Background
Gluecksohn-Waelsch, Salome was born on October 6, 1907 in Danzig, Germany. Arrived in the United States, 1933, naturalized, 1938. Daughter of Ilya and Nadia Gluecksohn.
Gluecksohn-Waelsch, Salome was born on October 6, 1907 in Danzig, Germany. Arrived in the United States, 1933, naturalized, 1938. Daughter of Ilya and Nadia Gluecksohn.
Student, University Konigsberg, Germany. Student, University Berlin, 1927—1928. Doctor of Philosophy in Embryology, University Freiburg, Germany, 1932.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Freiburg, 1982. Doctor of Science (honorary), Columbia University, 1995.
Research associate in genetics Columbia University, 1936—1953. Associate professor anatomy Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1955—1958, professor, 1958—1963, professor molecular genetics, 1963, chairman department genetics, 1963—1976, distinguished professor emeritus, 1978—2007. Member study sections National Institutes of Health.
Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: The Royal Society, American Society Human Genetics, American Society Naturalists, Society Development Biology, New York Academy of Sciences (honorary), Genetics Society, American Association Anatomists, American Society Zoologists, National Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Rudolf Schoenheimer (deceased). Married Heinrich B. Waelsch (deceased 1966). Children: Naomi Barbara Kerest, Peter Benedict.