Background
Robbins, Frederick Chapman was born on August 25, 1916 in Auburn, Alabama, United States. Son of William J. and Christine (Chapman) Robbins.
Robbins, Frederick Chapman was born on August 25, 1916 in Auburn, Alabama, United States. Son of William J. and Christine (Chapman) Robbins.
Bachelor of Arts Missouri, 1936. Bachelor of Science, University Missouri, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1940.
Doctor of Science(honorary), John Carroll University, 1955. Doctor of Science(honorary), University Missouri, 1958. Doctor of Science(honorary), University North Carolina, 1979.
Doctor of Science(honorary), Tufts University, 1983. Doctor of Science(honorary), Medical College Ohio, 1983. Doctor of Science(honorary), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1984.
Doctor of Science(honorary), Case Western Reserve University, 1992. Doctor of Science(honorary), Kirksville College Osteopathic Medicine, 1998. Doctor of Laws(honorary), University New Mexico, 1968.
Doctor of Laws(honorary), University Alabama, 1985. Doctor of Medicine(honorary), Medical College Pennsylvania, 1984.
Intern Children's Hospital, Boston, 1941—1942, resident, 1940—1941, resident in pediatrics, 1946—1948. Senior fellow virus disease National Research Council, 1948—1950. Staff research division infectious diseases Children's Hospital, Boston, 1948—1950, associate physician, associate director isolation service, associate research division infectious diseases, 1950—1952.
Instructor, associate in pediatrics Harvard Medical School, 1950—1952. Director department pediatrics and contagious diseases Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 1952—1966. Professor pediatrics Case Western Reserve University, 1950—1980.
Dean Case Western Reserve University School Medicine, 1966—1980, dean emeritus, from 1980. Professor emeritus Case Western Reserve University, from 1987, director Center Adolescent Health School Medicine. President Institute Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1980—1985.
Research fellow in pediatrics Boston Lying-in Hospital. Visiting scientist Donner Laboratory University California, 1963—1964. Associate member Commission on Viral Disease, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, United States Department Defense.
Scientific research advisory board National Association Retarded Children. Chairman district V, committee on medical education American Academy Pediatrics. Member public health council Ohio State Department Health.
Major United States Army, 1942-1946.
Various scientific papers related to virus and rickettsial diseases, especially ‘Q’ fever in the Mediterranean area and cultivation of poliomyelitis viruses in tissue culture.
President Society Pediatric Research, 1961—1962. Fellow: National Academy Medical Sciences (honorary), All-India Institute Medical Sciences (honorary). Member: American Philosophical Society, American Pediatric Society, American Academy Pediatrics, American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Association American Medical Colleges (Abraham Flexner award 1987), Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Alice Havemeyer Northrop, June 19, 1948. Children: Alice, Louise.