Background
RAPER, Kenneth was born on July 11, 1908 in Welcome, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Franklin Raper and Julia Crouse Raper.
professor of bacteriology and botany
RAPER, Kenneth was born on July 11, 1908 in Welcome, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Franklin Raper and Julia Crouse Raper.
University of North Carolina and George Washington and Harvard Universities.
Assistant Mycologist Bureau of Plant Industry 1936-1940. Microbiologist, later Principal Microbiologist North. Regional Research Laboratory, United States.D.A., Peoria, 111. 1940-1953; Professor, of Bacteriology and Botany, University of Wisconsin 1953-1979, Professor Emeritus since 1979.
Professor, of Botany, University of 111.
1946-1953; Trustee, American Type Culture Collection, Washington, District of Columbia 1948-1952, Chairman Executive Committee 1952-1955. Executive Committee Division of Biology and Agriculture 1956-1961.
Chairman Biological Sciences 1962-1964. Chairman United States Delegate to General Assembly of Institute Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), London 1958, Prague Chairman United States National Committee IUBS 1962-1964.
Chairman United States National Committee Institute Botanical Congress (Vice-President XI Institute Botanical Congress), Seattle 1969.
President 1951), Society of Industrial Microbiologists (President 1953), Society of American Microbiologists (Councillor 1954-1958), et cetera
Cancer Research Committee 1956-1960. Merck Fellowship Board, National Research Council 1953-1957. Selection Committee Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships, National Science Foundation 1961-1964.
North.A.S. (member of Council 1961-1964), American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mycological Society of America.
American Society of Microbiologists, British Mycological Society 1984.
Married Louise Montgomery Williams.