Bob Vernon Conger

Background

Conger, Bob Vernon was born on July 2, 1938 in Greeley, Colorado, United States. Son of Vernon Fred and Florence Violet (Pierce) Conger.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington State University, 1967.

Career

Assistant professor, Washington State University, Pullman, 1967-1968; assistant professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, Oak Ridge, 1968-1973; associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, Oak Ridge, 1973-1978; professor department plant and soil science, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1978-1986; Austin distinguished professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1986; director graduate program in plant physiology and genetics, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1990-1992. Consultant Joint Food and Agricultural Organisation/International Atomic Energy Agency Division, Vienna, Austria, 1986-1987.

Achievements

• Bob Vernon Conger has been listed as a noteworthy Plant and soil science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society American. Member American Society Gravitational and Space Biology, Society In Vitro Biology, International Society Plant Molecular Biology, International Association Plant Tissue Culture, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Beta Beta Beta, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Connections

Married Donna Dee Russell, June 5, 1960. Children: Gregory, Rhonda, Stephen, Michael.

Father:

Vernon Fred Conger

Mother:

Florence Violet (Pierce) Conger

Spouse:

Donna Dee Russell

child:

Gregory Conger

child:

Michael Conger

child:

Stephen Conger

child:

Rhonda Conger