Theodore Cohen

Theodore Cohen (May 11, 1929 – December 13, 2017) was an American organic chemist and chemistry professor at University of Pittsburgh. He is known for his research on organic chemistry,

Education and career Cohen was born in Boston, the son of a furrier from England, and was the first in his family with a college education.

Personal life

Cohen worked at a holiday camp in Massachusetts while he was a student at Tufts. While waiting tables, he courted Pearl Silverman, a bookish woman from New York. The biochemist and author, Isaac Asimov, also vacationed there and became friends with Cohen. Observing the romance, Asimov wrote songs about it for the camp show, "Poor Ted's in bed. He's lonely but well read"; the couple were later married and went on to have two children, Bret and Rima.

He died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia at a hospice in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on December 13, 2017.