Seymour Meyerson

Background

Meyerson, Seymour was born on December 4, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Rena (Margulies) Meyerson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1938; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1938-1939, 47-48; postgraduate, George Williams College, 1939-1940; Doctor of Science (honorary), Valparaiso University, Indiana, 1995.

Career

Inspector powder & explosives Kankakee Ordnance Works, Joliet, Illinois, 1942. Chemist Deavitt Laboratories, Chicago, 1941-1942. From chemist to research consultant Amoco Corporation, Whiting, Indiana, 1946—1970, Naperville, Illinois, 1946—1984.

Member industrial advisory council chemistry department University Oklahoma, Norman, 1967-1969. Frontiers in Chemistry lecturer Wayne State University, 1965. Invited speaker James L. Waters Symposium, Pittsburgh Conference, Chicago, 1995.

2d. lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.

Achievements

• Seymour Meyerson has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Second lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Society for Testing and Materials (Executive Committee E-14 on mass spectrometry 1962-1964), American Chemical Society (Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin award for outstanding achievement in mass spectrometry 1993), American Society for Mass Spectrometry.

Connections

Married Lotte Strauss, May 22, 1943. Children: Sheella, Elana.

Father:

Joseph Meyerson

Mother:

Rena (Margulies) Meyerson

Spouse:

Lotte Strauss

child:

Elana Meyerson

child:

Sheella Meyerson