Son of Morris and Ruth Goldstein
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Cornell University, 1959 (Ph. D.)
Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
Grandchildren: 4 grandsons, 1 granddaughter
~~~
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein, a valued member of Cornell's chemistry community over many years, died at age 78 May 13 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness.
Goldstein was a physical organic chemist, deeply interested in the detailed sequence of microscopic steps by which molecules, organic molecules, transform. The elegance of experimental design in his studies of mechanisms was striking. He also came up with bicycloaromaticity, a new idea for stabilizing organic molecules, and made the first example of this kind, a so-called "[3.5.3] armilenyl" cation.
Goldstein was also at home with complicated, interconnected networks of organic reactions, and the rates of interconversion of molecules involved in such networks. He came up with a mathematically sophisticated, effective way of solving the problem of many competing reactions. His analysis made it possible, indeed natural, to analyze the concurrent operation of many mechanisms and, in favorable cases, all of them.
Born in New York City in 1933, Goldstein grew up in the Bronx; his first language at home was Yiddish. A proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Goldstein had a lifelong passion for chemistry, and already as a child it was clear he was destined for a life in science. He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from Yale University, studying under Professor William Doering. He did postdoctoral work at Harvard University before joining the Cornell faculty in 1959, where he advanced to professorial rank.
A lifelong Zionist, Goldstein left Cornell for Israel in 1984. In Israel, he was employed by the Dead Sea Bromine Group in Beer Sheva, where he continued to work until his retirement.
At Cornell Goldstein was a valued, friendly colleague, a source of ideas and chemical alternatives. As the community at large did, we loved his incisiveness of mind, the strong logic in his thinking and the clarity of his vision. Goldstein loved to laugh.
Goldstein was predeceased by his first wife, Mickey Goldstein, and is survived by his second wife, Fira, a sister, three children and five grandchildren. His children fondly remember his boundless energy and positive attitude, his love of camping and hiking, and his fearless enthusiasm.
Information published in the Cornell Chronicle July 2, 2012
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein died at the age of 78 on May 13, 2012 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness. Funeral services will be held in Beer Sheva on May 15.
Mel was born in New York City in 1933, the first child of Morris and Ruth Goldstein. As a young child, his first language at home was Yiddish. Mel grew up in the Bronx and was a proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. He had a lifelong passion for chemistry, and already as a child it was clear he was destined for a life in science. He received his Bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D from Yale University, studying under Professor William Doering. He did post-doctoral work at Harvard University before joining the Cornell faculty as an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry in 1959. His research there included the first description of Armilenium, the first fully organic "sandwich" compound, which he named for its resemblance to an armillary sphere.
Mel met his first wife, Muriel (Mickey) Shapiro, at a square dance. They were married in 1955, and their three children were born along the arc of Mel's early career, in New Haven, Boston, and Ithaca. His children fondly remember his boundless energy and positive attitude, his love of camping and hiking, and his fearless enthusiasm. Mel loved to laugh.
Mel was an ardent Zionist from his youth, and the whole family spent a semester in Israel on sabbatical in 1975. In 1984, with the children grown, Mel decided to move permanently to Israel, and Mickey remained to live and work in Ithaca.
After settling in Israel, Mel was employed by the Dead Sea Bromine Group in Beer Sheva, where he continued to work until his retirement.
Mel is survived by his second wife, Fira; his sister, Libby Palmer; and three children and five grandchildren....
Published in the Ithaca Journal on May 14, 2012
~Information courtesy and many thanks to user Starfishin
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Cornell University, 1959 (Ph. D.)
Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
Grandchildren: 4 grandsons, 1 granddaughter
~~~
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein, a valued member of Cornell's chemistry community over many years, died at age 78 May 13 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness.
Goldstein was a physical organic chemist, deeply interested in the detailed sequence of microscopic steps by which molecules, organic molecules, transform. The elegance of experimental design in his studies of mechanisms was striking. He also came up with bicycloaromaticity, a new idea for stabilizing organic molecules, and made the first example of this kind, a so-called "[3.5.3] armilenyl" cation.
Goldstein was also at home with complicated, interconnected networks of organic reactions, and the rates of interconversion of molecules involved in such networks. He came up with a mathematically sophisticated, effective way of solving the problem of many competing reactions. His analysis made it possible, indeed natural, to analyze the concurrent operation of many mechanisms and, in favorable cases, all of them.
Born in New York City in 1933, Goldstein grew up in the Bronx; his first language at home was Yiddish. A proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Goldstein had a lifelong passion for chemistry, and already as a child it was clear he was destined for a life in science. He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from Yale University, studying under Professor William Doering. He did postdoctoral work at Harvard University before joining the Cornell faculty in 1959, where he advanced to professorial rank.
