Alvin Joseph Melveger

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Alvin Joseph Melveger (1937-) is an American scientist specializing in physical chemistry, spectroscopy, biomaterials, polymers and other disciplines, Alvin Joseph Melveger has had a long multifaceted career in chemical analysis, research, editing, publishing and teaching. He worked for Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson Medical and Pharmaceutical Products Company for 21 years.

In his last 15 years (1972 to 1993) Melveger managed a staff of 30 technical and professional personnel in the Analytical and Characterization Sciences Department of Ethicon, Inc. On retirement in 1994 he formed his own consulting firm AJM TECHNICAL CONSULTING.

Melveger has traveled the globe from Argentina to Pakistan performing consulting services for their medical devices and pharmaceutical industries. In the United States he has provided consulting services to FDA regulated Medical and Pharmaceutical Device Companies. He has provided expert opinions and testimony in patent, product liability and related litigation.

Alvin Joseph Melveger (accent on the first "e") was born in New York City in 1937 and graduated from the prestigious, science-oriented Stuyvesant High School in 1955. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry at Brooklyn College in 1959. He went on to earn a Master's Degree in Chemistry at Northeastern University, Boston, in 1964, and a Doctorate in Physical Chemistry at the University of Maryland in 1968.

Dr. Melveger was the project manager of funded research programs at The Rutgers University Center of Biomaterials. He was Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at County College of Morris (1992); and William Paterson University (2003).

Just a few of many other accomplishments and positions held, besides publication in numerous scientific journals, Melveger is a member of the working group on ethylene oxide residues of the American Association for Medical Instrumentation (since 1981); and is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 1959).

Other positions were Co-Chairman of the Committee on Education and Training of the New Jersey Research & Development council; Chairman of the American Microchemical Society; and member of the Mount Olive Township (NJ) Environmental Commission (1991--2000). Earlier in his career, Dr. Melveger worked for ALLIED CHEMICAL; the AVCO CORP; and taught at the University of Maryland's Department of Chemistry.

Alvin, an accomplished clarinetist, student of Ben Armato, played in the Stuyvesant High School orchestra and band, and has found time to play clarinet in community orchestras. Dr. Melveger makes his home in Flanders, NJ, with his wife and daughter.