STANISLAW GROSS           Home:   :   PO Box 422,       Tarrytown, NY 10591       Tel. 914-332-1792       stanislawgross@msn.com       http://www.geocities.com/stanislawgross

Highest Degree:	Ph.D. University of London, England - Cancer Research Institute
Major Discipline:	Organic and biochemistry
Resume:

New York Academy of Sciences	Chairman of the Committee
	Organized the “Centennary of Radioactivity” celebrations in the USA (1996-98)
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY	Director of the Graduate Program in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (1982-93)
	Adjunct Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine (1988-95)
	Adjunct Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine (1982-88)
	Visiting Professor in Poland, Brazil and China under the US-DHEW exchange program. (1979-81)
	Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry (1973-78)
Institute for Muscle Diseases, Inc., New York, NY	Associate Member and Head of the Molecular Biology Division engaged in research on the molecular mechanism
	of muscular dystrophy, clinical analyses and administration (1966-1974)
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Yonkers, NY	Senior Scientist-Biochemist engaged in research on plant neoplasms, mechanism of viral infection and radiation effects on plants (1962-1966)
Chester Beatty Research Institute, London, England	Graduate Studies Thesis subject: Radiation Effects in murine nucleic acid metabolism (1958-1961)
Institute for Industrial Medicine in Lodz, Poland	Associate Professor and Toxicology Laboratory manager (1950-1958)
Dyestuff plant "BORUTA" in Zgierz, Poland	Head of production, department of organic chemicals
	(1946-1950)
Accomplishments:
Two doctoral theses, 40 publications, 8 abstracts   Several articles in popular journals and publications   Establishment of four new laboratories and an independent not-for-profit, tax exempt organization designed for environmental and medical research.   Training of students at various levels and publication of lecture manuals   Involvement in student scientific societies in Lodz, Poland and in London   Visiting numerous laboratories dealing with chemistry, physics, cancer, the environment and biology in various countries   Visiting numerous Nature Monuments in various countries Participation in numerous national and international meetings and congresses, exhibits and conferences   Personal meetings with the most famous personalities and scientists   Practical involvement in environmentally correct land development   Participation in Polish Ethnic Events
1973
The 500-year anniversary of the birth of Mikolaj Kopernik: organized an exhibit of 50 photographs and a sculpture of Copernicus, on loan from the Kosciuszko Foundation, at the Rockefeller University and at the American Institute of Polish Culture in Miami, FL. The photos were later donated to the AIPC and to the Pilsudski Institute in New York City.
1983
The 300-year anniversary of King Sobieski’s victory in Vienna: secretary of the organizing committee at the Kosciuszko Foundation and attended the meeting at the Austrian Consulate in New York City.
1998
Initiated and was in charge of celebrations on the centenary of the discovery of polonium and radium by Maria Sklodowska-Curie and her husband Pierre. The meetings were held at multiple cooperating institutions initiated by the New York Academy of Sciences in agreement with the New York Academy of Medicine, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the French Academy of Sciences and Universities like Columbia in New York City, the University of Connecticut in New Britain, Middletown and Yale University, as well as the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, sponsored by the AIPC and with the support of Polish Ethnic organizations such as PAC (Polish American Congress), PIASA, Polonia Technica, Medical Society Medicus and others.
Quoted in various Biographical Publications such as:
Marquis Who's Who in the World (1995)   Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering   Marquis Who's Who in American Education   Polish Biographics Institute in Paris   Poles in America
Membership:
New York Academy of Sciences (NYSA) since 1963 (Founding Member of its LYCEUM Society) Biophysical Society (1963) Radiation Research Society (RRS) since 1963 Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America (PIASA) since 1966 American Institute of Polish Culture (AIPC) in Miami, FL since 1972 Pilsudski Institute of America since 1966 Polonia Technica (PT) Polish American Congress (PAC) Marie Sklodowska Curie Society (Warsaw, Poland) Polish Travelers Club (USA)