Robert J. Gorlin

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Robert James Gorlin was a professor and researcher at the University of Minnesota known for pioneering research into craniofacial disorders.

Gorlin was born in Hudson, New York on January 11, 1923, and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 29, 2006.

He fought in the 2nd world war, and later received his D.D.S. In 1956 he came on as a professor at the University of Minnesota, where he stayed until his death in the summer of 2006.

Gorlin received numerous honorary degrees from prestigious universities all over the world, and is known to have worked on the discovery of a number of craniofacial disorders.^{[citation needed]}