Firshein, William
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Firshein, William (session 1), April 10, 2012
File — Box 1
Scope and Contents
In this first interview of two, William Firshein discusses topics including: his childhood during and in post-Depression era Brooklyn; growing up in the tight-knit Jewish community in Brooklyn; the effects of WWII on his life and upbringing; studying at Brooklyn College as an undergraduate (1950s); studying at Rutger's university as a graudate (1953); being drafted as a military policeman during the Korean War; subsequently working at a laboratory during the Korean War; influence of...
Dates:
April 10, 2012
Firshein, William (session 2), April 12, 2012
File — Box 1
Scope and Contents
In this second interview of two, William Firshein discusses topics including: working at Weseleyan as Daniel Ayres Professor of Biology Emeritus; grants from National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health; sabbaticals at the Department of Microbiology at Hebrew University (1961-1962), University of California La Jolla, Copenhagen Institute of Biology (1968-1969), and Institute Pasteur of Paris (1974-1975); work with American Society of Microbiology; construction of the...
Dates:
April 12, 2012