ADDRESS

 

78900 Rancho La Quinta Drive                      Phone (760) 564-6373

La Quinta, CA 92253                                      e-mail: r.pitkin@earthlink.net

 

PERSONAL DATA

Born May 24, 1934, Anthon, IA

Married Marcia Jenkins 1957, Cedar Rapids, IA

Children: Barbara (born 1959), Robert Macbeth (born 1961), Kathryn (born 1963), William Charles (born 1968)

 

EDUCATION

University of Iowa, B.A. (with highest distinction), 1956; M.D. 1959

Internship, King County Hospital, Seattle, WA 1959–60

Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 1960–63

 

MILITARY SERVICE

Lieutenant to Lieutenant Commander, MC, USNR. Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marine Corps Air Station Hospital, Cherry Point, North Carolina, 1963–65

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, 1965–68

Associate Professor, University of Iowa, 1968–72

Professor, University of Iowa, 1972–77; Head of Department, 1977–87

Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987–97, Professor Emeritus 1997–Present;  Chair of Department, 1987–95

 

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

Obstetrics & Gynecology.  Associate Editor 1985; Editor 1986–2001; Editor Emeritus 2001-

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Editor 1978–2000

Year Book of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Editor 1975–86

Peer reviewer (last 2 years):  JAMA, Obstet Gynecol, Am J Obstet Gynecol, Arch Phys Med Rehab, Future Medicine

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Alpha Omega Alpha - Omicron Delta Kappa - Phi Beta Kappa

Prize Award Paper, Central Assn of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1968

Academic Career Development Award in Nutrition, NIH (1972–77)

Joseph B. Goldberger Award in Clinical Nutrition, AMA 1982

Fellowship ad eundem, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, (U.K.) l986

Outstanding Professor of the Year Award ACOG Jr Fellows District IX, 1988

Honorary Membership, German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1992

Keith P. Russell Distinguished Service Award, LA Ob-Gyn Society 2001

            Distinguished Alumni Award for Achievement, Univ of Iowa College of Medicine, 2002

            Distinguished Service Award, Council of Science Editors 2002

            Daggett Harvey Award, Northwestern University, 2002

 

MEMBERSHIPS

Institute of Medicine (elected 1990)

American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (President 1994–95)

Society of Gynecologic Investigation (President 1985–86)

Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (President 1978–79)

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Council of Science Editors (Chair, Editorial Policy Committee, 1995–98)

 

NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS

            Committee on Maternal Nutrition, National Academy of Sciences (1970-74)

Committee on Nutrition of the Mother and the Pre-school Child, NAS, Chairman (1974–81)

Committee on Dietary Allowances, Food and Nutrition Board, NAS (1975–80)

Human Embryology and Development Study Section, NIH (1980–84)

Council, Society for Gynecologic Investigation (1979–82 and 1984–87)

Council, Perinatal Research Society (1979–81)

Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (1979–85)

Residency Review Committee for Obstetrics-Gynecology (1981–87), Chair 85–87

Committee on Nutritional Status in Pregnancy and Lactation, IOM, Chair (1988–92)

Committee to Evaluate WIC Criteria, Food and Nutrition Board, IOM, (1992–96)

American Board of Emergency Medicine, Director (1990–98)

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director (1980–88), Vice-President (1984–86), Member, Div. Maternal-Fetal Medicine (1980–86)

World Association of Medical Editors, Founding member; Chairman, By-laws Committee (1998-99); Member, Committee on Editorial Policy (1998-2001)

            Panel on Folate and Other B Vitamins, FNB, Institute of Medicine, Chair (1996-98) 

            March of Dimes Task Force on Nutrition and Optimal Human Development (1999-2001)

            JAMA Oversight Committee 2000-2005