Background
Fox, Carl Alan was born on November 24, 1950 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frank Edwin and Margaret Alvilda (Rasmussen) Fox.
Fox, Carl Alan was born on November 24, 1950 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frank Edwin and Margaret Alvilda (Rasmussen) Fox.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1973; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Arizona State University, 1980; postgraduate, Stanford University, 1993.
Laboratory assistant department biology, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1971-1973;
research assistant department agronomy and plant genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1973-1975;
teacher high school, Le Center (Minnesota) Public Schools, 1975-1976;
research fellow department botany, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1976-1979;
research assistant Laboratory Tree-Ring Research, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1978-1979;
research scientist, then senior research scientist, Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, 1979-1987;
research associate agricultural experiment station, University of California, Riverside, 1986-1987;
executive director, Desert Research Institute, Reno, 1987-1996;
associate vice president research, Desert Research Institute, Reno, 1994-1995;
director Office of Research and Program Development, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks, since 1996;
research professor department teaching and learning and biology, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks. Research adviser Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1983-1987;liaison Utility Air Regulatory Group, Washington, 1983-1987, consultant, 1989-1991. Member peer review panel Environmental Protection Agency, 1986, 97, 98.
Invited reviewer air quality research division National Park Svc., Denver, 1989. Peer review panel Minn.Legis. Commision on Resources.
Assistant troop leader Newport Beach (California) area Boy Scouts American, 1981-1982, cub scout leader Reno area, 1990-1991. Board directors World Rainforest Foundation, Reno, 1989-1992, International Visitors Council Northern Nevada, Reno, 1991-1996. Coach Young Men’s Christian Association, Reno, 1989-1995.
Deacon Covenant Presbyterian Church, since 1989. Judge State of Nevada Odyssey of the Mind. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Air Pollution Control Association, Ecological Society American, American Society Agronomy, Greentree Gators Swim Team (president 1986-1987), North Dakota Academy of Sciences, National Council of University Research Adminstrs., Society of Research Administration, Sigma Xi, Beta Beta Beta.
Married Susan Jane Smith, June 18, 1977. Children: Thomas Gordon, James David, Joseph Carl.