Editing Samuel D. Waksal (section)

==Personal life==
Waksal is divorced from Cynthia F. Waksal; they had two children:<ref name=ElanaWedding>{{cite news|title=Weddings; Jarrett Posner and Elana Waksal |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date= March 1, 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/01/style/weddings-jarrett-posner-and-elana-waksal.html  |access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> Aliza and Elana.<ref name=Wacky>{{Cite web|last=Blecher |first=Ian |title=The Wacky Dr. Waksal|publisher=[[observer.com|Observer]]|date= April 22, 2002|url=http://observer.com/2002/04/the-wacky-dr-waksal/|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> His daughter, Elana, is married to Jarrett Posner, son of [[Steven Posner]] and grandson of [[Victor Posner]].<ref name=ElanaWedding /> Waksal dated [[Martha Stewart]]'s daughter, [[Alexis Stewart|Alexis]], for several years prior to his criminal conviction.<ref name="NewYorkerToobin">{{cite magazine|last1=Toobin|first1=Jeffrey|title=A Bad Thing|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/03/22/a-bad-thing|access-date=2 February 2016|magazine=The New Yorker|date=22 March 2004}}</ref>  As of 2016 he was reported to hold executive positions with the New York Biotechnology Association and the New York Council for the Humanities, and is also a member of the board of advisors of [[Rockefeller University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=325884&privcapId=296406|title=Executive Profile Samuel D. Waksal Ph.D., Director, Pharmos Corp. |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref>