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1971-1997. Director herbarium CUVC, since 1997.
With Florida Army National Guard, 1962. Member American Society Plant Taxonomists, International Association Plant Taxonomy, Association Tropical Biology, Society Economics Botany.
Married Mary Sugayo Hino, March 1969 (divorced 1977). 1 child, Barbara Amaterasu Silverstone. Married Albina Alexandrovna Krasnopërova, August 14, 1998.