Background
Scheffers, Wilhelmus Alexander was born on August 17, 1925 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Alexander and Jacoba (Happel) Scheffers.
Scheffers, Wilhelmus Alexander was born on August 17, 1925 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Alexander and Jacoba (Happel) Scheffers.
Chemical engineer, Delft University of Technology, 1957.
Scientific officer, Delft U. Technology, 1957-1973;
senior scientific officer, Delft U. Technology, 1973-1984;
associate professor, Delft U. Technology, 1984-1991;
retired, Delft U. Technology, 1991. Department chairman microbiology Delft U. Technology, 1977-1980, department chairman microbiology and enzymology, 1987-1990. Member International Commision on Yeasts, 1978-1996.
Secretary general Beijerinck Centennial, 1995. Chairman 16th International Specialized Symposium on Yeasts, 1993, 1st International Symposium on Analytical Methods in Biotechnol., 1984.
Member Netherland Society Microbiology (meetings secretary since 1992), Eijkman Foundation (board directors), Federation European Microbiol. Societies (Netherland delegate).
Married Cornelia Wilhelmina Stehouwer, April 25, 1957. Children: Peter Alexander, Irene Cornelia.