Background
Strain, Boyd Ray was born on July 19, 1935 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Son of Harold Ray and Elizabeth Alzina (Reed) Strain.
Strain, Boyd Ray was born on July 19, 1935 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Son of Harold Ray and Elizabeth Alzina (Reed) Strain.
Associate of Arts, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming, 1958. Bachelor of Science in Education, Black Hills State College, Spearfish, South Dakota, 1960. Master of Science, University Wyoming, 1961.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964.
Assistant professor, University of California, Riverside, California, 1964-1969; associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1969-1976; professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1976. Director Duke U. Phytotron, Durham, 1979-1989.
With United States Army 1953-1955, Korea. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Botanical Society of America, Ecological Society of America (editor 1988-1991), American Institute Bio. Sciences (president 1988), American Foundation Bio.
Sciences (founding chairman 1987).
Married Joan Marie Bacon, Oc. 23, 1938; children: Robert Jay, Katherine Kay Evans.