A lifelong Zionist, Goldstein left Cornell for Israel in 1984. In Israel, he was employed by the Dead Sea Bromine Group in Beer Sheva, where he continued to work until his retirement.
At Cornell Goldstein was a valued, friendly colleague, a source of ideas and chemical alternatives. As the community at large did, we loved his incisiveness of mind, the strong logic in his thinking and the clarity of his vision. Goldstein loved to laugh.
Goldstein was predeceased by his first wife, Mickey Goldstein, and is survived by his second wife, Fira, a sister, three children and five grandchildren. His children fondly remember his boundless energy and positive attitude, his love of camping and hiking, and his fearless enthusiasm.
Information published in the Cornell Chronicle July 2, 2012
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein died at the age of 78 on May 13, 2012 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness. Funeral services will be held in Beer Sheva on May 15.
Mel was born in New York City in 1933, the first child of Morris and Ruth Goldstein. As a young child, his first language at home was Yiddish. Mel grew up in the Bronx and was a proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. He had a lifelong passion for chemistry, and already as a child it was clear he was destined for a life in science. He received his Bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D from Yale University, studying under Professor William Doering. He did post-doctoral work at Harvard University before joining the Cornell faculty as an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry in 1959. His research there included the first description of Armilenium, the first fully organic "sandwich" compound, which he named for its resemblance to an armillary sphere.
Mel met his first wife, Muriel (Mickey) Shapiro, at a square dance. They were married in 1955, and their three children were born along the arc of Mel's early career, in New Haven, Boston, and Ithaca. His children fondly remember his boundless energy and positive attitude, his love of camping and hiking, and his fearless enthusiasm. Mel loved to laugh.
Mel was an ardent Zionist from his youth, and the whole family spent a semester in Israel on sabbatical in 1975. In 1984, with the children grown, Mel decided to move permanently to Israel, and Mickey remained to live and work in Ithaca.
After settling in Israel, Mel was employed by the Dead Sea Bromine Group in Beer Sheva, where he continued to work until his retirement.
Mel is survived by his second wife, Fira; his sister, Libby Palmer; and three children and five grandchildren....
Published in the Ithaca Journal on May 14, 2012
~Information courtesy and many thanks to user Starfishin
Son of Morris and Ruth Goldstein
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Cornell University, 1959 (Ph. D.)
Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
Grandchildren: 4 grandsons, 1 granddaughter
~~~
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein, a valued member of Cornell's chemistry community over many years, died at age 78 May 13 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness.
Goldstein was a physical organic chemist, deeply interested in the detailed sequence of microscopic steps by which molecules, organic molecules, transform. The elegance of experimental design in his studies of mechanisms was striking. He also came up with bicycloaromaticity, a new idea for stabilizing organic molecules, and made the first example of this kind, a so-called "[3.5.3] armilenyl" cation.
Goldstein was also at home with complicated, interconnected networks of organic reactions, and the rates of interconversion of molecules involved in such networks. He came up with a mathematically sophisticated, effective way of solving the problem of many competing reactions. His analysis made it possible, indeed natural, to analyze the concurrent operation of many mechanisms and, in favorable cases, all of them.
Born in New York City in 1933, Goldstein grew up in the Bronx; his first language at home was Yiddish. A proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Goldstein had a lifelong passion for chemistry, and already as a child it was clear he was destined for a life in science. He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from Yale University, studying under Professor William Doering. He did postdoctoral work at Harvard University before joining the Cornell faculty in 1959, where he advanced to professorial rank.
A lifelong Zionist, Goldstein left Cornell for Israel in 1984. In Israel, he was employed by the Dead Sea Bromine Group in Beer Sheva, where he continued to work until his retirement.
At Cornell Goldstein was a valued, friendly colleague, a source of ideas and chemical alternatives. As the community at large did, we loved his incisiveness of mind, the strong logic in his thinking and the clarity of his vision. Goldstein loved to laugh.
Goldstein was predeceased by his first wife, Mickey Goldstein, and is survived by his second wife, Fira, a sister, three children and five grandchildren. His children fondly remember his boundless energy and positive attitude, his love of camping and hiking, and his fearless enthusiasm.
Information published in the Cornell Chronicle July 2, 2012
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein died at the age of 78 on May 13, 2012 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness. Funeral services will be held in Beer Sheva on May 15.
