Robert B. Greenblatt; Endocrinologist
Robert B. Greenblatt, a retired professor at the Medical College of Georgia and an internationally known endocrinologist who did pioneering work in oral contraception, died Sunday at his residence here. He was 80.
Greenblatt, who came to the college 52 years ago as a research fellow, had received international recognition for pioneering work in the sequential oral contraceptive pill and the oral fertility pill.
He wrote or edited more than 20 books, including “Sex and Circumstance: Humanity in History,” which was published this year and contained 44 vignettes detailing the sexual nature of people ranging from President John F. Kennedy to composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
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