Leon Stanley Ciereszko
Thallassobiogeochemist
Born Jul. 31, 1917, Holyoke (MA). U.S.; son of Albert and Walerya (Keller); married Esther (Martin); child: Leon.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in chemistry), Massachusetts State College, Amherst, 1939; Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1942.
Career: laboratory assistant Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, 1939-42; research biochemist, Sharp & Dohme, Glenolden (PA), 1942-45; instructor (biochemistry), School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1945-46; instructor (chemistry), University of Illinois, Champaign, 1946-48; assistant prof. to prof. (chemistry), 1948-91, special professor of chemistry and biochemistry, 1991 -, University of Oklahoma, Norman.
Author: 4 book chapters on comparative and marine biochemistry; over 100 articles on biochemistry, comparative biochemistry, organic chemistry, coral reef ecology, chemistry education, laboratory apparatus and chemical demonstrations.
Member of: fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Chemical Society.
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; Lambda Tau; Phi Sigma; grants, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration Seagrant Office, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Petroleum Research Fund, DeBarr Fund, Research Foundation, Jersey Petroleum Company; Lalor Fellow, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole (MA); fellow, Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini (Bahamas); Fulbright fellow, Stazione Zoologica di Napoli (Italy).
Languages: English, French, Italian, Polish.
Home: 639 S. Lahoma Ave., Norman, OK 73069.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996