Sheldon Weinbaum

Background

Weinbaum, Sheldon was born on July 26, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Alexander Weinbaum and Frances Clare (Stark) Colby.

Education

British Aerospace, Rennselaer Polytech. Institute, Troy, 1959; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1963.

Career

Member research staff, Sperry Rand Research Laboratory, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1963-1964; principal research scientist, Avco Everett Research Laboratory, Everett, Massachusetts, 1964; principal research scientist, General Electric Space Science Laboratory, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1964-1967; associate professor, CUNY, New York City, 1967-1972; H. Kayser Professor, CUNY, New York City, 1980-1985; CUNY Distinguished Professor, CUNY, New York City, since 1986; director Center biomedical Engineering, CUNY, New York City, since 1994. Visiting professor Imperial College Science and Technology, London, 1973-1974, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980-1981. Russell S. Springer visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1980.

Senior fellow scientific research county of Great Britain, 1973-1974.

Achievements

• Sheldon Weinbaum has been listed as a noteworthy Biomedical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair legal action committee CUNY, 1992. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Hassaram Rijhumal Lissner award 1994, Melville medal 1996), American Phys.Soc., American Institute Medical Bio. Engineering; member National Academy of Engineering, biomedical Engineering Society (board directors 1989-1992, Whitaker Distinguished Lecturer 1997).

Connections

Married Alexandra Tamara, June 10, 1962. Children: Alys Eve, Daniel Eden.

Father:

Alexander Weinbaum Colby

Mother:

Frances Clare (Stark) Colby

Spouse:

Alexandra Tamara

child:

Alys Eve Weinbaum

child:

Daniel Eden Weinbaum