Sigmund Schwimmer

Background

Schwimmer, Sigmund was born on September 20, 1917 in Cleveland. Son of Solomon and Sarah (Brown) Schwimmer.

Education

Student, Ohio State University, 1935—1936. Bachelor of Science, George Washington University, 1940. Master of Science, Georgetown University, 1941.

Doctor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, 1943.

Career

Laboratory assistant to research chemist United States Department of Agriculture, Washington & Berkeley, California, 1936—1962. Adjunct professor biology California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1963—1965. Chief research biochemist United States Department of Agriculture, 1966—1972, collaborator emeritus, since 1975.

Adjunct professor department nutritional science University California-Berkeley, 1985—1987. Senior expert biochemistry United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Haifa, 1973—1974, consultant food enzymology Berkeley, since 1980. Lecturer department biotechnology food engineering Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1973.

Visiting scientist Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 1992. Editor Bio-chemical Science Biotechnology, Cambridge, England, since 1983, Trends Biochemistry, Trends Biotechnology, since 1983, Journal Food Biochemistry, 1977—1998.

Achievements

• Sigmund Schwimmer has been listed as a noteworthy food enzymologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Source Book of Food Enzymology (AVI sourcebook and handbook series)

    (Book by Schwimmer, Sigmund)

Membership

Fellow John South. Guggenheim, National Science Foundation. Fellow Institute Food Technologists. Member American Society Biochemistry Molecular Biology, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Sylvia Klein Schwimmer, December 18, 1941. Children: Susan, Elaine.

Father:

Solomon Schwimmer

Mother:

Sarah (Brown) Schwimmer

Spouse:

Sylvia Klein Schwimmer

child:

Elaine Schwimmer

child:

Susan Schwimmer