Mel was born in New York City in 1933, the first child of Morris and Ruth Goldstein. As a young child, his first language at home was Yiddish. Mel grew up in the Bronx and was a proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. He had a lifelong passion for chemistry, and already as a child it was clear he was destined for a life in science. He received his Bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D from Yale University, studying under Professor William Doering. He did post-doctoral work at Harvard University before joining the Cornell faculty as an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry in 1959. His research there included the first description of Armilenium, the first fully organic "sandwich" compound, which he named for its resemblance to an armillary sphere.
Mel met his first wife, Muriel (Mickey) Shapiro, at a square dance. They were married in 1955, and their three children were born along the arc of Mel's early career, in New Haven, Boston, and Ithaca. His children fondly remember his boundless energy and positive attitude, his love of camping and hiking, and his fearless enthusiasm. Mel loved to laugh.
Mel was an ardent Zionist from his youth, and the whole family spent a semester in Israel on sabbatical in 1975. In 1984, with the children grown, Mel decided to move permanently to Israel, and Mickey remained to live and work in Ithaca.
After settling in Israel, Mel was employed by the Dead Sea Bromine Group in Beer Sheva, where he continued to work until his retirement.
Mel is survived by his second wife, Fira; his sister, Libby Palmer; and three children and five grandchildren....
Published in the Ithaca Journal on May 14, 2012
~Information courtesy and many thanks to user Starfishin
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Cornell University, 1959 (Ph. D.)
Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
Grandchildren: 4 grandsons, 1 granddaughter
~~~
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein, a valued member of Cornell's chemistry community over many years, died at age 78 May 13 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness.
Goldstein was a physical organic chemist, deeply interested in the detailed sequence of microscopic steps by which molecules, organic molecules, transform. The elegance of experimental design in his studies of mechanisms was striking. He also came up with bicycloaromaticity, a new idea for stabilizing organic molecules, and made the first example of this kind, a so-called "[3.5.3] armilenyl" cation.
Goldstein was also at home with complicated, interconnected networks of organic reactions, and the rates of interconversion of molecules involved in such networks. He came up with a mathematically sophisticated, effective way of solving the problem of many competing reactions. His analysis made it possible, indeed natural, to analyze the concurrent operation of many mechanisms and, in favorable cases, all of them.
Born in New York City in 1933, Goldstein grew up in the Bronx; his first language at home was Yiddish. A proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Goldstein had a lifelong passion for chemistry, and already as a child it was clear he was destined for a life in science. He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from Yale University, studying under Professor William Doering. He did postdoctoral work at Harvard University before joining the Cornell faculty in 1959, where he advanced to professorial rank.
A lifelong Zionist, Goldstein left Cornell for Israel in 1984. In Israel, he was employed by the Dead Sea Bromine Group in Beer Sheva, where he continued to work until his retirement.
At Cornell Goldstein was a valued, friendly colleague, a source of ideas and chemical alternatives. As the community at large did, we loved his incisiveness of mind, the strong logic in his thinking and the clarity of his vision. Goldstein loved to laugh.
Goldstein was predeceased by his first wife, Mickey Goldstein, and is survived by his second wife, Fira, a sister, three children and five grandchildren. His children fondly remember his boundless energy and positive attitude, his love of camping and hiking, and his fearless enthusiasm.
Information published in the Cornell Chronicle July 2, 2012
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein died at the age of 78 on May 13, 2012 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness. Funeral services will be held in Beer Sheva on May 15.
Mel was born in New York City in 1933, the first child of Morris and Ruth Goldstein. As a young child, his first language at home was Yiddish. Mel grew up in the Bronx and was a proud graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. He had a lifelong passion for chemistry, and already as a child it was clear he was destined for a life in science. He received his Bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D from Yale University, studying under Professor William Doering. He did post-doctoral work at Harvard University before joining the Cornell faculty as an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry in 1959. His research there included the first description of Armilenium, the first fully organic "sandwich" compound, which he named for its resemblance to an armillary sphere.
Mel met his first wife, Muriel (Mickey) Shapiro, at a square dance. They were married in 1955, and their three children were born along the arc of Mel's early career, in New Haven, Boston, and Ithaca. His children fondly remember his boundless energy and positive attitude, his love of camping and hiking, and his fearless enthusiasm. Mel loved to laugh.
Mel was an ardent Zionist from his youth, and the whole family spent a semester in Israel on sabbatical in 1975. In 1984, with the children grown, Mel decided to move permanently to Israel, and Mickey remained to live and work in Ithaca.
After settling in Israel, Mel was employed by the Dead Sea Bromine Group in Beer Sheva, where he continued to work until his retirement.
Mel is survived by his second wife, Fira; his sister, Libby Palmer; and three children and five grandchildren....
Published in the Ithaca Journal on May 14, 2012
~Information courtesy and many thanks to user Starfishin
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