Martin "Marty" W. Adler

Martin “Marty” W. Adler, PhD of Warminster, PA passed away on July 5, 2022. He was the son of the late Sonia and Jacob “Jack” Adler. Beloved husband of Toby (Wisotsky), father of Dr. Charles (Dr. Laura) Adler and Eve Adler, brother of the late Dr. Sheldon (Barbara)Adler , Anita (late Tim) Flynt, and Jerrold (Cindy) Adler grandfather of Ilyssa (Matt Wolf), Jennifer Adler, Sarah Goldberg, and great-grandson Jacob Shai Wolf.

Marty grew up in Washington Heights, NY and graduated from Bronx HS of Science and NYU and after returning from Korea he became the first Ph.D. graduate in pharmacology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He moved to Philadelphia in 1960 to join the faculty in the Department of Pharmacology at Temple University School of Medicine where he spent his entire career of over 60 years. He was an internationally recognized expert in the field of opiate pharmacology and drug abuse research and he co-founded the Temple Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR). He also was executive secretary of The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). His passion was research and teaching.