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biologist educator

Robert Auerbach, German, American biologist, educator. Rockefeller Foundation fellow, 1974-1975, Guggenheim Foundation fellow, 1968.

Background

Auerbach, Robert was born on April 12, 1929 in Berlin. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Richard Julius and Ella Georgine (Levi) Auerbach.

Education

AB, Berea College, 1949. AM, Columbia University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954.

Career

Research associate, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1954-1955; National Institutes of Health fellow, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1955-1957; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1957-1961; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1961-1965; professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1965; Harold R. Wolfe professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1983. Visiting professor surgery Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1973-1974.

Achievements

  • Robert Auerbach has been listed as a noteworthy biologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Wanda V. Irwin, June 18, 1950. Children: Richard Joseph, Emily Kate.

Father:
Richard Julius Auerbach

Mother:
Ella Georgine (Levi) Auerbach

Spouse:
Wanda V. Irwin

child:
Richard Joseph Auerbach

child:
Emily Kate Auerbach