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Thomas Eisner: Interpreter extraordinaire of nature's chemistry

机译：托马斯·埃斯纳（Thomas Eisner）：自然化学的非凡译员

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On March 25, 2011, Thomas Eisner died after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. His tremendous legacy included founding and nurturing the scientific discipline of chemical ecology. Tom, though, might be the only person in the field to dispute his rights to the title, "Father of Chemical Ecology"—indeed, in one interview (1), he wryly opined that such claims cried out for DNA paternity tests.Born in Berlin, Germany, on June 25, 1929, Tom was the son of the gifted painter Margarete Eisner and the chemist Hans E. Eisner, a student of Nobel Laureate Fritz Haber. His parents' accomplishments did little to protect the Jewish family from Nazi threats, and the Eisners left Germany in 1933, traveling to Barcelona, Spain, where Hans Eisner found work with a private chemical company. Soon thereafter the chaos of the Spanish Civil War led them to move again, first to France and then to Uruguay. Tom spent almost a decade in Uruguay, and during this relatively stable period of his life he developed his growing interest in natural history. After he graduated from high school, the family immigrated to the United States in the hope of finding greater educational opportunities for the children. Access proved difficult: Tom was rejected by Cornell University but was admitted to Champlain College in Platts-burg, NY. After two years he transferred to Harvard University, where he took his first course in entomology, sparking a lifelong fascination. After receiving a BA in 1951, he stayed four more years for a PhD, studying insects with Frank Carpenter and collaborating with fellow graduate student (and lifelong friend) Edward O. Wilson. After two years as a research associate at Harvard, Tom was hired as an assistant professor at Cornell. He remained there for his entire career, rising rapidly through the ranks and being named Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology in 1976. For 54 years, he kept on the wall of his office the framed original Cornell rejection letter he had received in 1947.
机译：2011年3月25日，托马斯·埃斯纳（Thomas Eisner）与帕金森氏病进行了漫长而又勇敢的斗争后去世。他的巨大遗产包括建立和培育化学生态科学学科。但是，汤姆可能是该领域中唯一一个对自己的“化学生态之父”这一称号的权利提出异议的人。实际上，在一次采访中，他（1）坚决认为这样的要求对于DNA亲子鉴定是大声疾呼。 1929年6月25日，汤姆在德国柏林，是天才画家玛格丽特·艾斯纳（Margarete Eisner）和化学家汉斯·E·艾斯纳（Hans E. Eisner）的儿子，诺贝尔奖获得者弗里兹·哈伯（Fritz Haber）的学生。他父母的成就对于保护犹太家庭免受纳粹的威胁没有多大作用，艾斯纳夫妇于1933年离开德国，前往西班牙巴塞罗那，汉斯·艾斯纳在那儿找到了一家私营化学公司的工作。此后不久，西班牙内战的混乱使他们再次迁往法国，然后又迁往乌拉圭。汤姆在乌拉圭度过了近十年的时间，在这个相对稳定的时期，他对自然历史越来越感兴趣。他高中毕业后，一家人移民美国，希望为孩子们找到更多的教育机会。事实证明访问很困难：汤姆被康奈尔大学拒绝，但被纽约普拉茨堡的尚普兰学院录取。两年后，他转到哈佛大学学习了昆虫学的第一门课程，这激发了他一生的迷恋。在1951年获得文学学士学位后，他在博士学位上呆了四年，与弗兰克·卡彭特（Frank Carpenter）一起研究昆虫，并与研究生（和终身朋友）爱德华·威尔逊（Edward O. Wilson）合作。在哈佛担任两年研究助理后，汤姆被聘为康奈尔大学的助理教授。他在整个职业生涯中都留在那儿，迅速晋升，并于1976年被任命为Jacob Gould Schurman教授，担任化学生态学教授。54年间，他一直在办公室的墙上贴着他在1947年收到的原始康奈尔拒绝信。

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