Photo from Orchin's 2001 Faculty page. |
Milton Orchin was born in 1914 in Barnesboro, PA, USA.
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Orchin in 1999, Dept. Chem. Newsletter |
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A CHRONOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
YEAR EVENT
1914 Born in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania on 4 June.
1936 B.S. Degree in Chemistry, Ohio State University, University Scholar
and Fellow, Ohio State University (until 1939).
1937 M.S. Degree in Chemistry, Ohio State University.
1939 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Ohio State University, under Melvin
Newman. Takes job as research chemist with the United States Food
and Drug Administration in Cincinnati, OH.
1941 Transfers to United States Food and Drug Administration in Chicago,
IL. Takes job as organic research chemist with the United States
Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, MD.
1943 Chief of the Organic Section of the Synthetic Fuels Branch of the
United Stated Bureau of Mines in Bruceton, PA.
1947 Guggenheim Fellow, Sieff Institute, Israel.
1953 Associate Professor of Applied Science,
University of Cincinnati;
Consultant for National Distillers Corporation (now Quantum
Chemical).
1954 Consultant for Houdry Process and Chemical Company.
1956 Professor of Chemistry and Department Head (until 1962), University
of Cincinnati; Consultant for William S. Merrell Company.
1957 Eminent Chemist Award, Cincinnati Section of the ACS; Editorial
Board of the Journal of Organic Chemistry (until 1963).
1958 Member of Nomenclature Committee, ACS (until 1963).
Consultant for M.W. Kellogg Company.
1961 Honor Initiate, Alpha Chi Sigma; President of Cincinnati Chapter of
Sigma Xi.
1962 Director of the Basic Science Laboratory, University of Cincinnati
(until 1970); Chair, Cincinnati Section of the ACS.
1963 Chair, Chemistry Section of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science; Secretary of same (until 1968); Consultant
for Standard Oil of Ohio (later Sohio, now British Petroleum).
1964 Consultant for Philco Corporation.
1966 Visiting Professor, Ohio State University; Member Board of
Directors, American Civil Liberties Union (until 1973).
1968 Visiting Professor, Israel Institute of Technology; Advisory
Committee for College Chemistry, ACS; Faculty Representative to
the University of Cincinnati Board of Directors.
1969 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley; Board of
Directors, Jewish Community Relations Council (until 1983) and
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati (until 1976); Chair, Fellows of the
Graduate School, University of Cincinnati.
1970 Consultant for Atlantic Richfield Chemical Company; Editorial Board
of the Journal of Coordination Chemisfry; President University of
Cincinnati Faculty Council on Jewish Affairs.
1971 Director of the Hoke S. Greene Laboratory of Catalysis,
University of Cincinnati; Advisory Board for the
Handbook of Spectral Data.
1972 ACS Tour Speaker Award; Vice President, Cincinnati Bureau of
Jewish Education; Chair, University Faculty and Faculty Senate,
University of Cincinnati; Faculty Representative to University of
Cincinnati Board of Directors.
1973 Board of Governors, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
(until 1977).
1974 Consultant for Allied Chemical Corporation.
1975 Rieveschl Award for Distinguished Research in Science, University of
Cincinnati.
1976 Distinguished Scientist Award, Technical Societies of Cincinnati.
Consultant for Brookhaven National Laboratories.
1979 Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
1980 E.V. Murphee Award, ACS; Morley Medal, Cleveland Section of the
ACS; Consultant for Standard Oil of Ohio.
1981 Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor,
University of Cincinnati.
1982 Consultant for Sun 0il Company.
1983 E.J. Houdry Award, North American Catalyst Society; Honorary
D.Sc. Degree, University of Cincinnati.
1999 Director of the Hoke S. Greene Laboratory of Catalysis (since 1971).
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