Background
Hotchkiss, Rollin Douglas was born on September 8, 1911 in South Britain, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles Leverett and Eva (Platt) Hotchkiss.
Hotchkiss, Rollin Douglas was born on September 8, 1911 in South Britain, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles Leverett and Eva (Platt) Hotchkiss.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy (Loomis fellow), Yale University, 1935. Doctor of Science (honorary), Yale University, 1962.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Paris-Sud, 1980. Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York-Albany, 1986. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller University, 1988.
Member staff Rockefeller University, New York City, 1935—2004, professor, 1955-1982, professor emeritus, 1982—2004. Research professor biology State University of New York-Albany, 1982—2004. Left active research, 1986.
Rockefeller Foundation fellow Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, 1937-1938. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957-1958. Dyer lecturer National Institutes of Health, 1962.
Visiting professor department genetics University California, Berkeley, 1968. Fellow-commoner Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (England) University, 1970. Scholar-in-residence Fogarty International Center, 1971-1972.
Visiting professor department biology University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1972, 73. Griffith lecturer Society General Microbiology, 1974. Visiting professor University Paris-Sud, Orsay, 1975, 79.
Raine visiting professor department microbiology University Western Australia, Perth, 1980. United Nations Educational visiting scholar Biological Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 1972-1975.
Contributor articles to professional publications.
Member American Society Cell Biology (councilor 1962-1964), Harvey Society (president 1958-1959), American Society Biological Chemists, American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Genetics Society of America (president 1971 and 1972), American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Naturalists (vice president 1965), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (honorary), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (foreign), Sigma Xi.
Mineralogy, charcoal-drawing, boatconstruction, stained glass construction.
Married Shirley Dawson, June 24, 1933 (divorced 1967). Children: Paul A., Cynthia H. Lydgate. Married Magda Gabor, May 19, 1967.