Eisenbud, Merril

Scientist and educator.

From the description of Merril Eisenbud papers, 1933-1997 (bulk 1948-1997). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984479

Biographical Note

• 1915, Mar. 18: Born, New York, N.Y.
• 1936: BSEE, New York University, New York, N.Y.
• 1936 - 1947 : Industrial hygienist, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1939: Married Irma Onish
• 1947 - 1959 : Director, Health and Safety Laboratory, Atomic Energy Commission
• 1954 - 1959 : Director, New York Operations Office, Atomic Energy Commission
• 1959 - 1984 : Professor, New York University Medical Center’s Institute of Environmental Medicine, and director, Laboratory of Environmental Studies, New York, N.Y.
• 1963: Published Environmental Radioactivity. New York: McGraw-Hill
• 1968 - 1970 : Administrator, New York City Environmental Protection Agency, New York, N.Y.
• 1978: Published Environment, Technology and Health. New York: New York University Press
• 1984 - 1997 : Professor emeritus, Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
• 1985 - 1997 : Scholar-in-residence, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
• 1990: Published Environmental Odyssey. Seattle: University of Washington Press
• 1997, Aug. 15: Died, Chapel Hill, N.C.

From the guide to the Merril Eisenbud Papers, 1933-1997, (bulk 1948-1997), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)