Background
Breese, Sydney Salisbury was born on April 11, 1922 in New York City. Son of Sydney Salisbury and Paula Adams (Matsner) Breese.
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Sydney Salisbury Breese
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Sydney Salisbury Breese, American Physicist, educator. Achievements include research in animal viruses, including foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever, duck plague, equine arteritis, bovine enteritis, others National Science Foundation Organization of European Cooperation and Development senior visiting fellow, Glasgow, Scotland and Villejuif, France, 1962; recipient Presidential citation White House, 1965.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Antioch College, 1943; Master of Science, U. Maryland., 1953.
Career
Electron microscopist, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1948-1953;
physicist, Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston, 1954-1955;
physicist, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Greenport, New York, 1955-1978;
assistant professor department anatomy, Medical School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1979-1984;
assistant professor physics, Suffolk County Community College, Riverhad, New York, since 1986. Co-director electron microscopy and light microscopy course Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1970. Chairman immuno electronmicroscopy Gordon Research Conference, 1972.
Consultant United States-Spain co-operation ASF virus Madrid, 1975. Lecturer electron microscopy State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport, 1975-1978, Southold (New York) Free Library., since 1985. Member American Society for Cell Biology, Society for General Microbiology, Electron Microscopy Society American (president 1964-1965), New York Society Electron Microscopists(president 1968-1969).
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Married A. Elaine Higgins, May 9, 1953. Children: John Sydney, Constance Elaine, Peter James.
