Samson Symchowicz

Background

Symchowicz, Samson was born on March 20, 1923 in Krakow, Poland. Came to the United States, 1954. Son of Chiel and Esther M. Symchowicz.

Education

Chemical engineer, Polytechnic Institute Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1950. Master of Science in Chemistry, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Rutgers University, 1960.

Career

Assistant biochemist McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1951-1954, State University of New York, 1954-1956. Biochemist Schering-Plough Corporation, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1956-1973, associate director biological research, 1973-1980, director drug metabolism, 1980-1992.

Achievements

• Samson Symchowicz has been listed as a noteworthy biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Society Study of Xenobiotics, American Chemical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

Connections

Married Sarah R. Nussbaum, May 24, 1953. Children: Esther, Beatrice, Caren.