Background
Goddard, David Rockwell was born on January 3, 1908 in Carmel, California, United States. Son of Pliny Earle and Alice (Rockwell) Goddard.
Goddard, David Rockwell was born on January 3, 1908 in Carmel, California, United States. Son of Pliny Earle and Alice (Rockwell) Goddard.
Robert Martin.
Robert Martin; married Katharine Evans, February 2, 1952. Bachelor of Arts, University of California, 1929, Master of Arts, 1930, Doctor of Philosophy, 1933. National Research Council fellow Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, 1933-1935.
Instructor to professor of University Rochester, 1935-1946, department chairman, 1938-1946.
Professor botany University of Pennsylvania, 1946-1958, department chairman, 1952-1957, director division biology, 1957-1961, provost, 1961-1970, emeritus provost, 1973-1985, Gustave C. Kuemmerle professor botany, 1958-1964, professor biology, 1964-1971, university professor biology, 1972-1975, emeritus, 1975-1985. University professor science public policy, 1971-1972.
Home secretary National Academy Sciences, Washington, 1975-1979. Walker-Ames professor of University Washington, 1955.
Visiting professor Rockefeller University, 1956-1964.
Guggenheim fellow University of Chicago, 1942-1943, U. Cambridge, 1950. Author: (with Höber) Physical Chemistry of Cells and Tissues, 1945. Also articles science periodicals.
Contributing author: (with Höber) Treatise of Plant Physiology (Steward), Volunteer 1A, 1960.
Member national advisory council health research facilities National Institutes of Health, 1962-1967. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Philosophical Society, National Academy Science (Chairman of Commission on Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe 1964-1968), American Association for the Advancement of Science (board directors 1963-1968), Botanical Society American, American Society Plant Physiology (president 1958), Society Study Growth and Development (president 1953), Society General Physiologists (president 1948).
Club: Franklin Inn (Philadelphia).
Married Doris Martin, August 21, 1933 (deceased). Married Katharine Evans, February 2, 1952. Children: Alison G. Elliott.