Myron Rosenblum Notebooks

Myron Rosenblum (1925-2016) was an American organic chemist. Born in New York City in 1925, Rosenblum served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. After his military service, he earned his B.A. degree in Chemistry from Columbia University (1949) and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University (1954). At Harvard, Rosenblum studied under American organic chemist and 1965 Nobel Prize winner Robert Burns Woodward. While working with Woodward, he conducted research that verified Woodward’s belief that the iron compound ferrocene has a sandwich molecular structure. After receiving his Ph.D., Rosenblum served as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University (1954-1956). From 1956 to 1958, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

In 1958, Rosenblum joined the faculty of Brandeis University’s Department of Chemistry. He rose through the department’s ranks, serving as Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1958-1966) and Professor of Chemistry (1966-1997). While at Brandeis, Rosenblum also served as Department Chairman for a year and held the Charles Breskin Professor of Chemistry Chair (1987-1997). He retired from Brandeis in 1997.

Rosenblum was a noted authority on transition metal organometallic chemistry. He conducted extensive research on the chemistry of ferrocene, the chemistry of organoiron complexes, and the synthesis of metallocene polymers and oligomers. He was also the author of several science journal articles and the book The Iron Group Metallocenes.

Myron Rosenbloom passed away on January 29, 2016.

Sources

Foxman, Bruce and Richard D.A, Hudson. “Myron Rosenblum (1925-2016).” http://www.brandeis.edu/chemistry/faculty/docs/rosenblum-myron-memorial-tribute.pdf.

Myron Rosenblum Collection, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.