A. Robert Neurath

A. Robert Neurath, PhD was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He graduated from the Technical University (Bratislava) in 1957. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and was awarded a doctorate in microbiology at the

Technical University, Vienna, Austria, in 1968. For over 45 years he was engaged in research on viruses: influenza, rabies, hepatitis B, the human immunodeficiency virus I, and on

vaccines against these viruses. His studies resulted in about

250 scientific papers, including monographs and book chapters, and 23 patents. After the demise of communism,

he had the opportunity to visit Bratislava and to read new

books dealing with the city’s past Jewish community. These

publications, as judged by the author, have given insufficient

credit to the secular endeavors and accomplishments of the

local Jewish professionals and businessmen before the onset

of World War II. The author strives to rectify these apparent

deficiencies relying mostly on pre-war information and input

from family and friends.