Robert Gillespie Merin

Background

Merin, Robert Gillespie was born on June 16, 1933 in Glens Falls, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Harold and Jessie Louisa (Gillespie) Merin.

Education

Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1958.

Career

From assistant professor to professor anesthesiology, U. Rochester (New York) Medical Center, 1966-1981; professor anesthesiology, University Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1981-1992; professor anesthesiology, Medical College Georgia, Augusta, since 1992. Member anesthetic life support drug committee Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1982-1987, special.cons., since 1987. Murray Mendolsohn Memorial lecturer U. Toronto School Medicine, 1976, Harry M. Shields Memorial lecturer, 1988.

Litchfield lecturer University of Oxford, 1977, William and Austin Friend Memorial visiting professor Queens U., 1981, Joseph F. Artusio endowed lecturer Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1991, and others.

Achievements

• Robert Gillespie Merin has been listed as a noteworthy Anesthesiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Army, 1961-1963. Member Association University Anesthesiologists (president 1987-1988), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

Connections

Married Barbara R. Rothe, March 1, 1958. Children: Michael, Jan, Sarah.

Father:

Joseph Harold Merin

Mother:

Jessie Louisa (Gillespie) Merin

Spouse:

Barbara R. Rothe

child:

Jan Merin

child:

Michael Merin

child:

Sarah Merin