Background
Cohen, Seymour Stanley was born on April 30, 1917 in New York City. Son of Herman and Lena (Tanz) Cohen.
Cohen, Seymour Stanley was born on April 30, 1917 in New York City. Son of Herman and Lena (Tanz) Cohen.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Chemistry, Columbia University, 1941. Honorary Doctor, University Louvain, 1972.
Honorary Doctor, University Kuopio, 1982.
National Research Council fellow, Rockefeller Institute, 1941-1942;
member of faculty, University of Pennsylvania, 1943-1971;
professor biochemistry in pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, 1954-1971;
Charles Hayden-American Cancer Society professor biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1957-1971;
Hartzell professor, department chairman therapeutic research School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1971;
American Cancer Society professor microbiology, U. Colorado School Medicine, Denver, 1971-1976;
distinguished professor, American Cancer Society professor pharmaceutical science, State University New York, Stony Brook, 1976-1985;
professor emeritus, State University New York, Stony Brook, since 1985. Chairman council analysis and projection American Cancer Society, 1972-1974, adviser research, 1974-1976. Guggenheim fellow Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1947-1948.
Jesup lecturer Columbia University, 1967. Guest investigator Institut du Radium, Paris, 1967-1968. Visiting professor Collège de France, Paris, 1970.
Visiting fellow Smithsonian Institution, 1973-1974, 86. Visiting professor U. Tokyo, 1974, Hadassah Medical School, 1974, Zuckerman lecturer tropical disease, 1979. Guggenheim and Lady Davis fellow Faculty Agriculture, Israel, 1983.
Fellow National Humanities Center, North Carolina, 1982-1983, 85. Research associate history of science, Smithsonian Institute, 1986. Presidential scholar University of California, San Francisco, 1988.
Lecturer Academia Sinica, the Republic of China, 1989. Trustee Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Board science consultant Sloan-Kettering Institute.
Virus-Induced Enzymes (The Jesup Lectures) 1968, Introduc tion to the Polyamines 1971, about 280 papers.
Master: American Academy Arts and Sciences. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (Newcomb Cleveland award 1955), American Academy of Microbiology. Member: National Academy of Sciences, American Association Cancer Research (board directors 1974-1977), French Society Microbiology (honorary), Institute Medicine, Society General Physiologists (councilor, president 1967-1988), Phi Beta Kappa.
Master: American Academy Arts and Scis.; fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (Newcomb Cleveland award 1955)
American Academy of Microbiology; National Academy of Sciences
American Association Cancer Research (board directors 1974?Co77)
French Society Microbiology (honorary)
Institute Medicine
Society General Physiologists (councilor, president 1967?Co88)
Phi Beta Kappa
Tennis, history’.
Married Elaine Pear, July 12, 1940. Children: Michael, Sara.