Background
MEINWALD, Jerrold was born on January 16, 1927 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Herman Meinwald and Sophie Baskind.
MEINWALD, Jerrold was born on January 16, 1927 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Herman Meinwald and Sophie Baskind.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1947. Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1948. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Göteborg, 1989.
Member faculty Cornell University, 1952—1980, Goldwin Smith professor chemistry, 1980—2005, graduate school professor, since 2006, member science directing group Cornell Institute Research Chemical Ecology, since 1992, emeritus professor, since 2006. Research director International Centre Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, 1970-1977. A. Mellon Term professor, 1992-1995.
Professor chemistry University California at San Diego, 1972-1973. Chemical consultant Schering-Plough Research Institute, 1957-1999, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, 1958-1995, Cambridge Neurosci. Research, 1988-1992, Du Pont, 2006.
Member science advisory board ENTOMED Inc., 2002-2005. Visiting professor Rockefeller University, 1970, Harvard Medical School, 1997. Camille and Henry Dreyfus Distinguished scholar Mount Holyoke College, 1981, Bryn Mawr College, 1983, Dartmouth College, 1996.
Kolthoff lecturer University Minnesota, 1985. Beckman lecturer California Institute of Technology, 1986. Swiss "Troisième Cycle" Lecturer, 1986.
Russell Marker lecturer Pennsylvania State University, 1987. Member visiting committee chemistry Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1969-1972, chairman, 1972. Member medical A chemistry study section National Institutes of Health, 1963-1967, chairman, 1965-1967.
Member advisory board Petroleum Research Foundation, 1971-1973. Member advisory council chemistry department Princeton University, 1978-1983. Member advisory board Research Corporation, 1978-1983.
Member advisory board chemistry division National Science Foundation, 1979-1983. Organizing chairman Sino-American Symposium on Chemistry of Natural Products, Shanghai, 1980. Member advisory board A.P. Sloan Foundation, 1985-1991.
Frontiers of Research lecturer Council Chemical Research, 1987. Member science advisory board Agridyne Corporation, 1989-1993. Advisory committee chemical ecology Max-Planck Society, 1994-1996, National Institute Sericulture and Entomological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan, 1997-1901.
Advisory board Xerces Society, since 1995. Advisory committee Biosphere 2, 1999-1903. Carlton College Convocation, 1993.
Mary Aldridge lecturer American University, 1993. K. Pfister lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992, Hilldale lecturer University Wisconsin, 1991, National Undergrad. Research Symposium, Plenary lecturer, Minneapolis, 1992.
UNOCAL lecturer California State University, Long Beach, 1992. Max T. Rogers lecturer Michigan State University, 1994. Jean Day lecturer Rutgers University, 1994, Distinguished Graduate School lecturer University Maryland, 1994.
Merck lecturer Lafayette College. Plenary lecturer 3d Pan American Chemical Congress. Inaugural Paul G. Gassman lecturer Canisius College, 1996, Distinguished Science Lecturer Bard College, 1996, honorary visiting science, Taiwan, 1997, Gassman lecturer University Minnesota, 1999, Partners in Science lecturer, Research Corporation, 2000, Iscol award lecturer, Cornell University, 2000, Chemistry as a life science X Symposium, 2000, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry plenary lecturer, Brazil, 2000, W.S. Johnson Symposium, Stanford, 2000, Berzelius Days plenary lecturer, Stockholm, 2001, ICSN Symposium on Chemistry of National Products, Gif-sur-Yvette, 2003, National American College of Surgeons Organic Symposium lecturer, 2001, 05, others.
Member international science committee Programa Brasileiro de Ecologia Molecular/Amazonia, 1997-1903. Grandpierre lecturer Columbia University, 1998. Science advisory board Institute Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1999-1905.
Gilbert Stork lecturer Columbia University, 2005. Member Princeton Area Organic Symposium, 2005, chemistry centennial lecturer, Peking University, 2010.
Member board editors Journal Organic Chemistry, 1962-1966, Organic Reactions, 1968-1978, Organic Synthesis, 1968-1972, Journal Chemical Ecology, since 1974, Insect Science, 1979-1990, Current Organic Chemistry, since 1999, Chemistry & Biodiversity, since 2004, Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, since 2006. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member National Academy of Sciences (exchange scholar 1987), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences (secretary since 2005), American Philosophical Society (council member), American Chemical Society (chairman organic division 1969, E Guenther award 1985, Distinguished Scientist award Kalamazoo section 1985, A.C. Cope Scholar award 1989, Roger Adams award in Organic Chemistry 2005, Grand Prize of La Maison de la Chimie, Paris, 2006, R.C. Fuson lecturer, University Nevada, 2006, R. Sandin lecturer, University Alberta, 2006, R. Hirschmann lecturer, University Wisconsin, 2006, Novartis lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006, John D. Roberts lecturer, Caltech, 2007, Clayton Heathcock lecturer, University California, Berkeley, 2007), International Society Chemical Ecology (president 1988, Silver medal 1991), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (national lecturer 1965, 75, 92-94).
Playing flute, baroque flute and recorder.
Married Yvonne Chu, June 25, 1955 (divorced 1979). Children: Constance Chu, Pamela Joan. Married Charlotte Greenspan, September 7, 1980.
1 child, Julia Eve.