Background
Silk, Susan Thumin was born on June 4, 1930 in Tarnopol, Poland. Came to the United States, 1947. Daughter of Karol and Malvina (Schachter) Thumin.
researcher biochemistry educator
Silk, Susan Thumin was born on June 4, 1930 in Tarnopol, Poland. Came to the United States, 1947. Daughter of Karol and Malvina (Schachter) Thumin.
Bachelor Chemical Engineering, City College of New York, 1954. Master of Science, New York University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1970.
Technical data engineer, M.W. Kellogg Company. New York City, 1952-1957; design and process engineer, Foster Wheeler Corporation, New York City, 1957-1958; instructor, Bronx (New York) Community College, 1966-1969; postdoctoral fellow, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1973-1977; instructor, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1977-1980; assistant professor biochemistry, New York College Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, 1981-1989; associate professor, New York College Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, since 1989. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Philadelphia, 1985.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Robert Howard Silk, July 16, 1955. 1 child, Caroline.