Robert M. Blizzard

Robert M. Blizzard (June 20, 1924 July 22, 2018) was an American pediatric endocrinologist and a founding member of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society.

Life and career Blizzard was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and raised in Greenville, Illinois. He attended Northwestern University, interrupting his undergraduate studies to serve in the United States Army for three years during the Second World War. He later returned and graduated from the Feinberg School of Medicine in 1952. In 1974, he moved to the University of Virginia School of Medicine as chair of pediatrics, a position which he held until 1987. He retired in 1993 and died in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2018.

Honors and awards 1994: Outstanding Leadership in Endocrinology Award (Endocrine Society) 2004: Lifetime Achievement Award (Human Growth Foundation) 2006: Judson J. Van Wyk Award (Pediatric Endocrine Society)