Ronald Breslow

Ronald Breslow
Born	Ronald Charles D. Breslow (1931-03-14)March 14, 1931 Rahway, New Jersey, US
Died	October 25, 2017(2017-10-25) (aged 86) New York City, US
Alma mater	Harvard University
Awards	ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1966) NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1989) National Medal of Science (1991) Priestley Medal (1999) Othmer Gold Medal (2006) Perkin Medal[1] (2010) AIC Gold Medal (2014)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Columbia University
Thesis	Studies on magnamycin (1956)
Doctoral advisor	Robert Burns Woodward
Doctoral students	Robert Grubbs Doug La Follette Alanna Schepartz Merle Battiste Steven Zimmerman Uday Maitra
Other notable students	Anthony Czarnik Robert Lefkowitz Marcey Waters

Ronald Charles David Breslow (March 14, 1931 – October 25, 2017) was an American chemist from Rahway, New Jersey. He was University Professor at Columbia University, where he was based in the Department of Chemistry and affiliated with the Departments of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology; he had also been on the faculty of its Department of Chemical Engineering. He had taught at Columbia since 1956 and was a former chair of the university's chemistry department.^[2]