Background
Taylor, Edward Curtis was born on August 3, 1923 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Curtis and Margaret Louise (Anderson) Taylor.
Taylor, Edward Curtis was born on August 3, 1923 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Curtis and Margaret Louise (Anderson) Taylor.
Student, Hamilton College, 1944. Doctor of Science (honorary), Hamilton College, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), 2010.
AB, Cornell University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1949.
Postdoctoral fellow National Academy of Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland, 1949-1950. DuPont postdoctoral fellow chemistry University Illinois, 1950-1951, faculty, 1951-1954, assistant professor organic chemistry, 1952-1954. Faculty Princeton University, since 1954, professor chemistry, since 1964, A. Barton Hepburn professor organic chemistry, since 1966, A. Barton Hepburn professor organic chemistry emeritus, since 1997, chairman department chemistry, 1974-1979, senior research scientist, since 1997, senior scholar, since 2007.
Visiting professor Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Federal Republic Germany, 1960, University East Anglia, 1969, 71. Distinguished visiting professor University Buffalo, 1968, University Wyoming, 1977. Backer lecturer University Groningen, Holland, 1969.
Member chemistry advisory committee Office Science Research, United States Air Force, 1962-1973, Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center, 1958-1962. Member international advisory board Center Medicinal Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, since 1994. Consultant research divisions Parke-Davis Company, 1951-1956, Procter & Gamble, 1953-1980, Smith Kline & French, 1956-1962, Eastman Kodak Company, 1965-1983, Tennessee Eastman Company, 1968-1983, Eli Lilly & Company, 1962-2002, Burroughs Wellcome Company, 1983-1995, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, 1986-1990, Polaroid Corporation, 1986-2001, Dow Elanco Company, 1989-1996, DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, 1990-1997, Dow AgroScis., 1997-2003, DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, 1997-2001.
Fellow New York Academy of Sciences, American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society (award for creative work in synthetic organic chemistry, 1974, chairman organic chemistry division 1976-1977, Arthur C. Cope scholar award 1994, Heroes of Chemistry award 2006, Alfred Burger award 2010), German Chemical Society, Royal Society London, International Society Heterocyclic Chemistry (5th International award 1989), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Virginia Dion Crouse, June 29, 1946. Children: Edward Newton, Susan Raines.