Richard Desmond O'Brien

Background

O'Brien, Richard Desmond was born on May 29, 1929 in Sydenham, England. Son of Joseph Andrew and Louise (Stevens) O'B. came to the United States, 1960, naturalized, 1966.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Reading University, England, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Western Ontario, Canada, 1954. Bachelor in Arts, University Western Ontario, Canada, 1956.

Career

Soil specialist, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, 1950-1951; chemist, Pesticide Research Institute, London, Canada, 1954-1960; faculty, Cornell Univercity, 1960-1978; professor entomology, Cornell Univercity, 1964-1978; professor neurobiology, Cornell Univercity, 1965-1978; department chairman biochemistry, Cornell Univercity, 1964-1965; chairman of the section neurobiology and behavior, Cornell Univercity, 1965-1970; director division biological science, Cornell Univercity, 1970-1978; Richard J. Schwartz professor biology and society, Cornell Univercity, 1977-1978; provost, U. Rochester (New York), 1978-1984; executive vice chancellor, provost, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984-1991; chancellor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1991-1993. National Research Council fellow Babraham, Cambridge, England, 1956-1957. Visiting associate professor of University Wisconsin, 1958-1959.

Consultant Melpar Inc., 1960-1965, American Cyanamid Company, 1960-1969. Director Lincoln First Bank, 1978-1984.

Achievements

• Richard Desmond O"Brien has been listed as a noteworthy university administrator, neurobiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Biochemical Toxicology of Insecticides

    (properties acetylcholine receptor from torpedo electropla...)

  • Toxic Phosphorus Esters
  • Insecticides: Action and Metabolism

Membership

Trustee Center for Governmental Research, 1979-1984, vice-chairman, 1980-1984. Trustee Rochester Museum and Science Center, 1979-1984, Donald Guthrie Foundation Medical Research, Sayre, Pennsylvania, 1977-1984. President Rochester Area Colleges, 1982-1984.

Board directors Five Colleges Inc., since 1990. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (International award pesticide chemistry 1971), International Brain Research Organization, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Ann Margaret Thom, March 16, 1961. 1 child, Ian Richard. Married Susan Krauss Whitbourne, September 19, 1981, 1 child, Jennifer Louise.

Father:

Joseph Andrew O'B.

Mother:

Louise (Stevens) O'B.

Spouse:

Ann Margaret Thom

Spouse:

Susan Krauss Whitbourne

child:

Ian Richard O'Brien

child:

Jennifer Louise O'Brien