Background
Maas, Werner Karl was born on April 27, 1921 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Son of Albert and Esther (Meyer) Maas. came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1945.
Maas, Werner Karl was born on April 27, 1921 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Son of Albert and Esther (Meyer) Maas. came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1945.
AB, Harvard University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1948.
Postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1946-1948; commissioned officer, United States Public Health Service, Tuberculosis Research Laboratory, Cornell Univercity School, New York City, 1948-1954; assistant professor pharmacology, New York University, 1954-1957; associate professor microbiology, New York University, 1957-1963; professor, New York University, 1963-1994; professor emeritus, New York University, since 1994; department chairman basic medical science, New York University, 1974-1981.
Member of American Society Microbiology, Genetics Society of America, American Society Biological Chemists.
Married Renata Diringer, October 15, 1960. Children– Peter, Andrew, Helen.