Background
Lehrer, Sherwin Sam was born on April 2, 1934 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry David and Tillie (Schwartzdorf) Lehrer.
Lehrer, Sherwin Sam was born on April 2, 1934 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry David and Tillie (Schwartzdorf) Lehrer.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry magna cum laude, University Pittsburgh, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1961.
Research assistant, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1953-1956;
teaching assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1956-1957;
research assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1958-1960;
staff scientist Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961-1962;
postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1963-1966;
research associate, Retina Foundation, 1966-1970;
staff scientist, Boston biomedical Research Institute, 1970-1973;
senior staff scientist, Boston biomedical Research Institute, since 1973. Principal associate in neurology Harvard Medical School, since 1982. Fogarty Internat.sr. fellow department biophysics King's College U. London, 1978-1979.
Member biophysics panel National Science Foundation, 1985-1988. Member instrumentation study section National Institutes of Health, 1981. Lecturer Brandeis U., 1965-1966.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Biological Chemists, American Chem Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Biophysics Society, Protein Society.
Married Liane Reif-Lehrer, December 30, 1960. Children: Damon, Erica.