Ronald Breslow (1931–2017), University Professor at Columbia University and Renowned Organic Chemist, An Obituary-Tribute

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The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 23 (2018) pp 275-276

Ronald Breslow (1931–2017), University Professor at Columbia University and Renowned Organic Chemist, An Obituary-Tribute

George B. Kauffman*

Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-8034, georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu

Published: 28 December 2018

Abstract. Ronald Charles D. Breslow (1931–2017), Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University, 1996 American Chemical Society President, and National Academy of Sciences member died at the age of 86 of cancer on October 25, 2017. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Esther, Professor Emerita of Biochemistry at Weill Cornell Medical College, and their daughters Karen and Stephanie Breslow, his sister Diane Orton, and his grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

Key Words: Chemistry and History; Biography; Obituaries; Columbia University; Biomimetic Chemistry; Anti-cancer Drug Zolinga (SAHA); Coeducation; Alexander Hamilton Medal; Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching; Great Teacher Award; Michael Pupin Medal for Service to the Nation in science, Technology, or Engineering; Organic Chemistry; American Chemical Society President; Synthesis of Cyclopropenyl Cation; D-Orbital Conjugation; Origins of Homochirality on Prebiotic Earth; Artificial Enzymes; Chemical Mechanism Used by Vitamin B1; Magic Numbers of Pi Electrons; Antiaromaticity

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu )

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