Robert Owen Hutchins, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert Owen Hutchins
American chemist
Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1939
Date of Death: 09-Oct-2009
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Robert Owen Hutchins
- Robert Owen Hutchins (September 25, 1939 – October 9, 2009) was an American organic chemist and educator.
- Born in Danville, Illinois, Hutchins earned a B.S.
- degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1961, an M.A.
- degree in phytochemistry from California State University, Long Beach in 1962, and a Ph.D.
- degree in organic chemistry from Purdue University under Joseph Wolinsky in 1967.
- He then completed a two-year post-doctoral research position with Ernest L.
- Eliel at Notre Dame University, He then joined Drexel University as an assistant professor in 1968; he was promoted to associate professor in 1974, and then full professor in 1979.
- He was named G.S.
- Sasin Professor of Organic Chemistry and served as chemistry department head for 14 years.
- He retired in 2008. His research focused on new hydride reagents for asymmetric reduction, and the conformational analysis of phosphorus containing heterocycles.
- The ISI web of knowledge lists 96 publications and presentations at national meetings by Professor Hutchins and his co-workers, 2962 citations without self-citations, and a Hirsch index of 32. Drexel honored Hutchins with a Research Achievement Award in 1982 and a University Scholar Award in 1985.
- In 1987 he received both the distinguished alumni award from Cal State and the 26th Research Award of the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society.
- The Chemistry Department at Drexel announced establishment of the Dr.
- Robert O.
- Hutchins Endowed Chemistry Prize in 2002.
- The Constantine Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building at Drexel has an organic chemistry teaching laboratory named in memory of Hutchins.Hutchins received the Christian R.
- and Mary F.
- Lindback distinguished teaching Award from Drexel in 1980.
- Among his notable group alumni are Bruce E.
- Maryanoff (inventor of topamax or topiramate), who was his first Ph.D.
- student (B.S.
- 1970, Ph.D.
- 1972), and Cindy A.
- (Milewski) Maryanoff, who was an undergraduate research participant (B.S.
- 1972).
- Dr.
- Ira Taffer (Ph.D.) and Dr.
- Robert Zipkin (B.S.
- Drexel, Ph.D.
- Univ.
- Penn), an undergraduate researcher, who later founded the Biotech company BIOMOL, were members of his research group. Hutchins died on October 9, 2009, after an illness.
- His wife, Mary Gail Kinzer Hutchins, preceded him in death on August 16, 2001.
- He left behind his two sons as well as his two grandson.
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