Background
Baldwin, Robert Lesh was born on September 30, 1927 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Ira Lawrence and Mary (Lesh) Baldwin.
Baldwin, Robert Lesh was born on September 30, 1927 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Ira Lawrence and Mary (Lesh) Baldwin.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy (Rhodes scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1954.
Assistant professor, then associate professor biochemistry University Wisconsin, 1955-1959. Member faculty Stanford, since 1959, professor biochemistry, 1964-1998, professor emeritus, since 1998, chairman department, 1989-1994. Visiting professor Collège de France, Paris, 1972, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2002.
Member advisory panel biochemistry and biophysics National Science Foundation, 1974—1976. Member National Institutes of Health study section molecular and cellular biophysics, 1984—1988.
Member award panel Searle Scholars, 1993—1996, 1997—1998. Member advisory panel in biophysics Burroughs-Wellcome, 1995—2001. Fellow American Biophysics Society (council 1977-1981, Founder's award 1999).
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Society Biological Chemists (Merck award 1999), American Chemical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Protein Society (council 1993-1995, Stein and Moore award 1992).
Married Anne Theodora Norris, August 28,1965. Children— David Norris, Eric Lawrence.