Background
Newman was born in New York City in a Jewish family, the youngest of Mae (née Polack) and Jacob K. Newman"s four children.
Newman was born in New York City in a Jewish family, the youngest of Mae (née Polack) and Jacob K. Newman"s four children.
When he was 14, they moved back to New York, where he attended Riverdale County School. From 1925 to 1932 he attended Yale University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts Magna cum laude in 1929 and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1932, under the direction of Professor Rudolph J. Anderson.
Shortly after his birth, his family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. After postdoctoral stays at Yale, Columbia University and Harvard University, he began his independent career as an instructor at The Ohio State University, where he would remain for the rest of his life. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1940 and to full professor in 1944.
In addition, the Newman projection - which allows organic chemists to represent different conformations of molecules in space - was introduced by the chemistry
Melvin Newman was an avid golfer.
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He was a member of Zeta Beta Tau. He was a member of Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Epsilon Delta, American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1956.
Married Beatrice N. Crystal, June 30, 1933. Children: Kiefer, Susan, Beth, Robert.