Robert Charles Mellors

Background

Mellors, Robert Charles was born in 1916 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Bert S. and Clementine (Steinmetz) Mellors.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Western Reserve University, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1944.

Career

Intern, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland., 1944-1945; research fellow medicine, Memorial Center Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York City, 1946-1950; research fellow pathology, Memorial Center Cancer and Allied Diseases, 1950-1953; assistant attending pathologist, Memorial Center Cancer and Allied Diseases, 1953-1957; associate attending pathologist, Memorial Center Cancer and Allied Diseases, 1957-1958. Senior fellow American Cancer Society, 1947-1950. Senior clinical research fellow Damon Runyon Memorial Fund, 1950-1953.

Assistant attending pathologist Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1953-1957, associate attending pathologist, 1957-1958. Assistant attending pathologist Ewing Hospital, New York City, 1953-1957, associate attending pathologist, 1957-1958. Instructor biochemistry Western Reserve U., 1940-1942.

Research associate Poliomyelitis Research Center and Department Epidemiology Johns Hopkins University School Hygiene, 1942-1944. Assistant professor biology Memorial Center Cancer and AlliedDiseases, New York City, 1952-1953. Assistant professor pathology Sloan Kettering division Cornell Univercity, 1953-1957, associate professor, 1957-1958.

Professor pathology CornellU. Medical College, 1961-1990, professor emeritus, since 1990. Adjunct Professor pathology New York Medical College, since 1997. Associate attending pathologist New York Hospital, 1961-1972, attending pathologist, 1972-1986.

Pathologist-in-chief, director laboratories, 1958-1984, emeritus, 1984-1985, honorary staff, since 1986. Associate director research Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, 1958-1969, director research, 1969-1984, emeritus,1984-1985, scientist emeritus, since 1986. Member research advising committee National Institutes of Health, 1962-1966.

Advising committee National Institute Environmental Health Science, 1966-1969. Committee nomenclature and classification of disease College American Pathologists, 1960-1964.

Achievements

• Robert Charles Mellors has been listed as a notable Physician, scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Analytical pathology: Treatises in the perspective of biology, chemistry, and physics
  • Analytical Cytology: Second Edtion
  • Analytical Cytology; Methods for Studying Cellular Form and Function

Membership

Member Conservation Board, Town of North Castle, Westchester, New York. Served as lieutenant (junior grade), Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow Royal College Pathologists, Molecular Medicine Society, American Society Clinical Pathology.

Member International Society for Optical Engineering, American Association Pathologists, American Association Immunologists, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American College Rheumatology, American Orthopedic Association (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Jane K. Winternitz, March 25, 1944. Children: Alice J., Robert C., William K., John W.

Father:

Bert S. Mellors

Mother:

Clementine (Steinmetz) Mellors

Spouse:

Jane K. Winternitz

child:

William K. Mellors

child:

Robert C. Mellors

child:

John W. Mellors

child:

Alice J. Mellors