Ralph Isadore Dorfman

Background

Dorfman, Ralph Isadore was born on June 30, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Aron and Anna (Schwartzman) Dorfman.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiological Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1934.

Career

Research fellow in physiological chemistry, University of Chicago, 1932-1933; research assistant, University of Chicago, 1933-1935; instructor pharmacology, Louisiana State University, 1935-1936; instructor physiological chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1936-1939; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1939-1941; assistant professor biochemistry, Western Reserve University, 1941-1950; associate professor, Western Reserve University, 1950-1951; associate director laboratories, Worcester Foundation Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1951-1956; director laboratory, Worcester Foundation Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1956-1964; professor of chemistry, Clark University, 1955-1964; research professor biochemistry, Boston University, 1951-1967; director, Institute Hormone Biology, 1964-1969; senior vice president, Syntex Research Center, Palo Alto, California, 1969-1972; executive vice president, Syntex Research Center, Palo Alto, California, 1972; president, Syntex Research Center, Palo Alto, California, 1973-1976; visiting professor pharmacology, Stanford University School Medicine, 1967-1973; consultant professor, Stanford University School Medicine, 1973-1985.

Achievements

• Ralph Isadore Dorfman has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Chilean Medical Association (honorary). Member American Chemical Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Biological Chemists, National Academy of Sciences, Endocrine Society (council), Pan American Medical Association, Danish Society Endocrinology, Mexico Endocrine Society, National Academy Medicine Mexico, Peruvian Endocrine Society (honorary), Argentinian Society Endocrinology and Nutrition (honorary), Statistical Society, Royal Society Medicine (affiliate), Portuguses Endocrinology Society (honorary), Society Francaise Endocrinologie, International Society for Research in Biology of Reproduction, Sigma Chi, Phi Lambda Epsilon.

Connections

Married Adeline Smith, September 5, 1933 (deceased 1964). Children: Gerald Allen, Ronald Arthur. Married Margaret Cameron, February 19, 1965.

Father:

Aron Dorfman

Mother:

Anna (Schwartzman) Dorfman

Spouse:

Margaret Cameron

Spouse:

Adeline Smith

child:

Ronald Arthur Dorfman

child:

Gerald Allen Dorfman