Background
Boeckman, Robert Kenneth was born on August 26, 1944 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Robert Kenneth Senior and Orletta Christine Boeckman.
Organic chemistry researcher chemistry educator
Boeckman, Robert Kenneth was born on August 26, 1944 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Robert Kenneth Senior and Orletta Christine Boeckman.
Bachelor of Science, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis U., 1971.
National Institutes of Health fellow, Columbia University, New York City, 1970-1972; from assistant professor to professor of chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1972-1979; professor of chemistry, U. Rochester, New York, since 1980. Consultant Eastman Kodak, since 1986, Ricerca Inc., Painesville, Ohio, since 1983, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Inc., East Hanover, New Jersey, since 1982, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceutical, cincinnati, since 1990, Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, since 1992.
Fellow Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (Von Humboldt Research Prize forSr. Scientists, Marshal Gates scholar since 1996). Member American Chemical Society, Royal Society Chemistry, Deutscher Chemiker Gesellschaft, Sigma Xi, Oakhill Country Club Rochester.
Married Mary Helen Delton, June 19, 1976.