Frederick
Chapman Robbins was born in Auburn, Alabama, on August 25, 1916. He is the
son of William J. Robbins, a plant physiologist, who became Director of the
New York Botanical Gardens, and Christine, née Chapman.
He was educated at the University of Missouri, where he took the A.B. degree
in 1936 and the B.S. in 1938. In 1940 he graduated from Harvard Medical School
and was appointed as resident physician in bacteriology at The Children's Hospital
Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He continued his training there until
1942 when he left to serve in the United States Army.
During military service he was assigned to the Fifteenth Medical General Laboratory
as Chief of the Virus and Rickettsial Disease Section, and in this capacity
served in the United States, North Africa, and Italy. Most of his work during
this period consisted of investigations on infectious hepatitis, typhus fever
and Q fever, and supervision of a diagnostic virus laboratory. He has also studied
the immunology of mumps. In 1945 he received the Bronze Star for Distinguished
Service and at the time of discharge from the Army in 1946 held the rank of
Major.
Returning to civilian life, Robbins resumed his training at The Children's Hospital
Medical Center and completed this in
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a Senior Fellowship in Virus Diseases of the National Research Council and worked
with Dr. John F. Enders in the Research Division of Infectious Diseases, The
Children's Hospital Medical Center. During this time he was a member of the
Faculty of the Harvard Medical School. While he was working with Enders, Robbins
chiefly studied the cultivation of poliomyelitis virus in tissue culture and
the application of this technique. He also investigated the viruses of mumps,
herpes simplex and vaccinia.
While in Boston, he was appointed Associate in Pediatrics on the Faculty of
the Harvard Medical School, Associate in the Research Division of Infectious
Diseases, and Associate Physician and Associate Director of the Isolation Service
at The Children's Hospital Medical Center, and also Research Fellow in Pediatrics
at The Boston Lying-in Hospital and Assistant to the Children's Medical Service,
Massachusetts General Hospital.1
In May, 1952, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he had been appointed Professor
of Pediatrics at Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Director
of the Department of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases, Cleveland Metropolitan
General Hospital, the position which he at present occupies.2
Robbins has served as Chairman of the Committee on Medical Education of Western
Reserve University School of Medicine since 1958.
He is an associate member of the Commission on Viral Diseases of the Armed Forces
Epidemiological Board, United States Department of Defense, of the Board of
Scientific Counselors of the Division of Biologics Standards, Public Health
Service, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, of the Physician's
Council, the Scientific Research Advisory Board of the National Association
for Retarded Children; he is also
Chairman of District V of the Committee on
Medical Education of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and of the Awards Committee
of this Academy, and served on the Public Health Council of the Ohio State Department
of Health. He is also a consultant to the Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Training Grant Award Committee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, and to the Oregon Primate Research Center.
In 1955, John Carroll University of Cleveland conferred upon him the honorary
degree of Doctor of Science, and in 1958, the University of Missouri, his alma
mater, did the same.
In 1961 he was elected President of the Society for Pediatric Research, and
in 1962 a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Robbins married in 1948 Alice Havemeyer Northrop and they have two daugthers,
Alice Christine and Louise Enders.
1. During this time he continued to work with Dr. Enders.
2. Frederick C. Robbins is now University Professor and Dean Emeritus at the Case Western Reserve University.
From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1964
This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/Nobel Lectures. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate. To cite this document, always state the source as shown above.
Addendum August 2001
| Honors & Awards |
| Award for Distinguished Achievement (Modern Medicine), 1963 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, University of New Mexico, 1968 |
| Medical Mutual Honor Award, 1969 |
| Ohio Governor's Award, 1971 |
| Honorary Fellow, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1977 |
| Honorary Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), 1977 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, University of North Carolina, 1979 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, Tufts University, 1983 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, Medical College of Ohio, 1983 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1984 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1984 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Medical Science, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1984 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1985 |
| Abraham Flexner Award of AAMC for Distinguished Service to Medical Education, 1987 |
| Judge Baker Children's Center Camille Cosby World of Children Award, 1988 |
| NASA Public Service Award, 1989 |
| Ohio Science and Technology Hall of Fame, 1992 |
| Case Western Reserve University Medical Alumni Assoication Board of Trustees Award, 1993 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Case Western Reserve University, May 24, 1992 |
| Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize, Case Western Reserve University, May 22, 1994 |
| Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri, June 7, 1998 |
| Benjamin Franklin Medal, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 1999 |
 
Frederick C. Robbins died on August 4, 2003.