Background
Keen, Noel Thomas was born on August 13, 1940 in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States. Son of Walter Thomas and Evelyn Mae (Mayo) Keen.
Keen, Noel Thomas was born on August 13, 1940 in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States. Son of Walter Thomas and Evelyn Mae (Mayo) Keen.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1963; Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1968.
Assistant professor plant pathology, University of California, Riverside, 1968-1972; associate professor, University of California, Riverside, 1972-1978; professor, University of California, Riverside, since 1978; department chairman plant pathology, University of California, Riverside, 1983-1989; department chairman genetics, University of California, Riverside, 1994-1997. Faculty research lecturer University of California, Riverside, 1995-1996.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Phytopathol. Society; member NAS, International Society Plant Molecular Biology, American Society Microbiology, American Society Plant Physiologists.
Married Diane I. Keen, November 15,1986.