Michael Richard Tansey

Background

Tansey, Michael Richard was born on March 27, 1943 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Richard and Muriel (Handloss) Tansey.

Education

Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1970.

Career

Louisiana technical, University of California, Albany, 1965; research assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1967; teaching associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1969-1970; assistant professor biology, Indiana U., Bloomington, Indiana, 1971-1977; associate professor biology, Indiana U., Bloomington, Indiana, since 1977. Consultant to DuPont, unites states department Energy, Gist Brocades Fermentation Industries, Inc., various environmental health and safety offices.

Achievements

• Michael Richard Tansey has been listed as a noteworthy Mycologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Mycological Society American (Chairman of Commission on teaching 1989-1991, William H. Weston award 1996), British Mycological Society.

Connections

Married Linda Fleming, August 1963 (divorced 1986). Children: Rowan, Sarah. Married Janica Henry, May 24, 1988.

Step-children: Chama, Zachariah Henry.

Father:

Richard Tansey

Mother:

Muriel (Handloss) Tansey

Spouse:

Linda Fleming

Spouse:

Janica Henry

child:

Rowan Tansey

child:

Sarah Tansey

child:

Zachariah Henry Tansey

child:

Chama Tansey