George Rozier Waller

Background

Waller,, George Rozier was born on July 14, 1927 in Clinton, North Carolina, United States. Son of George Rozier Waller and Lola Jane Phillips.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1950. Master of Science in Chemistry, University Delaware, Newark, 1952. Privatdozent in Biochemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1962.

Career

Research assistant, instructor University Delaware, 1950—1953. Research chemist Imperial Paper and Color Corp, Glens Falls, New York, 1953—1956. Assistant professor Oklahoma State University, 1956—1962, associate professor, 1962—1966, professor, 1966—1988.

President, managing director Midcontinent Environmental Center Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1969—1977. Retired assistant director Oklahoma AG Experiment Station, Stillwater, 1969—1977. Researcher Swedish Food Research Institute Gothenburg, Institute Botany University Zurich, School Pharmacy University London, 1977—1978.

Visiting research professor Institute Botany Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 1992—1999. Visiting research professor department soil science and chemistry National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 1994—1995. Seaman, 1st class United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946, Bainbridge, Maryland and Argentia, Newfoundland.

Membership

Faculty advisor Delta Upsilon, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1957—1963. Ruling elder, chairman education board Presbyterian Church, 1962—1969. Chairman of long range planning committee Unitarian-Universalist Church, 2003, chairman of environmental quality committee, 2000—2005.

Member of International Allelopathy Society (president 1994-1999, founding president 1996-1999), Payne County Genealogical Society (president 1988—2008), Phytochemical Society North America, American Society Mass Spectrometry (life), Oklahoma Academy of Sciences (life), American Chemical Society (life. President, Oklahoma section 1949—2008, chairman, Oklahoma section 1968-1969, Oklahoma Chemist award 2001), Payne County History Society.

Interests

• Gardening, bowling.

Connections

Married Hilda Marie Lominac, September 6, 1946. Children: Anne Marie Ramsby, Rebecca Jane Gillan, Catherine Irene Hoopert.

Father:

George Rozier Waller

Mother:

Lola Jane Phillips

Spouse:

Hilda Marie Lominac

child:

Anne Marie Ramsby Waller,

child:

Rebecca Jane Gillan Waller,

child:

Catherine Irene Hoopert Waller,