Arthur M. Silverstein is an American immunologist and science historian who has written extensively on the history of immunology.
[1] Silverstein took a break during his Ph.D. studies at Ohio State University and worked as a technician in the laboratory of David Pressman, where he first became interested in the subject of immunology.
He returned to his studies and received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1954.
[2]: 103 After finishing, Silverstein entered military service and was assigned to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, where he found a mentor in then-Scientific Director Ernest Goodpasture and studied the development of the immune system.
[2]: 104 Silverstein ultimately spent around 10 years at the institute before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins.