Robert Filler

Background

Filler, Robert was born on February 2, 1923 in Brooklyn. Son of Alfred Louis and Ethel (Schwab) Filler.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1943; Master of Sciences, University Iowa, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1949.

Career

Assistant professor, Union U., 1949-1950; postdoctoral research fellow, Purdue University, 1950-1951; research chemist, Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, Ohio., 1951-1953; instructor, assistant professor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1953-1955; assistant professor of chemistry, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1955-1961; associate professor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1961-1966; professor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, since 1966; acting department chairman, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1966-1968, 90-93; chairman chemistry, 1968-1976; professor emeritus, senior research fellow, since 1994; dean Lewis College Sciences and Letters, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1976-1986. Research associate Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, 1956-1957. Consultant University of Illinois College Medicine, 1958-1959, IIT Research Institute, 1964-1966.

Visiting scientist Weizmann Institute Science, Israel, 1974. Guest professor Ruhr U., Germany,1987. Vice president TechDrive, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois, since 1997.

Achievements

• Robert Filler has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association of University Professors, American Chemical Society (secretary-treasurer division fluorine chemistry 1972-1974, chairman 1976), Royal Society Chemistry (London), New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Connections

Married Lael Carol Rosenbloom, Oct.7, 1945 (deceased 1954). Children: Susan, Rebecca Filler Helgesen, Debby. Married Miriam G. Holland, September 20, 1959.

Children: Michael Knize, Daniel.

Father:

Alfred Louis Filler

Mother:

Ethel (Schwab) Filler

Spouse:

Miriam G. Holland

Spouse:

Lael Carol Rosenbloom

child:

Debby Filler

child:

Daniel Filler

child:

Michael Knize Filler

child:

Rebecca Filler Helgesen Filler

child:

Susan Filler