Background
Roberts, Donald Wilson was born on January 20, 1933 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Alpha Wilson and Rubye Clotilde (Finklea) Roberts.
Roberts, Donald Wilson was born on January 20, 1933 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Alpha Wilson and Rubye Clotilde (Finklea) Roberts.
Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young U., 1957; Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1964.
Postdoctoral, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1964-1965;
insect pathologist, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York, since 1965. Consultant World Health Organization, Kaduna, Nigeria, 1974, 76, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuraria, Brasilia, Brazil, 1978, 79, 80, 94. Member science advisory bd.EcoSci.
Corporation, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1990-1995. Project reviewer United Nations Devel.Program, Africa and South American for United States Agency for International Development, 1991-1994. Adjunct Professor department entomology Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1993, Adjunct Professor department plant pathology, since 1994.
Member Society for Invertebrate Pathology (founding member, president 1988-1990, Founder's Lecturer 1996), Entomological Society American (Eastern branch, Ciba-Geigy Recognition award 1985, 86, L.O. Howard Distinguished Achievement award 1989), American Society Microbiology, Mycological Society American, Society Entomological Brazil (honorary).
Married Mae Astrid Strand, June 17, 1959. Children: Marc Donald, Sara Judith Roberts Roundy.