Background
Arntzen, Charles Joel was born on July 20, 1941 in Granite Falls, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Otto and Irene G. (Skrukrud) Arntzen.
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Charles Joel Arntzen
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Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota-St. Paul, 1965; Master of Science, University of Minnesota-St. Paul, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Cell Biology, Purdue University, 1970; Doctor of Science (honorary), Purdue University, 1997.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, C. F. Kettering Research Center, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1969-1970; educator, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1970-1980; professor, University of Illinois plant physiologist, USDA Agricultural Research Svc., 1975-1980; professor, director, Dept Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1980-1984; research director, Éleuthère Irénée Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1984-1988; deputy chancellor, dean of agriculture, The Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University System, College Station, 1988-1992; professor, director plant biotechnology program, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Institute Bioscience and Technology, Houston, 1992-1995; president, Chief Executive Officer, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York, since 1995. Board of Governors Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago, 1990-1997. Board directors DeKalb Genetics Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member NAS (United States and India chapters), American Society Plant Physiologists (president-elect 1984-1985, president 1985-1986, Charles A. Shull award 1979, Dennis R. Hoaglund award 1994), American Biophysics Society, American Society Cell Biology, International Plant Molecular Biology Society (board directors 1985-1988), National Wildflower Reserve Center (trustee 1989-1992).
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Married Kathleen Rae Lang, Dec.28, 1962. 1 child, Christopher James.
