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Irwin Sherman

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Irwin W. Sherman
Born(1933-02-12)February 12, 1933[1]
New York City
DiedJanuary 5, 2022(2022-01-05)(aged 88)
Education
B.S.,City College of New York(1954)
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TitleProfessor Emeritus of Biology[2]
Spouse
Vilia Gay Turner
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(m.1966;died2009)​
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Military career
Service/ branchUnited States Army
RankPrivate First Class

Irwin William Sherman(February12, 1933 – January5, 2022) was a biologyprofessor emeritus.He taught atUniversity of California, Riversidefor 42 years and retired as executive vice chancellor. Sherman is known for his studies ofmalaria.[3]

Early life

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Sherman, the son of Russian immigrants Morris and Anna Sherman, graduated fromJames Monroe High Schooland enrolled inCity College of New York(CCNY) with the goal of becoming a high school biology teacher. Influenced by his professors (James Dawson, William Tavolga, andHerman Spiethparticularly) Sherman pursued a graduate degree atUniversity of Floridaunder the tutelage ofW.C. Allee.Sherman's studies were interrupted when he was drafted into the Army as a medical technician. After training atFort Dix,Fort Sam Houston,andValley Forge Army Hospitalhe was sent to overseas to work in army laboratories in Austria and Germany. Upon completion of his military service Sherman chose to teach high school inYonkersrather than return to graduate school in Florida. While taking graduate courses through CCNY Sherman spent the summer of 1957 atMarine Biological Laboratorywhere he met his future wife, Vilia Gay Turner.[4][5][6]In pursuit of his growing interest inprotozoology,Sherman enrolled atNorthwestern Universityto earn his doctorate.[7]

Career

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In 1962 Sherman was recruited by his former professorHerman Spiethto join the faculty ofUniversity of California, Riversideas an assistant professor. In 1966 Sherman was awarded aGuggenheim Fellowshipin the field of molecular and cellular biology.[8]He was promoted to associate professor in 1967 and full professor in 1970. For many years Sherman taught a basic course inparasitologyforpre-medstudents.[9]Sherman reports that while teaching science courses for non-majors, he gave lectures dressed in costume to impersonate famous scientists to increase student interest.[10]By 1981 Sherman became the dean of theCollege of Natural and Agricultural Sciencesand would go on to serve as executive vice chancellor of UCR.[1]After retiring from teaching in 2005 Sherman joined theScripps Research Instituteand at present is a visiting professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego.[11]

Publications

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Sherman was the author of several books and more than a hundred academic papers. Sherman is most known for popular science books aboutmicrobiologywith particular emphasis onmalariology.[12]In 2005 Sherman edited a textbook,Molecular approaches to malaria,noted for its inclusion of material following the 2002 completegenomic mappingofPlasmodium falciparum.[13][14]Sherman's 2007 bookTwelve Diseases that Changed Our Worldhas been commented upon for its approachable style, having been written for novices and casual readers rather than academic audiences.[15][16][17]Similarly, his 2009The Elusive Malaria Vaccinehas been reviewed as being engaging for the lay audience as it describes thehistory of malaria,particularly in the search for avaccine.[18][19][20]Described by one reviewer as "a story for all curious readers", Sherman's 2011Magic Bullets to Conquer Malariawas criticized for a lack of either scientific or historical rigor although the book tells interesting stories of malariology.[21]

  • Molecular approaches to malaria.Washington, D.C.:ASM Press.2005.ISBN978-1-55581-330-7.OCLC59280201.
  • Twelve Diseases that Changed Our World.ASM Press.2007.ISBN978-1-55581-466-3.OCLC141178241.
  • The Elusive Malaria Vaccine: Miracle Or Mirage?.ASM Press.2009.ISBN978-1-55581-515-8.OCLC300397208.
  • Magic Bullets to Conquer Malaria: From Quinine to Qinghaosu.ASM Press.2011.ISBN978-1-55581-543-1.OCLC710888834.
  • The Malaria Genome Projects: Promise, Progress, and Prospects.World Scientific.2012.ISBN978-1-84816-903-6.OCLC809409769.

References

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  1. ^abcdSherman, Irwin W. 1933–.Contemporary Authors.January 1, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon March 15, 2016 – viaHighBeam.
  2. ^"Professor releases book on Malaria Project".The Press-Enterprise.August 22, 2012.Retrieved28 November2014.
  3. ^"In Memoriam: Sherman, Irwin W."American Society for Microbiology.Retrieved14 September2023.
  4. ^Sherman, Irwin (2011).Reflections on a Century of Malaria Biochemistry.Advances in parasitology. Vol. 67.Academic Press.pp. 49–50.doi:10.1016/S0065-308X(08)00401-6.ISBN978-0-08-092183-9.PMID18940418.
  5. ^Gonzalez, Blanca (December 29, 2009)."Homemaker later became Riverside lawyer, judge; 68".U-T San Diego.RetrievedNovember 28,2014.
  6. ^"SHERMAN – Deaths Announcements".The Daily Telegraph.RetrievedNovember 28,2014.
  7. ^"Becoming a Parasitologist: A Personal History of Irwin W. Sherman".
  8. ^"Search Results".John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  9. ^Erickson, Jan (May 22, 1998)."Transcription of Oral History Interview With Ivan J. Thomason"(PDF).University of California, Riverside:33.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
  10. ^"Irwin Sherman".American Society for Microbiology.
  11. ^"IRWIN W. SHERMAN".University of California, Riverside.February 2013.
  12. ^"New book tells story of 10-year-old malaria project".University of California.August 17, 2012.
  13. ^Crabb, Brendan S.(2006). "Book Review".Immunology and Cell Biology.84(3): 332.doi:10.1111/j.1440-1711.2006.01438.x.
  14. ^T Planche (November 2006)."Molecular approaches to malaria".Journal of Clinical Pathology.59(11): 1228.doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.035782.PMC1860520.
  15. ^Sehdev, Paul S.; Sehdev, Paul S. (2008)."Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World By Irwin W. Sherman".Clinical Infectious Diseases.47(2): 299.doi:10.1086/589292.
  16. ^Shulman, Matthew (January 3, 2008)."12 Diseases That Altered History".U.S. News & World Report.
  17. ^White, Herbert (February 18, 2009)."Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World".History in Review.
  18. ^Feagin, Jean E. (2009)."Seeking Success—The Search for an Effective Malaria Vaccine"(PDF).Applied Biosafety.14(4): 202.doi:10.1177/153567600901400409.S2CID79463188.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2015-01-04.Retrieved2015-01-03.
  19. ^Atmar, Robert L. (2010)."The Elusive Malaria Vaccine: Miracle or Mirage? By Irwin W. Sherman".Clinical Infectious Diseases.50(6): 941.doi:10.1086/650734.
  20. ^Hoots, Rita (July 2009)."The Elusive Malaria Vaccine: Miracle or Mirage?".NSTA Recommends:64. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-01-04 – viaEBSCOHost.
  21. ^Robert, Anne (2011). "Magic Bullets to Conquer Malaria".Angewandte Chemie International Edition.50(34): 7731–7732.doi:10.1002/anie.201103861.
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