Background
Pitts, Robert Franklin was born on October 24, 1908 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of John Franklin and Estella (Coffin) Pittsburgh.
Pitts, Robert Franklin was born on October 24, 1908 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of John Franklin and Estella (Coffin) Pittsburgh.
Bachelor of Science, Butler University, 1929. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1932. Doctor of Medicine New York University, 1938.
Rockefeller Foundation fellow, Neurological Institute Northwestern, 1938-1939, Johnson Foundation Medical Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1939-1940.
Assistant physiology New York University, 1932-1933, instructor physiology, 1933-1938, assistant professor physiology, 1940-1942, assistant professor physiology Cornell, 1942-1944, associate professor physiology, 1944-1946, professor, department chairman, 1950-1974, professor emeritus, 1974-1977. Research professor renal medicine and physiology U. Florida School Medicine, 1974-1977. Professor, department chairman physiology Syracuse University, 1946-1950.
Visiting fellow Saint Catharine’s College, University of Oxford, 1967-1968.
Member physiology study section National Institutes of Health. Member National Research Council advising committee on graduate school Army Medical Services. Member of advisory board Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, Lederle Medical Faculty Awards, National Research Council Medical.
Fellowships.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy Sciences, American Physiological Society (board publication trustees.
Married Marjorie Anna Wallace, December 25, 1936. Children: Robert Wallace, Marjorieann.