He finished his undergraduate study in three years at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[1] and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1962.
Rita Brickman Effros received her Ph.D. in immunology from the University of Pennsylvania.
[6] He was the author or coauthor of over 80 publications and supervised the doctoral dissertations of 16 students,[4] including Patricia Clark Kenschaft.
[7] According to Masamichi Takesaki, Probably one can divide his mathematical achievements into the following areas: Edward's older brother, Robert Carlton Effros (born 1933), became a lawyer and member of the legal department of the International Monetary Fund.
Edward's identical twin, Richard M. Effros, graduated from NYU School of Medicine and became a pulmonologist.