Archie Ray Portis

Background

Portis, Archie Ray was born on August 17, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Archie Ray and Louise Portis.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Organic Chemistry, Duke U., 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Cornell Univercity, 1976.

Career

Postdoctoral research fellow, U. Munich, 1975-1977; postdoctoral research fellow, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1977-1978; postdoctoral research fellow, University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, 1978; USDA plant physiologist, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1978; from affiliate assistant professor to affiliate associate professor agronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1978-1987; professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1988.

Achievements

• Archie Ray Portis has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, agronomy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Plant Physiologists, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Diane Marie Hurley, June 20, 1975. Children: Eric T., Lisa M.

Father:

Archie Ray Portis

Mother:

Louise Portis

Spouse:

Diane Marie Hurley

child:

Lisa M. Portis

child:

Eric T. Portis