Background
Pocker, Yeshayau was born on October 10, 1928 in Kishinev, Romania. Son of Benzion Israel and Esther Sarah (Sudit) Pocker. came to the United States, 1961. Naturalized, 1967.
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Yeshayau Pocker
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Education
Master of Science, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University College, London, England., 1953; Doctor of Science, U. London, 1960.
Career
Research associate, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel., 1949-1950;
humanitarian trust fellow, University College, 1951-1952;
assistant lecturer, University College, 1952-1954;
lecturer, University College, 1954-1961;
visiting associate professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1960-1961;
professor, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1961. Bicentennial lecturer Montana State University, Bozeman, 1976. Horizons in Chemistry lecturer U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977, guest lecturer U. Kyoto, Japan, 1984.
Edward A. Doisy visiting professor biochemistry St. Saint Louis University Medical School,1990. Plenary lecturer New York Academy Science, 1983, Fast Reactions in Biological Systems, Kyoto, Japan, 1984, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1989, Consiglio national delle Richerche, U. Bari, Italy, 1989, Sigma Tau, Spoleto, Italy, 1990. International lecturer Purdue University, 1990.
Consultant National Institutes of Health, 1984, 86, 88. Special Topic lecturer onphotosynthesis, Leibniz House, Hanover, Federal Republic Germany, 1991;enzymology, molecular biology lecturer, Dublin, Ireland, 1992. 3M lecturer, St. Paul, 1996.
Enzymology, molecular biology, retinal metabolism lecturer, Deadwood, South Dakot, 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Member Royal Society Chemistry, American Chemical Society (national speaker 1970, 74, 84, chairman Pauling award committee 1978, plaque awards 1970, 74, 84, OutstandingSvc. award 1979, chairman selection committee Pauling award 1996), Society Experimental Biology, American Society Biological Chemists, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi (national.lectr.
Connections
Married Anna Goldenberg, August 8, 1950. Children: Rona, Elon I.
