Israel Zelitch Explained

Israel Zelitch
Birth Date:	18 June 1924
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Fields:	Plant physiologyy
Alma Mater:	Pennsylvania State University University of Wisconsin–Madison New York University School of Medicine

Israel Zelitch (June 18, 1924 – March 23, 2023) was an American plant physiologist specialising in photosynthesis at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Zelitch was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 18, 1924.^[3] He died of COVID-19 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on March 23, 2023, at the age of 98.^{[4] [5]}

Education

• B.S. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1947
• Ph.D, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1951
• National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU College of Medicine, 1951–1952

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zelitch, Israel . aaas.org . April 22, 2017 . April 23, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423160007/https://www.aaas.org/fellow/zelitch-israel . dead .
2. Web site: Israel Zelitch . ct.gov . April 22, 2017.
3. Book: Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer . 1957 . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . 111 . 25 March 2023.
4. Web site: Israel "Zuni" Zelitch . Legacy . 25 March 2023.
5. Web site: Israel "Zuni" Zelitch . Dignity Memorial . 25 March 2023.