Background
Hinman, Richard Leslie was born on March 8, 1927 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Harold William and Mildred Emma (Durr) Hinman.
pharmaceutical company executive
Hinman, Richard Leslie was born on March 8, 1927 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Harold William and Mildred Emma (Durr) Hinman.
AB, Columbia College, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1952.
Merck postdoctoral fellow, Cambridge (England) University, 1952-1953;
instructor organic chemistry, State University Iowa, Iowa City, 1953-1957;
research chemist, group leader, Union Carbide Research Institute, 1958-1965;
director medicinal chemical, Union Carbide Corporation, 1965-1967;
manager pharmaceutical technical, Union Carbide Corporation, 1967-1969;
program manager chemical science, Union Carbide Corporation, 1969-1972;
vice president chemical products R & D, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, 1972-1981;
senior vice president chemical products R & D, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, 1981-1992;
consultant K-12 science education, Pfizer Inc., Groton, since 1992. Member visitors committee department chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1981-1991, member industrial advisory board department biochemistry engineering, 1985-1990. Member of advisory panel chemistry section National Science Foundation, 1970-1976.
Member energy research advisory board unites states department Energy, 1978-1983. President of the board of trustees Science Center Eastern Connecticut, since 1994.
With United States Army, 1946-1947. Member American Society Microbiology, American Chemical Society, Chemical Society London, Connecticut Academy of Sciences, Math & Technology Education (board directors), Sigma Xi.
Married Rosalind V.S. Ellam, September 23, 1967. Children: Katherine, Jeremy, Adrian, Isabel.