Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1929, June 25 | Born, Berlin, Germany |
| 1933-1947 | Eisner family fled to Spain, then moved to France, Uruguay, and New York |
| 1951 | B.A., biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1952 | Married Maria Lobell |
| 1955 | Ph.D, insect physiology, Harvard University |
| 1955-1957 | Research associate, Harvard University |
| 1957-2011 | Assistant professor, associate professor (1962), professor of biology (1966), and Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology (1976), Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
| 1988 | Received Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal, highest award of the German Zoological Society |
| 1990 | Received Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, shared with Jerrold Meinwald |
| 1991 | Brokered deal between Merck & Co. and Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica |
| 1992 | Founded Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology (CIRCE) with Jon C. Clardy, Jerrold Meinwald, and Wendall L. Roelofs, Cornell University |
| 1993-2006 | Director, CIRCE |
| 1994 | Received National Medal of Science, highest scientific honor |
| 1994-1996 | Chairman, Endangered Species Coalition |
| 2003 | Published For Love of Insects. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |
| 2005 | Published with Maria Eisner and Melody Siegler Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Pygmy mole cricket, Ellipes eisneri, named after Eisner |
| 2011, Mar. 25 | Died, Ithaca, N.Y. |