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Barry Commoner

Barry CommonerBorn: 28-May-1917
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 30-Sep-2012
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: Natural Causes

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Biologist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Science and Survival

Military service: US Navy (Lt., 1942-46, WWII)

US Presidential candidate in 1980 for the Citizens Party.

Wife: Gloria Gordon (div., one son, one daughter)
Son: Frederic
Daughter: Lucy
Wife: Lisa Feiner (m. 1980, until his death)

    High School: James Madison High School
    University: BA Zoology, Columbia University (1937)
    University: MA, Harvard University (1938)
    University: PhD Biology, Harvard University (1941)
    Professor: Washington University in St. Louis (1947-81)
    Professor: Queens College New York (1981-)

    American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Campaign for America's Future
    St. Louis Walk of Fame

Author of books:
Science and Survival (1966)
The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology (1971)
The Poverty of Power: Energy and the Economic Crisis (1976)
The Politics of Energy (1979)
Making Peace with the Planet (1990)


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