Background

Leininger, Robert Irvin was born on May 11, 1919 in Cleveland. Son of Irvin George and Reta Martha (Gensheimer) Leininger.

Education

Butyrylcholinesterase, Cleveland State University, 1940; Master of Science, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, 1943.

Career

Instructor chemical engineering, Cleveland State University, 1940-1943; research chemist, Monsanto Chemical Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1943-1945; research chemist to director research county, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1948-1984; private practice, Columbus, since 1984. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Washington, since 1965, Energy Research and Development Agency.

Achievements

• Robert Irvin Leininger has been listed as a noteworthy Biomaterial consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Society for Biomaterials (Clemson award 1981), American Society Artificial Organs, International Society Artificial Organs, New York Academy Science, Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials (chairman 1974), Tau BetaPhi, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Ruby Amelia Osterman, May 22, 1942. Children: Karen Kaplan, Christine Furlanetto, Nels, Eric.

Father:

Irvin George Leininger

Mother:

Reta Martha (Gensheimer) Leininger

Spouse:

Ruby Amelia Osterman

child:

Eric Leininger

child:

Christine Furlanetto Leininger

child:

Nels Leininger

child:

Karen Kaplan Leininger