Life
Born in New York City in 1919, Eisenberg was educated at City College of New York and the Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn (where he received his Ph.D. in Electronics). After serving in the Air Force for two years, Eisenberg married Frances Brenner in 1950. They have one daughter and one son.
Eisenberg was for many years a biomedical engineer at Rockefeller University, where he and Dr. Robert Schoenfeld were co-heads of the Electronic Lab. He designed the first transistorized radio frequency coupled pacemaker in about 1960 in collaboration with Dr. Alexander Mauro. It is currently on display at Caspary Hall, Rockefeller University.
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