 Arnold E. "Archie" Greenberg
(1926 - 2001)
The sponsoring societies, volunteers, and staff of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater dedicate Standard Methods Online and the Twenty-First Edition to the revered memory of Arnold E. “Archie” Greenberg.
For more than four decades, Mr. Greenberg volunteered scientific expertise and untold hours for the benefit of Standard Methods. A member of the American Public Health Association since 1949, he began his involvement in Standard Methods in the 1950s, was appointed to the Joint Editorial Board in 1971, and was its Chair for the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Eighteenth Editions. Through a period of rapid expansion and change, he significantly influenced the development of the book, especially the parts dealing with microbiological, biological, and radioactivity analyses.
Mr. Greenberg received a BS from City College of New York in 1947, MS in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin in 1948, and SM in sanitary engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1950.
Beginning in 1955, Mr. Greenberg guided laboratory operations for the California Department of Health Services, serving as Chief of the Sanitation and Radiation Laboratory, Chief of the Bioenvironmental Laboratories Section, and Assistant Chief of the Laboratory Services Branch of the Department. In 1982, he became Manager of the Laboratory Services Division for the East Bay Municipal Utilities District in Oakland. He retired in 1992.
Mr. Greenberg was an Honorary Member of the American Water Works Association and received the American Public Health Association Award for Excellence in 1993. To quote the APHA citation: “As an APHA volunteer and as an individual who has dedicated his professional life to the use of science to the public benefit, Archie, who has sought so little while giving so much, has exemplified the spirit to which all of us aspire.” From 1977 to 1983, he chaired APHA’s Committee on Laboratory Standards and Practices. He was also one of the editors of the APHA book Laboratory Procedures for the Examination of Seawater and Shellfish.
Rich in wisdom, astute in counsel, unstinting in kindness and helpfulness, Mr. Greenberg embodied the spirit of volunteer service and always upheld the highest standards of scientific excellence. He is greatly missed by the Standard Methods community. |
