Donald Roy Ekberg

Background

Ekberg, Donald Roy was born on December 23, 1928 in Hinsdale, Illinois, United States. Son of Roy Harley and Evelyn Beatrice (Newman) Ekberg.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1957; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1952.

Career

United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, U. Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, 1959-1960; physiologist, Biosciences manager, General Electric Company, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1958-1976; physiologist, Biosciences manager, General Electric Company, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1958-1976; biologist, National Marine Fisheries Superior vena cava syndrome,, unites states department Commerce, National Oceanic Atmosphere Administration, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1976-1977; science coordinator, assistant director, DOC, NOA, National Marine Fisheries Superior vena cava syndrome, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1977-1990; assistant regional director, DOC, NOA, National Marine Fisheries Superior vena cava syndrome, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1990-1992; private practice consultant environmental physiology, Clearwater, Florida, since 1992. Program manager Marine Fisheries Initiative, St. Petersburg, 1986-1992.

Achievements

• Donald Roy Ekberg has been listed as a noteworthy environmental physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Musician with various orchestras, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Illinois, since 1944. Colonel United States Air Force Reserve, 1952-1988. Member American Physiological Society, American Society Zoologists, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Anneliese Gertrud Nattermann, May 27, 1961. Children: Kenneth Roy, Dale Jeffrey.

Father:

Roy Harley Ekberg

Mother:

Evelyn Beatrice (Newman) Ekberg

Spouse:

Anneliese Gertrud Nattermann

child:

Kenneth Roy Ekberg

child:

Dale Jeffrey Ekberg