Background

Seiden, Philip Edward was born on December 25, 1934 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Herman Louis and Freida Ruth (Bress) Seiden.

Education

AB, University of Chicago, 1954; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1955; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1960.

Career

Staff member, Lockheed Missile & Space Company, Palo Alto, California, 1956-1959; National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, U. Grenoble, France, 1960; research staff member, International Business Machines Corporation Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1960-1972, 77-; director physical science, International Business Machines Corporation Research Center, Yorktown Heights, 1972-1977. Visiting professor Indiana U., Bloomington, Indiana, 1967-1968.

Achievements

• Achievements include co-development of generalized cellular automation model for simulation of immunological experiments on a computer. Ofstochastic self-propagating star formation model for the structure of spiral galaxies. Of percolation model for magnetic active regions on the sun.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society, American Association Immunologists, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Lois Gotteiner, September 12, 1954. Children: Jeffrey, Mark.

Father:

Herman Louis Seiden

Mother:

Freida Ruth (Bress) Seiden

Spouse:

Lois Gotteiner

child:

Mark Seiden

child:

Jeffrey Seiden