Background
Crosby, Marshall Robert was born on June 3, 1943 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Robert Gilbert and Anne (Respess) Crosby.
Crosby, Marshall Robert was born on June 3, 1943 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Robert Gilbert and Anne (Respess) Crosby.
Bachelor of Science, Duke U., 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke U., 1969.
Curator of cryptograms, Missouri Botan. Garden, St. Louis, 1969-1974;
department chairman botany, Missouri Botan. Garden, St. Louis, 1974-1979;
director research, Missouri Botan.
Garden, St. Louis, 1977-1986;
director botan. information resources, Missouri Botan. Garden, St. Louis, 1986-1988;
assistant director, Missouri Botan. Garden, St. Louis, 1988-1992;
acting department chairman education, Missouri Botan.
Garden, St. Louis, 1989;
senior adviser to director, senior botanist, Missouri Botan. Garden, St. Louis, since 1992. Research associate department botany Washington University, St. Louis, 1968-1969, adjunct assistant professor, 1970-1973, faculty associate, 1974-1979, Adjunct Professor biology, 1980-1987.
Adjunct associate professor biology U. Missouri, St. Louis, since 1983. Honorary associate curator bryophyta Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, since 1978.
Member American Bryological and Lichenological Society (business manager 1972-1979, secretary-treasurer 1973-1979), American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Plant Taxonomists (councilor 1982-1984), Botanical Society American, British Bryological Society, International Association Bryologists (county since 1979, vice president since 1987), International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Nordic Bryological Society.
Married Carol Anderson (divorced). Children: Matthew Turner, Sara Elizabeth. Married Shelley L. Pryor, October 1994.
