Background
Breslow, Ronald Charles was born on March 14, 1931 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alexander E. and Gladys (Fellows) Breslow.
Breslow, Ronald Charles was born on March 14, 1931 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alexander E. and Gladys (Fellows) Breslow.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Harvard, 1952; Master of Arts, Harvard, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1955.
Instructor, Columbia University 1956-1959, Association Professor 1959-1962, Professor 1962-1967, Mitchill Professor, of Chemistry since 1967. Sloan Fellowship 1961-1963. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science 1986.
Executive Committee of Organic Division of American Chemical Society.
Chairman Division of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society 1970-1971. Chairman Division of Chemistry, North.A.S. 1974.
Chairman Department, of Chemistry, Columbia University since 1976. Chairman Board of Scientific Advisers, Sloan Foundation since 1981.
Lecturer, London Chemical Society 1972.
Trustee, Rockefeller University since 1981. A. R. Todd Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge 1982. Annual Ciba Foundation Lecturer, London 1982.
American Chemical Society.
Trustee Rockefeller U., since 1981. Board science advisers Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1978-1985. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Indian Academy Sciences.
Member American Philos.Soc. (county since 1987), NAS (chairman chemistry division 1974-1977, award in chemistry 1989), American Chemical Society (Pure Chemistry award 1966, Baekeland medal 1969, chairman division organic chemistry 1970, Harrison Howe award 1974, Remsen award 1977, J.F. Norris award 1980, New York section Nichols medal 1989, president-elect 1995-1996, president 1996, Priestley medal 1999), NewSwiss Chemical Society (Paracelsus award 1990), Royal Society Chemistry (London)(honorary), Phi Beta Kappa (first marshall 1952).
Married Esther Greenberg, September 7, 1955. Children: Stephanie, Karen.