Background
Bott, Kenneth Francis was born on December 19, 1936 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Kenneth F. and Eva (Button) Bott.
Bott, Kenneth Francis was born on December 19, 1936 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Kenneth F. and Eva (Button) Bott.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1958; Master of Science in Microbiology, Syracuse (New York) U., 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, Syracuse (New York) U., 1963; postgraduate virology, University of Chicago, 1963-1964.
Instructor department microbiology and The College, University of Chicago, 1964-1967;
assistant professor department microbiology and The College, University of Chicago, 1967-1971;
associate professor department bacteriology and immunology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1971-1980;
professor department microbiology and immunology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1980;
member curriculum in genetics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1972;
chairman curriculum in genetics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1985-1991;
member administrative board Graduate School, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1985-1992. American Society Engineering Education-National Aeronautics and Space Administration summer faculty fellow Stanford University, 1969. Visiting professor, Fulbright grantee U. Paris XI, Orsay, France, 1971.
National Center for Scientific Research sponsored Chercheur Associe Institut Pasteur, Paris, 1977. Visiting researcher, Fulbright grantee Centre Genetique Moleculaire, National Center for Scientific Research Gif sur Yvette, France, 1982.
Merck & Company Foundation grantee University of Chicago, 1969. Fellow American Society Microbiology (chairman foundation lecturer committee 1986-1989, pres.N.C. branch 1978-1979). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Academy Microbiology, Sigma Xi(secretary University of Chicago chapter 1967-1968).
Married Lacala Hall, July 8, 1990. Married Patricia Weiler, June 18, 1960. Children: Allison Eva, Kenneth Alan.