Saul G. Cohen

Background

Cohen, Saul G. was born on May 10, 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Barnet M. and Ida (Levine) Cohen.

Education

AB summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1937. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1940.

Doctor of Science, Brandeis University, 1986.

Career

Research fellow, Harvard, 1939-1940, 41-43; instructor, Harvard, 1940-1941; National Research Council fellow, lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, 1943-1944; research chemist, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1944-1945; research chemist, Polaroid Corporation, 1945-1950; consultant, Polaroid Corporation, since 1950; with, Brandeis U., since 1950; professor of chemistry, Brandeis U., since 1952; University professor, Brandeis U., 1974-1986; professor emeritus, Brandeis U., since 1986; chairman School Science, Brandeis U., 1950-1955; dean faculty, Brandeis U., 1955-1959; department chairman chemistry, Brandeis U., 1959-1966, 68-72; visiting professor, Havard Medical School, 1965; visiting professor, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1972.

Achievements

• Saul G. Cohen has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board overseers Harvard University, 1983-1989. Member Joint Committee on Appointments, 1984-1989. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (council), American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society (James F. Norris award 1972, trustee Northeastern section 1976-1984), Chemical Society London, American Association of University Professors, Federation American Scientists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Doris E. Brewer, November 27, 1941 (deceased July 1971). Children— Jonathan Brewer, Elisabeth Jane. Married Anneliese F. Kissinger, June 1, 1973.

Father:

Barnet M. Cohen

Mother:

Ida (Levine) Cohen

Spouse:

Anneliese F. Kissinger

Spouse:

Doris E. Brewer

child:

Elisabeth Jane Cohen

child:

Jonathan Brewer Cohen