Question: Facts: - residence: united states - doctoral students: 45 phd students - fields: biomedical engineering - workplaces: the city college of new york - doctoral advisor: george f. carrier - awards: national , institute of medicine , american academy of arts and academy sciences , guggenheim fellowship of science , national academy of engineering - birth date: 26 july 1937 - name: sheldon weinbaum - image: sheldon weinbaum.jpg - alma mater: rensselaer polytechnic institute harvard university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sheldon weinbaum .
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sheldon weinbaum : -lrb- born july 26 , 1937 , brooklyn , new york , united states -rrb- is an american biomedical engineer and biofluid mechanician .he is a cuny distinguished professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering at the the city college of new york .he is one of nine living individuals -lrb- edited 11/15/13 -rrb- who is a member of all three u.s. national academies -lrb- national academy of science , national academy of engineering and institute of medicine -rrb- and the american academy of arts and sciences .he was the founding director -lrb- 1994 -- 1999 -rrb- of the new york center for biomedical engineering , a regional research consortium involving the bme program at the city college and eight of the premier health care institutions in new york city .he has been a lifelong advocate for women and minorities in science and engineering .he was the lead plaintiff and organizer of a class-action lawsuit -lrb- weinbaum vs. cuomo -rrb- charging new york state officials with racially discriminatory funding of its two university systems , cuny and suny , the first cuny faculty recipient of the public service award of the fund for the city of new york , and the inaugural recipient of the '' diversity award '' of the biomedical engineering society -lrb- 2009 -rrb- .he is currently chair of the selection committee that chooses the annual sloan awardees for the outstanding math and science teachers in the new york city public high schools .