Background
Samuels, Sheldon Wilfred was born on December 7, 1929 in St. Johnsville, New York, United States. Son of Max and Ethel (Feynman) Samuels.
Samuels, Sheldon Wilfred was born on December 7, 1929 in St. Johnsville, New York, United States. Son of Max and Ethel (Feynman) Samuels.
AB, University of Chicago, 1951; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1951-1956; postgraduate, State University New York, 1964-1966; postgraduate, United States Public Health Service Training Program, 1960-1966.
Member administrative staff, University of Chicago, 1952-1960;
director public information, Air Pollution Control Board, New York State Health Department, 1960-1966;
public health advisor, United States Public Health Service, Washington, 1967-1969;
chief field service branch, Air Programs Office Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1970-1971;
director health, safety and environment, Industrial Union Department American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, 1971-1994;
Adjunct Professor, State University New York, 1964-1966;
Adjunct Professor, U. Cincinnati, 1971-1973;
Adjunct Professor, Mount Sinai School Medicine, since 1973;
Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1994. Member county graduate medical education Department of Health and Human Services, 1987-1988. Consultant Carpenter's Safety andHealth Fund, since 1994.
Member commission on genetic screening policy Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, 1988-1991. Member hazardous materials committee Sierra Club, since 1985. Executive vice president Ramazzin Institute, 1992-1994, vice president policy studies, since 1995.
Past member technical advisory board Department Commerce, committee on standards International Labor Organization. Past member national cancer advisory board, chairman subcommittee environmental carcinogenesis, member committee on risk assessment, member committee on cancer control National Cancer Institute. Past member task force on research priorities National Institute Environmental Health Sciences.
Past member committee on regulating chemicals, committee on food policy and committee on saccharine National Academy of Sciences. Founding officer Workers Institute for Safety and Health, Occupational Health Legal Rights Foundation. Executive vice president Workplace Health Fund, since 1983.
Executive director Albert Schweitzer Education Foundation, 1959-1960. Board visitors Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University Maryland, 1985-1989, Center Environmental Policy, University Maryland, 1989-1992. Member Volunteer Speakers Program Department State and Department Labor.
Fellow New York Academy of Sciences, Collegium Ramazzini. Member American College Toxicology (past councilor), Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute (advisory board), Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs.
Married Morjean Rogoff, July 6, 1952. Children: Charles A., Susan L.