Background
Lichter, Robert Louis was born on October 26, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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Robert Louis Lichter
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Robert Louis Lichter, American Science foundation administrator, chemist. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American chemical Society (chair Nuclear magnetic resonance topical group Northern Jersey chapter 1982-1983, commission on science, commission on minority affairs), New York Academy Sciences (chair section on chemical science 1987), New York Hall of Science (member trustees advisory county), Sigma Xi.
Education
AB, Harvard University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1967.
Career
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, Technische U. Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany, 1967-1968;
research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1968-1970;
from assistant professor to professor Hunter College, CUNY, New York City, 1970-1983;
chair department chemistry, Hunter College CUNY, New York City, 1977-1981;
regional director grants, Research Corporation, Port Washington, New York, 1983-1986;
vice president for research and graduate studies, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1986-1989;
executive director, Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, New York City, since 1989. Visiting scientist Sandoz Research laboratories, 1981-1982, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, 1981-1982. Treasurer Experimental Nuclear magnetic resonance Confs., Inc., 1981-1982.
Consultant Research Corporation, 1990-1995. Board of Governors National Conference in Undergraduate Research, 1992-1998, chairman, 1994-1996. Councillor Council on Undergraduate Research, 1993-1998.
Member chem.sci. roundtable National Research Council, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American chemical Society (chair Nuclear magnetic resonance topical group Northern Jersey chapter 1982-1983, commission on science, commission on minority affairs), New York Academy Sciences (chair section on chemical science 1987), New York Hall of Science (member trustees advisory county), Sigma Xi.
